The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-07-12
TODAY A BUSY ONE
FOR THE TEACHERS
Delegates Heard Addresses
From Distinguished Ex-
perts on Education.
National News Association)

National News Association)
San Francisco, Cal, July 12.-This
was a busy day for the delegates to
the convention of the National Educa-
tional Association in their separate
meeting places, all the different sec
lions gathered and heard addresses by
distinguished specialists in educational
problems.
More than usual interest was mani
tested in the remarks of DR.. William
H. Allen. Director of the Bureau of
Municipal Research in New York City,
who spoke on Cooperation Of Inform
ed Citizens with Public Schools" Dr.
Allen declared that there Is not a city
in the country where the citizens do
not aid in some way or other, but that
in no place are the citizens doing all
the things that they could and should
do for the betterment of the medium
Of instruction of their children.
Cooperation Benefits.
Benefits of civic cooperation 1t is
said have been reported to the Bureau
Of Municipal Research by 315 city SUI
perintendents and 700 women's clubs
and associations of business men, ply
sicians, dentists, ministers.
Somewhere every phase of school
management has been helped by out
siders-grounds and school-rooms
beautified. the needy relieved. kinder
gartens, Fairgrounds and recreation
centers started and the way paved for
medical and dental inspection. indus
trial training. school nurses, open air
and night schools, instruction in CIV
les, hygiene. agriculture, etc. Out
siders have organized parades to Sc
cure bond issues. given buildings,
compelled the removal of unfit COM
missioners and superintendents and
secured large budget increases
But no city reports all Of these SER
vices. The majority mention no out
side assistance with respect to the ma
jority Of services which make up the
above composite picture. In few cities
is there consecutive organized inter.
est
Among the reasons why schools as
with private charities, social
settlements, etc. have not had their
full share of citizen cooperation, are
I) school superintendent have not
shown where citizens might take hold
90 citizens have too often asked the
schools to help their societies instead
Of helping the school; CD the oppor-
of the school budget have not
been clearly seen; ca the interest in
little new things has been allowed to
displace cumulative interest in large
old things; 90 uniform questions
about schools and testing school needs
and school efficiency have been tardily
..
Heretofore citizens have suggested
and schools have adopted. Having rea-
lized the possibility of citibzen COOP
Grafton. the schools are beginning to
suggest plans for citizens to support
and help execute"
Advice on Music.
Miss Julia f. Crane. music instruc-
tor In New York state Normal school
advised teachers to pay more atten-
ton to the view points of tho pupils.
Small teachers are often arrogant to
the extent Of seeing nothing but their
own point of view. and from this mar
row standpoint obstructing the pro-
gress of their pupils: she said and ap-
piled this particularly to music teach
ers in the schools.
DIR. +. Park Lewis, of Buffalo, N. Y,
the Hygiene of Vision" de-
clared the poorly lighted schoolrooms
were responsible for more than one
third of the blindness in the country.
He suggested means for dissemina-
ton OF information as to how school |
rooms should be Illuminated. both by |
day and by night. This same subject
was covered also by J. A. Shaver, SUI.
of Schools at Columbus,
Ohio.
Richard yelling, of New York advo. !
Gated self-government Of the pupils in
the public school administration as a
means to developing their insight into
true citizenship.
Other speakers today were Elsie NJ.
Shaw. supervisor of Music in the pub
lie schools OF st. Paul. Mimi, who
spoke on Public School Music in rela.
ton to the Music of the Community"
Paul Kreuzpointer of Altoona, Pa,
who emphasized the value of manuel
courses; DR.. Mark D. Steven.
Son. Of Akron, Ohio. who spoke on
health problems Of the school child,
and Linnaous N. Hines. Superintend-
emit of Schools at Charlottesville, Ind,
who described AN Ideal School ROOM"
declaring there Is no such thing now,
but that little thought and effort
would result in their being none ex.
cept ideal ones.