The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1907-03-29
TENTH ANNUAL CONFERENCE
For Education in the South to be
=. Held at Pinehurst, N. C., April Gil.
Office of the President,
7S4 Broadway, New York,

ouISC VI tHC ITSSluCnt,
7S4 Broadway, New York,
March Is, 1907.
According to an announcement al
ready made by the chairman Of the ex-
ecutivc committee, the conference will
meet at the Carolina Hotel, Pinehurst,
North Carolina, on the morning OF
Tuesday, April 9th, at 10 O'Clock, and
will continue through the following
Wednesday and Thursday, closing on
the night OF Thursday, April 18th.
At recent meeting of the executive
committee and other officers OF the
ronfercnc in Atlanta, it was decided to
follow the advice frequently given by
many who are greatly interested in its
work, and for this year the meetings
are TO be held at retired place having
sufficient accommodations for all who
may desire to attend, the purpose be-
ing to secure actual conference nBon
the various methods employed inf the
promotion OF public educ2Yon in the
several States
lhe pIaSSeStss.scn is in the State Of
>ss<ortia E-=Sra where, at the Winston
Salem conrr, ace in 1901, these meet
ings first began to attract the interest
OF all parts OF the South. Pinehurst is
central and easy OF access to those who
have been present on former occasions
and for the many others who have ex-
pressed desire to attend.
Il t.,- II, oil
members OF the conference under one
roof will facilitate personal quaint
ancc and free exchange OF opinions
on the many vital questions which eS-
pccialy interest those engaged in edu-
Cational effort. and it is anticipated that
the exercises in general will be more
informal than they have been in prev
iouS conferences
1t is impossible at this date, to pre-
sent complete program, but among
the features will be the following:
y statement OF the history and mean
ing OF the conference and the Southern
Education Board.
A discussion upon "Agriculture and
the Southern Farmer by DR.. S. A.
Knapp. OF Lake Charles, La, Mr.. T.
O. Sandy, OF Farmvilc, Va, and DR..
l.. II. Bailey, oi Cornell University.
A discussion OF "Woman'S Work
for Public Schools with reports from
women who have been foremost in the
several States in organizing effort for
school Improvement.
4 State superintendent meeting,
with reports from the State supcrin-
tcndents and from the campaign COM
mittec OF the Southern Education
Board.
A meeting in the interest OF high
schools and secondary education, with
reports from DR.. Bruce Payne, Prof.
p. P. Claxton and Prof. w. II. Hand.
There will also be addresses by
President Harry Pratt Judson, OF Chi
,cago University, and others who are
eminent in the educational world.
The Southern Passenger Association
offers the following rates on the rail
roads:
One first class fare plus twenty-five
(25) cents for the round trip (mlni
mum fare so ccnts) from all points II
the territory south oi the ONO an
Potomac and east OF the Mississippi
rivers. including Washington, -.
Cincinnati, O., Evansville, Ind, an
Cairo. III. Tickets limited to contin'
ous passage in each direction, will
sold April 7, and 9, 1907, with linn
GOOD to leave Pinchurst returning NJ
later than April IS, 1907.
On the trunk lines from New 4or
Buffalo Pittsburg and intermedia
points, tickets for the round trip
Pinehurst may be obtained for one al
q third fare. Those purpoSing to
from north OF the Potomac are advis
ts-gritc for fuller particulars concer
/;ro railroad rates to the "Secreta
- the Southern Education Board,
broadway, New York.
Fuller information may be obtan
o+ local railway stations early in Ap
The rate at the Carolina Hotel,
p;nchurst, where the conference is
meet, will be $3.50 per day Spe'
arrangcments may be made Tor 70
with bath at $3.50 per day.
All persons expecting to attend
conference should communicate,
earIv as convenient, with Mr.. II.