Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-06-08
woFLDs yourns. cove MSS.
A Worlds Fair Gathering That stands
Forth Unique ana without a Precedent
in History.

A Worlds Fair Gathering That stands
Forth Unique ana without IA Precedent
in History.
Among the more than hundred diff.
fercnt congresses to be held during the
Worlds Fair, under the auspices of the
Worlds Congress Auxiliary of the
Columbian Exposition, the one that
stands out unique and alone, having no
precedent in the history of such gather
ings, will be the Worlds Youths Con-
gress, which will convene on July 18th,
and hold three halliday sessions. The
tact Of its having no precedent, SO far
from initiating at all against it, seems
to be in its favor, as something like
general feeling prevails that this Column
ban year should mark the Inauguration
of some new and decided movement
looking toward the enlistment of the
youth of America along lines calculated
TO most rapidly develop in them lofty
sentiments OF patriotism and decided
notions of what constitutes truest
citizenship.
Delegates to this congress may be
either boys or girls, and are drawn from
the grammar and high school grades of
the public schools in every county in
the United States and of the public,
private and parochial schools of all
foreign countries, though confined to
the ages between IL and II years In
Chicago the work was taken up with
great enthusiasm in the schools under
the recommendation of the Board of
| Education, and nearly every school
already has its delegate enrolled, Most of
these delegates Were chosen by an essay
contest IN the several schools, and il
was hoped by the committee having
this congress in charge thata,l the dele
gates could be chosen in this way; hut
! 1t is now SO important that the names of
these representatives. of their several
| schools should be in the hands of the
committee at the earliest possible time
that this committee urges teachers
4 everywhere to ut once appoint in their
| schools d delegate and an alternate aud
/ forward their names with age, county
name ii school and postottiGe address,
| ID this secretary of the committee, f.
frederick bliss, Worlds Congress Head
luartrrs, Chicago.
| Teachers everywhere are at liberty 10
/ send names, and if from any county a
larger number is received than that to
which ~ population tutItles il, the com.
4 HAllN' MIL HfliNt ltl' proper HHulbGI
4 from those first received 10 insure the
| iulI quota from caclr county, the com.
/ m!ttcc would be glad if names of dele
| gaIe and aiarnutcs were sent from
every school. No teacher should fail
10 make the appointments simply be-
atute none Of the young people can at
tend, Tor some Of the benefits Of the en-
terPlise are realized in the mere honor
and pleasure 81 the students fee! in theil
4 appointment.
l,equcs'a have been sent TO the minis
tiers ot education in all foreign lands tt
convey the committees invitation III,
youth Of their several countries, anC
asking for their app3intmcntint the samt
ratio and m the same terms AS in Thu
country, Replies are being received
from these constantly. Tits notcxpecteC
that any large number Of the youth o
foreign lands can actually be III attend
ana", but their appointment and thu
publication Of their names in the tina
reports Of the gathering would be (
them mattcruf quite plrdonable pride
ana tile certificate Of their delegatcshil
would be It highiy-prlzed souvenir 0
the Columbian celebration Ii is hope,
that every teacher reading this will i'm
medIately act in the matter, and tina
young people who are attending schou
will bring il to the attention Of such 0
, their teachers rs have not made the up
pOintmGnts.