out the provisions contained in this constitution referring to volunteer and invited papers. It shall be the duty of the Executive Committee to provide a place on the program for the report on any investigation which may be ordered by the National Educational Association or its departments.

4. The Committee on Membership shall be composed of the president of the Council and six other members, whose terms of office shall be so arranged that two vacancies may be filled every year, beginning with 1899.

5. There shall be appointed annually a committee of one to submit, at the next meeting, a report on "Educational Progress during the Past Year," in which a survey of the important movements and events in education during the preceding year is given. This committee need not be selected from the members of the Council.

6. The Committee on Investigations and Appropriations shall be composed of nine members, whose terms of office shall be so arranged that three vacancies may be filled each year, beginning with 1903. No proposal to appoint a committee to undertake an educational investigation of any kind, and no proposal to ask the Board of Directors of the Association for an appropriation for any purpose, shall be acted upon until such proposal has been referred to this Committee on Investigations and Appropriations for report.

ARTICLE VIII-THE DUTIES OF THE COUNCIL

1. It shall be the duty of the Council to further the objects of the National Education Association, and to use its best efforts to promote the cause of education in general. 2. The meetings of the Council shall be, for the most part, of a "round table" character.

ARTICLE IX-AMENDMENTS

This constitution may be altered or amended at a regular meeting of the Council by a two-thirds vote of the members present, and any provision may be waived at any regular meeting by unanimous consent.

By-laws not in violation of the constitution may be adopted by a two-thirds vote of the Council.

Menomonie, Wis.
Birmingham, Ala...

MEMBERS

NOTE. The letter "A" following a name denotes that the member is of the class elected by the Association; the letter "C," by the Council.

SECRETARY'S MINUTES

FIRST SESSION-MONDAY FORENOON, July 8, 1907

The Council met in Berean Hall, Auditorium Building, Los Angeles, Cal., and was called to order by Elmer Ellsworth Brown, President.

The minutes of the Asbury Park meeting were approved as printed.

An introductory statement of the purpose of the work of the Council was made by the President.

The following persons took part in the discussion of the topic, "Public School Finance; What Next?" Jesse D. Burks, principal Teachers Training School, Albany, N. Y.; Frank A. Fitzpatrick; James M. Greenwood; William T. Harris; George C. Pardee, ex-governor of California, Oakland, Cal.; Edwin G. Cooley; Carroll G. Pease; F. B. Cooper; J. W. Carr.

Vacancies in the Committee on Membership were filled for the current session of the Council by the appointment of J. F. Millspaugh and I. C. McNeill to take the places made vacant by the death of Albert G. Lane and Chas. D. McIver.

SECOND SESSION-MONDAY EVENING, July 8

At 8 o'clock Monday evening a joint session of the Council and the General Association was held. The part of the program under the direction of the Council consisted of a "Report on Educational Progress during the Past Two Years," by Ella Flagg Young, of Chicago, Ill.

THIRD SESSION-TUESDAY FORENOON, July 9

The Council was called to order in Berean Hall by the president at 9:30 A. M.

A committee consisting of Joseph Swain, L. E. Wolfe, and Carroll G. Pearse was appointed to consider the suggestions made by the President of the Council in his address. The President announced that the Committee on Membership would also act as the nominating committee of the Council.

James N. Greenwood of the Executive Committee was called to the chair as President Brown was on program of one of the departments meeting at the same hour.

The first topic for general discussion was "Provisions for Exceptional Children in the Public School System." The following persons took part in the discussion: William E. Hatch, James H. Van Sickle, J. F. Millspaugh, L. E. Wolfe, Frank A. Fitzpatrick, John T. Prince.

A discussion of the "Report of the Committee on Instruction in Library Administration in Normal Schools was presented by Frank F. Bunker, assistant superintendent of schools, Seattle, Wash. Discussion followed by J. M. Green and L. E. Wolfe.

L. D. Harvey presented a report of progress of the "Committee on Industrial Education in Schools for Rural Communities." A written report was submitted by the committee and the chairman asked that a new committee be appointed to continue investigations on this subject and to report to the Council from time to time.

