Volumes of Proceedings (6,500 volumes), including 6,500 Index Volumes....

$6,808.70

Miscellaneous (refund of expenses of A. H. Chamberlain and Jas. A. Barr for securing advance memberships, San Francisco Convention).

599-32

$1,085.40

Balance brought forward from the Treasurer's report for year ending June 30, 1906.. $13,847.00
Receipts for year July 1, 1906, to June 30, 1907..

19,909.78

$33,756.78

We, the undersigned Trustees of the National Educational Association, hereby approve the Report of J. N. Wilkinson, Treasurer.

NICHOLAS MURRAY BUTLER, Chairman,

JAMES M. GREENWOOD,

NATHAN C. SCHAEFFER,

Board of Trustees.

Chicago, Ill., September 28, 1907

Board of Trustees, National Education Association of the United States,
Gentlemen:-

We have audited the books and accounts of the National Educational Association of the United States, as kept by the Secretary, Irwin Shepard, and the Treasurer, J. N. Wilkinson, for the year 1906-7, and compared them with the relative vouchers, checks, and other instructions, and find the books to be correct. We annex, hereto, a copy of the Treasurer's Report for the year under review, which we have checked in detail, and we certify it to be correct and in accordance with the books. Yours respectfully,

THE INTERNATIONAL AUDIT COMPANY

By JOHN MCLAREN, President.

TWENTY-FIRST ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES

FOR THE YEAR JULY 1, 1906, TO JUNE 30, 1907

To the Board of Directors of the National Educational Association:

LOS ANGELES, CAL., July 8, 1907

The Board of Trustees of the National Educational Association presents the following report of the Permanent Fund of the National Educational Association and its income for the year ending June 30, 1907:

REPORT OF THE FUNDS OF THE NATIONAL EDUCATIONAL ASSOCIATION FROM JULY 1, 1906, TO JULY 1, 1907

Accrued interest on West Chicago Park bonds bought..

Credited account of National Educational Association in First National Bank of Chicago

120.00

253-33

7,509.02

STATEMENT OF SECURITIES BELONGING TO THE PERMANENT FUND OF THE NATIONAL EDUCATIONAL ASSOCIATION, JULY 1, 1907, IN CUSTODY OF FIRST

The above and foregoing is a correct statement of the account of the funds of the National Educational Association from July 1, 1906, to July 1, 1907, as the same appears on the books of this bank.

FIRST TRUST AND SAVINGS BANK OF CHICAGO, ILL.

By LOUIS BOISOT,

Trust Officer.

CERTIFICATE OF EXAMINER OF SECURITIES

CHICAGO, ILL., June 17, 1907

I have this day examined the securities named in the foregoing statement made by Nicholas Murray Butler, chairman, James M. Greenwood, and Nathan C. Schaeffer, members of the Board of Trustees, and Louis Boisot, trust officer of the First Trust and Savings Bank of Chicago, and find all the bonds or securities in their possession. EDWIN G. COOLEY, Examiner.

JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS

OF THE

FORTY-FIFTH ANNUAL CONVENTION
OF THE

NATIONAL EDUCATIONAL ASSOCIATION

LOS ANGELES, CAL., JULY 8-12, 1907

SUNDAY SERVICES

Special Sunday services, including sermons on educational topics, were held in several of the churches of Los Angeles in recognition of the educational convention to occur the following week, as follows:

In the Temple Auditorium by Rev. Robert J. Burdette. Topic "The Divine Diploma;" Text-"Rabbi, we know that Thou art a teacher come from God."

In the Catholic Cathedral Rt. Rev. Thomas J. Conaty preached on "The Catholic Church in the Educational Movement."

At the First Congregational Church Rev. William Horace Day preached in the morning on the topic, "Christ's Call to the Scholar," and on "The Pedagogy of Jesus" in the evening.

Rev. Frank DeWitt Talmage, of the First Presbyterian Church, spoke on "The Teacher's Throne."

Rev. Robert McIntyre preached on "The Model School Teacher," at the First Methodist Church.

Rev. J. J. Wilkins, at the Episcopal Pro-Cathedral, preached on the subject, "The Principles of Education."

Rev. Benjamin Fay Mills, at Blanchard Hall, delivered a sermon on the topic, "The Reform of Education."

Rabbi S. Hecht, at the Synagogue, preached on the subject, "Jewish Progress in Educational Methods."

OPENING SESSION-MONDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 8

The forty-fifth annual convention, being the fiftieth anniversary of the organization of the National Educational Association, was introduced by an organ concert of thirty minutes by Bruce Gordon Kingsley, which preceded the formal opening. The convention was called to order in the Temple Auditorium, Los Angeles, by President Nathan C. Schaeffer, of Pennsylvania, at 2:30 P. M.

Prayer was offered by Rev. Frank DeWitt Talmage, of the First Presbyterian Church. Rev. Robert J. Burdette delivered an address of welcome, to which response was made on behalf of the Association by Dr. W. T. Harris, of Washington, D. C.

A vocal solo, "Aria, from Mignon," was sung by Miss Blanche Ruby.

Dr. Nathan C. Schaeffer, of Harrisburg, Pa., president of the National Educational Association, delivered the presidential address on "How Can the Schools Aid the Peace Movement ?"

Miss Blanche Ruby then sang a solo, "Spring," by Henschel.

Dr. William O. Thompson, president of Ohio State University, offered the following declaration: