The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-06-29
CRIME AMONG NEGROES.
Discussed by State CoIored Teachers
Association.

Association.
The closing session of the State Teach
ers' Association took place at the college
hast night. The morning session was
principally taken up in the discussion of
the tendency of crime among the youth
OF the colored race. its cause and cure.
The expressions were frank and the
measures suggested heroic and practical.
Prof. Henry Pearson thought that 1t
was largely due to laxity of discipline in
schools and families. Prof. Bray while
not in palliating crime or defending the
criminals, thought that crime in the race
had been exaggerated. For the last year
he has been keeping record OF the charges
and convictions in the courts of Clarke
county, and promises some startling in
lorna ton in the near future.
The discussion was also participated in
by Profs. H. L. Wolkes, Cowan, King,
Snelson and Matte Davis.
The concensus of opinion seemed to be
that industrial training and more rigid
discipline by parents and teachers were
the panacea for the existing evil. Along
this line arrangements have been made
by the association to have an industrial
exhibit each year. This year there is
on exhibition a creditable display of
specimens 4Ibiu iilS Al4NAoAi AoA ~ BNA'
ment of the Georgia State Industrial
College. specimens of manual training
from Sandersville, Athens and other
schools. and some good work in clay
molding relief maps compositions, etc,
from the schools in Athens, prepared by
the schools of Prof. Bray and Matte
Davis This exhibit is to be encour-
aged and will be much larger next year.
In the afternoon quite a number OF
the teachers went down the river on an
excursion. and others took drives
through the city. The night session was
a musical entertainment and the must
cal talent was plenteous. The honors
were strongly contested for by Hattie
McIain of Macon, Juliet G. Monroe,
Clotile Lewis. Constance Hendrickson
and NJ v Edwards of Savannah. All
played we'll but the most applause fol-
lowed the playing Of Hattie McClain'
and by common consent she was award
ed the first honor. Evaline NJ. Taylor
easily took first rank as singer. J. L.
Jones. Prof H. L. Walker and W. H.
A Howard also sang. >Addie May read
a well prepared eassay on The Aims of
Education
The election of officers then took place
Prof D. c. Suggs of the State College
was unanimously elected president. The
other officers chosen were:
First Vice President-Prof. N B.
Young, College.
Second Vice President-Prof. H. l..
Walker, Augusta.
Third Vice President-Miss Matte Da-
Wis, Athens.
Recording Secretary-Prof G. d. King,
Macon.
Corresponding Secretary-Prof. L. II.
Williams. Macon.
Treasmer-Prof Floyd G. Snelson, Way
cross.
Musical Directress-N1iss Hattie Nc
Claim, Macon.
Director of Industrial Exhibit-Prof. j.
A. Bray Athens.
Resolutions of thanks were offered to
the faculty for courtesies and hospitality
extended by the school, the railroads for
reduced rates and the newspapers for the
fair and liberal reports Of the meetings
The association then adjourned one of its
most profitable sessions, subject to the
call of the president at the place of the
next meeting.