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Volume 45 COLUMBUS, OHIO, FEBRUARY, 1940 No. 6
CONVENTION ANNOUNCEMENTS
N. A. P. T. S. NOTES
Have you renewed your membership
yet?
Have you reserved your room for
the Annual Convention ?
Have you planned your exhibit?
If you haven't joined the association
as yet, won't you mail your registration
to Mary Poore as soon as
you have finished reading this message?
Mr. Clarence McKelvie and his Research
Committee are working hard
to give you something worthwhile to
have for future use, while the e.xecutive
board and advisory committee
are planning a varied and interesting
program. Part of the program will
be a demonstration of visual aids
especially adapted to handwriting.
We will send you an advanced copy
of the program as soon as it is completed.
All exhibits should be sent to the
National Association of Penmanship
Teachers and Supervisors, Ritz-Carlton
Hotel, Atlantic City, N. J., not
later than March 20.
Of course we are all hoping to
meet you in the House of Friendship
at the Ritz-Carlton on Wednesday
evening, March 20. Please don't disappoint
us. In fairness to the hotel
won't you mail your reservation now
as they would appreciate your cooperation
in helping them know how
many are to remain over Easter Sunday.
They are extending Convention
Rates to all who wish to stay. So,
"Don your Easter Bonnet and join
us in the Easter Parade."
E. C. T. A.
The Honorable A. Harry Moore,
Governor of the State of New Jersey,
is to be one of the principal speakers
at the convention of the Eastern
Commercial Teachers Association
which is to be held at Atlantic City
on March 21, 22, and 23. Congressman
T. V. Smith, the well-known
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PARKER ZANER BLOSER Business Mgr.
Representative from Illinois and Professor
of Philosophy at the University
of Chicago, will make the keynote
speech of the convention on
Thursday morning, March 21. A
widely known authority in his field,
Doctor Amos Squires, former Sing
Sing Prison doctor, will participate
in the program as the banquet
speaker on Thursday evening.
In addition to these very prominent
people outside the field of Business
Education, the program will also
include a panel discussion in which
will participate all the members of
the Business Education Commission
that is headed by John G. Kirk, Dilector
of Business Education in Philadelphia.
The entire program on Friday will
be devoted to section meetings in the
various fields and subject matter
areas of Business Education and will
be addressed by carefully selected
and authoritative speakers in their
respective fields.
These preliminary announcements
seem to indicate that the Eastern
Commercial Teachers Association will
this year present to its members a
program of outstanding value.
The local committee in Atlantic
City under the direction of George
E. Hess has made elaborate plans
pertaining to the details of the convention
which should make it a very
enjoyable one for those who attend.
The Hotel Ambassador in which the
convention is to be held has announced
a special schedule of reduced
rates for rooms which will be in
effect not only during the convention
but also for the week-end and week
following for those who would like
to enjoy a more extensive stay in
Atlantic City. However, in order to
take advantage of these rates for the
extended time it will be necessary for
members to be registered at the Hotel
Ambassador not later than Thursday
evening, March 21.
Membership in the Eastern Commercial
Teachers Association is open
SUBSCRIPTION PRICE. SI. 50 A YEAR
(To Canada. 10c more; foreign 30e more)
Single copy, 25c.
Change of address s h'o u 1 d be requested
promptly in advance, if possible, giving the old
as well as the new address.
Advertising rates furnished upon request.
to all interested in business education
and may be obtained by sending
$2 to Mr. P. M. Heiges, Treasurer of
the Association, 77 Beach Street, East
Orange, New Jersey. The membership
not only permits the attendance
at the convention but also includes
the yearbook which will contain full
proceedings of the convention. The
yearbook will be available about June
first.
NATIONAL HANDWRITING
COUNCIL
The National Handwriting Council
will meet jointly with the Department
of Supervisors and Directors
of Instruction of the National Education
Association in St. Louis at the
convention of the American Association
of School Administrators.
The Council will meet as a separate
section Wednesday, February 28, at
2:.30 P.M.
TENTATIVE PROGRAM
Supervision in Relationship to the
Health of Pupils—Dr. Anita S. Dowell
assistant to the president. Teachers'
College, Towson, Maryland.
Discussion topic: Supervision as a
Guide in Developing Learning Experience
in Handwriting — Leader:
Miss Ellen Nystrom, Supervisor of
Handwriting, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
The place of meeting in St.
Louis for the National Handwriting
Council is
Parlor C, Mayfair Hotel
Wednesday, February 28,
2:30 P.M.
N. C. T. F.
The forty-second annual convention
of the National Commercial Teachers
Federation was held in Pittsburgh,
December 27, 28, 29 and 30, and reports
an attendance of over three
thousand members. This was a record
breaking meeting in attendance
and in the quality of the program
and meeting.
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