The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-14
j H. Foster of Tuscaloosa Chosen President, Miss FIOri-
 bel Brown 1st Vice President
NUMBER OF SPEECHES
 ON VARIOUS SUBJECTS
President Abercrombe Spoke on "Ed- ucatlonaI Defects In the constitu- tion," and Supt. Murphy of Mo-
 bile on "DiscipIine."

The second days session of the twenty fifth annual convention of the Alabama Educational association was held yester- day in the High School auditorium. The attendance at all three sessions yes terday was large. and this morning was Is considered the most successful con vention ever held by the association, will adjourn.
 At the afternoon session yesterday off cers for the ensuing year were elected. After a second vote, Superintendent J. H. Foster of Tuscaloosa. was elected president The other officers elected were as follows: Miss Florbel Brown of the Birmingham High school, first vice presi- dent; s. W. Compton, Marengo county, second vice president; c. J. owens, Annis- ton third vice president; w. c. Griggs, Brewton secretary; J. M. Davidson, Smithfield, treasurer; ". R. Harrison, Union Springs, c. w. Daugette, Jack sonville, and Superintendent Baker of Mobile, executive committee.
 When nominations for president were declared in order. several delegates rose to make nominations Those whose names were voted on were J. H. Foster of Tus- caloosa; Superintendent P. W. Hodges of Greenville; w R. Harrison of Union Springs; H. o. Murfee of Marion; and c. w. Daugette of Jacksonville. In the final vote, MT. Foster received 122 votes, and MT. Hodges A. A motion was then passed making the election of MT. Foster unanimous.
 "The Qualifications, Remuneration and Manner of Election of County Superin- tendents,' was the subject of papers by H. J. Willingham of Wetumplxa c. K. Sharpe of Highland Home and c. c. John son of Marion.
 In beginning his address Superintendent Willingham gave interesting facts in re- gard to plans pursued in other states. He said: s Willingham's Paper.
 Before reaching any conclusions in my own mind, I entered upon a careful in- vestigation of the conditions which obtain touching the office of county superintend- ent in all the states of the union. This information was obtained from forty-two states before writing this paper. Keeping ever before me the conditions as l un- derstand them in our own state, weighed in the light of evidence from all sections of our glorious union, and looking only to the welfare of that cause in which we are today assembled, I shall make some observations and reach certain eonclu- sions, to which l invite your earnest at tention
 Tt was found that seventeen of these forty-two states prescribed certain rigid educational and professional qualifica- tions which had to be met before one was eligible for the office, while twenty-five did not by law require any specific pro- fessional attanments. But notice, if you please, that nine of these states which had no specific educational or professional qualifications were among those states which selected that official in such man. ner as would, in effect, secure men spe- cially qualified for the work. These nine states together with the seventeen which demand by law, a highly qualified super