The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-06-29
TEACHERS or THE STATE.
The Annual Session OF Their Assooia-
tfon in Progress.

Gainesville. Ca. July 2S-The state
. teachers association met al $50 O'Clock
at the Bailey Chapel, Georgia Female
f Seminary iu this city
Mayor John A. Smith for the city
council Hon. n. W j. Ham for the citi-
/ zeus. and Prof A. w Vanho0se for the
schools, an made short and spicy speeches.
I The response by r. Is. Smith, j. w Fred
erick and +. c. Merry, were quite enter
tanning and equally as humorous.
The address made by Mai Charles II.
Smith, Bill Arr" is thought TO be one
of the best efforts of his life
The exercises this morning and after
noon were very interesting and instruc-
tive
About 400 teachers are attending the
convention. Hon. S. D. Bradwell, Mai
w. F. Slaton and DR. w. Z. Boggs are all
on hand. Great interest is manifested
by all
TO-day's programme was as follows:
Wednesday, $50 a. m. Reports of com
mittees and other business. The Coun-
try Teacher-His Trials and Mshaps, L.
A. Mclaughlin, Dalton, Ga. Theme
The Quarterly Payment of Teachers
The Necessity for it, Mai. r. j. Quinn,
Atlanta. Ga How it May be Obtained,
Hon. w. H. Fleming Augusta, Ga. Dis
cussion led by Capt. j. h. Anthony, Craw-
fordville, Ga
Wednesday, $50 p. m.-Address by J.
B. Robins, d. D., Atlanta, Ga, "Village
Farming" by DIR. H. c. White, Athens,
Ga.
Tomorrow the programme will be:
Thursday, $3.50 a. m.-ElectiOn of Of
ficers. General business. County insti-
tutes, - by Hon. S. d. Bradwell, Atlanta,
Ga. Discussion led by Governor w. j.
Northen, Atlanta, Ga. The Southern
tendent w. F. SlatOn, president Southern
educational association Atlanta. Address
by w H. Payne, Ii. D., president Pea
body normal college, Nashville, Tenn.
DThursday, $50 p. m. "Our Educational
and Civil Life, by Superintendent p. d.
Pollock, Newman, Ga. Address by J. L.
NJ. Curry, L L. D., Richmond, Virginia
The department exercises areOf unusual
interest. Prof. w. J. Noyes, of Atlanta,
is president of the secondary. Chancellor
w. Z. BOggs is president of the depart
ment of higher education.
On Friday there will be a special eXcur-
sion to Tallulah Falls for the benefit of
the teachers and their friends.
The two Peabody Institutes this year
will be held at Marietta and Townsville
that at Marietta opening on July 18th
and that at Townsville on July 10th.
OThe Georgia. State Normal school will
b6GAu tut SGSSlOu VI 1910 on July OJH anu
continue for two months. Full particu-
lars may be obtained from Prof. Lawton
B. Evans, Augusta, Ga.
The Southern Educational association,
OF which Major w. F. Slaton, superin-
tendent of the public schools of Atlanta,
is president. meets in Louisville on July
II, remaining in session three days
This is the fourth annual convention,
the last one being held In Atlanta. From
rs to 100 teachers will go from Atlanta,
and over 300 from the whole state.
Special arrangements have been made
for taking the teachers from Louisville to
the worlds fair at Chicago.
The National Educational association
meets IN Chicago few days later than
the Southern association meets in Louis
vile, and it merges into the worlds ed
ucational cOngress-becoming as it were
part of the big fair.
Many of the Georgia teachers will at
tend this, most of them going from Louis
vile and others going direct from their
homes.
1t will be the most notable gathering of
educators ever assembled on earth. Many
distinguished foreigners are coming.
MIR. Robert j. Quinn, assistant state
school commissioner, is to make an ad-
upon that theme.
the four Americans selected to speak
quite an honor MIR. Quinn being one of
of Educational Journalism" This is
dress, July q, upon "The Present Aims