The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-05-30
MANY CONGRESSES TO
MEET AT EXPOSITION
National Red Cross Nurses Engineers Congress on Marriage
and Divorce and National Education Association
Among Them
Among Them.

SAN FRANCISCO, Nav 3o.-~An
assem hlage of congresses. learned So
Cieties and conventions of a national
and international character. and re-
lating TO almost every phase of hui
man endeavor. Is scheduled 70 meet
in San Francisco during the exposi
ton year,
Two hundred and twenty-six great
congresses and conventions with
memberships running as high as
loo 600 persons have voted 10 make
San Francisco their headquarters in
1918. These. with sessions ranging
from four TO fifteen days each. will
make an average Of four conventions
daily during the life of the expos'-
fion; and the number already sched-
uled is not half tho full number ex-
pected Fully three thousand other
conventions, many of them made UP
of organizations whose mem hership
is comprised in dozen foreign ma
tions, are in correspondence with
Afr. James a. Barr. chief of the OK
position bureau Of conventions and
societies. and thousands of their
members are planning To meet At San
Francisco,
tons and congresses already sched-
uIed to meet at the exposition dtsclos-
es the following representation: Agri-
cultural organizations. twenty~one;
educational, twenty-five; fraternal.
thirty-sty, business twenty-five,
Greek letter fraternifies, twenty
three. governmental and civic ff-
teen: Industrial fifteen; labor nine;
scientific. twenty-five, genealog1ai.
seven historical and literary five,
-pInfeS2ioDal. tweiye. religious. nine,
social service. eight These do not
include the number Of smaller and
State organizations and many Of
the international bodies include an
der one head dozens of national or
CARNATIONS which IN turn represent
hundreds Of minor affiliated bodies
Program Arranged.
4 feature never before introduced
is the arranging of meetings To en-.
able students Of special topics to
time their visits 10 the exposition
so as 10 ATTEND the sessions Of all
conventions engaged along similar
lines Of activities Organizations do
ing related work VIII be grouped as
follows April Will he devoted to
congresses having TO do with public
heath: May TO social science. religion
and ethics Jaly Is the educational
month: September will be devoted to
engineering, electrical and other tech
meal congresses. October 10 the
worlds Insurance organizations 9th
ers are vet 10 be assigned
MANY Of these congresses Will
bring with them vast exhibits and
working models which will be on
view during the exposition. and 9TH
ess. notably all the live stock. farm
ing and related bodies, will meet
throughout the entire ten months of
the exposition, In a building espec-
tally constructed for those interests
To accommodate the musical organt-
cations orchestral and choral soci-
cites and as a rest house for visitors
generally. a great festival hall Is be
ing constructed, with a seating ca
pacitv Of 5000 In this hall will he
installed one of the largest pipe or
gans ever built, and hourly recitals
and concerts will serve to soothe the
visitors, wearied with proving
through the miles of exhibits, gar
dens. courts and fun palaces.
For housing the larger conventions.
the exposition is erecting q splendid
permanent auditorium In San Fran
cisco's beautiful civic center Its
main hall. exclusive of twelve smaller
halls. will seat 10000 people. This
vast alditnrium.-W which will cost
$1,000, 900. will be presented to the
city of San Francisco at the close OF
the exposition,
y. T.. A. Meeting.
one Of the most important OF the
is the National Education
association, with a delegate strength
of upwards of 10000. With this
great body of educators will be link
ed the Association OF American Az
colleges and experiment
stations, together with an information
al congress on education. OF pecu
liar interest to these delegates viii
he the unique and practical exhibits
in the great five-acre palace of edu-
cation and social economy, embody-
ing features for which the schools of
each city are especially noted. with
model classes Of pupils, vocational
training exhibits, and displays show
ing what boys and girls have achiev
ed in agriculture and horticulture.
Another important convention will
be the International engineering con- /
gress. of which Colonel George w. |
Goethals. OF canal fame, Is president. |
This congress represents all the prin- |
cipal engineering bodies of the world |
and bulletins outlining the plans of