The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-29

Fl. Ca. Gunnels who becomes the new State Superintendent of Education in
 January; made encouragement of the
 come effective when Major Gunneis is
 inducted into office.
 Mir. Feagin. the new Chief Clerk of the Department of Education, was ap- pointed member of the board of Trusteea of the Alabama Polytechnic
 Trustees on Thursday. He, too. for a
 number of years has been. prominent | in the educational circles of the State, having been president of one of the agricultural schools of the State. MT. Feagin Is an aiumnus of the Auburn institute and is legally a citizen of Gadsden. although for several years he has spent moot of rhts time in Mont gomery in attendance upon, his duties
 as Secretary of the State Board of
 Professor wiiliugham Is one of the
 most popular men in educational work
 in Alabama. He has. been most sue Icessfui In his efforts for the F'ifth\ Dis- trict Agricultural School. It is believed that the Wetumplxa people will hear
 with deep regret of his appointment; which will take him from the field of
 labor In which he has done such splen- ddi work, It is conceded In educational circles that Professor Wtllingham has
 made the Wetumpka school one of the
 best of It's class in the State. Profess
 scr Willingham is. thoroughly in haf.
 niony with the new educational spirit
 of the State and 1t is predicted that ltS energy anu AUAAAlY WILL uG VI 6ECAt service to the educational interests of
 Montgomery will feel d special in-
 terest in the appointment of a Mont Romery county young woman to place on the Board. She is the second woman of the State to be thus honored. Su. perintendent I. w. Hill took the first for schools and education in Alabama. Seventy five per cent of the teachers of Alabama are women. It was the view of Spperintendent Hil that they should have representation on the State Board of Examiners. In this Major Gunnels, the new Superintendent. IS heartily agreed,
 prominent family living at Hope Hull in Montgomery county. She ts grad uate of Auburn and of Judson College. She pursued post graduate studies in bama teachers examination in 1903 at the University for a first grade cer- tificate. she made the highest recor
 Miss Clark for some itme was a teacher in the public schools of Bir- mingham, where her work was highly esteemed by the school authorities, ,o or ted to a place In the Birmingham schools she resigned to accept com mission from the state educational au- of applicants for teachers licenses. She was engaged n>>this work for a num- Der of months and is therefore quite familiar with 1t. Miss Clark is at pres ent assistant in the Brewton High School
 Examiners are paid S5 a. day for their time in the discharge of their. duties. Miss Clark Is the youngest person who ever held a place on the State Board.
 Professor l.. l.. Vann was yesterday elected principal of the Fifth District Agricultural School to succeed Profes sor WiIIingham. A meeting of the Board of Control was held yesterday at the Capitol at which this action was taken.
 Professor E. r. Cauthen who was the assistant of Professor Willingham and who was formerly principal of the Sixth District Agricultural School at Hamil- ton, it is understood could have had the promotion but he preferred to con tinue his work as agrieulturist of the school
 a native ofs Alabama and at one time was superintendent of the New Deca- tur schools. He came with the high est endorsements and recommendations.
 The Board of Control of the Fifth District Agricultural School consists of the Governor, the Superintendent of the Commissioner of Agri- culture and M. Hohenberg and J. M. Jenkins of Wetumpka.