Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1863-05-06
ARTICLE XI.-The Constitution may be

ARTICLE XI.-The Constitution may be
amended at any annual meeting by vote
of two.thirds of the members present; and
a quorum to do business shall consist ofany
ten members, representing not less than
three States. E.
The Association adjourned to the 29th,
when the following officers were elected for
the ensuing year:
Pressdent.-Rev. j. i. Reynolds, D.
D., Professor Roman Literature, South
Carolina College. A.
Hsce Presidents.-W. 7. Davis, Princi-
nal Southern Female College, Petersburg,
Virginia; Rev. s. H. Wiley, superinten-
dent Common Schools, North Carolina; DR..
R. W. Gibbes, South Carolina; j. Stod.
dard, Georgia; ". q: stratton, Louisi-
ana; s. T. Peace, Alabama.
Recording Secretary.-T. Sumner Ste.
vens, Principal Summerville Academy,
Georgia.
Corresponding .Secretary.-W. ]. Pal
mer, Principal North Carolina Institute, for
Deaf and Dumb and the Blind.
Treasurer. y. B. Patrick, of
Arsenal Military Academy, South Carolina.
A Committee on text books was then ap.
pointed to report by resolution, or other
wise, and to them was referred resolution
of DIR. J. Fl. Gibbon, of North Carolina,
to introduce the Constitution Of the Con-
federate States asa text book in all COM
mon schools. This was afterwards passed
as suggestion to future compilers of school
Readers. 1t was also deemed iuexpedient
to examine and report upon text books at
present.. It was also suggested that Subor-
dipate State Associations be formed, when
several resolutions of a general nature were
passed, and after adopting the Report and
Resolutions hereunto appended, the body
adjourned on the 30th ultimo, to meet in
Atlanta, Georgia, on the. first Wednesday
in September next.
The Committee appointed on the Gener-
al Interests of Education in the Confede-
rate States of America, and on the subject
of supplying our schools with text books,
offer the following report:
The Educational Association of the Con.
federate States of America, assembled at
Columbia, S. c., being ardently attached
to the rights, interests and honor Of each
State and of the Confederate States, and
profoundly sympathizing with the country
in its righteous efforts to maintain its inde-
pendence, would remind all the teachers
and friends Of education in the Confederacy
that the war in which we are engaged re-
quires for its successful prosecution active
and competent laborers in all those depart
ments which, under God, constitute the
wealth and strength of nation; not the
least important Of which is the school room.
Whatever our circumstances may be, there
will be children at home who can be useful
ly employed only in study; and while the
casualties of war are carrying off the pres.
ent adult generation, which, under any cir
cumstancos, would not be long on the stage
of action, it is of the utmost Importance
that those who are to succeed them should
be able to appreciate the greatness of the
trusts committed to their friends. And
while this is SO, it should also be remember
ed it is in the school room that the mind of
the State is prepared for the development:
of its material and moral resources, and for
the skillful application of them to its sup
port and defence. This Association, ami
mated with unconquerable faith in the re.
sources of the Confederate States, cannot
doubt the ability of the people to maintain
their intellectual, industrial, commercialand
political independence, if each class of the
community, with an humble trust in God
and sincere desire to walk in the ways of
that righteousness which exalteth nation,
will diligently devote itself to those means,
which can be employed with most effect for
such result. This Association, therefore,
adopts the following resolutions ;:
-Resolved, That considering our former
dependence for books, fer teachers and for
manufactures on those who now seek our
subjugation, it is especially incumbent on
this Association to encourage and foster
spirit of home enterprise and self:reliance.
Resol0ed, That in this time of peril and
trial, We recognize in our educational sys'
TENS an important interest of the country,
which, next to a pure religious faith, con-
tributes most to the greatness of the pres
ent and the hope of the future; and that
they should be maintained with energy for
the sake both Of their beneficial results to
US and to our posterity, and as an illustra.
tion to the world of the civilization of the
people of the Confederate States.
Resolved, That the unexampled heroism
and devotion of our soldiers imperatively
demand of those to whom is committed the
mental and moral development Of our infant
republic, corresponding exertion in their
appropriate sphere. And the more efec-
tually to carry out the spirit of these reso.
lutions, this Association, collectively and
individually, hereby pledge themselves to
the following action: