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Show TI DREG GOWANS (above) and Orson Ryan cindidates for the piesidency of the Utah Educitional as socntion CONTEST 15 OH II CONVENTION OF EDUCATORS Nomination of Dr E G Gowans Against Orson Ryan for Presidency Causes Friction EACH DECLINES TO DISCUSS THE MATTER Attempted Withdrawal of Superintendent Not Permitted, Per-mitted, Election Promises Prom-ises to Be Spirited FfTo s df Dr F O Oowans state su pe ntende t of public ins ru t on to d aw from he contest for he preel den or the U ah Ed catlona assorlat on fa or of Orson R an superintendent of he ranlte s hool distr ct h a opr nen n ma e f end were b ocke last by mombers of the bo. d of us es of hat o ganlzat on a as a es as tua on has de eloped uhic ft a g of e usso tation des r be as e ep ona 1 awkward Jus before he close of the open ng sc a on of he con entlon yesterday n o n g Super Dtendent Gowans nd Puper n e den R an were nom nated as op onents he campaign fo t e presl ie and became evlden mmedlftte y a a de lea e s tua on hud bee ere a ed Ft ends of bo h cand dates urged a onfe en e be ween the two and the hdrawa of one In favor of he other Immed 4 el follow ng the general session as e n g Dr Gowans and Superin enJen R a wee brouKh together and af er a consulta o of almost two hours he former emerged and requested. Sgcro tary J Fred Anderson to strike his nam from the ballot Unpleasant Features. Unpleasant features have been In Je ted Into what wou d otherwise have been a friendly contest said Dr Gowans In explanation but in view of the sltua tion which has arisen 1 feel that it Is for the best Interests of the association and the schoos of the state that 1 retire In favor of my opponent, and I ask my friends to give him my support. This was the only explanat on Dr Gowans would ad ance nor would he dls cuss the alleged unpleasant IteatureB and Secretary Anderson had OtcMed to strike his name from the ballot when news of the affair reached the ears of members of the board of trustees. After many -whispered consultations members of that body expressed the opln on that the secretary could not legally comp y with the request of Dr Gowans and be for his departure from his off ce last n ght Mr Anderson declared 1 e would be forced to keep Dr Gowans s name on the ballot. Interest Increased In view of this feature of the e ect on It is expected that more than ord nary Interest wl 1 be d splayed In the bal otlng today Wh e offlcia s were reticent in discussing the afta r it is generally stated I that the circumstances which have arisen have made the campa gn tor the presl dency of the organization a sectional fight with Sat Lake and the rest of Utah in oppoe te corners Facts concerning developments which brought about the situation are obsoure Several theor es are advanced Some de c are that in view of the fact that Salt Lake has had the pres dency of the asso clat on for many years It was dec ded by local me nbers of the oran zat on to per m t the office to go to some so cal ed outB de member They Bay 1 owever J that the programme -was completely up I set when D W Parratt prlnc pal of the Webs er school placed the name of Dr Gowans in non nat on Precedent Referred To Others asse t that It has long been a precedent that when a candidate for the pres dency Is defeated one year he shall be e ected the next They say that Super ntendent Ryan was defeated last year and that persons not In ta or of his e ect on th a year sought by the nomina t on of Dr Gowans to bring about a sec t onal fight n the hope that Salt Lake wo Id w n and thus delay Superintendent Ryan s e ectlon at least another year On the o her hand fr ends of Dr Gowans c aim that persona adverse to his e ectlon took advantage of what they thought was an oppo tun ty to p ace h m In an awkward pos t on and consequen y prevent any poss bllity of 1 a e ectlon as p es dent of the organlzat on now o at a y other time Ryan Not Talkative Supe lntendent Ryan when quest oned about he lnc dent s ated that the secre tary had a the facts of he Incident that e ther he o Dr Gowans des red to give ou Attendance at this year s co vent on s said to be the largest n he h s orv of he organ zat on and s p ed e of cla s of e asso a on many n e than 8000 membe aw be p esen at e (Continued on Pago Eight) ICH INTEREST li Ml ELECTION (Continued from Page One ) rema nlng sess o s of n ee g The are a so wel p eased w t e ed a s they have Invited n e sues s E wood I Cubber e ead of e s hoo of , educat o of Rtanfo ri un e i n d II B Wilson s pe en lo t of e pu c schoo s of Toreka Kan Bo of hese educato a male e appearnn e hefo c I genera or depa rl men ta so e of on ent on es crday Iter e om i were wo re 1 |