The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1903-07-07
Many Interesting Papers
Read at National Edu-
cational Convention.
RECLA|M|NG INDIANS
Separation of Church and
School Is Discussed
at Length.
ny ASSOCIATED pREss.

BY ASSOCIATED PRESS.
Boston, July z.-Thc program of the
National Educational association today
consists of eight departments.
The departments holding sessions today
are the national council elementary edit
cation, higher education, normal, manual
training. business education, child study
and Indian education
The national council discussed "Relg-
ious Education" with George a. Coe,
Contributions OF Modern Education to
Religion" He said in part:
Educational theory rests chiefly. upon two
ideas-the natural development Of the child
and his social destination, The first deter.
mines the nature of the educational process;
the second prescribes the end and the material.
The idea of child.development expands into
the principles OF perception, free selteSspres;;
sion, concretencss and symmetry. The idea OF
the child's social destination makes the work
and end OF education predominantly ethical.
Analysis of these principles will show that they
are inherently adapted to the work OF religious
First-Modern education agrees with religion
in recognizing the inner life as the essential
life of man. Only that which we assimilate
Standardization and religion agree in
coneeiving life broadly. Life is right feeling
and right willing as well as right thinking.
Third-They agree In demanding that the
inner life come to outward expression. The
maxim OF the teacher, mo impression without
expression, has its counterpart in the idea OF
good works as the expression and evidence OF
faith
Fourth-The educational principle that the
concrete should prcecde the abstract, the real.
ity the symbol, is in harmony with the reli-
gious idea OF incarnation, or the revelation of
the invisible God in visible person. The
school deals with visible and tangible things,
but not for their own sake rather because
seeing and handling are means to the growth
OF personality.
Fiith-Both education and religion aim at
freedom, yet employ authority. This paradox
Is solved through the insight that authority, in
both spheres, expresses the needs Of our
deeper self We become free only through
obedience.
Sxth-Modern education is working with
religion for the adjustment OF the individual to
society.
Influence of Religion.
Rev. Edward A. Pace of the Catholic
university, Washington, spoke ON THE In
fluence of Religious Education on the Mo-
tiyes OF Conduct, and Commissioner of
Education w. !. Harris of Washington of
The Separation OF the Church From the
School, Supported by Public Taxes"
At the session Of the elementary depart
ment the time was devoted to papers
mainly on technical subjects, with dis
cussions Of each.
In the department OF higher education
the topic was "rhe Length OF the Baccalau-
reate Course and the Preparation for the
Professional Schools"
Among those who presented papers were
President Nicholas Murray Butler of
Columbia university and President Will
lam X. Harper of Chicago university.
One of the principal addresses in the
normal department was that of Prof. Nor
man Grant of the High School, Philadel-
phia.
Trade Schools Discussed.
Trade Schools" was the general topic
in the manual training department Ar
thur II. Chamberlain, principal of the
Normal school of Troop Polytechnic In
sttute, Pasadena, Cal, was among the
speakers.
The child study department topic was
Child Study in Relation to Elementary
Education"
In the Indian education department the
topic was citizenship" with addresses by
II. B. Pears, superintendent of the Haver-
hill Institute; DR.. Sheldon Jackson gem
eral agent of education in Alaska, and
others.