Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-06-25
GOING TO BOSTON
oTTuMWANs TO ATTEND MEET.
ING OF EDUCATIONAL AS
ISOLATION.
Large Party Of Teachers Headed by
supt. A. w. Stuart VIII Leave July
I to Attend the Forty-second An
nual Meeting.

A large party of Ottumwa teachers
headed by superintendent Stuart will
leave Wednesday evening, July 1, on
second annual convention of the Ma
will be held in Boston, Mass, July g.
10. The party will leave Chicago on
Thursday at il o'clock in the morning
in a private car and will arrive at their
destination Friday evening at $50
o'clock.
The convention will last four days
but at it's close the party will break up
and but few will return at once. Many
have planned to stay in the east during
the entire summer. During the con-
vention they will have ample opportuni.
ty to visit the many points of literary,
historical and educational interest in
and around Boston. AL the sessions
of the convention will be held in the
forenoons and evenings leaving the aft.
ernoons free for sight seeing and for
side excursions to the neighboring
towns.
Side Excursions.
The sight seeing and side excursions
are to be made quite a prominent fea.
ture of the convention work. Official
recognition of the value and the draw
ing power of this feature has been
taken by those who have the meeting
In charge and excursions are being ar
ranged under the guidance of a local
committee. Guide books will be pro-
vided and sufficient number, of ex-
pert conductors appointed to insure the
utmost profit from the time spent sight
seeing as well as entertainment. The
provision for the extension of tickets
for the return until September 1, will
enable members to spend the vacation
season in New England at any of the
various mountain or seaside resorts, or
in the quiet of New England homes.
The railway lines leading from Boston
are preparing complete guides to these
resorts showing rates, routes and cost
of living at these points.
Committees on Entertainment.
Three committees will have charge
of the entertainment and sight seeing
of the visiting teachers. There is a
| committee On local excursions, anoth-
er on programs and guide books and
another on hospitality. The Iowa dele.
cation will have it's headquarters in
| the Westminster hotel which is close
and convenient to Copely square where
all the meetings of the convention are
to be held. The headquarters of the
| cow ention officials will be i'll the fam
Gus chapel of Trinity church.
! Club House for Visitors.
Copley hall which is located on Cop.
| ley Square has been converted into
a club house for the use of the visi.
tors during the convention. Rooms
| for writing, resting and reading with
| all the conveniences Of home club
will be provided. In the various his.
| toric towns, Lexington, Concord, Ply
| mouth and Salem, committees of local
teachers have been appointed to meet
and entertain members of the conven.
ton who take advantage of the various
trolley car and tally-ho parties which
! have been planned.
A Large Party.
The Ottumwa teachers who have al
ready decided to go with the party are
as follows.
Misses: Josie Empie, Catherine
Weirsmith, Mamie Proctor,Stella Urey
Maud Reynolds, Ruth Smith, Clara
Wagner, Louise Hale and Mrs. Stella
Mccormack. Mrs. S. G. Gushing and
Misses Ethel Keister and Alice Inskeer
while not connected with the schools
in the city will also be members OF the
party.