The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-06-28
SOUTH WILL SHOW
ITS APPRECIATION
Great Crowd to the Nat
ionaI Education Ass0.
IN BOSTON JULY FOURTH


Election Of DIR. j.. Y. Joyner, State
superintendent Of Public Instruc-
ton of North Carolina, As President
Makes the Gathering One That
Strongly Appeals to Southern
Teachers VINO With Other Citizens
Are Going in Great Numbers.
North Carolinians are especially in
terested In the meeting Of the Ma
tional Education Association at Boston
this year. The gathering appeals
strongly to Southern teachers, because
the South for the first time in a quar-
ter Of q century and for only the sec
Ond time in the history of the National
Educational Association n North
Carolina IN it's whole history has re-
CeiVed distinctive recognition in the
election of Hon J. Y. Joyner, State
Superintendent Of Public instruction,
as president Of the association.
Inquiries from various sections of
the State, from those not in any way
connected with the schools as well as
from teachers, indicate that the ex-
ceedingiy low rate and the attractive
ness Of the program will induce man.
to go who wish to take advantage Of
1his opportunity to visit Boston. Sid
trips from Boston and Stop-over privi-
3eges with the railroad and steamship
companies have been arranged, and
they are so varied that 1t is impOSSi-
ble to conceive of a reasonably desired
arrangement that is not afforded.
TIL first general session Of the
National Education Association will
be held on the afternoon of July
Fourth, in the stadium Of Harvard
University. The exercises will be in
the nature Of a patriotic rally appro-
pirate to the day. President Taft,
Governor w. w. Kitchin, of North
Carolina, and David Starr Jordan,
president of Leland Stanford Junior
University, will be the eminent speak
ers. President Joyner will preside,
OF course.
In the preparation of the program,
great care has been taken to Secure
papers and addresses by the most
prominent leaders in the e~ducational
work of this country. The permanent
secretary says that his seems to him
the best program the association has
Vet had. The great general sessions
Of the association will be held in the
evenings, and the departmental meet
@ASS SIt%A1 INV l. Al IN -
the visitors will have opportunity to
visit the countless attractions of Bos-
ton anj vicinity, historical, educa-
tional and other kinds.
When the association met at BOStOr
a few Years ago. the registered At
tendance was thirty-four thousand
The National Education Association
is everywhere recognized as the largest
organization Of teachers in the world
This year its meeting promises &c
equal in attendance Any former meet
ing. The secretary of the association
DR.. Irwin Shepard, writes that thf
demand for has airead!
exceeded all records, and twenty thou
sand more copies of the program bul-
1etin have been issued than ever be
Gore. The State superintendent OF
Public Instruction of Arkansas says
that a delegation not less than two
hundred will attend from that State
alone.
The citizens Of Boston have con
ributed handsomely for the entertain
ment of visitors. On arrival at BOs'
ton the Reception Committee will give
that may be desired, full preparation
being made for the entertainment O
this great association.
The rates for the round trip from
a few central points in this state
With rates from intermediate po1nt
proportionate, are as follows:
Raleigh, s26.O5; Charlotte, $500
Goldsboro, $26.65; Ashevi1le, $31.3b
Durham, $500; Winston-Salem
s26.S5; Greensboro. $500; Sanford
$3.50; Wilmington. $29.15; New
Bern, S25.0 90; G~reenville, $3.50.
The rates are the same by rail ant
water, but those by water include the
cost Of stateroom and meals.
The Lennox Hotel has been en-
gagged for North Carolina headquar.
sers, and there North Carolina teach
ers and visitors will meet a cordia
reception at all times. The rates are
reasonable and the hotel is near Cop,
aey Square, the great art and literary
SSnter Of Boston, near where the
general meetings OF the association
VIII be held. Reservation OF rooms
II boston Pullman and staterpom ac-