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Show N. E. A CONVENTION IS VERY DOUBTFUL llis nhances of fbiit Laks's securing Ihs ltll eonvsntlon of ths National Educational Edu-cational sseodatton are far from good, ao--ordlug to tha current lesus of ths'Jour-nsl ths'Jour-nsl of Kduratlon, a publication mora or tree ornrHarly connected ailh ths asao-i asao-i lstlcm and one of the most widely read publications of Its kind In America. D. H. Chrhnensen. superintendent of ths city k. echools. eetd hut night that unleee tns i 'ominsrclal chih ran take sucti steps as in Insure favor. bl. railroad and hotel retss, aN hopa must he abandoned. Tills is What ths Journal of Education has to say about the matter: "The rallmerli have not acceded to the illttmutum of the otnclaJe of ths N. B, A. snd the hotels have not etveo sdeoueute suarantea that re lee will not be Inureaeed. rtotti conditions are Indlepensable. It Is already too tale to aecurs ae largs a meeting as la desirable snd ss saslly might have been. It takes 50CO to sOOb fivm attendancB st a long dletancs If arrmramiement cannot be made before ths hoUdsvs. Alreadv many Important men, who were holding tiielr time, have contracted con-tracted for summer school work In the eeet. Instead of In ths west, and woman i teachers bavs iti many caaea already derided de-rided upon Europe Instead of the west, herauen paseage baa lo pa secured by --January. We mutht about as well abandon aban-don a meeting at Belt Lake City as to msks arrangements sfter February si Salt Lake without rates snd without hots! assurance te Impneolble. and with ' there a large meeting la Impossible with-uut with-uut an early declelon." |