Show fight Is ori Over of s national body asbury park N J july 6 president Roosevel ts flying trip here tomorrow when he will deliver two addresses will bring to a close the annual convention of the national educational association the first address of the president will be at the auditorium and the second at beach front officers were elected today and directors from the different states chosen v there was a slight stir at the meeting of the national council over the addition of the directors report relative to incorporation re the original incorporation as a national body was for a period of twenty years and the association by limitation will cease to exist january next the directors expect special laws to be passed by congress and reported in favor of taking advantage of them and forming a new to succeed and continue the presents one when the report came up for adoption miss margaret healy of chicago objected to the approval of the plan she charged that the report wa s plan to turn overto over to a corporation not vet formed the rights and property ot the association president maxwell ruled her out of order miss healy appealed to the meeting from the presidents ruling i ed she then announced she had power of attorney from a large dumber of members and would make a fight in the court s against the plan the report was adopted but miss healy continued to speak and the meeting was in an uproar when some one moved to adjourn this was carried the officers of the association chosen today were president nathan C shaeffer pennsylvania vice presidents william H maxwell new york miss H cropsey indiana J H H ineman arkan ses ed S vaught oklahoma john IL riggs iowa joseph connor california D B johnson south carolina J A shawan ohio H 0 wheeler vermont J Y joyner north carolina J W S Pl kansas J stanley brown illinois treasurer J M wilkinson Wl lkinson kansas secretary irwin shepard minnesota the directors chosen include arizona A J mat utah D 0 christensen Chrls mrs emily E Will lamson president of the new jersey charities aid association cia tion made an order to donate two prizes one foi and the other for tor tha best and second best form of report for use in the work of child savings and probation the association declined the offer on the ground that it was contrary to its principles at the general meeting in the auditorium the first speaker was lorenzo D harvey superintendent of schools of menominee als his subject was manual training in the grades mr harvey was followed by william barclay parsons 0 new york who delivered an address on the practical efficiency of educational work frank A vice president of the national city bank of new york spoke on the economic importance of trade schools in the department of business education a paper on the value of government publications to teachers of commerce in secondary colleges and colleges was read by james monaghan chief of the division of consular reports bureau of statistics department of commerce and labor at washington edward D jones ot the university of michigan discussed the essential elements of study in a university course in commerce from the point of view of the university of michigan results of the organization of higher courses in commerce in the amos tuck school of administration and dartmouth college was anal ased by harlow S person secretary of amos tuck school of administration and finance hanover in the department of child study frank webster assistant president of pedagogy university of nebraska lincoln discussed child study in normal schools in the department of school administration seymour dails of philadelphia talked on school architecture prof frank M mcmurry of the teachers college columbia university discussed operation cooperation co of universities and normal schools in training elementary teachers E N henderson professor of psychology in adelphi college brooklyn N Y talked on cooperation co operation of universities and normal schools in training secondary school teachers robert A kissack of st louis spoke on drawing and constructive work in public schools as shown by exhibits at the st louis exposition the teaching of applied design was discussed b james P haney director of drawing and manual training in manhattan and bronx public schools new york city james parton haney director of art and manual training public schools of manhattan and the bronx new york city said the moment any space is divided by a line or has introduced into it a spot masses are formed within it that moment it becomes a design applied design concerns itself with a given space so divided the term defines the rela uon which exists between the massed formed the more harmonious this relation the better the design As an element in determining mass line is of greatest importance all designs have more or less action or movement primarily it is the power which resides in line which controls this movement which makes ir fast or slow and turns it in one direction or another no line in a pattern may be ignored nor is any one to be added without careful consideration of the part it is going to play in conditioning the rhythm of the design no spot even Is quiescent the eye travels to each spot in turn that it may establish rhythmic relations between lucli spot or mass and other masses the designer thus has it in his power to make the observer look where he will in his pattern he can lead chii eye from one line to another and from one mass 0 o another he can give strength and simplicity by emphasizing the elements that bind together and support the form and can give interest by felicitous rhythms and smooth transitions conversely he can cause discomfort by forcing the eye to make abrupt changes and positive dissatisfaction by leaving it to wander aimlessly in a maze of unrelated forms A problem in design may be stated with the precision of a problem in geometry the secret of successful classroom class room teaching lies in this specific definition and in the systematic development of the steps to the problems solution these steps should include first the introduction of the decorating mass into the space second the division of this mass into elements third the refinement of these elements and fourth their translation into subject matter or conventionalized forms good illustrative matter must be presented to pupils it they are to evolve good designs example counts for much in such practice the illustrations offered must relate specifically to the problem to be solved these examples should be analyzed by the pupils under the teachers direction that their structural and decorative features may be understood seen and the limits of variations determined tho earlier steps in teaching should lie confined to instruction la what makes for good structural relations between masses later the student may be permitted to make elaborate patterns in which the structural elements are disguised by details but at first he must be limited to the development of masses alone following these principles pupils may be led to make designs simple and structurally sound varied and well related and showing a pleasing reposo through well balanced interests for such results it Is worth while to strive prof john D smith of new jersey agricultural college experiment station new brunswick Brun awick N J talked about some of the commoner insect pests and how children can study them teaching biology from living plants and animals with a projection microscope was discussed by A H cole of the hyde park high school chicago miss florence hopkins librarian of the central high school detroit alch read a paper on the method of instruction st in the use of high school libraries miss florence M hopkins librarian central high school detroit alch said A library is the university of the public in the use of recognized reference guides is most noticeable users of the library should be impressed with the fact that national and international support Is given to indexing much of the valuable knowledge of the world that the libraries of america are associated together with a well endowed publishing board tor the purpose of indexing material otherwise lost and that the library of congress supports a division entirely devoted to bibliography our educational bodies recognize the need of special teachers of physical culture domestic science etc we hope for the time when they will recognize the need of teachers of bibliography the intelligent use of the library has be come essential to general culture and good the university of michigan Is beginning to require from high schools on its diploma list that they shall have libraries with yearly appropriations for growth the next step should be that the entrance quail require an intelligent knowl ease of recognized reference points the district central high school enrolling about 2000 students a course in the study of reference books has been introduced in connection with the english work tho work Is graded and runs through the entire four years of the high school course in the already overcrowded over crowded curriculum only one lesson a term j can be reserved for the work course one studies in the simple index course two the card catalogue and a few hand books of general ence course three periodical indexes and additional hand books of general reference course four simple bibliography course five annuals course six and of special subjects course seven a few publications of united states government for general reference course eight review of the entire subject A graded outline of familiar allu for the purpose of guiding stu i dents in reading is suggested work to be voluntary and extra credit given A recognized browsing course Is also suggested the excellent selection of the A L A catalogue of volumes to be used as a basis 1 lor browsing in a well selected library should be offered and its educational cat ional value recognized the music of the american indian was described by miss matalie curdts of new york city who sang religious ceremonial and cradle songs of the indians J J duncan school inspector ridge agency south dakota spoke on the necessity of more and better equipped day schools gilbert B morrison Morr lson principal of william mcanley Mcl nley high school st louis delivered an address on secret societies in honduras schools some features of music instruction iq the schools of new york was presented by frank P alx director of music new york public schools frank H colling director of manual training new york city schools spoke on the aim of drawing in high schools hives are a terrible torment to the little folks and to some older ones easily cured doans ointment never fails instant relief permanent cure at any drug store 50 cents |