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with the needs and demands of the schools. We appeal to the public and the press to resist all such attacks, and we pledge our best efforts to secure absolutely non-political and non-sectarian conduct of the public schools.

10. While there has been great improvement in the construction of school buildings, and better lighting, heating, ventilation and seating have been provided, yet there is great room for further improvement, and many questions with reference to the most important problems of school architecture, hygiene, and sanitation are still unanswered. We believe there should be a commission created by this body whose duty it shall be to collect all the best information extant on the construction of school buildings and matters pertaining to school hygiene and sanitation, and publish it in a form which will be available for use by school authorities. We believe the good of every community demands that there shall be a regular, skilled inspection of schools in order to protect both the pupils and the community from the spread of contagious diseases, as well as to detect and correct ailments in children which interfere with their mental progress. We further urge that teachers be given such instruction in school hygiene as will make them familiar with many of the physical defects of children and, if possible, with the means of correcting them.

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11. Recognizing the necessity of making many changes from year to year in our educational system in order to meet the demands of our social and industrial conditions, and to keep pace with the improvements in both methods and administration, we believe that the committees known as "The Committee on Secondary Education," The Committee on Elementary Education," and "The Committee on Rural Schools" should be re-created as standing committees, to perform such duties as were prescribed for them under the resolutions creating them. Each committee to consist of twelve members, four to serve for one year, four for two years, and four for three years; after the first appointment, the vacancies to be filled by appointment for a term of three years. These committees should make report to the Association from time to time as the growth in education and the changes due to conditions may demand.

12. We believe that a proper conception of what educational work can do for the community and state can best be inculcated by a thoroly wide awake teaching profes sion, therefore we cordially indorse the organization of summer schools thruout the country for the instruction and training of teachers by the leading educators. These schools should be centers from which should emanate higher standards of teaching and consequently a better system of schools, thereby securing a sound and intelligent public opinion for the support of these schools and higher ideals for the life of those educated in them.

E. H. MARK, Superintendent of schools, Louisville, Ky., Chairman;
ALFRED BAYLISS, state superintendent of public instruction, Springfield, Ill.;
CHARLES R. SKINNER, state superintendent of public instruction, Albany, N. Y.;
R. C. BARRETT, state superintendent of public instruction, Des Moines, Ia.;

H. O. R. SIEFERT, superintendent of schools, Milwaukee, Wis.;

C. D. McIVER, president of State Normal and Industrial College, Greensboro, N. C.; INSLEY L. DAYHOFF, county superintendent of schools, Hutchinson, Kan.;

Committee on Resolutions.

On motion of Chairman Mark the above Declaration of Principles was adopted by the Association without dissent.

The following resolutions were offered by Chairman Mark on behalf of the Committee on Resolutions, and were unanimously adopted:

Resolved, That the National Educational Association recognizes and appreciates the rapidly growing tendency on the part of men and women of wealth to invest largely in educational work of all kinds.

In addition to the regular donations from various sources to our great educational institutions, to which we have become accustomed during the past several years, and in addition to the great library investments, the past year has witnessed the inauguration of two most important and significant educational movements.

The first is the donation of $10,000,000 to the United States for the establishment at Washington of a great institution for scientific research.

The second is the organization of the Southern Education Board and the General Education Board for the purpose of aiding in the work of universal education in the United States, and at present operating in the southern states.

In no portion of this country has more heroic work been done for public education than has been done in the southern states during the past two decades. In spite of poverty, sparseness of population, and the maintenance of a double school system for two races thousands of years apart in their development, these states have shown a remarkable and persistent determination to provide the best educational facilities for all their people. It is therefore not to be wondered at, tho it is none the less gratifying, that generous-hearted men outside that section should have asked the privilege of aiding in the accomplishment of its stupendous task.

