New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-04-20
R. c. OGDEN PARTY STARTS
To attend Southern Education Con-
ference at Birmingham, Ala.

Robert c. Ogden. IN accordance with his annual
custom. last night took q large party OF friends 70
attend the conference for education In the South
in Birmingham. Ala Mr.. Ogden is president OF the
board of trustees of Hampton Institute. Hampton.
Va and this viii be the seventh annual conference
The party will reach Hampton and Fortress Mon
roe this morning and stay az the Hotel Chamoerlin
To-day will be Virginia day al the Hampton School
Addresses viii be made by Governor Montague OF
Virginia and probably BY Senator Daniel On the
following day the routine OF daily work IN the
academic classes. shops, trada school domestic
science and agricultural department viii be OBJ
served. and there VIII Be anniversary exercises IN
the gymnasium
The party Will arrive at Rock FIJI, 9. G. on Fri
day. and will visit winthrop Normal and Industrial
College. the college FOR women Of the State OF
South Carolina Tuskeges Will be reached on sat
Urday. A committee from the Tuskegee Insututs
viii take the party on a visit the farm. After
ward they will inspect the various buildings and
shops The State Normal College at Troy VIII De
visited n the afternoon. and Calhoun viii be
reached Saturday night The party viii remain
there till Monday morning. At Tuscaloosa the UNI
versty OF Alabama win be visited and BIZ ulinsaI
will DO reached on Tuesday morning, April &c.
The conference viii open il the Jefferson Theatre
in the evening with address % welcome by T G.
Bush. Of Birmingham, behalf OF the Mayor. ths
Board Of Education and the reception committees.
The annual address Of the president win be made
by Robert G Ogden. Bishop Galloway OF tns
MethC, list Episcopal Church south, VIII speak on
The South and the Negro The cOufsrencs viii
continue Wednesday and Thursday.
The party Will leave Birmingham on Thursday az
midnight arriving home on Saturday. The party
left NewYur< last night Palm Beach special
train Of Pennsylvania Railroad. comprising two
sJateTCOm cars, observation car. Lwo OlLILg
room cars. q smoker and baggage car.
Among the members OF the party We're MIS-. ROD
ert Able Professor l. H Bailey, Of Cornell Uni
versty, Professor George Pierce Baker. OF Harvard
University; Alr. and Mrs Roscoe 9. z Brown. Dr.
and Mrs. Wallace Buttrtck. secretary o. the Gen
eral Education Board. New York the Rev. Or. L
Mason Clarke and Mrs. Clarke. the Rev. Dr. J. W.
Cooper the Rev. Dr Edward Cummings and Mrs.
Cummings, the Rev DR.. G. 5. Dickerman. Colonel
Thomas Wentworth Higgtnson and Mrs, Higguson,
the Rev DIR. William Do Witt Hyde, Of BOwGOin
College; the Right Rev. William Lawrence. d. D..
Of Cambridge, Mass. DIT. William Macdonald OF
Brown University. the Right Rev ". y. Movie 1ar.
.. D.. OF Providence. r L; the Rev. Dr. Edwin
Knox Mitchell, OF Hartford Theological Seminary;
the Rev H P. Nichols, rector OF Holy Trinity
Church, New-York: r. N Ogden. Or. George L.
Phoenix George a. PliuFtcn. DR.. James r. Rus
sell. Teachers College. and Mrs Russell; Miss
Mary = Stafford. DR. william Jay Schieffelin and
Mrs. schiefelin. Rev Wilton Merle Smith. ID. D.
and Mrs Smith ". W Stetson Rev. Arson Phelps
Stokes, r.. OF New-Haven, Conn. and Mrs Stokes,
and Mr.. and Mrs. :. G. Thorp OF Cambridge. Mass