President. Vice-President.. Secretary.... DEPARTMENT OFFICERS National Council ROBERT J. ALEY, President, University of Maine.. Orono, Me. JAMES Y. JOYNER, State Superintendent of Public Instruction Raleigh, N.C. WILLIAM B. OWEN, Principal, Chicago Normal School...... Chicago, Ill. Executive Committee.... JAMES M. GREENWOOD, Advisory Superintendent of Schools.. Kansas City, Mo. Executive Committee.... ELLEN C. SABIN, President, Milwaukee-Downer College..... Milwaukee, Wis. Executive Committee.... DAVID B. JOHNSON, President, Winthrop Normal and Indus President..... Vice-President. Higher Laramie, Wyo. C. A. DUNIWAY, President, University of Wyoming..... President. J. G. CRABBE, President, State Normal School.. U. S. CONN, President, State Normal School... W. T. CARRINGTON, President, State Normal School.. Superintendence Richmond, Ky. BEN BLEWETT, Superintendent of Instruction, Public Schools St. Louis, Mo. First Vice-President.... W. E. RANGER, State Commissioner of Public Schools...... Providence, R.I. Second Vice-President.. A. S. Cook, Superintendent of Baltimore County Schools.... Towson, Md. Secretary.. ANNA E. LOGAN, Ohio State Normal School.... Oxford, Ohio Vocational Education and Practical Arts President.. Vice-President.. A. L. WILLISTON, Director, Wentworth Institute.. Boston, Mass. Schools. Pittsburgh, Pa. Music President... OSBOURNE MCCONATHY, Director, Public School Music De partment, School of Music, Northwestern University... Evanston, Ill. President..... President..... Vice-President..... President... Vice-President. Secretary.... President..... GEORGE R. TWiss, High-School Visitor, Ohio State University Columbus, Ohio President... WILLIS H. KERR, Librarian, State Normal School.. MRS. P. P. CLAXTON.. HARRIET A. WOOD, School Librarian. President.... Vice-President.. Special Emporia, Kans. M. P. E. GROSZMANN, Educational Director, National Associa tion for the Study and Education of Exceptional Children Plainfield, N.J. JAMES J. Dow, Superintendent of School for the Blind...... Faribault, Minn. W. E. TAYLOR, Superintendent, State School for the Deaf and Blind... School Patrons Gooding, Idaho President. MRS. WILLIAM S. HEFFERAN, National Congress of Mothers.. Chicago, Ill. Vice-President........ MRS. L. L. BLANKENBERG, General Federation of Women's JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS OF THE FIFTY-SECOND ANNUAL MEETING OF THE NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED STATES ST. PAUL, MINN., JULY 4-11, 1914 EDUCATIONAL SUNDAY In accordance with an established custom, Sunday, July 5, was observed as Educational Sunday by a large number of the churches of St. Paul, on which date the respective pastors held special services, preaching sermons on educational topics as follows. All services were held in the forenoon unless otherwise noted. "The Master Spirit in Education"-Rev. James F. Beates, Holy Trinity English Lutheran Church. "Education the Handmaid of Religion"-Rev. Benjamin Bunn Royer, Merriam Park Presbyterian Church, at 7:30 P.M. "Oxford and Rhodes Scholarships"-Rev. W. P. Millar, First Methodist Church. "An Age of Knowledge Is an Age of Faith”-Rev. Frank Doran, Central Park Methodist Church. "The Teachers' Vocation"-Rev. Frank Doran, Central Park Methodist Church, at 8:00 P.M. "Religion as an Education"-Rev. Maurice D. Edwards, Dayton Avenue Presbyterian Church. "Fundamental Need in Modern Education"-Rev. S. T. Willis, First Christian Church. "Moral Leadership in Education"-Rev. F. M. Rule, Holman Memorial Church. "Christian Education"-Rev. William C. Pope, Church of the Good Shepherd. "Church and Public School"-Rev. Karl Koch, St. Paul's Evangelical Church. "A Teacher Come from God"-Rev. George Mahlon Miller, Olivet Congregational Church. "Patriotism and Spirituality"-Rev. Addison Moore, Peoples Church. "Matters of Moment for Modern Minds"-Rev. Addison Moore, Peoples Church, at 7:45 P.M. "The Beginning of Wisdom"-Rev. D. Dimond Mitchell, Grand View Heights Presbyterian Church. "Studying Our Magna Charta”-Rev. B. Scott Bates, Knox Presbyterian Church. "Education"-Rev. E. B. Woodruff, St. Clement's Memorial Church. "The Call of the World for Teachers"-Rev. J. D. McCormick, King Street Methodist Church, at 7:45 P.M. "The Privileges and the Power of the Possessors of the Truth"-Rev. H. G. Beeman, First Baptist Church, at 8:00 P.M. "Education: What Do We Imply by That Word?"-Rev. G. R. Fisher, Hazel Park Peoples Church, at 8:00 P.M. "Education"-Rev. Edward L. Roland, St. Paul's Church-on-the-Hill. FIRST DAY'S PROCEEDINGS OPENING SESSION-MONDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 6, 2:00 O'CLOCK The Fifty-second Annual Convention of the National Education Association was opened in the Auditorium, St. Paul, Minn., at 2:00 P.M., on July 6. Vice-President Edward T. Fairchild, president, New Hampshire College, Durham N.H., presided at the opening of the session. Invocation-Rt. Rev. John J. Lawler, Auxiliary Bishop of St. Paul, St. Paul, Minn. Vice-President Fairchild then introduced the following speakers, who delivered addresses of welcome: J. A. A. Burnquist, lieutenant-governor of the state of Minnesota; C. G. Schulz, state superintendent of education, St. Paul, Minn.; Winn