The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-11

Tr0ys who welcomed the delegates. der 14, unless the only support of 8 widowed mother. should be employed in the mill. and no child under 12, should be employed under any coadi- ton, ten hour work day and ten weeks schooling should also be required. and an inspector to enforce the law.
 The Mothers Union of Montgomery have worked faithfully to establish . juvenile court and is very hopeful for the success of the movement.
 Loan sehoiarships. The Chairman of the Loan Scholar ship Committed. Mrs. Hemphill. of Bir- minEham, was absent, but her report showed that s4s0 out of the $2,o0o lent for loan scholarships had been col- lected, and twanty-nfne scholarships have been placed by the Federation. She stated that many letters had been received by the Committee asking that the loan be made { gift and that the beneficiaries should be impressed with the fact that the good was to be passed on.
 The cost of maintaining scholar ship at MontevalIo is stos year. and 1t was urged to place three year limit on these scholarships.
 ]. Prot. Palmer. tho new PreAident Of the MontevaiIo School. sent a message of thanks and said at the State Uni- versity the beneffciaries of the loan scholarships were given six years to repay, but the Montevallo girl was given only two and he thought they had done well. He suggested that the Committee confer with the faculty and President when selecting a girl for the scholarships as they had long walt ing iist.
 man of the School Improvement Com mittee, read her report, in which she stated that Dr. E. c. Murphy had pledged $500 for their campaigning ex- penses; that Superintendent |. w. Hill had given from the Peabody fund to assist the establishment of County associations and ss was allowed each County Association for postage. A prize of $100 for Improvements in ru- ral schools has been offered and no village of more than 500 population can compete. Each member of the Committee has taken part of the State to look after and these districts include from five to fifteen counties; S6,7OO has been given by the State to repair and build rural schools, plans to be furnished on approval by the Su- perintendent of Education The Coun- ty associations have grown from three to twenty-seven and total number of organizations for promoting the work have grown from twenty-nine to 130, Pike County taking the lead with eleven organizations.
 At this point the meeting recessed until the afternoon session.
 Mr. Hausmnn Speaks.
 The afternoon session opened with a talk by D. s. Hausman of Montgom- cry on the faults of the present juve- nile court, which renders 1t in-opera- tive and suggested means by which the women of Alabama may have them corrected.
 "A free discussion of juvenile courts ana probation officers followed in which the members from Mobile and Rirmingham told how the measure had been secured for their cities. v ] The reciprocity committee was heard from tfzbrugh it's chairman. Mrs Alben, and among other interesting facts she announced that the prize paper sent to her committee was one entitled f'The Moral Force of George Eliot's Novels" and was written by Mrs. Bashinsky of Troy.
 Mrs. J. B. Knox. chairman of the Novice League committees sent a re- port which was read.
 A recommendation from the Cover nors that the Federation go on record as favoring compulsory education was passed in a resolution.
 Mrs. J. H. Phillips chairman of the Free Kindergarten School presented to the convention a report replete with information an dstrOng In It's plea for the future of the work. Why Alabama has 50 few ~lxindergardens was ex- plained Few large cities Is one reason as kIndergardens have as yet scarcely reached the small towns. Lack of funds is another serious reason and now that railroad passes are abolished, as Mrs. Phillips remarked. the question of sending pioneers to. establish them is still further hampered. Mrs. Phillips expressed the desire to see a free kin derRarden in every town in Alabama and spoke of a hope to visit Atmore very soon at which place Mrs. J. F. Peary is untiring in her efforts to establish such an institution. . Mrs. Phillips spoke beautifully of the original Kindergarten and the significance of the name, child's gar den, being an open air training for little ones.
 Mrs. McLester spoke of her visit to the original Froebel kindergarten in Ber- lin where the little ones were feeding the rabbits, feeding the chickens. and watering the flowers while learning from their teachers the beautiful nature stories in, the fresh air and
 The reception of the local chapter of U. D. C.. this afternoon was like Hamlet without Hamlet owing to the absence of Mrs Charles G. Brown, president of the state division, in whose honor 1t was given. Mrs. Brown was prevented at the last moment from being present at the convention.