Smyrna times., 1954-03-18
TEACHERS TO
CONVENE HERE
Kent County Teachers Group
to Hold 3Sth Annual Con-
ventiOn Here March 25
LIST NOTED SPEAKERS

On thursday, Marcn 70, the
teachers of Kent County will hold
their 38th annual convention at
Smyrna High School. The program
will begin at $50 A. M. with in
vocation by Rev. Walter L. Beck
with, Asbury Methodist Church,
and will adjourn at 800 P. M.
Among the speakers listed for the
day are MIR. Sanders P. McComsey,
Dean of Instruction, State Teach
ers College, Millersville, Pennsyl-
vania; DR.. George w. Haupt, Pres
ident, State Teachers College,
Glassboro, New Jersey, and DR..
Catherine Gavin, world traveller
and lecturer. Dean McComsey has
been associated with Mellersville
for the past twenty-eight years,
serving as an instructor, Dean of
Men, Head of the English Depart
ment, and Dean of Instruction.
Dean McComsey served in World
War I and later attended the Uni
versity of Grenoble, France. He
will address the sectional meeting
for the Secondary Teachers.
To Address Teachers
DIR. George w. Haupt has been
associated with Glassboro since
1896 He holds his doctors degree
in science from Columbia Univers-
ity. Since his graduation from
Buclnen in 1922 he has been con-
nected with the West New Jersey
Hospital School of Nursing, the
John Hopkins University, Science
Education, Massachusetts State
Teachers College, and the Horace
Mann Schools. DR.. Haupt will ad-
dress the teachers in the Elemen-
tary Section. DR.. Catherine Gavin,
who is the speaker for the after
noon session, has had four separ-
ate careers-a university teacher,
author, politician, and newspaper
man since she left Aberdeen
University, Aberdeen, Scotland,
with a M. A. degree and top hon
ors in history and English litera-
ture. DR.. Gavin's chief occupation
in all fields has always been the
study and Interpretation of Europ-
can politics. She has given radio
commentaries ON current affairs
for B.B.C. in London, WOD Mutt
ual in New York City and the
Canadian Broadcasting Corpora
tion in Montreal, Canada. DR.. Cav
in's interest in the poyitical work
came about as the result of her
teaching history and interpreta-
tive literature at the University of
Aberdeen. She became Interested
in British politics, being on two
occasions the official candidate of
the Conservative Party in parlia-
mentary elections.
Free-Lance Journalist
In 1943, DR.. Gavin had became a
well known free-lance journalist
and was invited to join the London
staff of the Kemsley Newspapers.
She became a war correspondent
and covered much of the fighting
in the winter campaign of 1944-45.
She was at the same time chief of
her bureau in Paris and reported
regularly on French politics.
joining the staff of the Daily Ex-
press in 1945, DIR. Gavin spent
some months as a foreign CORES
pondent in the Middle East anu
East Africa. In 1850, she came to
reside in the United States and
became a member of the New
York staff of TIME magazine
(1950-52) returning to Europe on
two occasions for that publica-
ton. Since December of 1852, DR..
Gavin has been the u. S. Cores
pondent of the Bulletin of Glasgow.
Guests and Speakers
Mr.. George w. Wright, Superin-
tendent of the Smyrna Schools will
bring the official welcome to the
assembled teachers. Other plat
form guests and speakers will be
Mr.. Francis B. Gebhart, State
Board of Education, DIR. Howard
e. Row, Executive Secretary of the
DSEA, MIR. Jack H. Caurn, Presi-
dent of DSEA, and Mrs. Grace
Moore, Director NEA. Mr.. George
L. Galley, a member of the Smyrna
faculty, is the president of the
Kent County Education Associa-
tion. The public is invited to at