The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-13
EDUCATORS
 END MEETING Declaration of Principles Adopted. PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM Suggestions as to Conduct
 and Extension. Dr. J. H. Phillips of Alabama Elected President of the National coun- cil of Education-List of Other Officers.
 

 Association tonight at the laet session of it's fortieth annual con- vention, adopted declaration of prin- Sipies.
 The last session was devoted to mus sic. Thomas Whitney Surrette of New York read paper on the relation of music to life.
 The declaration of principles says:
 The progress and happiness of . people are in direct ratio to tue uni- versatility of education" praises the Bis- reau of Education under the direction of William T. Harris, Commissioner of Education. and continues:
 We reiterats that the public schools should be the center of the educatiouzl life of the community in which 1t Is 10 cated. Especially should this be true in rural districts. Here should be found the public library for the use of all: here the educational extension courses should draw the old and the young: here may literary ard social meetings be held which will tend to uplift the mental, social and spiritual life of tEc people. Freed from the ravenops ID nnence bipartisan politics, untoucned by the narrowness Of rigid sect5rian- ism. the public schools should become the real center of .he broader fntellec- tual life. the educator of men and wo- men beyond theschool age as well as the guide of childhood and youth.
 "The subject that may properfiy De taught In elementary schools include those that bear rron the clinical. physical end aeththetic nature of the child as we'll as it's purely intellectual natre. IF
 "The liberality of men of wealth ia to be strong commended and encouxs aged. At the same time 1t should he borne in mind that popular @ffucaficu rests upon the people and should look to them for it's chief support and con- trol.
 The public school system of q stats should be 8 unit from the kindergerten to and including the university; and all private institutions should endeavor to work in harmony with the ideals of public education so far as their spe~ cial purposes will permit them.
 Legislation with respect to public education must not wait for public sentiment. It should lead public sent- iment when necessary. Experiences teaches that what people are compelled by law to, do with respect to schosls they readily learn to do without com- pUlsion but that they usually are slow to demand reforms which involve in- creased taxation. School legislation should therefore be under the general direction of educational experts,
 'The National Educational Associa- tion recognizes the principle that the child has the same right to be pro- tected by law from ignorance as from abuse, neglect and hunger: and iE therefore notes with approval that many of the leading States of the Union haVo AAr Iax their statute books. Close, constant. expert supervision of schools is imper- atively demanded, not only on account of the large financial interests involved but also on account of the supreme inn portance of the teachers work and the lack of well rounded preparation on the part of many teachers.
 The National Educational Ass. cja- ton watches with deep interest the solution of the problem of consolid 1t ing rural schools and transpo-.ine schools at public expense. row att tempted iiI many of our leading States We believe that this movement win lead to the establishment of tow .,silip and county high schools and thus tr:ng more advanced education to rural con- munitles.
 The State should support and control institutions whose object is the prepa- ration of teachers for the public schools. Normal schools free to per- sons preparing to teach are an abso- lute necessity, perfected system of education.
 No one should be placed in charge of a school who has not been previously trained for the work of teaching. The plan of issuing teachers certificates of low grade year after year is at best a makeshift, and should be discontin- ued whenever the State is sufficiently advanced in education to warrant its disContinuance.
 We believe that the standards for school architecture should be as defi- mite as the standard for teaching. The law should fix the dimensions and all other requirements of school buildings as well as the size and character of school grounds"
 The most notable of the departmental meetings this afternoon was that of ths department of higher education in the high school. before which papers were read by President Faunce of Brown
 University and William E. Chancellor of Bloomington, III. President Faunca advocated properly conducted athletic contests in colleges and schools The National Council of Education. at a very slimly attended session. adopted 6 reSOlutloH ihuofsthS the CSA~ | tralization of rural schools and the transportation of pupils to them. The following departmental elections
 were held today:
 science-President Franklin NJ. Bars rows. Buffalo.
 l;.cmen,a.y Education-President R.
 A. Ugg, Kokomo. Ind; J. J. Doyne. Little Rock. Ark. was elected Vice. President.
 Business Education-President J. H. Garfield, Columbia University. New York. Department of Higher Education-- President W. H. P. Faunce, President of Brown University, Providence, R, l.; Vice. President. c. W. Dabney,
 President University of Tennessee.
 Knoxville.
 National Conncil of Education-Prems
 ident ]. H. Phillips. Alabama.