The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-07-13
FIRST DAYS SESSION
The National Educational Association.
The Question of q National Cniver-
sity Discussed.

charleston. :. g. July i0--The old
Palmetto state and Charleston, hos
pffaele and historic. to-day gave Off
caal welcome TO TIE National Educa-
uorlaI Association ~ the opening ses-
SION OF its annual convention About
2eoo delegates were present in the
Thompson auditorium when Chairman
Welsh. Of the local executive commit
tee. called the convention TO order
shortly before 1 O'Clock
The first session, outside OF the an
poinunent OF a committee on resolu-
tions. was purely one Of welcnrn.
Governor NJ. b McSweeny greeted tho
Delegates for the state After ext.ao-
ing formal welcome to the sc,t-,i
teachers whom he said were ab oad
In the state" the governor said: The
soldier is abroad even in this day of
CIVILIZATION and enlightenment I mere
are those who claim ii our duty 10
carry civilization and Christianit, TO
the neathen even though We hav, Z.
open the way with leaden bullets. II
seems that We are on the verge OF an
other war. 1t may be the hand OF
rfoNluence TO carry out civilization TO
the uttermoSt parts OF the earth
We have with us, however ancs her
parsonage nsore important in mair,
tanning our civilization than the soldier
the school master"
Hon. ]. Ager Smyth. Charleston's
| mayor, gave the delegates n word OF
welcome for the city and after a num-
Der OF responses by prominent educa-
tors from various parts OF the country
President o. T. Corson delivered his
annual address
A brief session was held tonight at
Wh1cn a paper on the Small College
and its Work in the Past" was read by
PRESIDENT w. O. Thompson, Of Ohio
state university.
President William r. Harper. OF the
university of Chicago. thought the
growth and life Of the small colleges
We're gained by many factors, chief
among which were the conserva tism of
topic discussed at the meeting to-day
Deilef in the greater advantages gain
ed. The interest OF men Of means i'm
the work OF colleges was a great aid to
their maintenance, while the religious
back ground was always firm.
The establishment of a nationa uni
versity at Washington was the chief
topic discussed the meeting to-da- of
OF the national council. The discussion
was opened with the report of Pr.si-
dent w. X. Harper. OF the university
| OF Chicago, the chairman OF the COM
mlttee OF the council on subject The.
IDEA seemed TO prevail that President
HarperS report was really the report
| or the committee. but he was particu-
larly emphatic in his statement that
| MS remarks wire strictly personal OBJ
| servations and conclusions. He said
that the committee was not yet ready
the report.
President Harper put himself ora
record as believing that the proposed
national university Was inexpedient
AMI unnecessary The majority of the
committee he said. favored a school of
| research which should be centered
| about and ultimately associated with
| the Smithsonian institute A school
for the study of international ques-
tions, diplomacy and similar matters
analogous TO West Point was also IA
vored
The department of Indian educa-
| ton held two sessions to-day Levu
Lowering, fun blood Omaha Indi \.
| read a paper on The Practical Tea n
| ing or Indians, prepared by SUPER. n
| tendent Seger, OF Colony Oklahoma
A meeting Of the directors OF the
| National Association was held at
| which Treasurer c. G.. Pearce and the
| chairman OF the board of trust aes, AL
bert G. Lane, made their reports The
association was shown to be in n flour
| iShing financial condition
Charleston, S. c., July 1.-THE menr-
bers of the National Educational As
sociation put in a busy day, two ses-
sfons OF the general organization and
many meetings of the departments TAX
| ing up their time.
Booker T. Washington. the negro ed
ucator, drew the largest crowd Of the
convention, at the auditorium, tonight.
speaking of the advancement of tie
| colored man along educational lines.
Cincinnati and Detroit are claiming
the next convention. The matter will
| be considered tomorrow by the board
| or directors. st. Louis has pl1 in a bid
for the convention nf h.
their exposition.
Inc attendance at the morning ses-
sion was not large. The topic for dis
| cussion was The Contributors OF Re-
1g1ous Organizations TO the Cause of
Education"
| President Oscar H. Cooper. of Ray-
| lor university, Waco, Texas. spoke for
| the Baptists. The Baptist church. Mr.
Cooper said, stood at all times for
| freedom Of religious worship, freedom
OF speech and freedom of the press.
| Dr. Conde 3. Pallen, OF ST Louis.
| spoke Tor the Catholic church. DR.. Pal
| len, In course Of a schorariy address,
said he would find IL impossible to
crowd the educational history of 1000
| years into the short time allotted him.
He sketched Education at the dawn
| or history and coming rapidly to the
present day told Of the establishment
or the home schools In the new country
which were later superseded by the
church school, which was in vogue to-
day.
At the night session, Professor Book
er I. Washington. president of the
Normal and Industrial institute. of
Tuskegee, Ala. delivered an address
President Joseph Swain, University
OF Indiana, spoke on The State uni
versity."
Nearly all OF the departments held
meetings during the afternoon. The
kindergarten educators held their first
session in Hdbernian hall. After the
welcoming address. papers were read
1v Ms: Clarence Meleny Of New
York; Philander p. ClaIton Of The
state Normal. at Greensboro, N c.,
anc Miss Harriet Mel. director OF the
Hearst Ktndergarten. Washington
Normal school problems were dis
cussed by the department of normal
schools. Among the papers read were
Inose by President Frissell. OF the
hampton, Va, Normal; Charles d.
Mclver, president Of the State Normal,
at Greensboro, n. c., Hon. George r.
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