The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-06-25
National Educational Association


What is 1t? 1t is al Association Of
the Educators and Friends of Education
| from every State and Territory in the
nation, holding meeting of days each
year, for mutual improvement by the
interchange of views on various educa
tional topics and for the general advance
ment Of the cause of education through.
out our vast country without regard to
States or Sections 1t is as its name
| indicates truly national in its character
When Will it hold its meeting7 On
the 10th of July, 1881, its yearly session
will commence and continue eight DAYS.
Where Willis meeting be held? At
Madison. Wisconsin. This beautiful
city, which has been called the Gateway
of the Great Northwest, has been select
ed for the meeting this year, because OF
the peculiar advantages it offers in its
accessibility, its magnificent surround
ings, its renowned health-giving climate.
its commodious public buildings, the use
of which has been freely rendered to the
ASSOCIATION, its extensive hotel and
private boarding accommodations, and
in the whoe-hearted interest of its citi-
zens and those of the State in its sue
cess, for such mammoth educational
meeting as this country and the world has
never seen.
What will be the peculiar attraction
of this occasion? Meetings Of 1.-THE Ma.
tional Council of Education of "The
Froebel Institute of North America"
and of 'The National Educational Asso-
ciation,' proper; "A National Educa-
tional Exposition" which is intended to
be on a gIander scale than was ever be-
fore organized; and lastly, cheap excur-
sions to the various points of interest in
the Wonderland of the Northwest.
What will it cost i'll the way of rail-
road fare to and from Madison, and for
board there? On the Illinois Gen.
trail Road, the ticket from any of its
stations to Chicago and return will be
II of the fare one way: thus from Jack
son, Miss, it viii be 25,35, to which
is to be added $685. from Chica-
go to Madison aud back, making in
all $1,000. On the Vicksburg and
Meridian and ez- the Mobile and Ohio
Roads, excursion rates will be given,
which will be as low as on the Illinois
Central. Tickets good at least to Octo-
Der 3lst. Board can be obtained from ST.
90 to $50 per day.
Why should Mississippi and every
Southern State be well represented at
Madison?
Because 1st., she and they ought to
bring the great heart of their educators
in ''The New South" in unison with that
of the educators OF the other sections,
that they may be one in feeling, plan and
execution, in carrying toward the great
work Of the nations education; especially
to influence Congress to make the appro-
priation already passed by the Senate for
the education of the illiterate, with
which class the South is so fearfully
burdened.
Because ID, the trip at cheap rate viii
give change of climate and recreation
to a class Of persons, our educators, who
much need, such a change.
Who are desired to attend? All Ed
ucators and the friends of Education.
OF whom can further information be
obtained? -
OF the General manager, DIR. Walter
Hillman, Clinton, Mississippi, or of the
OF Education in t.ais
State, who are Assistant Managers