Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-06-02
THE N. e. A. CONVENTION
Preparations Nearly Complete for Entertain.
ment Of Delegates.
The Event Expected to Attract 35,-
Gee Visitors to WnshipgtOn-
Dates of Sessions.

TIE preparations for the convention of
the National Educational Association in
this city five weeks hence, which have been
in progress for some months past, are
gradually being completed, and by July Z,
the Gate of the opening session, all will be
in readiness for entertaining the large num-
Der of delegates and visitors who will
throng the city. The convention will con-
tirue from the 18th to the 18th of next
month, inclusive. The event will be one
Of great interest and Importance, not only
to the people of Washington, but to all
educators throughout the United States,
the most prominent of whom are members
of the great body that will assemble in
this city.
1t is estimated that the next meeting of
the association will be the means of bring
ing to the national capital at least 5000
people. The various railroad companies
which will handle the immense crowds on
this occasion have shown a liberal spirit
in the matter of rates, fixing the fare to
Washington from all points at one first
class fare for the round trip with the addi-
ton of membership fee of 81 which will
be paid into the treasury of the National
Educational Association. The payment of
this additional 81 on the railroad ticket
constitutes the party from whom it is re-
ceived a member of the organization for
the next year and emitting him to bound
expense.
For the accommodation of the thousands
who Will wish to avail themselves of vaca-
ton trips in connection with their journey
to Washington an arrangement has been
made by which the return limit of railroad
tickets can be extended until the 31st of
August at cost of % cents Special rates
have also been secured by the LEGAL man.
agement covering all of the principal points
OF interest around Washington.
Work of Officers and Committees
The various officers committees and sub
committees in charge of the arrangements
for the reception and entertainment of the
National Educational Association guests
have done an immense amount of work.
and the subjects intrusted to them are
we'll in hand. Thousands of circulars have
been distributed throughout the country
giving information to those who contem-
plate attending the convention. Much per-
manent good has been accomplished in this
way by calling the attention of educators
to the marked advantages of Washington
from an educational standpoint, and by
placing before them knowledge of its mani
fold attractions
The committee on hotels and public COM
fort has been hard at work arranging for
the immediate accommodation in a syste-
matte manner of the crowds that will be
attracted here by the approaching con-
Nentlon The Arlington Hotel has been Sc
lected for headquarters and for the offices
thirty state associations have already Sc
cured headquarters in the different hotels
of the city. Rates have been obtained from
the leading hotels for the accommodation
OF individuals ranging from $50 to 81 per
day on the American plan and from 10
cents to s. per day on the European plan.
The committee has also received offers
from a large number of good boarding
houses to accommodate guests for from 10
cents to $50 per day for room only. and
from $1.23 TO 81 per day for both room and
board. There need be no fear that Wash
lngton Will fall short in any way of main
tanning its past record as a convention city
All necessary plans for the convenience Of
visitors are being perfected, including re-
ception committees, the members of which
VIII be constantly on duty at the railroad
stations. Bureaus of Information and a
large corps of suitable guides will be organ
lied.
The Convention Sessions.
There will be eight sessions of the entire
association, the first Thursday .evening.
July I, and subsequent sessions Friday
morning and evening, Saturday morning
Monday morning and evening and Tues
day morning and evening. In order TO pro-
vide for the great crowds that will be pres
ent at these general sessions Convention
Hall, the Grand Opera House and the Ma
tional Theater have been secured Proceed
ing the meetings of the association the ma
tional council will sit July 6 and Z. The re-
mainder of the work of the association will
be carried on in the sixteen departments or
sections into which the organization is
divided. Ten meetings each will be held
the afternoons of Friday Monday and
Tuesday. No program has been arranged
for Saturday afternoon and evening as it
Is deemed better by the local committee to
give the guests the benefit of that time for
social recreation and sightseeing. Each
department of the association will be pro-
vided with a suitable hall, conveniently To-
Gated, in which its meetings may be held.
An interesting and profitable feature of
the convention will be the exhibit of books
and educational appliances, under the di-
recticn of a special committee appointed
for the purpose. This will be installed in
the newly constructed Halls of the An
GENTS on the site of the old rink on New
York avenue between 18th and 18th streets
Already fifty publishing houses and firms
have expressed the desire and intention of
making educational exhibits in the Halls
of the Ancients." 1t is believed that this
feature of the convention will attract much
attention from those who aim to keep
abreast of educational thought and prog
reSS.
There Will be an important meeting of the
local executive committee in charge of the
arrangements for the convention this af-
ternoon at 4:15 o'clock at Columbian Uni
versity. Rev. DIR. Whitman is chairman of
the committee and requests a full attend