The herald., 1895-09-10
WORK FOR THE CONVENTION
State Educators Trying to Bring
the N. E. A. Here
A LETTER JUST SENT OUT
Why the Convention Shomld Be Held
Here
To Every Director Of the Association Are
Pointed Out the Advantages Of Los
Angeles for the Meeting

The committee of leading California ed
ucators having in charge the matter OF
securing tho meeting of the next ann ual
National Educational association for this
city is very busy in sending out letters
and personal appeals to the directors OF the
association located in every one
of the states and territories. The commit
tee consists of State Superintendent of
Instruction Black of Sacramento, Prof.
G. II. Keyes of the Troop Polytechnic in
stitute of Pasadena, President E. 7.
Pierce of the normal school OF this city
and superintendent of Schools J. A. Fo-
shay. This committee has just completed
the following letter:
LOS ANGELES. Sept. 6, 1895.
Dear Sir:-The committee having in
charge the matter Of securing the loca-
Educational association in the city of Los
Angeles begs leave to submit for your
consideration q statement of its case.
At its last annual session the Southern
California Educational association, by
unanimous vote, passed resolution in
viting the National Educational associa-
tion to mold the session for 1896 in Los
Angeles. Similar invitations were for
mulated Dy the city board of education,
the ty board Of tioI. tiie Ne oh-
ants association, the board of trade and
the chamber of commerce. These, to-
gether with the invitation of the COVER.
nor, the state board of education and the
state superintendent of public instruc-
tion, were, by the undersigned, form ally
presented to the honorable board of
directors of the National Educational
association at Denver. at a meeting held
.s~.,o
cities of the union. ballot was taken to
indicate first, second and third choices
of places. On this Los Angeles led for
first choice. A second ballot was then
taken for first choice only, the vote being
limited to the citiss previously desig-
Again Los Angeles led. The whole
matter. with the record of these votes,
was then referred to the executive COM
mittee, as is the custom OF the associa-
tion, to insure that proper railroad and
hotel rates might be secured. and other
provisions made for the comfort and en-
tertainment of the association.
This action was taken as a result of
fair presentation of our case, based chiefly
on these conditions:
F1st-Los Angelo, is city of 90, 900
people accustomed to entertain many
thousands of visitors every year. An at
tendance of 1900 mem bers can be
handled easily.
Second-The hotels will make special
rates not to exceed 81. 80 and So per day
for members of the National Educational
association.
Thiro-A railroad rate OF less than one
fare for the round trip will be secured for
members of the ASSOCIATION.
Fourth - Centrally located session
rooms, accommodating from 1900 to $500
persons each and in the aggregate not
| less than 20, 600 people, ARE at the disposal
of the association. ls-.---
| Fifth-Los Angeles pledges 5000 men,
bers from the state of California alone.
made for the thorough announcement
of the mestings in the press Of ths coun-
try, and especially through all the edu-
cational journals.
Sevenrh.-Los Angeles is so situated as
to enable attendants upon the meeting to
enjoy wider range of pleasure ecxur-
sions for trif1ing expense than can be
indulged elsewhere in America. An
hour by rail will take the pleasure seeker
to three femous beaches: Santa Monica,
with its matchless surf and wonderful
wharf; rare Kedondo. with its famous
pier fishing and noted hotel; Long
Beach, whose velvety sands and shelving
shore mako it at once an almost unri-
vailed bathing and driving resort An
hour and thirty minutes over the Mount
Lowe railroad, the daring engineering of
which is unapproached, will take one 5000
feet above the sea amid mountain seem
cry unsurpassed in grandeur. Echo
Mountain MOTEL and the Lowe observa-
tory are on this route, which passes
through Pasadena. Within three hours
ride lie San Diego and its world. renowned
bay; Coronado, with its magnificent no.
tel; Riverside, Redlands. San Bernardino,
Ontario and Pomona, all in the midst Of
Califofnia's great orange and lemon
ri Of
including a steamer trip of thirty miles.
takes one into the bay of Avalon, at the
island of Catalina; here the hunting, fish
ing, uoating and bathing combine to at
tract tens Of thousands every summer.
The above, and many other opportuni-
ties, make Los Angeles a most desirable
location for the meeting in 1896. when
membe of the n. E. A. will be accord
ed California welcome. such as thou
sands enjoyed in San Francisco in 1898.
Final action by the executive commit
tee of the National Educational associa-
tion will be taken In October. Our local
committee is in receipt OF letters from all
parts of the union, urging that every
legitimate influence be brought to bear
upon the exective committee to induce
it to determine this matter in accordance
with the expressed preference of the
board of directors at the Denver meeting.
These letters have bean the more urgent
since the location of the national Y. P.
s. G. E. meeting for 1897 in California
makes it impossible for us to entertain
the N. E. A. year later, as was sug
gested by mem bsr with whom our city
was second choice.
Will you kindly favor us with an ex-
preston of your personal choice, and if
In favor OF accepting California's invita-
ton will you write personal letters to
President N. Dougherty at Peoria, ILL.,,
and to Secretary Irwin Shepard at Vino
ma. Mimi, urging upon them the wisdom
of at once designating Los Angeles. tn 1t
ws may begin active preparation for such
q reception of the National Educational
association as shall stand unrivaled in
its history.
copy of the above is to be sent to each
one of the following directors of the Ma
tionalEd ucational association:
+. M. Rhen, Montgomery. Ala; 7. B.
Comstock, Tucson. Ariz.; Junius Jordan,
Little Rock, Ark. Earl Barnes. Palo AL.
to. Cal. ]. II. Vansickle. Denver, Colo.
George B. Hurd, New Haven, Conn. A.
H. Raub. Newark. DEL: z. Ricnards,
Washington. D. c.: Oscar Clute, Lake
City, Fla; Otis Ashmore, Savannah, Ga.
F. B. Gault. Moscow, Idaho; John w.
Cook, Norman, ILL.,; D. F. Goss. Indanapo-