RESOLUTIONS NOS. 1, 2, AND 3, TRANSMITTED BY THE COUNCIL [NOS. 2 AND 3 BEING RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS] 1. Resolved, That the report of the Committee on Investigations and Appropriations made under date of June 29, 1904, be accepted and its recommendations adopted. 2. Resolved, That the Board of Directors of the National Educational Association be requested to adopt the following rules of procedure to govern all appropriations: (a) All appropriations for whatever purpose are chargeable against the current income of the Associa tion for the year in which they are made. Unexpended balances will be covered into the treasury at the close of the fiscal year. (b) When circumstances require, unexpended balances will be re-appropriated either in whole or in part, for the purposes for which they were originally made. (c) All appropriations for special purposes shall be made subject to the requirements of the conduct of the ordinary business of the Association, including the salary of the Secretary and the expenses of his office, the expenses of the Executive Committee, the publication and distribution of the volume of Proceedings, and the usual miscellaneous and incidental expenses. (d) When the current income of the fiscal year is more than sufficient to meet the cost of the conduct of the ordinary business of the Association, then appropriations for special purposes shall become available in the order in which they are voted by the Board of Directors. 3. Resolved, That the Board of Directors of the National Educational Association be requested to make the following appropriations for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1904: (a) The unexpended balance of the appropriation of $1,500 made July 9, 1903—namely, $1.109.29—— and additional appropriation of $1,500, for the committee to inquire and report to the Council upon the Salaries Tenure of Office, and Pension Provisions of Public-School Teachers of the United States. (b) The unexpended balance of the appropriation of $1,000 made July 10, 1902-namely, $709.25for the committee to inquire and report to the Council upon Taxation for School Purposes in the United States. (c) The unexpended balance of the appropriation of $500 made July 9, 1903—namely, $312.05-and an additional appropriation of $500, for the committee to inquire and report to the Council upon Industrial Education in Schools in Rural Communities. (d) The sum of $200 as a contribution toward the expenses of the Committee of Five authorized by the Department of Superintendence, February 25 1903, to confer with the committees of other associations in regard to a Universal System of Key Notation for Indicating Pronunciation and to recommend a Phonetic Alphabet. RESOLUTION NO. 4 SUBMITTED BY THE COUNCIL FOR THE INFORMATION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS Resolved, That the president of the Council be authorized and instructed to invite Calvin Thomas, of New York; George Hempl, of Michigan; Homer H. Seerley, of Iowa; and Charles M. Jordan, of Minnesota together with the President of the National Educational Association for 1904-5, when elected, to advise the Council and their Committee on Investigations and Appropriations, not later than June 1, 1905, upon the questions stated in paragraph 7 of the report (the report of the Committee on Investigations and Appropriations. See minutes of the National Council for copy of the report). Director A. V. Storm, of Iowa, moved that resolutions Nos. 2 and 3 be adopted as recommended by the Council of Education; seconded. In answer to questions, Director J. M. Greenwood, chairman of the Committee. of the Council on Investigations and Appropriations, explained that the effect of the resolutions, if adopted, would be that all future appropriations would be made for the current year only, and that they would become available only after the fixed expenses of the Association had been provided for. A discussion followed on the subject of resolution No. 4, which was ruled out of order, since only resolutions Nos. 2 and 3 were included in the pending motion for adoption. On motion of Director W. F. Kunze, of Minnesota, it was ordered that action on the two resolutions before the directors be taken separately. Resolution No. 2 was then stated as before the directors for consideration. After brief discussion, the vote was taken on resolution No. 2 and carried unanimously. At this point President Cook withdrew to take charge of the vesper meeting at Festival Hall, appointing Director L. D. Harvey, of Wisconsin, to preside in his absence. Resolution No. 3 was then stated as before the directors for consideration. A discussion followed as to the scope of the work of the Committee on the Economi Status of the Teacher, in the course of which explanations were made by Director J. M. Greenwood as to the scope and importance of the work of the committee in question, and by Director W. T. Harris as to the relations of that work to the work of the National Bureau of Education at Washington, in which both Directors Harris and Greenwood urged that the appropriation for the committee be continued and increased. The motion on the adoption of resolution No. 3, being put to the board, was carried without dissent. Inquiry was then made as to the meaning of resolution No. 4, which was transmitted to the Council as a report of progress on the question referred to it by the former Board of Directors at its meeting June 27; viz., an application by a committee from the Department of Superintendence for the appointment of a Commission on the Simplification of Our English Spelling, and an appropriation for its expenses. After explanations had been made, resolution No. 4 was, on motion, received as a report of progress on the matter under consideration by the Council. Directors A. G. Lane, of Illinois, Aaron Gove, of Colorado, and T. A. Mott, of Indiana, were appointed a Committee on the Nomination of Members of the National Council to fill vacancies occasioned by expiration of term of office and for other reasons. This committee was excused to prepare its report. On motion of Director W. F. Kunze, of Minnesota, the sum of $400 was appropriated for the special expenses of the Department of Superintendence for its meeting to be held in Milwaukee, Wis., in February, 1905. The next order of business was the consideration of invitations for the place of meeting for the forty-fourth convention in 1905. The chair requested the Secretary to call the roll of states in