Evening star., 1932-06-26
SESSIONS
WILL OPEN HERE.
Annual Education Meeting to
Draw Prominent
SPEAKERS.

The eleventh annual Conference on
Printing Education will be held in
Harding Hall, Government Printing
Office, tomorrow and will be featured
by addresses by prominent educators
throughout the country and a Wash
ington Bicentennial dinner Tuesday.
The conference is being sponsored by
the United Typothetae Of America.
The story of the Vollbehr collection
of the incunabula will be told by
Frederick w. Ashley, chief assistant IL
brarian of the Library of Congress, to-
morrow night as part of the pro-
gram. This meeting will be held in
Coolidge Auditorium at the library.
DR.. otto H. F. Vollbehr and John
Clyde Oswald will be the honor guets
at this meeting. DR.. Vollbehr is ar
ranging a special exhibit of outstanding
items in his supplementary collection
of 1900 incunabula. This will include
the first Schoeffer Bible on vellum,
dated 1852; the first independently
printed world map of 1475; the Regens-
burg MiSsal on vellum, the only copy
in existence. and the unique Lucas
Cranach Luther Bible of 1541.
Instructors to Attend.
Several hundred instructors from
schools and colleges are expected to
attend the conference. which is sponsor
ed annually by the United Typothotae.
On the opening program tomorrow
morning at 10 o'clock are Public Printer
George H. Carter, Alvin w. Hall OF
the Bureau of Engraving and Printing
and DR.. j. c. Wright, director of the
Federal Board Of Vocational Education.
Chairman John J. Deviny, general sec
retary Of the United Typothetae, will
preside.
The theme Of the eleventh conference
Is Printing, the Mother Of Progress"
Other speakers at the morning seS-
sion will include Edward B. Passano,
Baltimore; DR.. w. E. Grady, New York,
and Capt. E. S. Moreland. An educa-
tional tour will be made of the Govern
ment Printing Office and the unveiling
and judging of exhibits.
At 8:45 o'clock Tuesday morning the
next session will be opened, with DR.. j.
D. Blackwell as chairman. The speak
ers will include Harry L. Gage, New
York; J. Henry Holloway, New York; L.
L. 1ngraham, Santa Barbara, Calf; G.
G. Bruner, wichita Kans.; Prof. David
Gustafson, Pittsburgh; Ira D. Pilliard,
Milwaukee; E. E. VoSburg, Philadelphia;
BurG TOmllnSon, New York, Tom Dun
woody, Pressmen'S Home, Tenn, and
M. w. Haynes. Jersey City. At the close
the guests will participate in a Pilgrim
age by boat to Mount Vernon.
Bicentennial Dinner Planned.
The Washington Bicentennial dinner
will take place at o'clock in Harding
Hall, Government Printing Office The
toastmaster will be william John Eynon.
president of the Washington Typothe-
tae. The speakers will include Repre-
sentative M Clyde Kelley of Pennsyl-
vsnia. DR.. S. E. Kramer of the local
public schools and William Pfaff of New
Orleans, president of the United Ty-
pothetae of America. The evening will
conclude with motion pictures of George
Washington and a playlet, "A Rush Job
for Freedom"
J. Elmer zearfoss, as chairman, will
open the concluding session Wednesday
morning at 8:45 o'clock with the fol-
lowing speakers on the program: M. M.
Prof1tt Of this city, Ernest F. Trotter.
New York; otto w. Fuhrmann. New
York; j. E. Fintz, Cleveland; L. B. Sieg-
fried, New York, and Clark r. Long of
this city. The session will conclude with
an educational tour of the Bureau of
Engraving and Printing.