Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1907-07-13


81 have attended every session for
the past fifteen years. said one veteran
teacher, sand this is the best ever. Los
Angeles has done herself proud"
ssWe've been shown" declared
member of the Missouri delegation
yesterday.
On the floor of the Temple Auditorium
yesterday afternoon the closing battle of
the fiftieth annual convention of the Ma
tional Educational association was fought,
and the battle was not for long. The
contest arose over the recommendation of
the committee on resolutions that the sec
rotary be directed to use the simplihed
spelling in the case of the now famous
three hundred" Action was precipitated
by Mr. Greenwood who moved that the
directions, which he claimed were uncon-
stitutional in that they usurped the power
of the directors, be stricken out. In an
instant E. o. Vale sprang to his
feet with an objection. THAT part Is
vital to the matter" he declared. Il am
sorry that my friend has precipitated this
dispute here; but the action of the board
of directors at last nights session in vot-
ing to retain through thorough and
though in their old forms leaves us no
alternative DuI 10 light IL Jul ihoS
action last night was without elaboration.
1t was hasty and i'll advised. 1t is undig-
nified embarrassing and will put this as
ISOLATION in an unenviable light before the
people of the country"
Miss Shirley, who made the sensational
fight against the adoption of the constitu-
ton at Wednesdays session, was there in
her war paint. With an air of bravado
she declared: 81 am in favor of progress
80 hoo ar1 ntITs
directors don't do what we want we, the
teachers of this country, will depose our
directors" With this significant threat
against the high officers who were daring
to defeat the will of the association she
sat down The resolution passed in its
original form by vote of almost to 1.
There were other resolutions passed
without a word of comment. One of these
was a plea against child labor. and after
its adoption H. w. Elson of Chicago was
appointed by the association representa-
tive to confer with the great commercial
bodies of the country which will shortly
meet to consider the question.
The subject of professionalism in school
sports was also made the burden of a
resolution, and the association expressed
itself as commencing the schools which
are struggling against it.
Secret societies and fraternities received
a severe hllOCh, dIlO dIltI Tic ISduiI6 VI
the resolution the audience showed it's ap-
plause.
California was particularly honored yes
terday in the appointment of Benjamin
Ide Wheeler, president of the California
university, to the Craftsmanship of the
committee which will begin working for a
national university to be located at Wash
ington, D. c.
The resolutions adopted yesterday are as
follows:
The National Educational association
now holding it's forty-fifth annual con-
vention in Los Angeles and represent
ing teachers and friends of education
in every state in this Union, makes
the following declaration Of principles
and aims
1. American teachers have been ac-
customed for years to look upon the bu-
reau of education of the department
of the interior at Washington D. c.,
as the nations great educational ex-
change and clearing house. not only
for educational information and sta
tistics, but also for the extensive in
vestigation of special questions touch
ing education, and for the dissemina-
ton of the results of such work. Re-
alizing that this work, to be effective,
must receive liberal financial aid, the
association wishes to declare the bu-
reau of education worthy of a much
larger support than 1t has received in
the past and to urge upon congress
the favorable consideration of this
need.
2. The National Educational associa-
ton notes with approval that the
qualifications demanded of teachers
in the public schools, and especially
in city schools are increasing annual
ly' and particularly that in many To-
calities special preparation is demand
ed of teachers. Some of the large
universities recognizing their respon"
sibility to their immediate commune
ties, have organized courses suitable
in scope and convenient as to hours
for these teachers. The idea that
anyone with a fair education can teach
school is gradually giving way to the
correct notion that teachers must
make special preparation for the voca-
tion of teaching. The higher standard
demanded of teachers must lead log
ically to higher salaries for teachers.
Insufficient Compensation
We regret the attempt that is being
made in some quarters to evade the
consequence of low salaraes. The
salaries and often the conditions I'M
der which the teacher in the public
schools teach do not offer sufficient
inducement to Offset the more promis-
a large city. Recourse is had, there
fore, to selecting students with incom-
plete high school or normal school
training to fill these yearly increasing
vacancies. Hence we believe that con-
slant effort should be made by all per-
sons interested in education to secure
for teachers such adequate compensa-
ton for their work that both teacher
and pupil will recognize teaching as a
profession. We wish heartily to in
dorse the action of those legislatures
that have fixed minimum salary at
living wage.
8. 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 encour-
aged until the children of rural COM
munities enjoy the benefits of public
education to an extent approxmating
as nearly as practicable the education
furnished In urban communities.
Industrial Education Advocated
4 The association heartily approves
of the efforts now being made to de-
ternnine the proper place of Industrial
education in the public schools. We