New-York tribune., 1905-07-04
TEACH HAND AND MIND.
Il PLEA FOR UTILITY.
Need for Industrial Education Key
note of First Session of Teachers.
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Asbury Park. July 3.-Twenty thousand edu-
Gators. representing thirty-flve States and Ter
ritories. are now I'm the twin cities and adjacent
resorts one hundred and forty-five trains ar
rived at the main station to-day. Each train
was crowded TO the platforms with passengers
There solid trains of baggage cars. each
loaded 10 the roof with trunks and grips
belonging TO the newcomers. Twenty thousand
pieces OF baggage were received.
A majority OF the teachers who arrived last
night and to-day came from the West and the
South. They were met at the railroad station
by members of the local entertainment commit
tee and escorted 10 the registration headquar-
ters in the casino the beach. NewYork's
delegation is by far the largest of any State.
The teachers from New-York City have estab-
lished headquarters at the Coleman House,
where President Maxwell and other officials of
the National Educational Association have taken
rooms. The New-York State teachers have their
headquarters at the Ocean Hotel.
At the afternoon session the congress dis
cussed the topics Race Improvement, Not
Transformation" and The Importance of Util-
izing the Natural Sterling characteristics of the
Indian I'm Laying the Foundation for Citizen
ship" The speakers included j. j. Duncan, an
inspector at the Pine Ridge agency South Da-
kota; c. ]. Crandall. superintendent of the Santa
Fe Indian School. New Mexico; Henry ].
Phillips. superintendent of the Lac du Flambeau
Indian School. Wisconsin and w. p Squires,
an inspector at the Standing Rock agency,
North Dakota.
The address of Representative John ]. Fitz-
gerald. member of the Indian Committee was
enthusiastically received by the large delegation
Of Indian workers. He said that during the
last few years there had been marked i'm
provement in the methods followed in the Indian
schools. and with the same energetic, system
atic, sympathetic and intelligent supervision
they would continue to improve.
Charles j. Baxter State Superintendent ot
Public Instruction, gave account of the
school gardens of New-Jersey. Miss Mary R.
Campbell. of Johns Hopkins University. Balti-
more. briefly described some Of the methods
which have been used with success in teaching
the so-called special class children John ID.
Benedict, Superintendent of Schools in Indian
Territory, gave account Of his work among
the five civilized tribes
Miss Estelle Reel, superintendent of Indian
schools. Washington, ID. c., made the closing
address,
The National Council of Education met this
morning in the First Methodist Episcopal
Church. Nathan c. Schaeffer. of Harrisburg.
Penn. the Vice president, presided. The report
rural schools was submitted and discussed by
Charles d. McIver. president of the State Nor
NAL and Industrial College. Greensboro. N c.
and A c. Drew. of Washington, a director or
the government experiment station. The latter
advocated the teaching of agriculture in the
schools in order TO make intelligent farmers
and TO enrich the country.
An audience of 5000 persons gathered at the
first public meeting, held this evening in the
Ocean Grove Auditorium. An orchestra of fifty,
led by Tall Esen Morgan, rendered several selec-
tions while the teachers and their friends as
sembed. William II. Maxwell. president of the
National Educational Association, presided.
Prayer offered by Bishop James NJ Fitz-
gerald. of ST. Louis. president of the Ocean
Grove Camp Meeting Association.
William H Maxwell, president of the National
Educational Association and Superintendent of
Public Schools. New-York City, spoke on "Educa-
tion for Efficiency"
THE Future Of Teachers Salaries'' was the
topic of the address by w. T. Harris, of Wash
ington, United States Commissioner Of Educa-
tion.
Other addresses were made by John w. Carr
of Anderson, Ind, who discussed Commissioner
Harris's address, and by Frederick j. v. Skiff
OF Chicago, who spoke on The Uses of Educa-
tional Museums" Department meetings will be
resumed tomorrow. In the afternoon a patri-
otic public meeting will be held in the Ocean
Grove Auditorium, when addresses will be made
by Mayor Mcclellan Of New-York City, Andrew
S. Draper, of Albany, State Commissioner of Ed
ucation and Edwin A Alderman, president Of
the University Of Virginia