The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-27
EDUCATION BOARD DONOR
An Interesting Incident in
 Education Conference.
Special Taxes for School Purposes and the Lengthening of Sessions is Urged by the Commit
 tee on Resolutions.

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 Athens, Ga, April cS.-Four thousand
 five hundred dollars. one-half the balance
 necessary to complete the Winnie Davis 1 memorial hall; s7,500 to provide fifty three-year scholarships of $50 each at the ! Georgia State Normal school to duplicate | the forty-six scholarships provided by cate for period of three years, all new
 scholarships of &dQ each that the women
 of Georgia may provide before January | l, ,lsOs. to 2 number not exceeding fifty. | This was the contribution of the General Education Board to the women of Georgia
 at Athens on this beautiful Southern memorial day. | Men cheered and wept, and women l laughed and cried. in the fullness of their joy when they comprehcnded all that the announcement meant.
 Ex-Governor W. J. Northen. who was on the platform; sprang to his feet and l asked the women of Georgia in the great ! audience to stand up and then, when | they had done so. asked the whole audi | ence to stand up, not as people of one State or many States, but as people | of one country.
 1 The announcement came in the middle l of the meeting. In a pause in the speak I ing, Mir. Ogden said that Mir. William H. Baldwin had a word to say. MT. Baldwin Speaks. Mir. Baldwin said that as the president of the General Education Board, he | wished to- speak, more particularly to + the women Of Georgia, hecause this was mem6rial day, which they had always l done So much to observe. To them the
 board had a. special message to De made | through its secretary. pr. Wallace But l terick pr. Butterick's announcement was briefly this:
 The general education board will sub | scribe to the Georgia State Normal school st Athens for q period of three years, fifty scholarships of $50 each 10 meet the forty scholarships now provided by the women of Georgia-S2.eoO year for three years-s7.5oo in all. "In addition to the above, the general education board will duplicate for period of three years new scholarships of $50 each that may be provided by the wo- men of Georgia before January l. 1908. a derstanding that the women of Georgia have raised 5000 toward alfund of aS.ooo for the erection of the Winnie Davis l Monument hall, the General Education Board will subscribe one-half the balance, or s45o0 provided the remaining balance is subscribed before January l, 1908. William H. Baldwin, Jr., chairman; George Foster Peabody, treasurer; Wal lace Butterick, secretary and executive officer; J. l.. NJ. Curry. Frederick T. Gales. Daniel C. Gilman, Morris k. Jesup. Robert C. Ogden. Walter H. Page Albert Shaw.
 If the conditions specified in this sn- nouncement are compiled with to the full extent of the offer, as no doubt they will be. the total amount of this contribu- tion of the General Education Board VIII be sis,5oo.
 States Invite Conference
 If was several minutes before the con ference was sufficiently composed to re- sume business.
 Invitations were extended to the com ference today by representatives Of the States of Tennessee. North Caroiina' South Carolina and Florida, to nave me next years meeting held in those respec- tive States.
 The southern Educational Conference assembled for its forenoon session In the chanel of the State Normal School. The large audience room being completely filled, MT. ogden presided. The first regular speaker was Dr. W. T. Harris, Tinted States Commissioner Of Educa- ton.
 There was no afternoon session. The delegates and visitors joining m the decoration day exercises at Athens.
 The remaining speakers following Dr. Harris were pr. Albert Shaw. who re- ferred to the large proportions of the ex- nense of national pensions Whicn the South had borne with no return; Juoge Emory Speer and Congressman Jonn IT, Small of North Carolina.
 The evening session of the conference was held in the Seney-Stoval chapel or the Lucy Cobb Institute in the presence of an audience which crowded the oulio- inc to the doors. Mir ogden presided.
 Waiter H. Page read the report of the Conference Committee on Resolutions which was in effect as follows:
 '.The amending campaign that his com ference met to further is campaign not only for the free education Of all the neonIe hut for free education of such efficiency as shall make the coming qenerations of the Southern States the best trained men and women that an enlightened democracy can produce. TO this end 1t urges the increase or taxes for school use. the lensthening or school terms and the better payment Of teachers as fast as prudent regard for the economic conditions of every community will permit.
 Special Taxes for Schools
 .aThe conference comments the example of those communities that have laid taxes for school betterment It urges vigor- ous agitation in those States that do not permit local taxation for the adoption of such law. It urges also more generous State aid to normal schools It asks for better equipment of the country school. It declares it's settled belief that the training of the hand is of equal value with the training of the mind and that the two should go together,
 The Bureau of the Southern Educs- ton Board at Knoxville invites the co- operation of all school officers, tesoners- editors. public servants and public spirited citizens."
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