The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-01-28
BUSINESS EDUCATORS
 ASSEMBLE Convention Is Addressed by Mayor Buckingham, Who
 Advocates Business
 Education Two Interesting Typewrit- ing Contests Will Be Fea- lures of Session = Re sponse by Principal Gut chess.

About 100 businesss college princi- pals. instructors and teachers in yari- ous commercial schools of the state are attending the eighth annual con- vention of the Connecticut Business Educators, held in this city, today, at the Gutchess college, Lincoln build- ing, Cannon street.
 The convention opened with an in- vocation by Rev. F. A. Dillingham;, D. D., pastor of the Church of the Redeemer. Mayor E. T. Buckingham delivered an address of welcome to the delegates. He said in part: eff your conventions always bring such glorious weather I hope your visits will be frequent.
 of the city of Bridgeport. a most cor dial welcome at this time. We es- teenl it an honor to have our city selected for conventions and it is quite appropriate that the educators of the young people who enter the business world at the bottom round of the ladder should come to place which plays such an important part in the commercial activities of our country Being the largest manu- featuring city in the state, and one of the most important in the state, the industries for which we are noted depend much upon the ability and training of their office forces for their success. In eQuipping young men both the mercantile and manufactur- ing fields you must realize the i'm portant part you play in the worlds work.''
 Mayor Buckingham took the op- portunity to compliment l.. B. Mat Lr-t . To-, ~f the commercial department of the BriHeerort High school
 Stephen D. Gutchess, principal of Gutchess college, responded to the address of welcome in a most fitting manner.
 The program for the morning was as follows:
 residents Address. J, F. Nixon of Middletown; "Commercial Law" x. E. Stone, N. s. A.. of yale Business college of New Haven: Outlining the Work of Penmanship," Fl. c. Atticks, principal commercial department, High school, Pasaaic, N. J: Making First Class Typewriter Operators. Flora B. Pryor, secretary of the as- sociation and instructor at Waterbury Business college
 At noon the delegates took dinner at the Stratfield. &-'sxr s4
 The afternoon opened with music by the Mandolin club of the Bridge port High school and was followed by typewriting contest for the state championship and the Brown trophy. Students State championship for the Stone medal, for students that com menced study of typewriting on or since September 1, 1909.
 The entries for the contests were as follows:
 For the Brown trophy. Ethel D.. Eccles, Waterbury Business College, Waterbury; Caroline E.. Church, Wa terbury Business College, Waterbury.
 For the Stone Medal, Alta M. Ris- den, Waterbury Business College, Waterbury; Signe Rasmussen, Crosby High School. R; F. P: Nc: 3; Water, aI;a,, School, s2 Laurel St., Waterbury; Grace Mary Wolff. Crosby High School, 40 Laurel St., Waterbury; Louisa Lois Taylor, Meriden High School POI Cook Ave, Meriden; School -23 North Third St., Meriden; Mary T. o'Donnell, Meriden High School, 100 Hobart St., Meriden; Ed ward Danekindt, Meriden High School, Reservoir Ave, Meriden; Howard z, Gregory. Bridgeport High port; Francis J. Hill, Bridgeport High School, 15s Arch St., Bridgeport.
 The convention closed with remarks by President D. M. Huntsinger of the Eastern Commercial Teachers asso- citation. followed by committee meet ings and reports of same relative to the entertaining of the Eastern Com mercial Teachers association in Bridgeport, April IS. IA, and 15, 1911. The executive committee in charge Of today's convention was composed of E. J. Wilcox of Middleown, N B. Stone of New Haven and l.. B. Mat fhioS of thiS citv