The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1908-04-01
VERY NEAR EVERY COUNTY IN
THE STATE REPRESENTED
AT MEETING.
INTERESTING SPEECHES MADE
Same Of the Best Known Educators
in the State Delivered Addresses
Yesterday y-Session 10 Con
tinue Until Tomorrow.

When President ierre NJ Pound
elled The state school sipners
te session al TO O'Clock yesterday
morning in the superior court room
81 the Glynn court house, there We're
probably more commissioners press
ent than has ever before been the case
be attendanc was unusually large,
almost every county in the state be-
ing represented
AS soon as Prof Pound called the
meeting TO order and after a prayer
ny Rev J E Sammons. : T. Colson
0 the board of education of Giynu
2 county, welcomed the visitors TO
Brunswick III a splendid address Of
welcome Mr. Colson in welcoming
ne visitors, called attention 10 the
local schools, of which he as well as
All other citizens, is justly pround lie
stated that the school here had been
n operation continuously ion. over
q century; that statistics SHOW that
Glynn county has The smallest mum
ber OF ilfiterates in glie state which
speaks well fof the county
The address OF welcome was re-
sponded to by Commissioner Britain
ai Fulton county, who stated that he
and all Of the commissioners were
glad to be in Brunswick. and he felt
sure that the stay would be a pleas
ant and enjoyable one
Prof. Pound Spoke.
was the address delivered by State
School Commissioner Pound VINO re-
ceiyed the closest attention of the
large crowd present Prof. Pound is
o fine speaker and he. Of course,
more than any other man probably
in the state is familiar with the
schools. He spoke at some length on
xecent changes in county commits
sioners Of the different counties. he
took M schools in a general way and
spoke an hour or more His address
was indeed q treat TO those who are
interested in the great work of educa.
ton.
Al the afternoon session there were
several interesting discussions on
various subjects relating to the school
system, participated in by different
members Of the organization.
The cheif address OF the afternoon
however. was delivered by Mrs. Wal
Ter b. Hill OF Athens, Ga. Mrs. HH.
took as her subject School Improve
uIant' and in an eloquent and force
gGl
What she thought was needed in Creor-
gia She paid a beautiful tribute to
The excellent school system OF the
state. Mrs. Hill is interested great
iy in rural schools and spends much
q her time in their interets
At the session last night three Of
The best known educators in the state.
addressed the convention The large
court room was well packed and the
session was an unusually interesting
one.
Those who spoke were Fl. K. Math
eson. president OF the Georgia Tech
nology School; DR.. A. NJ. souie. pres
ident Of the Georgia Agricultural col.
lege at Athens, and Mr. G. Gunby Jor-
dan. of Columbus All Of their ad
dresses, touching upon different edu.
catlonal matters, were Interesting
and greatly enjoyed by those present.
The convention viii meet at the
usual hour this morning and VIII co
tlnue through the day Several more
addresses Of interest are On the pro-
gr9m. The feature Of today, howeg
er win be the address to be deliv red
this evening by Governor Hoke smith.
After the meeting adjourned ses.
terday afternoon the visitors were
gwen an automobile ride over The
city Nearly every machine in the
city was rendered the educators and
they were shown an the points Of in.
terest The ride viii be continued
this afternoon and those who did not
get chance to see the city yesterday
win be given spin today