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The Meeting of the Educational Department of the General Conference

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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Washington, D. C. · Sep 21, 1905

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 82, No. 38.

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The Meeting of the Educational Department of the General Conference

By Frederick Griggs; C. C. Lewis

THIS meeting was held at Takoma Park, at 3 P. M., May 30, 1905, and was attended by F. Griggs, W. W. Prescott, W. C. White, M. E. Cady, L. A. Hoopes, C. B. Hughes, M. E. Kern, C. C. Lewis, B. E. Huffman, L. Flora Plummer, Fannie Dickerson, and others interested in the educational work.
Prayer was offered by C. C. Lewis. W. W. Prescott explained that the General Conference had appointed Frederick Griggs as chairman of the department, with the expectation that the chairman would be the leading officer of the department, instead of the secretary as last year, and that the General Conference Committee desired the department to make suggestions as to who should be secretary. The name of C. C. Lewis was suggested.
W. C. White laid before the department a plan to promote the publication of text-books. In harmony with his suggestions and with a resolution passed by the General Conference, it was moved that a text-book committee of nine members be appointed, and that this committee also study the question of finance and publication, and suggest to the department and to the General Conference such plans as it may formulate. A motion to this effect offered by M. E. Kern, and seconded by C. B. Hughes, was unanimously carried.
The following committees were appointed during the meeting:—
On Text-Books: C. C. Lewis, College View, Neb., Chairman; M. E. Kern, College View, Neb., Secretary; M. E. Cady, College Place, Wash.; B. E. Huffman, College View, Neb.; Miss Sarah E. Peck, Sanitarium, Cal.; Miss Fannie M. Dickerson, 222 North Capitol St., Washington, D. C.; Mrs. Sarah J. Hall, South Lancaster, Mass.; Mrs. N. H. Druillard, Madison, Tenn.; Mrs. Flora H. Williams, Industrial Academy, Battle Creek, Mich.
On Courses of Study: Frederick Griggs, South Lancaster, Mass., Chairman; B. G. Wilkinson, Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C., Secretary; W. E. Howell, College Place, Wash.; J. E. Tenney, Graysville, Tenn.; Miss Mary Kinneburg, College View, Neb.; C. B. Hughes, Keene, Tex.; J. G. Lamson, Holly, Mich.; B. E. Huffman, College View, Neb.; Laura I. Tarbell, Rock Hall, Md.
On Blanks and Reports: E. S. Ballenger, National City, Cal., Chairman; B. E. Huffman, Frederick Griggs, E. A. Sutherland, Madison, Tenn.; J. S. Osborne, Modesto, Cal.
On School Manual: Frederick Griggs, Chairman; Mrs. L. Flora Plummer, 1787 Lowell St., N. W., Washington, D. C., Secretary; E. A. Sutherland, M. E. Cady, C. C. Lewis.
On Manual Training: C. B. Hughes, Keene, Tex., Chairman; Floyd Bralliar, Stuart, Iowa; H. A. Washburn, Graysville, Tenn.; J. H. Haughey, Berrien Springs, Mich.; J. W. Lawhead, Takoma Park, Washington, D. C.; W. E. Howell; Mrs. Mina Mann, Hanford, Cal.
It was ordered that the chairman of the Department of Education, in consultation with the chairman of the respective committees, be empowered to make such changes in the foregoing committees as will make them, if possible, more fully representative.
Recommended, That teachers and others interested in educational work in union conferences outside of the United States, organize departments of education in their respective fields to conduct educational work as their needs may demand, co-operating with the Educational Department of the General Conference.
Voted, That an educational convention of about ten days’ duration be held as early as possible in June after the close of the schools next year.
Recommended, That delegates to this convention consist of the heads of colleges, academies, and intermediate schools, also State and union conference educational superintendents, and the members of the Educational Department of the General Conference.
Voted, That the chairman and the secretary of the department be a committee on program for the convention.
Voted, That the chairman of the department be invited to attend as many union conference institutes the present summer as possible.
Voted, That the chairman and the secretary of the department, with a third member to be appointed by themselves, be a committee on literature for an educational campaign.
Voted, That the superintendents of the State and union conference educational departments be requested to furnish to the chairman of the department interesting items for the Educational Department of the REVIEW AND HERALD.
Adjourned sine die.
FREDERICK GRIGGS, Chairman, C. C. LEWIS, Secretary pro tem.