Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-23
ALUMNI BANQUETS TO
FEATURE CONFERENCE
Various Associations Will Hear Some
OF BeSt-known Educators
in Virginia.
DELEGATES FLOORING HERE
Executive Committee Meets To-Day,
Preceding Opening of Tenth An
nual Session of Teachers and SUI
ntcndcntS of State.

/ Among the features of tn. tenth an
nual Educational Conference OF super
intcndcnts. Trustees, Principals and
! Teachers OF Virginia, which begins here
tomorrow morning. will be the annual
banIuc,s OF the various alumni associ-
ationS. These affairs will not only
bring tn" teachers together in social
Intercourse. but will serve ~ an OBJ
rortunity for them to hear discussions
by some of the best known educators
OF the old Dominion.
The University Of Virginia Summer
school Alumni Association will hoih
its annual banquet tomorrow evening
iat . o'clock in Murphy'S Hotel Dr G.
AlphonSo Smith. OF the university fac
ulty and once Roosevelt exchange pro-
fcssOr in Berlin; Or. j. G. Mctculr pro
lessor Of English at Richmond College.
x. &. Stcarnes. state Superintendent OF
Public Instruction. and Superintendent
j. a. G. Chandler. of the city schools.
VIII be among the speakers
ON Thursday evening AT $50 o'clock
tn" Virginia Branch Of the Teachers
College Alumni Association OF Columbia
University, will tender it's annual ban
Tuet in the rooms OF the business Mems
Club. short talks Will lac made by
several prominent educators.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEES:
WILL MEET TODAY
committee Of the State Teachers As
ISOLATION is scheduled for to-day to
prccede the opening % the conference
The committee will meet in the audi =
forum of Murphy's Hotel Annex. while
the meetings OF tn" different divisions
Of the conference will he held in John
Marshall High School Auditorium and
in the Chamber OF Commerce Building
Delegates began To flock 10 the city
yesterday. y registration bureau has
been established at the High school.
where all delegates are required to call
and have their names enrolled on ar
rival.
Special committees will look after tho
comfort and convenience OF women and
men. All assignments to hotels and
boarding houses are made by a COM
mittcc. whose quarters during the con-
ference will be in the High School.
MUCH ENTERTAINMENT
FOR ALL DELEGATES
The entertainment provided for the
visitors will includc the following pro-
gram:
dncsday-LIncheon To he given
for the trustees. division superinten-
dents. supervisors and principals by the
Virginia School supply Company. Mea-
dow and Marshall Streets, 1890 to 2:30
o'clock. Luncheon will he served at
the same hour TO visiting teachers by
the Retail Merchants Association at
the Masonic Temple.
Thursday Educational moving pic
lures and other amuscmcnts at the Will
liam Fox School Auditorium. gao
o'clock.
Friday-Opcrctta, "A Nautical Knot"
TO be presented by the pupils OF John
Marshall High School in the auditorium
of the school.
The NTH annual meeting of the
Classical Association OF Virginia will
be held on Friday morning at o'clock
i'm Room No. col a. the high school.
Much interest has been evincnd in past
years in it's sessions. especially in that
OF q year ago. when the address OF
Fairfax Harrison drew marked atten-
ton TO the fundamental value OF the
classics in modern education.
Addresses will be made by Roosevelt
Page and Professor G. W. T.. Miller.
the successor Of Professor Giidcrsleeve
in the chair OF Greek at hns-IIopkins
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