The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-07-03
Chairmen Will Meet.

General Secretary D. w. Springer of
the n. E. a. will hold a meeting at the
Hotel Utah at 8 o'clock Saturday
afternoon with local chairmen in
charge of departmental meetings dur
ing convention week. He desires a.
cials in order that he may deliver to
them special instructions with refer
cnce to their duties. Mr.. Springer
asks that each local chairman be accom-
panied by three assistants. The de-
partments and chairmen concerned are
as follows:
For all meetings in the tabernacle
and assembly hall, George 3. Mar
getts; rural and agricultural, Oscar
Van Cott; council, John w. Cindie;
kindergarten, Mark G. Brown; science,
berg; school patrons, S. P Eggertson;
national council Of English, D. G.
Woodard; league teachers association,
A, e. Yelling; higher, Harold Goff;
normal H. B. Folsom; library, e. b
Houtz; physical, l.. j, Muir; child hy-
giene, J. o. Soderberg; business, G.
Snow Gibbs; nominating committee,
W. Karl Hopkins; board of directors,
J, i. Russon; school gardens associa-
ton, W. c. Wooten; special, J. M. An
derson; collegiate registrars, Eugene
ers' associations, A. J. Hagen.
One of the most important meetings
associated with the annual convention
Of the n. i. A, is that of the American
School Peace league, scheduled to take
place in the tabernacle on the after
noon of Thursday, July 10, beginning
at 2:30 p. m.
Phlander P. Claxton of Washington.
D. c., United States commissioner OF
education, is announced to deliver the
principal address of the afternoon, and
the Rev. Elmer I. Goshen of this city
Is to speak on "The Promotion of In
ternational Peace Through Education. -
The American School Peace league
was organized in 1908, with three gen.
eral aims in view. The first was to
acquaint the teachers of the United
States with the movement Of promot-
ing fuller acquaintance and better un-
derstanding among the peoples of diff
ferent nations. The second object was
to prepare material which would en-
able teachers to make appropriate ap-
plicatons to the specific work of the
schools. 1t was also aimed to secure
the interest of teachers in all countries
in the movement for international CO.
operation, so that "the coming genera
tions Of all nations may be trained si-
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cy of judicial and legislative meas
ures in the constantly increasing rela-
tions among the nations of the world, -
Students to Speak.
One of the features of the school
peace meeting will be the delivery
of orations by students upon the reso-
luton "That all international disputes
should be settled by arbitration - The
ad Indicators in this contest are to be
Judge s. r. Thurman of Salt Lake,
DR.. George Thomas OF Logan and Pro
fessor F. w. REYNOLDS of the Univer-
sity of Utah. In this competition a
gold medal is to be the prize. During
the meeting announcement will be made
of winners in the Seabury peace prize !
essay contest.
The Sigma Chi fraternity of the city. !
with headquarters on Twelfth East |
street, between South Temple and First
South streets. will hold open house |
during convention week to entertain
frat' visitors.
At Barratt hall on the evening of |
Wednesday, July 8. +. Y. Fisher OF |
the Panama Pacific exposition, will de-
liver an illustrated lecture on the ex,
position subject. j. Fred Anderson,
local business agent Of the n. z, A.,