The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-03-01
EDUCATORS OF NOTE
CHICAGO CONFERENCE WAS pRo
DUCTIVE OF GOOD RE-
SUITS
MINNESOTA DELEGATES HOME
DIR. Stanley Hall Objects to Peach
ing of Latin in Public Schooys
Preparing for Min
neapoIis

STATE superintendent John w Olson
0upt- W. A. Shoemaker and the rest of
the Minnesota contingent returned YES
'eiuay from the annual meeting Of the de-
pattfnent OF superintendent of the N r
A. at Chicago. They report it the hest
conference of this distinguished BODY ever
held. 1T was great meeting" said
Supt. Olsen. THE greatest educators ne
the country were there 1t was nrivi-
iege and a pleasure To meet them and to
near them discourse the vital Questions
of education
Minnesota was honored by the election
OF Supt. c. M. Jordan, of MINNEAPOLIS &c
president Of the department. Supt. shoe
maker spoke of the debate between r,
Stanley Hall and DIR. w. T. Harris as a
battle of giants" President Hall deliv-
cred an address on The High School as
the Peoples College versus Fitting
Schools" He took a decided stand against
Latin and Greek as taught in the public
schools today saying:
The baby Latin and Green taught in
our high schools is but a sanctfed relic.
the ghost of a ghost, and we find today
almost every degree of degeneration from
the golden age of secondary classical
training.
Booker T. Washington says the two
chief desires Of the colored youth during
an the reconstruction period were to hold
once and study Latin, and that his life
work for his race has been directed
against. these two evils.
Il raise no question of the great value
into them. What keeps these studies
alive? First, their traditional respect
ability. The voice of their defenders is
either hoarse or thin and piping with
They are the rear guard in the retreat
of what was once d great army, but the
gre sp of this dead hand from the tombs
of culture must be relaxed
This is a good age to be young In.
Our children must not be trained merely
to defend this old fortresses of civilization
but to carry on an offensive and defensive
warfare in fields as yet uneSplored
What will the high school as the pep
pies college be and do? 1t will teach
English with the chief stress not upon
history and science. 1t will not exclude
the Bible mans chief textbook in psych-
olCgy, human nature, self-knOwledge sell
reverence and self-control. The peoples
college will teach oratory.''
United States Commissioner of Educa-
ton William Il. Harris, while admitting
some of DR.. Halls contentious for the re-
tentions, pleaded for the retention, OF the
classics in vigorous fashion.
DR.. KiehIe's Contribution.
No paper read at the convention at
tracted greater attention than did Dr.
Kiehles, in which he declared that 1.-THE
commercial spirit of the age is making
no provision for motherhood" and that
1--WE are making money earners of our
daughters"
THE fact that during the session just
closed there was but one woman ON the
programme caused considerable comment
among the woman members and their
friends, and it was brought to the atten-
ton of the committee having the arrange
ments in charge. Hereafter they will be
given q fair representation in annual
meetings.
The educators present at the Chicago
conference were enthusiastic at the out
look for the coming annual convention
Of the National Educational association at
Minneapolis in July, and were sure that
there would be mountaineering attend
ance State superintendent from the
South and West reported that in their
respective states greater interest was be-
ing taken by teachers than had ever be-
fore been evidenced, and ley each prom
ised a good representative attendance
from their states. Nebraska promises
to send LOCO delegates. Wisconsin,
through Supt. L. D. Harvey, promised
to do better than Nebraska, and Supt.
Bayliss, of Illinois, guaranteed that Il
linoiS would beat both Wisconsin and
Nebraska. 1t was the general opinion
that the attendance would be as high
as 1900, if not greater. c. H. Lang,
editor of the School Journal, of New
York city, came on from Chicago to Min
neapolis yesterday to gather information
concerning the convention for his jour
nal. DR.. ]. III. Zubiaur, of the national
board of education of the Argentine Re
public, also came to Minneapolis yester-
day. He is studying American educa-
denal methods for his government.