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Show SCHOOL BOARD HOPES LANDING OF N. E. A. MEET Itaspite the rumor that the annual convention con-vention of the National FMucatlonal association as-sociation will likely be held In eotne eastern east-ern city the greater portion of the session ses-sion of tha city board of education laat night waa devoted to the naming of tentative committeemen to prosecute the advance work Incidental to the entertainment entertain-ment of tba big gathering in thta city an originally planned A committee of fifteen fif-teen waa named, Including Gov William Spry. D. H. Chiiatenaan, A. C. Nelson. Charles Tyng. Mrs. A- J. Oorham. J. T. Hammond ana J. D. Wngebury Wnen J. U. Pwlrbanka told the board that the ten buffaloes copied from tha sculpture by his son would coat tea Instead In-stead of Sift, the price tentatively Agreed upon, he waa released from furnishing the buffaloes. Tba purchase of 4400 elementary and 213 high school books was recommended by the committee on teacher and school work. A fund of I20e was voted by the board for paying eapensea of future Itinerant Itine-rant lecturer. A report on military work was submitted sub-mitted by George A. Katon. principal of the nigh school, denying allegation that the military work In the high school waa too strenuous. He said that no complaint had come to either Captain Webb or htm-self htm-self and that ha considered the work in that department more satisfactory during dur-ing tha last year than ever before. |