The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-20
CAPITAL PREPARES
FOR THE EDUCATORS
Southern Educational Associa-
ton Meets December q
WILL BRING ABOUT 600
Programme Has Been Issued and Wei
come Addresses Will Be Made
BY State and City
Officials.

Montgomery, December 19.-tSpecial y
Alabama will have for the three days
lightning December y, about coo of the
leading educators and school workers of
the south. and preparation is being made
to give them not only hearty but an in
telligent welcome The meetings will be
held in Montgomery where quarters have
recently been provided, and welcome adj
dresses will be delivered by Gov. William
D. Jelks for the state Superintendent Of
Education I. W Hill for the educational
department and Judge \. ID. Sayre for
the Montgomery school board.
The organization is named the Southern
Educational association, and the session
will be the seventeenth annual The Off
GERS are John W. Abercrombie. president;
Seymour A. Mynders Nashville. first vice
presidents Henry l.. Smith, Davidson. n.
c., second vice president: j. w. kuyken-
dali FIT Smith. Ark, third vice PRESIDENT
e. p Burns, Atlanta, treasurer, and h.
J. Tiehe of Asheville \. C., secretary.
Messrs Abercrombie, Mynders, Burns and
Tlghe compose the directors executive
committee
President Abercrombie is head of the
State university and one of the progress
sive southern educators. With him are
members from each state, who have a
hand in regulating the policy OF the Or
ganiZation.
On the opening day the prayer will be
offered by the Rev. Neal Anderson, pastor
of the Central Presbyterian church, fol-
lowing which will be the welcoming adj
dresses as outlined above. l.esppnses will
be made by President g. r. Glenn of
the North Georgia Agricultural college.
Dahonaga, Ga; o. b. Martin, superintend-
emf of eduea ton of South carolina; Miss
Celestia s. Parrish, state normal Attn
ems, Ga President Abercrombie will then
deliver his address, as Will Miss Grace
w Landrum of Atlanta, president or
the Southern Association of College Wo-
men.
Friday will be taken up with reports
from the states made by the superintend-
ents of education. For Alabama, Superin-
tendent- ELECT Harry c. Gunnels Will
sneak Other speakers of Friday VIII be
n. B. Craighead, Tulane university on
educational ideals; Miss Martha Berry
Rome, Ga on educating mountain boys.
She is at the head of the Boys Industrial
school there The pastors who will offer
prayer on that day include DIR. e a.
Stakely, Baptist and Rev. e. b. Cobbs,
Episcopal.
The first thing on Saturday will be
the election of officers. after prayer by
Rev. DR.. o. c. McGehee of the Court
Street Methodist church. After that viii
be addresses by Junus Jordan, Pine Bluf.
Ark on rural school problems; ). ).
Stewart, University of Georgia; j. b. Cum
ningham Birmingham High school, on
the high school in the state system; E. l..
Stephens, Lafayette, La, on technical
training in secondary schools; G. II. Bas-
kettle, Nashville, Tenn, libraries ana
schools; DR. Thomas NJ. Owen, president
of the Alabama Library association will
discuss the library question in a gen
eral way in consideration of a memorial
for the organization of a department of
libraries.
The Saturday night session will be held
at the Court Street Methodist church.
The speakers will be Mrs Lindsay Pat
terson Winston Salem, n. c., on school
improvement associations; f. Y. Mullins,
Baptist Theological seminary, Louisville,
on Greek and modern ideals in education.
The report on neurology will follow these
addresses.
The departments of the association Will
hold meetings during the week They in
clude that of superintendent, admins
tration, child study Industrial and man
nal arts normal instruction. The South
ern Association of College Women. of
which Grace w. Landrum of Atlanta, is
president, will meet for work Friday
and Saturday mornings.
A rate of one and third fare for the
occasion has been granted by the rail-
roads, on the certificate PLAN