The San Francisco call., 1899-07-15
OS ANGELES, July 14.-With the
closing Of the doors at Hazard 5


Pavilion at 10 o'clock tonight the
- thirty-eighth session of the National
Educational Association Convention passed
into history. DR.. Irwin Shepard, secretary
OF the association, tonight gave TO Inc
Call correspondent the following ofnciai
estimate of the work accomplished during
the Los Angeles meeting:
From every point of view this has been the
record breaking convention. The most crafty
ing feature has been the attendance. There
have come TO the Los Angeles meeting 19Voo
persons. Up TO noon to-day over 10000 mem
bership certificates have been issued, and the
end is not yet, as 500 persons to-day arrived
from various sections. These are all attracted
by the low rates ard have been oelated from
When it was decided that the convention
should come TO Los Angeles the California com
Inittee guaranteed the association 09'V meInoer-
ships. The committee has succeeded In pro-
vidIug little in excess Of $500, which Is a
large increase over the California membership
secured in 1888.
The income to the association from this meet
ing will exceed SIS, sOO- This means that We
will be able to transfer about $4,000 to the
general fund and that sum added to the S74 900
now on hand, VIII land our assets quite near
the s100, 900 mark
l am to-day preparing data for the principal
report that will record the proceedings of this
convention This official document will be
printed by the University Press of Chicago.
issued on December !, and viii comprise about
100 pages bound in black cloth. The reports
committees and officers together with many
advance addresses. now in type. copy
VIII be sent TO every active and life member,
one to every associate member that sends 'in
his name before September !, 1899.
These proceedings will be thoroughly indexed
and now Indispensable adjuncts Of every
library that seeks TO serve the interests of edu-
cation assist the work of teachers in the
common school
Since the Denver meeting there has been an
entire reorganization of the constitution and
policy Of the National Educational Association
This movement was inaugurated at that meet
ing under the presidency of Dr. Nicholas Muir
ray Butler by the establishment of two classes
of membership viz the active membership
y Is OT
clare Tnenbershjn which may be held by any
one who pavs rbe annual membership fee Both
classes OF membership alike entitled TO Il
1oII1rne Of the proceedings but the active mem
bers receive other publications and all bulletins
of information issued by the association
The ticket agents, who have been kept
busy stamping tickets, are enjoying a
stamped 1000 National Educational Asso-
citation tickets. OF that number 700 were
handled yesterday and 1000 the day before
The tickets yet unstamped will come in
later, a few at a time or singly, until Sep
tember 4 The total number of tickets
that require the stamping and signing
probably viii reach 1900. That represents
only the number of travellers from dis
tance and does not include those from
Southern California points.
The executive officers of the National
Educational Association will return TO
the East over the Northern 1giI n Pacific a5R
President (now First Vice PresidenQ
e o. Lyte, James NJ. Greenwood, L. c.
Dr.. Nicholas Murray, n. c. Dougherty
f Louis Soldan, Dr. A. R. Taylor and
Among the San Franciscans who are
now here are. r. H. Webster, the Super
intendent Of Schools Mrs. G. N. Mark,
Onyon. Anna Onyon, Lottie Bean, E.
Carpenter. K. NJ. Ball W. McDon-
4id N1Ta9 P8%yeT 8Sgsd JMNegs Magsrs N CSonsX W
Dinkelspiel, W. w. Stone. T. Mccarthy.
W. A. Edwards, c. C. Young, j. Clark and
delegation has enjoyed many outings. 1t
has visited Santa Barbara, Santa Monica,
Coronado, Mount Lowe, Catalina and
Among the larger Eastern delegations
have been the PennSylvanians, over 800
persons; the Indianans, 227 delegates; the
Coloradans, 300 strong; the Ilinoisans.
$50, and the Ohioans and New Workers, 400
each. The Hawaiian Islands sent a dele
cation of twelve teachers.
Despite the fact that this was the clos
ing day Of the convention about 500 per-
sons arrived on the morning trains. The
Southern Pacific brought in two sections
at o'clock this morning and the Santa
Fe two sections at S:20 Up to IL o'clock
this morning about $50 teachers had regis
tered at the Spring-street headquarters.
Many of those that arrived to-day are not
teachers, but pleasure seekers who wish
to take advantage Of the many excursions
and entertainments which follow the con-
vention. Most of the arrivals to-day are
from this State and Arizona Among the
AriZonans is Governor Murphy.
the distribution of tickets to the Chinese
Theater for next Monday, Tuesday and
Wednesday afternoon and evening to
members of the National Educational AS
sociation the demand continues to be as
large as at the beginning. Commencing
tomorrow the hangfngs and decorations
TO be used in the interior of the pavilion
will be placed by Chinese residents of the
city. After the concert tomorrow night
the work of placing the stage settings
will be taken up and the decorations or
the interior Of the big hall Will be com
pleted. Aside from the decorations, which
will be rich and Of a character never be-
fore attempted in this city, and the cos
tunes of the actors, the perfection OF ORR
entail grandeur, other features will be the
bazaar, the tea garden and promenade
The local Chinese regard. the National
Educational Association Convention as
great occasion, and they have appointed
committees from their various tongs, or
societies, to meet the actors on Sunday
morning and escort them up town with
bands.
taxed to take the large crowds out of
Los Angeles. Sleeper reservations in the
owl have been sold up to July Is, while
thirty-six Pullman cars are scheduled to
leave here for the north within the next
five days. Thirteen sleepers jammed full
went out to-day. All steamer accommo-
datlons from Los Angeles to San Fran
cisco are said to be sold to August q.
Upward of 500 voices will be heard in
the choral concert to be given in Hazards
Pavilion and Simpson Tabernacle to-mor-
row night in honor of the visiting Ma
tional Educational Association delegates.
Santa Barbara will entertain the visit
.ors on July 10 and 2O-Wednesday and
Thursday. The Chamber of Commerce
has arranged two days entertainment,
the first to be known mission day."
at which time the Friars will entertain
the visitors; the second to be known as
Santa Barbara day" Part Of the enter
tainment of this day will be LAND and
channel sports a drive about the city
and yacht races
At Santa Ana on July II there Will be
a free drive and luncheon. At Pomona
for July 10 the citizens have appointed a
special committee to arrange for a drive,
a visit TO the orange groves and luncheon
San Diego will entertain the delegates
on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, July 21,
20 and %. This will include trip to Tia
Juana in Lower California, to see the In
dams and witness feats of horsemanship,
to patronize the bazaar and listen to uu-