Show 1 QUITS N. N e K E. A. A IN 1 tl HIGH DUDGEON a 4 41 Defeated for Presidency Miss Strachan Resigns From f Organization Teachers' Teachers Organization Oakland Cal Cat Aug AuK 21 1188 1135 Miss Graco Grace C C. Strachan district superintendent of J schools of or Brooklyn N. N Y Y has resigned from the National Education h v I i u tion it became known today toda following M her hei defeat In a bitter contest for tho the ct presidency of ot the organization u I have no regard for tho the National I Education association said Miss l In commenting upon her ac- ac II lion tron I 1 havo sent ent In my resignation ti I Miss Strachan charges that her defeat den de- de n feat t for fer the presidency of ot the aS ocla- ocla tion was brought about by unfair means and factional disloyalty Delegates Delegate to tho the convention are discussing discussing dis dis- cussing the question of ot whether Miss 1 Strachans Strachan's action forecasts a split In Inthe Inthe inthe the association It Is stated that for tor days before the election lection Miss Strachan had threatened 1 to resign unless she were elected to tp the presidency At a a. stormy y session Miss Missi i Strachan vainly rought to address the delegates Just before the election She Sho forced the question to a a. ballot and was defeated by a vote voto of ot 47 to 78 Dr DI t. t David Bancroft Johnson president of ot colI col- col Winthrop Normal and Industrial j I lese legs of R Rock k Hill S. S C C. C. C being elected president Through her refusal to further parI participate par par- I In n the business of ot the present I. I I convention Miss Strachan automatically I f t loses active e membership In the body acI ac- ac I cording to D D. D W. W Springer the secre secre- secretary tAr tary to tody Mr Springer said Raid No such auch action ht has ever before b been n taken by a a. member of ot tho the organisation t land rind and Miss Strachans Strachan's action Is generally regretted o. I Says Religions Religion Issue Isaac Va Vu Reseed San Francisco Fran Aug 21 Miss Miss Graco Grace I C G Strachan district superintendent of ot 1 I fc schools of Brooklyn N. N Y defeated Thursday for tor the presidency of f the National National Na Na- I. I lIonal Education association lon at nt Oakland Oakland Oak Oak- Of land Cal C. C 1 Issued a s signed ned statement today In which she she- cited of ot the alleged fact tact that her Catholic faith 1 was Avas an argument used against her We Wo have Incontrovertible proof that I was as made the subject of most outrageous out- out rag attacks s and most un unworthy orthy tactics the statement sa says Mrs Irs Ella Ell Flagg FlagS Young of Chicago i wrote in reply to a letter from Miss f t I Katherine D. D Blako of ot Now New York I Tion Rhon hen In Springfield I met mot a a. number of ot schoolmasters Strange Strange- objections came up that In California as well ell as In Chicago at present there was a a. decided t t bias against Catholics To m my great surprise 0 the men said that it was not U t the thc da day for a a. Catholic to come forward I In n is California which would cast the majority ma- ma of votes voles I r I came camo to California and presented fl t J m my candidacy In the firm belief that I would be accorded at least fair pla play But I soon had a rude awakening It is not only i sad ad to find In this the twentieth century there thero still remains so 1 J much of tho Jealousy jealous the Intolerance the injustice of the middle a ages cs but It ItIs itIs itis Is discouraging to find that an association association association asso asso- supposed to Include th the tho leading loading educators and mentors of ot tho the children f t of our country countr a and d to express the hest best f t. t most liberal most progressive Ideas i V i there are many who are so 80 narrow or or so credulous or both as to believe il and to be bo influenced by such stories as Ie the following Ella Flagg Flags Young said tj It to a group of California women that i Miss Strachans Strachan's church chinch was opposed to tot toi t i the teaching of sex hygiene To this I submit that the National Education association has taken no stand on the teaching of ot sex h hygiene glene and that no church has taken any stand |