Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-08
TEACHERS HOLD CONVENTION
Annual Meeting Of National Educational
Association at Minneapolis,
TENURE AND SALARIES OF TEACHERS
Fixed Pay and Certain Employment
Some OF the Things Advocated
by Leader in the Work
of Education.

MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi, July bright
skies and balmy breezes greeted the teach
ers and educators who arrived here today
to attend the session OF the National
Educational association. All incoming
trains brought large delegations. The local
committees had their arrangements so
carefully organized that there was no
trouble. and the assignment of quarters
went rapidly on.
The meetings Of the day were those OF
the national council and OF the Indian
educational section. The council is the
inner circle OF the association and election
to II Is esteemed a high honor. Its mem
berships are limited and run for life.
The session was held in the Unitarian
church, and after a few preliminaries
Nathan c. Schaeffer OF Harrisburg, state
superintendent OF public instruction In
Pennsylvania, read a paper on Taxation
as it Relates to School Maintenance" He
declared that as taxation for school pur-
poses is now the accepted policy Of every
civilized country, It's nature and purpose
should be taught in connection with his
tory and civil government.
The second paper OF the morning was
by Albert G. Lane, district superintendent
OF schools, Chicago, on Taxation and
Teachers Salaries" He said in part:
The reports OF county and state superin-
Is to be impaired to all children, more gen.
erous provision must be made for the ample
compensation of teachers, for permanency
the rural districts.
He commended the proposition that the
fund for the payment Of teacher salaries
be increased by the distribution Of a larger
amount of money to be raised by generl
state tax, and to be distributed in such
way as to insure the maintenance Of ruraI
schools for 100 to $50 days each year.
He continued:
Effective administration OF a school sys-
TEN can be most easily secured when the
teacher can work with the certainty OF n
compensation on a fixed scale. without rad
ical and violent fluctuations, when the gem
eral principles OF civil service pevail and
ice and good behavior. To secure these re-
suits in the larger cities the statutes relat.
ing to the raising of taxes for the teachers
salary fund should provide for an adequate
and dehnite\ amount.
The discussion was opened by J. NJ
Greenwood, superintendent Of schools, Kan.
sas City, Mo.
Superintendent c. B. Gilbert Of Roches-
ter, N. Y. read a paper at the afternoon
session Of the national council on THE
Function OF Knowledge in Education"
The other afternoon paper was by Will
liam T.. Harris, United States commissions
Of education, on THE Difference Between
Efficient Causes and Final Causes In Con.
trolling Human Freedom"
The discussion was opened by John w
Cook, president Of the Northern Illinois
Normal school at DeKalb, Ill.
The morning session Of the Indian educa
tion section at Plymouth church was givet
up to greetings from Governor Van SAINT
State Superintendent ]. w. Olsen ant
others. Responses were made by Indiar
Commissioner w. A. Jones of Washington
D. c., S. M. MCGOWAN, Oklahoma, presi,
dent Of the section; Lieutenant Colonel r
P. Pratt, superintendent Carlisle school
Pennsylvania; H. B. Pears. superintendent
Haskell institute, Kansas; E. T.. Macarthur
superintendent Sisseton Indian school
f, South Dakota; G. f. Pierce, superintendent
Briggs institute, South Dakota; Miss Estell
Reel. superintendent Indian school, Wash
ington, d. G.
In the afternoon President MCGOWAN rea,
his annual address and a large number o
papers were read by Indian educators.