Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1915-06-28
TEACHERS BUILDING
TO OPEN WEDNESDAY
Fine Structure at Ocean City Will
be Dedicated Then.
PROGRAM OF CONVENTION.
State Association Will Hear Educators
Speak On Number Of Timely
Topics.

will be formally dedicated to the uses
of the public school system, and this
event vii mark red letter day in the
history of the State Teachers Associa-
ton. which begins its forty-eighth an
nual session on Tuesday
The construction of the building was
started last October and has just been
completed II was erected under the
supervision of a commission authoriZ-
ed by the Legislature at its 1914 ses-
sion, with a State appropriation.
The commission included Governor
Goldsborough State Superintendent OF
Education NJ. Bates Stephens, DIR. Thos
H. Lewis, president of the Western
Maryland College, and Thomas II
Book. (proXy for the Governor) OF
Princess Anne, both members of the
State Board of Education zadock Pow
ell. of Snow Hill of the Worcester
County Schol Board. and Edgar w. Nc
Master, of Pocomoke City, County Su-
perintendent of Worcester county.
The architect was Theodore w
Pietsch of Baltimore and the contrac-
tors were the Cordry Company,of Snow
Hill Ocean City having been select
ed as the center of Eastern Shore pub
lie schol activities in the summer
months, this building has been provid-
ed there for the Maryland teachers,
county institute and a summer school,
and will be under the jurisdiction of
the Worcester Beard in the winter,
Il
make use of il
On Tuesday night the opening ses-
sion OF the Teachers Association will
be held in the new building, and the
program includes an invocation by Rev
w. Il. Greenfield, an address of welcome
by Judge Robley ID. Jones, of Snow
Hill, response by Miss Pearl A. Eader.
of the Girls High School Frederick !:
an address by State Superintendent Nj.
Bates Stephens, and the annual address
of the president of the Association.
This officer is now DR.. Edward f.
Buchner, of the Johns Hopkins Uniyer-
sity faculty. Baltimore.
At the dedicatory services Wednes.
nesday night. the largest gathering of
of teachers and school officials ever
held in Maryland is expected. and the
sdief address will be by DR. Nathan c.
Schaeffer, for many years State Super
intendent of Publiclnstruction ofPenn-
sylvania, and one of the best known
educators OF the country.
Before the dedicatory address there
be a formal presentation TO the State
of the lot on which the new building
stands by Mayor W B. S. Powell, OF
Ocean City, and acceptance of the deed
by Governor Goldsborough, for the
State. DR. Stephens will then present
the key to the structure to the State
Teachers Association.
DR.. John II. Latane. of Johns Hop
1ins. and DIR Edward III. Russell. of the
Virginia Teachers Association. will
speak on Thursday morning. and the
annual business meeting an election OF
officers will be held Friday morning
when the convention will end. An en-
rollment banner is to be presented the
county having the largest membership
i'll the Association on a percentage
basis.
ln the departmental sessions discus.
sions of rural education and agricul.
ture will be feature, the head of these
two sections being w. r. c. Connick
of Prince Georges county. and the par
Elephants in the program being A. c
Monahan and f. A. Miller, of the Fed
eral Department of Agriculture. who's,
topics are "The Ideal Rural School
and Agriculture in Rural Schools,
E. A. Brown. of the Baltimore Count!
Agricultural School. at Sparks. "Schoo
Credits for Home Projects in Agricul
ture"; the State course i'm agricul
tural teaching, its merits and defects
Prof G. o. Nudge. of Preston Higl
School. and general discussions led b,
Earl c. Betty, of Hartford county. ant
]. Z. Metzger. of the Maryland Agricul
tural College.
County superintendent Albert 5
Cook. of Baltimore county. w. ]. Holo
way. of Wicomico county. and Com
missioner o. b. Ccblintz. of Frederick
will discus topics in the primary sec
tion, W. NJ. Tinker, of Allegany Coun
ty High School, Arthur F. Smith, o
1 Homecoming. High School. G. o. Nudge
of Preston and w II. Wilcox, of tn
State Normal School, Baltimore. vii
DC speakers on secondary education
while in the Grammar section Prof
Edward F.Webb,of the Frostburg Nor
NAL School, and President f. H. Nor
ham, of the Baltimore Business Col
Iege, are leaders on the program.
Misses Julia Scheidecker and Hele
Bradley will be the soloists of the mu
sical programs at the several sessions
and an orchestra is to play The off
GERS OF the Association are, beside
President Buchner. Woodland c. Phil
lips. County Superintendent of Howard
and John j. Upton, of Cumberland
ce-presidents; Hugh ". Caldwell. q
Chesapeake City, secretary. DIR. Rozel
Bergman, of Baltimore treasurer: Di
Buchner. MIR. Phillips. Mr.. Hollowa,
H. II. Murphy. of Baltimore. and Mis-
Edith II Hill. of Hagerstown, exec
utive committee.