The organization of these boards, composed of patriotic citizens of various sections of the country, and operating thro leading men now actively working in the southern field, is an omen of good to the people of the entire country, and this Association desires to indorse as strongly as possible the work undertaken and the spirit of all who have aided in its inauguration.

Resolved, That the cause of education in every land is to be congratulated upon the fact that the International Exposition to be held in the city of St. Louis in 1904 is projected on purely educational lines, and with this avowed purpose has received the support of the states of the Union, of the national government, and of foreign nations; and it is noted with particular satisfaction that the exposition authorities have, in their official classification, given to education, Group 1, the post of honor, and in addition thereto have established its relative rank as an exposition topic by assigning to education, for the first time in the history of international expositions, a separate and adequate building.

This Association desires to express its appreciation of the libera! and scientific policy thus outlined by the exposition authorities, and to pledge to the full extent of its powers and purposes its hearty support.

Resolved, That we tender to Michael Ernest Sadler, M.A., LL.D., Director of Inquiries and Reports in the Education Office, London, England, an expression of our high appreciation of his masterly address before our Association, as well as our cordial thanks for the inspiration of his presence thruout our meetings and his participation so freely and generously in them.

The committee desires to offer the following resolution :

Resolved, That the thanks of this Association are due, and are hereby most cordially tendered, to the members of the Commercial Club, especial y to Mr. Wallace G. Nye and his associates on the General Committee, to Superintendent C. M. Jordan and his able corps of teachers, and to the faculties of the university for the admirable arrangements which have been made for the accommodation of the Association and its various departments, and for the entertainment of its members; to the newspapers for the full and accurate reports of the proceedings; to the railroads for their co-operation, which was so essential to the success of this meeting; to the Remington Typewriter Company and their skilled representative, Miss M. E. Orr, and her assistants, for the expert service which has been so freely given to the officers and members of the Association; and to all residents of this beautiful city and state who have in any way contributed to the success of this meeting, for their cordial assistance in the advancement of the cause of education.

The Association desires to refer particularly to the services of the teachers, pupils, and their friends who have so self-sacrificingly given their services at the various headquarters and meeting places in looking after the comfort of the members.

Resolved, That we convey to the retiring president, Dr. W. M. Beardshear, our deepest sympathy in his severe affliction brought on by his earnest efforts to provide for a successful meeting of this Association and we desire to assure him of the great confidence and esteem in which he is held by the Association, and of the heartfelt and sincere desire so frequently expressed for his speedy recovery. We wish to thank him for the excellent program which he prepared.

Resolved, That we desire to convey to Vice-President W. C. Martindale, of Michigan, upon whom devolved the arduous duty of presiding over the meetings of the Association under most trying conditions, and to the retiring Treasurer, Superintendent Charles H. Keyes, of Connecticut, our cordial thanks for the ability and devotion with which they have served the Association,

The following telegram from the President-elect was read:

NORTH EAST HARBOR, MAINE, July 10, 1902.

Irwin Shepard, Secretary N. E. A., Minneapolis, Minn.:

I accept the presidency of the National Educational Association for next year and thank the Association for the high honor conferred.

(Signed)

CHARLES W. ELIOT.

After brief closing remarks by Vice-President Martindale, and an announcement of the favorable progress of President Beardshear toward recovery from his painful illness, the forty-first convention was closed with a benediction.

IRWIN SHEPARD, Secretary.

MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE BOARD

OF DIRECTORS FOR 1901-1902

MINNEAPOLIS, MINN., JULY 8, 1902

The annual meeting of the Board of Directors was called to order in the Minneapolis Whist Club Parlors, Andrus Building, at 11:30 A. M., Tuesday, July 9, by Vice-President W. C. Martindale.

The following directors responded to roll-call.

