Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-30

of them are making the new Penn
Harris their headquarters for the
week.
The first sessions open at 2 o'clock
this afternoon, although no general
/ sessions will be held until to-mor-
row. other meetings will be held
every morning. afternoon and night
until Thursday noon. The session
will be brought ia close on Thurs
day afternoon when a luncheon will
be held at the new Penn-Harris at
lis o'clock.
.Americanization of the large
! non English speaking element in
/ cluding almost 100000 individuals
in PENNSYLVANIA, the re-education or
/ wounded soldiers and the movement
/ for Increased salaries for educa-
/ tional workers, are among the up
! to-the- minute topics that appear for
! discussion at the session.
/ An interesting program has been
arranged to include addresses by eX-
perts in the many phases of educa-
tional experts of Pennsylvania and
! other states and even of other coun-
/ tries.
! Many Prominent Speakers
I Included among the prominent
speakers of other states and coun-
! tries are: DR.. w. c. Bagley, Pro-
/ fessor of Education, Columbia Uni
versity, New York City; DIR. Francis
I c.. Blair, Illinois State Superinten-
dent Of Public Instruction; DR.. S.
/ Parkes Cadman. Central Congrega-
/ tional Church, Brooklyn, n. Y; Dr..
S. A. Courts, Expert in Educational
{ Measurements, Detroit.
DR. w. s.. DeffenbauSh, Expert in
! School Administration, Bureau of
I Education, Washington, ID. c.; Lee
/ l.. Driver county superintendent Nof
schools in Randolph county, In
diana; Miss Helen Fraser. represent
ative of the British Government; w.
/ II. Henderson, Major, United States
! Army, Washington, ID. G.
William II. Hoerner, Professor of
/ Music Colgate University, Hamilton,
/ n. Y; DIR. Henry Il. Jackson, special
agent in community organization,
! United States Bureau Of Education,
! Washington, D. c.; Miss Annie Car
roll Moore, New York Public Lii
brary, New York City; DIR. David
Snedden, Professor of Education,
! Columbia University, New York
| City. DIR. II. II. Wheaton, chairman
National Americanization Bureau.
General Sessions Tomorrow
While the meeting opens today,
no general sessions will be held
until Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock,
! but meetings of various committees
are scheduled for the first day of
! the session. Included among these
| first day gatherings will be an Am
tericaniZation meeting at $50 o'clock
! this afternoon in the Y. NJ. c. A..
! Assembly Hall; meetings of high
school committees IN the Technical
High School Auditorium at o'clock
this afternoon and 8 o'clock this
evening; u meeting of a committee
on music at Z o'clock this evening
! in the Y. w. G. A. Auditorium, and
a meeting of supervising principals
in the Technical High School Lii
brary this afternoon at 2.S0 o'clock
OF the three afternoon meetings,
probably more interest centers in the
| Americanization Round Table than
any of the other meetings. This
will be held In the Assembly Hall Of
the Y. NJ. c. A. at 2.30 o'clock with
John p. CARRIER superintendent of
Philadelphia schools, presiding.
The program for this meeting is:
| Address, THE Essentials of Good
! citizenship" DR.. w. NJ. Davidson.
Superintendent of Schools, Pitts
burgh; address, THE Foreign Born
What They owe and Can Contribute
10 the Land of Their Adoption" DR..
| Robert e. Laramy, superintendent
of schools, Easton; address, The
Amalgamation of the Foreign Born /;
! (a) Necessary Organization for the
Work; OBJ Necessary Training
of Workers; (c) Ways and Means
of Securing the Best Results" DR..
Thomas Francis, supervisor of grade
levening schools, Scranton, and Mrs.
Samuel Semple, member OF indus
trial board. Titusville; discussion,
DR.. John Price Jackson and DR.. II.
II. wheaton.
The supervising principals round
table will be held this afternoon
at 23O O'Clock. w. Lee Gilmore.
OF Oakmont. is chairman, and H.
| NJ. Merritt, of Ben Avon, is secretary
OF the committee in change. The