Smyrna times., 1922-11-29
V|CE-PRES|DENT COOLIDGE AND
NOTED EDUCATORS COMING
WILL MEET IN WILMINGTON FRI
DAY AND SATURDAY THIS WEEK
Educational Convention Will Bring
Together More Than 800 Prom
inent Professors and Teachers

Educational Convention Will Bring
Together More Than 800 Prom
inent Professors and Teachers
Conferring a distinction in an edu-
cational way on Delaware which it
has never enjoyed before, more than
300 of the most prominent educators
in this section of the country will
gather in Wilmington the latter part
of this week. They will attend the
thirty-sixth annual convention of the
Association of Colleges and Prepara
tory Schools of the Middle States and
Maryland, which is to be held at Tow
er Hill School beginning Friday. The
prominence of the speakers, the rep
utation of the delegates, and the fact
that a preparatory school was chosen
as a fitting place to hold the conven-
ton, make the meetings distinctive.
The most prominent visitor to the
convention will be Calvin Coolidge,
Vice. President of the United States,
who will address the delegates. Other
speakers will include DR.. William f.
Lingelbach, of the University of Penn
sylvania; Dr. Samuel c. Schmucker, of
West Chester Normal School, and DR..
c. L. Reese, of the dupont Company.
Included in the list of delegates are
such widely known educators as DR..
]. H. Penniman, Acting Provost of the
University of Pennsylvania; President
Livingstone Farrand, of Cornell Uni
versity; Professor Anna Woods Ball
ard, President of Teachers College,
Columbia University; DR.. J. H. Min
nick, Dean of the School of Elucation
University of Pennsylvania; President
Frank Aydelotte of Swarthmore.
Visit "LOngwOOd," Home P. S. dupont
Mayor Leroy Harvey and DIR. John
: D. Skilton, Head Master of Tower Hill
: School will welcome the delegates al
t the opening session on Friday morn
= ing. DR.. William NJ. Irvine, presiden
of the association, will make the re
sponse. Sessions will be held Frida!
afternoon in the Auditorium at Long
. wood, the home of Pierre S. dupont
y An informal dinner in the Hotel du
Pont Friday evening occupies a prom
inent place on the program. Among
! the guests will be Governor William
n D. Denney, Governor William C.Sprou
Il of Pennsylvania, Bishop Philip Cook
= Gen. H. H. Bandholtz, U. S. A., Dl
. Joseph H. Odell and Archibald Rut
. ledge Following the welcome tn
: convention will take up general topics
y Character and Spiritual Ideals a
IL Fundamentals in American Educs
- tion," will be led by Dean Howar
~ McClenahan, of Princeton Universit
and Dean Winifred ]. Robinson, {
er the Women'f College, University {
l, Delaware. "What Can Schools an
S, Colleges Do to Restore the Moral Tor
l. f Our Yung People," will be led t
Id Head Master Boyd Edwards, of II
Id Hill School, and Principal Francis I
It. Paul of the Dewitt Clinton Hig
ch School.
IS. To Discuss Problems of Education
&C At Longwood after an organ recit
=. in the Auditorium, Dr. J. H. Pennims
- acting provost of the University
: Pennsylvania, will discuss The Pro
90 20. lem of Increasing Finance and Equi
80 ment to Keep Pace With Growth
- "The Problem of Entrance Standards
:; will be discussed by Prof. Adam LerC
=. Jones, of Columbia University. Pre-:
On dent Frank Aydelotte, of Swarthmo
.o4 College, will talk on. "The Problem
. Maintaining intellectual Standards
the Student Body" The Classical A
A sociation of the Atlantic States; t
association of History Teachers of t
vo Middle States; the College Conferen
on English; the Association of Mode
oil Language Teachers; the Associate
,sa of Teachers in Mathematics and t
'od Science Section of the Association W
~ hold group meetings and hear discu
~ sions lead by recognized authorities
D said subjects.