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Show in her prime, while other women of her age sometimes think that they should sit In the chimney corner, she is active and alert, she has an e cellent speaking voice, her enunciation enuncia-tion is clear and true and every word she says may be heard. If there ver was a time when a woman should 1u made president of the National Educational association, that time was in Boston. It may be a long time before a woman appears again who will be more worthy of recognition recogni-tion than Mrs. Young. MILLS BACK FROM THE EAST Superintendent John M. Mills has, returned from the convention of the national educational association held i In Boston recently and he Is much pleased with the work accomplished -by the national educators. Boston, he says. Is the Ideal, city, the weather conditions at this time of the year being be-ing perfect and the people agreeably agree-ably hospitable ' and accommodating. Superintendent Mills says that be really found "western hospitality equalled in old Boston. j Mr. Mills has been away from home nearly a month, during which tlmo he has visited the important cities of the Atlantic seaboard, the natlon- al capital and Chicago. He says that tho heat in New York and Washing-1 ton Is almost unbearable, but that it ii not so worm in Chicago and other large cities. Commercial conditions, generally, are favorable and it looks as though the farm .barest, will be good in the middle and Eastern "states. The National Educational association associa-tion this year held one of Its most interesting sessions. Interesting from the standpoint, of tho discussion of the various sections as well as fiom the standpoint of locality. The' weather in Boston has been ideal and all pf tho members of the association were kept busy from early morning until lato at night. .When they were not actually in session they were busy out Jn sight seeing autos, viewing view-ing the many points of historical interest in-terest around cultured Boston. Superintendent Mills had some gratification in finding as a a prominent prom-inent feature for discussion, the concentration con-centration of eighth grade students In one building or in various centers. cen-ters. This question is being agitated in ;wo or three states and in the discussion dis-cussion the pltt,i proved to be an interesting in-teresting and desirable plan. There was some fear that it might not be successful in actual practice and the opportunity was given to Ogden to explain ex-plain Its oieratlons when actually In vogue It was considered a very excellent ex-cellent step as It bridges the great gulf generally recognized between the grades and the' high school by introducing intro-ducing the eighth grade pupils to the departmental system anJ allowing thnm to become accustomed under the most favorable conditions to tho high school methods of doing things. Within the next ,two years a number of places will likely follow the plana alroady adopted by Ogden. One of the features of the convention conven-tion and one that maj yet see some bad results was the election of Mrs. F.lla Flagrr Young as president of the association for the coming year not that Mrs. Young Js.unQualifled for the position, but that, the method of her election might be a precedent for undesirable un-desirable things In the future. Mrs. Young is superintendent of schools in Chicago at a salary of $10,000 a year and in many ways is a remarkable and clever woman and Is well worthy of the honor shown her by the association associ-ation this year. The difficulty, however, how-ever, may arise from the fact that the nominating committee was Ignored Ig-nored in her appointment. The nominating nom-inating committee Is made up of members mem-bers from all of the states and territories terri-tories of the union, each 6tate furnishing furnish-ing one member, duly elected by the delegates from that -state, thi6 committee com-mittee nominated Mr. Shcnelder of Colorado, but the women of the convention con-vention packed the house, turned down the report of the committee and asserted their constitutional rights to elect their president. In this way tbey made history for thy association. For forly-cight years the teachers had been content to accept the report re-port of the nominating committee as law and such a radical departure was looked upon by 'many as being revolutionary. revo-lutionary. This was certainly a woman's wo-man's campaign for . a woman, when tho report of the nominating commit-I tee whs read, Miss Katherlne Blake of New York City, brought In a minority mi-nority report, this the constitution allow al-low but has never before been done. The danger that Is foreseen by many is. that when the association' Is assembled as-sembled again, it Is possible that the Ktate. In which it assembles, mught pack the convention halls, throw aside tho report of the nominating committer and nut In one of Its own choice. This, of course, would be unfair un-fair and will probably never occur, as an nssembly of men and wonien or intelligence bavo more respect for fairness. Mrs. Young is a wonderful oaian. She Is -f.r.. years of atrc and, |