BY-LAWS. 1. Each active member of the council shall pay annually two dollars, to defray the expenses of the council. 2. The secretary shall act as treasurer of the council. The National Teachers' and the National Educational Association. ORGANIZATION, MEETINGS, AND OFFICERS. [The National Teachers' Association was organized at Philadelphia, Pa., 1857. James L. Enos, of Iowa, was chosen chairman, and William E. Sheldon, of Massachusetts, secretary.] a International Congress of Education at Chicago in 1893, W. T. Harris, United States Commissioner of Education, chairman of committee of National Educational Association, in general charge; Dr. James B. Angell, presiding chairman. Membership. The following table gives by States the number of members registered at each annual meeting from 1884 to 1894, inclusive: A CLASSIFIED LIST OF THE PRINCIPAL SUBJECTS CONSIDERED IN THE VOLUMES OF PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL EDUCATIONAL ASSOCIATION, FROM 1870 TO 1893, INCLUSIVE.1 This classified list gives the topics upon which papers have been read before the association, the name of the author, and the volume, or year, in which the paper may be found. Prior to 1870 there were three national associations in the United States considering educational work, each independent of the others-The National Teachers' Association, organized in 1857; The American Normal Association, and The National Superintendents' Association. At the joint annual meetings in August, 1870, these associations united, forming The National Educational Association of the United States, with departments for the consideration of distinct phases of educational work. The joint publication of the proceedings of these associations began with the volume for 1870. It is now hardly possible to find copies of the proceedings of either of these associations prior to that date. They were generally issued in pamphlet form, and seldom contained all the papers read at the meetings. Beginning with 1870, each volume is bound in cloth. The volumes for 1870 and 1872 are now out of print. A limited number of copies remain for the years 1871, 1882, 1883. The volume for 1893 contains the proceedings of the International Congress of Education. GENERAL CLASSIFICATION OF SUBJECTS. 1. American Public Education. 2. Business Education. 3. City Schools--Graded. 4. Country Schools-Ungraded. 5. Compulsory Education. 6. Culture in Schools. 7. Current Criticism of Public Schools. 8. Denominational and Other Private Schools. 9. Drawing and Industrial Education-Art Education. 10. Education in Particular Sections of Our Coun try. 11. Education in Foreign Countries. 12. Education and Crime. 13. Educational Exhibits and Conventions. 16. Elementary Schools-Primary Instruction. 19. Manual Training-Technical Education. 20. Methods in Education-Philosophy of, etc. 21. Moral Education. 22. Music in Public Schools. 23. Natural History-Physical Sciences, etc. 24. National Aid to Education. 25. National Educational Association. 26. Normal Schools and the Training of Teachers. 27. Pedagogics, Psychology, etc. 28. Physical education. 29. Race Education. 30. Round Table Conferences. 31. School Attendance. 32. School Discipline. 36. School Instruction-Subjects, etc. 38. Spelling Reform. 39. Teacher-Examination of, etc. 41. Woman's Work in Education. 1 This list, as well as the author list following, was originally prepared for the Bureau of Education by Zalmon Richards, of Washington, D. C., and has already been published in pamphlet form in connection with the historical sketch of the National Educational Association which forms the opening section of this chapter. The two lists have been revised by the Bureau so as to include the 1892 and 1893 volumes of addresses and proceedings. CLASSIFIED LIST OF SUBJECTS. I.--AMERICAN PUBLIC EDUCATION. ITS THEORY, OBJECTS, AND SYSTEM. 1870.' Theory of American Education. W. T. HARRIS, Mo. 1870. The Relation of the National Government to Public Education. Hon. JOHN EATON, Washing. ton, D. C. 1870. Claims of English Grammar in Common Schools. J. H. BLODGETT, 111. 1870. Free Common Schools: What they can do for the State. Hon. F. A. SAWYER. 1871. How far may the State Provide for the Education of her Children at Public Cost. Hon. NEWTON BATEMAN, Illinois. 1871. Superior Education as Related to Universal Education. Gen. JOHN EATON. 1873. What should be the Leading Object of American Free Schools? H. F. HARRINGTON, New Bedford, Mass. 1876. Demands of the Coming Century on the American Common School. A.D. MAYO, Mass. 1879. The Neighborhood, as a Starting-Point in Education. Rev. ROBERT E. THOMPSON. 1879. The New Teacher in New America. A. D. MAYO. 1880. The Unattainable in Public School Education. A. P. MARBLE, Worcester, Mass. 1881. The Leading Characteristics of American Systems of Public Education. J. P. WICKERSHAM, Penn. 1881. Lines of Advance. C. C. ROUNDS, Plymouth, N. H. 1881. Education and the Building of the State. Gen. JOHN EATON, Washington, D. C. 1881. Some Essentials in the Development of a School System. D. F. DE WOLF, Ohio. 1881. The Century and the School. F. LOUIS SOLDAN, St. Louis.. 1882. The State and School; the Foundation Principle of Education by the State. Georgia. 1883. The Educational Lessons of the Census. WM. T. HARRIS. 1884. Needs in American Education. Mrs. EVA. D. KELLOGG. 1884. Citizenship and Education. J. L. M. CURRY, Richmond, Va. 1884. Civic Education. WM. W. FOLWELL, Minneapolis, Minn. 1885. Adjustment of Modes of Instruction. F. LOUIS SOLDAN. 1885. Civil Service Reform and the Public Schools. H. RANDALL WAITE, 1885. The Ideal Schoolmaster. T. J. MORGAN, R. I. SAMUEL BARNET, 1886. What shall Education do for the Future of the Country? President's Address. N. A. CALKINS, N. Y. 1887. Educational Influences and Results of the Ordinance of 1887. Its Adoption. Opening Address by the President. W. E. SHELDON, Mass. History of the Ordinance. ISRAEL W. ANDREWS, Marietta, Ohio. Lessons Taught by the Ordinance in regard to the future Educational Policy of our Government. J. L. PICKARD, Iowa. The Educational Influence and Results. B. A. HINSDALE, Ohio. The Influence of its Operations. Thos. A. BANNING, Chicago, Ill. 1887. Council Report. The function of the Public School. C. M. WOODWARD, St. Louis, Mo.; W. H. PAYNE; W. T. HARRIS; F. L. SOLDAN. 1887. How to Spread Information concerning the True Purposes and Methods of School Education. HENRY SABIN, Iowa. 1887. How to Teach Parents to Discriminate between good and bad Teaching. Mrs. ELLA F. YOUNG, Ill. 1887. How to Awaken an Interest and create a Demand for Professionally Trained and good Teachers. W. W. PARSONS, Ind. 1888. The function of the State in Relation to School Books and Appliances. JOHN SWETT, Cal. 1888. The Best Discipline to Prepare Law-Abiding Citizens. DUNCAN BROWN, Kansas. 1888. The Culture most Valuable for Educating Law-Abiding and Law-Respecting Citizens. JOSEPH BALDWIN, Texas. 1888. The Culture most Valuable to Prepare Law Abiding and Law Respecting Citizens. GEORge H. ATKINSON, Oregon. 1888. The Discipline most Valuable as a means of Preparing Law-Abiding and Law-Reverencing Citizens. B. F. TWEED, Cambridge, Mass. 1888. What the Public Schools should Teach the American Laborer. GEO. H. HoWISON, California. 1889. The Legal Status of the Public Schools. A. S. DRAPER, New York. 1889. Education and the Public. A. S. COLYAR, Nashville, Tenn. The dates indicate volumes. |