The age-herald., 1900-06-27
EDUCATIONALISTS
 NOW IN SESSION Large Crowd Present at Opening
 of Convention,
SEVERAL FINE ADDRESSES
Mir Ullman, Dr. Phillips, Supt. Aber' crombie and President Dewberry Spoke to Large Assembly of
 Teachers at Seals Hall

The Alabama Educational ASSoclatlol Is holding it's thirteenth annual session in this city. The association was called to order by President Dewberry in the Lakeview Pavilion at 1 o'clock yesterday afternoon and tfe proceedings were opened with prayer by Rev. John G. Murray of this city.
 Hon. Samuel Ullman, president of the Birmingham Board of Education, delivered the address of welcome, which was as fol- lows:
 MT. President, Members of the Alabama
 Educational Association, Ladies and
 Gentlemen.
 The honor of welcoming you to our city fell to me. l esteem 1t, indeed, a privilege to do so. I hold that there is no gathering of men and women upon whom rest great CT duties and responsibilities than upon the teachers of Alabama. An intima te knowl- edge with your efforts in the years gone by, and the inspirations that possess you now, gives us hope for the days to come.
 Possessed, as you are, of that high moral courage that must be fundamental to every teacher you have nodded a public sentiment which will enable you in the future to reap still greater results. To realize this great end, means to overcome many obstacles which still confront you put the victory to be achieved, cannot be said to have been won, until the masses are put in touch with your aspirations
 Your work should not be bounded by the school room. You have a wider field to garner There is great need for an in tei1gent conception by our people of what an education in this day and time means Yours must be the task to impress this need. Without this force, the force of pub lie sentiment, your labors will be but par tially successful.
 It has been said that the pulpit and the fhn sI train, move and mold public opinion and while this will not be questioned as be- Ing largely true, l hold that there Is an- other even more powerful force for good than these That force and power is that which lies in the schoolmaster, his per sonality, his character, as he presents him self before the child He molds and forms the coming citizen, and is the citizen go is the State. To be enabled to utilize this God-gven power, means higher teach ing power, better pay, and resulting in greater good. These qualities cannot be at tained without system and cooperation be- tween the teacher and the school authori- ties Teachers institutes should be com pulsory. We have teachers associations, it is true. but not institutes as such are contemplated to be- Teachers institutes should be schools of instructions, not of oratory. They should include all teach CTS, not necessarily an intermiXture of the two races, but if the need is greater any where it is shown to be among the colored teachers; they need the assistance of the white man. Social equality is out of the question, but the sense of duty and re- sponsibility. which the State at large has assumed, calls for greater professional sympathy and aid. The negro is here-he will remain here-he caH be made a trust worthy and efficient help, but he must receive help; the help of the white man. All of which means a higher morality. Can we afford to close our eyes to this de- mand, when our churches are securing the wilds of Asia and Africa to bring re- ligion to the so-called heather. We have a heather here who is morally weak, and intellectually poor, and will remain so or even retrograde unless he is elevated, and what is more he will drag an equal number of our own to his level.
 Pardon me for this suggestion. have no doubt that this question is in the minds of many of you, and will find a response, in order that the States great outlay of funds will give us better returns; to at tain which our moral, social and economic conditions should receive at your hands a new, if not a higher, interpretations thus bettering the coming generation for It's duties. Again l take great pleasure in wei coming you to our city and hope that you will feel at home in our midst.
 pr. phIt Welcomed Them
 pr. ]. H. Phillips superintendent of the city schools also welcomed the visitors to the city in a very appropriate speech. He took the place of Professor w. P. Taylor, who was on the programme for an ad- dress
 Responses were made by Professor c. T. McCartha, of Troy, who spoke of Bir- mingham as the industrial and trade center of Alabama; and Miss E. M. Haley, of Montevallo, who referred to the social, musical, literary and educational features of the city.
 Following the addresses came the en- rolIment of members, and the following teachers of the State were found to be present:
 pr. J. H. Phillips, Birmingham J. M Dewberry, Woodlawn; E. Shackelford Troy; J. B. Graham, Talladega; Miss Fro mic Oliver, Talladega; R. A. Clayton, Woodlawn; w. c. Griggs. Springville; Miss Carrie Jernigan, Miss Alma Barrow, Zera Mrs s. F. H. Tarrant, Hale Springs; c. B. Glenn, Birmingham; Jerry Fountain, Bir- mingham; Thomas R. Walker, Warsaw; Miss Della Yaretzky, Gainesville; Miss Scott Houston. Warsaw; w. s. Garner, Blountsvile; Miss T. Cozart, Auburn; L. B. Self, Oneonta; J. A. Moore, Montevallo; w. G. farrell, Lafayette; c. L. McCartha, Troy; F. M. Roof, East Lake; w. s. Neal, Brewton; Mrs. J. M. Richard, North Bir- mingham; J. H. Wallace, Huntsville; Miss Julia N. Moore, Auburn; M H. Arnold, Opelfka; J. D. Lane, Dadeville; Charles c. Thach, Auburn; R. T. Clayton Ashland; B. F. Crump, Brighton Mrs Eva T. Ar rington, Livingston; Miss Kate Salisbury, Birmingham; c. L. Ingram, Swansea; Miss Julia Tutwiler, Livingston M. c. Allgood, Chepultepec; J. V. Brown, Abbeville; F. M. McNeill, Pratt City; Miss N. c. Weater, Newberne; Miss Susie c. McGehee, Colum- biana; Mrs. Mary Mims, Prattville; Miss Mary A. Lise, Coumbiana; James H. Eos ter, Tuscaloosa; Miss Pearl Hanson, Ope- nff. Alice Shepherd, Dadevile; R. V. Algood, Avondale; Miss A. c. Centerfeit. Wood- lawn; J. NJ. Davidson. Huffman; J. J. Haw sey, Hennegar; Edgar W. Wright, Troy; Miss Mamie Mims, Prattviile; Thomas w Palmer, University: c. B. Williams, Birmingham; Elizabeth A. Priv ett. Jacksonville; Palmer P. Daugett, Ox- moor; Mary C.. Forney, Jacksonville; c. w. Daugett, Jacksonville; Daniel Gillis, Brewton; M. D. Pace, Troy; s. M. Hosmer,