Suzzallo, Henry. The Rise of Local School Supervision in Massachusetts (the School Committee, 1635-1827). New York, Teachers College, Columbia University, 1906, 154 pp., 8vo. ("Teachers College, Columbia University, Contributions to Education," Vol. I, No. 3.) Tarbell, H. S. "City School Supervision," Educational Review, III, 65-69, January, 1892. Thwing, Charles F. "A New Profession," Educational Review, XV, 26–33, January, 1898. Tucker, Milo A. "School Supervision by the School Board," Education, XXIII, 419-30, March, 1903. Warriner, E. C. "Unity Gained from School Supervision," National Education Association, Journal of Proceedings and Addresses, 1911, pp. 311-16. Discussion, pp. 316-18. CONSTITUTION OF THE NATIONAL SOCIETY FOR THE STUDY OF EDUCATION (Revision Adopted in Chicago, February, 1909) ARTICLE I Name. The name of this Society shall be "National Society for the Study of Education." ARTICLE II Object.-Its purposes are to carry on the investigation and to promote the discussion of educational problems. ARTICLE III Membership.-SECTION 1. There shall be three classes of membersactive, associate, and honorary. SEC. 2. Any person who is desirous of promoting the purposes of this Society is eligible to active membership and shall become a member on approval of the Executive Committee. SEC. 3. Active members shall be entitled to hold office, to vote, and to participate in discussion. SEC. 4. Associate members shall receive the publications of the Society, and may attend its meetings, but shall not be entitled to hold office, or to vote, or to take part in discussion. SEC. 5. Honorary members shall be entitled to all the privileges of active members, with the exception of voting and holding office, and shall be exempt from the payment of dues. A person may be elected to honorary membership by vote of the Society on nomination by the Executive Committee. SEC. 6. The names of the active and honorary members shall be printed in the Yearbook. SEC. 7. The annual dues for active members shall be $2.00 and for associate members $1.00. ARTICLE IV Officers and Committees.-SECTION 1. The officers of this Society shall be a president, a vice-president, a secretary-treasurer, an Executive Committee, and a Board of Trustees. SEC. 2. The Executive Committee shall consist of the president and four other members of the Society. SEC. 3. The president, vice-president, and secretary-treasurer shall serve for a term of one year. The other members of the Executive Committee shall serve for four years, one to be elected by the Society each year. SEC. 4. The Executive Committee shall have general charge of the work of the Society, shall appoint the secretary-treasurer, and may, at its discretion, appoint an editor of the Yearbook. SEC. 5. A Board of Trustees consisting of three members shall be elected by the Society for a term of three years, one to be elected each year. The Board of Trustees shall be the custodian of the property of the Society, shall have power to make contracts, and shall audit all accounts of the Society, and make an annual financial report. SEC. 6. The method of electing officers shall be determined by the Society. ARTICLE V Publications.-The Society shall publish The Yearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education and such supplements as the Executive Committee may provide for. ARTICLE VI Meetings.-The Society shall hold its annual meetings at the time and place of the Department of Superintendence of the National Education Association. Other meetings may be held when authorized by the Society or by the Executive Committee. ARTICLE VII Amendments. This constitution may be amended at any annual meeting by a vote of two-thirds of voting members present. MINUTES OF THE ST. LOUIS MEETING OF THE NATIONAL SOCIETY FOR THE STUDY OF EDUCATION (Held in the Convention Hall of the Planters Hotel, St. Louis, Mo.) ANNUAL MEETING OF THE SOCIETY, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1912, AT 8:00 P.M MEETING OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1912, AT 2:00 P.M. President W. C. Bagley in the Chair S. Chester Parker, Secretary At the beginning of the Monday evening meeting, the President appointed the following Nominating Committee: Superintendent A. S. Cooke, Baltimore County, Maryland; Professor J. N. Deahl, of the University of West Virginia; Professor L. D. Coffman, of the State Normal School, Charleston, Illinois; President Charles McKenny, of the Milwaukee Normal School; Professor F. E. Thompson, of the University of Colorado. Later in the evening the Nominating Committee presented the following report which was adopted: For President, Superintendent James H. Van Sickle, of Springfield, Mass. For Vice-President, Professor Edward F. Buchner, of Johns Hopkins University. For member of the Executive Committee, Professor William C. Bagley, of the University of Illinois. For member of the Board of Trustees, President David Felmley, of the Illinois State Normal University. The meeting was devoted largely to a discussion of the 1912 Yearbooks which treated of the following topics: Part I, "Industrial Education, Typical Experiments Described and Interpreted." Part II, "Agricultural Education in Secondary Schools." President Bagley opened the discussion by giving a brief statement of the main points in the Yearbooks. The discussion was continued by the following persons: Professor C. H. Judd, of the University of Chicago; Superintendent R. J. Condon, Providence, R.I.; W. T. Bawden, editor of the Journal of Vocational Education; R. P. Halleck, principal of the Boys' High School, Louisville, Kentucky; David Snedden, Commissioner of Education of Massa chusetts; State Superintendent C. P. Carey, of Wisconsin; R. E. Hieronymous, secretary of the Education Commission of Illinois; Dick Crosby, of the U.S. Department of Agriculture; Professor M. E. Marsh, of Berea, Kentucky. At a meeting of the Executive Commiteee on Tuesday, at 2:00 P.M., it was decided to devote the 1913 Yearbooks to a discussion of School Supervision, possibly devoting one Yearbook to City Supervision, and the other to Rural Supervision. WILLIAM C. BAGLEY, President |