The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-14
RANGER IS PRESIDENT
HEADS AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF IN-
 sTRUCTEON.
Seventy-fifth Annual Session of the Teachers at Portland, Me-, CIoses
 With Speeches by Wright and MtfIs.

Portland Me-. ft1iy 1s.+-President Carroll D. Wright of Clark College and Professor H. F. Mills of vassar Col lege were the speakers at the closing session tonight of the seventy-fifth annual convention of the American In- situte of Instructions. The selection of Walter E. Ranger of Montepelier. vt.. as president of the association to succeed President Keys of Hartford and the reelection of the other officers constituted the most inn portant business transacted today. Sev- eral invitations from various cities. including Montreal and New Haven for the convention next year were re- ceived but no decision will be made
 until next January. The thousand or more members be-
 gan today the closing sessions of the seventy fifth annual convention of the American Institute Of Instruction
 which opened Monday evening. The formal program will be completed this evening at a general session at which addresses will be made by President
 Carroll D. Wright, of Clark College, and Professor Herbert E. Mills of Vas
 sar College. -.-" .-a. l There were three sub-conventions
 in session today in addition to the general convention. The concluding
 business of the convention including the election of officers was transacted
 at the general session. Dr. J. R.
 Lynch, chief superintendent of instruc-
 ton in New Brunswick. delivered an address upon the educational problems in his province.
 F. W. Arthy. superintendent of
 schools. Montreal. read a paper on The Conditions of Protestant Edu-
 cation in the Province of Quebec"
 He spoke of the remarkable fusion
 of the British and the French, the
 Protestant and the Roman Catholic population. two races with different languages, creeds and ideals, and de-
 scribed 1t as the particular result of
 Judicious school legislation. The
 school system of the province is a dual one. The council of public in- struction, composed of twenty seven Roman Catholics and thirteen Protes- tants, seldom meets as a whole. but
 sits separately in two committees, one Protestant, the other Roman Catholic. This duality in the central adminis- tration Is extended locally in the cleo
 ton of separate school boards. The
 Protestants form only one-seventh
 of the entire population, and all the
 school privileges of the vast majority are secured to the dissentant few.
 In the larger local centers the Protestants are numerous enough and
 wealthy enough to support good
 schools. but in many Of the rural dis
 tricts they are so few that they must either tax themselves extravagantly to
 educate their children or be satisfied
 with educational provision of the poorest and cheapest kind.
 Wilson Gill. of Philadelphia, spoke
 briefly on the subject of city schools.
 The feature of the department of home and school was contributed. among others, by Mrs. w. O. Wallette. of Goshen, Ind. a member of the edu cational committee of the general Fed
 eration of women's Clubs.
 At the business session. Superinten- dent Walter E. Ranger, of Montpelier. Vi was elected President of the in-
 stitute. Other officers elected includ-
 Secretary. William c. Crawford. Bos- ton; Treasurer. Alvin F. Pease, Mall
 den. Mass.
 were adopted embouying recommenda- tions that a day be set apart in each state 10 be observed in every school,
 when instruction in tho principles of international arbitration should be giv- en. also that commissions be appoint ed in each State to inquire into the conditions of the adult blind and to suggest ways and means for their betterment.
 Herbert E. Mills. professor of eco monies at Vassar College, read paper in which he considered the higher ed- ucation of women mainly in the light of some recent criticisms.
 Carol D. wright was received with applause when he spoke on the col lege of the future.
 The convention finally adjourned at l llo:l5 ?. m. .,-.