Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-22
CALLS ON WEST
TO ACT AS HOST
Pasadena Educator Makes Appeal to
Tutors Of Golden State to Rally
and Entertain the N. e. A.
Royalty

Special to The Herald.
PASADENA, March 21.-A letter
which brings, with all its force, the
earthquake of April to mind, is the
one addressed by Dean Chamberlain
of Throop Institute, Pasadena to the
educators of the Golden State. calling
upon them to unite their efforts to-
make the entertainment Of the vast
throng of 10000 tutors, expected to at
tend the convention of the N. e. A. in
Los Angeles, decided success. The
letter has been sent to the educators
of the west and in it there is ex-
pressed the hope that at a time in the
future the city of San Francisco may
be able to entertain even more lavishlyI
than had previously been' planned, the
assembling educators of the nation.
The letter follows:
Pasadena, Cal, March 20. 1907.
To Active Members of the N. e. A:
Just previous to the San Francisco
disaster, your state director addressed
communication to the active MEM
bers of the N. E. A. throughout the
state. He called attention to the meet
ing then projected-to the results
achieved and the ends desired, and
asked the cooperation of all. He now
asks that you do all in your power to
make the Los Angeles meeting, Judy
8 to -, a real west coast convention
and the greatest in the history of the
organization.
Following tht decision to abandon
the holding of the 1906 convention of
the association it was generally con-
ceded that the 1907 convention should
be held at Philadelphia as an anniver
Sary meeting, the association having
been organized in that city in 1857. To
this end all gave hearty support, it
having understood that within short
time, a few years at most, San Fran
cisco would be in a position to give
an even more royal welcome than she
had expected to accord in 1905.
1t became apparent some weeks
since that the Trunk Line Passenger
association saw seeming difficulties in
the way of offering a one-rate round
trip fare plus the regular So member
ship fee, with adequate returnable
privileges, should the meeting go to
Philadelphia. Your state director then
secured from the Southern Pacific and
Santa Fe trans continental lines and
connections west of Chicago assur-
ance of the above concessions should
the N. E. A. be held in Los Angeles.
In other words these roads promised
the same arrangements as those in
force for San Francisco last summer.
Time after time the Trunk Line as
sociation postponed action, and re-
peatedly was a hearing asked by the
executive committee of the N. E. A.,
until finally one-rate round trip fare
plus 81 was offered with extension of
ticket to July 8. This tender was de-
clined, and January "a the idea of
going to Philadelphia was abandoned
and the invitation Of Los Angeles,
which had already gone forward, was
accepted
We have promised an advance mem
bership of 5000 from California and
an additional 5000 from the other Pa
cific coast and Rocky mountain states.
This pledge we must redeem. Local
organization in Los Angeles is well
under way. President Schaeffer and
Secretary Shepard are already at work
completing the program arrangements,
and with a willing hand from each
teacher in the state, the Los Angeles
or West Coast convention will surpass
ALI others.
Recognition should be made of the
splendid spirit manifest throughout the
state; of the efforts of those in and
about Los Angeles who have ever stood
ready to assist during the sixteen
months past, and more particularly of
the work of Superintendent James A.
Barr In his untiring zeal in the inter-
est of the coast and of Mr.. j. H. Spires
of the Los Angeles chamber of COM
merce, to whose energy and enthusiasm
no small degree of credit is due.
Yours sincerely,
A. H. CHAMBERLAIN,
State Director N. e. A.
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