Li al L / |W ZF JUN e 197 BAS BULLETIN Vol. V. No. 7 June, 1917 Whole Number 29 Entered as second-class matter March 22, 1913, at the post-office at Ann Arbor, Michigan, under the Act of August 24, 1912. Publisht September, December, January, February, April and June, by the National Education Association of the United States. Office of publication, Ann Arbor, Michigan. 1917 MEETING—PORTLAND, OREGON, JULY 7-14 NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED STATES OFFICERS FOR 1916-17 GENERAL ASSOCIATION rae re Cte Hoe RI 6:4 k000 «0.004640 0hbb0008040 Orono, Me. SE WU. SOCEMMOL .. occ ccccccccpecesas ET 0.560 04540s e000 ecw unk eewen .Ann Arbor, Mich. PC , SUD coccse eccecessccccsace RIES 509 6500.0 000014s eas enn Albany, N. Y. VICE-PRESIDENTS David B. Johnson, President, Winthrop Normal and Industrial College...Rock Hill, S. C. Mary C. C. Bradford, State Superintendent of Public Instruction........ Denver, Colo. Guy E. Cornelius, Superintendent of Schools ..........seeeeeeeeeeceees Winslow, Ariz. Charles J. Koch, Superintendent of Schools .........seecccesceeseeevees Baltimore, Md. J. A. Churchill, State Superintendent of Public Instruction .............. Salem, Ore. F. M. Longanecker, Superintendent of Schools ........e.cceeeceseceees Parkersburg, W. Va. Francis W. Wenner, Superintendent of Schools ..........eecseeeeeneees Bartlesville, Okla. E. G. Gowans, State Superintendent of Public Instruction .............. Salt Lake City, Utah Josephine Corliss Preston, State Superintendent cf Public Instruction..... Olympia, Wash. Frances E. Harden, Teacher, Stewart School .........+eeeeeeeecccecees Chicago, Ill. Joseph L. Henderson, Professor of Secondary Education, University of PE civic cade s 0:0-6000beh bad 0 Se Cana EE Os Ob < ceed beth ae cian Austin, Texas Payson Smith, State Commissioner of Education .......seeeeeseseeeees Boston, Mass, BOARD OF TRUSTEES Carroll G. Pearse, Chairman........-..0+ Milwaukee, Wis. .......+..-+- Term expires in 1918 James Y. Joyner, Secretary .....-++.ssee- Relbight;, Mic. + 000ccwenede vive Term expires in 1920 Agnes E. Doherty ..........+. revere Se rors | oe oF Term expires in 1917 Walter R. Siders ........-- occcrecseees Pocatello, Idaho .......+++4+- Term expires in 1919 Robert J. Aley ......eececececeees wd bea es ny Tene Ex officio EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MED J. Alley. cccccvcedsccscccetccndes Prenblient © 6 si0é iccsiens 6 000%0's ss Orono, Me. ME DD. FOHMSOM.. 2... ccccccescsovecoces First Vice-President ........... Rock Hill, S. C. Meemes BE. Finegan .......cccccecccccses Premeueee - 6 224cc0descnavs sn $S$Q~S~$~$S~saoaw>s0>»>aoaOS—————— OO German Section The Standardization of Instruction in German—F. W. Meisnest, University of Washington, Seattle Wash. The Use of Wall Pictures for Conversation and Composition in German, with Demonstrations—P. E. Schwabe, Head of Department of German, City High Schools, Portland, Ore. How to Spend a Year in Germany with Profit and Pleasure—Charlotte A. Knoch, Stanford University, Cal. Round-Table Discussion: Self-help and Daily Growth. CLASSICAL ASSOCIATION OF THE PACIFIC STATES President—Kelley Rees, Reed College, Portland, Ore. Secretary—Monroe E. Deutsch, University of California, Berkeley, Cal. Wednesday, July 11, 10:00 o’clock The Need to Define Anew the Values of Latin—Milton . Blanchard, Mission High School, San Francisco, Cal. Classics and the Man of Science—Norman C. Thorne, Lincoln High School, Portland, Ore. Classics and the Man of Affairs—W. L. Brewster, Former City Commissioner, Portland, Ore. The Continued Tale of the Historical Novel—Frederic S. Dunn, University of Ore- gon, Eugene, Ore. Luncheon at the University Club at 12:30 at 75c a plate. Send reservations to Julionne A. Roller, 1145 Ivon St., Portland, Ore. Friday, July 13, 2:00 o’cleck The Direct Method, Three Years After—A. P. McKinlay, Lincoln High School, Portland, Ore. Teachers of Latin—Susan M. Dorsey, Assistant Superintendent of Schools, Los Angeles, Cal. Exaggeration and Other Elements of Humor in Roman Literature—Frank F. Pot- ter, Washington State College, Pullman, Wash. Correlating Latin with History—Leona Larrabee, Lincoin High School, Portlond, Ore. THE NATIONAL FEDERATION OF COLLEGE WOMEN President—Myra Kingman Miller, Long Beach, Cal. Secretary—Mrs. Roger J. Sterrett, Hollywood, Cal. Wednesday and Thursday The National Federation of College Women will hold their third biennial con- vention in the ballroom of the Hotel Multnomah, July eleventh and twelfth, to which all college women are invited. The Federation is broad and inclusive and welcomes any woman who has had one or more year’s work in a college requiring for its admission sixteen units of high school work. A subscription lunch with pro- gram of toasts will be a feature each day. Among the interesting features of the program will be a symposium on voca- tional aid. reports of aims and accomplishments of various college clubs in differ- ent states, report of the Better Film Committee, exhibition of a model film ro- mance, lecture on Solar Magnetics versus Vocation, by Emma J. Reid, a twilight musicale, and other good things. Guests are welcome to all sessions and college women are requested to register. 