The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-06-18
ARE IN WHO'S WHO
American .Notables Who Are on N.
E. A. Program.
GREAT EDUCATORS ARE INCLUDED
A Glance Through Program Shows
Importance of the Great
ssl esrsi Gathering.

! cn1eny by It's size ana the scope OIL fts
work, although in these particulars it is
one of the most notable American organi-
! cations. In its large membership 1t In
1 cludes practically all of the great educa-
I tors of the country, and the Importance OF
a body guided and inspired by such men
cannot be estimated.
A tentative program of the association
meetings has been issued and 1T gives
/ some idea of the position of the men and
women making up the active element OF
the organization. Every name on the pro-
gram of the general session and of the
national council is that of an individual
|jof national reputation. who's Who, an
annual biographical dictionary of notable
Iiliving men and women, with one or two
exceptions contains the names OF those
on the programs, and many of those tax,
ing part in the department meetings are
also included in this category OF ynota-
4 bles. .ss & .e, -
| The responses to the ADDRESSES OF wei
come will be given by James A. Foshay,
city superintendent of schools of Los An
geles; DR.. Theodore B. Moss, principal Of
one Of the Pennsylvania normal schools,
Fand DR.. Joseph Swain, president of the
University Of Indiana. DR.. Swain was
formerly professor of mathematics at
Leland Stanford university and is the
author Of numerous scientific papers pub
lished by the Smithsonian institute. He
has taken an active interest In the al
fairs Of the = National Educational asso-
tciation and has been president OF the IN
diana state association. at .... r.
William M. Beardshear, president of
the National Educational association,
whose annual address will be delivered on
the opening evening, is president OF the
Iowa stat college of agriculture and me-
chanic arts at Ames.. He has been city
superintendent of schools in Des Moines
and president of the Iowa teachers asso-
citation. He has been. member OF the
United States Indian commission for five
years. He is very able speaker and his
address on "The Three HIS in Education
will be an important feature of the con-
vention. .@s..' s--, ~.
The attention of the audience the first
evening will be shared by DR.. Nicholas
Murray Butler who succeeded Seth Low
this year as president of Columbia uni
versity. DR.: Butler has had a remark
able career as an educator and Is just ~
years old. He has been dean of the fac
ulty of philosophy at Columbia since 1890
and was the founder and president OF the
New York college for the training OF
teachers, which has since become the
Teachers College of Columbia. He has
been the editor of the Educational Review
and in 1895 was president Of the Nationa
Educational association. it, :
| .fis. Archbishop Will SPEAK. ,le
On Wednesday evening Archbishop Ire.
land will be the principal speaker and or
Friday night the address will be made BY
+ Or: John Huston Finley, professor O
politics in Princeton university, formerl,
president of Knox college. s"F - 2%%
The speakers Thursday morning ar
James Wilson, secretary of agriculture
who will speak on "'The Education Of tn
q American Farmer; Mrs. Carrie Chapman
Gait, president of the National American
i Woman Suffrage assertion and formerl
Il a teacher OF great ability, on "H1ghe
Education and the Home; Dr.. Jaco
Gould Schurman, president Of Cornell uni
4 versity, Education In athe Philippines.
1 DR.. Schurman was the chairman of tn
i first Philippines commission and spen
= most of the pear 1889 in the islands. H
+ is a. writer on philosophic subjects an
! senior editor Of the Philosophic Review
;. Harris, United States commissioner Q
= education will speak on How schoo
: Strengthens the individuality of the Pu
= pill; Charles Payson Gurley-" Scott
genealogical editor Of the Cen
r fury Dictionary, '"The Simplifica
n ton of English Spelling Pres
: ent Duty; Thomas Clarkson Truebloot
University OF Michigan, "The Educationa
:. Value Of Training in Spoken English.
q The discussion of the morning will b
: opened by Carroll Gardener Pearse, cit
a superintendent of schools in Omahs
v president of the Nebraska teachers asso
+ citation. Mr.. Pearse has been Office
n and active member of the N. E. A. an
! is leader among western educators
g On Department Programs.
4 Among the notables whose names az
e pear in the department programs are ,
= H. Phillips of Birmingham, Ala, of tn
g national council of the association an
= city superintendent of schools in BIZ
: mingham since 1888; Richard G. Boon,
city superintendent of schools in Gin
= cinnati and formerly president Of Mich1
= gan Normal College; Nathan c. Schaet
= fer, state superintendent, of public In
- struction in Pennsylvania; Albert
q Lane district superintendent of schools
% Chicago, and chairman Of the board {
- trustees of the N. E. A.; Charles B. Gil
bert, superintendent Of schools, Roches
~ Liter, N. Y, formerly superintendent (
- schools in St. Paul; John W.. Cook pres
+ ident Northern Illinois State Norm,
- school; DR.. John Dewey, head Of the d.
partments of philosophy and education
University OF, Chicago, and a we'll know
writer on philosophy; w. H. P. Faunc