Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-03-29
MANY TEACHERS
ARRIVE FOR
ANNUAL MEET
Conference Will Convene at
9 a. m. Tomorrow in
III. S. Building
EXPECT 600 TEACHERS
Public Session to be Held at P. NJ.
Tomorrow In NJ. E. Church South
Program for Two Days


MANY of the teachers who will at
tend the State Teachers Association,
district H, which will convene tomor-
row morning in the Alexandria High
School building, arrived here this
afternoon. A total of 600 teachers
from the various counties are expect
ed TO attend. Sessions of the associa-
ton will be held tomorrow and Friday.
Attending will be many prominent ed
ucators from throughout the South,
and the convention promises to be one
of the most successful in the history
of the association. The local COM
mittee in charge of the plans has
practically completed all arrange
ments :or the housing and entertain
ment Of the tachers during their stay
in this city. Miss Lula D. Metz is
president of the association. The
program of exercises will open
promptly at 9 o'clock tomorrow morn
ing, and there will be departmental
conference from that hour until 1890
o'clock. which will be presided over by
S. P. Vanderslice The program fol-
lows:
Election of officers.
Intelligence Tests-Dr. Lewis Rat
teer, Research University, Washing
ton, .. C.
"Civics as an Aid to High School
Discipline"-Dr a. B. Chandler,
Fredericksburg, Va. =,
"Teaching of First Year Algebra
Miss Mary j. Cox, Manassas, Va.
Science in the High SchooP-Mr.
B. Garovitz.
Round Table Conference.
9 A. W. to 1890 p. ~, Grammar
Grade Department, Lee School, Miss
.Hary d. Pierce, Presiding.
Project Teaching of Geography in
Rural Schools"-Miss Mamie F. Rohr,
Delaware State College.
Text Books in English. Geography,
Civics and History for Grammar
Grades"
9 A. ". TO 1890 p. ~. Primary De-
partment, Lee School, Miss LEcy C..
Dnncaasoa, Presiding
"Silent Reading Devices"-Miss
Grace NJ. Moran
illustrated Seat Wo7k"-Miss A.
Allison, Richmond, Va.
Demonstration in Teaching Fourth
Grade Geography.
Note-The Alexandria schools will
ne in regular session on Thursday
morning and all tachers are invited to
be present and observe the work. Pri-
mary and Grammar Grade conference
TO be held at Lee School and observa-
tion at Lee and Washington schools.
1890 to 1:30 p. M.-Recess. 80 70
g p. NJ General Conference.
Prayer BIZ Dr.. E. V. Regester.
THE May Campaign gn'-Professor
Chas. G.. Maphis, Secondary Educa-
ticn, University, Va.
Vocational Homemaking"-Mrs
Ora Hart Avery, Supervisor of Home
Economics in Virginia.
.Address-Dr. Gilbert, State Normal
School, East Radford, Va.
"Thc Use of the Nictrola in Schools
Miss Marie Finney.
"The Comparative Vogue of Sacred
and Secular Music'-Mrs. c. E. Lay
Hodge. Manassas, Va.
: p. ". to 1870 p. N.-Ledgue Rally,
Mr.. Geo. ". Guy, Ea-ecutive Secr"-
fnry Co-Opc'ntire Ed"cation As
s0ciutiou, Chairman L
Address-Mr. NC. Starke, Ash
burn, Va.
Addrcss-Dr. Walter Monroe, Ar
lington, Va.
Address-Mr. c. J. Mectze, Nanas-
sas. Va.
Reports of League Work by Dele
gates.
The session at s o'clock tomorrow
night will be public meeting and will
he held in the NJ f. Church South.
Opening PRAYER will be delivered BY
Rev. DR.. F. B. Jackson and there wall
be an address of welcome by Mayor
!. ". Duncan and a response by
Fletcher Kemp, superintendent Of
schools of Arlington County. Harris
Hart. superintendent of public in
struction. will take for his subject
"The Next Step in Virginia Edara-
tiOn,' and there VIII DC an addlcS" U!
Dr.. s. c. Mitchell, University OF
Richmond.
The program for Friday provides
for an executive session from . a. m.
until 10 a. m.. and opening prayer at
the general conference at 70 a. m. by
Rev. Dr.. Percy Foster Hall.
The program at this conference will
be as follows: "The Real Education"
Dr.. A. D. Chandler: What Deter
mines Our Progress" Miss Lucy S.
Saunders. treasurer of Virginia State
Teachers Association; professional
Teaching" DR.. William I. Sanger,
executive secretary of the Virginia
State Teachers Association.
1880 until 80 p. m., recess, and
from 80 until 3 p. M, general cor
ference, opened with prayer by Rev.