Omaha daily bee., 1910-07-11
SCHOOL AND COLLEGE WORK
Features Of the Victory Women
Teachers Won at Boston.
SOME NOTES FROM IDLE HALLS
Importance of Reasonable Economy
Among College students-OPen
Air Schools-Education
Notes


For the first time in the history OF the
National Educational association mere
man as president is down and out. He
couldn't come back" He had been trained
by experts In the game OF perpetuating the
rule OF the group hitherto in control Of the
association, and was backed by a majority
OF the nominating committee. which pre-
scented the name OF Zachariah Xenophen
Snyder Of Colorado for president But at
the end OF the first round the hackers and
trainers OF mere man" were in a dazed
condition and their fsvorite counted out
/ Zaehariah Xenophen Snyder became
| Dennis Also Ran.
Mrs. Ella FlRgg Young Of Chicago vas
the victor. e17 TO S7s.
| July was as great a day in Boston as
July in Reno.
The decisive victory of the women teach
erE in electing one Of their sex president Of
the association was the elimination OF the
warning served on the men at last years
convention. when Miss Elizabeth Goggin OF
Chicago successfully led the insurgents
against concentrating power in the direo-
tory. The jolt Of year ago was evidently
forgotten by the men at Boston, and they
challenged the women teachers to battle
with more courage than discretion by bring
ing In from the nominating committee a
majority report in favor Of Mr.. Snyder.
The women, defeated in committee, carried
the fight 20 the floor OF the convention, and
overwhelmed the opposition.
Mrs. Flagg Is the first woman to be
chosen president Of the association, and
her election marks the first defeat Of the
choice OF the associations nominating com
mittee. Two preoedents were thus shat
tered In one blow.
Two-thirds OF the members Of the asso-
citation are women. They have paid abe
major portion OF the bills OF the associa-
ton This year. Of the $4,000 paid into the
treasury, $4,000 represents the money OF
women teachers. Naturally and rightly
they felt they were entitled TO the headshiI
Of the organization, and when they found
their hopes of peaceful recognition of theil
: rights blasted by the committee they con.
centrated their power In open convention
and carried everything before them.
Mrs. Young is superintendent Of the pub
lie schools Of Chicago, and in little NOR,
A than a year has made a notable record al
4 an administrator. Where discord and fac
= tional strife had existed for years, seri
= ously affecting the educational progress O
the schools Mrs. Young has brought har
. mony and loyal cooperation among tn
teaching corps. and infused into the ad
= ministration OF the schools a progressiv
= spirit lacking in former days.
AS president OF the national association
a she hopes to popularize the organization b
abolishing the distinction between activ
, and associate members. and by reducin
i the membership fees. Il am aware" sh
A said in accepting the preidency that 1
: one year the president may not accomplis
u great changes, but may be the conservato
= of all that is good In the educational wor
% done anc may see TO II that there are n
n backward steps. There are many things I
3 'do now. Chief among them Is the ending &
a distinctions In memberships between thos
who can afford TO pay the compRrativel
- large active membership fees and those VIII
cannot.
a. This organization never can be a trul
4 democratic association worthy OF its nan
Is and ideas untn ali men and women teacl
10 ing can be in, Of and for the associate
u in every act Of membership. 1 hope me
=, do something TO advance the democrat
spirit OF the association until every teach,
"A in every city, town and school district ms
- join in helping forward the work"