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Show FIGHT IN PROSPECT TO CONTROL BIG EDUCATIONAL BODY Insurgent and Regular Con. ! test in National Education Educa-tion Association. CHICAOO. Jut IT. On of tho moat Mttor eontovU In tho history of (ho No-thMial No-thMial Eduootlon ooooolotlon. and which, tf ouccoootul. wtli revolution .bo tho big tooehors' organ ta.u ton. la orhadulod for tho Saj) Fronclaco convention, which oporto o wook from Saturday. It will bo a fight ocolnst tho- "old order." or-der." tod by th eomblnod foreoo of tho 'tootrhera of minda ond Maw York. It will bo a toot of atrongth botwoen tha "oM fuord" and tho "Insurgents," which hfu boon quietly pi toned for o roar. Tho gage of bottle waa thrown down yosterdavv when the plans of tho teachers of Chicago arid Illinois for attending the convention were announced. Tho van- fruar. of the Illinois delegation wltl leave or Han Froncloco nest Sunday night on a special train. Aa a sort of tho train two spelal coavrhea bearing tho first delega-i delega-i ttnn of tho New York teachers, all tee In the oropooevf fight will make too trip. - - Ttte main testae and tho one which hi I e per ted to biintf up the moat atrenuoua opposition, la tho proposal to abolish tho national council. It la vested with the ! power of recommending appropriations i and Axing tho expenditure of funds. Under Un-der the present bylaws the body elects Its own membera. tho majority chooelng the 1 siicc-osaors of the minority which retlros 1 every yoar. Tho en called Insurgents i charge that tho' council has fought against prog resolve mothoda for tha aseo-eia aseo-eia t ton. The requirement o spend ot least one-tenth one-tenth of tha groea receipts for educational tnveethratlon work la also expected to bring on a tight. |