The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-30
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 After putting fn three days crammed full of business literary programs and pleasure, the delegates to the Joint con- xeation of Southern educators which met first in Montgomery Thursday might yesterday closed their deIibera- sions and departed for their respective homes Before adJourning. however, the Southern Educational Association elected officers for the coming year. passed resolutions. embodying the atti- tude of the association toward things edueational, and formed department for the advaneement of the free school library e
 The officers for 1907. who were eIee- ted at the morning session of associa- tton are the following:
 President, R. J. Tighe. superinten- dent of Public Schools. Asheville, N c.
 First Vice President, E. B. Craighead, President Tulane University, New Or leans. La
 Second Vice President, c. L. Floyd, Superintendent of Pubiis Schools, Mont gomery. Ala
 Third Vice President. J. T. Joyner, State Superintendent of Education. Ral- eigh. N. c. sa4,.sFae
 Secretary J. sBgaCunningham, Prin- cipal of the Public High School, Bir- mlngham, Ala.
 Board of Education, Atlanta, Ga.
 Directors: H. c. Gunnels, Alabamai J. J. Doyne.s Arkansas; Glenn Hamp- ton, Florida; J. S. Stewart, Georgia n. A. Cassidy Kentucky; c. D. Lynch, Mississippi; S.. E. l.. Brown, Louisi- ana; 2. V. Judd, North Carolina; J. ". Brister, Tennessee; Alex Hogg, Tex as; T. McI1vaine, Virginia.
 The place of meeting, which is left in the. hands of the Executive Com- mittee of the Board of Directors, was not definitely decided upon yesterday
 The general consensus of opinion among the board was, however, that 1t be held in some city west of Mont gomery, which will throw 1t probably in Little Rock or New Orleans.
 Resolutions Adopted.
 At the morning session. which was the real business session of the conven- tion, for the Southern Educational As soeiation, the Committee on Resolu- tions presented a series of resolutions embOdying the attitude of the associa- eion, it's beliefs and, in short, a work
 
 reafirmed the expressed attitude of a number of the teachers at the meeting Of the Department of Superintendence Friday afternoon, when the almost unanimous vote of those present was in opposition to government interfer- ence in any way in the management of local educational ins- tutfons A question was raised over this resolu- lion. by President Abercrombie, as tO whether the measure was intended to preclude national aid in the establish Ynents of school. This idea, however was declared to be not the intention of the committee on resolutions.
 The resolutions, which met with unanimous endorsement by the mem- hers of the association follow:
 srhe Educational Association, assem bIed in its seventeenth annual session reiterates its faith in the power of tho chool as an essential agency In th' 1aterial, civil and moral development f tie whole people; 1t emphasizes th' necessity of effective organization, lib erai public support and economical ad ' rainistration, in order that all the youtf sof our land shall enjoy the largest pos slbIe measure of educational opportun' ity, and to this end publishes the fol lowing declaration of purposes:
 @First-We recognize the integrity oi method and unity of purpose in all ed . ucational departments from the kinder zarten through the university; We re- commend the establishment of kinder Rartens in cities. villages and rura communities, and approve the effort tC incorporate this department as an or ganic part of the public school system we emphasize the need of public high schools for rural as well as urban com. munities and urge the encouragement of secondary education by substantial Legislative support, and the recognition of the public high school as depart ment of State education, coordinate with the elementary school and the college: we urge that the several de- partments of our educa tional system, fin city, county and State. shall be so ad- 9usted, by concentration and correla- as to prevent unnecessary waste
 iffusion of means or dissipation of s5Stgy, or by duplication of courses of study and material equipment.
 ''second-We reafirm our belief in the principle of local taxation for