The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-07-10
National Educational Association
Meetings of Departments Held.
ADDRESSES TO THE SECTIONS
MICHAEL EARNEST sADLER on EDU-
CATION IN GREAT BRITAIN.
Archbishop Ireland Among the Speak
ers-Other Notable Features of the
Days Busy Sessions.

MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi. July e.-Hish-
water mark in the attendance at the Ma
tional Educational Association convention
probably has been reached. A conservative
estimate places the number of visitors in
the city to-day as considerably over twenty
thousand Much good-natured rivalry has
sprung up between Iowa and Wisconsin for
the largest delegation from any State other
than Minnesota Each State claims 1000
representatives here. Indiana probably will
hold third place on the list.
The meetings have all been we'll attended,
and when it is stated that there were ff-
teen of them IL will be readily seen that
the crowd is an enormous one. Nearly
every department of the association has
held a meeting, and the real work OF the
convention proper is in full blast To-mor-
row there will be thirteen meetings, and
on Friday when the convention will close,
there will be twelve.
The morning was given over to meetings
of the following departments: Kindergar-
ten. secondary education. normal schools.
manual training. music and Indian educa-
ton. In the afternoon the following held
meetings: Higher education, art. business
education. child study. physical education,
science instruction. special education.
The feature of the normal school meeting
was the address of DR.. David Felmey, pres
ident of the Illinois State Normal Univer-
sty, on the need of more practical work in
normal schools and the concentration and
coordination of the work on teaching the
actual instead Of the theoretical child as
the ultimate purpose of normal educa ton.
A striking paper was read in the kinder
sarten section by Mary c. May. director of
the kindergarten department of the State
Normal School. Salt Lake. Utah. on DE
fects i'm the teaching of English" The
she defined as poor power of expression.
especially orally, poor spelling, punctua-
tion and composition, inability 10 grasp
vital facts and lack of appreciation of
values The greatest needs she enumer-
ated were training in clear, definite. brief
power of statement greater simplicity of
expression for teacher and pupil, greater
power of illustration and marked exten-
sion of oral, combined with written works
James Remson. bishop of Cincinnati.
aroused the enthusiasm of the secondary
education department by his demand for A
closer system of supervision of schools by
the State He pointed out that the ex-
traordinary activity in educational matters
had given rise to confusion and lack of CO.
ordina ton. Present state bureaus he de-
clared, do not work well, because too small
and underpald.
In the department of business educat ton
the president, /. .. Crissy, of the regent s
ofice, Albany. y. Y, said a committee OF
nine had spent the year formulating a gen.
eral course of procedure and detailed
courses of study for business education in
public high schools. The demand for four
wear courses was so strong and showed ao
decided trend toward practical business
instruction that the committees work was
most important.
A. F. Winshop. editor of the Journal OF
Education. Boston. read strong and sug-
eestive paper on the disciplinary value OF
commercial studies as opposed TO the old
idea that higher mathematics was best for
disciplining the mind. In illustration he
said: u. J. Hill is the greatest railroad
man on earth because he first carried a
half and a ton of coal 1.l00 miles for 2;
cents Ii was the plain multiplication table
that made Jim Hill the best disciplined
man west of Chicago.
w H. Norton, professor of geology a.
Cornell College. Iowa. in his address a:
president OF the science instruction section
contended that there should be enough sci
ence from primary school 10 university
so that there should be no year I'm which
scientific aptitudes may not find mean!
of development 'It is physical scienc.
alone" he said, in alluding 10 Christian
! Science. which can render Us immune t.
such vagaries."
In the department OF higher education
! Institute, Chicago. made the second annua
report for the commission on accredited
schools, whose object IL Is TO establish
! closer relations between the colleges anC
secondary schools of the North Contra
States The commission consists of fort,
/ members equally divided between college.
/ and secondary schools, and it's purpose 4
| TO effect reasonable uniformity sn require
ments for admission 10 colleges. IL il
| plan Is put into operation any gradu
| ate of any school on the accredite,
| list may enter any college in the associa
tion without examination. Its work i