Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-02
EDUCATION IN SOUTH
MEETING OF SOUTHERN INDUS
TRIAL ASSOCIATION.

At meeting of the Southern Industrial
Educational Association at the residence Of
Chief Justice Seth Shepard Monday event z
Mrs. Martha s. Gielow. the president gess~
eral OF the association, made an interesting
report OF Its work accomplished since in
corporation December e. 1905.
More than 300 members have been Sc
cured. including number of persons who
have agreed to contribute $25 each year
to the support Of the movement. Several
subscriptions Of $500 each have been re-
cetved. Among the life members are Mrs.
Douglas Robinson. Mrs. H. L. Satterlee.
Mrs. Gen. Butterfield. Mrs. Gen. Woodford.
Mrs. Algernon Sullivan Mrs. C. E. Still
man, Miss Florence Guernsey Mrs. Alfred
Jaretzki, Mrs. Livingston R. Schuyler and
others. Among the life members in this
city are Mrs Satterlee, Mrs. McFim, Mrs.
j. Lowrie Bell. Mrs. Samuel Spencer, Miss
Kibby, Mrs. G. w. Brown, Mrs. Edward
Cohen, Mrs. Seth Shepard Mrs George
Howard, Mrs. Admiral Rogers, Miss Wilkes.
Mrs Ralph Johnston, Mrs. T. 3. Bococls
and Mrs. r. A. Pattison Of Richmond
Among the givers Of annual scholarships
to the association are the southern cup
OF Columbia College. Miss Mason's school
Baptist Mission OF New York and the
Kings Daughters of Calvary Baptist
Church, New York. Numerous Individual
The appeal to 900 chapters of the Daugh-
tors of the Confederacy has elected n gen.
erous response, and altogether more than
So, 600 has been given to the support OF the
cause in three months
This money is deposited with the treas
urer of the association, Mr.. Robert N. Har-
per- who is president of the American Ma
tional Bank, and Is dispensed only by the
authority OF the trustees as the orSaniza-
ton.
Legal and Responsible Body.
The trustees emphasize the fact that the
association is a duly Incorporated. legal and
responsible body. conducted>on strictly bus
mess principles and that It's object and
endeavors are solely to better the educa-
tional conditions of the poor white children
Of the south.
Among the schools the association Is
helping to establish Industrial education
are the Southern Industrial Institute, at
School, Rayburn Gap, Ca. st. Mary's In
dustrial School. Sewanee. Tenn; the w. G.
r. U. Settlement School, Hindman. Ky:
the Helen Dunlap Industrial School, Wins
pw, Ark; the Blue Ridge Mountain
Schools. under Rev. Mr.. Neve. and the
North Carolina schools at Valley Crucis.
The Southern Industrial Educational AS
sociation has also organized three working
York Auxiliary, Mrs Algenen s. Sullivan,
president; the Cathedral Heights Auxiliary,
Mrs. William H. Micou. president; the
Alabama Auxiliary, Mrs. William NJ. Polk,
president.
The officers of the association are as fol-
lows. Mrs Martha L. Gielow, president
general; Chief Justice Seth Shepard. presl-
dent; Mrs. ]. Lowrfe Bell, vice president;
Prof. w. J. SpelIman. recording secretary;
Mr.. Robert N Harper. treasurer; Mrs. A.
II. Hollenburg, corresponding secretary. The
following trustees were present at the
meeting Monday evening: Bishop Satterlee,
DR.. McKim, DR.. Davidson. Chief Justice
Shepard. Mrs Gielow. Prof. Spillman. DR..
William w. Griffith, Mr.. C. G. Lancaster
and Mai. Hilary A. Herbert.