The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-07-12
FAVOR A NATIONAL u
NATIONAL EDUCATIONAL Assoc1.
TioN PLACES ITSELF DEFIN-
ITELY ON RECORD
OFFICERS CHOSEN FOR YEAR
w. lei. Breadschear, of the Un1ver-
sfty of Iowa, Is Elected Presi-
dent-AdjOurnment Takes
Place Today.

DETROIT, July 1.-THE National Ed
ucatloral association reaffirmed it's dec
laratlon In favor of a national univer-
slty at Washington, to be maintained by
the national government. After taking
this action the association elected as its
president for the ensuing year President
w. II. Breadschear, of the Univ ersity of
Iowa. The election was unanimous, as
was that of c. M. Keyes, of Hartford,
conn, for treasurer. This afternoon
thirteen. departmental meetings were
held, and in several of them officers We're
elected for the coming year. interest
ing papers treating on economics in the
schools were read at the morning session
by Prof. George E. Vincent, of Chicago
university; President George Gunton. Of
the Institute of Social Economics, New
York; Prof. F. w. Speiers, of Philadel-
phia, and R. P. Halleck, of Louisville,
KY
AT the general session of the associa-
ton tonight THE Problems of Education
in England" were treated in a paper by
Cloudesly H. P. Brerton, of Melton Con-
stable, England He said
Many reforms, social and economic,
are now necessary In England, and
above all some reform in national edu-
cation in the sense of unifying educa--
locality. Attempts at unity have often
been made. They have always failed be-
cause England is divided into two
schools, one laying stress on ethical and
the other on intellectual education, each
of these being hampered on the one hand
by those who disbelieved in educating
the working classes, and on the other
by those who distrusted the Intervention
of the state"
President G. Stanley Hall, of Clark
university, Worcester, Mass, presented
his views of THE Ideal University be-
fore the national council of national edu-
cation in Y. M. G.. A. hall this afternoon
He advocated deferring the teaching of
reading and writing until the child was
seven or eight years of age, and substl-
tuting nature study in the meantime.
From the eighth to the twelfth year,
when the child was the most teachable,
the slogan sould be drill and habftation,
the teaching of good habits. Not much
memory work or reasoning should be
given children during this period, DR..
Hall said He condemned the subordina-
ton of the high schools to the universe
ties, and urged high school teachers to
stand on their own basis, regardless Of
the colleges. After the ages of twelve
or thirteen he advocated the bifurcating
of the studies of the sexes and the girls
he said, Should take the fine arts and
the humanities, unless they intended to
specialize, leaving the sciences, Greek,
ETC., to the boys"
Three general sessions of the associa-
ton and a number of departmental
meetings tomorrow will end one of the
most successful conventions the associa-
ton has ever held. The attendance to-
day was estimated at between 1900 and
$4,000.
DEPARTMENT ELECTIONS.
The following departments elected of
ficers this afternoon:
School stration-President, T. Fl.
Peres, Memphis. Tenn; vice presidents,
MIS- MIS- JOSEPH n III H. Goss. Grand Rapids,
tary w. G. Bruce, Milwaukee.
Manual Training President, c. c. Rich
ard, New York; vice president, Charles
j. II. Trybom. Detroit.
Kindergarten and Child Study-Presi-
dent Miss. Geraldine O'Grady. New York;
troit; secretary Miss Mary May. Salt
Lake City.
Physical ducation-President. DR.. w
Q. Koohn, Chicago; vice president DR..
Toepel. Atlanta; secretary, Miss Mabel l..
Pray, Toledo.
The department of superintendent de-
voted it's afternoon session to a round
table discussion of topics of interest to
superintendent, and decided to hold it's
next meeting in Chicago in February,
1902.
In the department of elementary edu-
cation papers were read by Thomas A
Mott, Of Richmond. Ind: r. A. Ogg, Of
Kokomo, Ind. and Prof. Charles De
Garmo, of Cornell university. The SEES
sion of the secondary education depart
ment was devoted to round table discus
sion of secondary educational topics.
Papers were read in the library depart :
ment by R. c. Metcalf. of Boston: ]. H.
Garfield, of Columbia university, New
York; G. F. Boyd. of Mississippi; Miss
Irene Warren, of Chicago, and Miss Ange
V. Miner, Of Normal. III.
The feature of the last session this aft
ernoon of the Indian educational depart
ment was a paper by National Commits
sioner of Education William r. Harris
on Civilization and Higher Education f"