Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-03-09
PEDACOCl|ES
TO MEET HERE
MARCH N-3l
Expect Six Hundred Dele
gates to Attend Annual
Conference
PROGRAM ANNOUNCED
MANY Prominent Educators Scheduled
to Address Teachers-Sessions iii
High School Auditorium.

The State Teachers Conference,
of District II, will hold its annual
meeting in the High Schoo! Building
here on March 80 and 81. More
than 600 hundred teachers arc cX-
pected to come to Alexandria for
those two days. Many speakers
prominent in educational circles of
the State and Nation will be among
those on the program.
Delegates to this convention will
come from the counties Of Prince
William, Fauquier, Loudoun Stafford
Fairfax and Arlington and from the
city of Alexandria.
The committee of arrangements is
already busy procuring room and
meal accommodation for the coming
delegates. The members OF this
committee report much success and
feel confident that by the time Of
the convention they will have at
hand accommodations for all.
All meetings will be held in the
High School building except, posi-
bly, the meeting of the opening night
which will probably be held in the
Opera House or some other commod-
ius auditorium.
The convention was held in Lees
burg last year. The delegates were
entertained in the private homes OF
the city and were exceeding loud III
their praises of the hospitality of
our neighbors. 1t is hoped that
Alexandria will not be out done
when it comes to the mere issue of
hospitality.
Schools of the city will close their
regular sessions for Thursday and
Friday, the days of the meeting.
Mayor James NJ. Duncan will make
the address of welcome on the 'open-
ing night. This meeting viii be open
to the public. The response to the
welcome address will be made by
the Superintendent of the Arlington
Schools, FLETCHER Kemp. Of Rosslyn.
Among the other speakers at this
public meeting will be the Honora-
BILE Harris Hart, State Sunerintend-
ent. of Public instruction.
/: The complete program for the two
days is as follows: Thursday, March
80, 10 a. m., organization: from
1890 to 1890 three address will be
delivered by Prof. S. 3. Duke, pres-
dent Of the State Normal School,
Harrisonburg, Va. Fl: NJ. McMana.
way, president Of the Virginia Schoo!
for the Deaf, Dumb and Blind
Staunton, Va. and Dr.. May f. Bydm.
of the State Board Of Health. Rich
mond. Va. respectively. From 1890
to 1870, recess for luncheon. Be-
tween 1:30 and 8 O'Clock three adj
dresses will be heard Prof. Charles
G. Maphis, of the University of
Virginia. will make a talk on See
ondary Education. Mrs. Ora Hart
Avry, Supervisor of Home Economic
Education of the State Board of Ed
ucation will talk on "Vocational
Homcmaking." The third speaker
has not yet been announced. From
8 o'clock to 4:30 there will be a
league program under the superv;s-
ion of George w Guy executive
secretary of COOPERATIVE Education
in the state. The conference will
then recess until o'clock when Ma
yor Duncan will make the address Of
welcome. The response will be made
by Fletcher Kemp, superintendent Of
the Arlington County Schools. Har-
ris Hart, state Superintendent of
Public instruction will also deliver
an address. DR.. S. B. Mitchell. Of
Richmond College, will then make an
inspirational talk. DR.. Mitchell's
speech will end the activities of the
first day.
Friday, March 81. the delegates
will meet in executive session from
8 until 10 o'clock. From 10 until
1890 three more addresses will he
heard; DR. A. B. Chandler, president
of the State Normal School for Wo-
men for Fredericksburg. on THE
Real Education;" Dr.. William I.
Sanger, executive secretary of the u.
S. Teachers Association on "Profes-
sional Teaching" and DR.. William
B. Smithy, of the University of Vir-
ginia, on secondary Education"
From 1870 till 4:30 the departmental
conferences will be held. The direc-
tor for the High School Conference
has not been selected The Gram
mer Grade Conference will be pre-
sided over by Miss Mary D. Pierce,
of this city, and the Primary Confer
ence will be held under the direction
of Miss Lucy c. Duncanson. Of Lees
burg.