The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-07-03
n. {. A. HEADS
ARRIVE IN ZION
FOR MEETING
President Edward T. Fairchild
Enthusiastic Over Outlook;
c. C. Pearse and DR.. A. E.
Winship Also Here.
LOCAL CHAIRMEN TO
MEET ON SATURDAY
Headquarters Open; Students
Will Deliver Orations at
School Peace League
Meeting.

Three distinguished personages ar
| rived in Salt Lake yesterday for the
| N. L. A. convention, these being Ed
| ward T. Fairchild of Durham, N. H.,
president Of the association; G. G.
Pearse of Milwaukee, Wis, president
predecessor of Mr.. Fairchild DR.. A. E..
| Winship Of Boston, Mass. undoubtedly
the most renowned educational editor
| in the United States.
At the Hotel Utah last night these
guests attracted the interest of local
educators and newspapermen, and their
views concerning the approaching con-
vention and the preparations which
had been made for it in this city were
regarded as worthy of attention and
thought. President Fairchild was en-
thusiastic over the prospects, in the
course of fraternal talk saying:
I can but express the greatest
satisfaction with local arrange
ments for the great meeting next
week. ! have been in close touch
at all times with Superintendent
d. H. Christensen, and through
him and the newspapers L have
been advised Of the splendid prepa-
rations which have been made for
the comfort and pleasure of the
teachers. In all the meetings I
have attended ] have never known
| greater activity on the part Of
local committees or finer results
| than are assured at this time. In
| no other city have the decorations
| been so profuse and tasty as those
which arc so much in evidence
| here,
Attendance to Be Large.
1t is certain that the associa
tion is most fortunate in the mat.
ter Of hospitality There will un.
doubtedly be n fine attendance.
Letters which have come to me, and
the various statements which l
have heard while crossing the
continent, justify this expectation.
| Kansas alone, where ] spent q
great many years as superintend
ent of public instruction, will send
a delegation of 500 or more. As
to the programme arranged, I must
! say that it is an excellent one, and
| there can be no doubt that the as
sociation will have a splendid meet
ing.
| G. G. Pearse, president Of the n. r..
A, during tho term preceding that now
being filled by President Fairchild. and
superintendent Of schools in Milwaukee,
Wis, has just been selected to continue
in his present position at Milwaukee
for an additional term of three years.
In the course of his observations Mr.,
Pearse last night said:
! These decorations are splendid
The preparations are perfect. Salt
Lake City Is one Of the places that
appeals TO one and stretches ones
imagination to conceive the real
greatness Of what has been done.
/ have been reading for two days
Of the fiftieth anniversary of the
battle of Gettysburg, and 1t made
me think Of my last visit to Salt
Lake. That was in 1897. Salt Lake
City was then celebrating its semi
centennial and publishing daily
journal Of the Mormon exodus.
To Study Mormons.
While the newspapers are now
telling the story of heroism of the
great battle Of Gettysburg I can't
help feeling that the story of the
deeds and sufferings, hardships and
deprivations of the Utah pioncers
is story few tales Of heroism sur.
pass.
It is difficult to say what the at
i tendance at the convention will be.
We shall have good crowd, Wis
consin, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Ne
braska and the other central and
western states will have large dele
cations The educators are coming
with keen desires to study the in
stitutions of the Latter-day Saints.
/ spenk the mind of the school peo-
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