The Savannah morning news., 1903-09-25
PEABODY FUND MAY
BE CONSIDERED.
At Meeting of School Commissioners
of Southern States in Atlanta.

At Meeting of School Commissioners
eff Southern States in Atlanta.
A meeting of all the state school
commissioners of the Southern States
will be held in Atlanta Monday, Oct.
5. 1t is understood that several mat
tiers of Importance are to be taken
up, but just what these matters are
has not yet been announced. 1t is
believed that the meeting is. called to
consider what dispositions is to be
made of the, Peabody Fund, y sum or
So 100000 devoted to the education and
instruction of Southern teachers. When
asked yesterday about the meeting and
what subjects would be taken up there,
Supt. Ashmore, of this city, said:
II do not know certainly what is
to be done there but l believe that
the distribution of the Peabody Fund
is to be taken up ana discussed. In
past years the interest from this sum,
donated for the education of Southern
teachers has been distributed among
several normal schools of the South
and among the training schools for
teachers. 1t is the opinion among many
educators now that the meeting at
Atlanta is for the purpose of con-
sidering whether or not it is advisable
to distribute the money among several
schools or to concentrate the entire
lump sum in one large institution.
The matter of the successor of the
late Tlr. j. L. M. Curry may also be
taken up. Since DR.. Curry's death the
general agent for the trustees of the
fund has been Hon. G. r. Glenn, for
merly a Georgia school commissioner.
He is a candidate for election to the
general agency, and it looks as though
he would be elected.
These are the matters which | be-
lieve will be taken up at the meeting,
though, as | stated before, / do not
know Just what are the objects of the
sessions
The Peabody Fund was donated by
George Peabody in 1867, and is devoted
to the cause of education in the South.
Mr.. Peabody, in letter to Hon. ROD
ert c. Winthrop of Massachusetts, di-
rected him and other distinguished cit
liens to use the money to aid Southern
states in "diffusing the blessings of
education and morality" Nashville
was decided upon as the place where
the work would begin, and the grounds
and buildings of the university there
were rendered for the work OF educa-
ton for the teachers.
The first session was held i'll 1915
with a class of thirteen pupils, pu'
since that time the work has grown
steadily and rapidly, and is now recog,
nized as one of the leading educatlon
institutions of the South. Some of the
money has also been used for the pur'
pose of defraying expenses OF lnstlCuts
work in the South.
DIR. ]. L. M. Curry was the general
agent of the board and during the time
that he acted in this capacity Hon. u
r. Glenn was bis assistant. Upon Dr.
Curry's death Mr.. Glenn acted as gem
eral agent, serving with marked apll-
ity and efficiency. He is now believed
to be assured of the election 70 Ihe
place of general agent, though there
are several strong candidats opposing
him. Mr., Glenn should make an al
most ideal general agent. For a long
time he was a Georgia school conf
missioner and his entire life has been
spent in educational work IN the
South. His close touch with all the