The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-02
EDUCATORS PRAISE
 NATION FOR ITS SCHOOL ADVANCES
Effort of Congress to Make Washington System Model for Entire Country Is
 Commended

CLEVELAND, O., March 1.-tBy Associated Press )-The department of superintendency of the National Education association closed a five days convention With business ses- sion tonight, at which the delegates heard and adopted the report of the resolutions committee and listened 10 addresses by four speakers. Thou sands pf the delegates left for home tonight
 The resolutions ommttees report in part follows:
 President Harding, governors and mayors were commended for issuing proclamations during education week la st December.
 Expressed gratitude for enlarged financial support by legislators and urged a continuance along these lnes to the end that there may be an American school for every Ameri- can child and for the failure of every attempt at reaction against proper and adequate provision of funds for public school purposes, whether made by single individual school and by backward looking groups.
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 \ Endorsement was given to the in tention of Congress to make the school system of Washington the model school system of the country. To this was added a request for the immediate passage of the teachers salary bill pending before Congress.
 Allegiance in the Clearinghouse bill is reaffrmed. Necessity of a Secretary Of Education in the Presi- dents cabinet and federal aid in removing illiteracy, in Amerlcanizing the foreign born, preparing to de- velop adequate programs of physical and health education and equaliza- tion of educational opportunities was urged.
 The movement to have profession ally trained county superintendents to give rural children better educa- ton is indorsed. To this is added a recommendation that the burden of raising funds in state and nation be. justly and equitably distributed be- tween the stronger and weaker tax ing units.
 Devotion of class room teachers who have caught the spirit of the new educational advance in main tainlng the ideals and standard of the American system of public edu- cation. is praised.
 Section Meetings Held.
 Speakers tonight were I. H. Bent ley. superintendent of schools, Du- luth. Minn.; 7. E. Scott. superinten- dent of schools. Louisville. Ky, and Thomas H. Harris. state superinten- dent public instruction, Baton Rouge. La. who spoke on School Organiza- tion," and Edward A. Steiner Grin nell. Iowa. on 'Immi grant Educa- tion."
 Seventeen section meetings were held during the morning and after noon.
 Abolishment of summer vacations by splitting the school year into four terms of three months each with two weeks vacation periods around Christmas and the Fourth Of July, was urged by II. C. Weber. superin- tendent of schools. Nashville. Tenn, speaking on The Year Round School" at section meeting.
 The all-year round" plan would be boon to parents of large fami- lies, keeping the children off con- gested streets. preventing them from becoming corner loafers and bandits. and victims of automoblists, and would cheapen the cost of education by one-fourth, Dr. Weber said
 The summer vacation is an archaic idea which was in good form when agriculture was the main occupation and required the assistance of chll- dren in harvesting, he said.