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vanced in its work, that Harrisburg would be a good point to 

 hold our next meeting, as the lobby in the Department of Agri- 

 culture would be of sufficient size to accommodate this meeting, 

 and we have never yet held our Normal or '^'Round-up" meeting at 

 Harrisburg; and sometime, either at our next meeting or the one 

 following, in my judgment, we ought to hold at Harrisburg. 



The matter is entirely in your hands; and whatever place, in your 

 wisdom, you may select will meet with my hearty approval. I will 

 only add, that we held a very successful institute meeting at State 

 College and Bellefonte in the month of October, and the hotel ac- 

 commodations were measurably — only measurably good. I learned 

 there that there were over a hundred cots placed in the hotels at 

 Bellefonte, and men coming from a distance were compelled to rest 

 upon those cots instead of comfortable beds. Now, gentlemen, that 

 is not right. Pennsylvania has centers of population, with hotels 

 sufficient to accommodate every gentleman who attends these meet- 

 ings with comfortable beds, and we do object to meeting in any place 

 where they have not adequate accommodations, when there are 

 cities like Harrisburg, Lancaster, York, Philadelphia, Pittsburg ana 

 Newcastle, not to mention others, that have ample accommodations. 

 We ought to look to that matter in selecting a place. I only throw 

 out these suggestions for your consideration, and whatever place 

 • you may select I shall be entirely satisfied. 



MR. HERR: Mr. Chairman, I fully agree with what Secretary 

 Martin has said in regard to the place of meeting. He mentioned 

 the economy of meeting at a central place, where we would be sub- 

 ject to the least expense; and I know of no place better adapted to 

 meet the requirements outlined by him than Lock Haven. I know 

 we were entertained there with an attendance of a thousand people 

 — a good many more than will be in attendance at the annual round- 

 up meeting — and all were perfectly satisfied with the accommoda- 

 tions. Our people would be very glad to welcome you there. 

 Another point is. Lock Haven is not very far from the Pennsylvania 

 State College, and the Professors there can meet us at very little 

 expense and with less loss of their time than any other place in 

 the State, outside of Bellefonte. I, therefore, place in nomination 

 Lock Haven. 



The CHAIR: Lock Haven has been named. Are there any other 

 nominations? 



MR. FENSTEMAKER: Dr. Thayer made a pretty good suggestion 

 to me, and I wish he might be accorded the privilege of stating his 

 views on this subject. 



DR. THAYER: I do not want to impose my suggestion upon this 

 Board. I only have expressed a wish that we might hold Inter-State 

 Normals, meeting with the New York State Society that meets 

 about the same time that we do, and so each alternate year accommo- 

 date each other. Get some people from outside, and give some of 

 the Pennsylvania people to the outside people. I think that would 

 be an admirable arrangement, and then provide for more days for 

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