The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-07-12
TIE BUSY EDUCATORS
vw.Nr NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
I'M AT WASHINGTON.
ENGLISH SCHOOLS DISCUSSED
.urY hall TALKS OF IDEAL
EDUCATION.

EJueation and Many other
D.r. Discussed-W. NJ. Bearsh-
o,Iova University Elected Pres
..-Threc General Sessions and
MANY departmental Meetings win
=, the Convention To-day-At-
,o,ce Yesterday Estimated at
over 10000.
.,,t JuIy 1.-THE National Educa-
-, Association to-day reattirmed its
,.,orotion in favor of a national uni
,srsitv at washington to be maintained
=. the national government.
After taking this action the association
,,.od as its president for the ensuing
-. President w. NJ. Bearsher of the
University of Iowa. The election was
.,,or,mous, as was that of c. M. keyes
Z =. hartford Conn, for treasurer. This
.,..rroon thirteen departmental meetings
.,ore held and in several of them officers
,,.re elected for the coming year. Inter-
.stine papers on the teaching of econom-
{. IN the schools were read at the morn
-. session by Prof. George E. Vincent
- chicago University, President George
c,rton of the Institute of Social Eco
romics. New York; Prof. F. w. Speirs
of Philadelphia and R. P. Halleck of
Louisville, by.
Al the general session of the associa-
linn tonight THE Problems of Educa-
tim in England" were treated in a paper
nv Cloudesley s. H. Brereton of Melton
Constable, England.
Reform Needed in England.
He said: Many reforms, social and
sconnrnic. are now necessary in England,
and above all some reform in national ed
ucstion in the sense of unifying educa-
tional effort at the center and in the To-
caity 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 disbelieve in educat-
hg the working classes, and on the
other hand by those who distrusted in
teventon of the state"
What constitutes a business education
4 depends very much upon the point OF
view From that of the American bust
a ness college" which, for more than halt
century monopolized in this country
A the visible administration of that edu-
cation, it implies such training in the re-
cording of business as will enable the
student to obtain a position" as junior
b6okkeeper or clerk; and this was long
the prevailing idea of a business educa-
4 ton in America. l speak with no disre-
spect of the American business college
and still enjoys a considerable prosperity
must have had real value.
Ideal Education.
President G. Stanley Hail of Clark Uni.
versity, Worcester. Mass, presented his
views of The Ideal University before
the National Council of Education in Y
NJ "A. Hall this afternoon. He adyo.
cdted deferring the teaching of reading
and writing until the child was or {
years of age, and substituting nature
study in the meantime. From the eighth
to the twelfth year, when the child was
most teachable the slogan should be drill
and the teaching of good habits. He con-
demned the subordinating of the higf
schools to the universities and urged high
scnool teachers to stand on their owr
basis, regardless of the colleges. After
the ages of twelve or thirteen he advo
Gated the bifurcating of the studies o.
the sexes. THE girls" he said, ''shoult
take the fine arts and the humanitie:
unless they intend to specialize, leaving
Inc sciences, Greek, ETC., to the boys
the department of art education
Frederick W. Coburn of New York, reaC
inc paper Of the afternoon on 18th,
Economic Value of Art Educat ion."
Business Education.
Following the presidents address in tn,
department. of business education, 1. o
NTssy, of Albany, ". Y, read a paper OF
what Constitutes a Business Educa
ton"
resident N. A. Harvey of Chicago de
Wered an address to the department o
science instruction.
The following departments elected Off
GERS this afternoon:
0chool Administra tion-President, T. II
,t' Memphis; secretary, w. G. Bruce
Milwaukee.
Manual Training Department-Presi
Gent {. c. Richard, New York; secretary
n Trybon, Detroit.
NJ hndergarten and child study, president
MSS Geraldine O'Gray, New York: sec
t.ary, Miss Mary May Salt Lake City
|ysieal education, president, DR.. W
~ Kuhn, Chicago; vice president, Dr
tt0ePei' Atlanta; secretary, Miss Mabe
L. Pray, Toledo
i"ee general sessions of the associa
ou ana number of departmental meet
we tomorrow will end one of the mos
suoCessiull conventions the association
10y ever held. The attendance to-day wa
''''nsted at between 1900 and 1880.