The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-21

Hon. J. T. Ashcraft, member of
 the Constitutional Convention from Lauderdale County. addressed the As- sociation on the educational conditions
 and needs of Alabama. and he received
 the thanks of the teachers.
 Mir. A. E.. Handiey, Principal of the Public Schools of Gurley. who was to
 read a paper on the value of educa-
 tional journals, was absent and that
 number was omitted. The subject was ably discussed by ". w. Benson, Prin-
 cipal of the Public Schoo's of Fort Deposit.
 Miss Linda Nawlin of the city Schools of Gadsden. read an interest
 ing paper oa arithmetic. ''Gec graphy in Primary Grades" was the subject of
 a paper which was read by Miss Fsn-
 nelle Crawford of the City Schools or Tuscaloosa. Miss Crawford read her
 paper in a clear. distinct voice. She
 no doubt had given great study to the subject, as her paper was full of val uable suggestions. and was listened to l with close attention.
 'sciviI Government as a Study in
 High Schools was ably discussed by M. K. Clement. President of the Ag- riculturai Schooi at Athens. MT. Clem- ents said that there were two great agencies of education, the church and the state. the former teaches Christi anity and the ether citize Iship. The State, said he. is under obligation to educate her children in citizenship. Civil government is a science of citi- | zenship, and the latter lies at the oasa l of all our institutions. It is the most 1 important question yet discussed. Civil govc. nme;it is the text book, the l foundation upon which citizenship ts founded. He said that civil govern. ment as a study in the schools Is of such r.omentous importance that 1t is | impossible to overestimate 1t. 1 The Secrstarys Report. MT. E. NJ Shackelford, the State
 Secretary. submitted his annual re. port. It showed the total receipts to
 have been $505.56, expenditures, $226.2I; 1 balance s27S.29.
 MT. I. w. Hill of Gadsden, the State
 Treasurer, submitted his report which | showed the same figures as those of l the Secretary.
 1 Dr. John Massey, Chairman of the Auditing Committee, reported that the | Committee had found the books of the Secretary and Treasurer to be correct. l Mir. Duncan of the Memoirs Commit | tee. reported the death of Professor Me | Neill of Dothan. He presented set | of resolutions about the demise of this | distinguished educator who at one time was President of the State Educational | Association. The report of the Com | mittee was received and concurred in. Prof C. c. Thach of the Nominating | Committee. reported the officers here- | tofore named except the name of Mr.
 Shackelford was placed in nomination for Secretary. MT. 6hackelford said l that it would be impossible for him to serve another term and requested that his name be withdrawn.
 The report was then referred back to 1 the Committee which again reported and suggested that the name of H. J. l Willingham of WetumpKa, be placed | in nomination for Secretary. The re- | port was then adopted.
 The Nominating Committee also re- ported recommending that hereafter
 nominations be made from the floor of 1 the house and that the appointment of heads of the different departments be assigned to the Executive Committee. l The Committee on Resolutions an-
 nounced ready to report.
 The Committee reported favorably on the resolution introduced by Professor l Walker of Leighton College in Jeffer-
 son County. and the report of the Com-
 mittee was adopted after considerable | discussion.
 The resolution is as follows: Be 1t | resolved, that the Alabama Educa- tional Association hereby petition the 1 Constitutional Convention now in ses-
 sion to change the minimum age oi 1 admission to the public schools of the ! State from seven to six years. I The Committee reported favorably on
 the resolution of Prof. P. B. Glenn, en- 1dorsing the Educational Exchange. The
 report was adopted.
 The following resolutions were also
 adopted on recommendation of the l Committee on Resolutions.
 Be 1t resolved. that the Alabama l Educational Association in Convention assembled give to each member a cer- 1 tificate of attendance to be forwarded
 him, signed by the President and Sec retary of the Convention and that Prof. H. B. Cunningham be appointed
 by the President to arrange for said certificate.
 The following resolution was also | adopted.
 "Whereas. there Is a crying need for
 better school houses in the rural dis | tricts of Alabama, we the County Su- nerintendents of Education in Conven- l ton assembled hereby petition the Committee on Taxation of the Consu- | tutional Convention now assembled to recommend that public school houses be declared public buildings in making
 provision fol special taxes for bridges and public buildings and that such aid be given to the school houses as the Commissioners Court or the Boards of
 Revenue in the several counties may l deem practical