NATIONAL EDUCATIONAL ASSOCIATION, 1886. MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. FIRST MEETING. TOPEKA, KAN., July 13, 1886. The Board of Directors met at the Senate Chamber at 4 o'clock P. M., in accordance with the call of the Executive Committee as provided by the Constitution. President N. A. Calkins in the chair. Members present: Messrs. Calkins, Sheldon, Hewett, Stevenson, Boyden, Hagar, Gove, Sabin, Pickard, Brown, White, Goodnough, Richards, and Fairchild. The records of the last meeting were read by the Secretary and approved. The report of the Treasurer, N. A. Calkins, for 1885-86, was read by the Secretary. It showed the receipts, from all sources, to have been $1982.42, and the expenditures $1981.29, leaving a balance in the treasury of $1.13. On motion of Mr. Sheldon an Auditing Committee was chosen, consisting of Messrs. J. L. Pickard and Aaron Gove. A report was made by Mr. Pickard, in behalf of the Trustees of the Permanent Fund. It showed that the permanent Fund invested now amounts to $3300.00, loaned on first mortgage on real estate. The report was accepted and laid upon the table for consideration when the Board takes up the ques tion of organization under a, Charter. Mr. Calkins reported the action taken by a Committee chosen at Saratoga, last year, to secure a Charter. He reported that an act of incorporation had been secured at Washington, D. C., on February 24, 1886, subject to approval by the Association. The minutes of a meeting of the three incorporators-Messrs. Calkins, Eaton, and Richards, held in Washington, Feb. 24, 1886-were read by the Secretary, Zalmon Richards. Mr. Hewett moved to accept the report of the Committee made by Mr. Calkins, which was passed. E. E. White reported the changes in the Constitution that would be necessary to conform to the requirements of the Charter, and also, certain other alterations in the Constitution that seemed to be desirable. Mr. Pickard moved that E. E. White be Committee of one to present the changes in the Constitution to meet the requirements of the Charter and other amendments, as approved by the Board of Directors. This motion was carried. Mr. White moved that the President, Mr. Calkins, be requested to present to the Association the question of accepting a Charter, and the reasons for the change. Mr. Hagar moved and Mr. Gove seconded the motion that a committee of three be appointed by the Chair to report five names as members of the National Council of Education. Passed. The Chair named D. B. Hagar, Aaron Gove, and R. W. Stevenson, as this committee. The President stated some matters of interest to the Board of Directors in regard to the meeting of the Association in Topeka. On motion of Mr. Richards the Board adjourned to meet July 14, at 7.30 o'clock P. M., on the stage of the Grand Opera House. W. E. SHELDON, Secretary. BOARD OF DIRECTORS-SECOND MEETING. TOPEKA, KAN., July 14, 1886. The Board of Directors met at the Opera House, at 7.30 P. M. Members present, Calkins, Hagar, Sabine, Sheldon, Gove, Fairchild, Pickard, Richards, and Dreher. Mr. Hagar, chairman of Committee on New Members of the Council, made a report, and the Board of Directors proceeded to an election, with the following results: John Hancock, Ohio; F. Louis Soldan, Mo.; N. A. Calkins, N. Y.; J. Baldwin, Texas; James H. Canfield, Kansas. Mr. Hagar moved to adjourn, subject to the call of the President. Passed. W. E. SHELDON. Secretary. NEW BOARD OF DIRECTORS. TOPEKA, KANSAS, July 17, 1886. The new Board of Directors of the National Educational Association met in the Senate Chamber, East Wing of the State Capitol, at 8.15 A. M. The President elect, William E. Sheldon, in the chair. The roll was called by the Secretary, and the following persons responded: Messrs. Allen, Allyn, Anderson, Bacon, Bartholomew, Baldwin, Bell, Brown [L. D.], Brown [S. D.], Boyden, Calkins, Canfield, Clark, Councill, Dougherty, Dreher, Easton, Fairchild, Garrett, Gove, Greenwood, Hagar, Hardy, Hewett, Hogg, Hutchinson, James, Jewett, Johnson, Karns, Littlefield, McBride, Mowry, O'Conner, Perry, Purinton, Richards, Sabin, Sheldon, Taylor, Tillotson, White, Wise, and Young; and Mrs. Williams and Miss Holbrook. The President announced a quorum present. W. A. Bell moved that a committee of three be appointed to nominate and report a Board of Trustees. Carried. The President appointed Messrs. Bell, White, and