Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-07-05
5O,000 TEACHERS
 EXPECTED AT NEW
 YORK CONVENTION

New York, July 1.--Attendance in New York of 50,000 school teachers, heads of universities and colleges, federal and state officials, and att least one ambassador representing |'his country in the United States is expected at the annual convention of the National Education association. which opened it's preliminary work here today. The convention marks the fist occasion in half a century that the members of the association have assembled ill the metropolis. | AS with many other things the European war is in no small part re- sponsible for the unusually large at tendance. Many teachers who would ordinarily spend tle summer in foreign travel will stay on their own continent or venture no further from it than the Bermudas. The conve2- ton promises to give the Atlantic coast a greater influx from the West than is usual. Upon it's close those attending will scatter Up and down the Atlantic seaboard to Be. muda Porto Rico, Cuba, the Maritime pro vinces, the St. Lawrence and through
 
 usual number are anticipating stud,' ia the various summer sessions Of : universities, colleges and normal lschools.
 Although the teache:s commenced their deliberations today, the formal opening Of the convention will 10, take place until Monday. On the af
 ternoon of that day the teachers and educators will be welcomed by Gov ernor Whitman at Madison Square } Garden, where all the eleral ses- l sions will be held. OthSr. add esses , of welcome will be made by Presi- f cent John H. Finley of the Univer-
 sity of the state of New York, Mayor
 Mitchell. President William G. Wilcox
 of the board O. education, City Sup f erintendc mt of Schools William II r Maxwell. and Charles P. Alexander l Regent of the university of the state 1 of New York. Dr. David Sta r Jor g dan. vice president cf the associa
 ton and Chancellor of Leland Stan S ford Jr., University, will presid a
 the initial session, David 'ancrol
 Johnson. Of Rock Hill, s. C., will de
 liver his address as president of thu !" association and the other p.ominen
 speakers of the day will includ
 former President William H. Taft , pr. Albert Shaw. ditor O. the Review s Of Reviews; Robert l.. Owen. Cnite' V States senator from Oklahoma. ant S Dr. P.s,P. ClaXtca, United States com s missioner of education.
 |. Othe, speakers of note who will b ( heard during the week will includ $ President Samuel Gompers of tn
 American Federation of Labor. Presi s dent G. Stanley Hall of Clark uni ve.sity, Secretary of the Treasur William G. McAdoo, President JoseQ' ' Swain of Swarthmore college, and V ~ K. Wellington Koe, ambassador iron s China to the United States.
 s Meeting with the association thu year will be tha American Schoo " Peace league. National Vocatlona Guidance association, National Con
 gress of Mothers and Farent-Teache
 association, National Federation o
 State Teachers association, Schoo
 Garden association of Amerlca ~ American Home Economies associa tional Council e T acHers Of English
 and the National Conference O el Workers in Extension Educ atio' under the auspices of the Unite
 States department of agriculture.
 An elaborate program of entertain "a ment and sight-se ing tips has bee e prepared by the local committees l IF charge of arrangements Tuesda
 afternoon mass demonstratiol 0 physical training and athletics vii
 be given in the stadium of the Col III lega of the City of New York, Il l. which 4.0O0 children will take par ,rI Another feature will be a schoo >? garden pageant to be given in BroA
 Park.
 ?, The department Of science educa !! ton has arranged For tours of ln i. spsction in the afternoons, holdin
 their meetings in the mornlns G. Visits of inspection will be made t
 chemical works. lead works, coppe
 works, plant devoted to the manu
 facture of soap and toilet prepara
 tions, a storage battery pAant, tn
 New York Aquarium, the Bron |, Botanical Garden and other places. \ During the five days of the cor vention, which comes to close neA iFriday, every conceivable topic ths
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