The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-09-25
TEACHER AS CITIZEN
American League Of Civic Improve
ment Listens to Paper by DR..
= s. Ida G. Bender.
The Next Convention to Be Held at
Chautauqua-Duluth's Invi-
tation Declined.

Tomorrow Will De minneapolis DAY WIN
the American League for Civic Improve
| ment and the convention delegates will be
the guests Of the park board at luncheon at
| the West Hotel and on a trolley ride to
Minnehaha and Harriet A short program
| will intervene between the luncheon and
the drive. Addresses Of welcome will be
made by pr w w. Folwell and G. M
| Loring. Miss NJ Eleanor Tarrant Of
Neighborhood House, Louisville, and
Dwight Head Perkins of Chicago will
speak on Public Fairgrounds" and Ken
| yon L. Butterfield on "Federation OF Rural
Social Forces.' In the morning the public
| baths in st. Paul will be inspected and
| a demonstrate ton of the work OF the health
department will be witnessed. The con-
ventton will close with a meeting at the
| st. Paul Central high school, the topic be-
ing 1.-THE City Beautiful
| Chautauqua, N. Y, was to-day decided
| upon by the American League for Civic
| Improvement as the place for the next
convention, which will be held in the
course of the annual summer assembly
and will articulate with the meeting of
Buffalo. which is to have days outing
at Cha utauqua.
| An invitation from the Commercial Club
| of Duluth was extended by Thomas Hill.
| The attractions of the city were set forth
allurngly with banquet for bait, but the
| association thought 1t best to meet In
| different section
This morning a few matters of business
| were disposed of and two addresses were
delivered. The address of DR.. Ida c. Ben
der of Buffalo, N. Y, primary supervisor
of schools, was a brilliant presentation of
| 1.-The Public School Teacher as Citizen
| One of the difficulties met in the full ex
ercise Of their opportunities as citizens
| by teachers, DR.. Bender found in the con-
| servatism Of school boards. The greatest
difficulty is the lack of grasp Of the funda
mentals of municipal problems on the part
Of teachers, but they get little opportunity
to learn anything of civic responsibility or
| the management of public affairs.
| If boards Of education had a proper re-
| gard for the future well-being Of the
pupils, they would not insist so strongly
| upon the three Rs for without sur
| rendering an iota Of thoroughness, the
| most inspiring ideals might be infused
into education. American school boards
| are too likely to be content with ex-
plotting the national system of schools as
| the best in the world and not to notice the
| glazing defects of their schools. There
| is a marked tendency on the part of school
| authorities to automatic rather than to
| vital management of schools.
st. Louis Problems.
Mrs. Louise Marion Mccall of st. Louis,
who represents the American League, an
| infant prodigy of 1000 members, built up
| in year, spoke on Organization in St.
Louis" She ascribed the great move
| ment in st. Louis to the realization Of the
need of making the city itself the chief ex-
| hibit at the Louisiana Purchase exposi-
! ton in 1904. The need was the more ur-
gent because Of the deplorable conditions
| resulting from recent municipal corrup-
| ton. The idea Of a new, clean, better
city, in which the citizens should get the
| worth Of their money was the triumphant
issue in the last city election, and this fur
nished substantial basis for aggressive
| Improvement work; as the city officials
| have co-operated fully in every plan. The
| ordinances affecting the sanitary and
ceanly condition of the city have been
enforced, street sprinkling and sweeping
| is better done and music in the parks has
been restored. A commission has been ap-
pointed to determine how to make King
| Highway fine and impressive modern
| boulevard.
The morning session was presided over
by Mrs. Condo Hamlin of st. Paul. 1t
was decided to move the headquarters
from Springfield, Ohio, to Chicago, and to
make field secretary Of the organizer.
On the recommendation Of G. M. Loring Of
| the finance committee, a permanent COM
mittee was provided for.
| The afternoon program included an ad-
dress on industrial Betterment," by
| Richard II. Ely OF the university OF Wis
| consin, and an arts and crafts program in
which Mrs. Martin Sherman Of Milwaukee
spoke on the industrial betterment move
ment Gin the Household" Miss Mary Col
| ton. St. Paul, I'm the School-Art, Edu-
cation and Decoration;'' George Welt
brecht, st. Paul, I'm the Workshop, the
| Hand VS.. the Machine" An informal re-
ception followed, given by the Woman s
| Civic League. in it's rooms in the New
| York Life building.
| At the evening meeting at the CONNER
cial club, DR.. Justus Ohage will give an
illustrated address on "Garbage Smoke
and Baths and the other speakers will
| be DR.. w. w. Folwell, Minneapolis; Ed
ward W. Bemis, Cleveland, and President
Zeublin.
This afternoon the league elected Off
GERS as follows: President, H. c. Heinz,
Pittsburg; first vice president, Edmund
J. James, Evanston ILL.,; second vice
| president, Mrs Louise Marion Mccall. ST..
Louis; third vice president, General Will
liam J. Palmer. Colorado Springs; treas
urer, Morton B. Hull. Chicago; CORE
spending secretary, Charles Zeubin, Chi
kcago; recording secretary, o. Nc G. How
| ard, Chicago; field secretary, E. G. Raut-
zahn, Springfield, Ohio; directors, Mrs.
Cando Hamin, ST.. Paul; E. L. Shuey,
Dayton, Ohio; Clement Studebaker, Jr,
South Bend. Ind; Mrs. p. D. Scott,
Princeton, N. j.; Mrs Percy G. Penny
packer, Austin, Tex; j. Horace LMac-
Farland, Harrisburg, Pa.