The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-07-08
woRLO's YOUTHS conoREss.

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Among the more than hundred diff
ferent congresses to be held during tho
worlds fair, under the auspices of the
worlds congress auxiliary OF the Co
lumbar exposition, the one that stands
out unique and alone, having no Prec-
edent in the history of such gather
inRs, will .be the worlds youths con-
and hold three halliday sessions. Tho
fact of its having no precedent, so far
from initiating at all against it, seems
to be in its favor, Es something ike
q general feeling prevails that this Co
lumbar year should mark theoinaugu-
ment looking toward the enlistment OF
the youth of America along lines cal
culated to most rapidly develop in
them lofty sentiments of patriotism
and decided notions of W hat constitutes
truest citizenship.
Delegates to this congress may %
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 thirteen and TWEEN
ty-one 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 it's delegate
enrolled. Most of these delegates
were chosen by an essay contest in the
several schools, and it was hoped by the
committee having this congress in
charge that all the delegates could DO
chosen in this way; but it is now SO inn
portant that the names of these repre-
sentatives of their several schools
should be in the hands of the commit
tee at the earliest possible time that
| where to at once appoint in their
schools a delegate and an alternate and
forward their names, with age, county.
name of school and post office address,
| to the secretary of the COMMITTEES. f.
Frederick Bliss, Worlds Congress Head
quarters, Chicago.
Teachers Everywhere are at liberty to
send names, and if from any county q
| larger number is received than that to
which its population entities it, the COM
| mittee will select the proper number
from those first received. To insure the
| full quota from each county, the COM
mittee would be glad if names of dele
| gates and alternates were sent from
| every school. No teacher should fail
to make the appointments simply be-
| cause none of the young people can at
| tend for some of the benefits of the
| enterprise are realized in the mere honor
and pleasure the students feel in their
| appointments.
! Requests have been sent to the min
| listers of education in all foreign lands
| to convey the committees invitation to
the youth of their several countries, and
| asking for their appointment in the
| same ratio and on the same terms as IN
this country. Replies are being received
from these constantly. 1t is not ex'
pected that any large number of the
youth of foreign lands can actually be
in attendance, but their appointment
~,
the final reports of the gathering would
| be them a matter of quite pardonable
pride, and the certificate of their dele
gateship would be highly-2rizce1
! souvenir of the Columbian celebration
1t is hoped that every teacher reading
this will Immediately act in the matter
and that young people who axe attend
ing school will bring it to the attention
of such of their teachers as have no.
| made the appointments.