Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-11-07
TEACHERS VOTE TO
TAKE THE SCHOOLS
OUT OF POLITICS
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proper development along the most adj
vanced lines of vocational work.
believing that our rural schools need
better trained teachers. and also believ-
ing that rural teachers should be in full
sympathy with rural life, we recommend
that our normal schools establish spe-
cial rural department, which shall seek
to train young men and young women
reared in the country for such rural
school work, putting emphasis on the
problems peculiar to country life.
To Prevent Crime.
believing that crime is the result of
abnormal conditions and that the peni-
Tertiary, the jail, the reform school and
the policd court have not secured the
needed correction, therefore we recon-
mend for the care of the criminal, sani-
taI'y hospitals, manned by experts In
their several lines-places where by scjen-
tific treatment the tendencies toward
evil may be removed and crime really
prevented.
Believing that public education would
be improved by making provision for the
retirement of teachers incapacitated by
illness OF length of service, We recon-
mend that the legislature be requested
TO provide a system Of state pension laws
for teachers"
Purposes of schools.
DIR. Robert Wenley. head of the philos-
ophy department of Michigan, and Prot
L. d. Coffman of the University of ILL
nois were the speakers at the final gen.
eral session of the association. Prof.
Coffman said the threefold purpose OF
the public schools is to protect, educate
and select" DR.. Wenley spoke from the
subject THE Whole Man"
At o'clock the enrolment reached an
even 1000, as against $3.50 last year. But
400 teachers who were not actively teach
ing were not enrolled this year. although
they applied. The enrolment is of &C
tual teachers only.
The voting for officers was scattered.
no candidate for the nomination for pres
ident appearing prominently. At least
fifty candidates will be voted on for
president. The five high candidates will
be voted on by mail when the nomins-
iions are announced.
Convention 1idcIi1hts.
The resolutions committee-A. II. Dixon,
"A. IL. Hahn, II. W. Caldwell and Miss
Clare Mackin-recommended that def
mite plans be formed In every school TO
ming to assume this world leadership for
peace, new that the future OF ciViliza ton
Is endangered by the awful war that in
wolves the former leaders OF the world s
future" Further, the committee recon-
mcnded. American people must be
trained to recognize that wealth should
be regarded only as the means TO enable
the people to develop art, science, music,
the city beautiful TO forward the spirit
OF social service. OF devotion, OF courage,
thoroughness and efficiency"
The Omaha Publicity bureau. headed
by h. v Parrish. was congratulated by
the entire association in a resolution
unanimously passed because of the COM
plete success of the association meetings.
Mr.. Parrish was on the job twenty hours
a day and slept with one eye open the
rest OF the time. He prophesied that 5000
would attend the convention. and the
prophecy came true, although but 400
enrolled. A large number could not quail
ify to enroll. In his own mind Parrish
believed that 10000 Of the 12,O0O teachers
Of the state ought TO come, and hopeC
they would