Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-07-08
WOMEN DEMAND
EQUAL PLACE IN
EDUCATION WORK
National Council Pledged to
Secure Full Representation
On All Boards and
Committees. 49,.

Salt Lake City, July New
grasp on the affairs of the National
Edueatiopal association in session
here, has been taken by women mem-
bers as class. The National Coun.
Gil of Administrative Women, at its
meeting today. pledged itself to Sc
cure for women equal re presenta-
ton with men on all programs,
boards and committees of all or
ganizations in which both men aud
women are admitted TO membership
Including especially state and ma
t:onal educational associations"
There is report current in many
association channels that leading
women members have assured Fred
M. Hunter. superintendent of schools
of Oakland, Cal, Of their supper,
for the presidency, and in return
lave been assured of the backing OF
the Hunter leaders for placing al
least two women in important post
tions in the associations admins
tration.
According to this report, Olive
Jones of New York. president of the
New York City principals associa.
ton, is said to be made the nomin.
aoing committees choice for men,
Der of the board of trustees. The
term of Office is four years and some
members said the post was second to
no Office except perhaps the presi.
dency. The same sources indicated
Cornelia S. "Adair, president of the
New York League of Teachers asso-
citation, was the choice for the treas
urership.
c. G. Pearsc, president Of the Wis.
ccnsin State Normal school a. Mil.
wsrkee, addressed today's general
session on the need for Sports to
Build Bodies" He reviewed the life
Of the pioneers and contrasted il
with modern city life. lie cited fig
ures from the selective draft stats.
tics to indicate physical Infitness in
the present generation ard declared
The American public educational
system has Before it the task, vast
and vital, to develop system of cx-
ercises and athletic sports and games
that shall interest and eutice our
people into the open and fix in them
the habit of vigorous exercises. For
NAL exercises will not do this; there
must be sports"
The council of administrative
women issued an appeal to each
state council subordinatcs TO aid in
teacher-recruiting by carrying out
propaganda which it outlined.
Americanization, which has been
a topic in the fore of tnis conven.
ton, was the theme of several ad.
dresses at banquet of the American
Citizenship league today.
The idea was advanced that
Americanization work would fall
short if it inculcated no more loyal
ty in aliens and children. Useful,
effective citizenship, several speak
ers argued. should be the aim.
Simeon D. Fess. representative in
congress from Ohio. was the prin-
cipal speaker. He declared Ameri-
Can citizenship should be estab-
lished mot by law, but by educa-
ton Asserting Alexander Hamil-
ton stood for one great essential
citizenship. the preservation of he
fundamentals of government and
Thomas Jefferson for the other,
'the preservation of liberty he
went on:
Both were right. We must hold
fast to the fundamentals while we
preserve our liberty. While we are
guaranteed liberties we are under
obligations to respect law and gov.
ernment Only by a thoroLghgo-
ing system of public education can
we establish American citizenship
based on the foundation advocated
by Hamilton and Jefferson