Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1901-05-10
JACKSON ITEMS
Our Weekly Correspondence
from the State Capital.
GOOD ROADS NEWS
Teachers Adiourn---A Most Suc-
cessful Meeting of the AS
sOciatiOn.

full convention in the history of the
State Teachers Association came to
an end Saturday at 10 o'clock, and
the outgoing trains carried the SOC
delegates to their homes in various
parts of the state. The teachers were
oil eloquent in their praises of the
manner in which they were enter
tanned and their pleasure and comfort
looked after by the people Of Jack
son.
The first matter taken up at the
morning session was the election OF
officers for the ensuing year, which
resulted as follows: j. G. Herbert,
Agricultural and Mechanical College,
president G. F. Boyd, Kosciusko,
vice PRESIDENT Edward L. Bailey,
Jackson, treasurer Joe Cook, Arte-
STA, secretary Mr.. Cook declined the
Office on account of the pressure OF
business and T. P. Scott of Brook
haven was selected in his place.
Prof. J. Reese Linn read a valu-
able paper ON "How to Secure and
Use Libraries in Public Schools -
1.-The Teachers Side Of Life" was
the title of an interesting paper read
by Miss Sue Trigg of Greenville.
State Superintendent Whitfield adj
dressed the convention for about
twenty minutes on the subject of the
National Educational Association of
1901. He elaborated upon the high
character of this body and the great
benefits to be derived from attending
its annual sessions.
Prof J. G. Hardy president Of the
Agricultural and Mechanical College
then read an able paper on Indus
trial Edu cation.
The committee ON the president s
address made a report, embodying
two important recommendations
which the convention acted upon.
The first wac Ghe appointment of a
committee for the purpose of arrang-
ing program and fixing date for q
library day in all the public schools
of the state, and to also devise some
scheme for the raising of funds with
which to establish libraries. This
committee will make report next SEES
sion Of the association. The second
was the appointment of a committee
to work in behalf of the erection by
the state Of high grade normal
school. The president appointed
Messrs. Whitfield, Fulton, Bass, Bal
ley and Looney as committee to
memorabilia the legislature to make
the necessary appropriation for
founding an institution of this kind
and Messrs. Whitfield, Bass and FAINT
were named as committee to wait
upon the governor and ask that the
matter be brought to the attention Of
the Legislature at its session next
january.
The committee on degrees and di-
plomas made report, recommending
that the state should exercise super
vision over comforting degrees and fix
a minimum standard of requirements
for admission to or graduation from
educational institutions, and with
the right to deprive Of the degree
comforting power such institutions
not conforming to the standard so
prescribed The committee also re-
commended to present the matter of
the establishment of such educational
tribunal to the legislature. The re-
port of the committee was adopted
and Messrs. Fulton, Lowrey and Hill
were appointed to memorable the
legislature for this purpose.
Mrs. Harriet B. Kells, president of
the Mississippi Woman's Christian
Temperance Union, was introduced
to the convention and delivered an
address urging the necessity for the
practical enforoem Of scientific
temperance instruction in the public
schools. She asked the appointment
Of committee to corporate with
the W. @. T. U. to secure the better
enforcement of these laws Mrs. Kells
extended an invitation to the teach
ers to attend the w. Q. 7. U. con-
vention, and DR.. j.. L. johnson was
delegated by the teachers to extend
their greeting to the noble band Of
women workers. The president ap-
pointed DR.. J. L. johnson, Miss Vic
toria Hill and Messrs. Cousley and
Trawiok as the committee requested
by Mrs. Kells.
Greetings were extended to the Off
GERS Of the Mississippi branch of the
London press beginning to protest
against government indifferences to
waning trade.
Powerful plea for Industrial educa-
e