The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-07-08
EDUCATORS At WAR
OVER ORGANIZATION
Committee Report Followed by an
Insrgent Document Headed
Democracy or Oligarchy?"

SAN FRANCISCO. July bylaw.
and proposed amendments 10 the con
Slitution of the National Educational
association embodied in committee
report, and a document headed, "'De
mocracy or OhNarchy,' and telling
what some Of the so-caIIed "insurgent :"
members. think about this report. found
public circulation almost Simultaneous
ly here today. The two documents
were said TO forecast pretty largely
those issues on which, perhaps. the
convention may split at its annual
meeting next Thursday. Compared
with these issues, both sides agreed
the election of "A president becomes "A
minor item, particularly inasmuch AS
Mrs. Ella Flagg Young OF Chicago has
refused 10 run again and no fight is
now expected on the report of the nom
inatiOn committee when il reaches the
convention floor. Prominent educators
deplorcd the prominence gwen to the
political end Of the convention, point
ing out that its main work will be the
consideration Of papers prepared and
submitted by educational experts and
that tho convention machinery is of
secondary consideration. but most of
them continued TO talk about 1t among
themselves.
Restriction of Voting.
The committee on amendments. in
its report, proposes restriction of vot-
ing membership 10 members of three
months standing. This, they say, would
tend TO prevent abuses Of voting priv
ileges now said TO be possible. The
insurgents denominate this AS undcm.
ocratic.
The committee proposes election Of
officers by Australian ballot. The in
surgents add 10 this nomination by
petition Of members instead Of by a
nominating committee, as al present.
The committee proposes AN auditing
committee Of three directors for the
secretary and treasurer s accounts,
and the committee report says "the
auditing COMMITTEES shall do this
auditing Advocates Of the report say
this means it shall he done through
accountants. Opponents assert that
such accounts should be specified.
The committee leaves, the member
ship fee at -, with 50 per year dues,
The insurgents suggest 30 cents per
year, although some regard this as in
adequate.
Change of Date Proposed
IT is likely that an effort NAV be
made to change tho annual meeting OF
the national council from midwintcr
TO Synchronizc with the meetings OF
the conventions. so as to save expense.
And move may he made to make its
membership directly elective Con-
servatives today met broadcast as
scrtion that il costs about 100000 per
year 10 run the association and that
only about 500 or 5000 is applied di-
rectly to educational research, They
said that $22 900 annually is spent in
printing and publishing the conyen-
tion S proceedings. of which every
member of the association gets a copy.
and that after deducting $4,000 per
year for secretary's S salary from the
remainder, there is not much left to
be sncnt on anything.
While thousands of delegates al
ready are on hand, The heaviest dele
cations are expected Sunday, in time
for the formal opening of the con
vention Monday morning. Tomorrow
the much discussed national council will
hold meetings. Tonight a banquet was
rendered by San Francisco women and
California educators to Mrs. Ella Flagg
Young, She spoke extemporaneously
on g Educational Values. Presidents
David Starr Jordan Of Leland Stan
ford university and Benjamin lde
Wheeler of tho University of Califor-
MIA were among the other speakers.