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It was the 64th annual convention of the National Education Association, but in such a setting as few of the delegates had ever seen before. It was in Philadelphia, where stately domes and towers of light have risen to commemorate the courage, wisdom and virtue of the country's founding fathers. President Mary McSkimmon of Brookline, Mass., greeted the multitude, some 14,000 of the Association's 161,000 membership.* She ran up and down the Association's keyboard of aims and ideals, sounding the familiar chords with great spirit and accuracy. Education had accomplished much in...