The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-06-11
STUDY OF AGRICULTURE
MUST BE TAKEN UP BY DISTRICT
 SCHOOL STUDENTS.
Resolutions to That Effect Adopted by SeeraI Boards of COntrOl--PrOf. Sargent Succeeds Prof. Cauthen.

Hereafter students of the nine Dis trict Agricultural schools of Alabama, boys and girls, must devote a portion of their time during each week to the study of practical agriculture.
 This decision was reao@ed yesterday and was put into the shape of d reso- lution and adopted by the several Boards of Control of~the several institutions which met at the State Capitol. The resolution, as passed by each Of the Boards provides that every male pupil is required to spend at least two hours of each week working on the experi- ment station of the school under the supervision of the Agriculturist and that the girl students shall be given practical and theoretical lessons in horticulture, Horticulture and kindred branches of study.
 Meetings of the Boards of Control of the Fifth District school at Wetumpka, the Sixth District school at Hamilton, the Seventh District school at Albert vile and the Ninth District school at Blountsville were held. The meetings of the Boards of the First. Second and Eighth District schools were deferred owing to the lack of quorums. The Boards of the Third and Fourth District schools met at the capitol Friday
 The four Boards named met yester- day In the office of the State Superin- tendent of Education and the Superin- tendent, Hon. Isaac w. Hill. presided.
 Members of the local Boards who at- tended the respective meetings were as follows:
 Fifth Distict M. Hohenberg and Mir. Jenkins, of Wetumpka
 Sixth District. c. E. Mitchell and Warren Carpenter of Hamilton
 Seventh District. S. w. Riddle, of Gadsden, and w. w. Haralson, of Fort Payne.
 Ninth District. Richard Nation and A E. Fields. of Blountsville,
 The Presidents of each of the schools was reelected except President E. r. Cauthen of the school at Hamilton, who resigned. Prof. H. O. Sargent AgrIcllturist at the First District School of Jackson. was elected to the office.
 The Board of the Wetumpka school reelected every member of the faculty who was an applicant. This Is the | faculty selected: President. H. J.. | Willingham; L. H. Mccullough, Agri- oulturlst: Horace C. Howes, Assist 1 ant in the High Schools and Athletics, | position just created by the Board;
 Miss l.. I. Fielder, English and Latin l Miss Lucy Gaines. fifth and sixth grades. to succeed Miss Myra Belle l Traweek. resigned: Miss Elizabeth ! tT1fnDle. tnlFu ana IOuFtu ETaufSt niss | Elizabeth Hunter, first and second | grades: Miss Willie DuPree. vocal and | Instrumental music; Miss Kate Neville
 art; T.. r. McGary. elocution and | physical training to succeed Miss Mary Carithers, resigned: and c. c. Gallo
 way, farm superintendent, | A resolution was passed by the
 Board thanking the Mayor and Board
 of Aldermen of Wetumpka for the | loyal and substantial manner in which they had supported the school and
 commenting to other communities the
 example set by the city government of | WetumpNa.
 The election by the Board of contr ol
 of the Sixth District School at Hamil- ] ton resulted in the unanimous choice | of President E F. Cauthen for anoth- i CT term. President Cauthen thanked
 the Board for it's confidence but de- clined the office saying that he ex- pected to take a postgraduate course at some one of the great universities.
 The Board then elected Professor Sar- gent of Jackson to the office. i, President cauthen has been at the | hekh of the Hamilton school four yel1As and has been member of it's ] faF ty nine years, 4 resolution pass