Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-24
VIRGINIA TO GREET
aOFROM GOTHAM
Conference Plans Entertain
ment of Mayor Walker and
School Delegation.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

special Dispatch to The Star.
FAIRFAX, Va. January 24-Henry
L. Caravati, organization secretary of
the Virginia State Chamber of Com
merce. held a conference Tuesday
morning with j. T. Preston, secretary
of the Alexandria Chamber of Com
merce; p. P. Woodbridge, secretary of
the Arlington Chambc" IF Commerce
and Mrs. Z. d. Vos..Ty. secretary of
the Fairfax County Chamber of Com
merce, at which time plans were out
lined for an entertained; to be &C
corded the party OF 800 school superin-
tendentS from New York City, who, with
Mayor Jimmy Walker, DR.. George F.
Ryan, president of the Board of Educa
ton of New York City, and other PROM
inent educators, will make a three-day
tour of historic Virginia in March.
The party will leave New York by 6pe-
cial train on FRIDAY night, March Is,
Teaching Charlottesville on Saturday
morning at $50; here they will be met
by representatives of the Charlottesville
Chamber of Commerce and City COUNCIL
and escorted to the University of Viz
ginia. where DR.. Edwin A. Alderman,
president of the university. and Mrs.
Alderman and members and ladies of
the faculty will be their hosts at break
fast. After an inspection cI the univer-
sity they will go to Monticello, The CO.
lonial home of Thomas Jefferson, the
building of Whi3n was begun IN 1870.
Luncheon that noon will be served by
the Charlottesville Chamber Of Com
merce and City Council.
Special to Richmond.
A special train will carry the party to
Richmond, which city was founded in
1893. was the seat OF government of the
Confederate States, and is the largest
industrial center i'll the Old Dominion,
where they will establish headquarters at
the Hotel Richmond and William Byrd
Hotel. A sightseeing trip OF the city
via motor bus and tea at the gov
ernor's mansion for the 40 or so woman
superintendent in the party will be
followed by formal dinner as guests OF
the officers and members Ct the Rich
mond Chamber o. Commerce. The Viz
ginia State Chamber will act as host at
breakfast on Sunday morning. After a
second sightseeing trip through Rich
'mond they will go to Williamsburg,
where they will visit William and Mary
College, the second oldest college in the
United States, and the City of Williams
burg. where John u. Rockefeller, jr.,
has been restoring the atmosphere OF
colonial days. Luncheon will be served
by President Chandler Of William and
Mary College.
jamestown Island Trip.
Sunday afternoon the trip will be
routed to jamestown Island, the Cradle
of the Republic" where, on May ID,
1907, was established the first pernla-
nent colony of Englishmen in the New
World, and where in 1919 met the first
legislative assembly il: America. They
viii be met by Chief George N. Cook of
the Pamunky tribe of Indians and
members of his family. At 4 o'clock
they will reach Yorktown where IN
ITS Lord CORVALLIS surrendered TO
George Washington. They will be met
by committee representing the New
port News Chamber of Commerce. From
Yorktown they will go to Newport News
for an inspection of the Shiphuilding d.
Dry Dock Co., followed by a review OF
the troops at Fort Monroe. They
will leave Old Point Comfort Sunday
evening via boat for Alexandria. where
on Monday morning they win DE met by
a committee from the Chambers OF
Commerce of Alexandria City, Arlington
and Fairfax Counties and escorted to the
George Mason Hotel for breakfast.
There will be short welcome talks DUR
ing the breakfast hour by members OF
the three local organiZa Ions. I'M
mediately after breakfast they VIII be
taken to Mount Vernon, followed by
visit to old Christ Church in Alexandra
and a tour of Arlington Cemetery. with
visit to the Tomb OF the. Unknown
soldier. Luncheon on Monday will be
served by the Washington Chamber OF
Commerce. A sightseeing tour OF the
city will be made in the afternoon, the
party entraining for New York that
night.