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10 TRIBUTE IS PAID TO WALTER REED Surgeon Called “Splendid American” in Independence Day Address at Hospital. IDEALS OF PAST PRAISED Family Life and Sound Government of Former Days Needed, Says School Superintendent. In a patriotic address at Walter Heed Hospital, before the Patriotic Pilgrimage of the National Education Association today. J. M. Gwinn, super intendent of schools of San Francisco. Calif., stressed the importance of looking- upon the dawning day and to forget the days that have past. •‘These are the days between two times," he said. “One has gone, never to return; the other, nearing the dawn, is yet too indistinct for one even with telescopic vision to discern its lineaments. Things mental and moral, governmental and economic, are in a swirl, and there is none among the pilots or the prophets to tell their course of flow. Caught in this tide are men and women who hug to their hearts the old ideals and hope, despite the surging of conflict ing currents, that somehow lime will turn backward to bring again the safe and stable days before the war drums of Europe sounded. Others there are—and many—who are im patient of all old restraint, who dis credit all former standards of morals and of government, who would cut loose from all that has been wrought out through the slow-moving cen turies. to press rashly forward to a new day and time. Between those who hope for the return of the former days of content and the group which would break completely with the past, which would write a new Decla ration of Independence, a new Consti tution. a new code of morals and a new economic foundation, is still an other group whose members are striving to stem the tide, to grasp the life lines which shall bring the new day into proper touch with our yes terdays.” Books to Past Ideals. "Fitting indeed —lest we forget— that we turn again on this high day, here in our Nation's Capital, to the sacred shrines symbolizing those high and strong and far-reaching ideals that have in the past shaped and di rected our national and individual lives. So we have come today to this hospital, where the great sympathetic soul of our government gives expres sion to that tender regard in which it holds all its citizens, and especially those disabled in its service; to this hospital, monument, as it is, to that loyal, splendid Ameican. Maj. Walter Heed, noted surgeon, sanitarian and bacteriologist, whose wonderful serv ice his government was proud to so honor.” "Get. then, the memories of rngnu .ment and man course through our minds and help us to read a meaning —a full meaning—into that for which this monument and this man shall ever stand. When the full meanings of this national institution and the service of this good citizen have been unrolled, with the meaning of other and greater monuments and the equally worthy service of other citi zens have been made quite clear, then shall we know and feel that these meanings and memories stand for all we may need for the now time just on ahead; more than this, it would be folly approaching national sui cide to cast them aside as worn-out garments into the wastage of the years. Old Family Lifr Praised. "One must often go backward be fore he can go forward. To some such condition have we come. We must turn again to the old family life and stability; to the old ethical basis for conduct; to the first principles of sound government economics. In do ing this we must not shut out the new light of these present days. By all means let us erect a new struc ture, but let us erect it upon these old foundations. When the true light of these modern days shines forth we shall find that the old charts and compasses are the foundations of our newest inventions: that the new courses we take, alike as individuals and as groups, whether as the family, church or state, must be determined by those same lode stars that the Inspiration of our forefathers set above yonder horizon. "Here, under the flag of our coun try. with minds flooded with the rich memories of the meanings of all these national symbols, we may in confidence lift our eyes toward Sinai and to the Stars and Stripes, for the dawns early iighf of the new day r iU J\ , ’ rea i < OVer ,hat sacr ed mount and be reflected to us first from the colors of Old Glory.** CLASSROOM TEACHER WARNED BY SPEAKER educational influence was declared to lmP tu at x- e by Re J' nold E. Blight editor, the New Age Magazine. In an address before the department of Education t f ache . rs . of National »i pni '> s «°?‘ at ion last evening *t the Raleigh Hotel. n J\ a PPiJ.v there are too many non educational interests that are seeking J/Zj interfere with the natural and orderly progress of education,” the speaker declared. He said he would identify two of them. “The first I would mention is the ordinary board of education. There are boards of education with an edu cational sense and an endowment of common sense who realize that the noblest function of a board of educa tion is to keep ‘hands off.’ The usual board of education suffers from an abnormally large bump of conceit and officiousness and is continually interfering with the teachers to the detriment of the children and the re tardation of education. “The ordinary board of education is an incubus upon modern education Education is a matter for experts. “There is a tendency that is fraught with grave danger, the tend ency to exalt the busines department at the expense of the educational de partment, Plausible arguments can be advanced for a two-headed school system, the business department to be supreme in all business transactions, the educational to be supreme in all distinctively educational activities. “Such an organization is sure to come to grief. Business seeks to curb education in the alleged interests of economy, or efficiency, or scientific management, or some other equally specious thing, and the fight Is on. “Os course, It goes without saying that school funds should be adminis tered with efficiency and economy, but it should never be forgotten that the sole purpose of a school system is to educate the children, and there is no secondary objective. Money, supplies, records, organization, every thing should be subordinate to this one great purpose, and auditors, busi ness supervisors, efficiency experts and other financial specialists should never be permitted to handicap the normal development of education un der the guise of economy or efficiency.” STUDEBAKER Just Drive It; That’s All PROMOTION OF EDUCATION ADVOCATED BY TEACHERS Favor Netv Federal Department—Back Private Schools—Code of Ethics for Instructors Urged . Sixteen resolutions outlining the Na tional Education Association’s stand on educational, foreign relations and public questions were adopted unani mously by the general assembly of the organization at the final business meeting of its sixty-second annual convention yesterday afternoon In the auditorium of Central High School. The resolutions were pre sented by the committee qn resolu tions, and all except the one pertain ing to international relations were passed without discussion. They fol low: The Education BUI. We, the members of the representa tive assembly of the National Edu cation Association, here assembled in the National Capital, reaffirm our de voted unqualified support of the education bill now pending in Con gress. We believe that federal lead ership as provided by the creation of a department of education, with a secretary in the President’s cabinet, is essential to the development of the highest degree of efficiency in the schools of the nation. We know that the federal government has an obli gation to support research and in vesigation and to disseminate infor mation with regard to public educa tion eomiHtrable to that undertaken by other federal departments. We are convinced that the nation should contribute to the development of a nation-wide program for the removal of illiteracy, the Americanization of the foreign born, the training of teachers, the development of a pro gram of physical education and the equalization of educational oppor tunity. This leadership, to be pro vided by a secretary of education in the President’s cabinet and the fed eral aid required to promote the pro gram of education on a broad scale, can and should be accomplished without any interference on the part of the federal government in the constitutional right of the states to organize, administer, supervise and control their own schools. It Is grati fying to note that the two great po litical parties have in their plat forms recognized that education is one of the chief concerns of the na tion and that the President of the United States is favorable to the es tablishment of a new department em phasizing the importance of educa tion. Private Institution*. The National Education Association, while recognizing the American pub lic~school as the great nursery of broad and tolerant citizenship of a democratic, brotherhood, acknowledges also the contributions made to edu cation by private Institutions and enterprises, and recognizes that citi zens have the right to educate their children in either public or private schools, when the educational stand ards of both are approved by the state educational authorities. , Professional Ethic*. We believe that the time has come in the development of the teaching profession for the preparation of a professional code of ethics to govern the general attitude of teachers and school officials, as well as their gen eral relation to society. In this we should be following the practice found so necessary and beneficial to the great professions of medicine and law. To this end %ve suggest that the secretary to the National Educa tion Association-correspond with the officials of the various state associa tions to encourage them in the prepa ration of professional codes, looking eventually to a committee to be ap pointed a year hence to prepare a national code of ethics for the leach ing profession. Statu* of Teacher*. The security of the professional status of teachers and supervisors has not been adequately provided for. Too often are teachers, principals and superintendents dismissed without due notice or any adequate statement of the cause of such action. In the last year there have been reported nu merous instances of teachers, princi pals and superintendents who have failed of reappointment in utter dis regard of professional and lay public opinion for no other than political