SECOND SESSION.-TUESDAY, JULY 8, 8:00 P. M.

The meeting was called to order by Vice-President Martindale.

Music vocal solo, "Aria" from Ernani, Verdi; Miss Amalie Rippe; accompanist, Miss Grace Tilton.

The President's address was omitted from the program on account of the continued illness of President Beardshear, but by authority of the Executive Committee it appears among the printed papers of the session.

Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler, president of Columbia University, delivered an address on "Some Pressing Problems," and was followed by President Edwin A. Alderman, of Tulane University, New Orleans, La., on "The Work of the Southern Education Board." Music "In Absence," Dudley Buck; The Minnesota Quartette.

Adjournment was taken until Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock P. M.

SECOND DAY'S PROCEEDINGS

THIRD SESSION.—WEDNESDAY, JULY 9, 8:00 P. M.

The meeting was called to order by Vice-President Martindale.

Music —“Pilgrims' Chorus" (Tannhauser), Wagner; The North High School Chorus.

The Committee on Nominations was announced by the Secretary as authorized by President Beardshear, whose continued illness prevented his being present at the meeting.

"Devotion to Truth: the Chief Virtue of the Teacher,” was the subject of an address

by Rt. Rev. John Ireland, archbishop of St. Paul, St. Paul, Minn.

Adjournment was taken to Thursday, A. M., at 9: 30 o'clock.

THIRD DAY'S PROCEEDINGS

FOURTH SESSION.- THURSDAY, JULY 10, 9:30 A. M.

The convention met at 9:30 o'clock, and was called to order by Vice-President Martindale.

Music - vocal solo, “Elsa's Dream" (Lohengrin), Wagner; Miss Ednah F. Hall. Prayer was offered by Rev. James S. Montgomery of the Wesley M. E. Church. Hon. James Wilson, U. S. Secretary of Agriculture, Washington, D. C., presented an address on the "Education of the American Farmer."

"Higher Education and the Home" was the subject of an address by Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt, of New York city.

The closing address of the morning was by President Jacob Gould Schurman of Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y., on "Education in the Philippines."

After adjournment at 11:30 o'clock the annual meeting of active members for the election of officers and the transaction of other business was called to order by VicePresident Martindale.

MINUTES OF ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING OF ACTIVE MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL EDUCATIONAL ASSOCIATION

The annual business meeting of active members was called to order in the auditorium of the Exposition Building, Minneapolis, Minn., at 11:30 A. M., July 10, 1902, VicePresident W. C. Martindale, of Detroit, Mich., presiding.

The annual report of the Treasurer was presented by Treasurer Charles H. Keyes, of Hartford, Conn., and copies of the same distributed to the members present.

On motion of I. C. McNeill, of West Superior, Wis., the reading of the report was dispensed with, the statement being made that the report had already been adopted by the Board of Directors of the Association.

The report was then, on motion, accepted and ordered printed in the annual volume of Proceedings.

The report of the Board of Trustees was presented by Chairman A. G. Lane, of Chicago. Copies of the report were distributed to the members present.

On motion, the reading of the report was dispensed with, and the same approved and ordered printed in the annual volume of Proceedings.

The following report of the Committee on Nominations was presented by Chairman H. Brewster Willis, of New Jersey:

REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON NOMINATIONS

MINNEAPOLIS, July 10, 1902.

The Committee on Nominations begs leave to make the following report: For

. J. M. Lewis Edwin J. Bodwell ..J. E. Stubbs Henry C. Morrison H. Brewster Willis . Edgar L. Hewett Augustus S. Downing

G. H. Crowell W. E. Hoover J. K. Baxter David R. Boyd E. D. Ressler J. W. Lansinger H. S. Tarbell J. J. McMahan C. M. Young J. L. Wright Alexander Hogg

W. J. Kerr W. E. Ranger H. B. Frissell

F. B. Cooper

M. M. Ross

L. D. Harvey Miss Estelle Reel

H. BREWSTER WILLIS, Chairman.

Mr. Joseph Carter, of Illinois, moved that the report be amended by the appointment of a director for Indian Territory. On motion of A. G. Lane, of Chicago, John D. Benedict was nominated as such director.

Mr. W. C. Martindale, of Michigan, asked the privilege of withdrawing his own name as nominee for director for Michigan, and of substituting that of D. W. Springer, of Ann Arbor, Mich. On motion, the request of Mr. Martindale was granted.

The Secretary of the Association was, on motion, authorized to cast the ballot of the members for the report of the nominating committee as amended. The ballot being so cast, Chairman Martindale declared the nominees elected as officers for the ensuing year.

There being no further business, the meeting adjourned.

IRWIN SHEPARD, Secretary.

FOURTH DAY'S PROCEEDINGS

FIFTH SESSION.-FRIDAY, JULY 11, 9:30 A. M.

The Association was called to order by Vice-President H. S. Tarbell, of Providence, R. I. Music cornet solo, Mr. Byron Morgan.

Prayer

Rev. James M. Nichol, Andrew Presbyterian Church.

The following constituted the program of addresses for the session :

"How the School Strengthens the Individuality of the Pupil," Hon. W. T. Harris, Commissioner of Education of the United States, Washington, D. C.

"The Simplification of English Spelling a Present Duty," Charles Payson Gurley Scott, etymological editor of the Century Dictionary, Radnor, Pa.

"The Educational Value of Training in Spoken English," Thomas Clarkson Trueblood, professor of elocution and oratory, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich. Discussion was led by Carroll Gardner Pearse, superintendent of city schools, Omaha, Neb.

Adjourned to 8 o'clock P. M.

SIXTH SESSION.- FRIDAY, JULY 11, 8. P. M.

