The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-12
EDUCATORS AT UNIVERSITY.
craiehead Delivers Lecture on "Pubiic
 Opinion In School and State"

University, July 11-(Special. )-Yesterday afternoon at o'clock, under the tent, the first session of the conference on educa- ton to discuss the betterment of the ed- ueational facilities of the state convened and an organization was perfected. w. R. Harrison, superintendent of the public schools of Union Springs, was elected chairman, and H. J. Wilngham. president of the Fifth District Agricultural school at Wetumpka secretary The following committees were appointed to look into the numerous matters needing attention and report at the meetings to be held to- day:
 Revenues: J w. Abercrombie, I. w Me- Adory, M. C. Wilson.
 Supervision: W. E. Striplin, W. c. Griggs. W. H. Mcclellan.
 Secondary Education: J. c. DuBose J. B. Cunningham. F. M Shackelford.
 School Buildings: I. w. Hill, G. w. Brock. s. W. Compton.
 Examination Text Books, Districting II. C. Gunnels, P. B. Hughes, C. W. Dau- gette.
 Teachers Institutes: J. H. Phillips. A. F. Harmon, g. s. Murphy.
 Salaries of Teachers and Other School Officers: c. C. Thach. W. B. Archibald, II. J. Wilingham.
 Meetings were held al g. 3 and o'clock today for the consideration of reeommen- dations of the committees.
 Last night in Clark hall. Louis Spencer Daniel. the American character artist, kept a large crowd thoroughly entertained for about two hours and half with a well-selected repertoire of sketches which he rendered in his inimitable style. MT. Daniel began by telling of his early life on one of Tennessee's perpendicular farms where he made the acquaintance of Ash, Mary and Mandy. some of the characters who figure conspicuouslY in his negro dia- Iect stories. He next told several of these humorous stories using the negro dia- feet with telling effect. the best of them being Ash's ride MT. Daniel then turned from his humorous to the pathetic and held the closest attention of his audience while he painted several of the scenes in Stringtown- on- the Pike. After these he Fave delightful piece of pantomine which with some well-read verses of a se- rlous nature closed the programme.
 This morning at the general assembly pr. Erwin Craighead, editor of the Mo- bile Register. delivered 8 thoughtful and scholarly address to the summer school on Public Opinion in School and States The theme of Dr. Craigheads address was that the basis of all good government is a healthy and well-moulded public opin- ion by educating the student into citi- zefSnlp Wnlcn fednZeS us opilBdlion 10 take a vital interest in the affairs Of state. After discussing in a thorough way the relationship between government and public opinion and pointing out the duties of the citizen to the state. the speaker showed how fin practical way, the school can make useful citizens of the students. He said that this could not be accomplished by merely teaching eivies, but that 1t must be done by insttuting self government in the schools and there by bringing the students to feel early in life executive responsibility. He closed with an exposition of two of the leading methods of self-government as applied in some of the leading schools of the coun- try