The first address of this session was "The Opportunity of the Teacher," by Mrs. Emmons Blaine, Chicago, Ill.

This was followed by "The Development of Personality Thru Education," by Margaret E. Schallenberger, principal of the Training Department, State Normal School, San Jose, Cal.

After music by Williams' Concert Band, Joseph Scott, president of the Board o Education of Los Angeles, Cal., gave an address on "The Compensation of the Teacher." The program ended with an address by Charles Zueblin, of Boston, Mass., on "The Life of the Teacher."

The convention then adjourned to Thursday evening, July 13.

FOURTH DAY'S PROCEEDINGS

FOURTH SESSION-THURSDAY EVENING, JULY 13, 8 O'CLOCK

The convention was called to order at 8 o'clock P.M. by President Young. Music by Williams' Concert Band.

The meeting was opened with an invocation by Rev. George E. Burlingame, First Baptist Church, San Francisco.

The first paper was by Samuel Avery, chancellor of the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebr., and was entitled, "Can We Shorten the Term of Years Without Decreasing the Efficiency of Education in American Schools?"

This was followed by music by Williams' Concert Band, after which the second address was presented. This was "Present Problems in English Education," by Kate Stevens, North Islington Central School, Tollington Park, London, England.

The session adjourned to Friday evening, July 14.

FIFTH DAY'S PROCEEDINGS

FIFTH SESSION-FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 14, 8 O'CLOCK

The meeting was called to order at 8 o'clock P.M. by President Young. Music by Williams' Concert Band.

The invocation was given by Rev. Charles A. Ram, secretary to his Grace, the Archbishop Riordan, San Francisco.

Katherine D. Blake, principal of Public School No. 6, New York, N.Y., read a paper on "Peace in the School,"

"Progress in Public Education" was the title of an address by Francis G. Blair, state superintendent of public instruction, Springfield, Ill.

This was followed by music by Williams' Concert Band.

President Young then introduced the president-elect, Carroll G. Pearse of Milwaukee, Wis., who replied to the introduction as follows:

The call of opportunity is the call of duty. The burden is laid upon us, who for the time are placed in official position, to make this Association, so far as in us lies, worthy of its past and of its possibilities; to, make its influence felt to the betterment of every department and line of endeavor in the schools of America.

Any president of the National Education Association needs the counsel and cooperation of every one of its members; in a multitude of counselors there is wisdom. In the discharge of my duties for the year I desire and shall ask the suggestions and help of the leading educational people of the nation, those whose duties lie without, as well as those who labor within schoolroom walls; of every operative teacher in whatever department of school work employed; of citizens, the fathers and mothers of the young people who fill our schools. United, we can do much.

I appreciate the honor the members of this association have conferred upon me. Nothing I can do to advance the interests of the Association shall be left undone.

Permit me, Madam President, to return to you this symbol of your authority, in order that you may close in fitting manner the meetings of this Convention, which you have so effectively organized, and over which you have so well presided.

President Young then declared the Forty-Ninth Annual Convention of the National Education Association adjourned sine die. IRWIN SHEPARD, Secretary

GENERAL SESSIONS OF THE ASSOCIATION

ADDRESSES OF WELCOME

I. HIRAM W. JOHNSON, GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

Members of the National Education Association:

Mingled with our love of the state of California and our pride in its grandeur is the desire to share its beauties and advantages. We welcome all who come, not only those who come as the representatives of a certain profession but all those whose influence tends to uplift our standard of citizenship. Therefore we extend to you hearty and heartfelt greetings.

You are of two classes. The first class is made up of those who follow your calling simply because it is a calling, and the second is made up of those who have entered it with the zeal of the crusader and are working for all that makes for progress intellectually, and that means progress, socially and politically.

It is in the payment of the debt we owe you that we extend our welcome to you who come here, and we hope that your stay may be prolonged. May we always look to you for aid and consolation along the lines in which you have been a help to us. California welcomes you; may you remain long with us and when you depart come yet again.

II. P. H. MCCARTHY, MAYOR OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO Ladies and Gentlemen:

The length and breadth of California greets you today. Under these sunny skies, surrounded by the famed and historic hills of Berkeley, the educational center of which we are so proud, it is my pleasant privilege as the mayor of San Francisco to welcome you in behalf of that great metropolis just across the water, and, figuratively, to place in your hands the golden key which unlocks the gates of our city, our most coveted treasures, and our hearts. Thrice welcome to the members of the National Education Association.

There is one great theme and problem in which we find all elements of citizenship and society interested, and that is the great subject of education. It is conceded that the march of education is the march of civilization, and those of us who delight in the lessons of our world's history well understand the fact that education has carried the world upward and forward, conquering the savagery that arose from universal ignorance, and bringing peace, comfort, and happiness to a world that was once devoid of such blessings. Even as Christianity has forged ahead in its everlasting

crusade for right, truth, and justice, making the world better and cleaner wherever its teachings have penetrated, so has the cause of education, public and private, elevated nations, enlightened the masses and classes, and bestowed peace and glory where turmoil and suffering once prevailed. It is true that the romance of far California, with her gold-ribbed mountains, her fruit-laden valleys, and her splendid forests and magnificent waterways, has attracted you all, in a physical sense, to this section. But it is also true that you come here on a mission which in its supreme importance would take you to Cuba, Alaska, the Sandwich Islands, or elsewhere, even as it has brought you to the Pacific Coast. For wherever the American flag waves today the blessings of a systematic education are to be found in a greater or less degree, and by that sign we know that we shall survive as a nation that cannot perish from the earth.

For my part, as one who springs from the ranks of the toiler and who, as a member of the generation just going ahead, was not so fortunate as to enjoy the advantages of a public education now provided for our rising generation, I am deeply interested in the great cause of a technical and practical education which shall parallel the splendid system of learning you now have in vogue. I am a firm believer, and I reflect the sentiment of my people, in the value and wisdom of the education furnished a certain percentage of our children in our polytechnic schools today. Realizing the merit and efficiency of your average course of study as laid down for the primary, grammar, and high schools today, replete as they are with their special subjects, I nevertheless believe our future as a nation would be further and better assured had we more of the technical education that is today applied in our schools where manual training and the useful arts and crafts are taught, and where young men and women combine with the common book learning the advantage of learning a trade or calling, assuring them independence and a means of livelihood and support. The toiling masses fully appreciate what you have done for them, and they respectfully ask that you consider a further indulgence of that practical branch of education which equips young men and women to make their own way in the world, and which advances the cause of science and the practical arts and crafts.

As we are uplifted and sustained by the improvements in our methods and means of administering a proper public and private education, we naturally come close together with a better understanding of our needs and wants and more emphatic sympathy for each other as well. All of this tends to strengthen the nation and make her people the more invincible. Education teaches peace and progress, and under such circumstances we have no time for strife and unhappiness. The great and mighty element that controls wealth and money power is as susceptible to the benefits of your propaganda for education as the man, who thru his toil and grim endeavors, creates with his hand the productive conditions