Bisbee daily review., 1912-07-06
TEACHERS GATHER
 FOR ANNUAL MEET

CHICAGO, July 5:-Thousands or educators from all parts of the Omit ed States are already gathered in this city and many thousands more will arrive here before next Mon day to attend the Fiftieth annual con yention of the National Education association. which will begin tomor-
 row with three sessions of the edu- eational council The convention which promises to be Of especial iIl- terest and importance, Is scheduled to continue through next week. clos ing with general session on Friday evening. July l2
 The Auditorium hotel and the Con gress hotel have been selected as the headquarters of the convention and the sessions of the general con yention will be held at the Auditor ium theatre. In addition tO the gen eral sessions there will be daily ses- sions Of nine of the principal depart meRts, with round table conferences. addresses and demonstrations by not ed experts. Among the departments which will hold special meetings are the departments of kindergarten edu- cation; Of elementary education, nor nal school. business education, child hygiene. science instruction, physical education, special education. school Ipatrons. rural and agricultural edu- cation
 Fifty or sixty of the leading church es of the city have arranged special sermons and addresses on education al matters for Sunday and have in- yited the delegates to attend services. The rest Of the day will probably he devoted by most of the visiting mem bers to sightseeing tours through the city on their own account.
 The real work of the convention will begin on Monday. In the morn ing there will be number of depart mental meetings and in the after noon the first general session of the convention will be called to order by President Carroll c. Pearse of the association who will deliver his an- nual address after the conclusion of the customary welcoming speeches. Immediately following the afternoon session the members from each state will convene in places assigned 10 them to choose their representatives upon the committee which will nom mate officers for the coming year.
 When the time comes for the cleo tion Of officers a stormy session Is expected in which the 'progressives
 will be arrayed against the conserya- tive or machine faction" The pro gressives, led by members of the In- terborough association of Women l nha h ly open the fight and will make ev- cry effort to have thenr candidate Sor the presidency. Miss Grace F. Strachan. of Brooklyn. elected. There has been considerable dissention among the two factions for the last two or three years and the feeling has become SO strong that in the opinion of many members an attempt of the machine faction" to oyerrule the progressive element may lead to q split between the warning factions and a complete disruption of the as- soeiation.
 In the course Of the sessions many subjects of great educational i'm portance will come up for considera-
 ton and discussion. The subject of establishing national university sup ported by the government will be dis cussed by four presidents of state eoi- leges. Edmund. J. James. of the Un-
 iversity of Illinois: Charles R. Van Hise, of the University of Wisconsin; James H. Baker, of the University of Colorado and William o. Thompson of the University of Ohio.
 Among the famous educators who will attend the convention and deliv- CT addresses are Baronness Bertha won Suttner, of Vienna, said to have ! inspired the Nobel Peace foundation,
 whose annual award of $40000 she won by her book, Lay Down Your Arms" Dr. Harvey W. Wiley. noted
 as the leader Of the pure food agi- tation: Jane Addams. head resident of Hull hoGse. in this city: Dr. F.
 Russell. director Of the Rothemsted Experimental station of Harpenden England. which has records of crops
 raised by various systems for more
 than fifty years: Dr. r. E. Dresslar. specialist in school hygiene and san !; itation in the United States bureau of 1 education; Dr. David Starr Jordan, | president of the Leland Stanford. Jr..
 university: Dr. Philander P. claxton. | United States commissioner Of educa- tion, pr. Luther Halsey Gulick. direct for Of the department of child hygiene. Russell Sage foundation, New York.
 and many others.
 The program of entertainment in
 cludes many notable featurese inclnd-
 ing a big reception to the officers and ! ha ri fnc n
 Monday evening. automobile tours Of
 the parks. boulevards and playgrounds throughout the city, a trip on the
 steamship Theodore Roosevelt along iIChlcago's shore Nne and vIsits 10
 the life saving stations on the lake
 shore north and south of the city.