The San Francisco call., 1899-07-13

quota of visitors is now on hand.
The incident of the day in National Ed
ucational Association circles was the sud
den resignation of L c. Mcneil OF west
Superior, Wis, who has been active treas
urer for six years. Mcneil neither de-
sired q denomination nor to remain in CT
flee.
The nominating committee, before which
is placed the names of all candidates, met
at a late hour this afternoon. The follow
ing comprise the Western division: Mon
tana, J. P. Hendricks; Wyoming, Miss
FsteIla Reel; Colorado, Aaron Cove; New
Mexico, c. NJ. Light; Arizona, Il. x.
Cooley; Utah. ]. NJ Tanner; Nevada,
Thomas F. Brown; Idaho, Miss Doris
McMasters; Washington, r. S. Bingham
Oregon, Frank Rigler; California, ]. W.
McClemonds.
As stated in these dispatches, dignified
campaign was waged for the office OF
president When the names Of Foshay.
Brown and Webster of California were
presented these candidates were with
drawn as graceful compliment to the
other candidates, as the convention this
year was being held in the Golden State.
This left the contest between Professor
Jordon of Minneapolis, L. D. Harvey Of
Wisconsin and O. T. CorsOn, eX-SchOol
Commissioner of Ohio. The reports of
the geographical sections were favorable
to Corson, which again shows it is a good
thing to come from Ohio. The committee
Will report CorsOn'S name to the conven-
ton tomorrow for balloting, and as that
body seldom disregards the report of the
committee ii can be taken for granted
that the Buckeye man will be the Ma
tional Educational Association president
for 1S99-190O.
McNeill's resignation forced the filing
of that office. The friends of Professor
L. c. Greenlee of Denver and those of c.
G. Pearse OF Omaha labored diligently
for a few hours. The committee will rec
.ouu1enu Pearse of Omaha.
The question where the next convention
shall be held will Tomorrow be decided.
The contest has narrowed down to
Charleston and Montreal. Cincinnati will
not make bid for the honor, as that
State has secured the presidency in Cor
son. It is said tonight that the 100 boom
ers from Cincinnati held the convention
city card up their sleeves to play against
the field for the presidency. Charleston
IS still in the lead, and unless unfore-
ceen contingencies appear will carry off
the prize.
When President F. o. Lyte called to
order the general session of the National
Educational Convention this morning
there sat before him such an audience as
was seen but once before in this city The
crowd in Hazards Pavilion was not az
great as the one that packed the Audi
tOrium yesterday afternoon. The fact
that the programme to-day was of a more
IeC0IlCd1 character ndQ nluCn 10 90 with
reducing the size of the audience though
the pleasant weather and the innumera-
bic counter attractions hereabouts had
something 10 do with IT. The audience
was composed principally of women, their
bright flower garden" hats and pretty
summer gowns throwing completely into
the shade the delegates of the sterner sex
It was an intellectual audience 1t was
attentive, appreciative and. needless to
say, more decOrous. The bright faces and
pretty creations of art of miiliners and
mOdistes seemed suited to the aesthetic
environments of the decorations that had
transformed the great Auditorium into a.
bower Of beauty. The addresses were lis
tened to with attention, the auditors
seemingly being determined to absorb all
the instructive thoughts that were uttered
by the authors of the papers.
Fundamentals in Teaching" was the
subject of a paper by L. D. Harvey. Su-
perintendent Of Public instruction for
Wisconsin. Mr.. Harvey said:
The following is suggested as furnishing a
basis for the development of the method of de-
termininE what is TO be done for and in any
The teacher must have in mind a definite
purpose or purposes to be realized in the next
recitation
The teacher must have in mind the things
which must be known or done in order that
the purposes may be realized
3-The teacher must determine what Of the
things falling under No. the pupil now knows
He must determine what Of the things
enumerated in No. the pupil still has to learn
or to do. and the order in which they should
be known done.
When these four things have been deter
mined the teacher is ready to consider the
question Of how these things shall be taught
or learned. and until these four things are
determined any consideration of the how Is
a putting Of the cart before the horse Other
things being equal. the best teaching is al
ways done when this order of procedure is fol-
lowed by the teacher. either consciously or un-
consciously, perhaps best when unconsctously
followed.
Mrs. Helen Grenfell. State Superinten-
dent OF Public instruction OF COLORADO
mus" She said in part:
Some parents have believed that the educat-
ing or failing to educate their children was
matter for their sole decision, but the con-
goes not exist entirely for the parents good,
but for the good Of all Compulsory education
rights although certainly necessity at pres
The Average Scholarship of the Aver
age Pupil was the topic of q paper
read by Professor Frank Rigier. Super
intendent of Schools at Portland Ore.
The speaker drew attention to the neces-
sity for arranging the course of study
to suit the peculiar needs of each child.
He said that under the present system
as his fellow student and that his spe-
cial ability along any one line did not re-
ceive sufficient recognition. system
teacher, but at the same time be allowed
to take studies in other grades, for which
his ability fitted him, was advocated
mon of Pine Bluff. Ark, who represented
the Southern Educational Association,
was listened to with interest. He said
In part:
More than thirty years ago little less than
1000 600 OF slaves In the South were suddenly
emancipated, and shortly thereafter they were
endowed with all the rights of American citi-
zensnip. This imposed the whites Of the
South the Eravest problem that has con-
fronted the Anglo-Saxon race Right heroi-
cnly did the Southern whites set themselves to
chs task ssfsTs tasHas and during the years