OF THE UNITED STATES Addresses and Proceedings OF THE SIXTY-SECOND ANNUAL MEETING HELD AT WASHINGTON, D. C. JUNE 29-JULY 4, 1924 VOLUME 62 1924 Published by the National Education Association 1201 Sixteenth Street N. W. Washington, D. C. MEMBERSHIP FEES AND PUBLICATIONS OF THE NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION The National Education Association has three classes of membership: 1. The $2 membership entitles one to all the privileges of membership and to receive The Journal of the National Education Association for one year. (10 issues.) 2. The $5 membership entitles one to all the privileges of membership and to receive for one year: (a) The Journal of the National Education Association; (b) The annual volume of Addresses and Proceedings; (c) The Research Bulletin; (d) Occasional bulletins and reports. 3. The $100 life membership, which entitles one to the publications and privileges of the $5 membership for life. MEMBERSHIP FEES AND PUBLICATIONS OF DEPARTMENTS OF THE NATIONAL Several departments of the National Education Association have separate membership fees and issue departmental publications. One must be a member of the National Education Association before he can become a member of any department of the Association. The payment of one of the membership fees of the National Education Association does not include membership in any department having membership fee. The membership of the departments which issue publications follow: 1. The Department of Superintendence-$5 membership entitles one to receive for one year: (a) The Yearbook of the Department of Superintendence; (b) The Official Report of the Winter Meeting; and (c) bulletins. 2. The Department of Elementary School Principals-$2 membership entitles one to receive for one year: (a) The Yearbook of the Department of Elementary School Principals; (b) The Bulletin of the Department of Elementary School Principals issued in October, January, and April. This volume of Addresses and Proceedings is sent to all members of the National Education Association paying an annual fee of $5, or it may be purchased by non-members for $3. A space schedule for the departments was adopted by the Executive Committee in Cleveland, February, 1923. In accordance with this plan of space allotment the officers of the departments have cooperated in deciding the selection of material for their respective departments. Membership fees of the National Education Association and its departments and inquiries concerning all publications should be sent to 1201 Sixteenth Street Northwest, Washington, D. C. Foreword Since 1857 the National Education Association has been an integrating force in American education. In the early days it brought together fewer than a hundred leaders, pioneers struggling to lay the foundation for universal free education. It now brings together many thousands of educational workers, representing various branches of the profession. The summer convention of 1924 was held amid the historic shrines of the Nation's Capital, and brought significant messages dealing with moral education, patriotism, and preparation for citizenship. Everyone who attended felt the inspiration of the occasion. Its spirit is preserved in the record in this volume. The Association does much of its work through committees and departments. More than one hundred pages are devoted to the reports of committees and over half the volume to the departments. The Department of Visual Education, recently established, appears for the first time. For each department there has been added a brief historical note giving important facts relating to its establishment and growth. Attention is especially called to the more or less complete list of the Association's publications, from 1857 to date, which appears on page 1041, and to the list of educational books of 1923, which begins on page 1061. Sincere thanks are extended to all speakers on convention programs and chairmen of committees who have generously coöperated in furnishing the material contained herein. This book is Volume Sixty-two in an eight-foot shelf of educational literature that is unexcelled. Its pages report present-day educational needs and theories, cover the principal problems of organization and administration, contain valuable material on special phases of applied education, and preserve for the historian the educational programs and policies of today. They reflect, moreover, the inspiring devotion of a large band of men and women to the public school. Their words of understanding suggest that the love of education and not the love of money or power is the cornerstone of American civilization. JOY ELMER MORGAN, Director of the Division of Publications. |