Show speeches by national authorities at asbury park ashbury carh N J july 15 meetings ot the various department ot the national educational association were well attended today vari ous speeches were delivered how can normal schools best produce efficient teachers ot elementary branches by grant karr superintendent of practice department state normal school oswego N was the first paper read perhaps the most influential factor in the concerted efforts of a number of people working for the ment of a common end is the central organization which controls them it Is perhaps it is togo or that wins or loses battles with regard to the normal schools bast production apt teachers of elementary branches it is perhaps difficult to say just what its general policy should be but the following propositions seem fundamental viz 1 1 I educational facts are capable ot scientific formulation the sama as the facts of any social science 2 the school Is a social institution with its own genius principles and laws and is the peer of the other great social institutions homo church state and property 3 the aim of the normal school should ba one viz the preparation of teachers for efficient service in promoting the educational welfare of tho communities where they may be employed to this end normal school should propagate what is good in present educational practice discard that which has been weighed in the balance and found wanting and put into current coin ideas which are theoretically well grounded by the reformers but which have not yet been adopted in popular practice pursuant to this end all connected with the normal school both teachers and students should have education as their chief aim and interest As to the inside workings of the normal school teachers of the elementary branches will be best produced through a further consideration of the course of study and the nature of the elementary branches in the main as the course of study now exists the elementary branches are regarded as arithmetic reading writing and other technical subjects and history literature manual training interest in home etc are as means of teaching these subjects in reality and in the world at large just the reverse of this is true and history literature era ture manual training music etc are the primary means of self espres sion and these technical subjects reading writing and arithmetic are only secondary means although none the less necessary than the primary means they have nothing to do with motives and impulses they are never ends in themselves self purposes but are rather means in the realization of these deeper motives impulses and instincts conserved and propagated by history literature manual training etc by placing the technical subjects in right relation to the primary elementary subjects they will gain immensely in meaning importance and interest miss director of art instruction public schools indianapolis ind said since the congregation of tha masses of people into great urban centers children are deprived of sharing in the industrial occupations which on a time were necessary to tha existence of the home spinning and weaving felling trees tending stock chopping wood carrying water were occupations which tended to the development of sterling qualities when the no admittance signs are prominent above the portals of the great centers of industrial activity of today there is little opportunity for children to enter into a sympathetic understanding of the present industrial forces when the home no longer provides opportunity for industrial occupations and the centers of industrial activity are practically closed it behooves the school tor social educational and industrial du reason sto make provision tor bringing children into sympathy with the great industrial forces which move tha world and to provide opportunity for a measure of creative work in the fashioning or materials into forma of use and beauty the school recognizes the nefee and educators who have at heart the highest development of the three royal Hs tho head the heart and the hand are earnestly endeavoring to provide for it gathering together from widely scattered parts of the great continent we have varying experiences some base their creed upon race development and from an historical study of the part industry has played in the up building and maintaining of social life are furnishing stimulus for interest ints rest that children may relive re live the experiences of the ages and the industrial du development in the manner of the race east and west and north and south there are special schools provided with every possible equipment to those who are unhampered by difficulties we look tor help in the establishment lish ment of ideals there Is the problem of the great cities work must of necessity be carried under restrictions among problems of interest are these 1 I what types of industrial work and materials aro suited to primary schools 3 Is it best for garla to work with boys in the shops and for boys to cook 3 what can be dona in interrelating manual work with art study games music history literature 4 what Is being done in gardening 8 with what freedom can ahll dr elorie along constructive lines ta to what extent may manual work be used as seat occupation work in grade schools aa manual work will demand much of our future educational endeavor cheso questions are of special import EXCURSION JULY 10 weber stake sunday schools special leaves ogden a m p m returning leave the beach at 9 p m and 30 p m cars run through fare round trip |