St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-03-13
The Educational Meeting at
Madison.

The National Educational assOcia-
ton of the United States will hold its
next annual session at Madison, Wis
consin. July 10, l6, II and Is. The
following attractions should draw a
great body of teachers from our state
|. A fine excursion, at very low rail
road rates, to this beautiful city of the
northwest.
.. Cheap hotel rates at Madison.
3. A three days session of the assO-
citation in the discussion of vital ques-
tons, by able and progressive educa-
tors from all parts of the country.
/. Department teaching - elemen-
tary. normal, industrial, art, school
superintendent, collegiate aud the
council OF educatiOn-several sessions
being given to each.
). "A womap's evening" to be de
voted exclusively TO addresses by able
women from various parts of the
country.
8. national educational exhibition,
under the directOrship of Hon. j. Fl.
Smart of Indiana. School material,
books, literature. art, industrial edu-
cation, school work, Wards natural
history collection, etc, in the state
capitol.
I. A great mass meeting in behalf of
education, with addresses from dis
tinguished representatives from foreign
countries. as well as from prominent
men and women of America.
:. Cheap and attractive excursions
to the lakes, the great cities of the
northwest, the Mississippi, Falls Of st.
Anthony, Minnehaha, St. Paul, Mine
apolis, the great grain fields of Mime
sofa and Dakota in the midst of the
wheat harvest season, the Yellowstone
Park, the Mammoth Hot Springs, Gey-
sers. Yellowstone River, etc, Oregon,
California, and the seal regions of
Alaska.
9. Three thousand persons can be
happily housed ut Madison, and each
person may know the hotel or resi-
dencc where he is to room, AS early in
advance of the meeting as he may
wish to apply. Provisions are to be
made for Il great mass meeting of edu-
Gators, and their friends, in the inter
ests of our common school cause.
The New England party will leave
Boston in Pullman cars, July II, at
nine o'clock, arriving at Montreal in
| the evening, and remaining there I'M
til Sunday afternoon, spending the
entire day in that city. 1t will leave
Montreal July 10, in the evening,
reaching Madison Tuesday afternoon.
| The railroad fare for the round trip
cludes side excursion from Hamilton,
. Canada, to Niagara Falls and return,
on the homeward journey. The Pull
man car charges, in addition to the
railroad fare. will be, for the outward
! trip, for full section with two berths,
accommodating four persons, ten dol
/ lars. Half section, one berth, accom-
modating two persons, five dollars.
For single Pullman car ticket, three
dollars. The price of board in Madison
will be from one dollar and seventy
| five cents to two dollars and half at
the hotels, and one dollar per day in
private houses.
The entire party will make the out
ward journey in body, in special
excursion train, but can return to
Boston individually, or i'll small parties,
over the same route, at their own
option, prior to September LIST. Cheap
and attractive excursions will be an
nounced in the bulletin of the associa-
ton. to be issued about March !. For
further particulars, address local man
ayers, or the general manager for this
state, j. NJ. Hit, Mortified, Vermont.
| All persOns-teachers business people,
tourists, etc. are invited.
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