The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1905-03-30


nuai Conference, to be
Year at Columbia.
Columbia, Special. = Prep
are well under way fol
eighth session Of the Confer
Education In the South. IT,
meets in this city on the evening
April 2Sth.
The Conference comes to Colupn
by invitation Of the Governor Of
State, the Legislature Of South
lima, the State department Of q
tion, the educational institution
Columbia, the mayor. the city cc
and the Columbia Chamber Of
merce. Attendants upon the confe
ence come from every quarter OF fh3
country. representing men and women
interested In the general cause Of edu{
cation, people of affairs as well as peo-|
pie professionally associated with theI
schools. The address Of welcome will
be delivered by Governor Hayward.
The officers Of the conference are.
Mr.. Robert c. Ogden, Of New Horh
City, president; Edgar. Gardner MUIR
ply, Of Alabama, vice-president; Dr.l
B. ]. Baldwin. Of Montgomery Ala,
secretarya Mr.. William A. Blail, Win.
ston-Salem, N. c., treasurer. The ex-
ecutive committee Is B. B. Valentine,
Richmond, Va, chairman; DI Robert
b. Fulton, chancellor Of the University
of Mississippi; tho Hon. John B. Knox,
president Of the recent constitutional
convention of Alabama, Ala; G.. p.
Glenn, superintendent Of schools, Jack
sonville, Fla; B. c. Caldwell, presf-
dent of the State Normal School, La;
C. B. Gibson. superintendent Of
schools, Columbus, Ca; Dr.. Richard
H. Jesse, president Of the University
Of Missouri; Hon. 8, A. Mynders. State
superintendent Of education, Tenn:
Clarence H. Poe, editor OF the Progress
sive Farmer, Raleigh, N. c.; Dr. D. B.
Johnson, president Of Winthrop Col
lege, Rock Hill, 8. c.; DR.. D. r. Hous-
ton, president Of the Agricultural 8nd
Mechanical College, Texas.
This Is the first meeting that the
conference has held In South Car0iina,
It met last year at Birminghaf1, Ala.
and the year before at Richmond Va.
The local committee Of arrangements
include many of the leading citizens
Of Columbia, and the social reception
to be rendered to the guests Of the
Conference In the Capitol Building
will be without doubt an occasion 0f
memorable interest and Importance.
Both houses Of the Legislature have
offered their assembly rooms for the
use Of the reception committed.
The programme, together with 9th.
er details In connection With the
meeting, will be announced within the
next few days. An interesting featuro
is to take place on the morning OF the
9th, when that session OF the Confer
ence viii be assigned to the State Su-
perintendents of Education who will
be present from the South. Ihey WIZ
be invited to select their rERro1l4
man and discuss such questiohs as are
Of immediate interest in their several
fields.
Mr. Robert C. Ogden, president o.
the conference. will bring distin9s
uished party Of visitors by specinl
train. The greater number Of those
in attendance will be from the SQpth{
ern States. about one thousand being
expected from south Of Mason and
Dixon's line.
The chairman Of the local commit
tee Of arrangements Is e. 8. Drehef1
superintendent Of schools Of the city'
Of Columbia. Those intending to a{<
tend the Conference should give early
notice to Superintendent Dreher. De-
tails as to railroad rates will be a.
nounced through the press at an earl
date.