The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-30
LASTDAY OF EDUCATORS
PROF. KOSHER REELECTED PRESIDENT OF ASSOCIATION.
A Motion to Disband the organiza- tion Brought Out Lively Dis cussion-Ssveral Interesting
 Papers Were Read.

yesterday was the second uay or tn | first annual cOnNontICn Of tne Sout 1 Alabama Educationl, a -soci tIoa. n meeting, which was held in the Coun | cil Chamber. was calieu 10 C.-er i,. o'clock by the President, Dr. s. M Hosmer of Greensboro. The firsl mat ter that claimed attention was the dis | cussion of questions propounded by tn members. The Secretary. MT. w. $ Neal or Brewton. passed the hat" an the following three questions wer' placed therein.
 Should there be County Uniformit. of Text Books?'
 ~Should the public school aim espe l clally to prepare for college or for life If for the latter should Latin be in cluded in the course?'
 If teacher has failed without ( reasonable cause to attend a County Institute during the scholastic year. i. the County Superintendent authorized to pay him public funds due him fol time taught under his contract?"
 Much interesting discussion arose or these three questions, the result oi which seemed to be that the majority of those present held opinion that there shousi be uniformity of text books that if County Superintendents would make the Institute interesting and worth attending the teachers would need no other incentive. and would at tend without the compulsion suggested by the question: and that as no high school can know whether pupil is be- ing prepared for life or for college and as in either event Latin can do nc harm. it is best that 1t remain in the public school course.
 Professor Mccarthy spoke interest ingly of the necessity of a connecting link between the high school and the colleges and attended to the fact that Latin is required in the freshman classes of colleges.
 The matter that next came up was the report of the Constitution Con- mittee. After the reading of the Con- Stitution as prepared. by the commit tee. Professor Mccarthy suggested that as from private conversation he had gathered that 1t was the opinion of the majority of the members that the asso- citation had best disband, he thought that matter had best be settled before the Constitution and its merits took up so much time that might in the end be thrown away as 1t would be of course if the association went out of existence at this it's first annual ron- vention. He moved that the South Alabama Educational Association be disbanded.
 This brought on lengthy and earnest discussion.
 MT. J. A. Duncan spoke against dis banding and suggested that this was an unfortunate time for the meeting to be held as it was after the State As sociation had met and just a short time before the school openings when the tnapharC rilN hl1Sv r. ing their coming years work.
 Professor J. A. Liner, Superintendent of City Schools of Dothan. spoke at length and with well taken points on the unadvisability of the continuance of the South Alabama Educational Association. He spoke of his inter- est in 1t and his willingness to work for it: of his having been made tenn pOrary chairman of the first meeting when the Association was organized but he called attention to the exis- tence of the National Association. the Southern Association, and the State Association and expressed his doubts as to the wisdom of the continued be- ing of the South Alabamt Educational Association. He called atten ion to the slim attendance. which he attributed not to lack of interest but to Inability for lack of time and money. He said that most of the mines on the rolls were not those of active teachers. He advised working for the County In- stitutes and the other existing edu- catlonal associations and gave it as his opinion that the class of tetchers that the association was intended to reach was nct reached at al'-the tea hers in the rural districts.
 Mrs. A. F. H. Tarrant of Hale Springs, spoke eloquently for the lift of the young association, and pleaded for it's continuance. She called atten- tlon to the fact that there are 5000 teachers in Alab;ma. and that the Alabama Educational Association has only 200 members. and said that "dyna- mite or something ought to stir them to some enthusiasm"
 She spoke of scheme to have a teachers summer home at Point Clear where social enjoyment could be a feature of the annual meetings.
 Professor Mccarthy of Troy spoke to his motion but said he was not pre- pared to sustai in 1t yet. He said he could not see the necessity or need oi the association but said he was open to conviction.
 Mir w. S. Neal of Brewton spoke for continuance of the organiza ton.
 MT. Townsend of Pike spoke for giv. ing the association a fair taial He spoke of the fact that the State Asso- citation being twenty years old and not having reached the class of teach CTS wanted and not therefore being a representative body. He advised the reaching of the rank and file, and not just the college and high school each. CTS. He moved to table Professor Mo Carthy's motion to disband.
 The motion was tabled. ...
 Professor Liner arose to explain his position as no lack of interest and tr pledge himself to worw for and with it
 Mrs. Tarrant said "We know you are all right"
 MT. A. F Harmon. chairman of the Executive Committee. arose to assure the members that the s~sociation was not organized with ana intention tr antagonize the State Association, and stated that if was he '1o
 suggestion to organize the association.
 Thi~ s~0~ -- b~'.'- cussion of the Constitution came LIT