Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-09
JOINER HEADS TEACHERS
North Carolina Educator Made Presi-
dent Of National Association.
HE DEFEATS TWO CANDIDATES
His Election is Claimed a. Victory
for Those who Oppose ReEulR-
ton of Prices of School
Textbooks.

DENVER, Colo, July S-The election OF
James Yadkin Joyner. superintendent OF
public instruction Of North Carolina, as
president Of the National Educational as
ISOLATION today Is regarded by his support
ers as q victory in their fight against any
regulation of the prices Of school text
books. Mr.. Joyner was elected over Ben
Blewitt, head of the st. Louis schools,
and DR.. J. H. Phillips OF Birmingham, Ala.
Among the other things done by the assoc
citation were:
Went on record against the existence Of
festivities in high schools In a resolution
which declares such organizations to be
opposed to the spirit of democracy.
Decided to Investigate the feasibility
Of simpllfied spelling, but took no de-
cided stand. either for or against It.
Urges Porto Rican ~Citisenship.
In the regular sessions, Edwin @. Dexter,
commissioner of education for Porto Rico
offered a resolution urging that congress
be asked to confer citizenship upon the
people OF Porto Rico. He said this would
be a glowing record of merit to hold be-
fore the eyes Of the Porto Rican to tell
him he would one day become a citiSen or
the United States.
Immediately g member from AlAbama
arose and proposed to tack on a little
suggestion about freedom for the Philip
pines. He said the people there had been
nurtured by the eagle Of freedom going
on ten years now, and thus far the only
civilizing influence they had felt was the
water cure.
Woman suffraSist Heard.
Miss Mary Shirley Of California then
declared:
Now, II there is going to be any free
dom advocated here, ! want to make an
other amendment. If the savages OF Porto
Rico and of the Philippines are going to
get support here, 1 want the voice Of
this association to be raised in behalf Of
those who deserve most-the women of
the United States"
No action was taken on any OF these
suggestions.
Irwin Shepherd Of winona, Mimi, was
reelected secretary, A. H. Chamberlain Of
California was reelected treasurer and
Lorenzo D. Harvey, the retiring president,
was elected first vice president.
Next Meeting at San Francisco.
San Francisco was selected as the next
meeting place Of the National Education
association. Milwaukee and Boston con-
tended for II.
Judge Ben B. Lindsey, Judge OF the Dem
yer Juvenile court, known as the 'boys'
Judge. spoke tonight instead Of DR.. Henry
B. Fabill Of Chicago, who 10 delayed by
q wreck in Kansas. Judge Lindsey de-
clared there Is no bad boy, but instead a
bad atmosphere. and It is the duty of the
state to remove evil influence.
why College Soy is wild.
why lie IL that a young man degenerates
within six months after he enters COL
lege7'' f'' '"'-
Charles Fordyce, dean Of the University
Of Nebraska, who spoke before the educa-
ton department this morning, said this
question was not one ~uncorhmonly asked
Of him by teachers in the lower schools.
These teachers" said Mr.. Fordyce, tell
me that their boys leave them clean in
mind and strong In body, fitted for q col
lege life and in six months they succumb
to temptation
III tell. you why. They have been going
to q secondary school under a home influ-
ence. They come to college rs their own
masters and in a few months they fall
under the alluring vices constantly Haunted
before their eyes"
He. said it was nothing new that boys
In their first two years at college gave
way to temptation and 'degenerated.". HI
proposed the English and German meth
DDS to stop this lowering of moral stand
ards. He said that the boys should be
made self reliant men before they enter
college and then they would be able to
come and go az they pleased without the
necessity of constant supervision which
tended to make them worse.
MI. Fordyce was followed by DR.. ]. H. T.
Main, president OF Iowa college at Grin
nell, La
College Interests Too Diverse.
The college muckraksf has said, and
has proved his point, that college education
today is chiefly notable for it's Ineffective
ness" said Mr.. Main. but like all cpl
grammatical this is not the
only thing that can be said and proved
about college education. 1t may also
be shown that IL IL the most effective
method In existence for acquaintinR mer
with the world and making them efficient
agents In II.
'The college bred man is, under norma.
conditions, the superior man, but he may
be produced at too great expense when We
SOhSiuST al the llHlS ana laDor ana money
spent upon him. Efficiency has . definite
relation to cost Of production.
Lack of efficiency in college education
is largely due to absence of inner-eom.
munity life in our colleges. This Is due tc
diversity OF interests cultivated by the cleo.
tive system, the large and rapidly growing
number OF courses offered. the absence oil
a definite controlling purpose In the insti-
tuition as a whole. the professional and
technical methods that too often character
iEe the work. the absence Of q Relationship
between teacher and pupil on a persona
basis, and finally the absence of q genuine
desire for a unified spirit and life.
ITO correct this condition there mus
first Of all be a genuine desire for inner
community life. A strong purpose looking e
this end will achieve II. There must b'
an institutional spirit developed by strong
personalities in administrative and teach
ing positions, There must be organization
Of the elective system in such a way a.
to secure unity OF spirit, particularly II
lower classes. The college must At time
work as a college on the intellectual anC
spiritual side as we'll as on the side OF ath
letics and general activities. In the moderI
college the problem is a difficult one, Blu
when we determine to solve II, we can d.
So"
ORCHARD A WILHELM co