New-York tribune., 1902-07-10
IRELAND TO EDUCATORS.
ARCHRISHOp OF ST. PAUL. SPEAKS ON
THEIR INFLUENCE AND RE
SPONSI BILITY.

MINNEAPOLIS July 9.-High water mark in the At
tendance at the National Educational Association
convention has probably been reached ana IL Is
also undoubtedly the record for numbers present
at any meeting of the association yet held \
conservative estimate places the number of VS.
tors in the city to-day at considerably more than
twenty thousand.
Each Of the fifteen meetings to-day was well at
tended. Nearly every department of the assocl /
ton has held meeting. md the real work OF tle
convention proper is on in full blast. There Will
he thirteen meetings tomorrow and on Friday
when the convention closes, there will he twelve.
OF the seven meetings held this afternoon the
one of most general interest that of the de
partment of special educa ton. Dr. Jordan super
ntendent of the Minneapolis schools. made 'he
address of welcome. and DR.. Alexander Graham
Bell. the inventor of the telephone and president
the department, responded explaining the DID,
jects of the department and the wonderful WoIN
which it and the educa tors hoped to accomplish
and the great good which would result from the
interchange of ideas. suggestions and experience
Archbishop John Ireland of st. Paul spoke on
The Influence and Responsibility of the Teacher
He said i'm part:
| am one of those who in the sequence or the
late Spanish American War the guiding hahG s vi q
mighty Providence and the Outburst OF lorces
one moment or another to break out in resist
less sef-assertion. Nevertheless. shilt herer r
there are to be numbered the exaggerated state
less appeals to wild and reckless passion which dis
figured and dsgraced the utterances of certain
newspaper writer's and of certain other manlpu-
lators of public opinion. -.,.,e. ,ro,,
l know for a fact that the instructions going IRON rom
less appeals to wild and reckless passion wIhGn nr n
graced the utterances of certain neWspaper ~ ~wries
and certain other manipuators OF pubic "piHHIo, mon
the office of newspaper to- It's european cor for
war. nothing that tends to prevent or delay IL
Grave. indeed were the causes demanniiIE , ,oc.
America a solemn act strong were the prov oCd-
tions given ruffie the national temper yet y"S va
can never approve the methods IN which tasehG0t goo
"A
assert that ii were immensely better soT 6 I6 bate
try If results attained through war s4onu nn u" s
been attained without the carnage ana hd''' VI
How unguarded and reckless. and how reprehen-
stble many statements published at the present
tell Of dreadful deeds Of cruelty and injustice for
which close examina ton no founati2n IN ract IN, Is
stance which I particularly pleased to censure,
little nv while ago ago GE5saH Was the order Of
day in the schools Of Mania the chle1 otrcltIs
regularly ordained ministers who divided their
time between the multiplication table ana traet @
discovered that the chief officials and teachers IN
good sense as well as the strict rules Of the gov
ernment. held them strictly to secular matters
The speaker considered truth next In its use or
abuse by the newspaper, which he called pre-emi-
nentIy the mentor of the people" He said its in
fuence is paramount, its responsibility tremendous
Journalism that Is honest and honorable is one OF
the nations most precious inheritances. He argued
for truth religious and secular controversy. de-
ring that 1t is the basis for agreement ana con-
ciliation.
why do I talk before a convention of America 3
teachers of the perils that crowd the pathways to
truth? | have only in mind to lay deepest stress
upon the importance Of truth that the utmost care
be taken instil into the soul Of the pupil the
love Of truth. a devotion to il.
Teach. | pray you, to your pupils, the loNe OF
truth. Fxtol before them its beauty: obtain that
they make conservation Of themselves before its
shrine Teach them that the lie spoken or written
is more baleful yet. and more inglorious than the
lie ensconsed in the mind, for from the lips or
pen il goes to darken and pervert the minds
of others.
Another general session will he held tomorrow
morning when James Wilson, Secretary of Agri-
culture: Mrs Carrie Chapman Gait, Of New-York
and Or Jacob Gould SChurman, president Of Cor
nell University will speak The address OF the lat
ter IL is thought will he of more than usual inter
est as he will speak Education in the Philip
pines"
Tomorrow night will be devoted to a general re-
cepton tu the members Of the association by the
faculty Of the university the teachers Of MnneaPo-
lis and the Commercial Club.
The movement for election Of President
Charles W Eliot Of Harvard president
Of the association has attained such head
wav that he probably will he named without oppo-
sitiop The question Of place Of meeting will not
he so aa siiv settled Boston TO be the faVor-
lie hut as II has never been the custom 70 give
Tho presidency and the convention TO the same city
this may operate against the Boston candidacy II
DR. Eliot is chosen President Beardshear Is re-
ported as much better. but his physicians will not
permit him TO preside AT any OF the sessions or
actively take the work.