Show convention to be held october 1213 14 more than educators will meet in salt lake city october 12 13 and 14 to participate in the fifty third annual convention of f the utah education As ocl atlon this announcement is i made nade by ray S merrill Merrl ll pleasant nt grove president of and nd allan M west salt lake CIL city executive secretary I 1 the convention at the first general session thursday october 12 at pm will be dr ben mark cheing ton director of the social science foundation at the university of denver and expert on far eastern matters dr cherrington will give his hl listen en ers a background for interprets I 1 tion of the current situation in the far east and will discuss developments in the international situation other prominent educators who will attend the convention and who will address various groups during the three days include dr willard E givens executive secretary of the national education association dr T D martin NEA director of membership dr robert 11 I 1 dalton head of the D department of child Develop development me at cornell university dr malcolm S mac mae lean professor of higher education at UCLA and dr hugh B wood U 0 professor of education at university n of oregon oregon one of the main mair features of the convention will be the program slated for the third general session a nationwide broadcast of the peoples platform plot with dwight cooke as program moderator and members as audience participants this program heard on each sunday at 1030 am will originate in the famed salt lake tabernacle during the friday evening session of the convention and will feature prominent utahna in a discussion of current problems facing public education opportunity for audience participation has been pro 0 bided the program will beener be rebroadcast the following sunday at the regular time while the first general session does not begin until thursday evening the entire day will be filled with events to interest every utah educator first of these is the semiannual semi annual meet ing of the UFA house of dele gates at the state capitol at the same ilme time there will will be meetings held throughout the city for special educational groups balloting for officers will take place friday at hotel i utah convention headquarters one of the musical highlights of the convention will be appearance pe arance of the member all state youth choir directed by howard S swan noted choral director the choir will be composed of selected students from each high school in the state honoring T D martin NEA director of membership and first rull time executive secre secre tary there will be a testimonial dinner at the hotel temple square friday afternoon in charge of planning for the convention are president merrill max berryessa provo president of Elemen elementary tM education section dean C christensen duchesne president of secondary education sect section I 1 on and dean sidney W angleman I 1 U of U president of higher education section uintah basin teachers will u attend the convention no school school will be held during this time |