The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-08
|lRT Of SCHOOLS
| N WINNING WAR
49,. 10 Prepare Pupils for Re-
,..ructlon period, One Of
salient Features OF Con-
vention Last Week.
Lpr. ALDR1cH REPORTS
!. ;. Education at Its Session
-. Nioht Hears Interesting
Resume Of Meeting at
Atlantic City.

AIlantiO VIZ
How to give the pupils in the
sools TO-DAY. who will face the re-
obstruction problems tomorrow, the
81 hest education on which to pu1id,
!. ono Of the vital topics discussed
+ The meeting of the superintendent
Atlantic City last week, Superinten'
n. Aldrich said in his report OF the
1nvention which he read to the board
# evening. He gave q very inter.
ling report of the sessions, and Oh
problems discussed.
His report follows:
The meeting of the department OF
,nerintendents Of the National Teach
4 association has grown from q
Getting to which any one could at
md all sessions, to meeting where
rmerous allied organizations hold
beir sessions with possibly a dozen
nerent programs at the same time.
No of these allied bodies is the So
CIV for the Study of Education. This
ody held its annual meeting Monday
yening. February %. A committee
this body has been studying the
uestion of economy of time in educa-
on for several years, and part of this
ears report of this organization is
Ayen I'D to this committees report,
be discussion of which was the prin-
jpal topic of the evening. Based up
the work Of this committee much
being done to eliminate obsolete
baterial from our courses of study.
This is a work that is not completed
year, or several years, and the
resent prospects are that the work
this committee will be continued
rom year to year for a number of
ears to come, at least, and that it Will
a great service for the schools OF
lmerica.
The opening session Of the conven-
len proper took place Tuesday even
BIG, February &c, on the million dollar
ier. We were welcomed by the may
n Of Atlantic City, the state commits
Toner Of educatoon of New Jersey,
nd the governor of New Jersey, each
ne of whom displayed geniality and
hit enough to make the convention
eel at home. The climax came when
)r. Mary c. C. Bradford, state super
ntendent Of public instruction of Colo
ado and president of the National
educational association who made the
esponse to these addresses of vel
ONE, pulled an invisible wire and I'M
nrled a service flag which was dedi-
lated to the seven hundred and fifty
tx members of the National Educa-
onal association who are. in govern
hent service, and at the same time a
luton was pressed which lighted a
flag Of electric lights and also an eagle
electric lights on either side Of the
lag. The lights so played On these
ieces as to show the flag floating in
ne breezes and the eagles in full
light on either side of the flag. APP
Plause showed the appreciation of the
ludience. The address Of the evening
vas made by Governor Whitman OF
New York. He gave an able, patriotic
ADDRESS, but so far as I could recall at
ne close of the address, there was no
Mention Of the part the president was
aRihg IN the war progress, save in
mewhat Indirect criticism This
vas in marked contrast to most OF the
pc grams Of the week.
one of the very interesting features
the convention was the community
,nglng, led by A.. j. Gantvort Of Gin
nnati. One of the. popular conven
Flon songs was Canning the KAISER
winch was sung to the time OF March
ing Through Georgia"
To Educate CrippIes.
On Wednesday evening, Major vii
ou n. Henderson gave us a detailed
sCcount Of the efforts being made In
ue direction Of the re.education OF
war cripples. Our government pro
uses 10 SO educate all cripples that
,ersone will be given the best pos
Oie PREPARATION for self-support after
r Tne war Is over. Honorable P. P
u,aA.on, national commissioner of edu
a.ion, followed and his message tc
IL teachers abounded in "going ovel
the Top and carrying on" He was
srn M, ihsIstent upon keeping up the
p,..I u aiiltu IedCnerS, His one
rea' cause of alarm was the tend
e eu.s OF the trained teachers to dror
~ t y, vi tne ranks of teaching and go in
nh me many attractive openings in
h 'er hnes. He insisted that it woult
i. necessary to increase the budget
na -, ,eacher's salaries by twenty-five
;va cent in order to retain the effect
nm ,eachers in the work and to be
IL we 10 70 replenish the corps with equal
SAL "ell prepared teachers. The las,
~ ON was A. G. Kennedy. inspecto,
sa;S d'noois. Saskatchewan, Canada. He
m. u our countries lie side by side
mr. s ~, are fighting side by side
teaos tlaes hang side by side and ou,
A. h should work side by side ;
kido n referred to our flags hangina
speal W SIDE, he pointed back of the
alreas.ir s stand where the service f1as
|sberuy mentioned. was hanging and
win .he flags of our allies togetl,e1
war n large numbers Of our own flag.
~ man hanging. Although the speake,
"entiy not used to nubIic snealr