Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-07-11
KANSAS Man MAY
HEAD EDUCATORS
:, r. FAIRcHILD OF TOPEKA AND
MISS GRACE sTRACHAN OF
NEW YORK OPPONENTS.
: Chicago, July 1o-E. T. Fair
child of Topeka, Kansas was
elected president Of the National
Education association late today.

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Education association late today.
Chicago, July l0.-Miss Grace G.
Strachan, district superintendent OF
schools, Brooklyn, N. Y, and E. T.
Fairchild, state superintendent of pub
lie instruction, Topeka, Kans., were
formally proposed before the nominat-
ing committee today as candidates for
president of the National Education
association. All other candidates were
said to have withdrawn.
The nominating committe, composed
of representatives from each state. 1t
was said, would present majority
and minority report to the 1000 active
members and the contest between the
two candidates would be fought out
on the floor of the convention. The
active members today also will select
a treasurer and one member Of the ex-
ecutive committee. A declaration OF
principles, setting forth what the as
sociated desires in the way OF i'm
proving educational methods also will
be adopted The selection of city
for the 1913 convention is set for to-
morrow.
With a battle to their credit the
progressives felt that they would be
able to again control the situation to-
Gay and the election of Mr.. Fairchild
was freely predicted.
It was expected that the election OF
the president would be the first order
of business and that the consideration
of the bylaws amendments would 20
over until later fnfthe day.
The session was not to be called to
order until 11:45 O'clock with the prob
ability that the election of officers
would consume several hours. "The
relation of the public schools to the
movement for recreational, social and
civic opportunity" was the subject for
discussion at the evening session
Frank P. Walsh, Kansas City, Mo-;
Rowland Haynes, field representative
of the playground and recreation asso-
citation of America. Minneapolis;
Dwight H. Perkins, Chicago; Arthur
e. Bostwick, public librarian, ST..
Louis; Erich G. Stern, Milwaukee;
Miss Jane Addams, head resident OF
Hull house, Chicago, and Herbert
Quick, editor of Columbus, Ohio, were
scheduled to speak on the various
phases of the subjects.
Ballot Stuffing Issue Settled.
Open charges that at the conven-
ton at Boston two years ago when
Mrs. Ella Flagg Young, of Chicago,
was elected president, the rolls were
stuffed that teachers were enrolled
as active members credited from Chi
cago schools when they lived in other
states, and that their dues were paid
by Chicago principals to insure more
votes for Mrs. Young, were voted upon
by the National Education association.
The board of directors adopted unan-
imously resolution that all reference
to the charges should be "expunged
from the records without impugning
the motives or impeaching the charac-
ter of anyone" 1t was the intention
that the whole subject should be
wiped out of future discussion and as
sertions we're made that ''the utmost
harmony now prevails in the associa-
ton, and it was the sense of the meet
ing that no conscious wrong entered
into the election Of Mrs! Young. At
the same time it was declared Secre-
tary Irwin Shepard, who made the
charges, was not guilty of any mis-
statements when he referred to the
violation of certain technicalities at
the Boston election.
The sessions of the directors were
marked by heated discussions In
which Mrs. Young, who is superintend-
ent Of the Chicago schools, deprecated
that "the name Of the first woman
president of the association should be
dragged in the mud.''