The closing session of the forty-first convention was called to order in the Exposition auditorium at 8 o'clock P. M., by Vice-President Martindale.

Vocal Solo"My Heart is Weary,” Goring Thomas; Mrs. E. W. French.

Dr. C. M. Lacey Sites, secretary of the Educational Association of China and special delegate to the forty-first annual convention of the National Educational Association, presented greetings from the Educational Association of China, and delivered a brief address on "Educational Conditions and Progress in China."

An address was then given by Dr. John Huston Finley, formerly president of Knox College, now professor of politics, Princeton University, Princeton, N. J.

The Committee on Resolutions presented the following report:

REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON RESOLUTIONS

DECLARATION OF PRINCIPLES

The teachers and friends of education, at this, the forty-first annual meeting of the National Educational Association, make the following statement of principles:

1. On account of the increased responsibilities placed on the United States Bureau of Education in the organization and administration of public-school systems in the recently added territory of the United States, in successfully conducting an extensive system of Indian schools, and in aiding the various states and territories in securing good and efficient school systems, we urge upon Congress the necessity for organizing the bureau upon broader lines and clothing the Commissioner with higher and more definite powers. We believe that the time has come for the recognition of the great importance of the educational interests of the country in the conduct of state affairs by the organization of the Department of Education as an independent department, taking equal rank with other departments.

2. We reiterate the statement, which has so often been made in the declaration of principles of this Association, that the common schools of this country are for the education of all the children. They are the one great agency upon which the nation is to rely for a barrier against the setting up of "class distinctions which have no place on American soil." In them every child must be given an equal chance to acquire such education as will give it an individuality and make it a thoughtful factor in the development and management of social and state affairs. We believe that a conservative but efficient compulsory education law, with the proper regulation of child labor, is necessary to the complete realization of a good common-school system. While we deplore the conditions which seem to make it necessary sometimes to employ children in factories and workshops, we condemn the practice of such employment and ask for the enactment of such laws by each state as will give to these children the chance of acquiring a common-school education, of which they are now deprived.

3. We heartily commend every step which may be taken for increasing the necessary qualifications of teachers, and hope soon to see as definite a standard for the training of teachers as is now fixed by the best schools in the country for the training of physicians or lawyers. We believe that the fixing of such a standard and a strict adherence to it would elevate the work of the teacher to that of a profession. We further commend any movement that may be inaugurated for securing uniformity of requirements in the training and the licensing of teachers in the various states and territories, and which would bring about a just recognition by these states and territories of the diplomas or certificates granted under this system. The crossing of the boundary line of any state should no longer be assumed to nullify the qualifications of the skilled teacher and the expert supervisor, or the scholastic fitness of men and women whose energies are devoted to the cause of education.

4. Again we would plead for unity of effort for the complete education of the child, constantly keeping in mind that the present division of the work of instruction into elementary, secondary, and higher is for administrative purposes only. The character of the work is not to be influenced by any such division. The growth of the child thru education into full manhood or womanhood is to be a continuous process, marred by no imaginary lines of division. We are glad to note that many of the colleges and universities of the country are obliterating one of these lines by the acceptance of good highschool work as a standard for entrance without examination, thereby admitting that the efficiency of a school system is to be judged by the character and the intellectual power of its pupils, and not by their ability to meet a series of technical tests which in many instances may show ability to memorize the printed page instead of power to think and act.

5. We believe that it is both just and possible to keep the country schools in the forefront and, in all respects, up to the highest standard of excellence and efficiency. The movement to consolidate the weaker districts in the country, and to provide public and free transportation for the pupils to and from the schools, tends to that end. We, therefore, congratulate those states which have been pioneers in demonstrating the possibilities of this mode of reorganization, and renew our indorsement and commendation of it as the best plan yet proposed in relief of the isolated one-room schools. We believe that justice and fair play require that high-school opportunities should be as ample and free to the country children as they are fast coming to be to the children of every progressive urban community,

6. We commend to all local authorities the necessity of greater care in the arrangement of courses of study, that they may be adapted to the pupils to be instructed, rather than that pupils should be adapted to a fixed course of study and an inflexible system of grading. We hold that the individuality of the pupil should be carefully considered, to the end that he may be instructed in the light of his limitations and capacity. We urge greater thoroness in instruction in the so-called elementary subjects, rather than enrichment of courses already overtaxed, at the expense of thoro and satisfactory work.

7. We regard true education as inseparable from morality, and believe that the public school is the recognized agency to make the relation binding. We urge publicschool authorities of the country, teachers, and parents to give strict attention to moral instruction in our schools as the true foundation of character and citizenship. Every consideration of good public policy and healthful social conditions points to the necessity of such instruction; the testimony of educational leaders justifies it, and an overwhelming public opinion demands it. We plead not for sectarian training of any kind, but for that moral instruction which must underlie true life and character.

8. It is apparent that familiarity with the English Bible as a masterpiece of literature is rapidly decreasing among the pupils in our schools. This is the direct result of a conception which regards the Bible as a theological book merely, and thereby leads to its exclusion from the schools of some states as a subject of reading and study. We hope for such a change of public sentiment in this regard as will permit and encourage the reading and study of the English Bible, as a literary work of the highest and purest type, side by side with the poetry and prose which it has inspired and in large part formed.

We do not urge this in the interest of sectarian instruction of any kind, but that this great book may ever be the teacher's aid in the interpretation of history and literature, law and life—an unrivaled agency in the development of true citizenship as well as in the formation of pure literary style.

9. We commend the examples of the boards of education whose settled policy is to employ teachers upon merit only, without reference to political or other considerations. We look with alarm upon any attempt to use the public schools as a means of gain by foisting on the patrons of these schools text-books selected by those wholly unfamiliar