Show utah educational association holds convention with five of the nation s out standing authorities in education as the guest speakers the fiftieth U E A convention will be con ducted october ath and alth on temple square in salt lake city local schools will be closed on thursday october ath and friday october to enable the teach ers to attend these meetings the first one being held in the taber nacle thursday october ath at 6 30 p in with other general ses being held friday evening and saturday morning divisional section meetings will be held the latter part of the morn ing and at various breakfasts and luncheons A meeting of all ex servicemen seivi servicemen cemen in the teaching profession will be held at 8 00 p in immediately fol lowing the first general conven eions session in the tabernacle for the purpose of organizing a school master s organization the visiting educators ors are ralph mcdonald McDo dr john dale russell dr gerald S craig dr H B me daniel and dr edwin A lee ralph mcdonald McDo is executive secretary of the national corn com mission on teacher education and professional standards Stan dads and is also director of the higher education division of the N E A he ile will give the final convention address satur day morning in the L D S tab on professional unity he has gained the reputation of being a dynamic speaker and he has been unanimously and enthusiast icalla endorsed as the convention speaker by those who have at tended any of the many education conf conferences bences at which he has par D rector of the division of high er education in the U S office of education washington D C dr john dale russell was last years choice as the speaker by the of fibers of the higher education sec see tion but bad flying weather pro habited his attendance at the con bention keenly disappointed at his j inability tobe to be with the association last year he was invited again this year and has spurned the planes and has arrived in salt lake city to participate in the conference dr russell is a former professor of education and dean of stu dents at the university of chicago and is widely known own for his work in conducting surveys and for the advisory service he has furnished many colleges and universities at the request of the U S army in june 1945 dr russell was granted a leave from the university of chicago to become dean and aca demic advisor of the biarritz A merican university of france dr russell will address the fri fn day evening general session of the convention on the subject aduca tion for mode modern rn needs and he will participate as moderator in the panel discussion in the higher ed section friday afternoon an author of many well known books in the field of science and director of columbia university natural science field center is dr gerald S craig who will serve as guest speaker and consultant at the meetings of the elementary education division A close up of the enemy is the title of dean A lee s addres scheduled for the opening g general session of the convention on thurs day evening dr lee is dean of the school of education university of california at los angeles in ad to his many educational a achievements chieve ments dr lee is an ac complis hed musician the guest speaker and consult ant at the secondary division meetings will be dr H B acdan iel ie associate professor of deduc a tion at stanford university he has been an elementary teacher a high school teacher and counselor a coordinator of guidance and a member of the california state de aart part ment of education before he omed joined the stanford university fac alty besides being an ex expert pert in the field of education and guidance r mcdaniel is an expert on the olf course |