Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-07-01
Admirable Arrangements for the
Educational Convention.
BE SYSTEM TO BE- FOLLOWED
Private Citizens, Teachers and
Scholars Engaged in the Work
CONFIDENT CHAIRMAN


terested In the convention of the National
Educational Association. to begin here next
Thursday, are already arriving in the city,
and the days Intervening will show a very
substantial Increase in the number of Wis
itors until the big crowds commence pour
ing IN Wednesday. Assistant Treasurer F.
D. Tharp Of the association is one of the
late Corners. and like all the rest, expresses
himself as surprised and delighted at the
admirable arrangements made by the local
committees for the convention.
The headquarters at the Arlington Hotel
and at the board Of trade rooms are scenes
of great activity, especially the latter place,
where all the gentlemen and ladies in
charge of the work on behalf Of Washing
ton meet and compare notes and equip
themselves with all knowledge necessary to
give them a complete conception of what is
required of them.
An Important Committee
Particularly active is the committee on
hotels and public comfort, of which Mr..
Raymond A. Pearson of the Agricultural
Department Is chairman, and H. H. Bur-
roughs, G. F. T. Cook, John T. Freeman.
Miss Flora Hendley, F. Fl. Hitchcock, f.
G. Kimball, H T. A. Lemon. f. r. Levy,
Miss Mabel Robinson. M. NJ ShanG Mrs.
G. b. Smith, W. w. Tuckey, Miss Sarah f.
White, Emory Wilson and Court F. Wood
are the members, which has under its con-
troll the important duty of providing the
accommodations for the thousands of
strangers who will De in attendance on the
convention. The energetic chairman has
been working night and day in this behalf
and the other members of the committee
have been ardent and active In the same
direction. The mail received by this com
mlttee is increasing in proportions every
daV and letter immaIjI taly .riV
in charge of some member of the commit
tee, the wants of its writer noted ard
measures taken to meet them.
Division of the Work.
The work is divided into several
branches. One subcommittee. consisting Of
about fifty members, will act as recep-
ton body at the two railroad stations.
Seventyfive school teachers will take care
of the visitors after them arrival and $50
guides-High School and eighth grade
schoars-Will direct them to their quarters.
One hundred teachers-and Normal School
graduates will have charge of five infor-
nation bureaus located at the Baltimore
and Ohio depot. Pennsy WANNA station, the
assignment room near the latter station,
the Arlington Hotel and Willard Hall.
At Willard Hall there Will be a post
office where all mail for the convention
delesates will be sent anti delivered to
them from there. ~ ~
Other Importals Features.
A committee of thirty-iye will have
charge of an alphabetical list of the dele
gates, in order that fEendsimay find each
other. Each delegates local address will
be arranged by card Index system alpha
betically This committee will begin work
next Thursday morning. This committee
has already written about jo,Ooo introduc-'
ton cards for use by the assignment COM
mittee when the delegates arrive. These
cards will be flied IN with the name Of
each delegate when they arIiYe and con-
tain the name of the hotel ar person who
will entertain them, the rates to be charged
and directions how to reach the place they
will stop at.
One important feature Of the work of
Mr.. Pearsons committee will be the estab-
lishment of rest and comfort rooms at Will
lards and other places. where visitors can
their friends. These rooms will be in
charge of members of the Teachers Aid
and Annuity Association of this city.
Emergency rooms will be fitted up at all
the large meeting places and committee
be on hand at each place. If the necessity
arises a physician and a trained nurse will
be on duty at each place, the city hospitals
having volunteered to detail experienced
persons for these purposes.
Thirty Thousand People Expected.
The committee is preparing to take care
of 10000 people, and Chairman Pearson is
confident of the ability of his committee
and its branches to make everybody COM
Portable and satisfied. -
The charmen of the various subcommit-
tees have been engaged for some time in
drilling the members of their committees
in the duties they will be called upon to