The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-04-03
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BIG CONFERENCE
New Ambassador Due in Rich
mond for Speech at Educa-
tional Congress.
COMPLETE PROGRAM is OUT
Arrangements Committee An
nounces Full Schedule of Con
ferences and Addresses.
COMPLETE PROGRAM is OUT

Dr. Walter II. Page. recently APP
pointed amba ssadcr to the court OF ST.
James, will he the principal speaker
at the Conference for Education in the
South at The final evening meeting
which will be held on Friday. April is.
Tho noted editor of the Worlds Work
will follow a half dozen speakers in a
discussion OF rural. high school and
health activities, and will conclude tho
speaking OF the evening with a gen
oral Interpretation OF the work. OF the
whole conference.
DR.. Page who is North Carolinian
by birth and early education, has been
deeply interested in Southern problems
all his life. Tic possesses a tirst-hapd
knowledge of the needs of the South.
gained by personal investigations Aside
from the interest that attaches TO him
personally az the Presidents choice
for tho most important diplomatic post
abroad, he will be one of the most
prominent figures at the conference
by virtue of his lifelong identification
with the South and things Southern.
While Washington reports coincident
with the announcement OF his appoint
ment indicated that Dr.. Page would be
called to London within ten days 1t is
probable that he will postpone his de-
parture long enough to permit him TO
attend the Richmond conference and TO
deliver series of lectures at Trinity
Is booked this spring.
Complete Program Ont.
Tho local committee on arrange
nentS issued yesterday the first COM
plete program OF the conference 1t is
an imposing folder OF eight pages. and
lists the time and place of all confer
enccs and addresses that have so far
been arranged. Most OF the features
have been noted in advance accounts
of the conference that have appeared
in The Times Dispatch.
The conference proper will open for
mally Wednesday evening. April 16. in
the auditorium of the John Marshall
High School. Exercises will begin at
s o'clock, with addresses of welcome
by Governor Mann and Mayor Ainslte.
There will follow the annual address
OF Robert c. Ogden, of New York.
president OF the conference. Other
speakers OF the evening will include
President l. E. johnson. of the Norfolk
and Western Railway.
Tuesday, April 10, will be given up
Chiefly 10 meetings OF independent edu-
cationnl societies gathered in Rich
mond for attendance upon the confer
cnce. Special folders will be distri-
buted on the opening day giving tho
details OF sessions and the place and
hour OF meetings
Societies Tint VIII Meet.
y partial list of the organizations
that will hold meetings on Tuesday
includes: District Supervisors of Rural
Schools. County Superintendent, State
Organizers of School Improvement and
Agents. Girls Demonstration Work.
State Supervisors or Rural Schools,
state High School Inspectors Teachers
of Agriculture in Schools and Col
leges, Presidents OF State Normal
Colleges, Presidents OF State Agricul-
tural Colleges, Presidents of State Col
leges for Women, Southern Associa-
ton of College Women. Conference of
Workers for the Education of Teach
ers, the College Conference. State Su-
Derintendents OF Public Instruction.
and the League OF Southern Women
Writers.
Wednesday will see the opening OF
the conference proper, with two SEES
SONS OF the Farmers Conference at
the high school auditorium, and sim
ultaneously two sessions OF the Bust
ness Mems Conference in the audito-
rum OF the jefferson Hotel
General Conferences THURSDAY.
General conferences upon numerous
subjects of restricted interest will
negin Thursday and continue through
FRIDAY evening. In this category fall
conferences on "Co-Operation Among
Farmers Thursday and Friday morn
ings at $3.50 O'Clock at the High School
Auditorium; Co Operative Local Credit
Associations. Thursday and Friday
afternoons az 2:S0 o'clock in the audi
forum of the Young Mems Christian
Association; "TaXation," THURSDAY and
Friday afternoons at $50 o'clock in the
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