Show EDUCATORS CLOSE convention women chosen as a president Preal dent and speakers give expression to radical ideas doston the forty eighth annual convention of the national educational cat cal ional lonal association ended hero on friday not only onix was the convention revolutionary in its methods ot of electing mrs ella flagg young of chicago president but some of tile the sp speakers eLkers at the department meetings during tho the week gave expression to io extremely radical ideas president david starr jordan of leland stanford university made an unqualified denunciation or football as a college sport william mcandrew AndroW Mc owl principal ut of the washington jiving irvina higi high school new vork tork city vigorously protested against the present high school curriculum pleas were made by other speakers for the establishment lish ment of more practical courses in high and secondary schools and one of the speakers ahers clec declared lared that trie too agricultural colleges were so theoretical that iney did not teach the common service of tle tie farm |