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Independence than had ever been enjoyed.
Mr.. Ogden presided. Dr. Chas. D. Nc
liver, president of the North Carolina
State Normal and Industrial College at
Greensboro, told something of what had
been done in his State since the meeting
of the conference Over thirty cities or
towns have voted on the question OF in
creasing the school fund by local taxa
ton, and only three which voted, have.
not agreed to do this. Four hundred lib
rsries have been established in connec-
ton with the public schools.
TILE WORK IN VIRGINIA.
DR.. H. B. Frissel, of Hampton, and DR..
Robert Frazer, of Richmond, reported on
the work done in Virginia. President Ed
win A. Alderman, Of Tulane University.
New Orleans, reported for the year In
Louisiana, three parishes, twenty-six
wards, nine towns and seventeen school
districts have been added to their school
facilities by special taxation.
The session was closed by a general dis
cl,ssion led by DR.. John Massey, presi-
dent Of the Alabama Female College at
Tuskegee, Ala, and Chancellor Robert =.
Fulton Of the University Of Mississippi.
At business meeting. the following
officers of the conference for the next
year were elected:
President, Robert c. Ogden; vice-presi-
dents, ]. z. Joyner, Walter II. Page, and
Il. C. Branson; secretary Rev. A b. Hun
ter, of Raleigh, n. c.; treasurer. George
Foster Peabody, New York; executive
committee, DR.. H. 3. Frissell, DR.. San
w. "A. Blair.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The first address at the afternoon ses-
sion of the conference was delivered by
Hon. Hoke Smith. Of Atlanta, his sub
ject being Popular Education the Pri-
mary Policy of the South" The speaker
briefly reviewed the industrial condition
of the South, compared with that of the
State of Massachusetts.
1.-THE South has great natural advan-
tages and yet we lag behind. Why? Be
cause, while we devoted ourselves to
raising slaves and one industry, agricul-
ture, Massachusetts, trained the minds of
her children. Our work now is to give
the children Of the South such a train
ing White and black shall have thor
ough education. The great problem is
the rural school; the great difficulty is
the sparseness of the rural populations
in the South
Mr.. Smith referred to the address of
Governor Aycock, and said he wished
that all politicians were as manly and
pure as the Governor of North Caro-
lima.
INVITED TO VIRGINIA.
Reviewing the great amount Of money
which the South had contributed to the
cause Of negro education, Mr.. Smith said
he spoke of this offering not as a SUBJ
ject for which the people of the South
deserved praise, but as showing their
Intelligence and justice.
Would we be so foolish he said. ''as
to leave half our population groveling in
ignorance? Those black people did not
come here Of their own accord We
brought them. They cannot go away,
and we do not want them to go. Then it
becomes our duty to educate the minds
and hearts of the negroes as we would
educate the minds and hearts OF the
whites
Hon. a. st. George Tucekr, Of vir-
ginia,s In his address, urged the confer
ence to meet in Virginia next1year This
invitation was: seconded by Dr. Paul Bar
ringer, Of the University Of Virginia.
Prof. =. p. SClaxton. of Tennessee, ex-
planned the methods of the publicat ton
board Of the society. SD S5s< ss585.
The session was closed by general
discussion conducted by VIM. n. H.5Bald-
win, of New York, and taken part In
DR.. Charles w. Dabney, OF Knoxville,
Tenn.
EVENING SESSION.
At the evening session OF the conference
the speakers and their topics were as
follows:
Carlton B. Gibbons, superintendent OF
schools Columbus, Ga. Education
Through Handicraf It. q
IaWton 3. sEvans, superintendent Of
I schools. Augusta, 1T he Child Of the.
Opera i've s rs
President Edwin "a. Alderman. Of Tu-s
lane University, New Orleans. The Child
and the State. -
Dr. Hamilton ". Mabie. sof New York:
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Chance lori Hill, Of the University Of
Georgia, announced that a friend. who
did inotSwishs his name disclosedsha given
5000 to the University for . library.