Evening star., 1924-06-25
TEACHERS VANGUARD
ARRIVES FOR PARLEY
Majority of $4,000 for N. E. A..
Sessions Expected Here by
End of Week.
HOLD CONFERENCES FRIDAY
Headquarters Are Established at
Central High.

The vanguard of delegates to the
sixty-second annual convention of the
National Education Association, which
convenes in Washington Sunday, for a
six-day session, began arriving today.
By the end of the week, a majority of
them are expected to be here. pre-
pared for what promises to be the
most important conclave in the his
tory of the organization.
At least 10000 educators and teach
erS from every city, town and hamlet
in the United States are coming. The
number may exceed 10000. according
to estimates of officials of the asso-
preparations for such an enormous
gathering.
Specials Due Saturday.
Special trains will bring many of
the delegates and teachers. Those
from the far west are now en- route.
The first of the special trains will
arrive Saturday, but the peak loads
are not scheduled to reach here un-
til Sunday and early Monday.
Central High School is now being
transformed into the headquarters
for the convention. The principal
sessions will be held in the auditorium
and the stadium. The registration
booths will be opened at Central Satur-
day morning at s 80 O'Clock.
More than a score of Washington high
school girls are now working at Central
fllling envelopes with printed matter
for the conventions. Approximately
100000 pages of literature will be
distributed during the meeting.
ConfersPces Start Friday.
Although the convention will not
open until Sunday, with the first for
NAL meeting Monday. official confer
ences of the officers of the association
will be held Friday and Saturday. The
executive committee will meet Sat
urday morning at 8 o'clock. A con-
ference of the board Of trustees will
be held Friday afternoon at o'clock,
session Saturday afternoon at 2
o'clock. The new board of directors
will meet tomorrow afternoon. The
committee on audit and budget Is to
meet Friday afternoon at o'clock.
State delegations will be located at
the following places:
Location Of Delegations.
Alabama, Colonial Hotel, Arizona,
Shoreham Hotel: Arkansas. Shore
ham Hotel; California, Washington
Hotel: Colorado. Raleigh Hotel: Con-
necticut. Shoreham Hotel; Delaware,
h'Hoi eHtiH I1Olti, blSlTfCl Oh SOlum-
bia. Franklin School; Florida, Shore
ham Hotel; Georgia, New Willard
Hotel: Idaho. Raleigh Hotel: Illinois,
New Willard Hotel; Indiana, Raleigh
Hotel; Iowa, Lee House; Kansas,
lard Hotel; Louisiana, Washington
Hotel; Maine, New willard Hotel;
Maryland, n. Z. A. headquarters;
Massachusetts,. New willard Hotel;
Michigan, New Willard Hotel; Min
nesota, Raleigh Hotel: Mississippi,
Congress Hotel; Missouri. Lee House;
Montana n. E. A. headquarters; Ne
braska, Raleigh Hotel; Nevada, N. E.
\. headquarters: New Hampshire, N.
e. "A. headquarters; New Jersey, N.
T.. A. headquarters; New Mexico,
Shoreham Hotel: New York. New
Willard Hotel; North Carolina, Lee
House; North Dakota, Lee House;
Ohio, La Fayette Hotel; Oklahoma.
Lee House: Oregon, Raleigh Hotel;
ennsylvania, Washington Hotel;
Rhode Island, N. E. A. headquarters;
South Carolina. Raleigh Hotel; South
Dakota, Raleigh Hotel; Tennessee
Lee House; Texas. N. E. A. headquar-
ters: Utah, Raleigh Hotel; Vermont.
Gordon Hotel; Virginia, New Willard
Hotel; Washington, Raleigh Hotel:
West Virginia. Raleigh Hotel: Wis
consin, Raleigh Hotel; Wyoming, N.
L. A headquarters.