James M. Green introduced the discussion of the subject, “Shortage in the Supply of Teachers." A paper on the same subject was presented by I. C. McNeill. Discussions followed by Oliver S. Wescott and Carroll G. Pearse.

The discussion of the topic, "Moral Education," was introduced by Clifford W. Barnes, chairman of the International Committee on Moral Training, Lake Forest, Ill., who was followed by James H. Baker; W. H. Bartholomew; J. W. Carr; J. L. McBrien, state superintendent of Public Instruction, Lincoln, Neb.; I. C. McNeill, Joseph Swain; W. T. Harris, and Oliver S. Westcott.

FOURTH SESSION-THURSDAY FORENOON, July 11

The Council met in executive session in Children's Hall, Auditorium Building, at 9:30 A. M., President Brown presiding.

The resignation of N. C. Dougherty as a member of the Council was accepted. A letter was read by the Secretary in which Elmer Ellsworth Brown tendered his resignation as President of the Council and asked that someone be chosen in his stead. The resignation was accepted.

The report of the Committee on Investi by the chairman of the committee, J. M. G

and Appropriations was submitted as follows:

REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON VESTIGATIONS AND APPROPRIATIONS

The Committee on Investigations and Appropriations submits the following report on such matters as have been regularly brought before it, and recommends that investigations be made on each subject mentioned below. The Committee also recommends that the Board of Directors be requested to appropriate the amount of money asked for in order to defray the necessary expenses of each of the several committees recommended.

1. That the sum of five hundred ($500) dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be appropriated to make a preliminary inquiry into the contemporary judgment as to the culture element in education, and the time that should be devoted to the combined school and college courses, and that the President of the Council appoint a committee of five to make a report at some future time to the National Council of Education on this subject. 2. That the sum of five hundred ($500) dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be appropriated to defray the expenses of a committee to be appointed by the President of the Council to investigate and submit a tentative report on a system of teaching morals in the public schools of the United States.

3. That the sum of five hundred ($500) dollars, or so much thereof as maybe necessary, be appropriated for the use of the Committee on Industrial Education for Rural Schools, and that the present committee of five be reduced to three to be appointed by the President of the Council.

4. That a committee be appointed by the President of the Council to consider and make a preliminary report on the shortage of teachers-conditions, causes, and remedies— and that the sum of five hundred ($500) dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be appropriated to defray the expenses of this committee.

5. That a committee be appointed by the President of the Council to consider and make a preliminary report on provisions for exceptional children in the public schools, and that the sum of five hundred ($500) dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be appropriated to defray the expenses of this committee.

JAMES M. GREENWOOD, Chairman.
FRANK A. FITZPATRICK.
ELMER ELLSWORTH BROWN.
LORENZO D. HARVEY.

On motion, the report of the Committee on Investigations and Appropriations was adopted.

The special committee appointed to consider the address of the President was submitted by Carroll G. Pearse, as follows:

To the President and Members of the National Council:

Your committee, appointed to consider the address of the President of the Council has examined the same and desires to report the agreement of the members of the committee with the views expressed by the President of the Council. They call particular attention to the following items:

1. Membership in the National Council confers an honor and brings a duty-a duty so important that the work of the Council should find a most important, if not the first, place in the attention and effort of each member of that body.

2. The investigations of this Council should be as thoro and exhaustive as those conducted by universities or by the scientific departments of governments. And to this end the membership of investigating committees appointed by this Council should be selected with the greatest care; in some cases the investigation should be placed in the hands of experts employed and paid for that purpose. These investigators may sometimes need, in prosecuting their investigations, to travel, either in the United States or abroad-perhaps both.

3. When reports of value have been made to the Council this body should place behind those reports the full force of its influence and should in all practicable ways seek both to bring to the attention of the educational forces of the nation the valuable subjectmatter contained in the reports and also to secure the adoption and carrying into effect of such recommendations for action or procedure as the report may make.