Show national educators will investigate vesti gate the best way of teaching log angeles cal july 11 the national council and the board of directors of the national educational association cia tion today took action upon many important matters bearing upon work of the association among the important things upon which the national council took action was the authorizing of the appointment of a committee of five with william T harris of washington D C as its chairman to work tor the association of educational workers to promote education and consider the problems confronting it the appropriation of money for the use of committees in investigating the shortage of teachers and for the establishment of a national federal university w washington D C and the ascertaining of the best way of teaching morals in the public schools the election of new officers of the council headed by joseph president of swath more college swarthmore pa was completed the board of directors took a backward step in the simplified spelling reform by voting to resume the spelling of the words through though and thorough in the standard style it alao elected reelected re H B brown president of valparaiso university valparaiso ind a member of the board of trustees and T H harris of washington D 0 a member of the executive committee created a new department tor the benefit of the se en leading organizations of the country who desired affiliation with the association voted for cleveland as the place for holding the next convention in 1908 and took favorable action upon national university and other projects favored by the national council at the night session general addresses were delivered by the leading educators of the country |