The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-08-14
TO VIEW THE CITY.
Committee of Teachers on the
Way to Seattle.
PREPARATIONS FOR RECEPTION.
They VIII Be Entertained and shown
Over the Town-Importance OF
the Convention.

Arrangements are being made By both the rep
resentative men of business of the city and those
connected with the school department, looking
toward the reception OF the members OF the
committee appointed by the educational con-
gress that convened at Toronto last month TO
look for site for the next conclave. The CON-
mitsee appointed by the Board OF Trade was to
have met yesterday, but owing 10 little delay
in issuing the call for the meeting IL failed to
get together, but il will meet this morning at
o'clock 10 complete the final arrangements. In
the meantime City Superintendent Frank Barn
ard, Professor Richardson and Professor Akin
son are preparing a programme asd report
that will be presented at that meeting and dis
eussed and revised at length.
According to the best information the COM
mittee now has, the members OF the visiting
committee, who are r. y. Stephenson. Ii. d., OF
Wichita, Kan: y. A. Calkins, IL d.. assistant
superintendent of schools, at New York city;
DR.. @. II. Garrett, and J. u. Greenwood, super
intendent OF the Kansas City schools, VIII arrive
in Helena, Aont., in the morning twilight OF
August 10. County Superintendent w. d. Tur-
ner and Professor d. Bemiss, the members of the
state board who reside in Spokane, are now
making preparations TO receive them pleasantly
at that place. Another delegation will meet the
train at Ellensburg, and make it pleasant for the
visitors during the three minute stop the train
makes at the city where the new state normal
will do the courteous thing when the committee
arrives at Tacoma, at about noon next wednes-
day The travellers are then TO be conveyed TO
this city by steamboat, arriving here at p. m,
and rushed to o hotel and given an opportunity
TO brush the combination of Montana. Idaho
and Eastern Washington dust from their Prince
Alberts before they are rendered private recep-
ton in the rooms of the Chamber of Commerce
The reception the evening OF the arrival of
the committee is the result Of the discoveries Of
members of the entertainment committee and
several strange condolences. It happens that
several residents Of the city are former pupils of
the visitors, and others knew them when they
were children. Hence the reception, which will
be in the nature of pleasant surprise, and will
give the visitors and local enthusiasts a fine OPP
portunity TO learn about each other before the
rest of the work is taken up.
Thursday morning the conmitte of visitors,
the committee of the Chamber OF Commerce, the
seIfinstituted committee of patriotic peda-
gogues and several tFusty guides will go out
over the town. The programme includes trip
70 the end OF the fesier avenue cable line,
voyage TO East Seattle aud the return by way of
Madison street. Then the party will go out II
Queen Anne Hill, visiting the Minor and Cen
traI schools. The next entry in Professor Rich
ardsoa's notebook reads, "Dinner at the Cham
Der OF Commerce"
In rhe afternoon the party viii embark in car
riages and visit the hotels and leading business
houses end points OF interest
at is very important tina: we should do this
thing in good SHAPE Professor Richardson said
last evening. There will BE- at least 1000 visi-
tors, and everybody knows that better class of
people TO advertise wha. they see in a strange
city can't be fouad. II is quite necessary to the
increased welfare of Seattle that we should re-
eeiye the committee well, keep up the good
spirits of its members and show them what we
have 10 offer in the best way possible. Seattle il
the place TO hold that conve4tion. What we
want 10 make sure OF is to impress them with
the same belief
I've are going to canvass the city for hotel
accommodations. The committee viii consider
this quite an important point, and we shall try
to be able to report to them just what we have,
aud how many persons we can accommodate at
a reasonable rate"