The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-07-13
J. NJ. GREEN PRESIDENT OF THE
EDUCATIONAL ASSOCIATION.
TO-DAY CONVENTIONS LAST.
THE COMMITTEE ON RESOLUTIONS
WILL REPORT TONIGHT.

study Discussed.
Charleston. S. c., July 12.-The Nation
al Educational Society to-day chose their
officers for the coming year. The selec-
tions are:
President-J. NJ. Green, Trenton, N. j.
First Vice Presdent-O. T. Corson,
Ohio.
Second Vice President-J A. Foshay,
California.
Third Vice Presidential P. Archer,
South Carolina.
Fourth Vice Presidential. B. Brown,
Indiana.
Fifth Vice President-Francis w. Par
ker, Illinois.
Sixth Vice Presdent-L. w. Buchholz,
Florida.
Seventh Vice President-w. H. Bar
tholomew. Kentucky.
Eighth Vice President-o. H. Cooper.
Texas.
Ninth Vice Presldent-WnIiam M. Dav-
ldson. Kansas.
Tenth Vice President-R. B. Fulton,
Mississippi.
Eleventh Vice observation-disclosures Ed
monds, Massachusetts,
Twelfth Vice President-H. f. Kratz.
Iowa.
TreasuSer-L. c. Greenlee. Colorado.
Mr.. Irving SHEPPARD. the secretary,
holds over
The selection of the convention city for
lSol was left to the Executive Committee.
Adjournment Tomorrow Night.
The convention will adjourn sine die
Tomorrow night. At the closing session
the Committee on Resolutions will make
It's report Their findings will urge the
oettering and spreading of the common
school and the extension of the Ameri-
can system into Cuba. Porto Rico and the
Philippines. Congress is requested to re-
organize the bureau OF education upon
broader lines to meet the increased re-
quirements and to establish it as an in
aepenueh. department on a plane with
the department. of labor.
An unfortunate accident this afternoan
was the drowning OF A. G.. HanIon OF
birmingham, Ala, at the Isle OF Palms
He went beyond his depth and his at
tempts to save himself exhausted tha
life-saver. who was nearing land with
him. -
It was strictly ladies day" at the Au-
ditorium, THE Problem of the Grade,
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ably discussed by Miss Gertrude Edmonds
OF Lowell. Mass. Miss Elizabeth Buch-
anan OF Kansas city had for her subject
Classification and Promotion, and Mrs.
Alice Woodworth Cooley of MINNEAPOLIS
spoke ably on 'Instruction''
The night session was devoted 20 a pa
riotic song service. The departments ac-
complished much during the day, nearly
all carrying out their full programmes
The department of school administrs-
ton elected the following officers:
President-W. S. Ellis, Anderson Ind
Fsrst Vice President-I. III. Peres, Mem
phis, Tenn.
Second Vice Presdent-Dr W. A. Hunt.
Northfeld, MINI.
Fourth Vice Presdent-Graham II. Har-
ris Chicago
Fifth Vice President-R. L. Yeager.
Kansas City
secretary-William George Bruce, MIL
waukee.
Address on kindergartens.
The kindergartners heard a splendid pa
per by Miss Emma Newman of Buffalo.
and elected officers She said, in part:
ne principles underlying the kinder
garten system are now recognized as
sound psycholog1caly and true of child
nature Its exponents are less inclined
to contend over details of method, more
lives know better what these results
should he. Briefly stnted. Kindergarten
training should give the child a certain
measure OF self-control enlarged ana
more definite mental content increased
power of concentration OF mind and Of
self-direction. greater facility of express
sion In language and concrete hand work.
Though the mental and moral equip
ment of children at the time Of entrance
into the Drin1Qrx schools differs
from that of past generations, the mat
ter taught in the first three wears re-
mains practically the same. "the three
RS" but the method of presentation has
changed so as to render the process OF
mastery less tedious 10 the child Still
the appeal is to the same powers OF child
mind and body day in day out, month
after month. and tends to beget mechan-
ical habits of Thought and life. thus dead
enng originality. self-drection
Mere ability TO decipher a printed page
Is not what is wanted but power of
mind capable of grasping and using pur-
posefully matter gained from the printed
page, from environment, from expert
ence."
D. Lange OF ST. Paul, Miss Elizabeth
Parker of Spartanburg. S. c., and DR..
Redway of Mount Vernon. N. Y, read
papers before the Elementary Education
department
Need Of Business Courses.
Woodford B. Anderson, Of the Universi-
ty OF South Dakota, was one of those who
read papers before the department OF
business education.
Prof Anderson said in part: Business
education is indefinite. II may be a six
months course In bookkeeping and busI-
ness law a four-years' high school course,
or a course in commerce and administra-
ton Business schools often called 'busi-
ness colleges have been great benefit,
but they must enlarge their work or quit
business.
This question resolves itself into two
questions: First, should young men re-
ceive higher commercial education? Sec
ond. should this be given in colleges and
universities in preference to special
schools? Statistics collected by John
Carlton Jones and II. e. Kratz and the
speaker show 80 per cent. OF professional
and % per cent. OF business men are col
lege men. Only one man, In one hundred,
is college trained. ThusNwe see a busi-
ness mans chance of success are in
creased twenty-five times by college edu-
cation, while professional mans chances
are increased fifty times.