Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-07-09
EDUCATORS WILL
MEET In WINTER
Progressives Win First Fight for
Control Of National Association,
Now Meeting in Chicago.
PEARSE OPENS SESSION
New President, in His Inaugural
Address, Discusses Issues.
SHEPARD, STARTS SOMETHING
Secretary Says He is Trying to Weed
Out Fake Members.
MRS. YOUNG ATTACKS REPORT
She Says Charge thst Enrolment at
Boston Two Years Ago Was
Stuffed is Slander ON All
Chicago Teachers.
1RsE OPENS SESSION
New President, in His Inaugural
Address, Discusses Issues.
SHEPARD STARTS SOMETHING
Secretary Says He is Trying to Weed
Out Fake Members.
MRS. YOUNG ATTACKS REPORT

CHICAGO. July s.-Supporters Of the
progressive" movement in the National
Education association, won the first fight
at the opening of the associations fiftieth
annual convention today.
The board of directors, representing
schools in every state in the country,
voted to change from summer to winter
the time for the annual meetings Of the
National Council of Education. A move
ment also was started to change to .
date in winter the time for holding the
full sessions Of the association
More than 10000 educators had been
enrolled when Carroll @. Pearse of Mil
waukee called the convention to order
and In his annual address pointed out the
questions which are expected to evoke
spirited debates between the progress
sives' and their opponents before the
sessions are ended next Friday.
Before the directors, John F. Kirk
Kirksville, Mo-, declared teachers were
devoting their summers to special study
and to travel to such an extent that the
very existence of the National Education
association was threatened. G. w. A.
Tuckey Of the University Of Nebraska
seconded the statement.
Mrs. Ella Flagg Young, superintendent
of the Chicago schools, suggested the
plan of holding the conventions in the
winter.
Shepard Starts Something.
Charges that Irwin Shepard OF Winona,
Mimi, secretary of the National Educa-
tion association, was not conducting his
proceedings in accordance with the by
laws brought forth sensational incidents
before the board of directors just before
the convention opened.
Mrs. Young Of Chicago declared that if
Mr.. Shepard's annual report was adopted
every teacher in Chicago would be justi-
fled in bringing suit for slander against
the association"
The portion az the report she referred
to charged ''stuffing OF the enrolment at
the convention in Boston two years ago
when Mrs. Young was chosen president.
Mr.. Shepard replied to criticisms from,
President Carroll G. Pearse that, he had
been attempting merely to weed out
fake members. No sooner had he made
the remark than James Ferguson Of San
Francisco secured the floor.
II want to know by what right an Off
Ger Of this association judges who are and
who are not fake members" demanded
Mr.. Ferguson.
Mr.. Shepard then explained he had been
trying to administer the bylaws so as to
eliminate all but bonafide members. He
charged that heretofore by paying 81
members had been enrolled to vote at a
single meeting.
After. motions to appoint committees
to investigate the subject had been lost
the directors postponed discussion until
tomorrow, when Mr.. Shepard is to submit
written reply.