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trict school without the grades was
more humane. Now days the ma
chnery of grades and courses is Won
drously perfect, but the school exists
for the child and not for the grades.
The place for the child in reference TO
the grades is at any time to be de-
termined not by what he has gone
through in the past, whether the pages |
or classes, but what he is able to go !
too many wills and ambitions are
dulled by the routine and treadmill of |
the grades; and that means bandag- !
ing the foot and strapping the skull to |
produce standard size. Particularly |
do the last two years oe the grades |
need to be refreshed and readapted. |
The common schol is of noble name, |
noble like the commonwealth it repre-
sents. Whose falsely shifts the value |
of its name is warned he dare call
nothing common or unclean that serv-
ice of humanity at large has cleaned.
Report on Resolutions.
! The National Educational associa-
ton now holding it's 45th annual con-
vention in Los Angeles and to edu-
Gators and friends in every state in
the Union makes the following decla-
ration of principles and aims:
The National Educational associa-
ton notes with approval that the
qualifications demanded of teachers in
public schools, and especially In city
| schools
particularly that in many localities
special preparation is demanded of
teachers. We regret the attempt that
Is being made from some quarters to
eVade the consequences of low sal
aries. The salaries and often the con-
ditions under which teachers in the
public schools teach do not offer suf-
nclent lnducement to offset the more
promising propositions in the com
mercial life of a large city. Resource
is had, therefore to selecting students
with incompetent high school or nor
mai school training to fill these year
Embarrassing vacancies. Hence we be-
lieve that constant effort should be
made by all persons interested in edu-
cation to secure for teachers such
ad quate compensation for their work.
that both teacher and pupil will rec
ognlZe teaching as a profession. We
w sh heartily to endorse the action of
those legislatures that have fixed a
minimum salary at living wage.
The RAPID establishment of town
ship or rural high schools is one of the
most gratifying evidences of the
progress of education. We believe that
this movement should be encouraged.
1t is the duty of the state to provide
for the education of every child with
In its borders, and to see that all chill
dren obtain the rudiments of an edu-
cation. The constitutional provision
that all taxpayers must contribute to
the support of the public schools logi-
cally carries with it the implied pro-
vision that no person should be per-
mitted to defeat the purposes of the
public school law by forcing their
children, at an early age, to become
bread winners.
The National Educational associa-
ton wishes to record it's approval of
the increasing appreciation among
educators of the fact that the building
OF character is the real aim of the
school and the ultimate reason for the
expenditure of millions for their main
tenance.
The National Educational associa-
ton approves the efforts Of the smpIi-
fed spelling board and other bodies to
promote the simplifcation of English
spelling by the Judicious omission of
useless silent letters and the substitu-
ton of more regular and ineligible
spelling in place of forms that are
grossly irregular or anomalous, such
amendments to be made according to
the existing rules and analogies of
English spelling, with a. due regard to
the standards accepted by scholars;
and the association hereby approves
the simpler forms contained in the list
of 800 words now spelled in two or
more ways, published by the simpIi-
fed spelling board and containing IL
simplified forms now used by this as
ISOLATION, and directs that these sim
pier forms be used in the publica-
lions of the association in accordance
with the rule now in force.
The National Educational associa-
ton believes that the forces of this
world should be encouraged and oper-
ated in the interests of peace and not
of war; we believe that material, COM
mercial and social interests OF the
people of the United States and of the
whole world demand that the energies
OF these governments and of the peo-
pie be devoted to the conservative and
the healthful pursuits of peace, and
that the people be relieved of the bur-
den of providing at enormous expense
the ornaments suggested by the COM
petitiye desire for supremacy in war