UL 19 1924 navel VAL LOU; u sL LIBRA WAY. UR Mice. MAY, 1924 Poe ae eT, The JOURNAL of the NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION “T| Our National Association—IJts Representative Assembly The Case Against Silent Reading Washington: Significant Memorials With Our War Department The City of Columns World Goodwill Day Solving the Moving Picture Pintias Vocational Guidance for Prospective Teachers School Athletics A Project for Seniors Editorial Fresh from the A ene Possibilities of Radio 4 Vy Recent Educational Trends in Brazil r Of mw Do We Need a World Language? is A Education and the Metric Advance seal RYZ Ihe Teachers’ Registration Council Mr. Let’s Think of the Child Cali- Guide to Books New wal S (f. 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The abundant pictures? that accounts for the tremendous success of HILL’S COMMUNITY LIFE KNOWLTON’S AND CIVIC PROBLEMS First Lessons In GEOGRAPHY Now used in over two thousand places, in- cluding New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, § The simplest of all basal texts Detroit, Cleveland, Boston, Baltimore, Los | Angeles, San Francisco, Buffalo, Cincinnati, Minneapolis, and Kansas City. comprehensive, of all simple texts 4 The most basal, because the most ss 9 The most beautifully illustrated text Ginn and Company Boston New York Chicago London New York Atlanta Atlanta Dallas Columbus San Francisco Boston THE MACMILLAN COMPANY Dallas icago San Francisco WINSTON so easy and yet so sound HUMAN GEOGRAPHY BOOK I. Peoples and Countries BOOK II. Regions and Trade DR. J. RUSSELL In Human Geography man is the central theme. From man the study radiates. SMITH, Prof f . ‘ ‘ Pe ° i ieieatai ptm ay The first book deals with peoples and countries, and includes an introduction to Columbia University, the earth as a whole. It goes over the world once, and builds a framework of authorofHumanGeog- place geography based on political divisions, together with a few clear concepts of raphy,isunusualamong = ow people live in the different countries of the world. Interest is the key-note. scientificmen. He has the ability to keep sci- The second book deals with natural regions. A natural region being a portion co menage - of the earth’s surface in which the people living on it use the same natural resources sent a new point of Nd physical factors to supply their needs—and to provide commodities for trade, view in asimple, lively such as the Cotton Belt, Corn Belt and Wheat Region. This is the first text with and interesting way. truly regional treatment. No other geography has shown such power of People are the most interesting things in the world. These books, more than any literary adaptation. other geographic texts, tell of human action, of the world as the home of man. Nothing has been spared in making these books the x Attractive literature describing and illustrating this most modern in all respects ever published. series in detail will be sent upon request. oe eee COS FOR TEXTBOOKS J SS —————— 0 May, 1924 Our National Association EMOCRACY in education has many phases. ernments Democratic gov- recognize education as the foundation of their very existence. Wise teachers so organize the work of children that each has a personal in- terest in the gov- ernment and good name of the school. They so handle many of the topics of the curriculum that children come to appreciate the responsibilities and opportunities of life in democratically organized localities, States, and na- tions. The school system as a whole, if it is well man- aged, is rich in the spirit of mutual helpfulness that makes for democ- racy. More recently there has been in- creasing “i emphasis on the democratic element in profes- sional country. organiza- In the early days of the Na- tional Education Association both teachers and administrators were prac- tically untrained. All were poorly paid, and it was chiefly the more for- tunate administrative workers who were able to gather at the historic early meet- ings. That condition has been changed only as teachers have become better trained, better paid, and more able and eager to share in the work of profes- sional organization. For example, in 1917 fewer than ten thousand educa- tional workers had become active mem- bers of the National Education Associa- tion. There were at that time over 600,000 teachers in the United States. Naturally an organization that enrolled tion. Tf FAD QUARTERS for the pen the stadium to the right of it. Virginia hills beyond. Its Representative Assembly only one educational worker out of every sixty would be composed largely of ad- ministrators and_ representatives of teacher-training institutions. Even then, leaven of however, the democracy was at work. Forward-look- ing administrators felt the need of better training, more adequate salaries, and more active professional life for teach- ers. Teachers who had begun to par- ticipate in professional organization came to realize the tremendous advantage to themselves and to the cause of education from such sharing of responsibility for the common problems of the profession. When the movement looking toward the reorganization of the National Edu- cation Association on a more democratic basis started, two elements had come to dominate its meetings. First, adminis- trative workers and better-paid teachers [153] ciation’s great summer meetings will be in this notable building—the Central High School of Washington, D. C., and This is one of the outstanding school plants of the The stadium is an admirable place for open air evening meetings in the mild summer climate of Washington. used by the Representative Assembly. be in other parts of the building. There is a large auditorium which will be Registration and commercial exhibits will The hill on which this plant is located gives a commanding view of the Capitol, the White House, the Potomac River, and the Can you afford not to be in Washington June 29 to July 4? who were able to travel some distance and, second, a preponderance of teachers in the locality where the meetings were held who took out membership in order that they might attend the programs and participate in busi- ness sessions. In the year 1915, at the Oak- land meeting, a committee on or- ganization was au thorized by the active members to work out a which would pro- vide a plan democratic and representative basis for the man- agement of the As- affairs. The final report of sociation’s this committee was presented at the Milwaukee meet- ing in 1919, but it was discovered at a late moment that its proposals could oe | not be embodied in the By-laws Association’s without changes in the charter granted by Con- gressin 1906.