The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-05

Glnneapoi1S is preparing TO make peace
tul and complete surrender next week,
began arriving to-day at noon. At that
hour the committee headquarters and bu-
Seau of registration at the new city hall
opened, with D. H. Painter and his corps
Of assistants ready for business. :.
The bureau occupies the large corner
room on the ground floor at Third avenue
and Fifth street. The most convenient
entrance is the small ground floor door in
the middle of the Thir avenue side. In
the center of he room is big quadrangle
OF counters, around which all business is
transacted
At the railway station the arriving
members were met and greeted by delega-
1ions Of the reception committee with
eheir blue badges conspicuously displayed
They were then passed along to the boy
guides. whose natty caps marked them as
targets for questions and requests for SER
vice that were responded to with alacrity.
Accompanied by these guides the arrivals
made their way to the registration bu-
Teau. There they! exchanged their rail-
way membership coupons for membership
eertihcates and badges blue for active
members and white for associate mem
bers. ,s
1t should be explained that the active
membership Is the permanent supporting
membership of the association, that paws
dues whether in attendance at the conyen
lions or not Only those who are teach
ers or are actively associated with edu-
eational work or the management Of edu-
eattonal institutions, including libra ries
and periodicals, are eligible to active
membership. These members alone are
entitled to vote and hold office in the as
aoclatlon, while any person may become
an associate member of the associa tion on
the payment of 50 a year. This payment
is included IN the price of the railroad
tickets and entities the holder to all the
privileges Of the convention except vot
ing, and to the volume of the proceedings
Tor the year. There are always some per-
cons purchasing railway tickets with the
membership coupons that do not present
ahem and secure a membership ticket.
After the membership ticket had been
aecured, each arriving member who de-
sired to be assigned to room by the
bureau applied to Mr.. Painter or his aides,
NO assignments Of places have been or
Will be made to any outside Of the asso-
citation. The committee has a complete
list of hotels and their rates and the
number they can accommodate, and list
of rooms for 5000 in private homes A
tard with complete information in regard
to the room is given to each member as
signed and the members name is entered
In the registration book
Only one visit to the registration bu
Teau is necessary, for railroad tickets can
be deposited at, the same time by those
desiring an extension of time beyond
July IA. At this busy bureau information
on every possible subject is furnished by
the carefully drilled corps, packages are
rhecked, friendly Offices are rendered by
the ooysguides are ready to start the
strangers on their way to their tempo
Bary homes.
West Hotel Headquarters.
After completing transactions at the bu-
Teau of registration and getting estab-
Ished in their lodgings the next locality
of interest and Importance to members
next week will be the association head
quarters at the West hotel Here the
secretary, Irwin Shepard, will be estab-
hshed in the ordinary, surrounded by the
secretaries Of the seventeen departments
and large staff of stenogra piers and
typewriters, who will take care of the
official business of the association. The
officers Of the association: the board Of
trustees and the officers of the depart
Wents will all have their headquarters in
The Ordinary and most Of these officials
will be guests of the~hotel.
Thirty parlors for state Headquarters
have been arranged on the first and sec
ond floors and the states and institu-
items TO be found in them are Minnesota
in the parlor lobby, Illinois, Chicago
Teachers Federation, Indian Educational
department, Indiana, New York, Iowa, Ne
braska, South Dakota, Wisconsin, Kan
sas, Massachusetts, Michigan, California,
Ohio, Missouri, North Dakota, Pennsyl-
vania, Kentucky, Colorado, Utah, New
Jersey, Montana, Florida, Maryland, Lou
tsiana, Virginia, Milwaukee Teachers
Federation, Oregon and Washington to-
gether, Texas, Winona Normal School,
and Moorhead Normal School. A special
committee under the direction of Miss
Mary S. Howe of the Teachers Club will
supply hosts and hostesses in constant
attendance at each Of these rooms; nearly
all of the teachers remaining in the city
will serve in the state headquarters some
time in the week. Each room is to be
supplied with a register, writing mater
ials and other conveniences and the per-
sons In charge will supply information
The room will be designated by the hand
school pupils. These have already at
tracted much attention from the early ar
yivals.
The best way of hunting up friends will
De through the state registers and many
delightful reunions will take place daily
in these parlors.
Where Sessions VIII BE Held.
The association has eighteen depart
ments, each OF which will hold one or
more meetings in the week, in addition to
the general sessions. The exposition.
centrally located with reference to the
other places Of meeting, is the auditorium
in which the general sessions will be held.
Here, also, will be housed the commercial
exhibits and all kinds of conveniences
supplied. The following Is a complete
list OF the places of meeting and the time
OF the sessions of the various depart
ments:
The National Council, First Unitarian
church, Eighth street and Mary place
Monday-Morning, afternoon, evening. a"
Tuesday-Morning. -.
Observation-Disclosures
Friday-Afternoon. ~
Department Of kindergarten Education
First Congregational church, Fifth street and
Eighth avenue Sc. -egs ialas&e = y.&ss4+
7 Wednesday-Morning E& ~ y
Thursday-Afternoon. Ss p - 80
Department of Elementary Education-First
Congregational church, Fifth. street and
I Eighth avenue ST. - ,- ~. : - ;
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
Friday-Afternoon. @ ~ ~ ,s-. 80
Departtnet of Secondary Education-East
High School, First avenue and Fourth street
Sc. @s
MISUNDERSTANDING. ~ el.
Thursday-Afternoon.
Department of Higher Education-Lecture
Room II. University Library
Observation-Disclosures s.
Friday-Afternoon.
Department of Normal Schools-Olivet Bap-
tist church, Fourth street and Thirteenth
avenue Sc.
Wednesday-Mornin q
Thursday--Af
Department Of uperintendence-Lectur
Boom, Law Building, University.