The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1911-07-13
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION PRE-.
PAIRING FOR ANNUAL ELEc-
TloN OF OFFICERS.
.PEARSE LIKELY CHOICE
Committee May Name Milwaukee Man
for President-Addresses Are Made
by Noted Leaders-F. Park Lewis
Would Abolish Books and Save tho
Eyes Of School Children.

San Francisco, July 12.-Its general
program nearly finished, the National
| Education association prepared tonight
for Its annual election tomorrow. the
report of the resolutions committee Is
to be received and amendments to tho
bylaws prepared by committee ap-
| pointed two years ago are to be Of
| fered for final action
Tonight the so-called progressives or
| insurgents expressed confidence that
the nominating committee formally
named at tonight's session by Presi-
dent Ella Flagg Young would choose
Carroll q. Pearse of Milwaukee for
| the presidency. Mrs. Young, as Is
custom, will become first vice presi-
dent. and II others will be named, as
will treasurer.
Miss Katherine ID. Blake OF New
| York who presented last year at Bos-
ton the minority report which nomi-
mated Mrs. Young. has been men,
toned for the treasureship and Du-
rand w. Springer OF Detroit. the pres
ent treasurer. also is regarded as a
good possibility. DIR. Irwin shepard
OF Winona, Mimi. the present secre-
tarv. enters the second year of four
year term. His efficiency has hcen
commended In several speeches. IL
Pearse fails OF nomination In COM
mittee. he Is to be nominated by
minority report.
Brown Is Named.
| Mentioned as candidate against
Pease Is Elmer Ellsn orth Brown, un-
til recently commissioner of education
OF the United States, and an edu-
| Gator of undisputed eminence. He
figured largely In hotel corridor dis
cussion tonight.
Although not on the ground. Mr.
Brown Is considered an attractive can
didate because of his eastern birth
and education. His wide range of
teaching experience. reaching to Calf
fornia, and the fact, attractive to in-
| surgent hearts. that he resigned his
federal position partly because he couln
not get enough money to carry on the
work which he felt was imperative.
No Politics in Report.
The report OF the resolutions COM
mittee will be on questions of school
policy and viii not deal with the as
soclation's politics or machinery. which
will be dealt with by resolutions and
speeches from the floor.
As to the report on amendments to
bylaws, the insurgents intend trying
to dispose of II summariy, and TO
achieve the appointment OF brand
nes committee on the same subject.
They object to all of the report, bur
mostly to provision that bylaws may
be changed hereafter only by IA three
fourths vote of active members pres
ent at the session, and that In order
to vote. members must sign up
three months In advance They assert
that IL Is unusual for three fourths of
the active members present at ses-
sion ever to attend the active men,
bers' meeting, and have n long list
OF objections to the other PROPOSE
tions.
II was reported tonight that an ap-
preparation of 81 900 win be made for
an investigation of general conditions
In rural schools. This IN about five
times as much as the sum of all
appropriations made last year for In
yestigations.
Other similar appropriations arc
hoped for.
Addresses.
Mrs. Emmons Blaine of Chicago adj
dressed tonght's session OF the con-
vention on "The Opportunity of the
Teacher" Charles Zublln of Boston
spoke on THE Life OF the Teacher"
Lewis Would Save Eyes.
A proposition which the author says
will In effect "reyolutoniZe pedagogy"
and incidentally save the eyesight of
thousands of helpless youngsters, was
presented to members of sectional
meeting of the association today by
DR. r. Parke Lewis Of Buffalo. DIR.
Lewis is one OF committee appoint-
ed by the American Medical associa-
:, ton to impure about the physical well
fare of school children. Existing
methods Of teaching from books ana
: notes. DIR. Lewis held are wrong in
Just so far as the subject can be
taught some other way. Starting
: with the proposition that "the printed
! word is but symbol OF the thing or
q action OF II represents" he added.
"and II must be interpreted in terms
y of sense images.
n Tive efforts are requested" the doc
Z tor said, ito convey an idea that IL on
e a printed age. when but one would
n have been sufficient. had the act IT.
i self been portrayed rather than the
$ symbols used to represent the act.
Hence every hour of book study means
: twice the time and twice the effort
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