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


Pavilion at 10 o'clock tonight the
- hirty-eighth session of the Nauonal
Educational Association Convention passed
into history. Dr. Irwin Shepard, secretary
OF the association, tonight gave TO Inc
Call correspondent the following ofhclai
estimate of the work accomplished during
the Los Angeles meeting:
From every point of view this has been the
record breaking convention. The most gratify-
ing feature has been the attendance There
have come to the Los Angeles meeting 1o,UUJ
persons Up TO noon to-day over 10000 mem
bership certificates have been issued, and the
end Is not yet as $50 persons to-day arrived
from various sections These are ali attracted
by the low rates and have been oeiated from
When it was decided that the convention
snould come TO Los Angeles the California com
Inittee guaranteed the association $500 HeTnoer-
ships. The committee has succeeded In pro-
vidIng little in excess Of $500, whlch Is a
large increase over the California menbership
The income to the association from this meet
ing will exceed S25,e00 This means that we
will be able to transfer about SO 900 TO the
general fund. and that sum added to the 7i4'V
now on hand, Will land our assets quite near
the 800, 900 mark
am to-day preparing data for the principal
report that will record the proceedings OF TINS
convention This official document will be
printed by the University Press OF Chicaso.
issued on December l, and Will comprise apouI
100 pages bound in black cloth. The reports
OF committees and officers, together with many
will be sent every active and life member.
one to every associate member that sends 'in
his name before September !, 1893
These proceedings will be thoroughly !ndexed
and now Indispensable adjuncts OF every
library that seeks TO serve the interests OF ehu-
cation or TO 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,
which is made up of teachers in active ser
vice, and which is permanent, and the asso-
ciate membership which may be held by any
one who pays The annual membership fee. Both
classes OF membership alike entitled to a
volume 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
needed rest. Up to last evening they @ hao
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, few at time or singly, until sep
tember 4. The total number of tickets
that require the stamping and signing
probably will reach 1900. That represents
only the number of travellers from a dis
tanCe and does not include those from
Southern California points.
The executive officers OF the National
Educational Association w Will retq5n 5d o,fio to
President (now First Vice PresidentQ
Z. O. Lyte, James M Greenwood, l. G
Dr. Nicholas Murray, n. c. Dougherty,
T. 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. "; Melon
Judge D. c. benson: Messrs. II. V. w
Dinkelspiel, W. w. Stone, T. Mccarthy,
w. a. Edwards, c. c. Young, J. Clark and
~1- Con 0faf- m
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 Illinoisans,
750, and the Ohioans and New Workers, 400
each. The Hawaiian Islands sent dele
cation of twelve teachers.
Despite the fact that this was the clos
ing day of the convention about 600 per-
sons arrived on the morning trains. The
Southern Pacific brought in two sections
at O'Clock this morning and the Santa
F7e two sections at 8:20 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 hangings and decorations
10 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 OF
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 Ndtlonal
Educational Association Convention as q
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-
dations 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 Hazard s
Pavilion and Simpson Tabernacle to-mor-
row night in honor of the visiting Ma
4ional Educational Association delegates.
Santa Barbara will entertain the visit
ors on July 19 and 20-Wednesday and
Thursday The Chamber of Commerce
has arranged two days entertainment,
the first TO be known as mission day"
at which time the Friars will entertain
the visitors; the second to be known as
'sSanta Barbara day" Part of the enter
tafnment 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
q free drive and luncheon. At Pomona
for july 10 the citizens have appointed a
special committee to arrange for drive,
a visit TO the orange groves and luncheon.
San Diego will entertain the delegates
on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, July 81
% and g. This will include trip to Tia
Jl1ana in Lower California, to see the In
dams and witness feats of horsemanship,
to patronize the bazaar and listen to mu-