The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-12
WORK OF EDUCATORS
NATIONAL COUNCIL HOLDS INTER.
 ESTlNG SESSION. Ga
Plans For The Working Tn Harmeny Of All Dranches of Organsqtlon For Educational AAvance
 Are Formed.

Los Angeles. Cal. July 1.-The Na- tional Council of the National Educa- tional Association, in executive session adopted the following resolutions:
 That a committee of i've be appoint ed by the president of the council of which committee our world honored leader. Dr. William T. Harris, shall be chairman, and the United States Commissioner of Education and che president of this council shadl be mem- bers. whose Sduty 1t shalt be to con- sider and report to this council what steps may be possible towards securing the cooperation of the various organi- zations for the promotion of education and the consideration of its pro6lems that may exist in the various civilized countries of the world.
 Joseph Swain. president of Swarth- more College. Swarthmore, Pa, was unanimously elected president for the ensuing year. le
 J.. M. Greene. O Trenton, N. J., was elected vice president and the present incumbent was reelected yec- fetary. M
 The report of the Committee on Ap- prepriations which was adopted, inciud- ed the appointment of committees by the president and the appropriatjon of $500 for each of the following o-gaEi-
 First. To investigate and submit . tentative report on . system of teach- Ing morals in the public schools. NQQd. For the further tnvestiga- tioh N industrial education n rural Third. For . preliminary iEqu.ry Into the contemporary judgment as 10 that should be devoted to the combined school and college courseS
 Fourth-To consider and mako . preliminary report of the shortage of teachers and colleges; causes and rem
 Fifth-To make a, preliminary report ' on provisions for .sxccptionat children in the public sehc6lS ss II- ssss sd., sss, k Another report. which was adopted, ell into educAtional subjects would be as thorough as those conducted by universities or by the scientific de- partments of the National Government: recommended the employment of ex- perts and the expenditure of all neces- sary funds and finally urged that the association exert all its influence in securing the adoption of the rscom- mendations to the Council in general educational work.
 The opposition to the re election of Trustee H. E. Brown of Valparaiso. Ind. to full term. which came before the Board of Directors this afternoon, was dissipated. MT. Brown has been trustee but three days. being elected to i'll out an unexpired term. He was objected to by many of the older men In the association because of his oD- scurity In the association affairs.
 pr. William T. Harris has been ex- pected to nominate W. O. Thompson, President of the Ohio University. at this afternoons meeting to succeed MT. Brown. ip which case the latter would have been defeated. There was much opposition to this plan from President Schaefer and others, and to- day Mir Harris announced quietly that he would not appear at the meeting of the Board at all.
 At the meeting of the Board of Directors late this afternoon, MT. Brown was elected trustee to succeed him. self. and a resolution was adopted favoring Cleveland as the next place of meeting in 1908.