The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-29
EDUCATORS MEET
 IN CONFERENCE Progress Of Education In South
 Is Accounted
DR. ELIOT WILL SPEAK
Fifteen Hundred Delegates Are Ex- pected to Attend and Addresses VIII Be Made by Leading
 School Men.

Charlotte. N. C., December &.-The Southern Educational association began a three-days' session here today. Four hundred delegates were present and 15oo delegates and visitors are expected before the convention ends.
 In welcoming the delegates, Superin- tendent Joyner of the North Carolina schools recounted the progress of educa- ton in the south in the past year and pointed out that during 1909 new school house had been built every day in North Carolina Mayor Hawkins also delivered an address of welcome. The programme today was occupied with various papers and discussions relating to the improve ments of schoolhouses and grounds ana reports of educational progress.
 Various auxiliary bodies are meeting In connection with the association, incluolhs the American School Peace league, South- ern Association for Improvement of Pup lie Schoolhouses, Religious Educational association and the Southern Soclety oi Philosophy and Psychology
 President Emeritus Eliot of Harvard
  citation Thursday. University presidents of Missouri, Texas, Alabama North Car olina South Carolina, Mississippi and Tennessee will also speak during the convention.
 Tomorrow morning Prof Edward Franklin Buchner of Johns Hopkins uni yersity will speak on "The Work of the Southern Society of Philosophy and Psychology MT. Henry F. Cope Of Chl- cago will have for subject "The work of the Religious Educational Associa- tion." Mrs. Fannie Fern Andrews will sneak on "The Teacher and International ism President s. C. Mitchell of South Carolina university is scheduled to speak on 'The Task of the School Ethics in the Curriculum" Is the subject Of Pres- ident W. Abercrombie of the University of Alabama.
 Tomorrow night Prof. P. P. Claxton of the University of Tennessee will discuss Present Tendencies of Education in the South" Chancellor J. H. Kirkland of Vanderbilt university will speak on lhe Financial Problem of Southern Colleges Education and Social Progress will be the subject of President Harry Pratt Jud- son of the University of Chicago.
 The meeting this morning was opened by the Rev. Dr. J. R. Bridges, who or fered the invocation prayer. Mayor flaw lxins then presented State Superintendent Jovner. who delivered an admrable ad- dress Of welcome on behalf of the people of North Carolina Mayor Hawkins fol- lowed with a welcome to the city of Char lotte. The response to the several ad- dresses of welcome was made by Super intendent R. J. Tighe of Asheville.
 The most important feature of the morning session was the hearing of re- ports from the state superintendenss4 representing their various states in the organization.
 As only four state superintendents were present however, these reports consumed relatively little time, but they proved of intense interest, Kentuckys report being unanimously. upon the suggestion of Hon. ]. Y Joyner of North Carolina, accepted as the best and finest report that was rendered.
 The afternoon and evening sessions were devoted to the annual address of Presi- dent J. H. vansickle, superintendent of the Baltimore. public schools, and the ad- dresses by Miss C. s. Parrish of the State Normal school of Georgia and pr. w. F. Anderson of the University of Tennes- see.