Show SUPT PAXTON AND BOARD MEMBERS RETURN FROM NATIONAL convention supt bupt W A paxton president N L peterson Pete raon and vice pres preg preal george of 0 the mellard school dis ailet returned monday alunday irom atlantic city now jersey where they attended the convention of the american association of school administrators tra tors the meeting was attended by approximately school officials from rom every becton of the tn im 1 ted led states according to supt bupt paxton who termed it the greatest convention lie he had ever attended there were about city doity people from utah at the utah breakfast mr aar paxton gives us the following very interesting leport on atlantic city and the convention atlantic city la Is tho the best convention city in tile the united states so tar far as facilities are concerned it has by tar far a larger auditorium than any other city its hotels are nume numerous roub and commodious the city itself Is essentially a resort or recreation center tor for many of people who visit there every year to me it Is the best example of a city bulli bull upon a bubble that I 1 have seen it is a desirable place to go however for those who would see things done clone in art an extravagant manner the vesper service conducted as the file opening session of the convention was especially inspirational william lyon phelps ot of yale university ver sity took as his theme truth and poetry dy by implication he explained that poetry Is greater than science in the life of the individual since poetry comes from the soul and represents human values which never change alexander J stoddard superintendent of denver schools offered a challenge to complacency lie ile stated the desire tor for progress is intrinsic in the culture of 0 our people despite that fact complacency is one of 0 the most common ot of all human attitudes it is a way ot of retreat a smug excuse tor for justifying inactivity a self satisfying alibi tor for lack ot of concern about many of the problems of life ile he stated further that the depression Is having very real implications for or complacency lie ile recommends tor for the schools that they assume responsibility for rallying the spirit of 0 communities in support of 0 democratic ideals and processes processed and that complacency be routed from rom every quarter james D conant president of harvard university cambria g e mass was the most quoted ot of any convention speaker with his theme higher education in a democracy he contended that the philosophy of jackson that education of all the people constituted the ideals upon poll which a democracy rests resta but said he there are too many people in college who cannot profit from a university education ile he even rilles tinned the advisability of all people to attend high school lie he stated that the aristocracy of a nation Is found in every wage class religion and color and that those who could profit by a university education should be found regardless of their economic status and buol aged to attend even at the expense ot of the state government and HIP lie university concur concerned ned was tight right when ho he said in reply to helen keller said confucius the question what Is knot knowledge ledge answer to know men in order to know men students must investigate life alter after students have learned to know men they will stand aland a wall ot of pro about democracy lem strong against dictatorship a and it greed may learning not cease or rest until it has haa cleared away the horrible jungles of war and fear and a world shines forth tit fit for man remade re made mado in sods gods imago image and likeness honorable francis B sayre assistant secretary of state of the united states spoke 1 in n the good neighbors program on the american spirit in its relation to foreign policy lie he stated that the fundamentals ot of the american spirit are arc first drat tolerance because america Is compounded ot of every national stock almost every race and ot of differing religions li lons second america it if she keeps true to her tradition must continue a synonym tor for individual freedom third america must always stand tor for human democracy america must always be dedicated to full equality of opportunity so that native talent and native capacity may freely rise to the top irrespective 0 of rank or wealth aad that the american government must be a peoples government to work in season and out of season to improve the lot and raise tho the standard of 0 living of col common lillion folk the honorable adrian K huges sen K C the senate ottawa canada and ills excellency francisco castillo Castl llo najira ambassador from roni mexico exico Al each spoke in the good neighbor program the general theme youth ot of today and education was developed in many aspects so much was done that it will require two volumes to contain she ole materials it was truly rn inspirational convention |