New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-07-07
AND EDUCQ1
Four Candidates Doomed I,
Head of National AssociatiA,'

Boston. July $40 fewer than az.
lied boonns for candidates for a. "a
dency of the National Education peg.
ton developed at the convention
night on the appointment OF the co,..r.
on nominations. The candidates
to oppose Mrs. Ella F1agg Young. ~ ~
Chicago's school system. are A.r,s.
Baumbaugh. OF the Philadelphia as
Elmer Ellsworth Brown. Unitea ~
Commissioner OF Education; Il
principal of the Colorado stata Ne
School: President Joseph Swain ~ So.
more College, Superintendent Ben Dr.,
of the St Louis schools and John n !.
lips. state director Of AIabama's
schools. Mrs. YOUng's followers -
election as a recognition Of the =
teachers who compose the maiorttv -
membership. The election wiu no 80,
morrow noon.
Denouncing the teaching Of coIlsv.
fessors as the worst in the coun-rv y -
lam McAndrews. principal Of the w.,
ton Irving High School, New Yort r.
was cheered enthusiastically at the 49,
of the department OF secondary scboa,.
day. He asserted that the colleges :.
pered the curriculum by uniform &C.
ments. preventing new work He thsn
his respects TO high schools, declartp, :.
mentally stagnated. with teachers :
rut''
At the general session tonight Iau..
Crabtree. president OF the State No-w
School of Peru. Neb.. spoke on ''Cries.s.-
Of the Laity''; President A Isx-,
Lowell OF Harvard University dise,.--
The Effect of Electives Chosen in :
Iege," and Dean II. L. Russell Of the q
iege Of Agriculture and director Of ~
detrimental station at the Cniversi,v
wisconsin considered Agricultural "a.
cation"
That the boy who wants 20 learn /,
a ditch, harness a horse, Use A plonzs y
milk a cow would go in vain % The -
leges of agriculture in the country. N.
J. Crosby, of Washington. 2 speeisliv
agricultural education, told the dspar,-s
of rural and agricultural education Of =,
convention to-day There are thrss IA. I
dred more secondary schools and cogar-
teaching agriculture than there were y.
teen months ago, he said, but they tsss
theory only
Professor @. F. Warren, Of CornsH =.
versity, expressed the opinion thar IL
farmer without an agricultural ed1csrrs
was headed for the poor house. He eag.s
figures to show that ten college bred ts-I
ers averaged S3f7 yearly income, ssaa~
an average of only 1918 for the fsr-su
whose education had been limited 10 Il.
district school. Most Of the teachers ISL
10 say. he said. that any fool could fs--
Now they say agriculture is TOO di~-
for high school
industrial education docs not near = +
educa tionaI revolution declared Arthr1
Dean, OF the New York State educssrs 4
department, addressing the Departing, nj
manual training. ~ portion Of ssrrrtf
uraI and industrial practice can b ID
pressed in mathematical form" He "a
the department that employers must Y,
nit boys and girls 70 attend conrinlsn1
schools for the preservation Of Areriez1
citizenship.
Uniform college entrance recurrence
hampered schools OF all classes was
declaration made by Fl. L. Terry, Ss
High School Inspector OF Madison, VII,
before the department Of science eigs1
ton.
While these views on things educat17l&
were being discussed this forenoon, f5rE
teen other departments of the sssocs1 4
were in session listening 70 equally IA
noUnced demands for progress in the r
cationai systems Of the states.