reasons. committee of the National Educa tion Association be empowered to give Us active support to any asso ciation of a state in which there is pending legislation for the protec tion to teachers and supervisors and for the promotion of the efficiency of the service. The teachers’ retirement system must be improved in order that a teacher shall receive an annuity that will be adequate to living conditions. Teaching the Constitution. Teachers welcome the co-operation of the American Bar Association and similar agencies in a task with which the schools have always been vitally concerned —"to establish and main tain the Constitution of the United States and the principles and ideals of our government in the minds and hearts of the people*.” We believe, therefore, that the Constitution should be taught in all the upper grades of the elementary schools. We further maintain that in the schools instruction should be given in the history and ideals of our public school system. Character Education. Our bovs and girls are the greatest assets of the nation. It is essential that they shall receive the proper character training. Honesty, integri ty and truthfulness should be em phasized in all the work of the schools. We believe, however, that the responsibility for character building must fall primarily upon the home. At the same time, teachers must do everything possible to de velop the highest type of character in the boys and girls under their in fluence. We furthermore believe that religious education is fundamental in the development of character. Hoolding to these views, we urge that the school, the home and the church operate fully in the training of our youth. The day has come when parents, teachers and leaders in religious, moral and educational work must Coticnra Complexions Are Fred And Clear Dully um of Codon Soup pre vents clogging and irritation of the pores, the usual cause of pimples and blackheads, while the Ointment soothes and heals. Always keep Cuticura Talcum on band; it is cooling and refreshing. Addnse "MlcenUkM SKTnwk w. «dtaM.mu" add «»- wbw. B—pSfc- OtaUnwtSmdlPe.Tjkwlfc. CmHemrm Piudueti Aiu fahMt. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY, JULY 4, 1924. co-operate for the protection of our boys and of high school age. Manners and morals today need safe guarding and direction. National Recreation Conference. The National Education Association heartily indorses the national confer ence on outdoor recreation and be lieves it may furnish a wholesome op portunity for the proper development of our youth physically and morally. Bltermcy Tests. We believe that the reading and writing of English should boa qualification for citizen ship and also a qualification for vot ing; We, therefore, urge upon Congress and the President, the wisdom of add ing the ability to read and write Eng lish as an additional qualification for citizenship, and that such a tost be administered by the federal agencies already in existence in conjunction with the bureau of edu - cation. We further recommend to such states as are not already provided with a literacy test for voting that they adopt such a test of reading and writing English to be administered by the educational authorities of the state. International Relation*. The National Education Association is opposed to war except as a means of national defense. Child Labor Amendment. Believing in governmental re sponsibility, in our last convention we indorsed an amendment to the Constitution empowering Congress to make laws regarding child labor. We now advocate the prompt ratification by the states of the child labor amendment passed by the present Congress and urge the members of this association to make every ef fort to obtain its ratification by the legislatures of their respective states at the earliest possible date. Narcotic Education Service, We give our hearty indorsement to the bureau of education for having agreed to establish a narcotic edu cation service recognizing that in narcotic addiction, especially the spread of the use of heroin among the youth, there is a grave peril to the youth of America and to the hu man race and we urge the National Education Association and the de partments and boards of education of states, counties and municipalities to co-operate fully with this service. Law Enforcement. We regret that in many communi ties there has developed a spirit of disregard of laws, especially those dealing with personal conduct. This attitude is reacting unfavorably upon the youth of America by causing lax ness in the respect for and enforce ment of law. Teachers everywhere should endeavor to inspire respect for law and should advocate the strict enforcement thereof. We re fer in particular to national and state laws, forbidding the liquor traffic and the distribution of obsene literature, posters and pictures. This is equally true with regard to the enforcement of laws In many states forbidding the sale of cigarets to children. American Education Week. In order to bear in upon the con sciousness of all citizens the im portance of education in our national life, we urge the widest observance of American Education week in the schools, churches and civic centers of all communities. District of Colombia School*. The