Board of Education, Nashville, Tenn.; Nicholas Murray Butler, New York; Oscar T. Corson, Ohio; Newton C. Doughterty, Illinois; Aaron Gove, Colorado; Albert G. Lane, Illinois; E. Oram Lyte, Pennsylvania; W. F. Phelps, Minnesota; Charles R. Skinner, New York; Wilbur F. Gordy, Connecticut; Augustus S. Downing, New York; H. Brewster Willis, New Jersey; George H. Stout, Pennsylvania; H. M. Johnson, District of Columbia; W. H. Bartholomew, Kentucky; M. L. Brittain, Georgia; John W. Abercrombie, Alabama; Charles D. McIver, North Carolina; W. N. Sheats, Florida; David R. Boyd, Oklahoma; George B. Cook, Arkansas; J. M. H. Frederick, Ohio; T. A. Mott, Indiana; Alfred Bayliss, Illinois; D. W. Springer, Michigan; Charles M. Jordan, Minnesota; Frank R. Dyer, Kansas; H. S. Philips, Colorado; F. Yale Adams, Arizona; W. J. Kerr, Utah; James A. Foshay, California; Irwin Shepard, Minnesota. Thirty-two members present.

N. C. Dougherty moved that the minutes of the last meeting held in Detroit, Mich., be approved as printed in the volume of Proceedings. Carried.

Director Butler offered the following resolution, which was unanimously adopted by a rising vote:

Resolved, That the directors of the National Educational Association tender this expression of their affectionate sympathy with the President in his illness, and hope that his recovery may be so rapid that he may yet occupy the chair at the meeting which he has so successfully organized.

Secretary Shepard read communications from absent members of the board as

follows:

Director Charles H. Sherman, of Washington, resigns and nominates Superintendent F. B. Cooper, of Seattle, Wash., for election to fill the vacancy; Director James E. Klock, of New Hampshire, resigns and nominates Professor C. L. Wallace, of Lisbon, N. H.; Director J. M. Fendley, of Texas, resigns and nominates Charles T. Alexander, of Waco, Tex.; Director W. T. Carrington, of Missouri, resigns and nominates Ben T. Blewett, of St. Louis, Mo.; Director Warren Easton, of Louisiana, resigns and nominates Nicholas L. A. Bauer, of New Orleans, La.; Director C. G. Pearse resigns and nominates E. J. Bodwell, of Omaha, Neb.

Director Springer, of Michigan, moved that the resignation of the absent directors be accepted and that the respective nominees be elected to fill the vacancies. Director Corson, of Ohio, seconded Director Springer's motion.

After discussion, in which attention was called to the constitutional provision for filling vacancies in the Board of Directors and to the desirability of filling the present vacancies in order that the meetings of active members might not be without presiding officers, the motion of Director Springer was adopted without dissent.

Letters of resignation by other directors were read, but as no nominations of successors were made no action was taken.

The annual report of the Treasurer of the Association was presented by Charles H. Keyes, Treasurer, Hartford, Conn.

After brief discussion and explanations by Treasurer Keyes, a motion was made and carried that the report be adopted and printed in the annual report.

The annual report of the Board of Trustees was made by Chairman A. G. Lane, of Chicago.

After certain explanations by the chairman, the report was received and adopted, and ordered printed in the annual volume of Proceedings.

Under miscellaneous business, the application of the American Society of Religious Education for admission to affiliated relations with the National Educational Association, which was laid on the table for one year at the meeting of the Board of Directors held in July, 1901, was taken from the table for consideration.

After brief discussion, on motion, the application was tabled without any time being designated for its further consideration.

A communication from the Department of the Deaf, Blind, and Feeble-Minded was read, asking for a change in the name of the department to that of the Department of Special Education.

Dr. Alexander Graham Bell, president of the department, being present, was invited to present the reasons for the desired change.

After discussion, a motion prevailed changing the name of the department, in accordance with the application, to the Department of Special Education.

A communication from the officers of the Association for securing the adoption by Congress of a bill for cheap library postal rates was referred to the Committee on Resolutions.

