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PARK AND ce:me;te:ry 
Program of Cemetery Superintendents* Convention 
'WftsHington, D. C., September 19«22. 
The executive committee for the nineteenth annual 
convention of the Association of American Cemetery 
Superintendents to be held at Washington, D. C., Sep- 
tember 19, 20, 21, and 22, has completed arrangements 
and the meeting promises to be the most interesting in 
the history of the organization. Headquarters will be 
at the Hotel Raleigh, 12th and Pennsylvania Ave., N. 
W., where rooms can be had at $2.00 per day up, Eu- 
ropean plan for one person ; two in a room, $3.00 per 
day. The Riggs House, G and 13th streets, N. W., 
offers accommodations at $3.00 per day up, American 
plan. Other hotels convenient to the Raleigh are the 
following : 
St. James, Sixth and Pennsylvania avenue N. W., 
European plan. Single rooms, $i to $2.50 per day ; 
room with bath, $2.50 per day ; suites with bath, $3 
to $4. 
Columbia, for men only, 1413 Pennsylvania avenue 
N. W., room for one person, $1.50 per day; two per- 
sons, $2.50. 
]\Ietropolitan, Sixth and Pennsylvania avenue N. 
W., American plan, $2.50 to $4 per day ; European 
plan $i to $3 per day. 
National, Sixth street and Pennsylvania avenue, 
American plan, $2.50 per day, two in a room $2 per 
day ; European plan, $i per day and up. 
Fritz Reuter, Fourth street and Pennsylvania av- 
enue N. W., $i to $4 per day. 
It is particularly requested that the members for 
many reasons will make strenuous efforts to attend this 
Convention. The officers especially appeal to those 
older members who have been absent of late years. 
The program is as follows ; 
First Day, Tuesday, September t9th, 
10 A. M. — 
President’s address. 
Report of Secretary and Treasurer. 
Appointment of Committees. 
Paper on Old and New Cemeteries, by A. K. Mc- 
Mahon, Newport, R. I. 
Address by W. R. Smith, Curator of the Botani- 
cal Garden, Washington, D. C. 
Addresses by the Delegates from the various State 
Associations. 
Paper on Cremation. Question Box. 
General Discussions. 
1 :30 P. M. — 
Visit White House, Treasury, State, War and 
Navy Departments and Corcoran Art Gallery. 
Second Day, Wednesday, September 20tb. 
9 A. M.— 
Take cars for Glenwood Cemetery. 
Address by Rev. C. Easton, of Washington, D. 
C. 
Nomination of Officers for 1906. 
Report of Committee on Credentials. 
Paper — “Water Supply,” by A. W. Hobert, 
Minneapolis, Minn. 
Paper — “Light on Perpetual Care,” by W. S. 
Pirie, of Forest Home, Milwaukee. 
Discussions of Paper. 
Paper — “Cemetery Records,” by E. G. Carter, 
“Oakwoods,” Chicago. 
Question Box. General Discussions. 
1 :30 P. M. — 
Visit Botanical Gardens, The Capitol, Capitol 
Grounds, Library of Congress, Public Gardens, 
Smithsonian and Department of Agriculture 
Grounds. 
Meeting called to order at the Hotel Raleigh. 4 P. M. — 
Roll call. Prayer by Rev. Charles E. Burk. Seeing Washington via Automobile. 
