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Show THE' SALT LAKE TRIBUNE, THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 10 8, 1920. SOME OF DELEGATES AND HOSTS AT N. E. A. CONVENTION I HU TDK Fit Needs oi Subjects Presented Library Should . at Luncheon Under Alls- Every Community, Idaho pices of ' School r League. ' English Professor . State!. of Reconstruction Era Is for Adequate Vocational Guiding of PupiL Demand Many Health Problems Taken Up at Evening Gathering by Specialists in Department! Recognition of education as a factor In national government, equal educational opportunities for all clashes. a closer cooperation 'between cltlcens and educators, more efficient teachere and health as an Important educational factor w ere" some of tha topics discussed at tha school patrons luncheon held at the Newhouse hotel yesterday; The luncheon Was given by the department of school patrons, under the auspices Mrs. of the Home end School league. Oeorge 11 Bacon, president of the latter organisation, presided, and the guesta of honor were es follows:. Mra Josephine Corliss Preston, president of the N. E. A., Olympia, Wash.; Mra. Oeorge W. Me Math, preeldent of the department of school patrons, Portland, Ore.; Oeorge D. Strayer, professor of educational administration, teachers college, Columbia university, New Tork; Thomas D. Wood, professor of physical education, Columbia university, and dtreotor of the health A., New Tork; Sally council of the N. Lucas Jean, director of the child health New York; organisation. Margaret S. of "elementary commissioner schools, Sacramento, Cal.; Sue L. Kratia, assistant held secretary of the N. O. N. Child, former superintendent of public Instruction, Salt Lake: E. A. Smith, former superintendent of city schools, Salt Lake, and Dr. William A. McKeever, profeasor and head of the department of child welfare. University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kan. in our educational history been translated Into "The Revival of .Learning, and learnhas been, from primary school to ing it university, until the day star of the news science began to uaher In the present glad day of a new era. So It la scarcely time to discuss or appraise 'proper returns. This era In which we lire has new Instruments, new methods, and pew ends In education. Wt now know that bodv and mind are Inseparable In all educational processes We now know that not alone words, but the thlnge and forces and actiona for which words stand, are proper Instru-- 1 menta of education. Mature's own meth- od of educating a human being has never , been surpassed. "We now know .that the direct uee of the bodily aenees, the method by observation and comparison, the proceeding to underlying principles from a multitude of Observed facts, the acquiring of technical aklll by repetition of the simple and fundamental processes are essential In every stage of educational progress. , Educating Through Industries. We now know that a mind stored with learning Is not the end of education. have made good progress In our un idsratandlng of the problems to be solved. Tke 'culture theory and the 'discipline theory are no longer valid. It Is possible to educate through the Industries. We have mads good progress In other directions We that ws art a . . great Industrial perceive 'democracy and that- - weJ ars not destined to the history of the old world In therepeat development of the new. We are convinced that there must he a closer connection between the formal education which we attempt to administer, and the active, purposeful. Industrial life In which practically all of our people must engage and wish to than thera was between the old learning and the life of the people.. And w see clearly that the verhallstlo regime Is not adequate to meet this nsed and a ;w, B.-A- Dr. Strayer Opens Program. e, inatrumentsli-tie- Dr. Strayer opened the program with a e talk. In which he said. Unless the educators and parent of tfila country Join in a great national campaign to get more efficient teachers, equal "educational opportunities for jUl and recognition a one of the factors of the we must government, give up the large objective program we have mapped out In for educational growth thle country." To illustrate that the echooie of this country are inadequate In offering equal heszld that when men opportunities, were examined for entrance Into the army it Was found that only on out of four could read or write. 