Salt Lake Tribune | 1917-12-30 | Page 27 | Widtsoe Urged as Educators' Head

PROFESSOR J. W. SEAR-SON SEAR-SON of Kansas, who will speak at Ut"h educational convention. con-vention. T 7 v 5fvTT " " i, v. , 'im is ' " it ll' , w 11IS0E URGED IS EDUCATORS' HEAD University President May Enter Lists in N. E. A. Candidacy. President John A. Widtsoe of the University Uni-versity of Utah is being urged by his friends to run for the presidency of the Utah Education association, the convention conven-tion of which is to be held here during the coming week. Two years ago his name was placed in nomination without his knowledfe. but he hastily withdrew it when he learned of the fact, and thus left the field open for Superintendent E. G. Gowans, who became president. This year Dr. Widtsoe's friends are beginning early, and they have won bis consent beforehand. be-forehand. Requests have come to him from all parts of the state. , Thus far no other candidate has been mentioned for the. U. E. A. presidency, but a number have been named for directors, direc-tors, among them Superintendent John M. Mills of the Granite district and Dean Milton Bennion of the University of Utah. The nominations will be made at the first meeting. The convention programme for the first day, Wednesday, January 2, follows: 10 A. M.. GENERAL SESSION. (TIi,e tabernacle.) Invocation, the Rev. John Malick, First Unitarian church. Music by Onequa school, pupils fourth to eighth grades; direction E. W. Fraser, principal: (a) Lullaby from "Ermlnle," girls' chorus; (b" "America, the Beautiful." Beauti-ful." mixed chorus. Welcome address, Simon Bamberger, governor of Utah. Response. Dr. E. G. Peterson, president Agricultural College of Utah. President's address. D., C. Jensen. "The Situation in Turkey," A. I. Elkus, formerly United States Ambassador to Turkey. Appointment of committees. Nomination of officers. 2 P. M., GENERAL SESSION. (The tabernacle.) "America." by the audience. "The Making of an American Citizen," a demonstration, under the direction of Paul Armstrong, naturalization examiner for Utah. Students from the citizenship class. Salt Lake City Evening school. Vocal solos: "The Flag Without a Stain," Miss Margaret Mar-garet Summerhays. "Marseilles." Hugh W. Dougall. "The Meaning of 'America,' ' Dr. George F. Vincent, president Rockefeller foundation. "The Star Spangled Banner," by the audience. 7 P. M., GENERAL SESSION. (The tabernacle.) "Pressing Changes in Education," Dr. Frank M. McMurry. Columbia university. Violin solo. Miss Margaret Stewart. "Literature of Common Life," Professor Profes-sor J. W. Seaison, Kansas State Agricultural Agricul-tural college. 0 P. M., RECEPTION. (State capitol.) Informal reception, forty minutes. Modern dancing exhibition, direction Utah Association Masters of Dancing, thirty minutes: 1. Development of technique. 2. Nature studios. :i. Proper social dancing. 4. "Despair," Belgium and America. Social dancing. " During his stay in Salt Lake as one of the principal speakers before the Utah Educational association, Dr. George E. Vincent, president of the "Rockefeller foundation, will be the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Charles Miller. 913 East First South street. On New Tear's night Mr. and Mrs. Miller will keep open house in honor of Dr. Vincent. Officers of the Utah Educational association will attend. George O. Relf, manager of the Hotel Utah, is also arranging a dinner in honor of Dr. Vincent, to be given at the Hotel Utah on Thursday at noon. The Salt Lake Principals' association will entertain enter-tain him at dinner on Wednesday at noon.