Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-12-31
ALTOONA SUP''T MADE
HEAD OF EDUCATORS
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cordinG to views expressed in reso-
lutions.
Session Slimly Attended

CordlnS TO views expressed in reSo-
lutions.
Session Slimly Attended
The concluding meeting was slimly
attended, many of the delegates hav-
ing left last night for their homes
after the close of the sectional meet
ings. The three-day session was con-
sidered by all members as one of the
most successful of the siXty-ive years
history of the association.
The meeting was opened by devo-
tional exercises by DIR. Nathan c.
Schaeffer State superintendent of
Public instruction. who also made the
first address. on "The Peace Move
ment." in the course of which he said
that pupils should not be taught the
glamor and glory of war, but that
every one should be urged to regard
the state as the organization of force,
hacked by justice and tempered by
good will The speaker referred to the
war in Europe as having ruined the
very city of Client where this year
there was to have been celebrated one
hundred years of peace between the
United States and Great Britain, and
said: ut used to be said by the mill
tarist class in Europe that the way to
prevent war was to be prepared for
war. The present war has proved the
fallacy of that proposition"
State Will Always Need Police
DIR. Schaeffer said that the state will
always need an organized force for
police purposes and so will all nations
The courts must fall back on this force
to carry out DEGREES. The pupil must
be taught history so that he will
realize that national force must be
applied according to the golden rule.
DR.. w. Grant Chambers. dean of the
school of pedagogy. University of
Pittsburgh, spoke on Cooperation in
Education" He said that the school
is not the only factor in education,
other powerful supplements being the
home church. playground, court, bust
ness, business house and the news
paper.
"I know of no more helpful alli-
ance," he said, than that between the
school and the daily press, and it
should be cultivated as the one strong
agent of cooperation. The small daily
paper can be made the go-between
for the public and the work of the
schools. 1t is my opinion that the
newspaper should print write-ups of
things of local interest that will draw
the attention Of school pupils. There
could be descriptions of neighboring
geographical and geological features,
of industries and of the more or less
familiar things near at hand. ] also
recommend a school column in the
newspaper to be conducted by school
students themselves and not by the
editorial staff of the paper. This would
be the best possible motive for inter-
est in English composition. The editor
of the local paper is one of the men
whose friendship should be cultivated
by parents. teachers and scholars"
He spoke of the parent-teacher as
sociations as a means OF the home
going into the school and the school
going into tho home. He said the
homo clq,1ih hp tho In horn for.,- FOR tt,e
testing Of the instruction i'm practical
things given in the school, He also
suggested the value of an apprentice
ship in some public institution for
every hoy or girl at the close of the
school instruction.
At the meeting last night. DR.. Ed
ward Howard Griggs, of New York
city, spoke on Education for the
Art of Life" a wel-prepared and
finely delivered study of the properly
balanced life as the finest work of art. |
He dwelt on the new humanistic |
including the need of per-
sociability, positiveness of |
character and progressive growth |
Concerning the last point he said "the |
we case to grow we should be |
buried, If not for our own good then |
for others lest we bother them by the |
stencil of our inactivity"
He declared the worst tragedies of |
llte TO nc LnOSe OF neSatlOn, or men |
who have never quite dared to live |
and develop their personalities. There |
Is nothing the human will cannot con-
quer in the end" he said.
He spoke Of the danger of too great |
and systematization in |
showing how the old coun- |
try school is the freest from these |
evils. He said the best teacher is the |
one who makes himself unnecessary
TO the pupil as soon as possible by |
teaching the pupil to stand alone.
DIR. O. T. Corson, of Columbus, Ohio, |
made an address on The Three C's
In on"-Consciousness Guilt |
Vation and Conservation of ability. He |
spoke with a dignified force and gave
many touches of humor that grlppedi
-he audience. In referring TO the war.
ne said he was entirely neutral. as the I
President had ordered all citizens to
he. but he intimnted that he felt like
he man who didn't care which one
If the allies won. He spoke of the
serman nation as suffering from self
shness and self-esteem. growing from
.oc much book-learning. ]