The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-07-09
FEslR5 ASSEMBLE FIST.
n.ruOusAxD OF THEM ARRIVE
IN ONE Dan.
., Councsi Of EAueation Al
.ehy In sesslon, sixty Prs0tnsat
nAseossss Of the Cosstry In 1ts
ueahershtp Now ~ Les Angeles.

80 ANGELES, July s-The first meet
- she sess.crs Of the National Council
~ rdsratsor. held N conjunction with the
@.,saraI Educational Association in this
- cas- held this afternoon
-. council consists 81 tho foremost edu-
~rars in she United States Its president
n. Taylor. Of Esnporsa, Kan
A. the initial rYssetfng Mrs Lucia Stick
- a Cincinnati, read . paper on Tho
49, ff Downtown Children
r.wsYds Of 700 teachers and visitors 70
- nonyea,.o. arrived In the city today.
s-rnl thousand moro are expected to ar
-. - speciAi trains tomorrow and Mon
- asd Tussday.
4. Ire night for the opening Of the an
~,.I convention Of the National Dduca-
49,, Association " still three days
s-.v. the number Of Delegates who have
.sresAy arrived In the city from oil parts
~ shA United States 10 enough 10 support
=. saster,ens that the convention will b
-, attended Two thousand or moro
ssiseates arrived today. and . rush of
afoss anticipated for tomorrow and
Morday and Tuesday
qAa National Councii OF E6ucation.
mich II composed Of sixty Of the fore
srans educators OF the country, held It's
frst meeting IL q three days session this
sftsguoon. The meeting was devoted u
ttstsa.nr 70 q paper read by Mrs Lucia A.
at.rknsy. OF tho high school Of cincin-
assi The paper began with sketch OF
"a families. numbering from four to NJ
sser living In .wo rooms OF tenement
heasss She said:
~7nsss families have little practical
tnoviedse u buying or cooking whole
eucne food The ono absorbing thought Is
Nm 10 set Z living. and the aim In rear
- children IL to get them 20 work 80
nat thsy can pay back what has been
Ana for them The children are kept In
rrs1uol by the srsiant officer until they arc
a or large enough 10 be; then graduated
into 4 factory. They are without any
Aunensic education, and seldom become
heuse servants. These people have album
ANT church privileges and often are
SAurch.Roera Their social opportunity n
- aii-ntwht bali. which many girls at
"a twice week. With 90 large = num-
haf of tenement dweliers. the settlement
ana free kindergarten can only serve ~ an
6A3ecs lesson. II II Through the avenues
q the public school. with domestic train
81 ana . greater intimacy between school
ana home. that Improvement IL TO b
scuuht."
N o'clock tonight che second meeting
= he council Was held. Al this meeting
n +. Harris. U. q commissions Of edit
eatlon on The Future OF the Normal
school"
N. Harris devoted the principal part
n h!s paper 20 the new educational meth
ods which the study OF the ar: Of educat-
,nr b Bringing out. The movement known
= child study" he iAid. (which devotss
Itsesf 10 learning the natural history OF
sufAacy. childhood and youth will discover
ne iawy Of development.
Besides child study there II progress
the invention Of devices Of instruction.
fAsy win make the chiid more self active
n the process Of learning and not 20 de-
pndent spon teacherr power OF illus
hNsion.
"A good teacher requires the reflective
habit fully termed. The normal school
must make liz pupils observant OF meth
eda" "a
Finally Mr.. Harris said: The future
history Of the normal school VIM show mo
gradual adoption OF the r-Oeschichte
standpoint. the discussion OF all educs-
sloaal questions In the light OF the history
a. civilization AZ a court OF last resort"
TIE opening Of the general sessfon OF the
National Educational Association VIII be
held Tuesday afternoon.