New-York tribune., 1908-07-03
EDUCATORS AT PLAY
Excursions at CleUeland-SeTerdt
Departmental Meetings.

| Cleveland July 2.-Denver was recommended
by the board of directors of the National Educa-
tion Association to-day the place for the next
annual convention Of the association. Final ac-
tion will not be taken until the next session or
the board. in December. Denver won over Atlantic
City. Chicago and Seattle.
With general session of the association on
the programme. the delegation spent the day in
several departmental meetings, excursions and
sightseeing
The educational department of the national or
ganizatfon of women at its meetings to-day de-
cided not to change the of the body The
purpose Of this organization which is holding It's
hrst session, is to interest the schools in COM
munity work and endeavor to have all the chill
dren of the school neighborhood in school or
accounted for. Miss Jane Adams of Chicago
talked upon the work being done along this line
by the Juvenile court In Chicago. The women
desired shorter name for their society, which
also would suggest the laity feature. 1t de-
clded to make no change for few years, if at all
The first session of the rural and agricultural
department, also a new department, was held to-
cay The object OF this section is to extend the
STUDY or agriculture in the rural districts. plac-
Ing farming a scientific and business basis
W nile many schools. 1T said, have taken up
thls work. 1t is the purpose of the department to
increase the number OF such schools and add TO
the eff1ciency of those already established Also
!. was urged that home gardening be encouraged
III the city schools and that the school yards be
Kept In such condition that they would set a
thorough study of shops and machines and
not 80 much of the science taught in the
elementary and high schools, and q more scientific
study OF agriculture in rural schools, were the
main points brought out in the discussion of the
report of the committee Industrial education for
rural schools at the council meeting
Inc report was submitted by the newly elected
president, Lorenzo Dow Harvey, OF Menomnee,
WIS Elmer Ellsworth Brown, United States Com
missioner OF Education, Washington and D. b.
don't Of TfDtI
dustral College. Rock Hill, S. c.. were the leading
speakers during the discussion of the report
The home ideals of the present time de-
generating on account of the shiftessness and
selhshness.' declared Ellen II. Richards, instructor
in sanitary chemistry. Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, Boston. in her address before the
council household science in elementary and
secondary schools
1t was urged by August S. Lindemann, president
of the School Board, Milwaukee in his address be-
fore the department of school administration that
the state should assume the burden of training the
boy for each Industrial field stop drift
ing from one trade to another. This department
was also addressed by w. o. Thompson, president
Of Ohio State University, and E. A. Jones, of the
State School Commission OF Columbus. Ohio.
The elimination of interscholastic contests and
strenuous rivalry In athletic sports in the schools
and colleges was strongly denounced by Malcolm
Kenneth Gordon, OF ST. Pauls School, Concord,
N. H, before the department of secondary educa-
ton.
Teach children to churn and to the cream
separator said B. NJ. Davis, of Miami University,
oxford, Ohio In address before the department
of science. In the course that includes physics" )"
he continued. give them practical instructions in
dairy work.
Tnat very large percentage of pupils are driven
to light and sentimental reading a result of the
methods in vogue in the public schools was
the charge made before the library department by
l.. E. Wolfe, superintendent of city schools, San
Antonio Tex, in address the means by which
the library become of benefit to the
schools Instead of reading fifty pages day In
school" said Mr. Wolfe, "a few pages would stimu-
late the pupil to desire for better reading
The modern system of sanitary equipment of
school buildings the establishment of hospital
rooms In conjunction with them highly COM
mended in address before the department of
school administration by Wilbur T. Mills. school
architect, Columbus. Ohio. He advised that all
school buildings erected in the future be 1reproOf
throughout. The present style of architecture was
ridicued by the speaker. who made plea for a
more artistic effect in future construction. This
meeting also addressed by William b. Ittner.
architect of schools st. Louis, and John Latenser,
school architect, Omaha