The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-06-10
ON TO MOREHEAD NOW
Teachers And Friends of Edu-
cation Are Gathering
Advance Guard Already There For the Opening
That Comes On Tuesday
Night.

The great gathering of the progressive
teachers Of North Carolina is nearly at
hand
Already many are at Morchead city.
and tomorrow and all next week others
Will be moving towards the sea, there to
drink in with it's breezes a new educa
tional Enthusiasm
The outlook for a splendid session is
most excellent. The campaign of educa-
ton in the State has made it imperative
that teachers OF all grades should meet
and take measure of the best plans for
promoting the interest of the schools
and the indications are bright for this
The Teachers Assembly begins form
ally on Tuesday night. and the trains
that day will carry down great crowds.
The first session will be held at 80
at night ami it will begin with the ad.
dress of welcome by Hon. James A.
Bryan, of New Bern, president of the
Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad
The response to this will be made by
DR.. w. T. Whitesett, president of Whit
sett Institute. after which DR.. George
r. Winston, president of the A. and M.
College, will speak. His subject is "A
General Survey OF the Educational His
tory Of North Carolina for the Past
Twenty-Five ears"
On Wednesday there will be reports on
legislation, reports on elementary Eng
lish, discussion of these subjects. adj
dresses by Superintendent K. ID. W.
Conner DR.. Henry Louis Smith. DR.. II. F.
Linscot. ]. l.. Foust ]. A. Bivins and
The Literary Movement in North Caro-
lima" by Mrs. Lindsay Patterson. In
the evening will come the PRESIDENTS
Address" by President Minis. and THE
Literary Awakening in North Caro-
lima" by Hon. II. G. Common, president
State Literary and Historical Society.
The session will last through next Sun
day, and each day has on its program ad
dresses, orations and discussions, all of
genuine interest, and all of great value
TO the educator in or out of the school
Reduced rates of one fare for the
round trip ere on sale at all stations.
The outlook last night from Morehead
City Is reported in the following tele-
gram:
Atlantic Hotel. Morehead City. n. c.,
June THE beginning of the summer
season at the Atlantic Hotel is a phe-
nomenal one and there are one hundred
and TWENTY-FIVE guests here tonight.
Raleigh, Durham. Greensboro, Charlotte,
Wilson, Goldsboro, New Bern. Kinston,
ST. Louis. Suffolk. Richmond. Shreve-
port, Danvlle and Tarboro are among
the towns and cities represented and no
finer crowd ever gathered at any place.
Fishing, sailing and bathing parties are
in high glce. Everything is in shape for
the reception of the teachers next Tues
cay and next week is to be a record
breaker here.
Prof. w. y. Carmichael, Jr., OF Dur
ham, secretary and treasurer of the
Teachers Assembly, arrived this evening.
Prof Carmichael says that several came
in this evening to attend the assembly.
Many more will come on Monday and on
Tuesday. Wednesday, Thursday and Fri
day crowds will come.
Thursday will be the Educational
Rally Day, when Governor Aycock, State
Superintendent Joyner and other promi-
nent and distinguished North Carolina
gentlemen will speak. DR.. Buttrick and
others of the Southern and General Edu-
ton Board of New York. will speak. Mr..
Walter Page, editor of the Worlds Work,
will speak on Friday.
Reports received by the secretary to-
day from all over the State indicate that
this will be, as has been expected, a
great gathering of educational workers,
the greatest most probably in the his
tory of the assembly.