The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1872-08-23
SUSAN JONES IN BOSTON.
She Attends the National Educational
Association.

DEAR NEWS: While on a visit
10 Michigan 1 accidentally saw a
programme of the National Educa-
GOnal Association to be held in Bos-
ton, August 9th, 7th and Sth. had
read only the two comprehensive
names, ''National Educational As
sociation," and "Boston," before
decided to go. L went, but found
only small portion of either there.
Most of the Boston teachers, ETC.,
were away for their summer yaca-
ton at distances "too far" TO per-
nit them TO return to this meeting
probably at the White Mountains
or the Maine Islands. With regard
to the number i'll attendance at the
Association from other States, was
equally disappointed. Though the
occasion did not meet my expecta-
tions, had a good time and felt
we'll repaid for going. 1 send you
the general programme, and the able
reports of the proceedings in the
Boston Daily Advertiser, from
which, if you haye not already seen
them, you can select such items, if
any, as would be of interest to your
readers. The welcoming speeches,
though they tried to reach from
ocean to ocean, began with Boston,
returned 10 Boston, and ended with
Boston, giving fine illustration of
Horace Mann's saying that the peo-
pie of the West have great advan-
tage over those of the East, for
"they have been saved the immense
labor of Boosting of their ancestors,
and so have more time to devote to
their posterlty."
Alas! where is Kansas, tho great
center of the nation, and the future
home of its capital? Kansas, that
glorious country with such wonder
full resources, railroads, schools and
collegesl All the blowing of her
great winds and the still greater
blowing of her thousand trumpets
make no impression on the auditory
nerve here at the sea board. Can it
be that the fate of acertain
''frog in the meadow" as re-
lated by Esop, has befal-
len her? With jealous attention
have sat three days under the de-
liberation of the National Educa-
tional Association at Boston, and
not once during the discussion of
all the great questions of the times
have / heard the name Kansas. i
had visited the great Coliseum, with
its tinted vault so tastefully draped
and ornamented, and with its mag
nificent proportions still before me,
when 1t was announced that we
were to have music from the "Jubi-
lee Singers" innocently expected
something pertaining to Gilmore's
twenty thousand chorus or hundred
anviIs, but instead there came in
nine colored students from some
college in Tennessee.
Twas much interested in Faneuil
Hall, the "Cradle of Liberty" The
present building was erected in
176l and hence witnessed those stir
ring even that preceded the ReEo- |
luton. The Hall is seventy-six feet |
twenty-eight feet high and
is surrounded GA three sides by q |
gallery. Many valuable portraits |
adorn the walls. An original full
length portrait of Washington, by !
Stuart another of the donor of the |
building, Peter FanueIl; Healy's |
great picture of Webster replying |
to Hayne; portraits of Adams,
Gen. Warren, Com. Preble, Everett,
IIineolp, Gov. Andrews and others.
Butt a4n forgetting Mr.. Swctt's
pertinent apniieatiOP of the elder
Willis advice to his sop SAMUEL, in
the matter of love letters: "Sam-
ivcl, cut it short, cut it short; thea
great secret of the thing Is TO make
her wish there was more" !
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