The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-15
SELF-EQUlPMENT WAS
 SLOGAN AT PINEHURST

and extending their advantages to all the people 1t was resolved. by the Conference
 That this conference proceed to organize by the appointment of an Executive Board of seven, who shall be fully authorized and empowered to condnct--
 'First--A campaign of education for free schools for the people. by sup plying literature to the newspapers and periodical press, by partici alton m . educational meetings and by general correspondence; and,
 second To conduct Bureau of Information and advice on Legislation and School Organization"
 This was tht chart as drawn oy the conference.-the chart by which the journey was sailed and which today Is sAill the guide The plan has been so successful that 1t seemed to nave come almost from Inspiration. Robert c. Ogden, of New York, who had pre- sided over the conference, was ruthor- ized by the resolution to name the members of the Committee TWO Southern men had first been President of the Conference. the first being B shop Thomas U. Dudley, the second Hon. J L. M. Curry
 MT. Ogden's Committee.
 The Committee, named by MT. Og- den, h. being added to 1t by later resolution, consisted of i've Southern men and three Northern men, ihe members of the Committee were: pr. J. l.. M. Curry, Dr. Edwin A. Alder man, pr. Charles D. McIver. pr. Charles w. Dabney, pr. Wallace Butt rick. pr. H. s. Frissell and George Foster Peabody. At the first meeting of the Committee th"re were added Dr. Albert Shaw. pr. Walter H. Page William H. Baldwin, Jr., and H. N. Hanna. Dr. McIver was made Gecre- tary of the Board, but he was sue ceeded in 1904 by Edgar Gardner Mur- phy of Alabama, who has continued in that capacity. In the year of 1905 Chancellor W. B. Hill of Georgia and F. R.. Chambers of New York were elected members, and in the following year membership was extended to pr. David F. Houston. President of the University of Texas. Dr. George s. Dickerman of New Haven, pr. B. c. Mitchell of Richmond, Va, Henry E. Fries of North Carolina. Sidney J. Bowie of Alabama, and Professor F. P. Claxton of Tennessee.
 The personnel of the Board is set forth at some trouble and with pur- pose.s The purpose is no other than to demonstrate that there were so many leading and patriotic Southerners up- ' on it, that there was no possibility of an injury to Southern traditions and ideals in whatever the Board would undertake. The Board is named at length to substantiate the claim that the Southern men, with the assist ance of the Northern men who were pleased to cooperate, had carried for ward the crusade of reviving and in spring the educational sentiment Of the South.
 Pinehurst ConferenceH This tenth annual conference held at | Pinehurst, N. C., was notable not only for the submission of so many Bplen- did accomplishments. but for the greater number of Southern educators and professional men who by then | presence manifested their interest 1T the work. If anything was needed te | demonstrate the value of the campaign work, to demonstrate its harmony
 with Southern sentiments 1t was fur nished by the interest and cooperation | of tho leaders in Southern thought wht | were pleased to attend and cooperate The Southern men who were there included such men as Edward A. Al | derman. President of the University o | Virginia; John W. Abercrombie. Pres