alphabetical order with the direction that invitations be presented in the order of the roll-call. Under the call a communication was read by the secretary from W. C. Radcliffe, secretary of the Convention Bureau of the city of Detroit, Mich., affiliated with the Detroit Board of Commerce, inviting the Association to hold its convention for 1905 in the city of Detroit. Director John Enright, of New Jersey, presented a formal invitation from the mayor and council of the city of Asbury Park, N. J., supported by the Board of Education, the Board of Trade, the Hotel-Keepers' Association, and other organizations, that the convention for 1905 be held in that city. The Secretary read an invitation from C. P. Thomas, president of the Business Men's Association at Saratoga Springs, N. Y., inviting the Association to meet in that city in 1905. An invitation was presented by the city of Portland, Ore., and the authorities of the Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition Company, supported by the educational and business organizations of Portland and the state of Oregon, to hold the next convention in that city in connection with the Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition, with relations to the Exposition similar to those under which the forty-third convention is held in St. Louis in connection with the Louisiana Purchase Exposition. This invitation was supported by Colonel Henry E. Dosch, commissioner-general and director of exhibits, representing the city of Portland and the exposition authorities, and Mr. A. L. Craig, general passenger agent of the Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company, in behalf of the transcontinental railway companies. At the close of the roll-call, on a motion by Director A. S. Downing, of New York, it was carried by unanimous vote that all invitations be referred to the Executive Committee with full power to select the next place of meeting, and to make all necessary arrangements with local and transportation authorities for the next convention. The Committee on Nominations to fill vacancies in the Council reported as follows: To the Board of Directors of the National Educational Association: Your committee respectfully nominates the following to fill vacancies in the membership of the National Council to be elected by the Association, viz.: F. Louis Soldan of Missouri, to succeed himself, term to expire 1910. R. H. Halsey of Wisconsin, to succeed himself, term to expire 1910. C. G. Pearse of Wisconsin, to succeed himself, term to expire 1910. Your committee finds a vacancy, by reason of the absence from two successive meetings, of James A. Foshay, of California, and recommends that Mr. Foshay be transferred to the honorary list, and that the vacancy be filled by the appointment of C. N. Kendall, of Indiana, for the remainder of the term to expire 1906. Respectfully submitted, A. G. LANE, Committee. On motion, the report of the committee was received, and the secretary was instructed, by unanimous vote to cast the ballot of the directors for the nominees named in the report. The Secretary reported the ballot as so cast, and the chairman declared the nominees elected to membership in the Council. There being no further business, on motion, the board adjourned. IRWIN SHEPARD, Secretary. NATIONAL COUNCIL OF EDUCATION CONSTITUTION PREAMBLE The National Council of Education shall have for its object the consideration and discussion of educational questions of general interest and public importance, and the presentation, thru printed reports, of the substance of the discussions and the conclusions formulated. It shall be its object to reach and disseminate correct thinking on educational questions; and, for this purpose, it shall be the aim of the Council, in conducting its discussions, to define and state with accuracy the different views and theories on the subject under consideration, and, secondly, to discover and represent fairly the grounds and reasons for each theory or view, so far as to show, as completely as possible, the genesis of opinion on the subject. It shall be the duty of the Council, in pursuance of this object, to encourage from all its members the most careful statement of differences in opinion, together with the completest statement of grounds for the same. It shall further require the careful preservation and presentation of the individual differences of opinion, whenever grounds have been furnished for the same by members of the Council. It shall invite the freest discussion and embody the new suggestions developed by such discussions. Any member making such suggestion or objection may put in writing his view, and the grounds therefor, and furnish the same to the secretary for the records of the Council. It shall prepare, thru its president, an annual report to the National Educational Association, setting forth the questions considered by the Council during the previous year, and placing before the Association, in succinct form, the work accomplished. It shall embody in this report a survey of those educational topics which seem to call for any action on the part of the Association. The Council shall appoint, out of its own number, committees representing the several departments of education, and thereby facilitate the exchange of opinion among its members on such special topics as demand the attention of the profession or of the public. ARTICLE I-MEMBERSHIP 1. The National Council of Education shall consist of sixty members, selected from the membership of the National Educational Association. Any member of the Association identified with educational work is eligible to membership in the Council, and, after the first election, such membership shall continue for six years, except as hereinafter provided. 2. In the year 1885 the Board of Directors shall elect eight members-four members for six years, two for four years, and two for two years, and the Council shall elect eight members-five members for six years, two for four years, and one for two years; and annually thereafter the Board of Directors shall elect five members and the Council five members, each member, with the exception hereinafter provided for (sec. 5), to serve six years, or until his successor is elected. 3. The annual election of members of the Council shall be held in connection with the annual meetings of the Association. If the Board of Directors shall fail, for any reason, to fill its quota of members annually, the vacancy or vacancies shall be filled by the Council. |