The Elbert County tribune., 1902-07-10
TEACHERS rlEETINc
M1nNEAp OILS CONVENTION.
National Educational Association In
session.-ProceedInss Of the Ma
tionaI councii.--Address and Pa
pers in the Indian Section.

pefs IN tnc inoian occhon.
Minneapolis. July s.-The National
Educational Association opened It's
sessions here yesterday. The attend
ance is large The meetings Of the day
were those of the national council anu
of the 1ndinn education section. Tie
council is the inner circle of the asso-
ciation, and election to 1t is esteemed
high honor. Its memberships are
limited and run for life.
Nathan c. Schneffer OF Harrisburg,
state superintendent OF public instruc-
tion in Pennsylvania. read "A paper on
.'1axation As II Relates to School
Maintenance He declared that as
taxation for for school purposes Is now
the accepted policy of every civilized
country Its nature and purpose should
be taught In connection with history
and civil government. 81
The second paper on the program
was by Albert G.. Lane. district super
intendem of schools. Chicago. on Tax
alton and Teachers Salaries
"The reports of county and state
superintendeDts." he said, show that
IL effective instruction Is TO be impart-
ed 80 all children. more generous pro
vision must be mnde for the ample
compensation of teachers, for pernian-
schools in the rural districts"
He commended the proposition that
the fund for the payment of teachers
salaries be increased by the distribu-
tion Of larger amount of money 10 be
raised by general and state tax. and
10 be distributed in such a way as to
Insure the maintenance Of rural
schools for 100 to 1sO days each year.
effective administration OF a school
system can be most easily secured
when the teacher can work with the
certainty OF a compensation on liked
scale. without radical and violent fiue-
tuations; when the general principles
of civil service prevail and teachers
are retained during efficient service
and good behavior To secure these
results In the largest cities. the stat
utes relating to the raising of taxes for
the teachers salary fund should pro-
vide for an adequate and definite
amount"
The discussion was opened by J. NJ.
Greenwood. superintendent of schools,
Kansas City.
Superintendent C. Il. Gilbert of
Rochester. New York. read paper Mt
the afternoon session of the national
council on THE Function of Knowl-
edge in Education
The other afternoon paper was by
William T. Harris. United States com
missioner OF education ON THE Differ
eDcc Between Efficient and Final
Causes in Controlling Human Free
DOM The discussion was opened by
John W. Cook. president of the Illinois
Normal School OF De Kalk. Illinois.
The morning session Of the Indian
education section Mt Plymouth church
was given up to greetings from Govern
or Van SAINT, State Superintendent ].
w. Olsen and others. Responses were
made by Indian Commissioner w. A.
Jones OF Washington. ID. c.: $. NJ. Nc
Cowan. Oklahoma. president of the
section; Lieut. Col. X. T.. Pratt. SUPER
intendent of Carlisle School. PennsyI-
vania; ii. B. Pears. superintendent OF
Haskell Institute. Kansas; Il. Il. Nc
Arthur. superintendent of Sisseton In
dian School. South Dakota: c. II.
Pierce. superintendent of Biggs' Insti-
tute South Dakota: Miss Estelle Reel,
superintendent of Indian schools,
Washington. ID. G.
In the afternoon President MCGOWAN
read his annual address and large
number of papers were read by Indian
educators.
Miss Alice Robertson. supervisor
Greek nation, Indian Territory. de-
clared that the uneducated white peo-
pie formed the greatest menace to the
education Of the Indians. in that they
offered deterrent Influences.
:. NJ MCGOWAN of Oklahoma. presi-
dent of the Indian section, declared
that tendency was apparent TO over
crowd the development of the Indian.
He said Christianity could not be
taught 10 white man in a minute,
and that an Indian required more time
TO learn. The Indian, he said. should
be led and not driven. and the leaders
should not lead them too fast.
II. ID. Shut of Tulalip. Washington,
taught TO do the same work on the
farm
Miss Robertson dissented from this
on the ground that the Indians already
force their women to perform too much
manual work.
Fonr general sessions of the associa-
tion are scheduled for this afternoon,
when Governor Van SAINT State Super
intendent Olsen. Mayor Ames City SUI
perintendent Jordan and President Cy-
rus Northrop OF the State University
will deliver addresses of welcome.
They will be responded to by Superin-
tendent J. A. Foshay. Los Angeles; DIR.
T. b. Moss, California. and DIR. Joseph
Swain. president of the Indiana Uni
versity.
DR. w. II. Harper. president of the
University of Chicago delivered anad-
dress before the national council Inst
night. reviewing the educational prog
ress of the year.