The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-07-14
|pINcIPLES SET FORTH.
! National Educational Association
Adopted a Platform.
CENTER OF EDUCATIONAL LIFE
a. Pc in the Public Schools of
e s..,v community--Liberality OF
Wealthy Men Commended.

.,, Mich, July 12.-The National
4 a,,onsi association tonight at the last
~ ~ its fortleth annual convention
20 declaration of principles.
lac, session was devoted to music.
ana. whitney surrette of New York
y noner on "The Relation of Music to
he.'
~, declarations Of principles says;
H. nrosress and happiness of people
4, direct ratio to the universally ot
I,,stIon. praises the bureau of education.
tho direction of william II. Harris,
.sIoner Of education, aud continues:
Nv reInterate that the public school
ia no the center of the educational life
mo community In which it is located.
4. eclally should this be true in rural dis
H. Here should b. found the public
a.ary for the use OF all; here the educa
HI extension courses should draw the
AMI the young; here may literary and
H. meetings be held which will tend
pnllft the mental social and spiritual
Il n the people. Freed from the ravenous
4uspce Of partisan politics, untouched
Il the narrowness Of rigid sectarlanlsm,
II unblic school should become the real
e Tor OF the broader intellectual life, the
4, caior of men and women beyond the
Il ool age as well as the guide of childhood
ID youth.
ahe subjects that may properly be taught
s,ementary schools include those that
Ii rpoh the ethical, physical and aesthe
"a nature Of the child as well as its pure
flhellectual nature.
our system Of education will not he
Aplly free until every grade of school
An the Kindergarten to and including the
iyerslty shall be open TO every boy and
IA Of our country.
NM llberality of men Of wealth is to he
fnngly commended and encouraged. At
N same time il should be borne in mind
I'd popular education rests upon the PEG
81 and should look TO them for its chief
{eport and control. The public school
Siem OF State should be unit from the
|hdergarten to and including the uniyer.
u and all private institutions should en-
r1yor to work IN harmony with the ideals
Npublic education so far as their special
uGpose will permit them.
Legislation with respect to public educa
ID must not wait for public sentiment. IL
Build lead public sentiment when neccs
Experience teaches that what people are
uN idN w uO VIII respect 10
Aools they readily do without compulslou,
ID that they are usually slow to demand
'fbrms which Involve increased taxation.
1hool legislation should therefore he un
a the general direction OF educational "a
.fs.
HE National Educational association rec.
Mes the principle that the child has the
ne right to be protected by the law from
nprance as from abuse, neglect or hunger,
y It therefore records with approval that
by Of the leading States OF the Union,
nc compulsory educational laws upon
Hr statute books. Close, constant. TX.
IA supervision Of schools is imperatively
eaanded, not only on account of the
nc financial interests involved, but also
taccount Of the supreme influence II the
|ehers work and the lack of wel-rouuded
%paraton on the part of many teachers.
INC National Educational association
Ncnes with deep interest the solution uf
~ problem OF consolidating rural schools
NJ transporting pupils ut public expense,
~ attempted in many of our leading
n les. We believe that this movement
VI lead to the establishment of township
~ county high schools and thus bring an
Nanced education to rural communities.
.He, state should support and control in
Nntlons whose object Is the preparation
'feacherS for the public schools. Normal
wols free 70 persons preparing to teach
~ an absolute necessity in perfected
Nem of education.
4p one should he placed in charge of
no who has not been previously trained
q the work Of teaching. The plan of
Ming teachers certificates of low grade
"a after year is AT best a makeshlft and
'Nlld be discontinued when the State Il
"a lclently advanced in education 10 war
"a Its discontinuance.
Ne believe that the standards for school
'Spllecture should he MS definite as stand.
~ for teaching. The law should fix the
$ensl9nS and all other requirements OF
10 buildings as well ms the size and
'*facter Of school grounds.