just thing is not done a deadly wound is inflicted which cannot be cured by a sermon or by a picture of the Sistine Madonna." Referring to the plan of art instruction outlined in the "Republic" of Plato, the speaker urged the importance of the task of selecting works of art to be placed at the disposition of the child. "Cast out the second rate and the commonplace; burn up all the pictures that are not eternally good. * ** The same thing holds true of all the arts. In singing, for example, when we sing second rate music we are filling our minds with something that takes the place of the best."

The Wednesday morning session opened with music by a chorus of children from School No. 27. The principal address of this session was made by Miss Mary S. Snow, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, N. Y., on "Household Economics in the Course of Study." Miss Snow dwelt upon the insecurity of the place which this work has in the public schools as yet, and urged upon all interested the necessity of organizing and conducting the work so as to establish it upon a firmer basis in the curriculum. The opinion erroneously held by some that the domestic science work is largely empirical and of little disciplinary value was ably refuted.

Reports of progress in the work to date were presented by the chairmen of two committees: Miss E. E. Langley, School of Education, Chicago, for the committee on "Handicrafts in the Public Schools"; and John S. Ankeny, Jr., University of Missouri, for the committee on "Art Work in the Universities."

At the afternoon session Frederick L. Burnham, State Agent for the Promotion of the Manual Arts, Massachusetts, spoke on "The Need of the Power to Visualize in the Manual Arts," illustrating his remarks by blackboard sketches. "I believe that the majority of people can so clearly understand this subject of drawing that they will be able to do in a way work similar to that which they do along other lines. They are not all orators who learn to read. All people who can add and subtract are not wonderful mathematicians, but they can use this knowledge daily in their work."

Wednesday evening was very pleasantly spent at the John Herron Art Institute, where the members of the Association were received by the Art Institute and the Commercial Club. An exhibit of canvases by several prominent Indiana artists had been arranged for the occasion.

One especially enjoyable event that occurred on Wednesday was the dinner given to the officers of the Association and a few invited guests, twenty-four in all, by sixteen negro boys from the cooking classes of the McCoy School. The table was spread in one of the long corridors of the building, which was made quite attractive with rugs and decorative plants. The supper was planned and served by the boys under the direction of Miss Elizabeth Rinehart. During the serving of the supper the guests were entertained by a chorus of 7th and 8th grade pupils from the school, directed by Mrs. Lillian Brown, who gave a number of negro melodies and folk-songs. The officers of the Association were so much pleased with the singing that by special request the chorus appeared as an extra number on Thursday's program.

The Thursday morning session was devoted to a series of four round table discussions. The general topic of the first was: "The Relation of Art and Manual Training in the Elementary Schools." The leaders in the discussion were

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Fred C. Whitcomb, Miami University, Oxford, O.; George W. Eggers, Chicago Normal School; Mary Alice Wright, Bloomington, Ind.; and Milton J. Clauson, Denver, Colo. It seemed to be generally agreed that in the elementary school there should be one central line of work with an art side and a construction side, although there were those present who contended for two distinct subjects.

Another group discussed "The Course of Study in High School Art." The leaders were Edwin J. Lake, University of Illinois; William H. Varnum, James Millikin University, Decatur, Ill.; Antoinette P. Taylor, Yeatman High School, St. Louis. Attention was directed to ready-mixed colors and harmonies that can be used thoughtlessly, drawing slates, the working over of ready-made designs and other "royal roads that end in vanity." One speaker made a plea for the establishment of a show room where the work of advanced and capable students could be not only exhibited but offered for sale.

Probably the most enthusiastic group was the one that assembled to discuss "The Place of Domestic Economy in the Public Schools." The leaders in the discussion were Elizabeth Rinehart, Indianapolis, and Mary S. Snow, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, N. Y. The far-reaching influence of domestic science work and the importance of conducting the work on a thoroughly practical and economic basis were among the points brought out.

