The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-07-08
Des Moines Observes Edu-
cationaI Sunday
GENERAL SESSION OPEN
Colorado Educator Tells Con-
vention High Schools Every
where Crowded
ASSOCIATED Press Dispatch.1

the eight thousand teachers who are
gathered for the fifty ninth annual
of the National Education
Association. The pulpits of various
churches were filed by national
leaders in education.
Among those who delivered ad-
dresses at morning services were the
following: Sam A. Baker, State
Superintendent of Public Instruction,
Jefferson City, Mo-; Mary G. c. Brad
ford, former state superintendent of
schools in Colorado and former
president of the National Education
Association; w. A. Brandenburg,
president Of State Normal School,
Pittsburg, Kan; P. p. Claxton, for
mer federal commissioner OF educa-
ton; John r. Kirk, president Of State
Teachers College, Kirksville. Mo.
Hugh s. Magill, field secretary Of Ma
tional Education Association, Wash
ington, D. c.; w. E. Owen, president
of Chicago Normal College, Chicago;
George D. Strayer. Processes of edu-
cation; and F. r. Vasey, superintend-
emit of schools. Mason City, La.
A special feature Of the session OF
the national council Saturday wa,
the report of the committee on racial
well being given by its chairman, DR..
Helen C. Putnam of Providence, D. l.
DIR. Putnam announced that this COM
mittee is Offering an honorarium OF
$1,000 to senior students preparing to
teach for a study on the proposition
that 1T is as much the duty of edu
Gators to assure thorough educational
procedures that individuals shall be
VIC q
reared" 49,.
General Session Opens
The general session of the fifty
ninth annual convention Of the Ma
tional Education Association formal
ly opened in the Coliseum here this
morning. At a general inspirationai
meeting last night, Bishop Homer G.
Stuntz of Omaha, addressed the edu-
Gators on the problem of educating
the other half Of the world. Bishop
Stuntz described educational condi-
lions in India, China, Malaysia, and
the Philippines.
Great Britain" declared Bishop
Stuntz, has established FIVE full
fedged universities in India. which
with their affiliated schools, are CIV
ing the beginnings of a modern edu-
cation to one-fifth OF the human
race"
DIR. Stuntz characterized the educa-
tional system of the Philippines as
the swiftest pedagogical triumph ever
witnessed outside Of America.
There are now twice as many Fill
pinos speaking English" said DR..
Stuntz, "as could ever speak Spanish,
and the United States has had twenty
years while Spain had over 800 years
for this task"
The program Of the general ses
cin rril
devoted to discussion of the Amer
lean program in education as it is
related to the various departments Of
educational work. This program will
be discussed in its relation to the
work of the school principal, of the
class room teacher, of teacher train
ing institutions, of colleges and uni
versities, of city school systems and
in its relation to the programs of
ton.
Colorado Educator Speaks
High schools everywhere are delug-
ed with students, for the effort to in
crease enrolment has exceeded fondest
expectations, John A. Sexton. princi-
paLof the Logan County High School
at Sterling, Colo, told the association
today.
Existing buildings are overcrowd-
priceless, equipment is inadequate in
amount and obsolete in character in
face Of the demands of the new cur
riculm," Mr.. Sexton said.
Communities heretofore indiffer-
ent to high school advantages are
joining in a Tam O'Shanter race to
provide high school advantages for
all children. The challenge of Amer
ica's youth. today is, provide the
high schools and we are ready to
Separate Department Education.
The importanceof a separate fed
raj department of education with
secretary in the Presidents cabinet
was urged today by Agnes S. VIM OF
Seattle, Wash, president of the
Seattle Grade Teachers Club.
with the revelations of the Great
War before Them" the speaker said,
friends of education realize that the
only way to keep education in it's
place as the keystone of our Amer
lean democracy is to make 1t the
prime interest of one grand division
of administrative effort and not to
allow it to be placed in subordinate
relationship"
What Is Needed In Education
Nothing is more needed in educa-
ton today than a closer cooperation
Win Tie III IuC p1OlCSSOlS
chairs and the principals who are
charged with the practical side OF
education, j. J. Zmrhal, principal of
the Herzl School in Chicago, declared
today at a general session Of the as
sociation. The gap between theory
and practice, he said, must be filed.
Educational work everywhere Is
suffering from too much opinion and
to little real fact" Professor Zmrthal
said. School curriculum and other
school procedure is based on opinion
rather than on actual, knowledge of
what is best. Incalculable good
would result from closer cooperation
and by more scientific spirit and
method on the part of the principals.
"No one can influence the COM
munity as much as1the principal. II
his school Is good, his word will go
far i'm all matters pertaining to edu-
cation. The opportunities presenting
themselves to the principals have
hardly been touched. This great
work presupposes the highest class
OF men and women In the principals
position"