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Show Ray S. Merrill, Principal of P.G. School Is Elected President Of Utah Education Association Ray S. Merrill, principal of the Central School in Pleasant Grove, is the new president of the Utah Education association. In behalf of the people of this city, the Pleasant Grove Review congratulates Ray on being honored honor-ed by the members of the Utah Education Association. This is a very important position and will give Ray an opportunity to devote many hours of free service in the furtherance of education in the state. Ray has a lot of energy and ability ab-ility and being elected to this high position brings honor upon himself and also to the community in which he lives. Ray and other officers were elected el-ected Friday at the organization's annual convention in Salt Lake City. The final general session of the three-day meeting was held Saturday Satur-day morning. The 5,500 delegates heard talks by the newly-elected head of the National Education Association, Dr. A. D. Holt, and Dr. A. S. Raubenheimer of the University of Southern California. Other new officers of the UEA include : Francis J. Gurney, Snow College, Coll-ege, vice president; and Lee R. - , ? Cain, Ogden, Dr. J. C. Moffitt,. Provo and Golden' P. Wright. Millard, to three-year terms a.1 members of the board of trustees Max Berryessa, a supervising teacher at Brigham Young uni versity training school, was elected elect-ed president of the elementary teachers section of the UEA Named president of the secondary-education secondary-education section was Dean C Christensen of Wellsville, Cache County. The business education section elected A. W. Stephenson of the Branch Agricultural college at Cedar city president with Mrs Ethelyn Taylor, Brigham Young university, Miss Barbara Kohler. Box Elder High School and Miss-Iris Miss-Iris Irons, LDS business college, vice presidents. New officers elected by the UEA school library section are Mrs. Af-ton Af-ton Peterson, Snow college, president; pres-ident; Miss Ethleen Bugg, Leh high school, vice president; and Mrs. Louise Adams, Delta, secretary. sec-retary. Featured speaker Friday was Dr. L. D. Haskew, dean of the University of Texas School of Education. Ed-ucation. He said that the school should serve first as a laboratory where children, youths and adults practice prac-tice until both heads and hearts are equipped to "wage peace." Haskew listed four kinds of knowledge essential to peace. They are: "A brand new insight into the nature of other people, knowledge of the international facts of life, high skill in techniques of communication comm-unication reading, writing, speaking speak-ing and dramatizing and skill in managing group affairs." |