National Education Association reaffirms the resolution passed at the Oakland-San Francisco meeting of 1923 relative to the schools of the nation's Capital. We heartily indorse the action of the present Congress of the United States in passing a salary schedule pro viding increases for officials, teachers and other employes of the public schools ' Straw Hats $1.45 - » Improved and Flatfoot Sennits, finely made, every hat with full leather sweatband —correct styles—becoming shapes. Sizes for all. Saks & Company, Street Floor. Store Hours Tomorrow Saturday, July sth 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Beginning Monday, July 7th, store opens 9 a.m.; closes 6 p.m. Saturdays, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. • **, - Bathing Suits Life-Guard Style Choice of either all wool —3-in. alternate blue and < / white stripe jersey or sin- ] \ \ gle blue stripe on white Ji \ L background and blue trunks. Boys’ Bathing Suits Saks & Company, Street Floor , ■' >L S TYL IBT 8 1— BINcV' A'q't’* ■ 'iv 11 ■ ■mi s^saaa—fargg Gets N. E. A. Office | WBm HARRY ENGLISH, Chairman of hoard of exanizen of D. C. public school*, elected atate director for local district. N. E. A. PROGRAM The program for the National Edu cational Association this afternoon follows: 2:30 —Patriotic pilgrimage to Mount Vernon. 2:3o—Patriotic pilgrimage to the tomb of Woodrow Wilson. 2:3o—Patriotic pilgrimage to Wal ter Reed General Hospital. 2:30 —Patriotic pilgrimage to the American Bed Cross. 2:3o—Patriotic pilgrimage to Me morial Continental Hall. 2:3o—Patriotic pilgrimage to the Lincoln Memorial. 2:3o—Patriotic pilgrimage to the tomb of the Unknown Soldier. 2:So—Patriotic pilgrimage to the national cemetery, Gettysburg, Pa. 2:3o—Patriotic pilgrimage to the Washington Monument. 2:3o—Patriotic pilgrimage to the home of Thomas Jefferson. 2:30 —Patriotic pilgrimage to the Frederick Douglass Memorial Home. of the District of Columbia. The Na tional Education Association urges that Congress, at its next session, pass legis lation which will enable the educational authorities of Washington to Institute and carry to completion an adequate program of school buildings. Territories of Alnskn and Hawaii. The National Education Association recommends to the Congress of the United States that the teachers in the territories of Alaska and Hawaii be not required to pay a federal income tax. Resolution of Tksaks. We express our sincere appreciation of the courtesy and hospitality extended to the members of the association by the teachers, the civic organizations and by private citizens of Washington, of the state of Virginia and other nearby stales. We acknowledge the great serv ice rendered to the teachers and the cause of education by the intelligent and public spirited reports on our delibera tions. published not only by the local press but by many other great papers of the nation. We heartily thank our gov ernment for its generous assignment of bands to the many occasions when the teachers met in the nation's Capital in our sixty-second convention. We are deeply sensible of the honor conferred upon the nation's teachers by the President of the United States In addressing their representatives on the nation’s birthday. We feel that such public recognition of the dignity and im. portance of the profession of teaching by our Chief Magistrate would be a fine custom to establish for future oonven. tions of the National Education Asso ciation. STATE DIRECTORS Os N. SELECTED Harry English Represents District—Territories Are Also on Roster. Harry English, secretary of the board of examiners of the District public schools, was elected state di rector for Washington of the Na tional Education Association at the closing session of the general as sembly yesterday afternoon in the Central High School Stadium. Other state directors chosen follow; Alaska—L. D. Henderson, commis sioner of education. Alabama—P. W. Hodges, secretary of certification and placement Mont gomery. Arizona—Sutton H. Martin, super intendent of schools, Prescott. Arkansas—Annie G. Griffey, prim ary supervisor, Little Hock. California—W. P. Dunlevy, Teach ers’ San Diego High School. San Diego. Colorado—H. B. Smith, secretary of Colorado Education Association, Den ver. Connecticut Everett Cortwright, city superintendent or schools, Bridgeport. Delaware—H. V. Holloway, state superintendent of public instruction, Dover. Florida—W. S. Cawthon. state su perintendent of public instruction, Tallahasse. Georgia—Kyle T. Alfriend, Dean, Bessie Tift College, Forsyth Hawaii—Willard E. Given*, com missioner of education. Honolulu. Idaho—Elizabeth Russum, state su perintendent of public instruction, Boise. ’ Illinois—Sarah A- Thomas, high school teacher, Rockford. . Int !ij na ** Smith, dean School of Education, Indiana University. Bloomington. lowa—T. R. Roberts, superintend ent of schools. Independence. Kansas—M. E. Pearson, superin tendent of schools, Kansas City. Kentucky—R. E. Williams, secre tary of Kentucky Education Asso ciation, Louisville. Louisiana—Loretta Doerr, prin cipal. Rampart. Maine—Joslah W. Taylor, state agent for secondary* education, Au gusta. Maryland—William Burdick, state supervisor physical education, Balti more. Massachusetts—Mary