The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-16
DR. BUTTRICK WAS
HERE YESTERDAY
Came to Arrange for Educa-
tionaI Conference
MANY VISITORS COMING
Dr.. Lyman Abbott, John D. Rookefel
Ter, Jr., and Others Are Expected
to Attend Educational Con-
ference in Birmingham.

DR.. Wallace Buttrick, secretary and
executive officer of the general educa-
ton board. with headquarters in New
York. spent yesterday In Birmingham
comforting with DR.. J II. Phillips, super
intendent of public schools, and Mayor
w. Melville Drennen. relative to the
seventh annual conference for education
in the south, which will be held here in
April. The conference for education in
the south Is held every year under the
auspices of the general education board
While in Birmingham DR.. Buttrick
stopped at the Hotel Hillman. He left
this morning for Selma whence he will go
to New Orleans and from there he will go
to points in north Louisiana He ex-
poets to attend the annual meeting of the
department of superintendent Of the
National Education association to be held
in Atlanta next week.
The general education board was organ
lied two years ago. The headquarters
are at No. "a William street. New York,
and large corps of clerks are employed.
1t was formed for the sole purpose Of
promoting education. and education in the
south is a special feature Of the work of
the board
The Officers.
The officers of the general education
board are: William II. Baldwin. Jr,.
chairman; George Foster Peabody, treas
urer; Wallace Buttrick. secretary and
executive officer; w. Fl. Heck. assistant
secretary. The members of the board are:
Frederick T. Gates, Daniel G. Gilman,
Morris X. Jesup, Robert G. Ogden, Wal
ter II. Page. John d. Rockefeller, Jr.,
and Albert Shaw.
At the conference in Birmingham the
following officers win preside: Robert c.
Ogden of New York. the Rev. Edgar
Gardner Murphyof Montgomery and DIR.
b. j. Baldwin of Montgomery will be
among the presiding officers.
William A. Blair of Winston Salem, NJ
c.. is the chairman of the executive
board. The conference has held six SEES
sions in the south. For the first three
years the meetings were held at Capou
Springs, w. Va. The fourth meeting was
held at Winston-salem, N. c., the fifth
at Athens, Ca, and the sixth at Rich
mond. The dates of the Birmingham
conference are April 20, q and 2S.
The sessions will be held in the JEFF
ferson. Yesterday afternoon DR.. Buttric!x
visited the theatre. lie stated last night
that he was well pleased with the place
selected for the sessions.
.
ference Robert C. Ogden invited one hun
dred educators and friends of education to
accompany him to the place Of meeting
in a special train. Mr.. Ogden is planning
to bring at least 125 people In his party
A special train made up of Pullmans will
be operated from New York to Birmng-
ham to bring Mr.. Ogden's guests. Invi-
tations have been extended by Mr.. Ogden
to the following to make the trip to Bir-
mingham:
Mr.. ogden's Party.
Sinclair McKelway, editor of the
Ign Eagle; DIR. Lyman Abbott,
Doane of Albany, Bishop Now
Rhode Island Bishop Lavene Of
chusetts, DR.. Francis Peabody
ward. Professor Tarnum Of Yale.
sor Bailey OF Cornell, Dean Russo OF the
Teachers college of New York w. II.
Baldwin, Jr., president Of the Long Is
land railroad; George Foster Peabody,
Dr. Albert Shaw, editor Of the Review
OF Reviews; DIR. Walter Page, editor of
the Worlds Work; DIR. Gilman. president
OF the Carnegie institute Of washington;
DIR. Frisell. president Of the Hampton
institute; DR.. McIver. president Of the
Woman's college Of North Carolina;
Governor Aycock of North Carolina, Gov
ernor Montague OF Virginia, Chancellor
Hill of the University OF Georgia, John
ID. Rockefeller, Jr.. Mr.. Chambers, man
aging partner of the Rogers. Pets Com
pany of New York. Dr. Felix Adler. DR..
Talcott Williams, editor Of the Philadel-
phia Press. and the members Of the edi-
torial STATS Of the New York daiIies. Mr.
Ogden's party Will be joined by Or. Alder
man, president Of Tulane university at
New Orleans. and DR.. Rabney Of the
University Of Tennessee before II reaches
Birmingham.
DIR. ButtriclS estimates that fully one
thousand visitors VIII come to Birming-
ham to attend the conference.
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