The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-29
OFFICERS ELECTED
P. F. CLAYTON HEADS SOUTHERN
 EDUCATIONAL ASSOCIATION.
Miss Frances Greene, Of Montgomery Reaa . Paper on state Support For LibraRfes-ConfereAce
 Comes to . CIose.

Lexington, Ky, Dec. 2S-The South
 ern Educational Association. which concluded its convention tonight. elect cd the following oficers today:
 President, P. P. Claxton, of Tennes-
 see: First Vice President, B. J. P. Van
 sickle. Baltimore: Second Vice Presi-
 dent. M A. Cassidy, Lexington, Ky: Third Vice President, Mrs. Bessie W.
 Btrdsall. South Carolina: Secretary. H.
 F. Biertiy, of Tennessee; Treasurer. F.
 P. Burns. of Georgia; Directors; C.. tyrirrs. Alabama; John W. Hinman. Ar kansas; Miss Glenn Hampton. Florida c. B. Gibson. Georgia: J. C. Crabnls.
 Kentucky; J. B. Aswell. Louslana; M i
 B. stevens. Maryland: H. !. Whitheld'
 Mississippi; E. H. Childs. North Caro- lima: I. w. Baxter. Oklahoma: D. B. Johnson. South Carolina; G. H. Bas- kette, Tennessee: D. E. Houston. Texas J. I. Farmer. Virginia. and I. Q. Miller West Virginia The work of the agricultural school in the scheme of State education was considered in a paper road by Prof. An drew M. soule, of Athens. Ga. before the Conference today. President R. N Roarek, of Richmond, Ky, discussed modern tendencies in education, some practical means for improvement In teaching methods were suggested by Supt. James-H vansickie, of Baltimore Md,. SIate SuppOTI TUT hOtHttSSs w urged by Miss Frances N. Greene, ol | Montgomery, Ala, and civic and citi' zenship was the title of a paper oy Supt. Joseph Cook, of Columbus, MISE, Perhaps the most important action | of the association came at the last mo ment before final ad1ournment, when I the Committee on Resolutions present. ed a strong articles in favor of negro | education and compelled the associa- | tion to take decisive stand TOT or I against the education of the negro | The resolutions follow: We endorse the accepted policy of the States of the South in providing | facilities for the youth of the negro race. believing that whatever the ulti-
 mate solution of this grievous problem may be. education must be an import ant factor in that solution. We be- lfeve that the education of the negro | in the elementary branches of educa- | tion. should be made thorough and should include specific instruction in hygiene and home sanitation for the l better protection of both races. We | believe that in the secondary education of negro youth, emphasis should be placed upon agrcu1ture and the indus | trial occupations. including nurse training, domestic science and home | economies. We believe that for prac- tfcal economical and physiological reasons. uoEEO teACHcTS cHOutu uS prO- vided for negro schools. We recommend | that in urban and rural negro schools there should be a closer and more | thorough supervision not only by city l and county superintendents but also by directors of music. drawing, manual | training and other special topics. On account of economic and physycholog- teal differences in the two races. we | believe that there should be differ- encs in courses of study and methods | of teaching and that there should be | such an adjustment of school curricula as shall meet the evident needs of ne- I gro youth. We insist upon such an I equitable distribution of the school | funds that all the youths of the negro | race shall have at least an opportunity l to receive elementary education pro- ] vided by the State and in the adminis- | tration of State laws. and in the execu- | tion of this educational policy we urge patience. tolerance and justice"
 l The association in standing vote
 adopted unanimously the resolutions l The time and place for the next an l nual meeting has not yet been selected
 and will not be until some time in the
 new year.