CONSTITUTION OF THE NATIONAL EDUCATIONAL ASSOCIATION. PREAMBLE. To elevate the character and advance the interests of the profession of teaching, and to promote the cause of popular education in the United States, we whose names are subjoined, agree to adopt the following CONSTITUTION: [As Amended July 11, 1876.) ARTICLE I.-NAME. This Association shall be styled the National Educational Association. ARTICLE II.-DEPARTMENTS. 1. It shall consist of five Departments: the first, of School Superintendence; the second, of Normal Schools; the third, of Elementary Schools; and the fourth, of Higher Instruction, and the fifth of Industrial Education. 2. Other Departments may be organized in the manner prescribed in this Constitution. ARTICLE III.-MEMBERSHIP. ? 1. Any person in any way connected with the work of education shall be eligible to membership. Such person may become a member of this Association by paying two dollars and signing this Constitution; and he may continue a member by the payment of an annual fee of two dollars. On his neglect to pay such fee, his membership shall cease. ? 2. Each department may prescribe its own conditions of membership, provided that no person be admitted to such membership who is not a member of the general Association. ? 3. Any person eligible to membership may become a life-member by paying at once, twenty dollars. ARTICLE IV.-OFFICERS. ? 1. The officers of this Association shall be a President, twelve VicePresidents, a Secretary, a Treasurer, one Counsellor for each State, District, or Territory represented in the Association, and the officers charged with the administration of their respective departments. Any friend of education may become a life-director by the donation of one hundred dollars to the Association at one time, either by himself or on his behalf. 2. The President, Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer, Counsellors, Life-Directors, and presiding officers of their respective departments, shall constitute the Board of Directors, and, as such, shall have power to appoint such committees from their own number as they shall deem expedient. 23. The elective officers of the Association shall be chosen by ballot, unless otherwise ordered, on the second day of each annual session, a majority of the votes cast being necessary for a choice. They shall continue in office until the close of the annual session subsequent to their election, and until their successors are chosen. 24. Each department shall be administered by a President, Vice-President, Secretary, and such other officers as it shall deem necessary to conduct its affairs. ? 5. The President shall preside at all meetings of the Association and of the Board of Directors, and shall perform the duties usually devolving upon a presiding officer. In his absence, the First Vice-President in order who is present shall preside; and in the absence of all the VicePresidents, a pro-tempore Chairman shall be appointed on nomination, the Secretary putting the question. ? 6. The Secretary shall keep a full and accurate report of the proceedings of the general meetings of the Association and all meetings of the Board of Directors; and shall conduct such correspondence as the Directors may assign; and shall have his records present at all meetings of the Association and of the Board of Directors. The Secretary of each department shall, in addition to performing the duties usually pertaining to his office, keep a list of the members of his department. 27. The Treasurer shall receive and hold in safe keeping all moneys paid to the Association, shall expend the same only upon the order of the Committee of Finance; shall keep an exact account of his receipts and expenditures, with vouchers for the latter, which accounts he shall render to the Board of Directors prior to each regular meeting of the Association, and shall also present an abstract thereof to the Association. He shall give bonds for the faithful discharge of his duties as may be required by the Board of Directors. ? 8. The Board of Directors shall have power to fill all vacancies in their own body; shall have in charge the general interests of the Association; shall make all necessary arrangements for its meetings; and shall do all in its power to make it a useful and honorable institution. Upon the written application of twenty members of the Association for permission to establish a new department, they may grant such permission. Such new department shall in all respects be entitled to the same rights and privileges as the others. The formation of such department shall in effect be a sufficient amendment to this Constitution for the insertion of its name in Article II., and the Secretary shall make the necessary alterations. ? 