Boyden as such committee. A petition, signed by Geo. A. Bacon and twenty-five others, asking for the formation of a Department of Secondary Education, was presented. It was moved that the petition be granted. Carried. The Committee appointed to Nominate Trustees reported as follows John Eaton, Washington, D. C., for one year; Zalmon Richards, Washington, D. C., for two years; Horace S. Tarbell, Providence, R. I., for three years; N. A. Calkins, 124 East 80th, New York, for four years. On motion the report was accepted and adopted. On motion the Board then received invitations for the next meeting of the Association. It was moved that each locality be given five minutes in which to present its claims. Carried. The following gentlemen then spoke in behalf of the localities indicated: J. Baldwin, Austin, Texas; Albert G. Lane, Chicago, Ill.; W. A. Bell, Grand Rapids, Mich.; W. R. Garrett, Nashville, Tenn.; Geo. T. Littlefield, Newport, R. I.; J. O'Conner, San Francisco, Cal. At this point a report was received from the General Meeting of the Association, stating that L. S. Cornell of Colorado, and J. M. Allen of Kentucky, had been made Councillors; that J. E. Manox of Dakota had been made a Councillor in the place of W. H. Bartholomew, who had been elected President of the Department of Elementary Instruction; and asking that W. S. Goodenough be allowed to represent the Art Department at this meeting of the Board. The gentlemen named took their seats in the Board. Chas. S. Young, San Francisco; Pres. Sheldon, Chautauqua and Saratoga; Alex. Hogg, Nashville; Jerome Allen, Niagara; F. R. Feitshans, and Allen Ovendorff, Springfield, Ill. E. E. White moved that the members of the Board of Directors shall now indicate by ballot their preference respecting the place of the next annual meeting of the Association, but that the final determining of the place of meeting be left to the President, Secretary, and Treasurer. It was moved that this motion be divided as shown by the two clauses, and that the sense of the Board be expressed by ballot. Carried. Messrs. Gove and Hardy were appointed Tellers. The first ballot was then taken as follows: San Francisco, 10; Springfield, 8; Nashville, 8; Chicago, 7; Newport, 2; Total, 34. It was moved to take a second ballot, dropping the lowest. Carried. The second ballot was then taken as follows: San Francisco, 12; Springfield, 10; Nashville, 8; Chicago, 8; Total, 38. It was moved to take a third ballot by tally. Lost. It was moved to take a third ballot by a call of the roll. Carried. The third ballot was then taken, the Secretary calling the roll and the Tellers tallying, as follows: San Francisco, 12; Springfield, 10; Chicago, 8; Nashville, 7; Total, 37. It was moved to proceed to a fourth ballot, dropping the lowest. Carried. The fourth ballot was then taken, on a call of the roll, as before, as follows: San Francisco, 15; Springfield, 13; Chicago, 7; Total, 35. It was moved by Mr. Gove to submit the fifth ballot and the entire question to a committee consisting of the President, Secretary, and Treas urer. It was moved that the motion to proceed to a fifth ballot be reconsidered. It was moved that the motion by Mr. Gove be laid upon the table. Mr. Taylor then moved the previous question, and Mr. Gove's motion was carried-on a division of the house, by a vote of 21 to 9. Mr. Littlefield then introduced the following resolution: Resolved, that in the judgment of this Board, Newport, R. I., is a desirable place in which to hold a Summer Convention of the National Educational Association; and Resolved, that this Board recommend to the Board to be chosen in 1887 the consideration of that place first of all as the place of meeting for 1888. Tabled. Mr. Hewett then asked to be excused from the committee to determine the location of the next meeting. Mr. Brown moved to excuse, on their own request, all members of the committee who represented states in which the meeting might be located. After a strong expression of confidence in Mr. Hewett, this motion was laid on the table-on a division of the house, by a vote of 16 to 12. It was moved to add Mr. O'Conner to the Committee, to act upon location only. Tabled-on a division of the house, by a vote of 16 to 10. It was then moved that the Board do now adjourn, subject to the call of the Executive Committee. Carried. JAMES H. CANFIELD. Secretary. |