28 THE N. BE. A BULLETIN ————————S———S—=—=SS—]]S———————. CITIZENSHIP CONVENTION Under the general direction of Richard K. Campbell, Commissioner of Naturalj- zation, United States Department of Labor, Washington, D. C., there wil] be conducted a Citizenship Convention, July 11 and 12 at which the naturalization examiners will be brought together for a conference concerning their work. EXTENSION EDUCATION CONFERENCE There will be the usual Extension Education Conference, under the supervyi- sion of O. H. Benson, Boys’ and Girls’ Work, States Relations Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. Arrangements are being made for exhibits and daily demonstrations. THE NORTHWEST The Portland meeting will afford an opportunity for a large number of our teachers to visit the great northwest section for the first time. This is the great scenic playground of America, and includes Yellowstone Park, Glacier National Park, Mt. Rainier National Park; Sequoia Park, Crater Lake, Columbia River Highway, Rocky Mountain National Park, The Canadian Rockies, and Alaska, In fact tickets can be secured so as to add to the above list the Great Lakes, Denver, Salt Lake City, Estes National Park, the Grand Canon, and Yosemite, and many lesser attractions. A practical geography lesson awaits all who attend the meeting. It is impossible in the space of this bulletin to more than enumerate the points of interest. All the railroads have prepared attractive literature in which each sets forth the beauties of the several points advertised. On a recent trip to Portland, the Secretary did not have time to traverse the entire Columbia River Highway, but the portion which he did see only increases his determination to complete the trip next summer. Before purchasing tickets make a careful investigation of the various trans- portation routes in order that both the going and returning trips may be profitable. The ticket-sale has been placed sufficiently early so that persons will have time for side trips going as well as returning. The Portland committee have sent out the suggestion that by making the terminal Astoria instead of Portland, it will be possible for teachers to reach the beaches of the Pacific Ocean without paying extra railroad fare. A careful examination of the literature issued by railroads, and inquiries addrest to your local ticket agent or representatives of the various western lines will secure added suggestions which it will be well to follow. Not only does nature offer wonderful opportunities for sight-seeing in the Northwest, but the work of men in the building of cities, such as Portland, Seattle, and Tacoma will be appreciated. Near to Portland—the Rose City—is Mt. Hood. Tacoma is the gateway to Rainier National Park and Mt. Tacoma, Seattle is the starting-point for trips to Alaska, Victoria, or Vancouver. Each of these cities has a beautiful park and boulevard system. Each has a fine system of schools. The Stadium High School at Tacoma with its concrete amphitheatre with a capacity of forty thousand persons is one of the most unique schools in the country. Just north of Portland is Fort Vancouver, at one time the home of Generals Grant and Sheridan. South of Tacoma at American Lake the United States Army Division Post and the State National Guard encampment are located, and thousands of soldiers will be in training there this summer. At Seattle model sanitary markets may be seen. July 5-7 the Seattle Yacht Club will hold the first strictly Marine Carnival ever undertaken in America, celebrating the opening of Lake Washington to commerce. The carnival also celebrates the semi-centennial of the purchase of Alaska. In fact nature and man have conspired to make this section of our country a most interesting one to visit. THE N. EB. A BULLETIN 29 Have You Done Your Share? Teachers can show their patriotism by subscribing to and soliciting for the os eg | | 8 -| Liberty Loan of 1917 a pe) Pa Ebery Man, Woman and Child should own one or more of : these Liberty