The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-07
BOARDS OF AGRICULTURAL
 SCHOOLS MEET AT CAPITOL
New Presidents Elected for Institutions at Abbe- vile and B1ountsville- Fight Made on
 Douglass Allen.

Presidents and teachers of eight or the nine State agricultural schools elected at meetings held yesterday by eleceted at meetings held yesterday by members of the State Board of Agri- cultural Schools at the Capitol. Of this number six were chosen to suc- ceed themselves, the only two new presidents being Dr. J. C., Owens. of Anniston, elected to take charge of the school at Abbeville, to succeed J :. V. Brown, who has resigned to accept the superintendency of the public schools at Dothan, and E. A. Miller. of Albertville, who succeeds J. A. B. Lovett, now a candidate for the office of Commissioner of Agriculture, as president of the Ninth District School at Blountsviiie.
 Owing to opposition which has deveI- oped in the First District against Pres idont Douglas Allen, the selection of a head for the Jackson school was post poned until meeting. which Is to be called by Governor Jelks at some later date. For more than three hours the Board for the First District School discussed this selection, but was unable to arrive at any satisfactory conclu- sion. and the matter was left in abey- ance.
 At this meeting a representative of a large number of people from the First District appeared to oppose the collection of President Allen. Accord ing to his statement, a petition had been presented to the school head, request ing that he should not submit his name for election again. While there were no charges of & personal nature pre- ferred against President Allen, the people represented by the Jacksonian object to the present head of the school on the grounds that he is unable to maintain the proper discipline in the institution. The people who opposed President Allen offered no other name as his successor.
 After wrestling in consultation over the problem until 7:30 o'clock in the evening, the Board finally decided to defer definite action in the matter un- til later meeting.
 The meetings of the day were at- tended by Governor Jelks, Commission $ CT of Agriculture R. R. Poole, Super insendent of Education Isaac w. Hill and the presidents and trustees of the different agricultural schools. During their stay In Montgomery. the presidents of the different institutions formed an Association of Agricultural School Presidents, for the purpoce of improving the work of the state col leges. A. J. Liner. of the Evergreen school was chosen president of the Association, ana H. J. Wfllingham, oi Wetumpka, secretary. It is the inten- | tion of the organization to hold yearly midwinter meetings, the first of which I will be held at Wetumpka during next winter
 The Association also made plans for exhibits of all the state agricultural schools for the Montgomery and Birm- | ineham State Fairs, electing H. J. | willingham to take charge of this fea- ture of the work.
 The reports of the different presi- dents for the year were presented al the morning and afternoon meetings In the morning, the metings of all the boards were held with the exception of the eighth and first districts which were set for the afternoon session Dr. C. J. Owens was elected 10 the