Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1920-05-05
FLAG or WELCOME
SWINGS TO BREEZE
Hundreds Attracted By Most
Notable Educational Event In
City's History

The welcome flag is unfurled and
the doors of the city of Richmond are
thrown open today to hundreds of
visitors, who will be here the remain
der of the week and who represent the
greatest assemblage of educational
factors ever in the city at one time.
Besides the educational feature, there
are others too numerous to mention.
Among the celebrities will be Hon.
Edwin P. Morrow, Governor of the
Blue Grass state; superintendent
from seventy county schools; athletes
from Union and Sue Bennett Colleges,
accompanied by boosters committees.
since their trip is not only for pleasure
and entertainment but athletic honors
visitors who are taking this opportuni-
ty to visit the city for the first time,
among them being Dr. Ernest Burn
ham, of Kalamazoo, Mich, who is
making his initial tour through Ken
lucky, in the interest of rural school
and educational data, since he is al
the head of the Rural education de
partment of the state Of Michigan
and numerous others.
On Thursday afternoon there will be
a beautiful American flag unveiled
and raised on the newly-erected sixty
foot pole, directly in front of Univer-
isity Hall. This ceremony accompany
ing this auspicious feature of the day
will be by Governor Morrow. On Fri
day, there will be track meet, where
the teams from the various named
universities, together with the stu
dents at the local school will compete
for honors.
The official program making the
opening Of the three days event which
will record the Annual Convocation Of
County School Superintendents of tho
Eastern Kentucky distarict, was begur
Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock
with State School Superintendent Geo
Colvin presiding.
The conference will record the III
auguration Of newly created laws up
on education which will greatly en-
chance the opportunity for the aver
age student, and will advance the
education to period of fifty years
according to one of the instructors
! The object Of the conference is to ac
quaint one and all with the facilitie.
now at hand, through the enactmen
of new legislation, for handling th'
general problems of education on /;
much broader scope; to study way
and means of improving the educa
tional conditions; TO make all familia
with the mode Of cooperation which i
TO be made an important feature o
future work and above all, to conside
the best method of putting the ney
laws into effect and plan for others.
The conference is quite the bigges
affair of the kind that Richmond ha
ever been presented with, and tn
usual degree Of hospitality which ha
gained for Kentucky a widespread an
cnviabIe reputation, is assured all VIII
come
So important has the conference be
: come to those in adjoining states, tha
there will be many representative
here to gain what knowledge they cal
: through the more modern ways to
: employed. The condition of tn
: premises at the State Normal We
T never better nor more attractive tina
i. at present, and the superb building
together with the management of
like nature will speak volumes in tt
! way of both progression and educ;
ton. They represent the move forwal
r and the rapid stride being taken
a the state, which is gaining for Kel
n tucky wide attention and admiration