Bonds | as an investment that yields an income, as a patriotic duty for the sake of the Nation, as well as for better business and better living conditions throughout the world. Our Govern- : ment is depending upon every person to help make its Liberty | Loan a success. In order to make the Loan a success, the en- thusiastic support of everybody must be received. Bear in mind that your Government has you in mind and is depending upon your loyalty. | of al is | Consult Your Local Bond Sales Committee GEORGE CREEL, CHAIRMAN THE SECRETARY OF STATE THE SECRETARY OF WAR THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC INFORMATION WASHINGTON, D. C. May 28th, 1917. nu Mr. D. W. Springer, #2 Secretary of the N. E. Assn. At Ann Arbor, Mich. be Dear Sir: of You have done wisely in holding to your . plan for the meeting in Portland this summer. od The schools have had a large part in creat- scl ing and maintaining the democracy whose fate na is now at stake. They will have greater tasks - in the future and your meeting and the pro- m gram you have framed should do much to reveal : the larger ways in which schoolmen must view go their present and future problems. - In all its existence the National Educa- Cl tion Association has probably never held a meeting with greater possibilities than that _ in Portland this July and I trust it will era it will be one of the largest and most suc- oe cessful. Sincerely, Guy Stanton Ford Director of the Division of Civic and Educational Cooperation. INSTITUTIONAL MEMBERSHIPS Two classes of members are provided for in the by-laws of the N. E. A— active and associate. Active membership is usually taken by those who are certain that they intend to retain their membership in the Association thru a series of years. Associate memberships are usually taken in large numbers by teachers in the territory wherein the meetings are held and by teachers in other sections of the country who are not familiar with the work of the Association and who, there- fore, take out what might be termed an experimental membership. Each year a number of these associate members become active members. The annual fee is $2 but active members pay an enrolment fee of $2 making their first payment $4. Membership is not restricted to individuals but may be held by Institutions. At the present time we have over 1000 institutional members of the active-mem- bership rank and about 500 institutional members of the associate-membership rank. This year under the general lead of O. M. Plummer, a member of the Board of Education of Portland and President of the Department of School Administra- tion, a special effort is being made to secure institutional memberships thru the entire country. The “Proceedings” of the Association are lookt upon by educators as being the most valuable annual reports available. It is due to this fact that practically all Departments of Education in colleges, universities and normal schools have taken out active institutional memberships with-the idea of securing all the publications of the Association so they could be used by the classes in such institutions. It is believed that Boards of Education thruout the country could render no better service to their respective constituencies than by annually enroling each school in the system as an institutional member and thus offering to the teachers in every school the latest and best educational discussions avail- able. Teachers are continually changing but if the membership were taken out by the Board, the reports would remain and would shortly form the nucleus of a good library. The proceedings have a greater practical value since the Associa- tion has begun to issue them in magazine form as well as in volume form. The following letter addrest to the Secretary under date of February 13 by P. P. Claxton, United States Commissioner of Education, commends the effort to increase our institutional membership list: “TI wish to assure you of my very hearty approval of your effort to obtain institutional mem- berships for the National Education Association. The value of this Association to the cause of education in the United States is incalculable, and every school, public or private of whatever grade, ought to be enroled as a member of it. I sincerely hope you may succeed in obtaining memberships at least from all universities, colleges, normal and technical schools, all public and private high schools, and all city-school systems.” An application blank will be found on the last page. APPLICATION FOR MEMBERSHIP Durand W. Springer Secretary, N. E. A. 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