The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-04-29
OGDEN IS CHOSEN
As THE PRESIDENT
And Charles 3. Aycock
Vice-President.
EVENTS OF LAST DAY
Clarence A. Poe a Member of the Ex
ecutive Committee. Next Place OF
Meeting Left to Executive Com
mittee. AsheviIIe and Green's
bor0 Extend Invitations.
(By the Associated Press.) }

Columbia, S. c., April 2S.-The
conference for education in the South
closed it's session here tonight. and ad-
journed until the call of the executive
committee. The visitors are leaving
today and tomorrow. The Ogden spe-
cial carrying Mr.. Ogden's party will
leave at $3.50 in the morning for
Greenville. Thence after several hours
it will go to Spartanburg, where the
party will be entertained by the
schools and colleges in the city.
Tomorrow night it will leave for
Baltimore spending Sunday at the
Kenilworth Inn.
At the morning session Robt. {. Og-
den, of New York was unanimously
chosen president. DR.. e. A. Alderman,
President of the University of Virginia
placed the name of Mr.. Ogden i'll NOM
ination and a rising vote was taken.
MIR. Ogden in accenting stated that
while he had announced that he could
not accept the presidency again, GER
tain circumstances eomng about
since that announcement have chang
ed his mind and he accepted the pres
idency. Charles b. Aycock, former
Governor of North Carolina, was choS-
en- vice president. The following exc
cutive committee was elected to serve
for the ensuing year.
S. Z. Mitchell, Virginia; II. l.. Whit
field, Mississippi; Sydney J. Bowie;
Alabama; r. Il. Cousins, Texas; Ciar-
ence Poe, North Carolina b. c. Cald-
we'll Louisiana; G. p. Gibson, Georgia;
r. H. Jesse, Missouri; DR.. 1. A. Jen-
kins, Kentucky; S. Mynders, Tennes-
see; j. II. Hineman, Arkansas; ID. b.
johnson, South Carolina.
The other officers of the conference
aIo.fad xypra r Il. Baldwin,
Alabama; Treasurer. w. a. Blair, n.
c..
At the conclusion of the election
the nominating committee made re.
port through the chairman, DR.. j. Z.
Mitchell, of Virginia. a resolution
thanking the people of Columbia ana
the committees for their hospitality
was adopted.
The conference entertained Tor about
an hour with speeches of invitation to
hold it's next meeting in various cities
r. b. Handy, presented the invita-
ton to meet in AsheVille; State Su-
perintendent Cousins presented q sim
lar. invitation to me3t in 4EIstin.
Texas; Dr. Charles d. McIver spoke in
favor of Greensboro. N. c., stating,
however, that in case the conference
besides in favor of Asheville instead.
he and those who sent the invitation
from Greensboro would take great
pleasure In ScCOIlulllS lillS IilNiCetIiOii'
The invitation which seemed to crc-
ate the most interest among the audi
ence Judging by the loud and con-
tinued applause was that presented by
DIR. l. A. Jenkins. president of the
Kentucky University. He discussed
conditions in Kentucyk frankly, and
sought to impress upon the confer
ence the idea that much good could
be accomplished by such gathering
in the blue grass section of Kentucky.
which he likened to the Garden of
Eden. All these invitations were refer
red to the executive committee which
will not decide the matter until some
time in the future.
reception was given the mem
bers of the conference at the PresDy-
terian College this afternoon. The
guests of the city were taken over TO
the cotton mill section in trolley cars
this afternoon from 4 o'clock to 5:3O,
after which reception was rendered
them at the Presbyterian College for
Women. The following resolution was
adopted at their meeting on April 70,
is given out for the first time:
Resolved, That the association Of
Southern State SUPERINTENDENT of Pub
lie instruction desires to express its
appreciation of the valuable work OF
the Southern Education Board in CO..
operation with tho educational author
tiles of the States and of the spirit in
which he work has been done for the
pasct three years. also to express graf
ification at the provision for the con-
tinuance of cooperative work.