The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-08
AN N. {, A. BEEHIVE
is the Rotunda Of the West Hotel
Nowadays.
BUSY LOCAL COMMITTEES
Dfspatchinc Business Rapidly
News of the Big Dele s..
cations Arriving.

If the noise of the West Hotel resem-
4bled the humming Of a hive of angry bees
yesterday, the volume of sound this morn
ing could be compared only TO the roaring
Of cataract At the hour when most
people begin to think about rising the
lobby and corridors were choked with
people, chiefly the outpourings OF the
numerous early morning trains. By 8
o'clock every portion of the first two
floors was filled with press OF people
and progress, except With the tlde' was
a difficult matter. Up the STAIRS the
crowds surged and small currents were
diverted to each of the rooms as the
main volume passed along. Although
diminished, goodly stream poured into
the secretarys Office at the farthest limit
OF the corridor.
The committee were all at their posts
there fresh and smiling, resting content
edly~in the full assurance that every de-
+. tail was unrolling itself, just as had been
arranged. All of the state headquarters
were supplied with fresh bouquets OF How
ers many of which were provided and all
were arranged by Swanson.
The registration at the state headquar-
ters went on brislly all morning and the
number of inquiring friends seeking out
the visitors whom they knew was very
large.
The first inquiry of all who arrived
yesterday and knew of President Beard
shears illness, was for him. Secretary
Shepard gave out the welcome informa-
tion that his condition was all that could
be expected and that he was much better.
It is fully expected that he will preside
this afternoon, at least for the opening
of the general session.
Handy Information Bureau.
The bureau of information told count
less people how to take the various eX-
cursion trips and the hostesses in the
rat Ia
Nearly everybody, after spending part
of the morning seeing people and things
at the West, either visited the Exposl-
tion exhibits and the East high with its
beautiful social headquarters, or went on
some of the attractive side trips so
easily taken.
The splendid qualities of the school ex-
~ hibition at the East high school began to
be noised about quickly after it opened
this morning, and as recommendation
Of the city, nothing else will exceed this
in Importance. for it impresses every one
deeply. Not only is the exhibit wonder
ful showing of superior work, but 1t is
housed and placed, with all the care and
artistic skill of the finest picture exhibi-
tion. The halls of the building are
of the public schools, mingled with eff
fective groupings of palms and potted
plants Here the visitors will be re-
ceived Informally and passed on to the
elegantly equipped parlors of the Teach
ers' club, each Of which is a symphony in
decoration and furnishing. In one of these
rooms provision is made for writing and
reading while resting; another room is
wholly for resting; third will provide
frappe each afternoon and a fourth, Rus
sian tea.
The Busy Secretaries.
AS early as half-past 6, when the N. E.
A. Office opened in the courthouse this
morning, delegates began to arrive, Sec
retary Irwin Shepard's numerous as
sistants were kept fairly busy until the
K 8 and $3.50 trains began to come in.
Those in the office thought they had been
busy yesterday and this morning. but
their task then was nothing compared
~ with that Of this morning.
Relay after relay of delegates arrived
and by 9 o'clock teachers, principals and
professors were lined up before the long
desk front a dozen deep. Some sat down
and some stood up, while others went
''way back not to reappear until later
In the day.
Many of the visitors employed their
time while waiting for chance to regis
ter in looking up old friends and ac-
H. quaintances. Alumni who had not mel
since their college days and teachers who
had not seen each other for years, were
continually discovering each other.
-. The work of handling the crowd at the
Registration booth is materially lightened
by the posting of pickets whose business
it is to direct the visitors and keep the
crowd moving in the right direction.
e. Some Big Delegations.
Since the arrival of the first crowd Of
delegates Sunday morning, there has beer
continual stream of special and regular
trains at the Minneapolis stations, bring
ing in educators.
Among the big delegations from the
ST Nehr9
reported as one of the largest. Four hun
@ dred delegates came in on the specia
@ train last night. State Superintendent
William K. Fowler accompanied the dele
81 cation, as did J. A. Mclean, superintend
ent of the South Omaha schools; D. C
o'Connor of Norfolk, Neb., city schools
Robert J. Barr, superintendent of Crane
Forks schools; and E. ]. Bodwell. super
intendent Of Douglass county. In add
tion to this delegation, one came in from
Fremont Neb., under the charge Of w
" H Clemens, president of the Fremon
Normal school, of only 10 members.
Ohio came in at 1:30 with a specia
& train and "a large delegation under th
3 leadership of State Superintendent R. G
Boone.
delegation Of fifty-five from Larimore, N
d.. that came in over the Great North
ern this morning. Another North Dakoti
crowd is expected this evening.
Pennsylvania sent thirty-two represen
tatives, headed Upstate Director Georg
"A. Styles, Charles H. Brelsford and Mr.
s Lansinger. s,t ,s,r.
South Dakota was thirty strong, witt
State Superintendent E. E. collins in tn
lead. Professor w. w. Girton presiden
of the state normal, and J. E. Quigley
superintendent of the Mitchell schools
accompanied the band.
With $50 members Of the George How
G5 land c]Uh in tow the Chicago Feder9tiO
of Teachers came in last night at
O'Clock, over the Chicago, Milwaukee s
st. Paul. IL
T. C. Mott, superintendent of Richmond
Ind, schools; d. w. Thomas of Elkhart
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