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constitutes agriculture land should be
made The educators contend in their
document that the term agriculture
land" should be applied to only such
land as is used primarily for agricul-
ture purposes and not to certain specu-
lative land and mining territory.
Opposition to the proposed state con-
stitutional amendment eliminating the
state tax levy on real and personal
property was also voiced by the educa-
tors in this resolution. Such an amend
ment would result in drastic school
budget cuts, the educators fear.
The teachers also included in their
state policies resolution clause urging
the redefinition of what constitutes
real and true value of real estate for
the purpose of assessment Of property
be made by an expert body, under civil
service laws, operating under the state
tax commission.
Along the line of taxation, the North
eastern division asks that tax reduction
groups be required to make annual
reports of contribution and expenditures
to the secretary of state.
Also, the educators, in this res
olution, ask that a state insurance
system be set up to guarantee that all
school buildings and buses be insured to
protect children of all school districts
in the state.
Other clauses in the resolution urged
the abolition of normal training depart
ments in high schools and urged the
abolition of the annual election of
teachers, supervisors and administrators
pending the adoption of civil service
laws under which educators would OPP
crate.
The resolution demanded that when
a school employee is discharged he
should be given hearing by board,
independent of the school board, and
that he should be allowed the privilege
of legal counsel and recourse to district
court if he so desired.
Schools of district No. IL were closed
from Thursday to Monday morning in
order to give teachers chance to at
tend the convention. The Ely teachers
We're present 100 per cent and took a
prominent part in all discussions and
meetings of the several sections
Principal G. q. Haugen had charge Of
the Principals Section which met on
Friday afternoon and made an address
on Creating Learning Situation. I"
Frank Bourgin spoke to the Junior Col
lege section at meeting at the Fay
Hotel at noon Friday on "Discernment
and the Social Sciences"
The Ely schools, along with the
others represented had displays at the
convention showing art, penmanship,
domestic science, manual training,
mathematics and other achievements of
the local schools.
The Rev. Rothnem gave the invoca-
ton at the opening of the sessions;
Mayor P. E. Barker welcomed the guests
and the Eveleth high school mixed
chorus rendered selections. The bust
ness portion of the meeting opened with
greetings by E. A. Mueller, president of
the Virginia association.
DR.. Ernest o. Melby, dean of the
school of education at Northwestern
Tomorrow" and States Attorney Charles
Lounsberry of Chicago addressed the
aSsemblage on "The Death of Thous-
and Rackets" Talks were made by
DR.. George E. Carrothers OF the Uni
versity of Michigan; Dr. William Dern
of Cincinnati, Ohio; Arthur Kallet OF
New York. Mr.. Kallet had as his SUBJ
ject, "The Great American Guinea
Pig" during which he exposed the
ailegedly harmful contents of many
products nationally advertised as being
beneficial to health or beauty. He
He likened the advertisement reading
public to guinea pigs for their guilt
bility in accepting health panaceas from
the advertisements. Names of certain
products were given. The general SEES
sions were presided over by r. H.
Brown of the Virginia schools.
j. Frederick Essary, Washington cor
respondent for the Baltimore Sun, was
the main speaker at the closing session.
He discounted assertions that the Con-
stjtution and the Supreme Court would
be the major issues in the next presi-
Dental campaign and said that "the
next election will be won or lost on the
American pocketbook." He gave his
impressions of the present regime and
characterized President Roosevelt as a
gifted man.
He also referred to the much abused
brain trust" as a loyal, useful and
intelligent lot of men and stated that
Roosevelt used more judgmen: in
selecting men of this stripe than the
politicians who found their way into
an advisory fold during the stay of the
last six presidents in the White House"
New officers were chosen for the
Association at the close of the meeting.
Range residents came in for a large
share of the offices. Ralph Eddy of
Eveleth was elected president; Andrew
Meldahl, Duluth, vice president; Miss
Ann Regnier, Mountain Iron, secretary;
L. L. Hagie, Gilbert, treasurer, and j.
p. Vaughn, Chisholm, member of the
executive committee.
Frank P. Bourgin of this city was
named as a member of the committee
on resolutions. Mr.. Bourgin also was
elected as a delegate to the general
assembly.