The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-07-08
SOME POINTED ASSERTIONS ARE
MADE BY DELEGATES TO BIG
CONVENTION.
SPEAKERS ENTHUSIASTIC
One Professor Declares That National
Suicide Lies in the Direction of Be-
littIing Those Who Are Entrusted
With the Education of Those Who
Are to Be Men of Tomorrow.

Denver, July 7.--"National suicide
lies in the direction of belttling the
teachers
IF the future is to be satisfying as
a nation the teacher must be regarded
as "a leader in and not teacher of
letters
people,
This advice from James w. Robert
son, professor of Mcdonald college,
St. Anne de Bellevue, Quebec.
whats the use, the rural teacher
who hasn't an A. B. c. idea of educa-
ton is called professor and so are
corn doctors, dog trainers and clowns
1t doesn't make any difference wheth
er it's a university, Il college or a
normal school. 1t is what is taught
that does the business"
This last from Henry G. Williams,
dean of the state normal school at
Athens, Ohio.
These We're some Of the hot shots
thrown at the members OF the Ma
tiOnal Educational association today
by leaders in that work. Professor
Robertson strove to tell the educators
what they are thought Of in Canada,
Mr.. Williams told what he thought
Of the fine line drawn BY some eau-
Gators between the university and
teachers.
Closer Alliance.
Mr.. Robertson spoke this afternoon
before a general session Of the asso-
oia ir +
in effect that the agricultural schools
must be more closely allied with the
rural schools in general to bring about
the end of keeping boys on the farm.
Mr.. Robertson also spoke in the
morning before the department OF
rural and agricultural education and
he voiced much the same sentiment
there. He declared that to make the
boys stay on the farm, the farm must
be made to stay uuon And there
must be as much education for the
girl as for the boy.
Mr. Williams wrought himself up to
AN enthusiastic pitch when he spoke
of the normal school as a place for
training teachers and the outcome of
his address was the declaration that
the name does not make the school a
place for the training of teachers any
more than the term professor" makes
an educator.
He summed up his argument in the
second finding of the report of the
committee on normal schools which
holds "the normal schools prepare
teachers for the entire public service
elementary and secondard.''
Book Trust.
Allegations $of allegiance to the
"book trust" cropped out this after
noon in the campaign for president of
the association when it became known
that J, Y. Joyner, superintendent of
the South Carolina schools, would be
a candidate. Some of DR.. Joyner's
friends announced their fight would
be against the book trust and their
efforts would be to defeat Ben Blew
EFT, superintendent of schools of ST.
Louis, and j. III. Phillips. superinten-
dent of schools of Birmingham, Ala. !
There are still one or two candi-
dates to be heard from though they
have thus far declined to permit their
names to be discussed The failure of
the project to place Elmer It. Brown, |
United States commissioner of edu-
cation in the presidency, is said to
be due to the book trouble" Mr..
Brown declines the honor rather than
become identified in fight with the |
so-called octopus.
The election of officers will take
nlace tomorrow at noon