McSkimmon, principal of Pierce School. Brookline. Michigan—C. L Goodrich, assistant superintendent of schools, Lansing. Minnesota—W. H. Shephard, teach er of North High School, Minneapolis. Mississippi—J. W. Powers, chan cellor State University, University. Missouri—Thomas J. Walker, edi tor School and Community, Columbia Montana—A H. Douglass, 111 Mon tana street, Butte. Nebraska—M. C. Lefler, superin tendent of schools, Lincoln. Nevada—Maude Frazier, deputy state department. Las Vegas. New Hampshire—Florence Hewitt, teacher of High School. Portsmouth. New Jersey—Charles Dyke, super intendent of schools. Short Hills. New Mexico lsabella Lancaster Eckles. state superintendent of pub lic instruction. Santa Fe. New York—Sara L. Rhodes, School 28. Brooklyn. North Carolina—R. H. Wright, pres ident East Carolina Teachers’ Col lege, Greenville. North Dakota—M. J. McCurdy, sec retary of State Education Association, Washburn. Ohio—R. J. Kiefer, superintendent of schools, Niles. Oklahoma—A. C. Parsons, superin tendent of schools, Oklahoma City. Oregon—W. L. Verry. teacher of Lincoln High School. Portland. Pennsylvania—J. H. Kelly, execu- ll'llilllllllilM | CATHEDRAL MANSIONS | I South Building Center Building North Building | 2900 Conn. Ave. N.W. 3000 Conn. Ave. N.W. 3100 Conn. 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The rapid development of the so called honors courses in colleges and universities was declared to be the most remarkable academic phenome non of the present day in this coun try. by Frank Aydelotte, president of Swarthmore College, in an address yesterday afternoon at the Church of the Reformation, before delegates of the National Educational Association, on “Honors Work and Its Significance in the Teaching of English.” “Honors work is an attempt to break the academic lock step, an at tempt to get away from the system by which the academic pace is set by the average student and under which the best and most ambitious students are never pushed to the full extenf of their powers,” he said. "This program is one which has a special application and special value to the teaching of English. Best Students Stimulated. “Honors work provides for the best students a different program from the average, larger in quantity and dif ferent in Its nature. It calls for more intellectual independence and initia tive and for greater thoroughness. It puts less emphasis upon dally routine, upon attendance at class and upon frequent tests and exercises. It makes less use of text books and more use of real books. y “The system of instruction is par ticularly significant for the subject of English. English literature suffers at the present time from the necessity of dividing it into bits of suitable length and difficulty for class assign ment and recitation. English com position suffers from exercises which are too frequent, too short and too superficial. The honors method obvi ates these difficulties and leaves the student in such freedom as to make possible the wide reading and careful thought which are necessary for any real understanding of literature or any real success in writing.” tive secretary Pennsylvania State Teachers’ Association, Harrisburg. Rhode Island —William O. Holden, head commercial department, Paw tucket. South Carolina George Harris Weber, superintendent of city schools, Beaufort. South Dakota—Harold W. Foght, president Northern Normal Industrial School, Aberdeen. Tennessee —S. L. Smith, general agent Julius Rosenwald fund, cham ber of commerce. Nashville. Texas—Katherine Corbutt, principal elementary school, Wright App., El Paso. Utah —Karl Hopkins, superintendent of schools. Ogden. Vermont—Ernest A. Hamilton, su perintendent of schools, Newport. Virginia—S. A. McDonald, principal of Runner Junior High School, Nor folk. Washington—Mrs. Jennie M. French, elementary school principal, 1132 North Oakes, Tacoma. West Virginia—J. H. Hickman, as scistant state superintendent of schools. Charleston. Wisconsin—John F. Sims, president Stevens Point State Normal School, Stevens Point. Wyoming—A. A. Slade, superinten dent of schools, Casper. Virgin Islands —Arthur E. Lindberg. director of education, St. Thomas. Philippine Islands —Luther B. Bow ley, commissioner of education, Ma nila. Porto Rico—Juan B. Huyke, com missioner of education. San Juan. N. E. A. SIDELIGHTS Hawaii's delegation of eleven teach ers to the convention of the National Education Association have attracted considerable attention. Each of the teachers was made conspicuous by the famous yellow lai which girdled her neck. The Hawaiian delegation traveled farther than any other deputation to attend the conclave. Although the members did not participate in any of the debates on the floor of the general assembly, they manifested intense interest in all of the, proceed ings, and when' a resolution was adopted at the closing session yes terday afternoon to urge Congress to exempt the Hawaiian and Alaskan teachers from paying an Income tax a smile appeared on all their faces. As a token of appreciation for the services rendered during her regime, a motion was made on the floor of the genera) assembly shortly before adjournment yesterday afternoon to present Miss Olive M. 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