The Alaska daily empire., 1922-10-09
OFFICERS NAMED
FOR FIRST YEAR
BY ASSOCIATION
ORGANIZATION of Alaska Edu-
cation Association Com
pleted - Aims Given.

Supt G. c. Mitchell, of the Doug !
las schools. has been elected first |
president of the Alaska Education !
Association; A. ]. GoOdskey. super |
intendent of Seward schools, vice |
president and w. l.. Gross, head OF
the Wrangell schools, secrctary-treas-
urer. according to Commissioner of
Education L. d. Henderson. The
association was organized at the !
Teachers Institute held in Ketchikan |
last August.
AT the time of the election of Of |
fcers a constitution was also adopt |
ed as drafted by a special committee /
appointed during the Ketchikan meet |
ing The constitution provides for !,
an executive committee of seven, /
composed of the president and vice
president of the association, the Com |
missioner O. Education, ex-officio a !
representative of schools outside OF
Incorporated towns and districts, !
representative of the Alaska Agricul !
turil College and School Of Mines, J
and two others. Members of the
executive committee in addition to
the above named officers and Com
missioner Henderson. are: Charles
f. Bunnell, of the Fairbanks college;
Miss Olive Goodwin, teacher of the
Chichagof school representing
schools outside of incorporated
towns; Miss Amy Barlow, of the
Ketchikan school, and Miss Mabel
Gozzola, principal If the local ee
mentary school.
Purpose and Platform
The purposes of the association
and its platform are contained in
the constitution adopted as follows:
"The purpose of the Alaska Edu-
cation Association shall be to ele-
waite the character and advance the
interests of the profession Of teach
ing and to promote the cause of edu-
cation in tho Territory of Alaska.
platform
trained teacher in hearty accord with
American ideals. in every public
school position in the Territory of
Alaska.
Sec. 2. Facilities for the training
of teachers in Alaska and such in
ducements to enter the teaching pro-
fession as will attract men and wo-
men CT the highest character and
ability to this important field OF
public service.
Sec g. Maintenance Of the Ter
ritoria school system divorced from
all connection with partisan politics.
both in the Territorial department
Of education and in individual school
districts and institutions of higher
learning.
"Sec. 4. Continued and thorough
investigation of educational problems
rs the basis for revised educational
standards and methods. to the end
that the school may attain greater
efficiency and make the largest pos
sible contribution to public welfare.
See. 5. The unification and fed
Grafton of the educational forces of
the Territory and of the nation in
one great professional organization
devoted to the advancement of the
teaching profession, and through edu
cation, the promotion of the highest
welfare of the nation. To accomplish
this purpose every teacher should
be a member of the Alaska Educa
ton Association and of the National
Education Association.
"Sec. 6. Cooperation with other
organizations and with men and wo-
men of intelligence and vision every
where, who recognize that only
through education can be solved the
serious problems confronting our ma
ton
"Sec T. The Alaska Education
Association is committed to pro
gram of service to the teachers, to
the profession, and to the nation. Its
supreme purpose is the welfare of
the children of Alaska and Amer
lea"
Two Classes of Members
The constitution provides for two
classes of membership-active and
associate. The first is composed OF
persons engaged in the profession of
teaching in Alaska. Associate mem-
bers are those not engaged in teach
ing but who are interested in the
promotion of education.
II also provides for representation
az the various schools according to
the size of schools represented for
the method OF procedure: and for an
annual meeting at the same time OF
the holding of the annual Teachers
Institute.