Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-07-13
FAVOR SIMPLIFIED SPELLING
National Teachers Association Com
mends Board.
TAKE STAND ON SALARY PROBLEM
Regret that Boards should Evade
Consequence of Low Wages
Notes Signs of Advance
ment.

LOS ANGELES, Cal, July l2.-The clos
ing session Of the National Educational
association convened in Temple auditorium
this afternoon. Prof. John Adams OF
University college. London, England, ad-
dressed the convention upon, "A Signihcant
Lack of Educational Teremonology,' and
Benjamin Ide Wheeler, president Of the
University of California, spoke on the sun
ject OF, Call Nothing Common
President Wheeler spoke in part;
The public schools must be made am 'ept
the school for all without recosr OF
classes or conditions and II mus -
work and plan so as to close 49,
rather open the freest oppo' ~, nc
best achievements and thu ~ nee
The president rigid sy' ~ sTaues'
whose chief excuse p ~SN',\ ION ionic me ne,
cessty, must yie)/ ~ tne more
rapid adv T6y0nGs nTS q > ,oi Without WitRout the the
qradas was mo e. Nowadays the
machinery OF q and courses is won on
derfully perfect the schooI sA.s's tn ~
place l for the child in reference to the
grades is at any. time to be deterInin.ed, .
not by what he has gone through IN the
past, whether the pages or classes, but by
the work he is able TO go on and 90 mex; ~
Too many minds and too many yo,tins TiIls snd ana
treadmili of the grades and that means
banda ginR the foot and strapping the
skull to produce a standard system Par- ar
need To- be refreshed and re-adapted. The
common school is OF noble name, NOBLE
like and commonwealth i represents, pts ,ts
he who falsely shifts the value or ns
name is warned, he dare call nothing com
mon or unclean that serves OF humanity
at large has cleaned.
The committee on resolutions Charles
Van Lew of Chico, Cal, chairman, pre-
sented its report.
The Resolutions.
The following is an extract Of the COM
mittees report:
The National Education association,
now holding its forty-hfth annual conNen-
tion in Los Angeles and representing teach'
ers and friends or education in every state
of the union makes the tollowihs uec'ar"
The National Education association hotes
with approval that the qualifications ue,
manded of teachers IN PUBLIC s'nOCrs, sing J
annually, and particularly that In many
localities special preparation Is demanqea
of teachers We regret the attempt that
is being made in some quarters to evade
the consequence Of low salaries. we pc
lieve that constant effort should be mace
by all persons interested for their WORK
that both teacher and public Will recog-
nize teaching as profession; we Wlsh
heartily to indorse the action of those leg
islatures that have liked a minimum sal
airy at a living wage.
T'he establishment Of township and rural
high schools is one of the most Bratl1ylnB
evidences OF Ine progress VI W
believe that this movement should De en-
couraged.
The National Education association ap-
proves the efforts OF the simplined spelling
| board and other bodies TO promote the
sirriplhcation of English spelling by tho
| judicious omission of useless silent letters
and the substitution Of more regular and
| ineligible spelling IN place OF forms that
are grossly irregular or analogous, such
amendments to be made according TO the
existing rules and analogies of the Engnsh
spelling with a due regard to the stand
| citation hereby approves the simpler forms
| contained in the list OF 800 words now
| spelled in two or more ways, published by
! the simplihed spelling board and contain
! ing the twelve simplifed forms now used
| by this association, and directs that those
! simpler forms be used in the publications
Of the association instead of the rule now
| In force.
! The National Education association he
Iieves that the forces of this world should
| be organized and operated in the interests
| of peace and not OF war. We further be-
! lieve that the fear OF war and the possi-
! biity OF war would alike decline II gov
| ernments were TO rely more upon the SEN
! timent OF the people and less upon the
| strength OF their armies and navies
| The departments of manual training.
school and school administration and IL
brary, held it's Anal sessions this morning
| other sections have already completed
their programs and taken final adjourn
| ment