Show f r Welcome to o Educators Educators' I ITHE THE THE advance guard of the army of educators that is marching upon Salt Lake from every section of the country already has b begun gun to arrive and by tomorrow the people of this city willbe will wm willbe be able to realize the extent of the throng that they will have the pleasure of entertaining during the coming week Most certainly it is quite appropriate that this years year's convention convention conven conven- tion of the National Education association which will wm discuss problems of greater moment than have been considered at any previous session session of the great body of the country's educators should be held in the capital of a state which has made such tre- tre tremendous tremendous tre tre- strides in educational work that it now stands eighth in inthe inthe the lite list of forty-eight forty states a and d four territorial districts in effi efficiency d n y y and quality of instruction I Possibly it is not realized cd even by many matlY y of the delegates gates who will attend next weeks week's convention that the Vestern Western section of plC the co country now is and has for several years years been adYa advancing cing rapidly i in 1 educational work while th the East remarkable to relate has shown a recession in this respect It is nothing less than remarkable that as long as ten years ago the state of Washington should have wrested from Massachusetts Massachusetts Massachusetts Massa Massa- which might properly be called the cradle of the Americ American Ameri Anteri- c can n republic the honors of first place in educational affairs This honor now belongs to Montana with California second and Arizona Ari Arl- zona zona third followed by New Jersey the District of Columbia Washington and Iowa and with Utah one of the states of the Union in eighth place The profusion of Stars and Stripes which decorate the streets s r Salt Lake City in honor of the national birthday most appropriately appropriately appropriately can be used as the emblem of the educators whose hose patriotism patriotism pa pa- and love of liberty right thinking and right living are not exceeded by people in any other profession or walk of life |