The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-06-06

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& vENTIoN q 4 81 e NATIONAL
sEDucATfoNAS5A ASSOCIATION
IL raEETAT ST. LOUIS
. DNE 2s-JULY 1, 1904.

. ONE 2s-JULY I, 1904.
Programs may be secured by
ting DR.. Irwin Shepard, Secretary
Il Winona,$ Mimi. w. va.
observation-disclosures will he at the w. Va.
building where every effort will be
ss1nadaStto make your stay pleasant
one
Active BLENDERS VIII meet at the
eadquartsrs Tuesday afternoon at
half-past FIVE for the purpose of Sc
sIecting$ member of the nominating
committ zee.
8 Registration and Assignment Head
4 aTters VIII be at the Model Town
Hall Of the Model City, Just within
tssthe grounds at the Lindell avenue
entrance. The outside registration
headquarters and assignment bureau
will be located at Music Hall, corner
of Olive and Fourteenth streets, near
the Union depot.
Meetings VIII be held on the Ex-
position grounds. The programs are
planned TO bear upon the educational
exhibits The week following the
meeting can be profitably spent in
careful study of the exhibits, as en-
stra assistants will be in attendance
that week to aid N. E. A members.
iz8 Railroad Rates on account of the
will vary, depending up
on the time that is desired by the
/ purchaser at st. Louis. -Four kinds
of tickets will be sold, none of which
carry with them the membership fee
:aas in former years. Season tickets
will be sold at twenty per cent. re-
duction- Sixty day tickets will be
sold at one and one-third fare for
the round trip. Fifteen day tickets
will be sold for one fare plus two
dollars, tnot membership fee.) Coach
excursion tickets will be sold for APP
proximately one cent per mile, but
they are only sold on certain days.
are limited to one week and cannot
be used IN parlor or sleeping cars.
S Membership Fee should be paid b.
u All teachers, even though it might
be avoided. The Association will be
at the usual expense in connection
with the meeting and needs your as
sistance. Members will be furnished
s a book of ten admission coupons for
IS 10. "A remittance of $500 to Sec
rotary Shepard will secure mem
.bershfp certificate and ten admis-
sion ticket
Hotels are numerous. The Inside
Inn,sthe only hotel located within the
grounds, is the headquarters hotel.
Moderate prices prevail. Applica-
tion.fo rooms should be made to E.
"A. Carpenter. Board of Educa
position Grounds, ST. Louis.
ton Rooms, Ninth" and Locust
streets, is the Secretary of the Com
mittee on Reception and Assignment,
and will be glad to furnish informa-
ton as to other hotels and lodging
places.
All active members are especially
requested to cooperate in organizing
parties for the Boston Convention.
Baggage can be checked through
from Wheeling and intermediate
points to the Wabash Worlds Fair
station. situated directly in front of
the main entrance to the Worlds
i Fair Grounds.
The Registration Headquarters are
located just inside the grounds at
the main entrance.
Through s1eepers and free reclin-
ing chair cars will be in service daily
on fast Worlds Fair trains leaving
Z Wheeling late in the afternoon and
reaching the Worlds Fair City in
4 the early morning.
Every effort to promote the teach
ers' comfort will be made and an up
to-date service assured.
Coach excursion tickets at rate of
Z S11.50 from Wheeling.
Teachers from surrounding towns
and their friends are cordially in
yited to join this party. Further in
4 formation can be given by
LUCY ROBINSON,
# State Director, Wheeling, W. Va.