Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-07-12
EDUCATORS MEET.
NATIONAL EDUCATIONAL ASSO-
CATION OPENING DAY.

| CITATION OPENING DAY.
(By Telegraph to Virglnian- Pilot)
Los Angeles. Cal. July 1.-THE city
is ell fete to-day and the music OF
bands Is heard on every hand. The
New York delegation to the National
| Educational Association. the Raymond
and Whtcomb party from Eastern
ports: the special with the Ohio dele
| CATION. the special bringing the Penn
sylvania contingent. two Philadelphia
| specials and special from Nicksburg.
bringing delegates from Southern
points. arrived to-day The special thai
was in collision with the freight train
In the northern part of the state, also
| arrived. bringing the Missouri and
other delegates. except the injured,
VINO have stopped over at San Fran
cisco. The delegates arriving to-day
VIII number fully $500. When the last
special arrives from Chicago tomorrow
u Is estimated that there will be over
1000 teachers in the city
ARBITRATION COMMENDED.
The Board of Directors of tho Ma
tional Educational Association. at their
| meeting to-day. unanimously passed
he following resolution. offered bv Dr.
Nicholas Murray Butler. Of New York
Resolved. That the prcsidcn; OF the
National Educational Association he re-
| Iuestcd tn send the following Telegram
OF congratulatiop in behalf Of tho nEs:o-
citation To the American delegates to tn .
Peace Conference now i'll session a The
| Hague:
Andrew Il. White. Chairman of the
American Delegation to Peace Con
ference:
Tho Hague. Holland:
The National Educational Associa-
| ton. in convention assembled. tenders
| to Pence Conference hsarticst conGrat-
ulatiOns on success which has nttcudrd
| the noble effort in behalf of the prin-
| ciple of arhi,ra ton"
CALLED TO ORDER
at 2 o'clock this afternoon Hon. T..
| q. Storey. chairman OF the local exc
cutivc committee. called tho opening
| session Of the convention TO order In
the pavilion. The building seats 5000.
but the audience numbered far in excess
If that. Short addresses IF welcome
were made by Governor Henry Z. Gage.
| state Superintendent Of Public In
| Struction. T. J. Kirk. Mayor la ION. and
| Superintendent OF city Schools j. A.
| Foshay. and responses were made by
| y. c. Dougherty. superintendent of
| schools. Peoria. III: DR. Emerson l..
| White. Columbus. O.. and ! II Phillips.
superintendent of schools. birmingham
| Ala.
THE PRESIDENTS ADDRESS.
After the orchestra had PLAYED Mo-
zart's overture to Don Juan" Presi-
dent Elephant Oran Lvte. OF Millervillc.
Pa. delivered his address
Referring to the late war he said:
our history has demonstrated that
we have no need of a great standing
army. II has demonstrated that in
every State may he found an army
ready at moments notice to defend
| our flag against every foe. And this
| army Is not marshailed by military
chieftans. but by educational chief
tains. y strong nations Is made. not
! by barracks for troops hut bv school
| houses for children; not by recruiting
officers, but by school masters, not by
rinsd cannon and Mausor bullets and
war vessels. but nv hooks and news
papers and churches.
A NATIONS STRENGTH.
That nation is strong whose citizens
obey the law without sCcin; stand
| 'ng army behind tho law. That ma
| ton is strongest whose laws arc based
on civil law and whose citizens obcy
| both divine ana human laws. because
| they arc right.
"A child ohoys his teacher who to
him is the law Thc child law must
be concrete. As the abstract, is the re-
| suit Of n higher form Of thought than
he concrete. 50 republic Is Il higher
| 'vpe of government; than n monarchy.
| We may need an army To suhjuGato The
| Philippines but the United States
would be distinctly lowered in moral
tone if 1t should ever become ncces-
sary to maintain permanently within
the United states great standing
army TO secure II It's inhabitants the
! blessings Of peace. If this Ia true. how
| great is the responsibility Of the Amer
| lean school teacher. Patriotism is in
| the air; it is the normal condition or
| living under our flag"
This evenings session was as largely
attended as had been the one in the
afternoon. DR.. w. r. Harris. l.. S
Commissioner of Education. delivered
an appropriate and interesting address
on AN Educational Policy OF Our New
| Possessions" Henry S. Townsend, In
| spector-Gcnerai OF schools of Hawaii.
made thoughtfully conceived address
ON the subject The Educational
Problem in Hawaii"
|