Evening star., 1939-10-22
Heads Of Schools
For Deaf 10 Open
Sessions Tomorrow
Meetings Scheduled
Principally at
GoIIoudet COLLEGE

AS q final chapter in the celebra-
ton Of the 18th anniversary Of Gal.
laudet College the heads Of schools
for the deaf throughout this country
and Canada are holding their regu-
lar triennial meeting in Washington
tomorrow through Friday.
Headquarters will be at the Dodge
Hotel, with meetings largely sched-
uled in the chapel Of Gallaudet Col
lege.
Although this group has been
meeting for many years. it was not
formally organized and incorporated
under the title Of the Conference
Of Executives Of American Schools
for the Deaf, with q constitution
and bylaws, until 1881. Its purpose
Is not only educational. but the gen.
eral advancement and welfare Of the
deaf, and 1t is entitled to hold prop
erty for these purposes.
All Of the schools for the deaf
which operate their own plants and
are under the executive authority of
one person are included in the mem
bership Of this group, which num-
bers nearly 100. The conference has
supported for many years, as its
official organ. the most widely known
of all educational magazines dealing
with problems of the deaf. the Amer
lean Annals of the Deaf, which Is
now under the editorship Of Prof.
Irving s. Fusfeld of Gallaudet Col
lege.
Reception Tomorrow.
The organization will assemble at
a reception at the home of DR.. and
Mrs. Percival Hall at Kendall Green
tomorrow evening and a program
of papers and social events will carry
the meeting on until noon Of Friday.
The general topics on the program
will be: Health" discipline, Co
ordination of School Activities"
"The Adult Deaf at Work." Re
search and Testing at Gallaudet
College" Revision of the College
Curriculum" Supervision Outside
Of School Hours" Legal Status OF
Schools for the Deaf" vocational
Training and Guidance" THE Hard
of Hearing Child THE School Lii
brary" and THE Problem of School
Reports"
For the entertainment of guests,
there will be q tour of Gallaudet
College and Kendall School, a sight
seeing trip IN the city, a special en-
tertainment by the students of Gal
laudet College and a dinner at the
Dodge Hotel.
Registrations for Meeting.
The following heads of schools or
their appointed representatives have
already registered their intention of
coming:
Supt. ]. S. Ganey, Alabama; supt.
D. T. Henderson, Arkansas; Supt.
A. L. Brown, Colorado; Supt. E. B.
Boatner, Connecticut; President @.
j. Settles, Florida; D. T. Cloud, man.
aging officer, Illinois; Supt. ]. A.
Raney, Indiana; Supt. L. E. Berg,
Iowa; Supt. H. M. Quigley. Kansas;
President L. r. Divine, Louisiana;
Supt. 1gnatius Bjorlee, Maryland:
Supt. ]. F. Bledsoe, Maryland School
for the Colored Deaf and Blind;
Miss Anna B. Peck, principal, Rein.
hardt School for the Deaf, Maryland:
DR.. Frank H. Reiter. superintendent,
Clarke School for the Deaf, Massa-
chusetts; Alfred Cranwill, principal,
Michigan; Miss Gertrude Van Ades-
tine, principal, Detroit Day School;
Supt. L. NJ Elstad, Minnesota; SupA
R. 8. Dobyns, Mississippi; supt.
Truman 1ngle, Missouri; John
Grace, principal, Gallaudet School,
Missouri; Miss Julia Connery, prin-
cipal, Central Institute, Missouri;
Supt. w. o. Connor, New Mexico;
Supt. c. M. Jochem and DR.. Alvin
E. Pope, New Jersey: Supt. v. o.
Skyberg. New York; Supt. Clarence
D. O'Connor. Lexington School, New
York: DR.. Hanna Miller, superin-
tendent. and Miss Bertha OBrien,
principal, st. Joseph's School, New
York; Sister Mary Constantia, super
intendent, and Sister Rose Gertrude,
st. Mary's, New York; Supt. r. c.
Forester, Rochester School, New
York; Supt. c. E. Rankin and Mrs.
Pattie Tate, principal, North Caro-
lima; supt. E. r. Abemathy. Ohio:
Supt. M. Wistar Wood and Miss
Margaret Bodycomb, dean, Pennsyl-
vania; Supt. A. G. Manning, West
ern Pennsylvania; Miss Katherine
Van Dusen, principal, Pennsylvania