Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-10
ROASTS YELLOW JOURNALS
Archbishop Ireland Delivers Address to
Educators at Minneapolis,
LARGE ATTENDANCE At CONVENTION
High Water Mark Is Reached and
over Twenty Teachers
Are Gathered in the
City of mills.

Education association convention has
probably been attained and 1t is assured
that the attendance record has been
broken. The visitors in the city today
were estimated at considerably over 1000.
A good-natured rivalry has sprung up be-
tween Iowa and wisconsin for the largest
delegation from any other state other than
Minnesota. Each state claims 1000
present. Indiana will probably hold third
place.
The department meetings were all we'll
attended today and there we're fifteen of
them. Tomorrow there will be thirteen
meetings and Friday, when the convention
closes, there will be twelve. The feature
Of the day was the great meeting Of the
general association tonight In the Expo
sition building. The attendance did not
fall far short Of 10000 people.
Hon. Michael Ernest Sadler, LII. D.,
director OF inquiries and reports Of the
education ONCE, London. England. was the
hrst speaker, and taking as his theme,
Hope" for nearly an hour held his audi
ence with one of the most thoughtful and
scholarly addresses delivered as yet before
the association. He spoke Of educational
work in England and shove clearly that
there is a close relationship between the
work and the workers In the two countries
and that great good would result from an
interchange of ideas, suggestions and ex-
perience.
The principal address of the session was
delivered by Archbishop John ireland OF
st. Paul. The we'll known churchman and
orator was at his best and was given a
warm reception by the great assemblage.
Chief Virtue of the Preacher.
Devotion to the Truth, the Chief Virtue
OF the Preacher" was the subject Of the
archbishop's address. Particular interest
was shown in the archbishop's reference to
the Spanish American war and to condi-
lions in the Philippines. He said in part:
l an one of those who see in the Sc
al ence OF the late Sp~anish-American war
the guiding hand of a mighty providence
and the outburst of forces long gathering
in the bosom Of the nation, sure, at one
moment or another, to break out in a re-
specifies self-assertion. Nevertheless, l
shall never deny that among the immediate
the exaggerated statements, the lies, too,
and the calumnies, the ceaseless appeals
to wiid ana reckless Psss sItta,a wnesh Of 9is ces-
tain newspaper writers and of certain other
manipulators of public opinion, l know for
office of a newspaper to its European cor
respondent read this wise:
With all that makes for war. nothing
that tends to prevent or delay it,"
If / were to choose where outside the
classroom for the general welfare OF hui
mainly / should have devotion to truth
prevail; l should name the newspapers.
The newspaper is total today .pre-eminently
all; it is believed nearly by all; Its infu-
ence Is paramount; Its responsibility Is
uta sIVe tb.e It's triPt ioVi NOTHING . but the truth
and all the truth-to allow, both parties 20
a controversy to be h~eard-never TO pal
which is omitted may be Of relevancy to
the formation of public opinion: never to
publish the doubtful as certain. the mere
gossip as well-ascertained news; never.
above al, else, to put before readers error
and falsehood. Facts given. the editor is at
his tenets. and even then there be radiant
true, limpid lines, the fair love of truth,
Journalism that is honest and honorable Is
one OF the nations most precious inherit
pelf above truth and virtue and adopts
as its tactics of war the stunning sensa-
tion rather than the calm statement OF
ties. Numerous in America is the Journal
ism which is honest and honorable; here
above all else, notoriety and pelf.
Teach; l pray you, to your pupils the love
obtain that they make conservation Of It.
self before its shrine, Teach them that
their souls are noble and grand, only when
no clouds of error hover over them; only
when truth in its plenary objectivity be so
fully reproduced in their minds that their
truth and be themselves truth. And teach
them that the truth which is In their minds
must be the aQOTnnent OF their IDS, When
those lips part in speech; the adornment
Of their pen, when this pen moves in writ
written is more baleful yet and lore in
glorious than the lie ensconsed in the mind.
for from the lips or pen II goes out to
darken and pervert the minds of others.
Tomorrow another general session will
be held, when James Wilson, secretary of
AGRICULTURE; Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait Of
New York and DR.. Jacob Gould Schur-
mann, president Of Cornell university. will
speak.
:. Department Meetings.
The morning was given over to meetings
Of the following departments: Kinder
garten, secondary education, normal
schools. manual training. music and Indian
education. In the afternoon the following
held meetings: Higher education, art.
business education, child study. physical
education, science, instruction, special ed
~ucation.
The feature OF the normal school meeting
2 was the address Of DR.. David Felmley,
president of the Illinois State Normal School
: university. on the need OF more practical
work In normal schools and the eoncentra-
tion and coordination of the work on the
teaching Of the actual instead Of the the
o~retical child as the ultimate purpose oil
normal education.
. A striking paper was read in the kinder.
gartCu section by Mary c. May, director OF
the kindergarten department Of the State
Normal school. Salt Lake City. Utah, on de-
, fects in the teaching Of English. The
greatest deficiencies IN the department sys-
q tenn she defined as poor power OF expires.
n sion. especially orally. poor spelling. pune
~tuation and composition. inability to grasI
! vital facts and lack of appreciation of val.
: ues. The greatest needs she enumerated
were training in clear. definite, brief power
r Of statement. greater simplicity OF expires.
. zion for teacher and pupil. greater power o
: illustration and marked extension Of oral
: combined with written work.
q system of Supervision.
$ James Remsen Of Cincinnati aroused the
enthusiasm of the secondary educational
department by his demand for a closer
system Of supervision OF schools by the
state. He pointed out that the extraordi-
nary activity in educational matters had
given rise to confusion and lack of CO.
ordination. Present state bureaus. he de.
clared, do not supervise thoroughly and
we'll because too small and underpaid.
In the department OF business education
the president, I. o. Crissy OF the regents
ONCE. Albany, n. Y, said that a commit
tee of nine had spent the year formulating
a general course NJ nrocedura and dafaiIad