The Mena weekly star., 1907-07-18
HONENS 5 CLUBS VANT IN
Six Organizations Petition National Educational Association for Mem
 dership at Los Ang les.
WOULD UaiFY WORK OF NATIONAL BODIES
The Tendency Would be to Bring School and Home Into Closer Re lationshlp-Complete Set of offi- cers Elected for Ensuing Year New Charter Adopted.

Los Angeles. Cal, July 11.-A somewhat unexpected feature was injected into the convention Wednes day when it was announced that si 3f the largest women's organizations in the world will ask for the creation of a department in the National Edu- aational association, unifying the work of those institutions. The or ganizations that will ask to be allow d to affiliate with the N E. A. are: Ieneral Federation of Womens clubs, Women's Christian Temperance Unicn, Daughters of the American Revolution, The National Congress of Mothers, The National Council of Jew ish Women, The Association of Col legiate Alumnae and The Southern Association of College Women Their petition, which will be presented to the board of directors of the National Educational association by Dr. E. O I.yte of Pennsylvania. a member of hat board, is as follows.
 We petition the National Educa- .ional Educational association to provide department to be known as the Educational department of nation Il organizations of women, in order that in meeting each year With their professional body the National so- cieties of women may cooperate more successfully with each other and with the educators of the country in bringing the home and school in more helpfd relations"
 Tn all probability the petition Will be acted favorably upon by the board, IS several members are committed to lit. It is considered one of the most significant moves of the convention md of far reaching importance, inas- much as it cements all of these or ganiaztions of wide scope md in luence in comon bond with the great educational organization.
 After the nominating committee lad named E. c. Cooley, superinten- lent of the Chicago city schools, for ,res ident, and Arthur II. Chamber ain, dean of Throop Polytechnic In ititute. the candidate for treasurer oy unanimous vote, the ticket was completed as fellows:
 First vice president, Nathan c. Schaeffer, Harrisburg, Pa; second vice president, w H. Elson, Cleve- land, O.; third vice president, Chas. H. Judd. Yale, Conn; fourth vice president, R. A. Austrade, Pierre, $. D.; fifth vice president, J. F. Sull- well. Phoenix, Ariz.; sixth vice pres ident. J. H. Hill, Emporia, Kan; sev- anth vice president w. A. Clark, KeaYney, Neb.; eighth vice president w. NJ. Kern, Ellendale, N. D.; ninth vice president. w. F. Gordy, Spring field. Mass; tenth vice president, J.. Y. Kingsbury, Salt Lake, Utah; eley- fnth vice president, E. E. Roby. Ko- l.omo. Ind.: twelfth vice president, J. H Baker, Bolder, Col
 The board of directors composed of one member from each state, includes | John D Benedict, Indian territory, John Macdonald, Kansas; John k. Kirk Missouri; E. E. Balcomb, Okla 1 homa
 The report of the nominating com mittee was adopted, and the entire ticket declared elected Thursday af- | ternoon.
 The new charter of the National Educational association, proposed at | the Ashbury Park meeting in l9o5' and authorized by special act of con gress in 1906, was accepted by the | convention by unanimous vote.