Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-25
By ALICE ROGERS HAGER.

With so much of the interest of the
convention centered in the hearings
in the majority caucus room of the
Senate Office Building yesterday and
today. one expects to find nearly ev-
cry one Of Importance in the n. Z. A
and the allied associations dropping
in at some time or other. The meth
DDS of the congressional committee
rooms were probably new and illumi-
mating to many Of those who came to
such a session for the first time,
though, Of course, numbers Of the del
egates are old hands at the legislative
game. particularly with regard to the
education bill for which they are now
pleading.
1t was exceedingly interesting to
watch the reactions OF the various
witnesses as they were exposed to the
whiplash of senatorial sarcasm and
repartee. They all bore up bravely
and well, quite occasionally having
the best Of it in the passages OF Wit.
Miss MacSkimmon, as betltted her
gentle dignity and her position. was
received with real kindness and cour-
tesy. but not all of the ladies were
spared.
DIR. Randall J. Condor, superintend-
snt of schools in Cincinnati, was one
Of the speakers Of the afternoon. his
ane sincerity and unsmirched ideal
ism, we're too evident to permit any
thing more than friendly difference
of opinion from his interrogators- DIT:
| Condor has a long and distinguished
record in the teaching profession Born
| in Friendship, Me-, he took his A. b.
ana A. NJ. at Colby College and IN
1918 received from it his LII. u. AFTER
some teaching he served Tor TWO
years Is a member OF the Maine HOUSE
of Representatives.. and was nomi-
mated for the Senate In 1888. =.
He was a district superintendent OF
| schools in Massachusetts and city
/ s,,nerintendent In Everett. Mass.
n elena Mont; Providence, r. l., and,
since 1913, in Cincinnati. For -FOUR
wears he was secretary OF the Mon
tana. text book committee and is a
past president of the National Society
| for the Study of Education, the Amer
lean School of Citizenship League, the
| New England Superintendent Asso
| citation, the Council of the Ohio State
Teachers. the Montana Civic Fedora
ton (Which he also organizedD, a trus
| tee of the Lincoln Memorial Uni
| yersity, a member of the Ohio State
Board of Education and chairman o.
| the Cincinnati Americapization Com
mittee from 1916 until the present. In
1914 he went to the International Edu
cational Conference at The Hague a:
| a delegate from the United States. III
| is the author of the Montana Sup
plement to Frye's Geography and OF
| MANY educational monographs. Tht
past year and a half he has been or
leave Of absence from Cincinnati ir
| order that he might have time to d.
some special editorial work on citizen
ship and character education for thu
Atlantic Monthly. He has recentl,
finished this and resumed his schoo
duties.
Loves Rural Teaching.
DR.. Harold Foght was called t.
testify late in the afternoon. DR.
Foght is president of the Northern
Normal and Industrial School in Aber
| deem, S. OAK, and his biograph,
sounds very much like trip aroun
the world, educationally speaking. H
began his training at the Universit
of Nebraska. and continued it at Az
gustana College, in Illinois, takin,
his doctorate later at American Uni
versity. But this was only the begin
ming. and he went abroad to finish hi
special work at the ROYAL Fredericl
University in Copenhagen, and a
Leipzig. His teaching was begun Il
the rural schools, and he confesses t
never having fallen out Of love wit
it. In the Kirksville. Mo-. Teachers
College he organized the first depar,
ment for rural teaching in this cour
try. That took him in 1913 to tn
Federal Bureau of Education. AM
here he was chief Of the rural division
until 1920. But in 1920 he yielded t
toll 80 a.,
ing rural teachers, and accepted tn
presidency Of the South Dakota Co
lege. The most significant recognition
of his work has been in calls from fol
eign governments to make surveys 70
them of their educational systems
These include one in Denmark: one Il
Saskatchewan, Canada, and one las
year in Japan. They have all bee
done as q supplement to his admins
trative duties, and he has still foun
time ION the side" to write man
books. Among these are: Rural Der
mark and Tits Schools" THE Rura
Teacher and His Work" and 9TH
School System Of Japan" At present
he Is engaged on a travel tale, I'm
fathomed Japan"
Studies Teacher Needs.
Miss Julia Sullivan, president OF tn
National Association Of Classroom
Teachers, from Boston, spoke for he
| association, which, she stated, com
prises 125, 900 members, teachers II
grade from kindergarten through tn
high school. Her plea was for tn,
promotion Of the welfare of the teach
| ers themselves, in order that they
may function with efficiency and en-
| thusiasm. In the past six month:
Miss Sullivan in her official capacity