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auditorium. Mr.. Glenn is senior
member Of the executive committee,
his term expiring this year. while
Mr.. Broome is chairman of the de-
partmentss commission on the
curriculum, and is widely popular.
The other candidates for the
high office are T.. Il. Oberholtzer,
Of Houston, Tex, and Randall j.
Condor, OF Cincinnati. both of
whom are widely known.
Under the rules OF the organiza-
ton, DIR. Frank w. Bailon, supe-.
intendent OF District schools, now
president OF the department, will.
become first vice president after
the selection Of q new leader. He
was not 2 candidate for a second
term.
Results Given Tomorrow
BaIIoting viii continue until 6
p. m today and the results viii
be announced at the closing session
tomorrow, when resolutions will be
reported and other important busi-
ness concluded. The bulk OF the
convention crowd is expected to
leave tomorrow night. According
to unofficial figures ct the regis
tration desk. the convention brought
almost 10000 persons to Washing
ton. An estimate of 1900 had
been made prior to the gathering,
but this mark was passed on the
first day.
Few. if any OF the members
intend to leave until the conclusion
OF tomorrow's session, when the
long-awaited debate or. the platoon
school system, dividing the school
day into work, study and play
periods, will be held. This is re-
garded as the most controversial
subject before the department.
Charles l.. Spain, deputy super
intendent of Detroit schools, will
take the side of the proposed
system, while Harry B. Wilson.
superintendent Of schools at
Berkeley, Cal. will speak on its adj
vantages.
No session of the department win
be held tonight, during which time
the telIers will count the thousands
of votes cast for the new officers.
Other than the presidential candi-
dates, nominees were:
Other officers nominated were
David A. Ward, OF Wilmington,
Del, to be second vice president;
E. E. Lewis, superintendent Of
schools, Flint, Mich, and w. A.
Sutton, superintendent of schools,
Atlanta, Ga, to be members Of the
executive committee.
Individual Differences
Discussing individual differences
among students in junior high
schools, Calvin o. Davis, University
Of Michigan, professor, In an ad-
dress at the Auditorium told the
educators that: Providing for in
dividual differences among pupils
and providing amply for these diff
ferences is the sine qua non of
the whole junior high school move
ment
Without such provisions-numer-
Gus, varied, and real-there is no
true junior high school, however,
boastfully an institution may claim
the title. The whole modern notion
of reform and reorganization in the
training of adolescent youths was
conceived under the influence Of
this thought and born under the
ministrations of this ideal. Indeed
the scientific study of education in
all its scope has not contributed a
truth more certain and more vital
than the fact of individual differ
ences among pupils.
Virtually every school admins.
traitor seeks to secure unusually
good teachers for the Junior high
school pupils and insists that these
teachers adapt the subject matter
and methods to individual needs"
Other Speakers
Other speakers at the Auditorium
were Herbert s. West, superintend-
ent Of schools, Rochester, n. y.
who spoke on the educational OBJ
jectives of the junior high school:
Ben G.. Graham, assistant super
intendent of schools, Pittsburgh.
who took up supervision Of class
room teaching in this type OF
school; and Edward d. Roberts. as
sistant superintendent OF schools,
Cincinnati, who discussed the trends
in junior high school curriculum
development.
Speaking at exercises for the in
stailation of chapter of The Ma
tional Honor Society, at Central
High School auditorium, Lucy J..
w. Wilson, principal of tho South
Philadelphia High School, pointed
out that scholarship however nm
portant was not enough, that "flne
Je1araCfeT- actual Servfca and