Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-03-01
PR|NC|PAL-TEACHER
I. SPLIT IS AVOIDED
HIGHER Officials Limit Size OF
Organization, but Remain
in the N. E. A.
TRAINING is DISCUSSED
Bv a sto6 Correspondent
.I.in City March IA

Atlantic OtNgs "n''" -
..tonal fight among members OF the
( nsnartment of Superintendent Of the
\ Sotional Educators Association, was
s,oided today by the insertion OF one
olanse in O paragraph of the reorganiza-
tion committees report. - =
'y The clause means the Department OF
s,nsrintendence will not seceed from
.Ia National Education Association.
The reorganization plan, adopted to-
a,r will mean two radical changes. One
ns;n, The number of members which will
! no reduced from 1000 to something like
Tho other IL in the matter of election.
oLa ballots prepared for this convention
Iii no discarded and nominations will
w. made from the floor. 1t is under
otood the same names as those on the
preyiously prepared ballot will be nom
I {nnted Heretofore a nominating com
mittee was appointed by the president,
! and this committee prepared the ballot
for election:
'Merbership in the department. of
.unerintendence shall be defined to in
clude state, county and city superin-
tendents 1000 population or more) /,
assistant superintendents and all state
and national officers of school admin
istrntion who are members of the n.
=. A.
Finances Kept Separate
The clause providing that the depart
nent of superintendence will remain a
: mart Of y. Il. A. does not prevent other
organizations from meeting at the same
time and place and having their mem
hers attend the convention Of super
intencc. 1t simply limits the voting
membership.
!, ''The department of superinten t.
, dence," the report reads. shall pro-
| vide its own system of financial sup
\ port and shall financially re independent
| Of the n. r. A.
The board of education deadlock in
I Philadelphia broken finally by the
. election Of DR.. r. G. Broome as SUI
perintendeht of schools. was discussed
! at breakfast given by the Institute
for Public Service.
II was decided to offer q resolution
TO the main body recommending the
manner in which a school superinten
dent should be chosen.
William II. Allen, director of the
Institute for Public Service, reviewed
the prolonged efforts of the Philadel-
phia board to pick superintendent.
He said there was feeling that school
men have been subject too long to the
whims Of school boards. The teaching
personnel. he said, should be consulted
\ when a superintendent is being chosen.
\ To Form Committees
\. One suggestion advanced was that n
committee of teachers be formed in any
city where a school head was to be
selected This committee, representa-
tive of all grades. it was said, should
suggest candidates.
Disarmament and general world
peace, prohibition and universal woman
suffrage are leading factors in the de e-
celopment of new educational methods,
according to Henry Snyder, superinten
dent Of schools Of Jersey City.
Disarmament and world peace. while
not yet accomplished, will eventually
will finally disappear the demand for
special training for war in our schools
and colleges and our courses of in =
structiOn must reflect our new rela =
tionships with other countries. As the
prohibition of the liquor traffic becomes
effective, the immediate results ought to
DC the disappearance of the parent who
IS negleCtful of his children through
drink, the re establishment of parental
authority, the close co operation of the
family with the school and many other
obvious reactions favorable to the cause
OF education.
Influence OF Women
Both accomplishments will release
TO educational purposes countless funds
1 which are now used either to destroy
| me products of education or to repair
the damage done by disregardng it.
Universal woman suffrage means more
than voting. 1t means that women,
hereafter, will participate in govern :
mental affairs as much as men and that
instruction in civic matters must be
made to appeal to them equally strongly.
Next to the child. the schools concern
me mother most directly. We may con =
hdently expect that the advancement of
education will reflect woman's influ =
encp"
One important change in modern edu =
cation is its inclusion of health training,
N the opinion of Thomas D. Wood,
OF Columbia University.
"A great safety campaign for children
OF school and pre- school age is a vital
necessity. Deadly and ruthless warfare
IS being constantly waged against
child life and health by unregulated
trade and industry, and by failure to
provide adequate space and safeguards
Tor normal activities of childhonI