Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-04-08
WORKFOR SALTLAKE
Movement 10 Secure tho h. E. A..
CONVENTION for 1893.


OF an interesting meeting OF represen.
tativo Cilsess last night gathered Tor
the purpose OF formulating plans
which II is hopei viii result IN bring.
ing the National Il vocational assocla.
ton convention to 5 ii. Lake in July,
1898. Tho meeting was presidoi over
10y Governor Wells nni Pro. o. II.
Alvey o: the Warrington school ac;e d
as sacretsry. Among those present in
addition TO the officers nsme1 were,
Hon. John Il. Dooly, DR.. John II.
Park, Dr.. J. Il. ralmaxe, Colonel
Nelson, Ptof. Mckay, Prof. Aug,.
burg, John 10. Hausen, Frank Knox,
George W. Heinz, George NJ. Can
non, COu ucilmen Ailen and O'Mesra.
Gus Holmes, George NJ. Scott, jacob
NJ ritz, Proi. EIdIngfleli. Assistant
Principal Clark OF tho High sch DOL,
PEoh Willard Done Of thu Latter.day
Saints college, ami gOodly number
OF others.
Governor Wells, in stating the OF.
iect OF the meeting, declared Salt Lake
to be the greatest convention city IN
Americi 4, INHABITED ny a people famous
Tor their hospitality nnu with uDsur.
passed facilities Tor their accommodate
zion. He believed that II wtutI not
be- difficult t. induce the convention
In question to c)mu here II proper
effort were made.
DR.. MiilspAugh followed, SAYING
that from 5000 to 10 600 otuoat ors
attended these meeuHgs. For Ave
years attempts hal been male to gel
the cow nlion to meet here. But
oTganlzsd effort and proper pteaenIa.
zion OF auy facts had not been
made TO the necessary degree,
Several cities were now inuus-
triously at WORK for 1t with
Omaha and Los Angeles In the lead.
This year 1t VIII meet In NIL Waukee,
1t wOul he necessary for Salt Lake to
secure headquarters IN this city during
the convention and send delegation
OF hard workers there to work for the
convention.
DR.. James Il. Talmage, president OF
the Utah University, who attended
the department OF superintendonts In
Indianapolis last February, followed.
He had spoken to the clio OF the
national association aud several OF thu
prominent niemDers, anu found a very
| favorable Ieeiipg Toward Salt Lase,s
invitation. The board of difector 70
chooses the meeting place, which 10
usually where the members want to 20,
He thought they wanted to come here
Tor the pleasure OF the trip. The teach
era OF tho State should make every
effort TO aid the movement, he SAID,
and let the association know that not
only Salt Lake, but Utah, wanted
them 10 come. Pledges, he said, would
have 10 be maze, that che better cIasb
of citizsns wound open their houses 10
the accommodation OF surplus guests,
should the hotel Recommendations be
Insufficient.
Chaplain AllenswoTth OF the Tween.
ty.iourth regiment, Fort Douglas, said
he had been member OF the assocla-
tion for years. He said: at Salt
Lake wants 1t she can get 1t, because
conditions are in her favor, 90 can bs
seen from tho following statistics:
"rhe largest atIeDuancs at these
meetings has boen when they were
neid In western cities, the ussire OF
the eastern teachers Is to 20 west dur.
ing vacation, where they can see Gou's
most majestic mountains and veldAnt
hslds, gather new illustrations there
from anu be inspired with fresh vigor
to sppesr before their classes when
they return to duty.
"The average membership OF the as.
eociition Is 6,234. For convenience OF
record, the ASSOCIATION has Its Territory
divided into i've geographical divisions
In the United States, and Canada form.
Ing one, maRing SIX. The association
has met In Canada once, tho North
=. al TOM
these In the state OF New York, and ut
Atbury park once. The attendance
at these four meetings In that division
was 1902. la the south Atlantic
states II has never met; in the south
Central once, In the North Central
our times. The aItendRuce NJ
tnese four meetings was ll,l52. La
the western division, la winch Salt
Lake Ia situated, 1t has met twics--at
San Francisco Ia '9S and Denver In
'95. The attend suce at these two
meetings was l6,5l7. Thus II IL seen
that when In tho western division at
two meetings the attendance was only
1870 less than Jour meetings in the
North Atlantic district. Toe attend
ance at the Denver meeting was the
largest In the history OF the associa-
ton. The next largest number, B,OS5,
was when the association met IN tue
then western town OF Chicago IN 'S7, |
When At San Francisco, the sLtouI. |
Rnce was 7,22O; oil this number 1878 |
were from the state OF CaliiOfnIa. |
From these figures Il 10 clear that the |
people and teachers prefer trip west |
TO one east. Most OF the teschers west |
are from the eAst aud have but little |
Interest In vieitlng the east,
"If Salt Lake wants the association |
anu Gao accommodate IL, she can get |
II. The only division she need fear IS |
the North Central, for from 1t the |
average membership by statss Ia 254.
While the average membership from
do, 10 but 60; while from our division,
The west, II Is 40; 20 II Salt Lake will
secure It's own division anu tho North
Central, the association Will meet in
Salt Lake In '9S.
President Dolly OF the board OF edu.
cation said IL was useless to Gwell upon
the advantages OF Salt LAkt-Guey
were generally o1ucvdgd. Cno thing
TO do now wac 20 70 to work aud ralse
tue money. 1t would DO necessary To
raise from $500 t. S. w without delay.
On motion OF CUionvl William Nei-
son u cJmmittee OF seven was ap-
pointed by tbs chair as iOllows TO take
preliminary charge OF tho work: CIV.
Ii. NJ. Wells, President john Il.
Dolly OF the board VI education ot