The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-12-05
EDUCATORS MEETING
PROGRAM COMPLETE
TONS OF VOCATIONAL EDu-
CATION SOCIETIES.
HERE ALL NEXT WEEK
uFFIt ERS FROM NEW YORK AR
I(EAnQI ARTERS AZ JEFFER-
S0N--HENR CITY SIHSEN.

>oN--HENR CITY sIRsEi.
With the changing nf meeting places
for some of the sessions from the
Mechanics Institute and ! NJ H S.
auditorium to the Jefferson Hotel
the details of the Virginia Night"
sessions next Friday, the local com
mlttec has completed the program for
the meeting next week of the National
Vocational Guidance Association and
the National Society for the Promo
ton Of Industrial Education The first
at the educators to arrive for the
meetings viii reach Richmond today
and this afternoon headquarters viii
H." opened at the jefferson Hotel.
The convention of the first named
examination viii begin Monday after
noon and continue to Wednesday
noon The meeting of the other So
C!ety viii begin Wednesday afternoon
and will continue through Saturday.
on which day the body will visit
Hampton Institute. The party will
leave Richmond over the C. Il O. at
y 30 O'Clock Saturday morning. and
returning. VIII leave old Point at 400
ia the afternoon
Expect About 500.
II Is expected that the meetings will
bring 10 Richmond about eight hun
dred Of the nations foremost educa-
tors. people who have given much
study u the problem OF industrial edu-
catiou and vocational training. The
meeting viii be one Of the most i'm
pprtant held IN the city this year. as
the Richmond school and Industrial
survey viii he reported and discussed
ana much help will he given Rich
mnud IN its efforts toward providing
practical education for its people.
Among speakers at the opening
session Of the convention OF the Ma
tioual Vocational Guidance Assoeia
ton Monday afternoon VIII be Miss
Anna G, Hedges. Of the New York
state Department OF Education:
Philip Davis. uf civil Service House.
Boston, and Professor J. -. Elliff
University Of Missouri Monday night
J. u. EgElestuu. Y. l.. l., and Miss
Julia G. Lathrop. chief of Childrens
Bureau. Washington. win speak on
National Aspects of Vocational Guild
nnce
Vocational Guidance Problems
Speakers Tuesday viii include Frank
y Thompson of Boston, w A
Wheatley of Middletown. Conn. Or
IRA s Vile. Of New York; Dir. David
Spence Iill, of New Orleans. William
Leiserson. of Madison, Wis. and DR.
T.. T., Claxton. United States Commits
sioner of Education. The business
session and election of officers will be
had Tuesday afternoon,
\ round table session, presided over
hS Professor r G. Bonser. OF Teachers
College. Columbia University, for thu
Z discussion Of Vocational Guidanc.
Problems aud Issues" will mark TIL,
ciosing session Wednesday morning
Delegates viii remain to attend thu
sessions Of the National Society for th'
Promotion of Industrial Education
which begin iu jefferson auditorium a
2.30 "Wednesday afternoon, and fol
the Joint banquet at the Hotel Jeffer
son ON Thursday light.
Wednesday afternoons session vii
he conference on training for sales
manship in retail stores under the di
d rcctiou If r. X Corv of Boston.
Wednesday Is Labor Night.
The Central Trades and I4abo
Council Of Richmond will take posses
sion Of the convention on Wednesda,
, night. when big meeting viii be heic
t in John Marshall High School audi
= forum 10 discuss the subject Of in
Austrial education Tho speaker viii
hc Samuel Gompers, president of tn
American Federation of Labor.
ttt iAl'i3Iibift SbtNfSt f'Shii AhtS
bv the National Society and the United
states INey 1rtment OF Labor Burea,
Of Statislia Jointly with the co-opera
tior OF the tCuCa ional authorities q
the rlty of Richmond will be reported
Thursday morning IN the jefferson
auditorium. Secretary G. 4. Prosser
Of the National Society, Will tell o
the organization Of the survey
! leonard +. Are. Of The Russell Sag
A. Y.I4 e ha u Oh
an9 findings of the school survey, ant
Charles II WinsloW, of the unitet
States Bureau of Labor Statistics, vii
, tell OF the findings Of the industrial
I, survey.
Meeting in ;ho afternoon la !. NJ
II 8 auditorium the recommends
tlons q the anrvty will lie presented
and discusse by State Superintendent
NJ T. ShawkeY, OF West Virginia, T.. i
.C1aNton. t'ri;ed States COMMISSIONS
az Education: A -. Dean. chief %
New York ST. t. Division of Nocationa
schools Mrs Mary Schenck Wool
man. director of domestic arts, Teach
or-' college, Columbia University: K
" Sclrjdge. Pea body College. Nash
vile. and Superintendent William NJ
DAVIDSON II rit sburg public schools
banquet Thursday Night.
Governor Ifnry {. Stuart Will pre-
side aS tQaRtmaster at the banuue
Thursday night Secretary OF Com
uerce William e. Redheld. Presiden
Laura Drake Gill. of Woman's Col
lege, Sewanee. Tenn; Samuel Comp
ers and Royal Meeker. United States
Commissioner of Labor Statistics, vii
be among the speakers
Friday Will be the big day of tbs
convention The morning session i,
Jefferson auditorium viii be for ais