New-York tribune., 1916-07-09
Eve Thousand Linger to
Share Shore Joys and
Summer Studies.
CONVENTION ENDS
WITH FIRE WARMING
,.e,or Architect Says Schools
PAY Small Heed to Safety
Trustees Elected.

- states. from the grade teacher
.,vral schOolhouse to the professor
- ,suestional psychology in metro
r... university. said Coodby 70 New
yors yesterday.
whg, the city sweltered the dele
., the National Education Asso-
80 hacked their suitcases. assem-
80 -otebooks on the maze Of meet
-, ,bev had attended, bought a last
,-+r,ent Of souvenirs for the folks
~ home srd then started.
a. the lsss minute many Of the
....b,rs changed their plans for de-
..-.n,A One delegation refused to
-. the ci.y without taking a trip 20
C.-.v Island. Several hundred. feel
-, efficiency urge Of the conven-
-. - registered IN summer courses Of
s.-.s by New York University and Co.
,.rb!A
rx., ore Of the largest conventions
YORK has ever entertained. Regis
..,, frcres made public last night
I.,ths- the total attendance approx
-. soooo A majority Of this num-
:. he registration committee said
made ID Of grade school teachers
-,,v q them the sO-called "rurals''
30 had invested their savings IN
81. convention. Next I'm num-
49,. cs-,e the principals. heads OF de-
.,--~er.s and special teachers IN ,hlSA
.I,es The district superintendeni
s.--s8 another large group. OihclaIs
- Dersrtwcnt Of School Admins
......,- sad that there were altogether
30. fsv members Of boards OF educa-
~' Educators Well Pleased.
-. i---~essions OF the individual
,.-.-,.es On the convention and the re-
- -,-sere6 them by the city were
..e,l.-~e~,-es in the following statement
- pobs-- Iu5son Alley, president OF
sss,-,-+scn: The aim OF the con
- y 70 rresent educational Ideals.
80 beer a source Of qualification 70
-. s5rcators az this convention that
~. st+ituCe Of interpreting the dellD-
....;o-s ,f the convention from an
.s~,s-iorai viewpoint has been carried
.-- .o generously by the press Of New
Yo-L s -,
-.,-. deal ~ suace for our educational
--etlews without converting them INTO
..r.,.,o-al matter. A very fine thing
. .ss--. t1 me. TOO. is the way the
v.r Work organization has shoul dered
~. .l.-.o- .r,r-v Of host. The hosp
.,r.v Shown has been ono Of the best
.l.,rs that ever happened IN our CON
-s-.io-s Tho New York organization
he ou.toro ITSELF.
Durard ~. Springer, OF Ann Arbor;
vas reelected sccrstary or the DoaIu
n trustees Of the association az a spe-
.,i r,eet,r~ held az the Hotel McAlpln
,s..tr5sv sfte,roon. Members Of the
.,,-d MI .r.stecs elected were Carroll
/, p4arse. Milwaukee, Wis, chairman
Y Jovrer. Raleigh, y. c., secretary
sobsr. J. Alev, Orono. Me; Agnes >.
,,sertv. S. Paul. Mimi, and waiter
Si5c-s pora+cUo. Idaho. When the
isr5 az directors took a preterentlai
ssuo- on the place for holding the next
srvsntior. .he first choice was AsDury
7srk \. J.. with Portland, ore, On
r-,sti Ohio. and Milwaukee, WIS
art IN favor. The board Of trustees
al ,he executive committee, actlhS
.ntiv Will choose the next meeting
Lace.
Warns Of School Fire Traps.
One o. tre final sessions Of the con
-sn,!on was the joint meeting OF tne
school Hygiene Department ana the
american school Hygiene Association
the Sage Foundation building,
rank Irving Cooper, an architect OF
s,s.on. declared that the United States
SENDS more than S1O0,000,O0O every
yssr for new school buildings. for the
-ost par. without expert advice on
protection from fire hazard. lie at
,s,sed the State Legislature OF MassS1-
auset.s for usking the lives OF chll,
,'en IN school buildings when ne sal"
Zone school officer has said" Mr.
Cooper continued, that he is con
r,ced from lis long experience OF nity
rsars that .hcro is no fire hazard, lha'
tsre IS nothing that requires the at
srton Of the law And yet twenty
os school children were burned 10
| cath in the front vestibule OF a school
/ hiding withou. fire stops IN the to"H
| = Peabody. Mass. on October - OF
| ss. wear This fire was followed by
re aproirtment Of a comm ttee WhlGn
rev up recommendations that WOulu
r,eyent another such loss Of life. But
4 wen q bin was presented 20 the Leg
II Mature the rcmonstrants talked al
Il ros. entirely on the question OF 90!
an and cents which the Legislation 20
lnvent the death Of children might
cost. The bin was reported adverselV' "
Ud the legislature even side-tTackel
substitute bill offered by Governor
gtcsll."
An address. which was followed by
.'tg discussion, was that Of DR.. J.:
4. Goldberger. assistant director OF
',s hygiene department Of the local
DEPARTMENT Of Education, on "Ihe
,sw York system Of school Hygiene
Pc said that his plans 70 have
f'oup Of Oh h.ldren on the platform 70
.sstrate new methods Of hygiene had
Teen frustrated because Of the cpl
''nic Of infantile paralysis.
Hygienic Habits Urged.
| The formation Of good hygienic
l ia'its by daily practice under the d.
isston OF the teacher" DR.. COLDER
tf ssid, ais illustrated by the daily
L os'ine, programme which the pupils
ske out and take home with them
Neie is a typical prograrme;
i Rise promptly.
! Take breathing and setting up e1-
rcises.
/ Wash, cold splash on face. neck
I I'D chest.
1 Clean the teeth.
/ Dress, with inspection Of clothes as
l 7 cleanliness.
Il tat slowly at breakfast and chew
1 rrepsre for school. Keep books