Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-27
International Kin d ergarten
Union Convention Will Open
Its Sessions Tuesday. !.
entertaining FEATURES
PLANNED FOR VISITORS
Speakers to Include Several Wash
ingtonians-Local Teachers Seek
Holidays to Attend.

Many of the delegates to the twentieth
annual meeting of the International Kin
dergarten Union, which is to meet here
during the ensuing week, are expected to
arrive today. although the convention
proper does not open until Tuesday. To-
morrow and Tuesday. however, all the
kindergartens of the city will be opened
to visitors. SO that the out-of-town guests
may get first-hand ideas Of what Wash
ingtOn is doing in the kindergartens.
Besides the regular business meetings
and conferences which have been ar
ranged, several entertaining features
have been planned by the District
kindergartens for their guests. These
will include teas and a game festival
for the kindergarten children. Also the
delegates will be the guests of the
Chamber of Commerce on trip to
Mount Vernon.
Headquarters at the Raleigh.
Headquarters of the delegates will be
at the Raleigh Hotel, where all the
board meetings will be held. Morning
and afternoon sessions will be held at
the New Nationall Museum. while the
evening sessions will be held in the ID.
A. r. Memorial Continental Hall Round
table conferences will be held IN the
James Ormond Wilson Normal School.
the list of speakers. The final program
is not yet available. several changes
having been made since 1t was nrst
formulated. Among the speakers, now
ever. will be DR.. Thomas M. Baliet Oh
the University of New York. who will
speak on THE Problem of Moral Edu-
cation: DIR. Lightner Wilmer of the
University Of Pennsylvania and DR.. vii.
liam Heard Fitzpatrick of the Teachers
College of Columbia University. both of
whom will speak on "Montessori Prin-
ciples and Methods. Miss. Susan r.
Blow Of Cazenovia. New YORK. VINO VIII
speak on "Freebers Message to Won
en-" and DR.. Scott Nearing of the Uni
yersity of Pennsylvania, who will speak
on 1.-The Child-Social Asset of Liabil-
ity"
Local Speakers on List.
Washington will be represented among
the speakers by several persons. fnclud-
ing Miss Julia c. Lathrop, chief OF the
federal children's bureau. who Will tell
of the work of that bureau. and by Mrs.
Arthur A. Birney, secretary OF the Ma
tional Congress of Mothers.
Washington has but one officer on the
International board, Miss Catherine X.
Watkins. director of kindergartens or
this city, who is auditor for the organlza-
ton. Miss Watkins is in charge or the
arrangements here, being assisted py
other Undergraduates and school oIncials.
Fearing that they may not be given
holidays next Thursday and Friday, when
the International kindergarten Union
meets in this city for the first time In It's
history-and probably for the last time
for a number of years-considerable un-
easiness is being felt by the teachers Of
kindergartens here. A high official of
the schools Yesterday said that the teach
ers undoubtedly would receive the hoil-
day, however, if itMfas shown that the
program warranted II.
The kindergarten teachers, between
eighty and ninety in number requested
that the two days be made holidays In
order that they might attend the sessions
Of the union and assist in the entertain
ment of the visiting delegates. The re-
quest was placed before the board of
education at it's last meeting, but no ac-
ton was taken.
To Await Final Program.
Nothing definite is to be done by the
school authorities, however. it was stated
on good authority today. until the final
program of the union is fully arranged.
1T seems to me that all the teachers
should be given this opportunity to re-
ceive the inspiration which they will at
a meeting of this sort" said one kinder
garten teacher today. Many of the
teachers cannot afford to attend the union
when 1t is held in other cities. even If
1t is held in the vacation months. But
now when the chance is right within our
grasp for everybody to be present 1t
seems as though the school officials
ought to grant this two days. They al
lowed any teachers who wanted to go to
the meeting OF the National Education
think they should do the same by the
kindergarten Union"