4,Wbat a record for democracy!" he continued. Are we going to put up a program which will raise the standard of teachers In this country td that Of othar countries, or are we going down tdxde-featWithin tha next twelve monthe the matter Is going to corns up for settle ment, and you, tho patron of tho publio school, will hav to take a stand on this issue." j three-minut- e all about us In tha material world, organic and Inorganic,' and Its lsws, In Industrial processes and In the lawa and practioes of these. Industries Classified. ) - "The In dua tries may be classified very simply es Including agriculture, the me- ehanlo arte and commerce. Perhaps (5 per cent of our population Is engaged In 35 per cent In the mechanic II agriculture. arte and II per cent in commerce. All of these Industries have now a body of knowledge, en analysis of fundamental .laws and principles, and a technique 1 which forme a worthy basis for educational practice. In ell, the materials have assumed a more- - or leas I pedagogical . form. There le satisfactory much ma- Uriel In each which is useful in all the f others. All alike require es e proper founda tion the language study, the mathematics, drawing, nature study and sociological which universally form the basis a studies of elementary education. The use of the materials, laws, facta end technique of these Industries es e means of education 6 le rational and now necessary. It makes of the environment In which we live and move and have our being, and of tha activities In which we engage en open book t throughout life, from which we may draw - knowledge, power and Inspiration and Mnay thus eontlnua throughout life the t educational process. Danger Is Realized. Tet tha pedagogieal form, so neoea- aary to adequate education, always In it great danger. We tend to , formalism in everything, just aa we so easily follow the beaten path. Wo do ear-Jrt- so In religion. In governments. In social Upper left: J, 0. Engleman, superintendent of schools of Decatur, HI., registered at the Information booth at tbs Hotel iSfth. Upper, rlgnt: Women active In the convention end. entertainment ef visitors. Standing, left to right: Mias Helen Hannah, Mrs. Simon Bamberger, Mrs. C. H. McMahon, Mrs. W. F. Adame, Mra A. J. Gorham, Mra L. M, Nottsge, Mra f;rank B. Stephens. Seated: Mra C. S. Kinney, Mra E. O. Leather wood, Mrs. Josephine Corliss Preston, president of the N, E. A., and Mra John A. Wldtsoe. Lower left: Mrs. A. N. Mlnear, president of the Seekers Literary club. Centari Exhibit whlcfi la being shown at the Hotel Utah to obtain ths next N. E. A. convention for Dee Moines, Iowa. In the group are Mist Mary Elliott, George E. Hamilton of the Dee Moines Chamber of Commerce, who Is In charge of the exhibition, and P, E. McClenahan, state superintendent of lows schools. Lower right: Some of the heads of. Salt Lake women' olubs who assltted In the reception to N. E. A. delegates. Standing, left to right: Mra E. Q. Gowana president of th Authors club; Mrs. A. N, Mlnear, president of th Seekers' Literary club. Seatedi Mies M. E. Breech, president of chapter A of the P. E. O. society; Mra B. W. Deaeon, president ef th Wasatch Literary elub. and Mra. A. D. Bovle. preeldent of the Cteofan. , T conventlona In business above all In education. It la easy for the wheel to follow th rut. It le hard for the teacher to get out of the rut, But we face these fact. Ninety-fiv- e per cent of the children In our schools will not proceed to the 'higher education ; they will engage in sundry In Ufa In which occupations and activities they will make their- living. Their efficiency in their life work may be greatly Increased, not by mere literary, , excellent as that is, nor yet by technical skill In doing things, but more important than this by having their understandings so enlightened that the material world, the forces of nature, and her laws, shall be on open hook during a lifetime of work. These are some of the things whtcb we should remember: Th end of each stage of th educational should not be promotion to th next higher stage. The object Is not fiaduation Into the University, nor from . Industrial education should be begun early. Schools for adult tradesmen may (Continued on Pag Fifteen.) Suffrage Resolution Center of Discussion by Committee SUFFRAGE resolution calling for Immediate action on th Susan B. Anthony amendment by those state which have not yet ratified ft was the center of warm discussion at last night's meeting of ' the resolutions committee of th N. E. A. The