New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-04-12
DIR. OGDEN RE-ELECTED.
VII Still Head Southern Educa-
tioHal Conference.

BY Telegraph 70 The Tri6uneI
Pinehurst \. C.. April u--Ro5ert C. Ogden. Of
New York. was reelected president OF the Com
ference for Education in the South TO-DAY. the
following other officers being elected:
Nlca-pEesident j. Gundy Jordan, Georgia: secre-
laFy. 3 J. Baldwin. Alabama. treasurer William
Il Blair. North Carolina; executive committees
c. Mitchell Virginia chairman. " n Hand
south Carolina; 5. A Myrders. Tennessee. George
j. Ramsey. Kentucky: Harry Hodcson C;eorria.
Erwin Craighaart. Alabama; Paul H saunders
Mississippi; James H. DilIard and John H Hine
mon. Arkansas.
NJ me last meeting OF the conference this evening
PROFESSOR Edwin Minis. Of Trinity College Dur
BAN y C., spoke on Learning from Our Esas-
bors-' lie SAID. In part:
The. North has been working A. ,.r,,,- ,A,,-.
g5n1tr Ct seGeF&icA: while the South IS tust &C.
T. IN me North reaction has already set
pIIutgSt mas been raised against the sxtrsHes -
rarso, -IEuuSt'laI prosperity and educational ex-
San We Of H. south develop in ind strv and vet
srn S7CiS+,'S Snu heartlesSness OF much mod
results Which have come from the work Of such
5 ,,ieL VINO Tor Senerat!on have worked Cor TIE
~ i,,e,l ot the elective system, the extension
uog1. system and The larger tolerance OF thought
T,e n +, cSS on ne elective system those by
re@u bfL.ss such an ANALYSIS or athletic tenden-
q criticism OF academic tendencies as that by Bliss
constructive type Of leader VINO IN view 81 ali
hese results and OF the natural individuality OF the
southern people, Will work out a fine civilization.
FROM this standpoint the South Is TODAY as Amer
lea was AT the time of Emerson the land Of op-
portunity
Representative Richmond Pearson Hobson Of
Alabama, who also spoke tonight announced that
ne had arranged with Secretary Wilson OF the De-
partment or Agriculture for experts IN soil cul-
tivation and good roads building to accompany him
on thirty days campaign Throughout his Con-
gressional district He urged national aid for rural
education In the South
Setter Conditions for Southern Farms was the
SUBJECT OF an address this forenoon by DR.. ssamCn
A Knapp. Of Lake Charles. La special agent o.
the United States Department OF Agriculture Dr.
Knapp said:
The large body OF freedmen settled throughout
the rural districts OF the South has tendsd 20
lower farm values and depress agrfculture Tho
erect IS not the result OF color BUT Is caused ny
the lower plane OF living We have lived under 2
and the bands rtveted with gold It is all the sane
IN effect. the impoverishment OF the masses
Or. Knapp declared that the National BANKING
law has caused depressing influence by divsEtns
most Of the money OF the country into commsreis1
channels. He advocated tho establishments OF asTi-
cultural banks throughout the South 70 proves
money for farmers to harvest their crops ana %
improve their farms. and said:
The banking capital OF our country has ss'II
lated cOmmeTCialSm. and BY It's concenuSL' trSs
the cities has fOsteFed gambling IN stocA55 go
products lies in the fact that the money ot 49, -
country has been loaned TO the speeaiss -. ma
ton have b3 the process Of banking been tEsass
ferred to commerce and way has been fSsssSols
can he used bv the peOple for time invsStmehS -
providing for ownership Of rural homes
The conferences ordered Or. Knapp's speech 'FiAs
ed ana circulated In every state IN ths 5outA +.