Powers, mayor of St. Paul; and Dietrich Lange, superintendent of schools, St. Paul, Minn. A response to the addresses of welcome was made by Vice-President Fairchild. Following the addresses of welcome and the response, Chairman Fairchild introduced to the audience Joseph Swain, president, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pa., president of the National Education Association, and transferred to him the conduct of the convention. At this point, President Joseph Swain delivered the presidential address of the year, which was entitled "The Relation of the Teacher to American Citizenship." This was followed by an address on "The Responsibility of American Educators in the Solution of America's Oriental Problem" by Sidney Lewis Gulick, professor in Doshisha University and lecturer in Imperial University at Kyoto, Japan, and representative on Commission on International Relations of the Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America. The following committees were announced by President Swain: Following the announcements, the convention adjourned to Monday evening, the active members of the Association reassembling by states at 5:30 P.M., either in sections of the Auditorium or at their respective state headquarters, for the selection of members of the nominating committee. SECOND SESSION-MONDAY EVENING, JULY 6, 7:30 O'CLOCK Preceding the opening of the session, the following musical program was given by classes of the St. Paul Normal School, under the direction of Elsie M. Shawe, supervisor of music, city schools, St. Paul, Minn. Operetta "Hiawatha's Childhood" Hiawatha Nokomis Bessie M. Whiteley (Text selected from "Hiawatha" by Henry W. Longfellow) Mudjikeewis (West Wind) Iagoo (The Boaster) CAST OF CHARACTERS Warriors, Maidens, Wind-Spirits, Fireflies 1. Introduction: Indian War Dance 2. Chorus: "By the Shores of Gitchie Gumee" 3. Solo: "Ewa-yea.' Nokomis FRANCES SEDDON MATHILDA HECK ETHEL LARPENTEUR MILDRED HESSIAN 4. Wind Song and Phantom Dance: Wind-Spirits and Phantoms 6. Solo: "Wah-wah-taysee." Hiawatha 7. Dance of the Fireflies 8. Chorus: "Saw the Moon" 9. Chorus: "Then the Little Hiawatha" 10. Solo: "Go, My Son." Iagoo 11. Semi-Chorus: "All Alone Walked Hiawatha" 12. Chorus: "And the Birds Sang Round Him" 13. Finale: (a) "Then Upon One Knee." Chorus (b) "Dead He Lay There in the Forest." Semi-Chorus Stage Managers and Directors of Dances MARY MCCLELLAN and FLORENCE ROOD After the musical program, the meeting was called to order by President Swain, and the following addresses were given on the general topic, "The Status of Woman": "Training Women for Social Responsibility"-Lois Kimball Mathews, dean of women, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis. "Some Aspects of the Public School from a Social Worker's Point of View"Sophonisba Preston Breckinridge, assistant professor of social economy, University of Chicago, Chicago, Ill. "The Humanities, Old and New"-Emma M. Perkins, professor of Latin, College for Women, Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio. "Preparation of Women for Twentieth-Century Life"-Mary E. Woolley, president, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, Mass. SECOND DAY'S PROCEEDINGS THIRD SESSION-TUESDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 7, 2:00 O'CLOCK Preceding the addresses of the afternoon, the following musical recital was given by four hundred children of the Ericsson Grade School, St. Paul, Minn., under the direction of Elsie M. Shawe, supervisor of music, city schools, St. Paul, Minn.: After the recital, the meeting was called to order by President Swain, and the following addresses were given on the general topic, "Teachers' Salaries and Pensions": "Present Salaries of Teachers"-Margaret A. Haley, business representative, Chicago Teachers Federation, and member of the National Éducation Association Committee on Teachers' Salaries, Tenure, and Pensions, Chicago, Ill. "The College Professor and the Nation"-Charles William Dabney, president, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio. "Salaries Based on the Position and Not on the Sex of Incumbent"-Grace C. Strachan, district superintendent of schools, and member of the National Education Association Committee on Teachers' Salaries, Tenure, and Pensions, Brooklyn, N.Y. "Teachers' Retirement Allowances"-Walter I. Hamilton, agent, Massachusetts Board of Education, Boston, Mass. The Committee on Teachers' Salaries and Cost of Living, thru its chairman, Joseph Swain, announced that its report this year had been issued by the United States Bureau of Education as Bulletin No. 16, 1914, under the title "The Tangible Rewards of Teaching," and that it was now ready for distribution. It also presented a supplementary report prepared by Scott Nearing, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa., on "The Public-School Teacher and the Standard of Living," which report appears in the Proceedings. Discussion-Philander P. Claxton, United States commissioner of education, Washington, D.C.; John W. Carr, superintendent of schools, Bayonne, N.J.; Lloyd E. Wolfe, San Antonio, Tex.; and David B. Johnson, president, Winthrop Normal and Industrial College, Rock Hill, S.C. |