The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-23
COMMITTEE HOLDS
SECOND MEETING
Plans Being Arranged for Edu-
Cational Conference
MANY VISITORS EXPECTED
Finance Committee VIII Undertake to
Raise Several Thousand Dollars
for ntertainment-Dr. Ed
gar Gardeners Coming.
MANY VISITORS EXPECTED

The second meeting OF the executive
committee appointed to arrange for the
conference for education in the south to
be held in Birmingham in April was held
yesterday at noon in the rooms of the
board of education on the fourth floor of
the city hall.
President A. O. Lane presided and the
following members Of the executive COM
mittee were present: Gen. r. N. Rhodes.
James ]. Smith. ELI p. Smith, Miss Annie
Kendrick Walker, e. w. Barrett, ]. b.
Gibson. r. s. Munger and Or. J. H. Phil
lips, the secretary.
The secretary annsunced that Mayor
Drennen and Col T. G. Bush, members
of the committee, had been called out of
town and were unable to attend the meet
ing.
Was Formally Invited.
The general plans for the coming con-
ference were discussed at the meeting.
DR.. Phillips made a statement relative to
the conference, saying that It was for
mally invited TO come to Birmingham this
year by the city council. He said large
number of wealthy philanthropists in
terested in educational work would be at
the meeting and the total nunper oI VS.
itors expected was 1000.
DR.. Philips said that he had been adj
vised that President Robert G. Ogden
would bring a party of 100 or more from
New York to Birmingham in special
train. His guests will be entertained at
the Hotel Hillman He said the matter
of the people of Birmingham entertaining
the visitors was left open. II they were
not taken into the homes they Will find
accommodations at the hotels.
Funds Needed.
The secretary said that $500 was raised
in Richmond last year by public subscrip-
ton to entertain the visitors to the sixth
annual conference and DR.. Phillips ex-
pressed the opinion that like amount
should be raised here. He said the first
Meeting OF the seventh conference will be
held on Tuesday evening, April 2s The
conference will be In session three days
and all the meetings will be held in the
Jefferson theatre There will be sessions
In the mornings and at night. The Ogden
PARTY will leave Birmingham after the
night meeting on April 2s
DIR. Phillips stated further that DR.. Ed
gar Garner Murphy of Montgomery, vice
president of the conference, will visit
birmingham within ten days tins. for the
purpose of comforting with the executive
committee relative to the coming CON
ference He declared to the members of
the committee that in his opoinion the
coming conference would be one OF the
most important gatherings ever held in
Alabama 1t viii be the last meeting pre-
sided over by President Ogden. one of
the founders.
VIII Cooperate.
DR.. ]. W. Abercrombie, president of the
University OF Alabama, and the heads of
other institutions in the state have assur-
ed Dr. Phillips that they are willing to as
sist in any way possible in arranging for
the entertainment of the visitors. The
chairmen of the various committees of
the executive committee will appoint the
members of thkeir committees.
The committee on railroads, OF which
r. w Barrett is the chairman has APP
pointed the passenger agents Of the rail-
roads entering Birmingham as members
of his committee.
Miss Annie Kendrick Walker. chairman
of the committee on publication. has ap-
pointed the following members of that
committee:
Miss Henrietta v. Wilcox of the Biz
mingham News. Miss Fay Miles of the
Birmingham Ledger. Mrs. J. M. deCottes
of the Montgomery Advertiser. Mrs Kate
Hutchinson Morrisette OF the Montgom-
cry Times, Mrs. Erwin Cralghead of Mo-
bile, Prof. j. M. Dewberry of the Alabama
Educational Exchange. Rev. Frank Willis
Barnett of the Southern and Alabama
Baptist, and REV. Henry Trawick of the
Alabama Christian Advocate.
The executive committee will hold an
other meeting at an early date. when ar
rangements will be made for the enter
tainment of the visitors. A trip around
the horn, and one or two receptions will
probably make up the programme OF en-
tertainment.