The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-07-09
ANNUAL CONVENTION
OF THE INSTITUTE OF AMERICAN INSTRUCTORS OPENS TO-DAY


 This Evening-MusicaI Programm' and Those Who Will Speak-FifteeE Hundred Visitors Expected.
 Tonight at Woolsey Hall will be held the first of the seven general sessions in the convention of the American In stitute of Instruction. The programme for this opening session at p. m. fol- lows:
 Brief organ recital by Prof. 1T. B. jepson.
 Vocal solo by Charles H. Zimmerman.
 Addresses of welcome-by Governor Roberts, Mayor Studley and Prof. Ar thur M. Wheeler of Yale.
 Address in response, Dr. A. B. Win ship of Boston.
 Address of Hon. Charles D. Hine, secretary Connecticut Board of Educa- ton,
 All of the educators have not yet ar- rived, but quite large throng is ex- pected to reach town this morning, The entire week will be taken up with meet ings, excursions in cars, carriages, au- tomobiles and boats. About fifteen hundred are expected. Everything is In preparation for the grand event and the reception has been well planned by the committee in charge. The presi- dent, Waited E. Ranger commissioner of education in Providence R. l., Will liam c. Crawford of Boston, and Calvin D. Pease, also of Boston, are among the many who have already arrived and are preparing for a successful convention. Other officers will register early this afternoon. The seve nsessions will be held Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday evening and Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday mornings at Woolsey Hall
 In the afternoons excursions will be held to view the sights of the city and of the seashore.
 On Tuesday and Thursday afternoons the Country club will be opened to the convention. Excursions will also go out tby trolley to see East Rock, West Rock and Savin Rock. On arrival at the Rock the party will sail to Lighthouse Point on steamboats, from whfch place they will return to the city by car.
 Manager Speck, of the White City, has invited all to the White City. This will be one of the finest events of the convention.
 Wednesday morning a musical enter tainment by chorus of one thousand children picked from the public schools of this city will be held. The children Will sing from sight written by Prof. Parker Although they will have to sing at sight, 1t is expected that the children will surprise every one, as they are excellent singers.
 The officers of the association are: President, Hon. Walter E. Ranger, Providence, R, l.; secretary, William c. Crawford, Boston, Mass; assistant sec retary, Payson Smith, Auburn, Me; treasurer, Alvin r. Pease, Maiden, Mass; assistant treasurer Nathan l.. Bishop, Norwich, Conn. The head quarters of the president, secretary and treasurer will be at the New Haven House; the assistant secretary will be at Duncan Hall and the assistant treas urer at the Tontine.
 There are to be addresses by the pres ident of the institute, Walter E. Ranger, commissioner of Tufts college: President William H. P. Faunce of Brown university; Henry T. Bailey. educator of "The School Arts Book :" President George c. Chase of Bates col lege; Carroll c. Pearse, superintendent of schools in Milwaukee; President Fla vel s. Luther of Trinity college; Gov ernor Roberts; Governor Bell of Yer mont; Governor Utter of Rhode Island. Walter H. Small, superintendent of schools in Providence; Superintendent Beede, of the New Haven schools. An- drew Edson, assistent superintendent of schools in New York; Hon. William T. Harris, United States commissioner of education at Washington, D. C., and Hon. Nathan C. Schaeffer president of the National Education association and state superintendent of public instruc- tion of Harrisburg. Pa.
 There are also to be department ses- sions, including school administration rural education, school and college ath- letics public school finance peace in- struction, home and school; civic and moral training, normal training. secon- dary education and school and library Several of the speakers of the general session are on the programme of the de- partment sessions, as we'll as a number of other well known educators,
 Members of the Connecticut sta+o Federation of Women's clubs. the Con gress of Mothers, and the Association of Collegiate Alumni will co-operate win the local hospitality committee in well coming the women delegates. A com m1ttee of the above will be in attend- ance at Dwight hall each day to see that the visitors are made comfortable A book of registration will be kent there. V'
 The presidents of the above-named organizations and the club presidents and speakers from other states will he at the Country club on the afternoons when the club is open to the members of the institute, and will there receive the visiting club women and teachers
 The headquarters will be at the New Haven House. The chairmen of the local committees in charge are: su- perintendent Frank H. Beede, of the New Haven schools; Mr. F. o. Jones D. D. Lambert, S. l. Graves, c Fl Judd, F. J. Diamond.
 President Luther of Trinity college is gong 10 tell of ''the need of public tT9A1 epbnO1o tI,,