The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1901-07-18
MOST IMPORTANT
WORK FOR STATES
rahA
National Educational Associate
Declares It Is Elementary
Education.
CLOSE OF The CONVENTIONS
CLOSE OF The CONVENTION
National Commissioners Harris Reads an
Interesting Paper on the Growthof
Higher Education in tho
Country-Other Papers.

Detroit, Mich, July 15.-The National
Educational association last night at
the last session of it's fortieth annual
convention adopted declaration of
principles. declaring that the problem
Of elementary education is the most
important one with which the state
must deal. The work of the bureau Of
education under Commissioner VIM. t.
Harris was Endorsed, and the associ-
alton declared that its powers should
be extended so that 1t would have
jurisdiction over educational matters
in all Of our new possessions.
Compulsory education laws and the
consolidation of rural schools We're in
dorsed and state support of institu-
lions for the training Of teachers is
recommended.
The last session was devoted to mu-
sic, Thomas Whitney Surrette, of New
York, reading paper on The Rela-
ton of Music to Life" Miss Anna OF
ten, of New York, and f. L. Abel, of
Detroit, assisted Mr.. Surrette with IL
Illustrations on the violin and cello re-
spectiVely.
Higher Education was the topic
In the morning, papers being read by
President Charles Il. Thwing, of West
ern Reserve university, Cleveland;
Robert B. Fulton, president Of the Uni
versity of Mississippi, and Hon. w. Y.
Harris, national commissioner of edu-
cation.
Professor Harris said: To under
stand the real growth for the past ten
years in secondary higher education
one must consider the number in each
million of population. There were six
ty- three grounps of 100000 each In
1880 and seventysix similar groups IN
1900.
Private high schools and academies
furnished in each group OF million IN
habitants 1876 pupils in 1890, but in
1900 only / ,443 pupils, the same being
slight falling off. This is more than
made up by the increase in pupils In
high schools, for the latter furnished
3,24l in each group Of 100000 inhab-
itants in 1890, but 6,S32 in each group In
1900.
Looking at it together, the total
number Of persons in each 100000 In
habitants in the United States study
ing secondary studies increased from
4,T57 in 1890 to S.275 in 1900.
This shows tnat the people of the
country are bent on giving their chill
dren higher education and are in
creasing rapidly in their ability to do
SO. With this growth in secondary
schools there has gone on an increase
in the numbers who resort to colleges
and universities, while in 1890 each
group of 100000 showed $50 students
in colleges and universities; ten years
later each group showed 1884 students.
In professional and technical schools
the Increase has been even more sur
prising. Counting these in with the
colleges and universities so as to get
the grand total Of students in higher
education, the entire enrolment In the
United States III higheS education,
which for practical purposes may be
said to include one-fourth in period
of four years in the course of study,
namely, work from the thirteenth year
to the sixteenth year inclusive, the stu
dents being from 10 to % years Of age,
counting these together, there were
1922 students in the United States In
1880 and 23S,575 in 1907
The most notable Of the department
al meetings yesterday afternoon was
that of the department of higher edu-
cation In the high school, before which
papers were read by President F'aunce,
Of Brown university, and VIM. e.
Chancellor, of Bloomington, Ill
President Faunce in his address on
the Moral Elements in Education adj
vocated properly conducted athletic
contests In colleges and schools
The national council of education at
n slimly attended session adopted a
resolution indorsing the Capitalization
of rural schools and the transporta-
ton of pupils to them.
The following departmental elections
were held yesterday:
Normal Schols-President, J. r. Mills
paugh, Winona,. Mimi; secretary, j. r.
Kirk, Kirksville, Me.
Science-President, Franklin M. Bar
rodws, Buffalo; vice president, w. H.
Norton. Cornell college, Mt Vernon,
Ia; secretary, w. S. Blatchiey, state
geologist, Indianapolis, Ind
Elementary Educa tion-President, r.
s A. 0gg, Kokomo, Ind; secretary, Miss
f AIDA p. Hertz, Carbonate, Ill.
Business ucation-President, I. O.
Crissy. Albany, N. Y; secretary, Tenn
pleton, P. Twiggs. Detroit, Niche.
Library Department-Preside J. H.
Garfield, Columbia university, New
York; secretary, Miss Mary F. A. Hern,
Chicago.
Department OF Higher Education
President, W. H. p. Faunce, president
cfsBrown university, Providence, r. T.
secretary, Prof. John w. Perrin, Cleve-
land
National Council Of Education-Presi
dent. w. ]. Phillips. Alabama; secre-
tary. J. p. Millspaugh, Winona, MINI.
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