The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-06-29
Every State In the Union
Will Be Represented
TAFT WILL Be PRESENT
oxer Six Thousand Teachers Are Mem
hers of the Association and More
Than One-Third of Tint
Number VIII Attend

Boston. June &.-(Specialo-More than
POGO members of the National Edueation
association, representing every state IN
the union. will be banked along the sloes
of Haryard's immense stadium on Mon
day afternoon, July a. on the occasion
on the opening session of the Forty-eighth
annual convention of the organization ano
affiliated bodies.
On the speakers platform will be not
able array of public officials and edu-
Gators, including President Taft, who will
| journey from his summer home at Bev-
erly, Mass, to deliver the principal ad-
dress
The seats in the stadium will be divided
into sections and labelled according to
states.
The convention will really begin on sat
urday. July 2, with the meeting of the
national council of education, and will
come to close on July s.
The National Education association has
membership of over 6000 composed OF
teachers, librarians and instructors and
writer's associated with educational insu-
tutions and periodicals. AT the annual
conventions every phase of child educa-
| ton Is discussed and reports are submit
| ted by various committees appointed the
previous wear to the respective depart
ments of the body.
| At the coming convention general ses-
sions will be held every evening. and the
DAYS will be devoted to the meeting of the
various departments.
| Opening Session
On Saturday, July 2, there will be a
meeting of the national council of educa-
ton, and Sunday will be observed as edu-
catiopal Sunday by the majority OF the
churches in the city.
| On Monday, July 4. the visiting members
have been invited to witness monster
musical pageant of several Thousand
school children to be held on Boston COM
mon under the auspices of the local COM
mittee on a safe and sane Fourth of July
| celebration.
The convention proper will open at 3S
In the afternoon in the Harvard Stadium
| Governor Draper and Mayor Fitzgerald
| will be present and addresses will be de-
livered by President Taft Gov. W. w
| Kitchen of North Carolina, and Prof
David Starr Jordan of the University OF
California.
| On Tuesday evening Professor James j
Joyner, president of the National Educa-
| ton association, will deliver his annual
address He will be followed by James
M. Greenwood, superintendent OF the
Kansas City public schools, who will de-
liver a memorial address on DIR. William
Torrey United States Commissioner OF
Education E. f. Brown will deliver a
message from the United States bureau OF
| education.
| Speakers for Wednesday
| The speakers for Wednesday evening
will be James w. Crabtree, president
of State Normal school, Peru, Neb.; A.
Lawrence Lowell, president of Harvard
university and H. L. Russell. dean of
the college of agriculture, University
| of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis.
On Thursday evening Luther II. GU
lick, head of the Russell Sage founda :
tion fund will speak on public health
and public safety. Addresses will also
be delivered by P. p. Claxton of the
University of Tennessee. Knoxville,
Tenn, and Miss Emma l.. Johnston
principal OF Training School for Teach
ers, Brooklyn, N. Y.
| Charles w. Eliot, president emeritus
of Harvard university, Will speak on
THE Value During Education of a Life
Career Motive on Friday night, and
will be followed by Mrs. W. N. Mutt
of the Woman's branch of the Farmers
institute Raleigh, N. C.
| Ex-President Roosevelt has heen in
vited to deliver the closing address, and
Will most likely accept.
The department programmes arc
lengthy and will be devoted almost en-
tirely to the reports of committees and
the reading and discussion of papers.
The departments include, national coun-
| ell of education, department of kinder
garten education, department of ele-
mentary education, department of sec =
| ondary education, department of high
Ell Education. department of normal
schools. department of manual trainii &
and art, department. of music educa-
| tion, department of child study, de-
partment of physical educate depart
lnent OF science education, department
school administration, library depart
ment department of special education
department of school patrons and de =
partment of school pations and depart
ment of rural and Agricultural edu
cation.
Affiliated Organizations
| The affiliated organizations which
will hold their annual meetings in con-
nection with the convention of the Ma
tional Education association are the
American school Peace league. Ameri-
can Home Economics association, Fed
GRAFTON of State Tea achers' association,
Religious Education Association confer
ence. National Committee on Agricul-
tural Education, Educational Press AS
sociation of American and conferen ce of
Tea chers of Agriculture
! The officers of the National Educa =
tion association are James j. Joyner.
Raleigh, N. c.; vice president Lorenzo
ID. Harvey. Menomonie. Wis. treasurer,
Arthur Fl. Chamb erlain. Pasadena, Cal.
chairman of board of trustees, Nicholas
Murray Butler; secretary, Irwin Shep-
ard Winona, MINI.
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