The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1920-07-16
EDUCATORS DISCUSS
PROBLEMS OF DAY
MEETING AT UTAH cAp,r,,
PROVES PRoFiTAsLE "a
VISITING TEACHERS,
Western Man Chosen to Head Asset,
ton, While Philadelphia is Selected
as Next Meeting PIace-PIsn
to Rcoraanize Association.

sh 'N t" "SiO SuSoIS Vi lnlS city last
week during the annual session Of M
National Education association, which
came to a close Friday morning
The convention was one of the mos
successful in the history of the a.
ISOLATION, from point of attendance
and results achieved Those who al.
tended We're benefited to a great de-.
gree as result of the discussions and
the words of wisdom from the bright.
est minds of the teaching profession
Immediate steps to reOrganize the
National Education association on the
delegate plan adopted by the associa.
ton will be taken by Fred NJ. Hunter.
the newly elected president from Oak.
land, Calf. Communications will be
sent to each state urging action
along the new lines.
The first official act of President
Hunter was to call a meeting of the
state board of directors. Thomas B.
Finnegan, state superintendent of Har.
risburg, Pa, was elected the new
member of the executive committee Of
the National Education association.
Olive M. Jones, president of the prin.
cipals' association of New York City,
was elected the new member of the
board of trustees. An executive SEES
sion was held late in the afternoon.
The next convention of the National
Education association will probably be
held in Philadelphia, as the vote was
"a to IL in preference of this city. The
second choice was Des Moines, la.
A unanimous rising vote occurred
when the resolution was read urging
Connecticut, New Hampshire, Yer
mont, Tennessee, North Carolina and
Florida to adopt woman suffrage at
once.
Financial independence is to be
taught to the coming generations of
school children in America as re-
suit of action taken Friday by the
state superintendent section. A COM
mittee of seven was appointed to con.
fer with officials of the savings diVl-
sion of the treasury department at
Washington to formulate a uniform
course of study in thrift saving and
safe investment which will be COM
pulsory part Of the curriculum OF
every school in America. This action
was taken as the result of the sugges-
tion of Mrs. Josephine Corliss Preston
of
who is also superintendent of schools
of Washington.
A resolution was adopted approving
the recent decision of the United States
supreme court in uphOlding the con.
stitutionallty Of the Eighteenth amend
ment and calling for the impartial en-
foreemeht of the Volsted act. An
other resolution was presented anu
adopted calling for the passage Q.
state laws providing for the tenure u
teachers during efficient service anu
seeking a method by which to eflmh'
ate the Inefficient and protect tne
efficient.
Speakers at the convention declared
that:
Cooperation and comprehension Oh
a unity of interest are essential 10 INC
attainment of the correct development
of the public school system.
Hitherto both school boards anu
superintendents have worked too lhuch
Independently of each other ue
hoo ride foo IorooIx, Infant on making u
record for economy, the superlhten
dents too closely engrossed in 'puttins
over" a system either devised by them
selves or by some specialist in auiuin
istrative education.
Teachers have been wrongly COM,
PEELED to curtail or eliminate Their own
personality and initiative to CONFORM
to the views of superintendent or
them in authority, but not understanu
ing the peculiar conditions with "nie'
the instructors have to deal.
Cooperation of the parent Is Just =
essential to weld the school SysteiH
into harmonious whole as the UNI
fication of any of the other 1aetO's
contributing to its makeup"
Low salaries in the profession Is w
the only thing that is causing leaei
ers to enter other fields of endeaaoi'
but the cut-and-dried system that y :
deathblow to any initiative ana ~
alive power that the young teaensa
might have, is also to blame, dec'"ise
an educator from the south.
Tenure of superintendent waS ,,,,,o
clared as too uncertain by "h,'" lal
Bruce, editor of the American sehV sd
Board Journal. He also recomlieiu ~
the striking of teachers as u ih'"'
of lettering their conditions.