The Washington times., 1924-06-25
EDUCATORS
FACE BIC
TASK
Work of Registration for Ma
tionaI Education Associa-
ton Begins Saturday

Registration Of members and
delegates to the National Educa-
ton Association convention, which
will be held here next week, will
be begun at Central High School
at $40 o'clock Saturday morn
ing, it was announced today at
the national headquarters of the
association by ]. W. Crabtree,
secretary.
Registration Is Huge Task.
The work of registering the 49,
900 or more members Of the asso-
citation, who are expected to come
to Washington for the convention,
is going to prove huge task, and
those who are arranging convention
matters today appealed to the Wash
ington teachers to register as early
as possible to give the registration
workers opportunity to give all
their attention to the thousands of
outsiders who will begin arriving
in the Capital in large numbers
Saturday and Sunday. The regis
tration at, the convention head
quarters at Central High School will
be in charge Of Mrs. Helen T. Hix-
son. who is regularly in charge of
records and accounts at National
Education Association headquarters
here.
Miss Olive NJ. Jones. president Of
the National Education Association.
arrived today for the convention.
She is making the Willard her
headquarters. Miss Jones enters
upon her task of presiding over
one Of the largest conventions un-
der cloud of sorrow, having Just
lost by death a young niece whom
she had reared.
A few individual members Of the
association who have timed their
arrival early are in Washington to-
day scattered among the hotels.
Some applied at Central High
School for registration.
Programs Being Prepared.
The work Of preparing programs
and pamphlets for delegates, which
indicates the magnitude of the con-
vention, Is still going forward. More
than eight tons Of paper will be
needed to supply this material.
Envelopes to members will include
the eighty-page official program,
the May number Of School Life,
leaflet Of greetings and information
on Washington schools from the
teachers Of Washington, a conven.
ton number Of the Red Cross Cour-
Ter, an excursion booklet, a. pro-
gram OF convention activities of the
bureau OF education, a list of the
bureaus publications, special guides
and other material. Official dele
gates. 1000 b number, will receive
IN addition the delegates manual,
the secretary's report, and twenty
printed reports of committees and
commissions
What is believed to be the best
method of disbursing several thou
sand tickets for luncheons and din.
ners to be given by the various de.
partments Of the association and al.
lled organizations has been worked
out by Miss Agnes Winn, Of Ma.
tional Edcuation Association head
quarters. Instead of having indi.
vlouals chasing aimlessly through
great throngs Of delegates and mem.
Ders endeavoring to find persons
interested In his or her particular
junction. 1t Is planned to hold one
AA OASh SEOup IGSDOnSlDl0
for luncheon and dinner tickets,
When a delegation reaches Wash.
ington. one person will deposit the
tickets for various affairs It will
take part in with a special section
Of the registration organization at
Central High School. Persons who
desire tickets may obtain them at
the one central place.
A brief but effective system Of
bookkeeping has been worked out
by Miss Winn. It consists simply
of blank form which will be made
out IN duplicate showing such in
formation as number of tickets de-
posted, time to be sold and other
details.
To two Washington teachers
goes the credit for compiling a
handy and comprehensive guide to
tours of the Capital which thew
have prepared especially for the
teachers convention. The teachers
are Miss Rebecca Stanley. and
Mrs. Frances M. Butts, both of
Business High School. The book.
let has been divided into q dozen
and a half tours so that delegates
will not have to cover more ground
than they wish to.