The record-union., 1899-07-08

LOS ANGELES, July when the
thousands of people now gathering in
this city from every nook and corner
of the country shall have returned
again to their various homes, the rep
utation which Californians have en-.
joyed in the past for open handed and
hearty hospitality will not have suf-
fered. No train bringing in delegates
to the National Educational Associa-
ton Convention, or visitors attracted
thereby, approaches the city but 1T Is
met by a delegation of Los Angeles
men and women, who present to the
visitors offerings of fruits and flowers
and a royal welcome to the Golden
State.
To-day the first big rush of visitors
began. The early morning trains
brought hundreds of National Educa-
tional Association delegates. and sew
eral special trains arrived during the
day bringing hundreds more. The
Southern Pacific train tonight from
the north, via Ogden, will swell the
arrivals to-day nearly to the 2OOD
mark Tomorrow at least twenty-nine
special trains are scheduled to arrive
with delegates and visitors.
Notable arrivals to-day are Professor
Alfred w. French of Brooklyn, Pro-
fessor James M. Greenwood of Kansas
City, Vice President of the National
Educational Association; L. D. Harvey
State Superintendent of Public Instruc-
ton of Wisconsin; Miss Belle Dean, in
charge of the schools on the Pichango
Indian Reservation at Temecula, CAL;
DIR. Nicholas Murray Butler of Column
bia University, New York, and Robert
B. Fulton of the University of Missis-
sippi.
A. r. Taylor, President Of the Ma
tional Council of Education, from En-
poria, Kan: L. H. Jones of Cleveland
and John Dewey of Chicago, Trustees
of the National Council, are to arrive
tomorrow, when the first session OF
the council is held.
The sessions of the council will last
for three days. In addition to the pro-
gram as announced, Professor l.. d.
Harity of Wisconsin will read a paper,
entitled DO We Need a University
Trust?'
One of the unique features of the
convention is to be the exhibit of the
Indian schools, which is now nearly
ready. A class of twelve Indian maid
ems will be here. and will demonstrate
the work of the Indian schools in man
ual training. There will also be an
orchestra composed of Indian maidens
the sessions.
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planned many forms of entertainment
for the visiting teachers, and are al
ready devoting their whole time and
attention to the comfort and pleasure
of those already arrived. Tally-ho
rides through the orange groves and
vineyards and visits to the old mis-
sions and the early Spanish and Mex
lean settlements were the pleasures
offered to-day, and since early morn
ing the blasts of the horns and cracks
of the whips, as the tally-hos started
on their journeys loaded full of gay
and light-hearted visitors and their es-
corts, have been constantly heard
While the majority are devoting their
time to pleasure, a few are very busy,
however. The Secretary and his six
citizens who are entertaining the WIS.,
itors were busy as bees to-day for the
firsttime. But there was no confu-
sion. and neither will there be confu-
sion tomorrow, when thousands IN
stead of hundreds will arrive, nor on
any succeeding day. The arrangements
for receiving, registering and placing
the visitors have been so perfectly
planned, and are being SO well exc
cuted that there is no hitch anywhere.
Each and every visitor finds his COM
ing known and his comfort and pleas
ure prepared when the train which
bears him or her pulls into the depot.
The musical feature of the National
Educational Association Convention
will be among the most notable events
that lovers of music have ever pro-
yided in Los Angeles. The concert
on Saturday evening, July 10th, at )
O'Clock, will surpass any choral event
IN the history of the city. The chorus
of 800 voices has been secured from
the musical centers Of Southern Cali
fornia.
The local Committee on Entertain
ment met last night and CONSIDERED
propositions for the management VI
the Chinese theatrical performances TO
be given for the edification of visiting
teachers. 1t was decided to give SIX
performances. The troupe consists OF
fifty Chinese performers, with an or
chestra of twenty-five pieces. The Los
Angeles Chinese, fiattered by the an
nouncement that Chinese theatrical
performance is to be made one of the
principal features of the entertainment
of the Eastern visitors have offered to
decorate Hazards Pavilion for the oc-
casion, SO that it shall resemble as
much as possible a Chinese theater
on gala day.
Chancellor r. B. Fulton of the Uni
versity of Mississippi who is Presi-
dent of the National Educational Assoc
citation Department of Higher Educa-
ton, has called the annual conference
OF the National Association Of State
Universities to convene July 18th. at
2 o'clock p. M. in the Westminster
Hotel. The association was organized
several years ago to bring to close