The age-herald., 1900-06-29
Prof, r. M. Roof of Birmingham
 Elected President.
IMPORTANT RESOLUTIONS
Association Advocated Compulsory Ed ucation and Condemned Child La bor- Question of Reorganiza-
 tion Discussed at Length

Prof. F. M. Roof, president of Howard College at East Lake, was elected presi-
 dent of the association and Prof E. M. Shackleford of Troy was reelected as secretary
 Resolutions were adopted yesterday con- demning child labor, advocating compul- sory education and also four years term for county superintendents of education. The association reconvened in Lakeview pavilion at 9 o'clock yesterday morning and after prayer by Prof. Mccarthy of Troy took up the regular order of business. The first thing the programme was paper on Compulsory Education" by Prof. F. M. Roof of East Lake. Prof Roof ad- vocated such a law and cited many in- stances where it had worked success fully
 Prof. c. W. Daugette of the Jacksonville Normal School read a paper on "The State Normal Schools as Factors in the Educa- ton of the State.' There has been more or less discussion of the question of requiring graduates of state normal schools standing examinations before the state board of examiners the same as other applicants for positions as teachers. Many members of the associa-
 tion hold that they should not be exempt
 from the general rule in this particular
 and a paper on this subject was read by
 Prof. T. K. Walker who contended that no
 discrimination should be made in their
 favor
 The Reorganization Plan The resolution introduced the day before
 providing that the association should be composed of delegates selected to represent the different counties of the State was
 taken up and discussed. number of the
 members of the association joined in the discussion. which proved one of the liveli-
 est incidents of the convention. An amend
 ment fixing the membership the same as it
 was before was adopted Reports of officers were read and re- ceived, the treasurer reporting balance of $321 on hand.
 Chairman T. w. Palmer, of the committee on resolutions, reported favorably resolu- tions endorsing an extension to four years of the terms of office of County Superin- tendents of Education, advocating compul- sory education and one providing for the raising of a committee of three to inyesti- gate the question of child labor in the
  adopted
 The association refused to fix the Christ
 mas holidays the time for holding the annual meetings.
 The question of requiring normal school graduates to stand examination and of re- quiring examinations of teachers in both public and private schools was not acted upon, a motion to adopt resolutions to that effect being tabled. Nominrtion of Officers The committee on nominations reported as follows:
 For Presdent-Prof. F. M. Roof of East Lake.
 For Vice Presdent-Prof. c. C. Thach of Auburn.
 For Second Vice President-Miss Julia Tutwiler of Livingston. For Treasurer-Prof. I. W. Hill of Gads- den.
 For Secretary-Prof E. NJ. Shackelford of Troy.
 Executive Committee-Jacob Forney of the University of Alabama, c. A. Brown of Birmingham, w. r. Feagin of Albertsville. The committee on memoirs reported that no members of the association had died since the last meeting. Miss Mamie Palm CTS death was noted, although Miss Palm CT was not member of the association. Professor Roof, the newly elected pres ident, was introduced and made a short speech, in which he thanked the associa- tion for the honor it had conferred on him. The business of the association having
 been disposed of a motion was made to
 adjourn and at l o'clock the president de-
 clared the association stood adjourned sub- ject to- call of the president. Professor Roof, who was elected presi- dent of the association yesterday, is presi-
 dent of Howard College at East Lake, and
 was for number of years connected with
 the city schools of Birmingham. He is an
 able educator, polished gentleman, and
 will make the Alabama Educational As
 sociation good executive officer.