The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-06-08
Opening Sessions of Edu- catiOnal Association. WHITE CHILDREN ~ MUST BE REACHED This Was Message of Every Address Before the
 Body.
 -e- Brilliant Address at Night ty Df. Rose of Tennessee--More Than 25o Educators Are Expected to Be In Montgomery
 Today. ;

fourth annual convention of the Ala hama Educational Association was marked by an expressed determination on the part of the Alabama educators | to do the duty of the white people or Alabama toward the white boys and girls of the rural districts of the State.
 The historic old hall of the House 1 of Representatives in which the Asso- citation met yesterday has witnessed the converting of many bodies for the | good or evil of Alabama. No spot within the boundaries of the State has been the scene of as many potent | movements in the history of the com nonwealth as the rather dilapidatsd room in which the educators yester- | day convened. But if the determina- l ton of those educators, as announced | from platform and by action yester- | day means anything. no body has ever | assembled in the hall that portended more good for the people of the state. 1 Tho attendance on this convention of | the educators shows beyond doubt that | the teachers are in earnest, that they mean what they say. From every sec l ton of the State they travelled to at | tend the deliberations of the body that outlines the policies of the schools of l Alabama. At the close of the morning l session, TIA delegates were enrolled on | the books of the Secretary and at tho l night session the number was doubled. | Record-Breaking Attendance. When all trains had arrived last | night Prof. w. E. Striplin of G11sden, | Chairman of the Executive Committee, | said that the attendance promised to be the largest in the history of tho or- ganization.
 we will have over 25o teachers here," said Professor Striplin. This l will be ahead of the attendance in Bir- l mingham last year, the best meeting we ever had It is worthy of note. I too that the executive officers of near Iy every institution of learning in Ala bama is already here. It is repre- sentative meeting of Alabama teach- CTS"
 The delegates remained in session practically the entire day and from forenoxn until nearly midnight they heard the message of education for the white children of the rural districts Of Alabama The race question did not enter into the discussions. Races were not mentioned but the plea was made,
 
 to do the duty of Southerners toward Southern boys and girls in order that they might be better prepared to fight a good fight in the intellectual and moral struggle of these strenuous modern times.
 The thought was dwelt upon by President H. ]. Willingham in his an- nual address It was impressed on the minds of the audience by all of the speakers of the day. Acting May or Mcintyre had much to say of 1t in his address of welcome and as a fit- ting climax the audience was held spellbound last night as they listened to the brilliant young dean of the Pea body Normal School at Nashville, Tenn, Dr. Wicliffe Rose, speak cf the necessity of educating the children of the country.
 Courses In Rural Schools.
 Tn the afternoon at She close of the discussion of the needs of rural schools a resolution was offered rro- viding for a committees of five to be appointed to draft course of study for the rural schools. It was referred to the Committee on Resolutions.
 There were many educators of prom thence among those wbo attended the meeting yesterday. Superintendent ol Education Isaac w. Hill was busy throughout the entire day. PresidcLt John W. Abercron pie of the State University came in time for the night l Secretary of Agriculture of the naticn and an old school teacher, took an cv-
 ident interest in the meeting.
 al The feducat. r3 will hold three ses-
 sions today. the features of which
 will be the addresses of Dr. McMul-
 len of Gadsden and Hon. w. II. Sam.
 ford Of Troy tonight. The public is l al
 n List of Delegates.
 ? The following teachers and visitor.
 had registered up to last night:
 c. H. Webster. Gadsden; Miss Mar,
 F. Jackson, Greensboro; R. c. Meek n Attalla; G. H. Thigpen. Opp; R. 0 : Dykes, Opp; c. H. Lewis, Greenvllle t H. Y. Weisinger. Birmingham; F. H : Davis, Prattville; Miss Hattie Goree r Wetumpka; w. w, Benson. Geneva |. Miss Mary Poyner. Mt. Hebron: Mis-
 Ethel Howard, Tuskegee; Miss Juli;
 Howard. Tuskegee; Miss Elizabeth Nj
 Haley, Montevallo: Miss Pearl Willing
 ham, Goodwater; Miss Celestlne Gilmer
 Montgomery; Miss Ella M Wall, Pores
 Home Miss Elizabeth Gambell, We tumpka; Miss Margaret Carter, Mont
 gomery; Miss Lydia Belser, Sheffield
 Miss Eula D. Atkinson, Montgomery
 Miss Berta Simmons. Opelika; Mis- Bertha Seal Greenville; Miss Mary
 Forney, Jacksonville; W. J. Beeson
 Jacksonville; Superintendent D. M Banks, Opelika; Superintendent W. I Hollingsworth, Lafayette; Superinten
 dent W. c. Cousins, Fillmore County Miss Mary Seal, Greenville; J. D. VII lliams, Notasulga; B. B. McLeran, Nota
 sulga; c. A. Brooks, Morgan Springs A. L. Hildreth, Ft. Payne: s. J. Cole
 Birmingham; F. o. Spain, Atlanta, Ga. B. K. Benson, Atlanta, Ga.; F. | Manasse, Chicago; F. H. Perry. Jack
 son, Miss; G. W. Duncan, Auburn; J ) K. Powers, Florence; I. T. Eaton Chica . go; A. F. Booth. Huntington. Tenn.
 W. F. Feagin, Montgomery; c. c . Johnson. Marion; Miss Mary Mullins Mary DeBardeleben, Shorter; l.. F
 Shaw Calcis Miss Frances Higgins
 Selma; W. M. Smith, Birmingham; T lC. Moore, Talladega; c. J Owens, An
 niston; c. W. Johnson, Florence; W c F. Jones, Gadsden; J. W. Watson y l Newberne; W. F. Jackson, Epes; M 5, lC. Wilson. Florence; P. w. Hodges c lGreenvllle; A. F. Harmon, Florence e Williams. Talladega; W. E. Striplin d lGadsden; J. D. McNeill, Talladega; W ,ss R. Harrison, Union Springs; F. T Y INesbitt Florence; c. Goodman. Allan '. ta, Ga; Daniel Harmon Shehleld; Ms 4 Maud E. Kimbrell, Mobile; N. R. Bak
 CT. Mobile; Miss Mamie Snivers, Monte {. lvallo; Miss J. c. simpson, Florence 4 Mrs. S. K. Vaughan. Florence; H