New-York tribune., 1902-07-08
EDUCATORS MEET.
ro ATTEND ASSOCIATION SESSION IN
NnNNEAPOLIS-TO BE VEL
COINED TO-DAY.

minneapolis. July while large numbers Of the
s.oators of the country are already in Minneapo-
- the majority OF the visitors still to come.
Three meetings Of the national council and TWO
of the department of Indian education were held
.o.dav The first general session of the association
Iii he held tomorrow afternoon, when Governor
=, SAINT State Superintendent Olson, Mayor
Ames. city Superintendent C NJ Jordan and Pres-
dent Cyrus Northrop OF the State University will
deIiver addresses of welcome. They will be re-
snonded 10 by Superintendent J. A Foshay, of Los
Angeles; DR.. T. B. Moss, of California. and DR..
Toseph swain president of Indiana University.
The national council will complete its work to-
marrow morning when D. z. Mcclure, of Lansing.
7Tfcb; John Dewey, OF the University of Chicago.
and Miss Anna T. Smith, of the United States
Bureau Of Education, will speak.
4 meeting Of the Indian department tomorrow
morning and another general session in the evening
will be all that will occur before Wednesday. when
she real work OF the convention will begin
Bright skies greeted the teachers and educa tors
who arrived here to-day to attend the sessions of
the National Educational Association. All incom-
ing trains brought large delegations. The local
committees had their arrangements so carefully
organized that there no confusion, and the
sssignment of quarters was rapidly made. The
meetings of the day those of the national
council and Of the Indian educational section The
council is the inner circle of the association and
election TO ii is esteemed a high honor Its men,
berships are limited and run for life. The session
was held in the Unitarian church. and after few
prelininaries Nathan c. Schaeffer of Harrisburg
State Superintendent of Public instruction in Penn
sylvania, read paper on Taxation as It Relates
10 School Maintenance" The second paper OF the
morning was by Albert G. Lane district superin-
tendent OF schools. Chicago. on Taxation and
Teachers Salaries"
The discussion was opened by ]. u. Greenwood,
superintendent Of schools. Kansas City Mo-
Superintendent c. B. Gilbert Of Rochester n V
read paper at the afternoon session of the ma
Ional council on The Function of knowledge in
The other afternoon paper was by William T
harris; United States Commissioner of Education
F4nal nal Causes in Controlling Human Freedom
,refds1I qIsgssSa of ION vas opened by John W Cook
6f Be Ka6 3t H. lie Northern Illinois Normal School
The morning session Of the Indian educational
greetings from Governor Van SAINT, State Superin1
made. by Indian Commissioner w 4. Jones Of
Mfa5hington; W +I n Mccowan,of Oklahoma. president
Superintendent Carlisle school Pennsylvania: II B.
Mss Estele Reel, superintendent Indian Schools
In the afternoon President MCGOWAN read his an
naai 5 ADDRESS, and a large number OF papers were
read oy Indian educators.
PRESIDENT HARPER's ADDRESS.
IN the course of his address on '"The Educational
Progress of the Year." President William r
Harper Of the University of Chicago. said:
strong movement seems to have set in in the
grees to Following the lead Of HaTapd rIni-
Herslty, several institutions, including Columbia.
ana CorneH. have given up the degrees of Bachelor
Stow 81 Sc1eSe nno nnd Bachelor Of Philosophy and be-
the degree OF Bachelor of Arts. This policy can
az an events, be defended the ground OF sim
phclty. IL does away with distinctions which NAV
seem TO have lost their force. The strongest argu-
Ient that has been urged is that by concentrating
eftoFt in the preservation of this degree the col
leee course will be saved where otherwise IL is in
danger OF being lost. 1t may questioned whether
mis- tendency will go much further. It is surely
ooubtful whether 1t is to become universal There
are those who believe that the distinctions pro-
posed In the different degrees distinctions ba sed
upon real differences; that course the larger part
OF whlch is IN science may properly be called a
3; ourse IN science ana the degree given be degree
IN science. The word science is one which its
enthusiastic advocates should honor by use rather
than dishonor by rejection. BY the side of the
old college Of arts, the characteristic feature OF
Whlch was the study of the classics, there have
grown up two sister colleges: that of science and
mar OF modern history and literature. Surely
inns tact may well be recognized; and nothing is
Ea!aed by adapting the old degree TO the coll
Iese. ~hen II is so easy to employ a degree the
name OF which explains itself. This step can
nardIy be regarded as forward step in educa ton.
me breaking down of real distinctions means
backward movement not progress.