NEW BOARD-CALLED MEETING.

JULY 12, 1890.-The Board of Directors met at the Chamber of Commerce, St. Paul, Minnesota, at 9 o'clock A. M., according to the notice of the official bulletin; President Garrett in the chair.

Mr. Peabody moved that a committee be appointed by the chair to take into consideration the subject of holding an International Congress of Educators, and an International Exhibit of educational appliances and results, in connection with the Columbian Exposition to be held in Chicago in 1893; and that said committee report to this Board at its next meeting.

The motion was carried.

The Board then adjourned.

T. MARCELLUS MARSHALL, Secretary pro tem.

SUMMARY OF TREASURER'S REPORT FOR 1889.

EDWIN C. HEWETT, TREAS., IN ACCOUNT WITH THE NATIONAL EDUCATIONAL ASSOCIATION, 1889–90.

CR.

$3,150 67

794 15

355 91

1,106 23

FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

To the Board of Directors of the National Educational Association:
Herewith the Board of Trustees present their fourth annual report, show-
ing the financial condition of the permanent fund of the National Educational
Association at the close of the year ending June 30, 1890.

At the close of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1889, the amount of the permanent fund was twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000).

In the Treasurer's annual report for the same period there appeared the following item: "Amount subject to transfer to the permanent fund, one thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars" ($1,750), which amount was then reserved by the Treasurer to meet any emergency that might arise during the early part of the succeeding year.

Before the close of the last calendar year it was found that from the amount reserved as above stated there could be transferred to the permanent fund the sum of sixteen hundred and seventy-five dollars ($1,675) from the receipts for 1888, thus making the amount of the permanent fund, in December, 1889, twenty-six thousand six hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars ($26,675). From the receipts of the meeting held at Nashville, Tenn., 1889, one hundred dollars has been added to the permanent fund by one life-directorshipthe Board of Education of Nashville, Tenn. And the sum of two thousand two hundred and twenty-five dollars has been transferred as per art. IV, sec. 10 of the Constitution, to this fund, from the receipts of 1889; thus making the total additions to the fund from the income of 1889 two thousand three hundred and twenty-five dollars ($2,325).

Amount of Permanent Fund.-The present amount of the permanent fund is twenty-nine thousand dollars ($29,000). Of this amount the sum of twentysix thousand five hundred and eighty-eight dollars is invested in securities as stated in the certificate hereunto attached. The remaining two thousand four hundred and twelve dollars, just transferred to this fund, will be duly invested at the earliest practicable opportunity.

Income from Interest, etc.-The amount received by the Board of Trustees during the year ending June 30, 1890, as interest on the permanent fund was thirteen hundred fifty-two and twenty-five one-hundredths dollars. The sum received from the sale of volumes of Proceedings during the same period was two hundred and twenty-three and forty one-hundredths dollars-making a total of one thousand five hundred seventy-five and sixty-five one-hundredths dollars from these two sources, all of which is included in the Treasurer's report of receipts for this period.

It may be added that the income from the permanent fund, as provided by art. IV, sec. 10 of the Constitution, "shall be used exclusively in paying the cost of publishing the annual volume of Proceedings of the Association.” Respectfully submitted.

This is to certify that I have examined the several bonds and securities of the "permanent fund" belonging to the National Educational Association, now held by the Board of Trustees, and that I found the said securities to consist of a first mortgage for three thousand dollars ($3,000) on real estate in the city of Providence, Rhode Island, with a policy of fire insurance for $3,000; of a county refunding bond of Seward county, Kansas, for one thousand dollars ($1,000); also, of bonds of several school districts in the State of Kansas, to the amount of twenty-two thousand five hundred and eighty-eight dollars ($22,588), with unmatured coupons attached-making the total amount of said bonds and securities twenty-six thousand five hundred and eighty-eight dollars ($26,588); all of which are kept in the safe-deposit vault of the Nassau Bank of the city of New York.

NEW YORK, June 24, 1890.

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AND. J. RICKOFF, Examiner.

SPELLING REFORM.

The following resolutions, introduced by Mr. Brewster on behalf of the Minnesota State Teachers' Association, were referred to a committee of three. This committee will report on the resolutions at the meeting of the Association in 1891:

Whereas, The need of spelling reform is very generally recognized; and

Whereas, The Spelling Reform Association has been laboring since its organization in 1876 upon plans for an amended orthography; and

Whereas, This Spelling Reform Association is receiving the united assistance of the philological societies of both America and England; and

Whereas, The public schools constitute the only medium whereby a uniform system of amended orthography can be successfully accomplished; and

Whereas, The possibility of accomplishing a successful reform of spelling in the public schools has been demonstrated in the German States in the last decade; and Whereas, Some questions of language aside from changes of spelling demand general attention: therefore,

Be it resolved by the National Educational Association of the United States of America, at the session held in St. Paul, Minn., A. D. 1890, 1st. That we recognize the great necessity for reforming English orthography.

2d. That this reform should be uniform throughout all English-speaking countries. 3d. That we recognize and approve the labors of the Spelling Reform Association.

4th. That we desire to see the fruit of this labor developed in the public schools of every State and Territory in this Union.

5th. That, to aid in developing this spelling reform and in improving the English language generally, a committee of three persons be appointed from this Association.

6th. That said committee be authorized to correspond with the State Teachers' Association of each State and Territory, requesting them to urge the United States Senators and Members of Congress of their respective States to support the resolution entitled "House of Representatives Mis. Doc. No. 76," now before Congress, providing for the adoption of amended orthography in Government printing.

7th. That said committee be further authorized to correspond with the Spelling Reform Association with reference to the preparation of their dictionary of amended orthography, and with reference to plans for the introduction of some such dictionary into the public schools.

8th. That said committee be further authorized also to correspond with the Spelling Reform Association and with the American Philological Society with reference to the practicability of organizing an international conference to consider, not only changes of spelling, but also other needed changes of language.

9th. That said committee be requested to report the results of its labors at the next annual meeting of this Association.

10th. That one thousand copies of these resolutions, and a like number of copies of the "House of Representatives Mis. Doc. No. 76,” be printed for the use of said committee.