Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-07-10
Votes FOR women
and BETTER PAY
FOR TEACHERS
Two Planks in Platform
Adopted by National Edu-
cational Association.
DR.. DAVID JORDAN
is NOW PRESIDENT
President of Leland Stanford U'niyer-
sity Is Not Opposed for Head Of
National SOciety-PrOblems Of
Teacher Discussed.

st. Paul, Mimi, July 9.-The Ma
tional Educational association took a
decided stand for equal suffrage in
the resolutions adopted today, indulg-
ed in a back-hand slap at the Car
negie, Rockefeller and Sage founda-
lions without naming them, declared
for equality in pay as between the
sexes and compromises on the subject
of teaching sex hygiene in the
schools.
Shorter courses and longer hours
were among the changes advocated by
the committee on the reorganization
of methods in the method Of the teach
ing of manual training in secondary
schools.
Simplified spelling was given a cuff
on the ear, and tossed out of the con-
vention today.
st. paul, July 9.-Dr. David Starr
Jordan of Leland Stanford University
was elected president of the National
Education association at the annual
business meeting held today. He
was uaopposed. President Swain au-
tomatically became first vice presl-
dent.
The report of the committee on
resolutions approving woman SUI
frage and equal pay for teachers re-
CARELESS of sex was adopted without
fight. Regarding suffrage the
resolution says:
oocooiatinn raOarIS GffjclGnCV
and merit rather than sex as the
principle on which appointments and
selections should be made and
therefore declares itself in favor OF
the political equality Of the sexes and
equal pay for equal service"
Women delegates were elated over
the adoption of the report and de-
clared they had won a notable VIC
tory.
Another report stating that the
salries of teachers should be lin
creased and adjusted to the stand
ards of living required by the Amer
lean teacher was adopted.
For Political Equality.
The resolutions committee embodl-
: ed in it's report resolution endors-
ing woman suffrage The resolution
does not specifically mention man or
woman suffrage, but states that the
educators of the country believe "po-
litical equality" for both sexes neces-
sarv for the best interest of the ma
ton.
While the business meeting was IN
session various problems pertaining
to the welfare of children were being
discussed by delegates in different
departments.
Speaking before the department OF
child hygiene, DR.. Louis w. Raper OF
the New York training school 1of
teachers, advocated education as a
means of eliminating enormous fin
anciar loss" due to ill-health.
"The average working mans fam
ily has al economic loss of between
) and Is per cent of the annual In
come due to ill-health," DR.. Raper
said. "The principal method OF elm
mating this waste is through educa-
ton"
Country Best Place.
City boys become convicts, while
country boys become doctors, law
yerS, merchants ana teacNefs, doooi
ing to Rufus Stanley OF Elmira, N.
Y, who spoke before the state and
national club leaders.
"The cause is very simple" Mr.
Stanley said. "The city boy is train
ed in an unnatural environment with
out moral influence of family, neigh
bors, school work Or play to an abnor-
mol Wow Mint IF life"
Timorous mothers who are AFRAID
to allow their children out of their
sight and are continually suggesting
things to brighten them into obedl-
ence are responsible for the great
number of adult neurotics in this
country, DR.. T. A. Williams of Wash
ington, D. c., told meeting of the
department of special education.
P. P. Claxton, United States COM
missioner of education, speaking be-
fore the department of music, said
that if he were to make up curri-
culum for public school he would
put in little. physical culture, lit
tie reading and writing, and a little
arithmetic and big dab of music"