Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-10
VISIT HOME OF WHITTIER
EDUCATORS MAKE PILGRIMAGE
TO ASBURY, MASS.
P. M. Hughes Is District of Column.
bia Representative on Board
of Directors.
Special Dlsratca 10 The Star.

Special Disratca 10 The Star.
HAVERHlLL. Mass. July "a special
train OF nearly dozen cars which left
Boston this morning arrived here about
10 O'Clock bearing many members of the
National Education Association and 9TH
ers intent upon a pilgrimage TO Whit
tiers home.
The excursion was under the auspices
of the Old South Historical Society Of
Boston. The members of the Whittier
Home Ass ociation and the Elizabeth IL.
Whittier Club co-operated with the So
ciety giving the excursion.
The party boarded special cars for
Whittier's birthplace. about three miles
away. and passed Lake Kenoza. the open
country farms. with their stone walls.
and the distant woods. all serving to re-
call the poems OF Whittier.
Ramb1e Through Whittier's Home.
At the house. which has been restored
to its origina, appearance. the guests
were permitted to ramble over the old
place. Through the windows were Wis
ible the pasture an the nearby woods
of which ting poet wrote
At 10 o'clock the party rode over the
the Friends meeting house. where the
poet worshiped. Then they proceeded
d short distance to the home where Whit
tier lived for ffty-six years.
There the mentors OF the Whittier
Home Association we're in waiting and
provided a box luncheon. Afterward all
gathered on the lawn and listened 10 ad-
dresses by Edwin d. Mead. Samuel I
Pickard and Augustine Jones.
P. M. Hughes Is Director.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
BOSTON, Mass, July 9.-The follow
ing is the list of officers selected by
the National Education Association:
President. Mrs. Ella Flagg Young
Chicago; treasurer, z. w. Springer
Michigan.
Vice presidents, James Y Joyner
Raleigh. n. c.; F. L. Cook. Spearfish,
S. D.; Miss Julia A Richman. New
York; George A. Mcfarland, Valley
City, n. D.. Thomas c. Miller. Shepards-
town, w. Va; Charles s. Foos, Reading
Pa; Homer II. Swerley. Cedar Falls,
iowa; F. o. Hayes. Alva, Okla; +. I.
Fairchild, Topeka. Kan; Samuel Avery,
Lincoln, Neb.; G. A. Duniway, Bozeman
Mont.
State observation-disclosures. John w
Abercrombie; Arizona. A j. Mathews
Arkansas. George B. Cook: California
Chadsey; Connecticut, F. A. Verplank
of South Manchester: Delaware. George
W. Twitmyer: District of Columbia. r
NJ Hughes; Florida, Miss Glenn Hamp-
ton: Georgia, Mrs. F. S. Whiteside
Idaho, Charles w. Meek; Illinois, j
Stanley Brown: Indiana. T. A Mott
Iowa, o. P. Bostwick; Kansas, Johf
Macdonald: Kentucky. w. HS Bar
tholomew; Louisiana. Miss Mary stevens
Maine, Payson Smith of Augusta: Mary
land, A c. Wilhston; Massachusetts,
Irving c. Palmer of Newton; Michigan
E. E. Scribner: Minnesota. S. l.. Heeter
Mississippi, f. E. Bass; Missouri, Howard
A. Gass; Montana, James NJ. Hamilton
Nebraska, A. A. Reed; Nevada Mrs.
c. Booth; New Hampshire. H Z. Nor
rison of Concord New Jersey, NJ II
Kinsley; New Mexico, j. Z. Clark; New
York, Augustus Downing: North caro-
lima, w S. Snipes: North Dakota, Nelson
Sauvain: Ohio, John w. Zeller; Oklahoma
w. c. Canterbury; Oregon, F. D. Resler
Pennsylvania, Reed B. Teitrick; Rhode Is
land, H. w. Lull of Newport; Souti
Carolina, D. B. Johnson; South Dakota
Freeman n Hoff; Tennessee. J. j. Reyes
Texas, George H. Carpenter; Utah. C.
Childs; Vermont. Mason S. Stone o
Montpelier: Virginia, Joseph Eggleston
Washington, H. B. Dewey: West Vfr
ginia. Morris P Shawkey; Wisconsin
Carroll G. Pearse; Wyoming, A. D. Cook