Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1913-07-18
EDUCATORS LEAVE
|. FOR THEIR HOMES
FINAL SESSION or SUCCESSFUL
GATHERING AT SALT LAKE
MARKED BY ENTHUSIASM.
Delegates Warm In Their Praise Of
Reception Accorded by Utahns and
Declare Convention Was Most
Successful in History.

Salt Lake City-The fifty-first an.
nual convention OF the National Edu.
ration association came to a close
Friday night, and the Salt Lake meet.
ing passed into the history of the or
ganization marked as one of the most
successful, best managed and most
royalty entertained meeting of educa
tors ever held.
The tributes given salt Lake anc
Utah, including the local committees
and school officials and teachers who
have been most active in preparing
Tor the meeting were thoughtful Ell
pressions of sincere appreciation Of
the hostess city and state and the
men and women of Utah who have
sought to show their appreciation Of
the honor of entertaining the N.
Z. A.
The closing session OF the conven.
ton began with an excellent musical
program and closed with the reading
of an address from President elect Jo-
seph Swain, who was called home Fri.
day morning by a telegram bringing
word OF serious illness in his family.
He left for Pennsylvania few min.
utes after he had prepared a brief ad.
dress accepting the office to which he
had been elected. This address he was
to have given at the closing session of
the convention Friday night, but 1t
was read by President e. T. Fairchild,
whose term of office expired with the
adjournment of the session.
]. Lyman Barnard, professor of his
tory and government in the School OF
Pedagogy Philadelphia, was intro.
duced by President e. t. Fairchild as
a leader in the movement to humanize
the teaching of history and civics in
the schools of America Mr. Barnard
outlined methods of teaching civics in
the public schools of Philadelphia,
where from the kindergarten up there
is an effort to instruct the children as
to their duty TO the community and to
their government, local and national.
James T. Hoosic, head Of the En-
gllsh department, Chicago Teachers
college, spoke on Advance Movement
Oh leacnefS OF EnBllSn.
Speaking on the subject OF THE
High School as a Factor in Social
Progress" Thomas Jesse jones', spe.
cialist in the government bureau OF
education, said that the high school OF
today was to be regarded as having
the greatest opportunity for the demo
cratization Of the country.
P. P. Claxon, United States commits.
Eioner of education, outlined the needs
for national bureau of education,
calling attention to the fact that the
constitution makes no mention of edu.
cation and there are no educational in
situations in the way of schools, col
ieges or a university that are national.
Despite this, the government and the
nation as a whole is more or less in
terested in education and educational
matters, he said.
Discussion of problems of educating
atypical children was given before Fri.
day afternoons session of the depart
ment of special education of the Ma
tional Education association by Dr.
NJ. P. E. Grozzmann of New York, dl
rector of the National Association for
the Study and Eduaction of Excep
tional Children.
A. C. Nelson, state superintendent
Of public instruction in Utah, was hon
ored by being elected second vice
president of the N. e. A. The retir
ing president, Edward 7. Fairchild
was chosen first vice-president,