Evening star., 1932-02-18
.15,0D0 j. s. SCHOOL
HEADS WILL OPEN
SESSION SATURDAY
Nearly 100000 Children
Affected by Problems
to Be Discussed.
FINANCES AND OTHER
PRESSING ISSUES LOOM
Superintendents and Allied Groups
to Visit Shrines Sunday-Due
at Mount Vernon Monday.

The Department of Superintendent
OF the National Education Association
Will open its sixty-second annual con-
Vent1on here Saturday, when $4,000
school superintendents and other edu-
cational leaders assemble to discuss
problems affecting the educational vel
1are OF nearly 10000 900 school children.
While the Department of Superin-
tenoence itself will register probably
not more than II 900 of the assembled
educators, another 1000 are expected tn
be in Washington to attend allied or.
ganlZation meetings, which are held
each year in the convention city of the
Superintendents
prominent among the associated
meetings concurrent with the Depart
ment of Superintendent are those of
the National Association of Deans of
Women, which was opened YESTERDAY at
the Mayf1ower Hotel and that of the
Home Economics Department of the
National Education Association, which
VIII open two-day session in Service
aaH, District OF Columbia Chapter
Bulldlng, American Red Cross, on
Monday.
Wide Range Covered.
Plans for the Department of Super
lntendence convention, which we're
completed today, include one of the
most comprehensive and varied pro-
grams ever scheduled by that important
National Education Association group,
subjects listed for consideration range
from the acute problems of current
school nnance to the improvement of
character building and music and art
instruction in the schools. Because
there is no auditorium in WASHINGTON
large enough to accommodate all of the
registered delegates to the superintend-
entS meeting, the sessions will be held
In many of the hotels and in auditor
tunls all over the city.
While the first general session of the
convention will not be held until Sun
DAY afternoon, when a vesper service
Will be conducted in Constitution Hall,
tne department Of Superintendent
convention will be launched tomorrow
| with registration of delegates and in
| spection OF the exhibit of educational
equipment at the Washington Audi
| torium.
Sunday also will mark the depart
| mentS celebration of the George wash
! 1ngton Bicentennial A series of "patri-
otlc pllgrimages" will be made during
| the afternoon to various national
shrlnes, at each of which brief programs
will be staged. At the Washington
Monument wreath will be placed by
Edwin c. Broome, superintendent of
Philadelphia schools and president of
the Department of Superintendent
| and the Radiotone Quartet of Wash
| 1ngton will sing. At the Lincoln Me-
mortal, George c. Bush of South Pasa-
dena, Calf, second vice president, will
! place the wreath. Norman Crozier Of
Dallas, Texas, first vice president, will
| place the floral tribute on the Tomb of
| the Unknown Soldier The educators
also will visit Old Christ Church in
Alexandria, where Herbert A. West of
| Rochester, N. Y, will speak.
Will Visit Mount Vernon.
The feature of the pilgrimages, how
ever, will take place Monday, when the
department delegates visit Mount
| Vernon. A train of l25 buses has been
| chartered for the pilgrimage and, it
has been pointed out. the last bus will
| be leaving Washington as the first bus
| OF the caravan reaches the Virginia
| shrine.
Rufus B. Won Klein Smid, president
OF the University of Southern Califor-
! service In Constitution Hall Sunday.
The first business session will be held
at Constitution Hall Monday at 8:45
am. Mr.. Broome will preside and the
flrst topic OF business will be character
| education. The convocation Of George
| washington University, in Constitution
Hall Monday night, will be an integral
part OF the conventions program also.
Concurrent with the university's con-
| vocation, however, two business ses-
sions will be conducted. At Memorial
| Continental Hall Mr. Crozier will pre-
! side over session devoted to National
! Commission on the Enrichment of
| Adult Life" and at the United States
| Chamber Of Commerce Mr.. Bush will
| preside over a conference on school
building planning and construction.
One OF the most prominent sessions
of the convention will be held Tuesday
in Constitution Hall when the edu-
Gators discuss "the present crisis and
public education" Among the speak
ers and their topics at that session will
be David E. Weglein, superintendent
Of Baltimore schools, on How Shall
the Crisis Be Met BY School Officials?";;
and Robert Murray Haig professor of
sity, on Tax Reform in Relation to
the Financing Of Education"
BaIlou to Give Report.
At the Tuesday session, also, DR..
Frank w. Ballou. superintendent of
Washington schools, will present the
report of the committee on financing
educational research. Dr. Ballou is act
ing chairman of that group.
Other conferences of the convention
will include those on administration of
school systems in cities of various popu-
lations. These will be held simultane-
ously at Memorial Continental Hall and
United States Chamber of Commerce
Tuesday night.
The election of officers Of the depart
ment will be held Wednesday. Ballot
boxes, open between IL am. and pm,
will be located in the Washington Au-
ditorium, Washington Hotel and
Constitution Hall. The board of tellerS
will report on the election at the
Thursday afternoon session.
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