Evening star., 1898-07-06

headquarters OF the national executive COM
mittee.
Hr. Blount stated that President Nc
= n.ey had not yet definitely replied to the
Il NlJaton to he present at one of the gen
ciGl sessions. bgt that it would be brought
to his attention later in the week.
MT. Clarke, from the music committee.
announced that the Marine Band would
give half an hours concert previous TO the
beginning or the exercises pf the oneufnE
session at Convention Hall tomorrow night
ara that the District Natio.tal Guard Band
had been secured TO give the music al the
closing session next week
Inc samples of the various badges were
exhibited and Secretary O. Nell directed 20
send to the chairmen OF axch committee
the badges for their mei6bers The meet
ing adjourned subject to call Of Chairman
Whitman.
In the course of the evening many com.
pliments We're extended TO the comrnitiees
on music and the press for the very thor
ough manner in which their duties were
performed. These committees are as FOL.
lows:
Committee on music-Percy S. Foster.
chairman: Josef Kasper. Charles s Clark,
Francis J. Woodm3n. Miss Ally f. Bentley,
Miss Amy c. Leavitt. Miss Katie V. WI
Press committee - Rudolph Kaufrmann.
chairman; II. L. West, Angus McSwcen,
Louis Garthe. Arthur A. O'Neil.
Personal Sketches.
DIR. Joseph c. Gordan. who is ore Of the
mcst active members of the ~ l.. A. ia
well known in this city. He is a native Of
Ohio, born in Piqua in 1892, going 10 Hi
nois, when eight years Of age. with his
parents He is a graduate of Monmouth
College.
Jpr. Gordon's work in the education Of the
deaf began in the Indiana institution.
From Indiar apolis he came TO the National
college for the Deaf and Dumb in this city.
Where' Tor many years, he held the chairs
n faasl slsYs
was placed In charge OF the department of
oral instruction and of normal training
IN 1857 he was called to the principalshfp
OF the Illinois Institution for the Deaf fha
largest school of the kind in the world He
has recently been rendered the priucipal-
snip or the Lexington Avenue School for
theDeaf in New York city
DR.. Davis Hendricks Bergev who read q
paper before the national council TODAY. is
nrst assistant, laboratory of hygiene, Unit
Verslty OF Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Pa
ana lecturer on sanitary science to the
students of the department of architecture
OF that university. He was formerly re-
se9rch student under the Hodgkins fund OF
tn Smithsonian Institution.
Or. Delos FAN is professor of chemistry
and director of the Mcmillan Chemical
Laboratory at Albion College Michigan
He has been prominent in sanitary move
ments for many years and has been an
active member of the Michigan state board
OF health for the past ten years. He has
been teacher for twenty-five years and
during the entire time has identified him
sen with all the educational movements of
the times. He is successful institute con-
ouctor, forceful member of the board OF
educauon In his own city and was last year
the president of the State Teachers Asso-
citation of Michigan. DR.. Fall is an en-
lhuslaStlc advocate of the Michigan idea
Ior the restriction and prevention of conn
municable diseases by means of the edu-
catloa or the pupils of the schools in the
principles OF sanitary science, the laws of
or Gnr11,
all the schools of the state
Charles Benjah Gilbert superintendent
UL UL Schools, Newark, y. j., is an A. b. of
Nlillams College, class of 1876 He has
peen the principal of high schools success
Nely at Mankato, Mimi, winona. Mimi.
BeaNer Dam, Wis, and Oshkosh Wis
Sts-S5 He was principal of the High
Ssnool S at st. Paul, Mimi, from 1888 to
tooe and Superintendent of schools there
from 1889 TO 1896. He became superintend-
ent OF schools at Newark in 1896 He was
lecturer on school supervision and manage
ment' Teachers College, Columbia Univer-
sity, in 1897.