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DEPARTMENT 
OONGRESS OF ELEMENTARY EDUCATION. 
SECRETARY'S REPORT. 
FIRST SESSION—WEDNESDAY, JULY 26, 1893. 
TrE Congress of Elementary Education met in Hall of Washington, of Memorial Art 
Palace, Chicago. General John Eaton, ex-Commissioner of Education, presided. The 
Chairman called the congress to order at 9.80 a.m., and delivered the opening address. 
The first regular paper of the session was read by J oseph L. Pickard, LL.D., of Iowa 
City. Towa. Subject : ¢ Essentials in a Course of Study for Children between the Ages 
»f Six and Fourteen Years.” 
Superintendent L. H. Jones, of Indianapolis, Tnd., read a paper discussing the fol- 
owing topics of the subject : ‘Should Morals, Language, Number, Geography, His- 
sory of the Country, Writing, and Drawing be considered the Essentials of the Course 
+t Study for the Eight Years of Elementary Instruction, the Pupils being from Six to 
Fourteen Years of Age ?” The discussion was continued by Dr. B. A. Hinsdale, Pro- 
‘fessor of Pedagogy in the University of Michigan. 
A paper was read by B. Buisson, Delegate from the Ministry of Public Instruction 
in France, considering ‘Some Aspects of the Curriculum of Elementary Schools in 
France.” 
Professor C. M. Woodward, of Washington University, St. Louis, Mo., read a paper 
on * What should be the Essential Branches of the Elementary Course of Study to meet 
:he Industrial Needs of the Localities ?” 
This subject was further considered in a paper by Albert P. Marble, Superintendent 
f Schools, Worcester, Mass. 
The subject was discussed by G. W. Hicks, Inspector of Schools, Jamaica, West Indies, 
vith reference to race characteristics. 
SECOND AND THIRD SESSIONS. 
These sessions of the Congress of Elementary Education were held under charge of 
he National Geographic Society. 
The proceedings were reported, but not furnished for publication in this volume, 
FOURTH SESSION—FRIDAY, JULY 28, 1893. 
The Congress of Elementary Education, General John Eaton presiding, assembled at 
2.30 A.M., Friday, July 28th. : 
Superintendent W. A. Mowry, of Salem, Mass., read a paper. Subject: ¢ What 
Special Work should be undertaken in the Elementary Schools to prepare the Pupils 
‘or the Duties of Citizenship ?” 
Miss Catharine H. Spence, of Adelaide, South Australia, read a paper on ‘ The Value