Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-07-02

ton ought to be equal and open to all, ab-
sOlutelY free.
The President, al the close of DIR. BrizQs'
address, said that, iuasmuch as both Sen
ators johnson and Gordon had not arrived
aud would not arrive, and as there was
nothing before the convention to occupy
The evening or the afternoon, he suggested
the propriety Of adjOurning sine die at
lz;5O. He then called on DR.. Harris for
cussiOn.
DR.. Harris endorsed the position Of DR..
Briggs in opposition to the teaching Of Ger
man in The public schools, except that the
German children should have instruction
IN has native tongue. Il enabled him to
write TO his grandparents in fatherland.
and thus benefited him by keeping alive
ms best instincts. Even German in all
the schools iu the large cities had broken
up Jhe private German schools and so had
broken down natiVeism and promoted hO-
mogenlty IN the communities. There was
middle ground, perhaps, upon this matter
that was better and more tenable than
either extreme.
Prof. kirkpatrick, from the committee to
consider and report upon the project Of a
| permanent Interstate Convention, submit
| ted the following report:
| Your committee recommend
j. That thls convention permanently or
/ ganize under the name and style Of the
/ Interstate Educational Association.
2. That lis next meeting be held at Mem
/ phis.
3. Thai teachers and educators Of the
States Of Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama,
Mississippi, Texas, Arkansas, Missouri and
Kentucky be invited to become members Of
the Interstate Educational Association,
and all STATES that desire TO become mem
bers.
4. We adopt the present organization as
| the permanent officers Of the Association
/ The report was adopted section by sec
| tiOn, after discussion by DR.. Lindsey and
| Col. TrOusdale
! On motion Of DR.. Lindsey the officers
/ Of the present organization were continued
| until next meeting, and were instructed t.
/ draw up 4 constitution for the government
/ OF the organization.
| THe Executive Committee Of the organ
/ izaliOl are: DR.. Lindsey, of Nashville;
/ Prof. Pickett and DR.. Mitchell, Of Mem
| phis, and Prof. Butler, Of Knoxville.
The following resolutions were reported
/ and adopted:
Where's, we believe that the proceeds Of
/ the sale Of public lands should be devoted
/ TO educational purposes, therefore,
! Resolved, that this convention earnestly
| petition the next Congress to enact a law
| app0rtioniug these proceeds among the sew
/ eral States for common school purposes.
Whereas, there are no funds for the sup
/ port Of Teachers Institutes at present
/ available,
/ Resolved, 2. That We urge county super
/ inlendents, teachers, and friends Of popular
/ education, 20 unite in holding teachers in
| stitUtes during the present summer months
! wherever practicable.
/ Resolved, 3. That this convention ex-
| press great satisfaction in having the priv
/ lege Of hearing Dr. Briggs address, and
/ thank him cordially for an expression Of
his views on the subject OF common schools.
/ Resolved. 4. That the thanks Of tie
| members Of this convention are hereby
| extended 10 the various railroad companies
/ which have granted reduced fare, especially
/ 10 the St. Louis and Southeastern, the
/ Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis, the
/ Memphis and Charleston, the East Ten
| nessee, Virginia and Georgia, and the
! Western and Atlantic railroads; to the
/ Chattanooga Commercial and the Times,
and the NASHVILLE UNION AND A8IERI-
! CAN and Banner, for their full reports Of
The proceedings; TO the propUetOrs Of the
hotels for reduced rates. and 10 the citizens
/ Of Chattanooga for cOurtesIes extended,
especially to Col. Mnye for the provision
made for halls and other fayOTs.
1 A. W. WILSON,
! LEON TROUsDALE,
w. III. JAMES,
Committee.
| The following resolution was adopted:
] Resolved that we commend the TsRnes-
I see ApericUs JOJ1HGi IF Education and
| the Home and school % The support and
| confidence Of the members Of this assOcia-
| ton and -educItOrs generally.
/ DR.. Lindsey said, without attributing
| fault OF anybody, the COMMITTEES OF arrange
ments h5i me- entertainment for The dele
! yates this af r-r.r. hrcuIse for the first
| time Senator johnson had failed - keep
| his appointment, aud 80 he suggested that
| when the Convention adjourn 10 adjourn to
meet at Memphis
Prof. Trrsuell, Of Washington county,
| urged the teachers present 10 subscribe for
aud otherwise aid the circulation Of the
| Tennessee 1mcricGR Journal Of EilucGtiGn.
He knew The journal well, aud was fully
| convinced that teachers in this state should
/ consider it a duty tO sustain &c.
Col Trousdale offered a resolution ex-
/ tending the thanks Of the convention TO
/ the local committee Of Chattanooga, and
| especially 90 its chairman, Col. L. ). Marye,
/ for active and intelligent labor in forward
ing the labOrs Of the body, The resolution
was unanimously adopted.
Prof. MallOu made some remarks upon
the t0pic suggested by DIR. Briggs, that the
/ South had advantages IN presenting clean
sheet He had had experience. In At
lauta they bad wiped out the private
schools and more than doubled the atten-
dance, al half the cost, in a single year.
They had no traditional errors to get over.
/ The public school interestsin Georgia was
behind the advanced position Of Tennes-
see; but in the cities Georgia was moving
nObly, and the good cause was gradually
I getting a ceeper hold upon the public
| thought of the State.
Prof. MallOn then, al 12-l0 p NJ, de-
| Clared the Convention adjourned 70 meet
/ al Memphis upOu The call Of tiie Executive
COMMITTEE of the penni ueht organic tiOn.