Show EDUCATORS CLOSE convention women chosen as a president Preil dent and speaker speakers give expression to radical idea ideas boston the forty eighth annual convention of the national edu rational cat lonal ional association ended here on friday not only was tho convention revolutionary in I 1 its t s methods of electing mrs airs ella flagg young ot of chi cago president but some of at the ip speakers eakers at the department meeting meetings during the week gave expression to extremely radical ideas r president david starr jordan of I 1 land eland stanford made an un denunciation of foot football ballas as i college sport lilliarn AV lellam arn mcandrew principal of pe washington irving high school new york city vigor bously protested against tho the present high school curriculum pleas were made by other speakers for the of more practical courses in high and secondary schools and one of the speakers declared that ane agricultural colleges were so theoretical that iney did not teach the common service of tie tle tarm farm |