9. The Board of Directors shall appoint three trustees into whose hands shall be placed for safe keeping and investment, all funds which the Association may receive from the creation of life-directorships, or from donations, unless the donors shall specify other purposes for which they may be used. The income of such funds so invested shall be used exclusively in defraying the expense of publishing the annual volume of the Association, unless the donors shall specify otherwise. The Board of Directors shall require such trustees to give to the Association their joint bond in a sum equal to twice the amount of such trust fund as may be in their hands. ARTICLE V.-MEETINGS. ? 1. The annual meeting of the Association shall be held at such time and place as shall be determined by the Board of Directors. ? 2. Special meetings may be called by the President at the request of five Directors. ? 3. Any department of the Association may hold a special meeting at such time and place as by its own regulations it shall appoint. 4. The Board of Directors shall hold their regular meetings at the place, and not less than two hours before the assembling of the Association. ? 5. Special meetings may be held at such other times and places as the Board or the President shall determine. 26. Each new Board shall organize on the day of its election. At this first meeting a Committee on Publication shall be appointed, which shall consist of the Secretary of the Association for the previous year, and one member from each department. ARTICLE VI.-BY-LAWS. By-Laws not inconsistent with this Constitution may be adopted by a two-thirds vote of the Association. ARTICLE VII.-AMENDMENTS. This Constitution may be altered or amended at a regular meeting by the unanimous vote of the members present or by a two-thirds vote of the members present, provided that the alteration or amendment has been substantially proposed in writing at a previous regular meeting. BY-LAWS. 1. At each regular meeting of the Association there shall be appointed a Committee on Nominations; one on Honorary Members; and one on Resolutions. 2. The President, First Vice-President, and Secretary, shall constitute a Committee on Finance. 3. Each paying member of the Association shall be entitled to a copy of its proceedings. 4. No paper, lecture, or address, shall be read before the Association or any of its departments, in the absence of its author, nor shall any such paper, lecture, or address, be published in the volume of proceedings without the consent of the Association in each case. MEMBERSHIP OF THE NATIONAL EDUCATIONAL ASSOCIATION. LIST OF LIFE-DIRECTORS. BALTIMORE, 1876. Phelps, W: F., Winona, Minn., White, S. H., Peoria, Ill. LOUISVILLE, 1877. Marshall, T. Marcellus, Glenville, W. Va. LIST OF LIFE-MEMBERS. [Addresses have been changed from last year only in cases in which the change comes under the positive knowledge of the Secretary.] Arey, Oliver, Cleveland, Ohio, Williams, Mrs. Delia A., Delaware, O., Heywood, C. W., Chester X Roads,O.,Tourjee, Eben, Boston, Mass., Wilcox, M. C., Boston, Mass., Jones, D. W., Boston (Higl's), Mass., White, E. E., Lafayette, Ind. *Deceased. ST. LOUIS, 1871. Anderson, John J., New York, N. Y., Box 1619. BOSTON, 1872. Stone, E. M., Providence, R. I. ELMIRA, 1873. Haines,* Miss Henrietta B., 10 Gramercy Park, N. Y. BALTIMORE, 1876. Armstrong, Allen, Sioux City, Iowa, Marshall, T. M., Glenville, W. Va., LOUISVILLE, 1877. Bartholomew, W. H., Louisville, Ky., Kalfus, Miss Anna I., Louisville, Ky., Burleson, R. C., Waco, Texas, Fish, J. M., Little Rock, Ark., Franklin, M. B., Grapevine, Texas, Mills,* Caleb, Crawfordsville, Ind., Harley, J. M., Tishomingo, Ind. Ter., Soldan, Louis, St. Louis, Mo. PHILADELPHIA, 1879. Calkins, Norman A., New York, N.Y. M'Millan, Reuben, Youngstown, O., Foster, Miss Rachel Gordon, No. Paxson, Joseph A., Philadelphia, Pa., 1909 N. 12th St., Philadelphia, Pa., Sheldon, Wm. E., Boston, Mass., Kraus John, New York, N. Y., Shippen, Edward, Philadelphia, Pa. The names printed in Italics are of persons who had previously become life-members when the fee was $10, but who chose to pay $10 more and become life-members under the new fee of $20. Several persons who gave their names for life-memberships at Baltimore and Louisville have failed to pay the membership fee. Notice is now given that if the fees be not received before the publication of the next proceedings the names will be dropped in accordance with the unanimous sentiment of the Board of Directors. (See proceedings of the Board of Directors.) *Deceased. |