Evening star., 1924-05-25
CONVENTION OF DEAF
TO ASSEMBLE HERE
Associations for Hard of Hearing
Will Start Meetings
Tuesday.
SESSION TO END FRIDAY
Experts to Speak on Questions
Vital to Work.

The American Federation Of Or
ganizations for the Hard of Hearing,
Inc, will convene here Tuesday night,
June 3, and will hold sessions through
Friday.
On the opening night of the con-
ference addresses of welcome will be
delivered by Dr. Gilbert Grosvenor
for the city of Washington, by Miss
Florence L. Spofford for the Speech
Reading Club of Washington and by
DIR. Charles w. Richardson for the
medical profession of this city. DR.
Harold Hays of New York. president
of the national organization, also will
speak. and Miss Betty Wright, field
secretary. will talk on the past. pres
ent anu future of the federation.
Rehabilitation Session.
Speakers at the session on rehabil-
ltatlon the following morning will be
Frederic G. Elton, dire ector, New York
state bureau of reha bilitation; DR..
Caroline A. Yale. principal emeritus,
Clarke School. Northampton, Mass. :
Mrs. Alice Ingersoll Thornton. Miss
Ann Lehman. placement secretary,
New York League. and Mrs. Harold
RlplnS. Miss Caroline Olin. Walter o.
Smith, Miss Emma B. kesSler. Walter
>. Cford and Judge Kathryn Sellers
Wednesday night will be devoted to
discussions on the deafened child by
the following: DIR. Arthur Palmer.
New York City: Or. Charles W. Rich
ardson, Washington: Miss Louise
Wimsatt. who will give a demon
stration in connection with her sub
ject of the work for hard of hearing
children in the public schools here,
and DR.. Franklin w. Book. Rochester.
\. Y; DR.. Karl Menninger. Topeka
Kan: DIR. w. &. Mason, Dr. Walter
Patterson. Washington. d. c.: Miss
Marine Durfee. Miss Louise Howell,
Miss Pauline Smith and Miss Eliza
beth Brand
Annual Business Meeting.
The annual busint SIS meeting will
be held Thursday morning. followed
by discussions on Sound Magnifica-
ton and Its Application to the Re-
quirements of the Deafened." by DR..
Harvey Fletcher. New York; DR.:
Gordon Berry. WoreesteS, Mass, and
c. After luncheon the board of man
ayers will elect officers and decide
on the place of the next conference.
Senator Royal S. Copeland of New
superintendent of the Volta Bureau,
will be speakers at the banquet to
be given at 1880 o'clock Thursday
night. At this time the Speech Read
ing club OF washington VIII give q
pantomime.
Lip Reading Discussion.
The final session of the conference
will be held Friday morning and will
be devoted to, Lip Reading and
Speech Conversation" The follow
ing will speak on this subject: Miss
Persis Vose, Portland. Me-; Miss Ju-
liet Clark, Los Angeles; Miss Lucy
Mclaughlin, Cleveland; Miss Eliza
beth Brand. Toledo. Ohio; DR.. Jacob
Reighard, University of Michigan;
Miss Hermine Mithoefer. Cincinnati.
A lip reading session will be organ
ized at this time; platform will be
adopted and committees will be ap-
pointed Immediately preceding the
formal close of the conference. At
4:30 o'clock the delegates will be re-
ceived by President Coolidge at the
White House.
Throughout the conference sight
seeing trips about the city will be
taken, and Wednesday afternoon the
delegates will be guests of the Volta
Bureau at tea.