The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-07-07
EDUCATORS GATHER
IN SAN FRANCISCO
Teachers from All Over the
Country Will Attend the
National Convention.
National News Association)

National News Association)
San Francisco. Cal. July San
Francisco Is rapidly filing with dele
gates and visitors to the forty-ninth
annual convention of the National Ed
ucation Association. some thirty thous-
and OF whom. representing all bran
ches OF educational work from the kin
dergarten to the university. will make
this city their mecca during the COM
ing week. The national headquarters
were opened this morning at the st.
Francis Hotel by Secretary Irwin
Shepard. OF Winona, Mimi, who, with
large force of assistants, will be in
continual session save during sleeping
hours. until the delegates have gotten
into working order the hrst of the
week.
The officers expect that all records
present convention. A vast army OF
visitors is already here and every ar
irving train is adding hundreds to the
crowd. All OF the teachers are loud
in their praise of the local arrange
ments for handling the visitors and
for their entertainment. Each train
10 met by members of the reception
committee, who pilot the visitors TO
the headquarters for registration or
assignment, or show them to their
rooms IL accommodation have been
secured in advance. The business sec
ton Of the city Is decorated with flags
and bunting and signs bidding the N.
E. A. welcome are displayed every
where.
viii Open Monday.
The first general session of the as
sociation. in the Greek Theater Of the
University of California. will not be
held until Monday afternoon, but the
convention will be preceded tomorrow
by meetings Of standing committees
and several of the afiilited organiza-
lions. At the formal opening Monday
afternoon addresses of welcome will
be delivered by Governor Johnson of
California, Mayor Mccarthy Of San
Francisco. and President Wheeler of
the University Of California. Response
AOt thC Will NC AouC W 49,
Elmer E. Brown. late United States
Commissioner Of Education and who
IL soon to enter upon his new duties
as Chancellor Of New York Univer-
sity. Mrs. Ella Flagg Young Of Chi
cago. president Of the association, will
preside at the session and deliver the
opening address. DIR. David Starr Jor-
dan, president OF Leland Stanford Ju-
nior University, will be another noted
speaker at the initial session.
Mott 10 . Speaker.
Among the persons of prominence
in the educational world who will be
included among the speakers of the
week are Carroll G. Pearse, superin-
tendent of schools of Milwaukee;
James II. Van Sickle, superintendent
of schools Of Baltimore: Joseph Swain
president Of Swathmore College;
James H. Baker. president Of the Uni
versity of Colorado; Robert J. Alley.
president Oft he University of Maine:
Sampel Avery. chancellor of the Uni
State superintendent Of Illinois; H. b.
Brown. president Of Valparaiso Uni
versity: George B. Cook. State super.
intendent OF Arkansas; Thomas C.
Mott. superintendent of schools of
Richmond. Ind; ]. w. Crabtree. State
superintendent OF Nebraska; Nicholas
Murray Butler. president of Columbia
University; John r. Kirk. president of
Missouri State Normal school; ]. II.
Phillips. superintendent of schools Of
Birmingham; w. E. Harmon. State SUI
perintendent OF Montana: Thomas F.
Kane. president of the University Of
Washington; c. A. Duniway, president
Of the University Of Montana, and P.
L. Campbell. president Of the Univer-
sity Of Oregon.
Expect Big Fight.
From an instructive viewpoint the
program promises one of the most
successful conventions in the history
Of the organization. Aside from this,
however. the convention is likely to
prove Of more interest to, the member
ship than any of the annual meetings
Of recent years. For several years the
membership has been aligning itself
into two rival factions. whose differ
ences came to the surface at the Bos-
ton convention last year. Since then
the war clouds have been looming
blacker and blacker and all signs now
point to bitter storm which may
greatly affect the future Of the big
teachers organization.
II will be fight against the "old
order" led by the combined forces of
the teachers OF Illinois and New York.
The main issue. and the one which is
expected to bring up the most serious
opposition, is the proposal to abolish
the national council. which is vested
with the power Of recommending ap.
preparations and Axing the expendi-
ture OF funds. The so-called insur-
gents charge that the council has
fought against progressive methods
for the association and II is also hin.
ted that the expenditures have been
recklessly and imprudently made.