Massive Educators Meet in Boston for Nations Education Conference
Nearly 40,000 teachers from across the United States converge in Greater Boston for a landmark series of meetings. Delegates from North Dakota Minnesota Pennsylvania Texas and Margaret Canty among the leaders arrive as the Educational Association prepares to begin sessions. Trustees report good finances while a contentious bid for president centers on Ella Flagg Young with Mrs Young favored by most delegates. The convention opens with a monster mass meeting and numerous church and hall sessions to follow.
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United States
Boston
America
Clyde P. Travis
North Dakota
S. L. Heeten
Minnesota
Reed B. Feitrick
Pennsylvania
George H. Carpenter
Texas
Margaret Canty
Elementary Teachers’ Club
Boyden
South Walpole
Hlbridge P. Boyden
Dee
Cambridge
Mt. Auburn
Thomas W
Mary Galvin Dee
Sarah and
Patrick Dee
United States Navy
Brattle Street
Church of the Sacred Heart
John A. Andrew Post
G. A. R. Hennigan
Roxbury
Patrick W
John
Hannah Hennigan
Burke
Benton Street
St. Francis de Sales
Vernon Street
Ingraham
Norwood
G. Eldora Ingraham
Nahatan Street
Murphy
Watertown
Patrick J
Ellen Murphy
Arsenal Street
St. Patrick’s Church
North
Dorchester
Frederick C. North
Meeting House Hill Church
Stephens
South Boston
Marguerite
Joseph Stephens
Broadway
Woodlawn
Tracy
Jamaica Plain
Mary A. Tracy
Durgin
Chestnut Avenue
Sol
Blessed Sacrament Church
Largest Convention Held By the National Education Association in Boston 1903
The piece recalls Boston hosting the largest NEA convention in 1903 with about 36 000 visitors and describes improved registration and seating at Soldiers Field and the old Art Museum as headquarters A contrast with past conventions notes shorter waits for registration new ticket system for members and special seating shows Boston as a premier convention city details cover badge yellow green blue chorus pink tickets and security measures for injured delegates and traffic restrictions
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National Education Association
Boston
Walker
Boylston Street
United States
Soldiers Field
Religious Welcome for Visiting Teachers in City Churches
Visiting educators from across the country filled city churches yesterday as pastors arranged sermons and services to appeal to the delegates. Trinity Arlington Street and Old South churches drew large crowds near Copley Square where the week’s activities center, with visitors warmly welcomed by welcoming texts.
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Association
Boston
Trinity Church
Copley Square
Arlington Street Church
Old South Church
Wisdom and Faith Clash in Public School Reform
Rev. Dr. William Harman Van Allen of Church of the Advent denounces secular schooling in Boston. He argues Bible study and religious influence belong in education, condemns overemphasis on exams, linguistic breadth, and brain training, and calls for moral instruction, respect for elders, and better gender education to sustain democracy.
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Pub
Solomon
Church of the Advent
Brimmers Street
France
Europe
Boston
China
Japan
The Education Role of Religion in Public Schools
The Rev Reuben Kidner of Trinity Church argues education is inherently religious and inseparable from church history. He asserts public schools cannot and should not teach dogmatic theology, but their teachers’ religious character supports moral and spiritual growth and helps assimilate immigrants into American ideals.
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Reuben Kidner
Trinity Church
Missionary Christian Church
America
Taft Party to Enter Stadium by Special Entrance
President Taft and his party will depart from the President Lowell house at 3 o'clock and travel by automobile to a special entrance at the stadium. They will offload at the stadium's open end and walk the length of the football field to reach the seating area.
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Taft
Lowell
Delegates Profit From Boston Teachers Club Rivalry
Visiting delegates at the convention profit as Boston Teachers' Club and Elementary Teachers' Club entertain them. Milton Fairchild of Baltimore presented an illustrated talk on the Mori Teaching of Children at New Old South Church. The Professional Women's Club hosts a reception at Hotel Somerset. Nurses from Massachusetts General Hospital treat minor injuries and heat effects in the basement hospital.
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Elementary Teachers’ Club
Milton Fairchild
Baltimore
New Old South Church
Professional Women’s Club of
Boston
Hotel Somerset
Miss Blackwell
Miss MacFarland
Massachusetts General Hospital
Mabel Neal
Fitzgerald
Galesburg
Ill
Irwin Shepard
Association
Arthur Chamberlain
Edward A. Jones
State Committee On Common Schools of
Ohio
S. K. Mains
State Inspector of Schools
A. B. Ae
South Boston
Lenox
Brown
Religion Shaping Education At Arlington Church Conference
The Rev. Paul Frothingham of Arlington Street Church frames a Boston conference on education and religion. He notes Massachusetts roots of higher learning, Cambridge college founded to train ministers, and the Puritan aim to educate clergy with motto Veritas later joined by Christo et Ecclesiae to guide culture and learning.
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Paul
Revere Frothingham
Arlington Street
Jesus
Israel
Massachusetts
Cambridge
John Harvard
Tremont M E Church Sermon Calls Moral Education Rise
Reverend Henry L Wriston of Tremont Street M E Church preached on Genesis eighteen nineteen urging that Americas special privileges bind it to justice and righteousness. He argued education must build character, not just intellect, noting crime stems from bad wills more than illiteracy and stressing trained conscience alongside knowledge.
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Henry L. Wriston
D. D
Tremont Street Methodist Episcopal Church
America
National Education Association
The Great Power of the Teacher Is Personality
The Rev. Ernest Lyman Mills preaches on The fear of the Lord as the beginning of knowledge, stressing that a teacher’s inner life and personality dominate learning. He notes imitation governs a child’s education and that enduring impressions come from the educator’s character and example.
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Ernest Lyman Mills
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Brookline Church Urges Moral School Teachings
The Rev. O. P. Gifford at Brookline Baptist Church urged teachers to teach morals in schools. He called the public school the State trying to reproduce its life and outlined three aims: physical, mental, and moral development. He emphasized alcohol and tobacco effects, mental discipline, and moral instruction.
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O. P. Gifford
Brookline Baptist Church
Boston church sermon on civic patriotism and municipal conscience
The Rev. Allen E. Cross at Old South Church 1915 argues the church must act as a teacher from God to awaken civic conscience. He calls for a new patriotism that blends national loyalty with municipal devotion, urging churches to lead in shaping city governance and civic spirit.
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Allen E. Cross
Old South Church
Boston
Holy City
Jerusalem
Garrison
America
Frisco Eyes National Education Association Convention
It is probable the next National Education Association convention will be held in San Francisco. The selection will be decided by the board of directors after this convention adjourns, not by a general vote. San Francisco aims to entertain visitors and residents are ready to fund the meetings.
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National Education Association
San Francisco
Golden Gate
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