resolution wss Introduced by Miss Annie Webb of public Blanton, superintendent Instruction In Texas and sister of Blanton. resoluHer Congressman tion reads: "Whereas, The paramount interest of women in the education of their children should, bn the general of the women of America, become an added force for educational progress, and Whereas, Justice to the women of our nation, in conferring upon them the ballot In the several states of the Union, has been too long de- layed, therefore, be It "Resolved, That we urge upon the states of Connecticut, New HampTennessee, -- "North shire, Vermont, Carolina and Florida e peed yratlfl cation of the national suffrage amend- ment, to the end that ajf women of the United States may exercise at the November election the full -- . nt . rights of Amerlcaneitizenshlp." The final action of the committee concerning (he resolution has not been BUCKHECHT QES First Vice President of N. E. A. Pleads for a Greater School System. bill. Opponents of tha Intended to provide for the expenditure oUlOO.OOO.OOO in the promotion of education tn the United States, were roundly crtticlfed by Dr. George D. Strayer, first vice president of the National Education association. In a plea for a greater public Civic Reschool system made at th sponsibility" dinner conference of the National Council of Admlntatratlva Women In Education at the Hotel Utah last nlghb Certain religious organisations , have declared that America must not go ahead Bucxhbch T Fit In the establishment of publio schools, Shotf mn priced because they do not believe la American schools," he declared emphatically. "W must accept the challenge. I, tor one. fS.jo to am willing to fight for that democracy which exists In our echool system. It Is to this country that th world look for comfortable as No. 439, expresses our ideal the perpetuation of democratic Ideals of democratic America progressive, rd-looking nation that the Is. foot ease. brawny blucher in gunmetai of The Ideals representative government upon which the United States ha been with roomy toe and substantial sole budded muet be carried forward in the speaker declared. public. ssboels-tt- m here are fit, style and service combined- -' Foot troubles" America la yet, by eooial Inheritance, a pioneer. We have the virtues of a vanish when and ether prina clumsy shoe pioneer, his 439 is worn. ciples Just a Important. 1 could givede-a of love liberty and not homely shoe. It's a sixty-year-oshoe long history of the mocracy. Everyone must understand that race hatred dies, where the this If place count the expericncethat it and brought of aegregatton axe where all thought given up. date. to : v Dr. Btrayer laid stress upon the past up which the educators of the country must take In exposing the false promises of Bolshevism. Oh, the false prophets who the eovietl he would recognise Soviet government carries with America-learnit autocracy. very early th danger of autocracy. The value of Boy Scout training tn wa the promotion of good citlzen-hl- p, the subject of an. address by E. B. De OrooL Boy Bcout executive of Los Angeles. of J. II. Beveridge, , BUCKINGHAM HECHT 6t superintendent . . schools (Jf Omaha, Neb., in a response to ' SAM MANC1SCO MAMOTACTUKBU Mr. De Oroot's characterised dt the tmfy fftut talk, S)m teaching of the principles ef scouting as the greatest educational program ever conceived.' Schools ought to aid the blth-Town- er fij Ai forwa- A No. a Not ld self-relta- nc ifwe it ixsehmams 118 Main Street ed Salt Lake City - 'I i, ... Utah Law Praised.' jMjm National Council Seeks disclosed-- " movement of i Educational Problems and Accessibility and Delivery Aid Their Solution Are Topics of Book to Fanners , Stressed by Speakers. to Improved' Citizenship. (Continued From Faga One.' that there are abundant -- . by the training of scoutmasters." h Aaid. The Crrl Scout movement was discussed by Sarah Louise Arnold, dean of Boston. She predicted rapid growth of the organization, declaring that ly would make for better, healthier women urging school teachers and executives aqd to lend their support In Its promotion. A letter telting of the benefits being derived from the organisation of Girl Scout troops tn the schools of the foreign sec, tlon of New Tork, written by Ellen M.1 Phillips and Margaret Knox, publio school1 principals In the district, was read byi Mrs. Mary D. Bradford, chairman of the committee kn training for civic responsibility of the national council of admlnis-- . trative women In education. Teachers must realize their public responsibility to instruct their pupils on said Miaa Oilve M. Jones, ciUsenshlp. president of the New York Principals association. 