The fourth group considered "Manual Training in the High Schools." The leaders in discussion were James F. Barker, Technical High School, Cleveland; E. G. Allen, M. T. H. S., Indianapolis; and E. P. Chapin, M. T. H. S., Louisville, Ky.

In the afternoon Walter S. Perry, Director of Fine Arts, Pratt Institute, spoke on "The Exhibits." He suggested the advantages of series of exhibits made up in such a way as to set forth the courses of work being taught. He expressed the belief that some schools were being carried away by fads and that many teachers were teaching things because they saw them in exhibitions or because others were teaching them or simply because they were the latest things. He was of the opinion that many teachers are trying to do too much, at the expense of accuracy and thoroughness. "Let us stick to the fundamentals and a few things and do those things well."

At the close of this address a schedule of arrangements was announced according to which exhibitors were present to explain their exhibits at certain times during the remainder of the afternoon. The exhibits were very conveniently arranged in the three buildings of the high school, practically all under one roof. In most cases each city or school system had its exhibit in a room by itself. Visitors were supplied with copies of a diagram showing the floor plans of the building with numbering of the rooms and a list of exhibitors.

An innovation that seemed to please all concerned was an arrangement worked out by the Exhibit Committee and the Editorial Board in co-operation providing convenient space for commercial exhibits.

Thursday evening an illustrated address was delivered by Arthur W, Dow, Teachers College, New York, on "The Teaching of Art to Children." With the aid of a number of slides he showed how art slowly but surely influences a people and how the artistic sense is developed. He took occasion to criticize the ten

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dency to accept art work because it is Japanese or German or French, and showed that there is much poor work among the examples we are asked to accept.

On Friday morning President William O. Thompson, Ohio State University, spoke on "The Place of Manual Arts in the School." The following extracts may give some idea of this address: "There is always danger that a person may use so many tools for so brief a time that he is really not proficient in the use of any of them. It was necessary for subjects like the Manual Arts to prove two or three things, namely, that they would not destroy existing means of education, that they would not overburden the pupil, and that they furnished a means of education that profitably supplanted existing courses of study. * There is no necessary conflict between what we may term There is a common fallacy concerning the desire to make mechanics out of our school children among people who feel and recognize that what these children need as children is not a trade but an inspiraiton. * From the standpoint of

the intellectual phases of education and the manual phase. *

the working man or mechanic it may be said that society is interested quite as much in his citizenship as in his efficiency as a mechanic."

The Committee on Traveling Manual Training Exhibits recommended a more extensive use of photographs for this purpose and gave specifications as to dimensions and mounting.

Probably the most significant and important event of the four days' meeting was the report of the Committee on College Entrance Credits. This Committee reported the action of the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools in making a credit allowance of ten units for high school work in the manual arts, as follows: Four units for shopwork, two units for mechanical drawing, two units for sewing and millinery, and two units for cooking. Reprints of the report, containing outlines of courses in these subjects, are to be published by the printing classes at the Hackley Manual Training School, Muskegon, Mich., and distrtibuted by the Editorial Board.

At the business meeting the reports of the various officers and committees showed the business affairs of the Association to be in excellent condition. The Committee on Place of Meeting unanimously recommended the selection of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, in view of the great interest shown all through that State in the work of the Association. But the handful of members present voted for St. Louis, rejecting the committee's report, and thus for the fourth consecutive time, Iowa's cordial invitation.

A proposition to hold another joint meeting with the Eastern Association in 1909 was voted down informally on the ground that once in five years is probably often enough for the combined meeting.

The report of the Nominating Committee was adopted and the following officers elected: President, Carl N. Werntz, Academy of Fine Arts, Chicago; vice-president, Mary M. Saams, St. Louis; secretary, James F. Barker, Technical High School, Cleveland; treasurer, Harry E. Wood, Indianapolis; auditor, George M. Brace, Duluth.

The meeting closed on Friday afternoon with an illustrated address on "Pictures for Children" by Mrs. Lucy Fitch Perkins, Chicago. The speaker