NATIONAL COUNCIL OF TEACHERS OF ENGLISH
ESSIE CHAMBERLAIN, PRESIDENT
427 NORTH GROVE AVENUE
OAK PARK, ILLINOIS
W. WILBUR HATFIELD, SECRETARY
211 WEST 68TH STREET
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
LOCAL COMMITTEE ON ARRANGMENTS
TWENTY-NINTH ANNUAL MEETING, NOVEMBER 23-NOVEMBER 25
HOTEL PENNSYLVANIA, NEW YORK CITY
HONORARY CHAIRMAN
HAROLD G. CAMPBELL
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
NEW YORK CITY
NEW YORK CITY COORDINATOR
ALICE COLVIN WRIGHT
ABRAHAM LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL
BROOKLYN, NEW YORK
GENERAL CHAIRMAN-DUDLEY H. MILES
EVANDER CHILDS HIGH SCHOOL
800 GUN HILL ROAD
NEW YORK CITY
GENERAL ARRANGMENTS
HAROLD A. CLARKE
DEWITT CLINTON HIGH SCHOOL
ENTERTAINMENT-HORTENSE HENENBERG
MUSIC AND ART HIGH SCHOOL
FINANCE-FRANK A. SMERLING
JAMES MONROE HIGH SCHOOL
HOSTESSES-MABEL A. BESSEY
BAY RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL
INFORMATION-VESTA DAVIS
THOMAS JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL
MEMBERSHIP-CLARA A. MOLENDYK
LAFAYETTE HIGH SCHOOL
PUBLISHERS EXHIBITS-A. H. LASS
BOYS HIGH SCHOOL
REGISTRATION-J. C. TRESSLER
RICHMOND HILL HIGH SCHOOL
SCHOOL EXHIBITS
MARY H. EASTERBROOK
WALTON HIGH SCHOOL
DIRECTOR OF PUBLICITY
MAX J. HERZBERG
WEEQUAHIC HIGH SCHOOL
NEWARK, NEW JERSEY
ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS
SAMUEL STREICHER
PUBLIC SCHOOL NO. 188, BROOKLYN
JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLS
BLANCHE M. NASI
JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL NO. 99
MANHATTAN
SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLS-JESSE GRUMETTE
ABRAHAM LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL
VOCATIONAL HIGH SCHOOLS
FRANKLIN J. KELLER
METROPOLITAN HIGH SCHOOL
CATHOLIC SCHOOLS
REVEREND WILLIAM R. KELLY
SUPERINTENDENT OF CATHOLIC SCHOOLS
PRIVATE SCHOOLS-BENJAMIN BURDSALL
FRIENDS SCHOOL, BROOKLYN
COLLEGES-HOMER A. WATT
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY
November 17, 1939
Honorable Fred P. Cone
Governor of the State of Florida
Tallahassee, Florida
Dear Sir:
President Roosevelt's change of the date set for Thanksgiving has created a very unfortunate situation in the educational world. It has long been traditional for the National Council of Teachers of English to hold its annual convention during the Thanksgiving recess. Since the New York Association of Teachers of English is acting as host to convention, it was necessary for the National Council to set the date to correspond to New York's Thanksgiving vacation.
The result is that the teachers of your state will be prevented from attending the stimulating and profitable meetings of the convention unless they are granted leaves of absence for November 23 and 24.
We, therefore, respectfully urge that you, as a public official interested in the educational values that result from such conferences, make some kind of official pronouncement which will encourage local school boards to grant such leaves of absence to teachers who desire to attend.
Very respectfully yours,
[Signature] Alice Colvin Wright, President
New York City Association of Teachers of English
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