Episcopal Press and News

Association of Episcopal Schools Announces Conference Theme

Diocesan Press Service. April 25, 1969 [76-15]

NEW YORK, N.Y. (DPS) --- "From Generation to Generation: A Conference on the Christian Idea of Education" will be the theme of the 1969 Triennial Conference of the National Association of Episcopal Schools, to be held November 13-15, 1969, at Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, California. It is the first national gathering of Episcopal schools ever held on the West Coast.

The Rt. Rev. John E. Hines, Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church, will deliver three major addresses at the Conference. The Very Rev. John Coburn, President of the House of Deputies, former Dean of the Episcopal Theological School, Cambridge, Mass., and now a teacher for the Urban League in New York City's Harlem, will address the opening session.

Other speakers include: Dr. Margaret Gill, Professor of Educational Administration, Mills College; Dr. Oliver J. Caldwell, Dean of International Services, Southern Illinois University; Dr. Helen Gofman, Department of Pediatrics, University of California Medical School; Mr. George Leonard, senior editor of LOOK magazine; Mr. Arthur B. Chitty, President, Association of Episcopal Colleges.

Representing the Episcopal schools will be the Rev. Dr. John D. Verdery, President of the National Association of Episcopal Schools and Headmaster of The Wooster School, Danbury, Conn.; the Rev. Thomas N. F. Shaw, Vice- President of the National Association of Episcopal Schools and Headmaster of Trinity Episcopal School, New Orleans, La.; Mr. Sidney N. Towle, Headmaster of Kent School, Kent, Conn.; the Rev. Kenneth Cary, Headmaster, St. Matthew's Episcopal School, Pacific Palisades, Calif.; the Rev. David Damon, Rector of the Church of the Holy Nativity, Panama City, Fla.; the Rev. G. Robert Cain, Chaplain, Salisbury School, Salisbury, Conn.; the Rev. John Paul Carter, Executive Secretary of the National Association of Episcopal Schools.

According to the Rev. Mr. Carter, the general intent of the Triennial is to provide a series of parallel conferences for the several segments of the Episcopal school community and to join the whole group together around issues and programs which will be of interest to all. It is, he said, the most ambitious and intricate Conference the Association has yet attempted, and the complexity is a reflection of the rapidly expanding number and variety of the Episcopal schools.

He pointed out that Episcopal schools are growing at a much more rapid rate than the general Church, and this expansion indicates an important missionary opportunity for the Church.

"Approximately one-half of the schools serve the pre-school areas," he said, "and in most places in the United States, pre-school educational opportunities are not publicly provided. Two groups of people within the American society have educational desires which are accelerating much more rapidly than public provisions to meet them: the educated and the dispossessed. Moreover, the shape of education is changing. Episcopal schools, therefore, not only have the opportunity to serve the rising need for education but also to offer new ideas for all education. It is hoped that the Conference will underline both these emphases. "

Note: For further information, contact

The Rev. John Paul Carter

Executive Secretary

National Association of Episcopal Schools, Inc.

815 Second Ave., New York, N.Y. 10017