Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-03-14
TEACHERS TO SEE
SALT LAKE FIRST.
Throngs Will Stop Over En- Route
To National Education As.
ISOLATION Convention.
TWENTY THOUSAND EXPECTED
san Francisco Making Elaborate Prep
ations To- Entertain Largest Crowd
Ever ON the Coast at One Time.

The coming summer is to be an I'M
city win be thronged IN the early part
| of July and again IN the latter part with
| teachers. bound for San Francisco and
| the y. +. \. convention scheduled for
! July to Il, and returning after the
| convention
| From present indications many Utah
| teachers viii join the throng and move
! on westward to the coast to attend the
big convention, and many Of those who
pass through here will stop over for
day or more 70 inspect the educational
Institutions The University summer
school will be IN session during this
time, and Prof. Stewart has arranged
for series of lectures from the most
prominent educators on their way TO the
convention,
BIGGEST COAST CONVENTION.
As to the san Francisco meeting, It
promises to be the largest held IN the
west, The school superintendents who
We're in session in Louisville, Ky, dur
ing the past week, gave assurance 10
the California delegation that not less
than 10000 teachers VIII attend that
convention and that the superintend-
ents had the names of the teachers OF
their respective districts who had prom
Used to attend the California meeting
This information was wired to the press
and the California teachers at once.
CALIFORNIA PREPARING.
The people of California are making
preparations to receive and entertain
the educators OF the country in a man.
ner fitting their position and worthy OF
California hospitality.
The Californians, anticipating that
10000 teachers will he their guests in
July are making preparations to enter
tain q much larger number OF visitors
who viii most likely take advantage OF
50 exceptional an opportunity to visit
California.
The transportation companies are in
crcasipg their facilities in anticipation
10 accommodate the largest influx in
the history of trans-continental traffic.
The exceptionally low rates OF fare.
superior accommodations the most
com plete arrangements for the comfort
of passengers, handling OF luggage, no.
tel accommodations, and other incidents
which make the trip agreeable will
have a tendency to induce many thou
sands OF eastern people and residents
from all sections of the country to visit
California on that occasion,
ATTRACTIVE PROGRAM.
The local committees are preparing
series of events for convention week,
which viii make "A program of excep-
ti0nal attractions. The visitors will
have every opportunity TO go through
the military reservation, see every place
Of interest In one OF the most important
camps Of the United States army; visit
the great shipbuilding plant. the cradle
of some of the great batteships of our
navy; inspect the government naval
training station, the hayward at Val
leju, the Benlca barracks and arsenal,
the military prison on AlcatraZ island,
the quarantine station and the United
states Marine hospital on Mare island,
scan the ships from many nations rid
ing at anchor In the bay, take run
outside the Golden Gate, q spin around
the lighthouse the seal rocks and the
cliffs. Special features for convention
week will he announced I'm due time.
II win be an opportunity for all WISH
tors To- see the largest convention Of
teachers ever held IN the United States
and to take IN the sights OF California
at minimum cost.
san Francisco Is prepared to receive
the largest number OF visitors that ever
assembled within its gates and so are
the people OF the whole state of Cali.
fornlu and the entire Pacific coast.