The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1903-04-09
Stale Teachers Association.

the State Teachers Association
at Vicksburg on April Both, and
May 1st and End is looked for
ward to with interest uy the
teachers Of the entire State For
the occasion the people Of Vicks-
burg are preparing to give them
a royal welcome and the program
for the occasion promises to be
both instructive and entertaining
and it will embrace cOntribu-
tons from many Of the leading
educationalists Of Mississippi
The following is the program in
full:
THURSDAY, APRIL 80.
3 p. ND Invocation. Rev.
DR.. Sproles, Vicksburg. %
Welcome Address, Supt. Chas.
RandIeton Kemper, Vicksburg.
CD Response. Prof. J. G.. Her
bert, A. and NJ. College. a.
Presidents Address. E. b. Bass,
Greenville.
FRIDAY
DEPARTMENT OF HIGH SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES.
8 a. MD Difficulties in the
way Of the High School and how
they are to be met, Supt. J. n.
Powers, Grenada. Discussion
limited to five minute speeches,
led by Supt J. + Brown, New
Albany. o. The Need and Ad-
vantage Of a Special Examina-
ton and License for High School
Teachers, Supt. J. Reese Lin,
Natchez. Discussion limited to
five minute speeches, led by Supt.
@. @. Hurst, Steen' 5 Greek High
School Business session, thirty
minutes. Election of officers.
DEPARTMENT OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.
o. Discipline, Theoretical and
Practical, PROF.. w. II. Foster,
Enterprise. Discussion, by Prof.
T. =. Trawick. Crystal Springs.
| o. Elementary Geography, Miss
Susie Y. Powell. Durant Dis
cussiOn. Miss May V. James,
McComb City. o. How to Get
and Hold Children, Miss Gabri-
ella Means. Natchez. Discussion,
Miss Celeste Galloway, Columbus.
I4.) Under Existing Conditions
in Mississippi. is the Average
Child of Five Years Old Enough
to Enter School? Mrs. Jennie M.
Hardy. Laurel. General Dis
cussion. o. Homekeepi n G in
the School Room, Miss [. K.
Smith, Meridian. Discussion,
Miss z. B. HARRISON. Greenville.
Business session Election of
officers.
FRIDAY.
BUSINESS SESSION.
, p. MD Report of commit
tees. (a) Educational Exhibit,
J. NJ Consley, Laurel. (b) Ru-
raj Schools, G. F. Boyd, Kosci-
uskO. (c) Library Board, Joe
Cook, Columbus. I'D Decoration
of State superintendent Office,
Chancellor Fulton, University.
| (e) Amendment to COnstitu ton,
j. r. Preston, Natchez. (G r.
win Russell Memorial, Miss
Mary Mayo, Columbus. (g) Pro
fessional Reading Course, NJ.
Rose, Aberdeen. CHI Course of
Study for Rural Schools, E. L.
Bailey, Jackson. o. General
business.
FRIDAY.
GENERAL SESSION.
s D. ND The Us and
Abuse of Methods, D. A. Hill,
West Point. % Report: Why
Boys Stop School, J. G.. FAINT,
Meridian. g. Schools from the
Viewpoint of a Trustee, A. G..
Rose, Greenville.
SATURDAY.
DEPARTMENT OF RURAL SCHOOLS.
9 a. m.-Q.) Rural School Lii
braries, Supt. John r. Ellis, Pa
per and Demonstration. Dis
cussiOn by Supt. j. B. Dabney.
o. Rural High Schools, Supt.
w. 2. Still. Discussion by Supt.
F. r. Peterson. g. Consolida-
ton Of Rural Schools, Supt. w.
w. StOckstill. Discussion by @.
G. Swinney. a. Revision of the
School Law, Supt. w. j. Pack.
Discussion by Geo. B. Parker.
Business session. Election of
election.
SATURDAY.
CLOSING SESSION.
II a. m.-Q.)Report of special
committees. 81 Appointment
of committees. 60 Election of
officers. a. ms tallation of of
hcerS.
Judge Brame Candidate.
A special from Jackson to the
says Hon. L. Brame,
of this city, is announced as a !
candidate for Attorney General. |
Judge Brame is an able lawyer,
aud was for a number of years
one of the best known chancel- |
lors of Mississippi, residing at
West Point. He resigned and |
moved to this city twenty years
ago. where he has since Dracticed |