The Washington times., 1924-06-24

READYFOR
MEET
Associations Local Commit
tee Has Million Pages of
Information Completed

Two million pages of printed
matter are being prepared to sup
ply teachers who will attend the
National Education Association
convention opening here Sunday
with programs, educational PAM
phlets, information guides, railway
maps and such other Informative
material necessary.
Corps Already at Work.
That number is a conservative
estimate Of the quantity which will
be needed. The initial number of
each piece Of printed matter to be
distributed is 10000. The official
program contains eighty pages, to-
falling nearly 1000, 900 pages.
Central High School began to take
on the appearance of convention
headquarters today, with more than
a score Of high school students,
Boy and Girl Scouts at work filling
envelopes with printed matter for
the convention. This work was be-
gun yesterday afternoon and was
In fun swing this morning. 1t is
expected that at least another day
Will be needed to complete the
work. The young people who are
working on envelope filling are in
charge of Miss Jane Lockwood,
teacher at Business High School
and Miss Marian Craig, teacher at
Columbia Junior High School.
Shifts are maintained of three
hours each. The work is being
done under supervision Of the in.
formation committee of which
Charles Hart, principal of Eastern
High School, is chairman.
The hospitality committee of
which Miss Mabel Boardman is
honorary chairman, and Mrs. Lyman
Is. Swormstedt, chairman, announced
today that plans are completed for
extending every assistance to visi.
tors as they reach town. The hos
pitality committee will be the glad
hand" group and 1t has arranged
to have someone on hand at the
station and at other strategic points
where information centers will be
maintained.
Entertainment Planned.
Automobiles have been placed at
the service of the hospitality com.
mittee by its membership of about
fifty persons and they will be dis.
tributed among the information cen.
tiers to assist visitors to get around
the city. An additional list of per-
sons who hold automobiles avail
able has been prepared by the com.
mittee.
With Mrs. Swormstedt are vice
chairmen who will take charge Of
various phases of the committees
duties. Mrs. Robert Howard will
be In charge of assisting visitors at
hotels. Mrs. Basil Manly will be
the official representative of the
committee at Union Station. Mrs.
Clarence Baldwin will be the hos
pitality representative at Central
High School, where Miss Sybil
Baker will take charge of automo-
b1fes. Benjamin Washington, prin.
cipal OF Armstrong Manual Training
School, Is the fifth vice chairman.
Announcement is made by the
Department of the Interior that the
visitors to the education convention
Will be given an opportunity to
study education activities Of the
department. The Bureau of Edu.
cation, Geological Survey, National
Park Service, Bureau of Indian
Affairs, Bureau Of Mines and the
Bureau of Reclamation will unite
In large educational exhibit which
will cover approximately 5000 square
feet in the lower front corridor of
the Interior Department building.
Bulletins, maps, charts and photo
graphs showing phases Of various
educational work. Government
films will be shown in the Interior
Department auditorium through
out the week.
Installation of the commercial
exhibits in Central High School was
begun this morning. The lunch
room will be filled with the ex-
hibits.