The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-25
MURPHY VICE PRESIDEN,
Robert (. Ogden is Again
 Executive Head.
Josehus Daniels, in an Address, Says Greatest Obstacle to Educational Progress in the South is the
 Negro.

Richmond, Va. April 24.-The Southern Educational Conference this morning elected the following officers:
 President. Robert c. ogden of New York.
 vice-President, Edgar c. Murphy of Montgomery, Ala.
 Secretary. B. J. Baldwin. Montgomery. Ala.
 Treasurer. W. o. Blair. winston-saiem, N. c.
 B. B. Valentine. Richmond. Va. chair man of the Executive Committee.
 The attendance at the morning session was large and enthusiastic. Dr. Lyman Hall of the Georgia Institus of Tschnol- ogy. the first speaker. declared facetiously that if the movement continued it's work the people of the South would be talking of darkest New England" and referring to "illiterate Boston,
 He took a most encouraging view of the future of the South. educationally and industrially.
 The next address was by Josephus Daniels, editor of The Raleigh News and Observer, and a member of the National Democratic Committee from North Car oiina. He said that there have been four obstacles to educational progress in the South:
 The Four Obstacles.
 T. The negro enfranchised against the, protest of the people who were forced against their will to pay taxes to edu- cate him.
 70 poyart,,. .xr,,.aiv.x ,,ox,arty foiiouan., war and reconstruction, such as this gen. eration know not of.
 'S. The lack of qualified teachers and the lack of inducements to capable men and women to become teachers.
 '4. General physical difflculties.
 These four obstacles, but tho greatest of these has been, and Is now, and must be, at least in this generation, the negro. He has been the thorn in the path of the ever-present and often insurmountable problem of education he said.
 He took a hopeful view as to overcom- ing all these obstacles. '
 The last speaker was Dr. J. H. Kirk land, Chancellor of Vanderbilt. who made an interesting talk on teachers and the State. The conference then took a recess until 3:30.
 The full Executive Committee and Res olutions Committee are:
 Executive Committee-Chairman, B. B. Valentine. Richmond. Va.; J. G. Brown Raleigh, N C.; R. B. Fulton, Mssis- sippi; President Caldwell State Normal School of Louisiana; Superintendent c. B. Gibson Columbus, Ga; D. F. Houston Texas; c. P. Glenn. Jacksonville. Fla; s. A. MindeE Tennessee; H. H. SnIder, South Carolina.
 Con mittee on Resolutions-Richard Watson Glider, editor of The Century, chairman; United States Attorney Gen. eral P. c. Knox, E. c. Branson, Athens, Ga.; State Superintendent Joyner. North Carolina, and E. c. Sanford. Knoxville, Tenn.
 The Night Session.
 The Academy of Music was again thronged tonight. The speakers were R. Fulton Cutting of New York, whose sub ject was The Responsibility of Govern ment for Public Education;" Dr. Walter B. Hill, Chancellor of the University of Georgia, who spoke on Negro Education at the South;" Hamilton W. Mabie, and Dr. Lyman Abbott. of New York. Dr. Abbott's theme was Impressions of the Conference" and he spoke eloquently of the revival of education represented by the conference. The highest educa- ton, he said, is that for service. Indus trial training. instead of being looked down upon. should and would. eventually, he believed, be regarded as of the highest type in its direction. The civil war, he said. taught the North and South to re- spect each other as they had never be- fore done. Referring to the suffrage, he quoted Henry Ward Beeches to show that many men fin the North believed that placing of the ballot in the hands of the negro could never be success until the black man should At himself to exercise the privilege intelligently. The ballot is pr4rcgative and responsibility. he said, 1 rt ther than right. This evening the conference was en- tettained at a farewell reception in it's | honor at the Executive Mansion by Gov | ernor and Mrs. Montague. Tomorrow the | delegates will visit the University of | VlrgiDja and on Sunday will hold me- mo rial services in honor of the late Dr. | J. L. M. Curry.