Excerpt from History of the National Educational Association of the United States: Its Organization and Functions Mr. W. R. Garrett, State Superintendent of Tennessee, and President of the National Association: Mr. President, - I did not expect to address the Department, but I cannot refuse to respond to your invitation. When your program announced that the Commissioner of Education would read a paper upon The National Association: its Organization and Functions, I looked forward with much interest and some anxiety to the expression of his opinions, for I know the weight which they carry with all our members and with the whole country. I have listened to him to - night with pleasure and satisfaction. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.