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APPEAL TO TEACHERS
70 Join the National Educational As.
ISOLATION


70 Join the National Educational Az.
ISOLATION
The National Educational associa-
Ton lg making q great effort to extend |
t5 service by getting into closer con
act with all educational activities. An
lppeal for individual membership and
or afilliation OF local associations Is
eing made throughout the country.
each state has one director whose du-
y II Is to carry forward It's work, fur
.herlng the interest of both the state
nd nat onal activities.
The following letter has Just been IS
sued to the educational leaders In the
tate by Caroline S. Woodruff, director
rom Vermont.
Ny Dear Co.workers: Our member
hip In the h. y. a. IS now 1877, an in
crease Of 200 per cent since 1920 But
the rate Is still very low comparative
~ there bong only six states with less
lemDe MOTTO these figures:
Territory OF Hawaii 453 members.
Phil ppine Islands 1913 members.
Vermont only 1877 members.
Were this indicative Of our profes.
slonal spirit or breadth OF educational
interest we might hang our heads It
Is not, but IL does show lack Of ap.
probation OF tho Importance attaching
% our afHliat on with the great nation
al association as well as with the state
and local olganzgtioEJ. We who have
been long time members know It's val
ue not only TO those IN executive and
administrative positions but to every
teacher Somehow there comes with
Il professional pride that makes one
iocl that hi work is bigger when he is
q member Of an association side by
side with the great educational leaders
in the country
Much as we need closer contact with
our daily ,socIations, we need also
the widening vision that comes from
ahilia;ion with the national body Of
educators
The annual meeting this year Will
be held in Boston July 2 8. Member
ship taken row holds through that
meeting. VIII you rot try o. to So
cure members from your district, (2)
tc enlist th4 interest Of all your teach
ers IN planning now TO attend thai
Boston meeting
The president Of the n T. a., Miss
Char o Williams OF Tennessee. IN or
der to encourage member hip and al.
tendance az this meeting, has offered
! two banners To be awarded then. Yer
mont with ye-y little effort m ght win
either OF both OF chem for she has spe'
cal advantages this year I'D her
nearness to Boston and CIV her small
population.
The banners offorcl are
/. To IL stats having largest men,
/ hersaip in the n. p A IN proportion
( OF lia population Now l9l out Of up
proLimately $4,000
TO the state having largest mem
/ htrship IN the State Teacher ? assoc!
alton ~ proportion 10 Is population
NOW To- than 1900 oIt OF 10000.
Cav we WIN Que OF tbg5t banners
Our local work is Of coarse our alb
sCDuy uto.est, but 4 we arc grow
2 tl1 lHNlN rHtNilhs+g eilA r' iAlalh Wa
teachers e. do So we must broaden
oGr educational interest enough at
least to hacomc members g, the bigger
( organization
Lets get TO work now. Can You
I make -usgcstCns 10 help in this
work?
Euelo-cd are some registration
blanks VII Cd may De dl'ed and sent
dirc,tly 10 Secretary !. w. Crahtree
1901 10Th streetN W. Washington
/ d. G.. or III y may be mailed to me
Please cal for more blanks wher
/ necessity
Yours Tor one OF the *. Z A. ban
ncrs in Boston next Julr.
Aren't you planning 20 50 TO the su
perintludeuta meeting In Chicago
February q March 80
Caroline 5. Woodruff Director
from Vermont
81. J,hnsbury. VI