The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-06-10
The "Non- Partisan Superintendent
Grand Lodge x. of P.-- he Great
Gathering at Asheville.

Robert Nourse, the most noted
dramatic orator and impersonator IN
American. will render DIR. Jekyll and
Mr.. HYDE" on Tuesday evening, June
%. DR.. Nourse appeared before the
students of the State University and
the State Normal school last winter.
Everybody who has ever heard him
pronounces him Il most entertaining
and instructive orator.
Wednesday, June gath, an excursion
will be run from Asheville to Waynes-
vile, the birthplace of the Assembly.
The train will leave Asheville early in
the morning and return in the after
noon. giving the entire day at White
Sulphur Springs. The Asheville Light
Infantry will accompany the eNcur-
sion and will have drill and parade
at Waynesville In the afternoon there
will be a ball at the White Sulphur
Springs hotel.
The convention of the Grand Lodge
of Knights of Pythias will meet in
Asheyille June 10th. There will be
two hundred or more delegates pres
ent. with the parade, etc, incident TO
such occasions. The delegates will
use the Teachers Assembly tickets.
Ii is probable that Miss Kearney,
National organizer of the w. c. L. IT,,
will deliver one or more addresses be-
fore the teachers. Miss Kearney has
won a great reputation as a platform
speaker before American and Euro
pean audiences.
The question of nominating a State
Superintendent is agitating the minds
of number of politicians and teach
ers. The officers of the Assembly are
non-commital on this subject. 1t is in
possible to tell whether the Assembly
will take any action or not as there
are many who oppose this rule, while
on the other hand it has many strong
advocates.
The majority of those attending will
go up on Tuesday, the 10th, so as 10
reach Asheville in time for the opening
exercises at $50 o'clock that night.
The address of welcome will be de-
livered by Asheyille's gifted young
MAYOR, William j. Cooke, who is only
twenty-four years of age, but who has
already made quite a snug little for
tune in business and is cashier of one
of the leading banks of the city. Dur
in the last municipal campaign he
| made quite reputation as an orator.
Special attention will be given to
| the social feature and an effort will
be made to have all the teachers and
friends become acquainted. Frequent
social gatherings will appear on the
programme and the secretary will be
| assisted by corps of marshals whose
| duty it will be to provide introduce
| tions and to give information and to
assist in every way possible in making
| the occasion a pleasant one to all who
| attend.
All who have examined the pro-
| gramme pronounce it the most com
| prehensive ever prepared for such occa-
| sion. 1t embraces a wide range of
subjects and brings out the best tai
ent in the State. Many of the speakers
are new men in educational ranks,
several of them are new men in the
| State and have never met the teachers.
| They are all vigorous thinkers and
| thoroughly progressive men.
| One of the interesting features of
| the programme will be a demonstra-
| ton of the methods employed in teach
ing the deaf. A class of pupils will be
| present from the institution for the
deaf, accompanied by their teachers,
who will give practical lesson in the
methods of teaching. They will show
how it is possible to teach the deaf
| to talk and sing.
| Several of those who take part in
| the programme are not teachers, but
are men who occupy prominent place
| in the State with reference to our
material and intellectual development.
Such men as A. j. Conner, Geo. Z,
Butler, s. NJ. Finger d. A. TomplSins
and b. L. Lacy will prove a valuable
| addition to the programme.
At the close of the session it is prob
| able that private classes will be organ
| lied by some of our leading educators,
for the study of special subjects or
| branches As the tickets are good for
| five weeks, there will be time for
| considerable work after the Assembly
| adjourns.
/ WASHINGTON Time Q-F0IIrth class