Show I I I r THE TEACHERS CONVENTION To The Salt Lake Herald I desire to correct the errors In an article articIe published In this mornings Her Herald Herald ald aid purporting to sire the reasons why the Ogden teachers would not be I e able to attend the State Slate Teachers association association association tion In the tile first place our schools have been running about one month We are hardly settled The board of or education objected to turning the public school children in Ogden out Olt upon the streets for a week at nt this time of ot the I year ear while the teachers visited the state fair and attended conference The teachers coincided with these views and we have haV so notified the a cla II tion officers What would The Herald think If It the schools Ot of f Salt alt Lake City were to close alose tot for the tb week Is the state nor normal normel mal mel school closed that week No But J I because bec the he Ogden schools are not ot closed closet In accordance with a 8 recommendation from Crom the president of ot that I Institution the Informant of or The Her Herald I aId ald sees fit to accuse us of ot municipal I Jealousy jealous whatever that may be and andall andall all sorts of ot things We are opposed to holding the State Teachers association at conference time or at this time of ot the year It is not true that the association has been in the habit of ot holding its meetings during the summer vacation For the past four years ears the meetings have been held between Christmas and New Years Dec Dee 27 7 23 2 S and 29 9 But nut Butone Butone one meeting was waa ever eer held in the sum summer summer summer mer time Ume It Is not true that Ogden has not had a L voice in fixing the time and place of or meeting We Ve voted to hold the meetings in Salt Lake City two years rears ago on account of ot Its being the most central place Every member of the association understands that the time and nd place of or meeting was Vas fixed by reso resolution resolution resolution lution and cannot be changed without the consent of oC the members In conven comen convention tion assembled Ogden has always had the largest delegation In attend attendance attendance attendance ance In proportion to the number of or teachers in the district of ot any district in ln the state and to be accused of ot dis disloyalty disloyalty loyalty at this time when we do not feel that It U would be justice to the theY school children of ot Ogden to close is I unfair and very ery unjust All 11 of or the schools of the state are closed for tor two weeks at the Christmas vacation Why not take part of ot this time for the association meeting Nearly early all of ot the districts last year ear upon recommendation of ot the state su an superintendent superintendent allowed teachers full tuIl time or part time If they had been In attendance Ogden appropriated to cover our expenses It is a quiet time of DC Ibe he year Good accommodations accommodations lions can be secured at this time Urne and andall andall andall all in all cli it is the proper time of year ear earlor for lor such su a L meeting Just as good railroad rates can caa be secured and always have been secured at the holiday time as at conference time That Is no t II The only reasons advanced for tor chang chan chanIng ing the date of or meeting are general conference and state fair both of or which will be detrimental to the interests of the association We Ve cannot can ot come coine and we regret it It But we feel Ceel that the board boud of or education education tion did right and the sUte s te superintendent and the principal of the normal school who Is also president of the State Teachers association ought to tobe tobe tobe be the first ones to applaud Its ac action action tion ties Whoever hoever gave out the Information InfOrm that Ogden is 1 preparing to hold a meeting In opposition to the state meet meetings lags ings lied Respectfully yours WILLIAM ALLISON Superintendent of ot Schools Ogden Utah Oct 1 I IThe The story came am to The Herald He ld from presumably presentably reliable educators it j up lip appears pears pea however that this paper paver was Imposed upon by byI them I |