Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-01
HEAD OF EDUCATORS
Lorenzo Dow Harvey Elected
President Today.
BUT ONE NAMED FOR PLACE
Early Talk of Outside influence
Discounted.
VICE PRESIDENTS SELECTED
Booker Washington's Address Before
the Association at Cleveland.
Needs of the Negro.
BUT ONE NAMED FOR PLACE
VICE PRESIDENTS SELECTED

CLEVELAND. Ohio, July 1.-LOrenzo
Dow Harvey, Ph.D., superintendent OF
public schools and superintendent of the
Stout Training School of Menominee,
Wis. was elected president Of the Ma
tional Educational Association at spe-
cial general session of the association to-
day The real contest for the presidency
took place at the session of the nomi-
mating committee. The association mere
ly ratified the work of the committee.
The other candidates were DIR. W. o.
Thompson. president of the State Uni
versity. Columbus. Ohio. and ]. H. Phil
lips. superintendent of the public schools
of Birmingham. Ala. The session OF the
nominating committee was secret.
Four ballots were required to make the
choice. 1t was previously agreed that the
candidate receiving the smallest vote on
the second ballot should drop out.
The vote for Prof. Phillips was II on
both the first and second ballots. which
eliminated him. The contest then was
between DR.. Thompson and Prof. Harvey,
who were tied with % votes on the third
for Prof. Harvey and Il for DR.. Thomp-
son.
The twelve vice presidents elected We're:
First vice president. Edwin G. Cooley, I'LL
Byrnes. New York: third vice president.
A. H. Mcclure. Arizona: fourth vice pres
ident c. b. Gibson. Georgia: fifth vice
president. Joseph Roster, West virginia;
sixth vice president. j. l.. McBrien, Ne
braska; seventh vice president. G. NJ.
Phillips. Pennsylvania; eighth vice pres
ident B. F. Moore; ninth vice president.
Charles E. Evans. Oklahoma; tenth vice
president, James A. Edwards, Iowa: elev-
enth vice president, George H. Martin.
Miss Katherine L. Craig. Colorado.
A. II. Chamberlain Of Pasadena, Cal.
was reelected treasurer.
Members of the board of directors. one
from each state. also were elected.
Resolutions giving an expression OF the
association upon various educational mat
tiers which were prepared by the commit
tee on resolutions were adopted by the
association today.
Politics Stirred Meeting.
Politics had its innings for a while to-
day The election of officers for the COM
ing year was the feature, bringing with
it the annual talk Of alleged influence in
the selection Of presiding officers for the
ultimate benefit of concerns said to be
Of the nature Of trusts" Many Of the
educators of high renown In attendance
upon the convention denied the existence
of A conflict over control of the National
Education Association and deplored the
possible prospect of a convention fight
over the presidency. But ii all dissipated
when the nomination committee reported
The place for the next convention Will
the latest reports. seems to have the call.
with Atlantic City close second. The
report of the committee on investigations
and appropriations was received by the
council and the memorial addresses were
delivered by Ben B1ewett OF st. Louis
and J. A. H. Keith of Oshkosh. Wis.
The special child problem as related to
the home, school and correctional institu-
lions was the subject Of several prominent
workers. among whom were Jane Adams.
stone, Vineland. N. J.
A general session will close the work Of
the day at $50 o'clock tonight.
Needs of the Negro.
CLEVELAND. July 1.-Only one gen.
eral session of the national education
convention was held yesterday. This
took place in the evening. when Booker
T. Washington. president Of Tuskegee In
stitute. Tuskegee. Ala, talked on negro
education and the nation. He said:
"Some people are fond of asserting that
education as a force to uplift the negro
Is failure. Education has never been
tried among the rank and file of our peo-
Pile on a scale large enough to warrant
any such judgment. The great bulk Of
our people have scarcely been touched by
education. According to official :tatistics.
two years ago there were 100000 chill
dren of my race of school age who were
not even enrolled in the public schools.
and a large portion of those enrolled es-
pecially in the country districts. were in
school only four or five months during the
year.
good name and future security of this
country to have in one part OF it a million
and a half children growing up each year
wholly without education? An unframed
horse dog is useless and non-effective;
how much more is this true Of human
being.
THE south, out of its poverty. has done
well, and it deserves credit for what 1t
has done. What is tn" remedy? What is
the one great need Of the race OF today?
In my opinion 1t Is strong, unSelfsh, in
teIligent negro leaders and workers. and
by this 1 mean teachers such as We are
trying to send out from Hampton, from
Fisk from Talladega and Tuskegee and
score of other educational centers in
the SOUTH
The College Athletics.
During the session of the physical
training department President Charles F.
Thwing, Western Reserve University. ad-
vised closer attention to the student, both
on the athletic field and In the gymnasi-
UNI. G. Stanley Hall said that college
athletics should receive greater encour-
agement and less opposition.
The subject of elementary education
was reviewed by George p. Brown,
Bloomington, ILL.,. and James H. Van
Sickle, superintendent of schools, Balti-
more. These addresses brought forth dis
cussions from John w. Cook Dekalb. ILL.,. |:
w. &. Martindale. Detroit, and p. Monroe
Harbold. Millersville, Pa.
Less emphasis should be given to the
subject taught and the course Of study.
and more to the individual needs Of the
pupil, was the tenor Of q speech given by
G. B. Morrison. st. Louis, before the de-
partment of secondary education.
At the night session Charles r. Van
Hise, president of the State University of
Wisconsin and a member of the national
commission for the preservation of the
natural resources of the country, spoke
upon the proposed work Of the commits
sion.