'There Is something wrong when th pupil can tell how the Judge of the supreme court are appoint d, nd t nnderetand very little about party conventlona and national elections," ah Rec- of ' Teaching ognition Ability Regardless of Sex. I congratulate Utah en her wonderful laws for the advancement of the health of tha child," said Dr. Wood. It la a wonderful achievement, but it involves two obligations that are difficult to fulfill. The first Is that th law shall be carried out in th letter and spirit of Its provisions, and tha second la that It affords this state a great opportunity for an example to all th other states setting to do likewise." Dr. Woed spoke of ths change in the N. B. A. convention audiences that had occurred tn the last thirty year. The tudlence of today Is larger and la composed of listeners who ax more Interested, more attentive and mora efficient, he eald. reMiss Jean told a short story Illustrating of and ability, Recognition merjt difference in the attitude of the old gardless of sex. Is demanded by the Na- tha and of the modern and teacher tional Council of Administrative Women regarding the importance of health aa A in resolutions adopted at the Session held branch of child education, and ampbasi' was how little gained by the old methyesterday morning In the Hotel Utah. tng The resolutions, which were proposed by ods of teaching hygiene. Miss Anna Webb Blanton of Texas, are Reorganization Discussed. as follows: The need for a plan of reorganisation Ona of the primary purposes of this of the N, E. A. was briefly outlined by shall to Miss be the foster organization Fratla, who declared that educators recognition of merit and ability, regardless of must unit In an effort to create a publio we eex, and, to this end. pledge ourselves demand for tha advancement of educato put forth organised effort toward se- tion. and that there should be a uniform curing equal representation of women In representation of teachers from every programs, on boards, and on all commit- city, county and state, who would form tees of all organizations in which both a sort of house of representatives at (he men and women are admitted to yearly N. E. A. conventlona Dr. E. A. Smith spoke briefly, but feelIncluding especially state and national education associations. ingly, of th work that the school patrons Teachers wages and the problem of se- had accomplished In th city. He said teachers was dis- that through ths efforts of th Home ana curing cussed at the session "yesterday forenoon. School league there had been eetabllshed Leading speakers on the program were a free clinic, the proper Inspection of the Josephine Corliss Preston, president of sanitary condition of schools, and that tne National Education association, who during ths influenza epidemic the Parent-teachInsisted on better pay, better accommo- association, cooperating with the (Continued on Following Page.) (Continued on Following Page ) j p, er Thrift In reading was urged tjrB. E. Fowler, Instructor of English at the Lw-eto- n State Normal school In Idaho, yesterday. Ths address wa delivered at th Joint session of the library department ifinb6'N"!lonaI Council of Teachere pf English held In the Elks dub. . Another feature of the meeting was a paper prepared by Joy E. Morgan, State Library school. Albany. N. T. Irma M. Walker, librarian at Hibbing, Minn., and Lillie R. Ernst, assistant superintendent ef schools at BL Louis, Mo., also spoka A school library should be prepared for every community," said Mr. Morgan, and It should be taken directly to th people. Circulating libraries should cover thin country Just as th mall servtoe oov- era It A farmer should be able to know which book he wants oaa day and get It the next. There should be freer delivery of the beat books obtalnsbls to farmers and to dweller In our cities by the distribution of good books, and, by helping people to perform their tasks, th libraries could make distinct contributions toward , . better American citizens.' . Conservation Asked. Mr. Fowler, tn said- - th course of Ms sddresa . , There is more money in circulation In the United State- - than ever before, ' and reckless spending has become th Tula So it Is with reading. Book and periodicals reach more people than evei, yet. there is evident an increasing waste in