Los Angeles herald., 1907-07-01
DELEGATES PLAN
LONG VISIT HERE
CHlCAG0ANS TRAVEL IN HOUSE
PARTY TRAINS
Many N. E. A. Visitors Plan to Pass
Their Entire Vacation Trip in
Los Angeles and
Vicinity

Educational association have hit upon
a new idea which, they expect, will add
much to their enjoyment during the
Forthcoming Los Angeles convention
and afterward.
They will come west in "house party
trains.' That is to say they will come
In three trains, composed of Pullman
sleepers, observation and library cars,
baggage cars and diners, and they will
live in the trains not only during their
stay here, but during an extensive tour
of the coast, and particularly of South
ern California, which will be made after
the convention adtourns.
| Arrangements will be made to side
track the trains in some accessible To-
cation and meals will be served in the
diners throughout the convention. one
| member of each congenial party VIII
have charge, with the steward of the
commissary, and the expense OF the
trip will be divided equally. In other
| words. the Chicagoans will pay for
what they get and they will get just
what they want. A fiat rate has been
made for each car and for service. Be
yond that the expense of the trip,
apart from transportation, will depend
entirely upon the tastes of the dele
gates. They will live just as well, or
just as cheaply, as they please.
The Chicago delegates do not claim
any patent on this idea. They do ex-
pect, however, that 1t will add much
to the pleasure of their trip, as 1T will
permit them tc keep together during
their tour of the west, instead of be-
ing assigned to different hotels and
meeting each other only occasionally.
Moreover, it will enable the Chicagoans
to entertain delegates from other parts
of the country, quite as cozily as they
might do in their own homes.
VIII Make Long Stay
OF the thousands of delegates who
will attend the big convention large
majority has planned to pass several
weeks in Los Angeles and vicinity, and
has notified Secretary Irwin Shepard to
that effect. The secretary's knowledge
of their plans has proved of value, as
1t enables him to arrange matters sat-
isfactorily with the local entertainment
committee.
Originally there was an annoying
conflict of dates between the conven-
ton authorities and the entertainment
committee. For instance, the commit
tee set aside Friday of convention week
as Venice day." and announced an
entertainment program at the beach
resort which none of the delegates will
be willing to miss. On the other hand,
Friday is one of the most important
days of the week in the convention. On
that day President Benjamin Ide
Wheeler of the University of Califor-
nit is scheduled for an address before
the general session, while Prof. John
Adams of University college, London,
England, also is down for an important
talk.
1t was felt that this conflict, with
others like 1t, should be avoided, and
though some difficulty has been exc
perienced in arranging dates which
shall prove satisfactory to all con-
cerned, this has now been accomplished,
and the revised entertainment program
will be announced today.
Secretary Shepard, in speaking of the
matter yesterday, said:
Not Like Other Conventions
1.-THE N. E. A convention is not like
other conventions. For instance, we
do not come here as the Shriners came,
to put in single week and then hurry
home to our business. No such neces-
sity confronts us.
"Our members come here upon the
eve of an eight weeks vacation. They
do not have to hurry back. They can
live here more comfortably than any
where else in the country and they will
do 1t. 1t was the same when the con-
vention met here before. Many of our
delegates remained in Southern Cali
fornia during their entire vacation.
"They realized that it would be silly
to come clear across the continent for
stay of only week. or even fort
night, when they could just as we'll
as not remain two months. There is
much to see here, much to enjoy, and
we propose to see 1t all and to enjoy
every minute of it,
Mr. Shepard was secretary of the
National Educational association in
! 1899, when the organization held its
former convention here. With the
others he remained in Los Angeles
after the convention adjourned, and
with them made comprehensive tour
of the southwest, visiting San Diego,
Santa Barbara, San Francisco and
other cities, as web as numerous pleas
ure resorts. On that occasion many of
the delegates made side trips to the
Canyon of the Colorado and through
the Yosemite before returning home,
and similar plans are in prospect this
year.
"You have great city here" he
said yesterday. at was a great city
in 1899, but it Is greater today. Yes,
have been back in the interim. Eight
years was too long to wait. I was here
year ana nalf ago ana was tnen
much surprised at the city's growth.
This time I am even more surprised.
Los Angeles today is a thoroughly cos
mopolitan city, a. delightful place to
visit and, I should imagine. delight
full place in which to i've"
Mr.. Shepard's home is in Winona,
MINI. Since coming to Los Angeles he
has found himself involved in the
jealous municipal rivalry of the Minne-
sofa twin cities and he doesn't relish
his position.
1t seems that when the N. e. A.
programs for the Los Angeles conven-
tion were issued, railroad rates were
made from St. Paul. The name of the
sanity city appeared upon the pro-
grams, and Minneapolis was not men
toned. Here, in Los Angeles that
might be regarded as small matter,
but it aroused a storm of indignant
protest in Minneapolis, and Mr.. Shepard
received a tart letter from Wallace
Nye, secretary of the Minneapolis
Commercial club, in which the N. e. A.
was accused of ingratitude. Minne-
apolis entertained the convention in
1ooo o0d tho Comnercia1 OliIh NUanfad