The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-07-11
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~ VARIED SESSIONS HELD YES
TERDAY.
koME INTERESTING SPEAKERS
,scaEAR OF IOWA NAMED
FOR PRESIDENT.

b,iucipaI Grant of Queens Vniver-
a -,., ontario, Says Teachers Per-
themselves to Be UndervhI-
ed--Music, Drawing and Manual
rainipg Not Fads, said Supt. Sol
a., of st. Louis-AIiss Powell of
r.tnwbia. 5. c., Discussed Work
and Play in Lower Grades.
n.+roit Mich, July 1o.-Two general
.-irgs Of the National Educational AS
.,a.ion one session OF the Indian Edn-
,.,onal Department and ten separate de-
Eminent meetings have kept" the dele
.,ee TO the fortieth N. E. A. convention
busy to-day
/ The Nominating Committee this after
am selected the following officers, who
III he voted ON later by the convention:
president, William Bradschear, presi-
ont Of Iowa College; treasurer. Charles
Keyes of Hartford, Conn
Eleven vice presidents were also placed
nomination. Ii is considered probable
hat the convention will ratify these NOM
nations.
At the general session of the associa-
ion tonight papers were read by Fred
rick NJ. Crunden of ST. Louis. and Prin-
|nal George NJ. Grant of Queens Uni
Eersity, Kingston, Ontario. Mr.. Crun-
IN urged greater cooperation between
eacbers and libraries. He warned the
eachers however. to avoid placing in
he hands of their children books that
aught lessons only. He said in this
Fonnection:
oThe library books should be disasso-
tsted firm text books and lessons. Let
here be some instruction in all the books
given the children, but avoid the ap-
bearance of teaching them in the books
hey read for pleasure
Distinguished Speaker.
Mr. Grant spoke about Some of Our
dstakes" He said in part:
I'VE have undervalued the teaching
rofession. All history shows how great
n this mistake, for teachers have deter
uined every permanent advance of the
Thought and life of humanity. Aristotle,
Plato, Socrates, and the Greek dramatists
we're the teachers Of their time, and Eu-
nope and America still sit at their feet.
b in the East with Gautana and Confu-
Eius, Jesus was known simply as Rabbi
pr teacher. What was the characteristic
bf those great teachers? That they spoke
Fth authority because they had master
ID what they taught" -
The heat was very oppressive tonight
Pnd as a result there was the smallest
audience of the convention present.
Fads Discussed.
Elementary Education" was the gem
ral topic discussed under. various heads
the morning session. r. Louis Sedan,
Superintendent Of city schools, ST. Louis,
Eas the first speaker His paper was on
fNhat Is a Fad?" He said, In part:
Drawing, music and manual training
pave frequently been called fads. They
Pre- not fads as long as they are limited
. the elements of these arts. To give the
Eald a knowledge of some popular
angs to have the school open and close
Flth music, does not seem open to OBJ
feeuon Drawing, as long as it's object
the cultivation of the mind and eye in
1e elements for form, is branch which
universally useful and may properly
e considered a part of public education.
IL however, instruction in drawing or
music is carried to an extreme, if the
m is not to educate the powers of each
hlld but to train artists, these studies,
Nherwise valuable, may become fads.
any study, or any alleged school-room
Practice will become a fad when exag-
Eerated and carried beyond it's true
|Falue
There are, however, practices which
pave appeared in the last few years-for-
unately in a few places, to which the
Hord fad fril' or fringe which public
[pinion applies to them properly belongs.
mere are people to whom the love Of the
Pew in education is as strong as the love
n fashion is in social life. Not enough
discrimination is exercised in selecting
Prom new plans and devices in teaching,
Ehose that are wise and helpful. 1t Is
EhaTacterisuc of most of the fads that
[hey are launched into the world with the
oud promise of important results, alleged
De easy Of attainment by them at some
u'ufe time, but no tangible results have
owe from many of those innovations,
eIaloed with enthusiasm and pursued
Iwith zeal"
Inc following departments held meet
~ OF the different parts of the city this
lternoon: Music, art education, normal
SCHOOLS, physical education, deaf, blind
anu ieeole-minded, school administration,
manual training, secondary education,
slgner education and child study and kim
" Strgartens. Before the latter department
WIS charlotte NJ. Powe of Columbia, s.
~ read the following paper:
Work and Play i'm school.
MISS Charlotte H. Powe of Columbia,
IL, 70 took as her subject Work and
Ky IN the Primary and Grammar
HS1es. She said in part:
BIRDS, beasts, men and even plants
s s,e thelr energies and then rest. Through
|s nature runs this rhythmic movement
~, NY and recuperation, work and play.
~ the kindergarten the child's play
|SSomes expressive. In the primary, he
So MS expressive work The time at
~. sS should be equally divided between
~ Nh ana play with a gradual growth of
ue predominance Of work. These are
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