Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-07-10
TEACHERS CONVENTION
Fifteen Thousand Gather :
Convention Of National Ed
ueational Association.

MINNEAPOLIS, MINI. July 10 F'ift.oa
ucational associations convention have
ALREADY arrived in the Flour city.
The meetings Monday AND Tuesday
were confined to the national council
the Indian department and the general
sessions. Today the work will begin.
The speakers of thu. convention are lnen
Of reputation, Including politicians. in
veators. publishers churchmen and ed
ucators
Gossip is already rife as to the next
president of the association. Gut ,N.p
iaines are yet mentioned. those Of
PRESIDENT Ghas. W. Eliot of Harvard
| and Superintendent james n. F'orsilay
Of Los Angeles
President Eliot Is talked of because
~ the probability that the next con-
veatiQil Mi 20 10 boston whi,. Nj.
| F'ershsiM is tic candidate of lhe ;Ie-
tive workers who admire him for his
| eiltfgy and devotion To the interests of
ihe association.
The cities ia the race for the nex.
convention so far arc Boston. Portland.
No, the north Pacific coast cities
Which are merging together. and Mag
al I'+tl4s,
The Afternoon WAS given over entire-
" 70 the general session at the exllo-
silon bpilding Wallace q. Nye Of
minneapolis introduced ". G. Martins
| dsplc of Detroit, Mich. as chairman of
the meeting. Governor Van SAINT vel
coincel thc association 10 The state ol
which he Is ne Official head. j. NJ.
olsen state superintendent ul public,
Distribution, delivered an aaslross ri
u ~. Ia. n Il
delfarmslt of the state. Acting Mayor
II. L. Jones welcomed the delegates To
Minneapclis and extended the freedom
OF tho city. superintendent OF the
minneapolis Public Schools Charles
NJ sa,lstn spoke of the system of pub
liz education which is offered by the
stat. and city pr cyrus Northrup.
president uf the University of Minnc
sofia also spoke words OF welcome.
;iuPer.nte ndent Jones A. f'orshssy IF
the city district schools of Los An
5el.s. CAL; Jor. J'heo H. Moss. llriici-
pal of the state normal school OF CALI
fofhia, Pa. and President Joseph
Wain Of indiana university responded
% the welcoming addresses for their
respective sections Of the country.
President l>a;,rslsEear has Deen taken
To the hospital, suffering With an at
tack of nervous prostitution. and was
G.nable TO deliver his address fast night.
i)r NichGias Murray Iaitler, pre.;i-
11lt OF Columbia university, spoke ON
SOME Pressing Problems. His speech
sounded the Keynote % the purpose $
and tho aims OF the convention. of the
profession of teaching in general and
Vas really the address that marked
the regular opening Of the conventions
Proper. Dr +. "A. Alderman. president
Of the Tulane university. New or
,prIls also spoke ut length.
TODAY Wtll be one of hard work for
@nel y6oay. MS besides the session at
| ll.e exposition bnildlmg in the eWenin.,
which Michael T.. Sadler III. H.,
lil'setor OF inquiries and reports of he
education office of Loadon, and Arch
1li,hop Ireland Will speak, there will
he fourteen either meetings of the va
rio@s depaltmants.
the national council finished lis
w9l. yesterday morning and the In
iEtn Department eloses with its session
his forenoon. Last evening the va
.ipus delegaies elected their mnnhcrs
'oi the nomination conimitttac
.i'hele We're tilree important meetings
yesterday morning. The national conn
q devoted its session to a oonsislera-
tloa u the social aspects oi education.
the papers Icing as follows: The
School As Il culture Center in tie. Light
Vi the Elesperiall Mpvensnt," by ID. T..
Mcclure. o. Lar ing, Mich; The So
fial Aspect af lsducationn by john
i,eWey, president of philosophy and ed
ueaiion. University of Chicago The
Pa mt French Reaction Against Rous-
Seau's l)oetrin. and III Favor OF Social
'i.aueation, ly Miss Anna Toman
smith OF the United States board of
ettucatioy Washington. ossian H.
Long. editor nj the School journal.
opened the discussion
The Indian education section held Il
very Interesting session. with addresses
bv nitod States Commissioner OF Ed
ueation w. Il. Harris, Or. Nicholas
Murray Butler, president of Colunbia
university. New York, state Superiu-
tenlent Alfred Rayliss. of Illinois. and
others. Mir. Harris talked about the
uses of newspapers i'm the education
of the Indian. Technical papers of
practical value to the members OF the
section We're read by IL. IT, I'caris al
ille Haskell institute. kansas: j. e.
iiiFrt, OF Oneida school, Wisconsin: e.
Ny. Grouse, Indian agent at For.