The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1857-05-12
MEETING OF THE STATE EDUcA-
rIoNAI, ASSOCIATION

To all the friends Of Education in North
EdrOtiRd:
At the Educational Convention held in
Salisbury in October last. consisting of
about one hundred and thirty delegates.
and representing some thirty Counties, the
following Resolutions were unanimously
passed, to wit:
Resolved, That this Convention form 1T
self into permanent Society for the ad-
vancement of general Education, and that
st be called the Educational Association
of North Carolina.
Resolrld, That the officers of this Assoc
citation, for the present. consist of an Exc
cutive Committee of FIVE, who shall hold
their office until the adoption of Constitu-
ton and Bylaws.
Resolref, That this Association shall
meet annually at such time and place as
shall be designated by the Executive Com
mittee.
Resolra, That Committee of seven be
appointed by the Chairman of this Conven-
ton to draft a Constitution and Laws
| for the government of this Association, and
report the same at the next annual meeting
of this body.
.Resolrei, That all officers and teachers
| in Schools. and all persons interested in the
cause of general Education. be invited to
attend as delegates at the next annual
meeting of this Association.
The undersigned were appointed, under
the SECOND Resolution, an Executive Com
mittee. with power TO determine the time
and place of the next meeting of the Asso-
citation am they have defined the time for
Tuesday erening the Both day of June
! next, and selected Warrenton as the place.
The time. it is hoped, will be generally
convenient to Professors in Colleges and to
TEACHERS and the place is one of the most
pleasant and healthy towns IN the State and
accessible to all sections.
The citizens of Warrenton, through the
undersigned. tender the free hOsptalities of
the place to all who attend this meeting
pass all delegates at half their usual rates
of fare.
All officers of schools, of all descriptions,
all teachers and all friends of the cause OF
education will be considered as delegates,
and to all such en- earnest invitation is here
by given to attend. The Convention of last
Fall was a great success, inaugurating a
new era in the educational history of North
Carolina, and if the movement then so hap
PLY begun be properly followed up. it can
not but rebound to the interest of the State,
and to the profit of teachers. The first
meeting was not only profitable, but pleas
ant to all who participated in its proceed
ings and from the cheering indications all
over the State. we hope to see still larger
gathering in Warrenton, feeling sure also
that all will leave it as the delegates left
Salisbury, with an anxious desire to be
present on the next occasion of the kind.
A Constitution and By Laws for the gov
eminent of the Association will have to be
adopted at the meeting in June !; a good
deal of other important business is to be
transacted. while lectures, addresses and
discussions on various topics will add to the
interest of the occasion. We hope that no
one will wait for special invitation, and
that all the friends of the great cause at
stake will endeavor to attend and aid i'm the
good work by their presence and counsel.
C. HI. WILEY,
w. N. H. SMITH,
j. III. FOOTE.
E. w. OGBURN,
j. II. WHITE,
Executive Committee.
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