reading waste tn tlma In nervous energy and In money. Th Books for Everybody' movement deserves th Strongest support, ye. such a worthy cause will lose much of Its force If th 'reading public fails to make intelligent use of Its Increased opportunities, A book is valueless unless It reaches th mind or the With a feelings. for more campaign reading must com a greater emphasis on wise reading. "Countless hour are wasted on fiction which overstimulates the emotions without feeding ths mind; witness thegrow-In- g stacks of cheap magasines on the news stands. Counties other hour are spint on the chaff of the dally omnivorous newspaper. The too seldom a man or woman reader of action, or of vigorous mentality. This tvp is spongelike, absorbing "vast quantities of printed matter without translating the accumulation Into any form of social service. "A serious matter la th waete of In energy reading. Th Innumerable cases of eyestrain, frequently resulting1 in permanent Injury, should alone make a atrong argument for thrift In reading. Add to this the abnormal emotional excitation a reused In victims of th nrtlolKhablt, and the need of activity on th pan. of all educational agencies In cuttlvatlngNgood sense In reading becomes ed 1 spent for ephe- meral each year, and so- called private libraries are cluttered up literary-effusiowith of yeeterdav. Behold, too, the gullible buyer of complete set shelf ornaments Intended to suggest to callers an Intellectual atmosphere in the homa And (here also are the magasine fiends who lug home armfuls of allurlnr monthlies nd weeklies, many of which perish unread X Doubtless lt Is better to read unwisely than not to read at all. But If good Judgment and thrift In reading can be taught to present and future generation of the reading public, why not uee the school, literary club, press and platform to this end? People are awakening to th need of sensible eating, why not sen-slreading? Th "balanced ration Idea should bo carried over Into thle field. A reading diet should Include mental As well as emotional food, and only as much printed matter should be consumed as can be readily digested, Th omnivorous reader Is a victim of chronic mental and emotional Indigestion. When quality means more than quantity to th reading publio then will come a real saving time, nervous energy and money. best-eelle- rs ns bl li Possibilities Cited. joy B. Morgan, field secretary! can Library association. New Tork. School Libraries and - Americanisa, tion. . j National Council Teachers Of English. "Wednesday, July 7, t a m. Publio and school libraries have possibilities as engines of social progrts and instruments of Americanisation of which we have as yet but barely dreamed The publio library la th educational (Continued on Following Pago--) j Bald. Mra Mary C. C. Bradford, stats superintendent of public Instruction of Colorado and past president of toastmaster at the dinner. o A.i'-wa- Accuracy and Courtesy Business Requirements The department Of business education f the N. E. A.- - met yesterday morning In tha Seventeenth ward chapel for a series of round-tabl- e discussions under tha direction of President J. A- - Bock of the South Division high school, Milwaukee, Wis. "It wa agreed that commercial education given In the first year of the high school should be preparatory to that given tn the upper three years. It was maintained also that commercial education should be shaped definitely to fit the need of the boy and girl who areVeinK tralned. .Accuracy, neatness, good office management and courtesy In dealing with patrons were among the need especially emphasised. It was agreed that commercial work In the high schools of Utah needs to be improved, especially along tha lines of accuracy. Independence, speed and general managerial ability. Educators Are Invited to. See Art Exhibition An Invitation has been extended en v tilting educators- - to attend an exhibit of art and handwork which Is on display at the LaOuatt school 135 North State street. The exhibit show the handi work of hundreds of Balt Lake school children. Many useful and decorative articles are to be seen, Including doilies, embroidery work and hand-ma- d gowns apd dreaees. The display I contributed from the several domestic art depart meats of bait Lake schools. r a ' , , Our entire stock of. Baby Carriages and Sulkies included at this great reduction. tra well made of reed and blaekrleatherette with wooden and wire wheels. . - 7? ExN' - DOORS OPEN AT 9 a 4 |