The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-17
EDUCATION IS THE REMEDY.
GOV. CANDLER'S VIEWS As TO Ne
gro LAXNLESSNESs.

Neither the Hangman's Moose Nor
Mob violence viii stop lad
dress TO the County school Com
mfssfonerS Assembled in Atlanta.
supt AshmOre's Paper-ConventiOn
Welcomed by Mayor Woodward.
To Meet Again To-day.
Atlanta. May l6.-The County School
Commissioners and members of the County
Boards of Education met in annual session
here to-day. and viii continue in session
until Thursday. More counties are rep
resented than d any previous meeting. ami
the convention promises to result in much
benefit to the educati onal interests of the
state.
Prof G. r. Glenn, state school commits
sioner and president of the association
made his annual address to-day, and Gov
Gambler delivered an address of welcome
in which he said some things that at
tracted deep attention.
The conyen ion was called to order IN
che House of Representatives at O'Clock
by President Glenn. Addresses of well
come were made by James G. woodward
Mayor of the city, and w. F. S1atoR, su-
perintendent of the Atlanta public schools.
Gov Gambler spoke to the convention
for half an hour During the course of
his remarks the Governor touched on the
recent outbreak of crime throughout the
STATE, and he stated in emphatic terms
that crime and bloodshed must stop in this
state Among other things, he said
81 hplipNp char the moral frafpfpcs and
the education of the negro is the solution
of the race problem. Crime and blood
shed in this state must stop The hang
mans moose win not stop IT, Mob vio-
ience viii not stop it, We must go DEEPER
and find more radical remedy and [ be-
lieve that education is the solution. The
duty rests with the teacher. Not only
the white teachers, but the colored teach
ers must share the work of elevating the
masses"
Industrial Education.
After the address of the Governor the
president Of the association made an able
address The speech of MIR. Glenn was a
plea for the feature OF Industrial educa-
ton in the public schools. He stated that
the trend of the times was towards indus
trial education, and that the duty of the
leaders in educational work was to train
public sentiment till the feature is in
tNpAr~H III az tIt StilpOiSs from tle KIM
dergarten up through the high schools.
Hon. j. H. Roberts, county school COM
missioner from Burke county, read a pa
per on The difficulties in the way of eff
hcient supervision of schools, and how to
remove them"
One of the best features of the session
was the paper of Supt. Otis Ashmore of
the Savannah Public Schools The sub
jet of the paper was Some Practical
Points In School Supervision" The paper
was attentively listened 10 by the mem
bers of the county boards and the school
commissioners, and many of the assembly
VIII take the suggestions of the Savannah
superin tendent TO their homes and win
put them in operation in the counties
which they represent.
Papers were read at the afternoon ses-
sion on "How to Obtain School Library
and How to Secure It's Circulation When
Obtained" by Hon. M. l.. Duggan c. s.
c., Hancock county, and How Can Teach
ers Train the Children to Love Litera-
ture?" by Prof Walker White, Battle Hill.
Chancellor William e. Boggs delivered
an address in the evening on THE Chasm
In Our System of Public Education and
How 10 Bridge It,"
Hon John Temple Graves also made an
address on THE Common Schools and the
Common People"