The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-19
TEACHERS HOLD
 FINAL MEETING W. P. Hodges of GreenviIle Is
 President DR. PHILLIPS IS lNB0RSED  Is Southern Candidate r~s President of National Educational Associa- ton, Which Meets At CIeve-
 land This Summer.
DR. PHILLIPS IS INB0RSED

Montgomery, April S.-(Special. .)-After
 what is said to have been the most suc-
 cessful meeting in it's history, the Ala
 bama Educational association, which be- gan it's twenty-seventh annual session
 here last Thursday, adjourned at noon,
 with the election of officers. A number of resolutions were adopted, among them
 being an indorsement of the present state
 administration for its liberal attitude
 toward schools and education in general.
 The officers chosen are as follows: Pres
 ident, W. P. Hodges, Greenville; vice
 presidents, J. c. DuBose, Birmingham;
 Miss E. M. Bullock, Montgomery; Miss
 Sue Norton, Opelika; secretary, W. c. Griggs, Birmingham, reelected; treasurer,
 J. M. Davidson, Birmingham, reelected;
 executive committee N. R. Baker, Mobile,
 chairman; A. F. Harmon, New Decatur;
 D. R. Murphy, Anniston.
 The report of the auditor showed a bal
 ance of $1460 on hand.
 In the report for the obituaries com
 mittee tender reference was made to the
 late J. B. Cunningham of Birmingham,
 who died during the year. Others men
 toned were Mrs. s. J. Boothe Sloan of
 Montgomery, and R. E. Hardaway of
 Selma.
 Dr. J. H. Phillips of Birmingham was
 indorsed as the southern man for pres
 ident of the national association which
 meets this summer in Cleveland o.
 At a meeting to be held in September
 the executive committee will select the
 next place of assembling.
 Not In Politics. The teachers turned down the resolution of last night that had in view dis couragement of the plan to take money from the convict and other funds for the purpose of building and maintaining the roads. This was not thought to be in line with the duties of the organization. How ever, there are great many who fear that such a move as this would deprive the schools to their permanent hurt and it is well established that opposition was developed to the amendment on the plea that it was dangerous to the school funds. A resolution to indorse the proposl- ton for betterment of the rivers of the
 state also failed, being regarded as out side matter.
 Governor Indorsed. Resolutions were also adopted to secure tn gathering of educational data, printing of the reports of the secretary and treas l urer for uniform course of seven years | in the elementary schools, and for better l support of the library committee. | The resolution to support the roads 1 proposition and the rivers and harbors | having been killed on the plea that they | were politics" reference was made to il l in the discussion of an indorsement of the | legislature and Governor Corners admir- l istratlon. The motion was carried unani- mously, the answer being that the other was politics, this one business" A fight, lead by J. c. DuBose of Bir- 1 mingham and others, for a change in the
 method of selecting officers failed. They made the charge that a clique in the or | ganization controlled the business and | wanted the officers nominated on one day | and elected on another. The motion met with little support but created great | deal of talk, taking up most of the morn | ing session. In the end, however, it met | overwhelming defeat.
 Thanks were expressed to the people o1 | the city who had been specially attentive I to the meeting, and the teachers felt thai ! they had never been better cared for any l where.