Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-31
COOLIDGE TO SPEAK
BEFORE EDUCATORS
Lowden, Tigert and Ba|lOu
Also to Address ConVen-
ton in This City.

President Coolidge, Frank o.
Lowden, former governor of Illinois;
John J. Tigert. United States com
missioner OF education. and DIR. Frank
w. Ballou superintendent of schools,
are four OF the prominent speakers
on the program for the annual con-
vention of the department OF super
intendence National Education Asso-
citation, which VIII be held here Feb
ruary 21-25 and, together with mum
Der of allied gatherings, is expected
to draw an assemblage of more than
l40ue educators from every State IN
the Union.
The convention will be opened on
Sunday. February q. with patriotic
pilgrimage to the tomb of the I'm
known Soldier. where DR.. Ballou, who
is president Of the department, VIII
place a wreath on behalf of his fellow
educators. Sunday afternoon there
Will be a veSper service IN CONT
mental Memorial Hall, with an ad-
dress by Right Rev. James +. Free
man, Bishop of Washington.
President Coolidge will make his ad-
dress to the educators in the WASH
ington Auditorium on Monday eve
ming. and il is expected that II VIII
he broadcast by radio. The Navy
Band viii furnish music.
College Dinners Planned.
On Tuesday evening, February %,
the members Of the department OF
surerintendenCe will be guests of the
National Society for the Study OF
Education at the Washington Audi
torium, when there will be discussion
of Extra Curricular Activities
Wednesday morning will be devoted
TO talks on junior high school work
with Herbert S. Weet, superintendent
of schools. Rochester, n. y: Ben q.
Graham. Pittsburgh, Pa: Albert T..
Brown, Ithaca, n. y; Calvin e. Davis.
University of Michigan, and Edward
d. Roberts, assistant superintendent
of schools, Cincinnati, Ohio, the prln-
cipal speakers. There will be no SEES
sion Of the department Wednesday
a ternoon. which will be reserved for
sightseeing.
on Wednesday night there will be
a number of college dinners, as is the
custom at the annual convention or
the department. :, 80
"Teaching as a Profession will be
the subject Of a talk by Henry SUI
zaIo. president Of the University OF
Washington. on Thursday morning at
the Auditorium THE Platoon School
Type of Organization" a subject OF
particular interest to residents OF this
citv will be discussed by Charles l..
Spain, deputy superintendent OF
schools of Detroit, Mich, and Henry
3. Wilson, superintendent OF schoois'
Berkeley, Calf, at this time. The
former will tell of the advantages OF
the platoon school," while the latter
will recite the disadvantages.
Macmillan to Lecture.
High school topics will be taken up
| by the educators at the session thurs
| day afternoon with the following
speakers filling the program: Merle
Prunty, principal Of the Tulsa Hlgh
school. Tulsa, Okla, Educational OBJ
iectiyes of the Senior High Schools"
j. NJ. Gwinn, superintendent OF
schools, San Francisco, Calf. on
| Higher Educational and Professional
Standards for Senior High School
| Teachers" and Charles H. Judd, di
rector. School of Education, Univer-
sitv of Chicago, Chicago, ILL.,, on The
PRINCIPAL as a Supervisor of Class
room Teaching"
Thursday evening the Department
will be entertained by an illustrated
lecture by Comdr. Donald B. Mac
MILAN on exploring the Far North
with the aid of airplanes. radio and
colored photography. This lecture
will be given through the courtesy OF
the National Geographic Society
There will be music by the United
States Army Band
There are a number of allied organ
izations which will hold sessions
simultaneously with those of the de-
! partment of superintendent. The
National Council Of Education will
meet on Tuesday and Wednesday
afternoons, February 1924, at the
Hotel Powhatan. The department of
elementary school principals will
meet Monday, Tuesday and Wednes-
day, February 22-24, at the Washing
ton Auditorium; the department of
rural education will meet Monday
Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons,
February 22-24, in the auditorium of
the Department of Interior. and the
city teacher training school section
will meet Monday afternoon and Tues
day morning, February 1928.