A communication was read from the chairman of the Standing Committee on Entrance Requirements of the Society for the Promotion of Engineering Education, reporting the action of the society at its recent meeting at Pittsburg, Pa., appointing a Committee of Conference with the National Educational Association on formulation of entrance requirements, and asking that a corresponding committee be appointed by that body.

On motion of Director Butler, of New York, this application was referred to the Department of Higher Education for consideration, with the suggestion that such a committee be appointed and that report of the action of the department be made to the new Board of Directors for concurrent approval.

There being no further business, the board adjourned sine die.

IRWIN SHEPARD, Secretary.

MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE NEW BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR 1902-1903

MINNEAPOLIS, MINN.-JULY 10, 1902

The meeting of the newly elected Board of Directors was held in the Minneapolis Whist Club Parlors, Andrus Building, at 4:30 P. M., with Second Vice-President O. T. Bright, of Illinois, in the chair.

The following directors responded to the roll-call:

Nicholas Murray Butler, New York; Oscar T. Corson, Ohio; Newton C. Dougherty, Illinois; J. M. Greenwood, Missouri; W. T. Harris, District of Columbia; Albert G. Lane, Illinois; E. Oram Lyte, Pennsylvania; Joshua Pike, Illinois; Charles R. Skinner; New York; E. E. White, Ohio; J. W. Abercrombie, Alabama; F. Yale Adams, Arizona; George B. Cook, Arkansas; H. S. Philips, Colorado; Charles H. Keyes, Connecticut; George W. Twitmyer, Delaware; W. N. Sheats, Florida; Miss Catharine Goggin, Illinois; T. A. Mott, Indiana; John D. Benedict, Indian Territory; A. V. Storm, Iowa; John S. Locke, Maine; M. Bates Stephens, Maryland; D. W. Springer, Michigan: Charles M. Jordan, Minnesota; Edwin J. Bodwell, Nebraska; H. Brewster Willis, New Jersey; Augustus S. Downing, New York; W. E. Hoover, North Dakota; J. K. Baxter, Ohio; J. W. Lansinger, Pennsylvania; H. S. Tarbell, Rhode Island; W. J. Kerr, Utah; F. B. Cooper, Washington; M. M. Ross, West Virginia; Irwin Shepard, Minnesota. Present, thirty-six members.

The following committee on nomination of members of the Council was appointed by the chair:

J. M. Greenwood, of Missouri.

Charles R. Skinner, of New York.

Oscar T. Corson, of Ohio.

On motion, the Secretary was instructed to cast the ballot of the members present for the election of Director Nicholas Murray Butler, of New York, to succeed himself as member of the Board of Trustees for the term of four years. The ballot was so cast, and Director Butler was declared duly elected.

Dr. W. T. Harris, United States Commissioner of Education, was duly elected to succeed himself as a member of the Executive Committee for the period of one year.

Under a call of the roll of states Dr. A. E. Winship, of Boston, Mass., presented an invitation from the school and municipal authorities of Boston to hold the fortysecond annual convention in that city in July, 1903.

This invitation was supported by letters read by the Secretary from President Charles W. Eliot of Harvard University and from Hon. Patrick A. Collins, mayor of Boston, on behalf of the common council of that city, giving assurances of a cordial welcome and of abundant facilities for the meetings of the general sessions and of the various departments of the Association.

When under the call of states Washington was reached, Superintendent F. B. Cooper, of Seattle, director for Washington, extended in behalf of the states of Oregon and Washington an invitation to the Association to meet on the north Pacific coast in 1903 or in any subsequent year when the interests of the Association should so direct. Director Cooper disclaimed any intention of entering into competition with the city of Boston for the meeting of the Association for 1903. He also desired to be understood as naming no particular city, but as representing all cities in the two states mentioned as joining in the invitation with a view of leaving the selection of location to the Executive Committee after an inspection of the facilities offered by each locality.

No other invitations being presented, a motion was made by Director A. V. Storm,

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