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Show THE TEACHERS' CONVENTION. The executive committee of the National Na-tional Kducatiou Association will be in Salt Lake City today. , Thoir purpose pur-pose in coining to ascertain tho capacity capac-ity of Salt. Lako City for entertainment of the teachers at their convention next 3'ear, and the conveniences which vyill be available for tho work of tho convention. It is to bo hoped thai the committee will bo met in a spirit of hearty good; will by every one in Salt Lake, and that its efforts towards gaining gain-ing the information it desires will be heartily seconded. Some of tho determining deter-mining points that will bo cssoutial in this connection aro stated as follows: I. Comodious meeting places conveniently con-veniently located with reference to each other and with reference to hotels, particularly tho hotel used as official headquarters. A number of gcnoral meetings will be held where tho attendance at-tendance ranges from five thousand to ten thousand. There aro also at otbor hours daily sessions of departmont meetings. As many as ten sessions may be in progress at ono time. In two or thrco of the larger departments the attendance at-tendance will probably bo ono thousand thou-sand to ono thousand five hundred and in others, three hundred to eight hundred. hun-dred. II. A good hotel centrally located with ample facilities for official headquarters. head-quarters. Conveniently arranged rooms in this hotel or in ono near by for State headquarters. Usually from twenty to thirty States sccuro headquarters and these headquarters are generally suites consisting of two-four rooms on second or third floors. Nearby Near-by States frequently have elaborate headquarters. Publishing houses and manufacturers of school desks and. of equipment for manual training shops, always lako possession of somo of the smaller parlors and. of some of the more commodious suites, for exhibition purposes. pur-poses. These allowances are made b the committee in determining hotel capacity. ca-pacity. UT. Ample hotel accommodations and reasonable rates. IV. Adequate facilities for meals. A majority of those that will attend are not at all averse to eating at cafes, restaurants and cafeterias. V. Railroad tickets at reasonable rates with liberal stop-ovor privileges and with opportunity for side excursions. excur-sions. The attitude of tho railroads will be an important factor. The last convention was held in Chicago because tho railroads entering the city (St. Paul) selected by tho teachers failed to offer satisfactory inducement. VT. Attractions in and about the city for visitors. VII. The citj-'s reputation for handling han-dling conventions and for hospitality. Tho chief points in tho whole matter are convenient and commodious meeting meet-ing places, ample hotel and rooming facilities, and railroad rates. In Western West-ern cities the attendance of teachers at these conventions has ranged from 8000 to 15,000. If Salt Lake City should draw 15,000, which is probably a fair estimate, the city could easily take care of tho attendance, and still havo much room to spare. The meeting of the Association's executive ex-ecutive committee here today is therefore there-fore of great importance to Salt Lake. It will evidently- bo tho desire of the committee to find conditions satisfactory, satisfac-tory, and the point is to show that this will certainly bo the case. |