Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-04-20
MEN AS
IEACHERSOFGIRLS
DEAN Ida KING, OF PROVI-
DENCE, r.. l., TELLS THE EDC-
CATIoNAL CONFERENCES THAT
MEN MAKE BEST TEACHERS.

Friday mornin's session, in the smaller
auditorium. was featured by some unu-
sually striking addresses from well-knOwn
women in the education world Only one
man spoke-State Superintendent c. Ia
Coon. OF North Carolina.
Mrs b. B. Munford. OF Richmond. Va,
told OF women's work for the rura
schools
DR.. Lillian W. Johnson. OF Memphis
Tenn. says that woman has found heI
sphere Ia the child. and has learned how
TO apply the tremendous energy that went
wasted for centuries.
Mrs. Robert EMORY Park reviewed and
forecasted the educational work Of the
club women OF Georgia.
Dean Ida shaw King, Of Providence,
r.. L. made the startling statement that
there are distinct advantages in made
Instructors for young college women
Superintendent Coon. speaking on pub
lie taxation and the negro school, said
that the education OF the negro Is not a
burden on the southern white man; that
the white man does not pay q giants
share OF the comparatively small expen-
dIture that Is made for negro education.
lie predicted that sooner or later the
south will have compulsory education
laws for negroes and whites.
Friday morning the ladies session" OF
the Southern Educational Conference con-
vened in the smaller auditorium Of the
nuditorium-armory. Its arranged program
was preceded by q short business ses-
sion.
President Ogden's name. reported for
Reelection BY the nominating committee,
was roundly applauded. He and the whole
corps OF officers were reelected by &C
claim President Ogden. whose great per-
sonal charm has impressed every visitor
70 the conference, in a short speech OF
acknowledgment. gracefully expressed
his gratitude and appreciation of the hon
or shown him. but moSsstly disclsimed
the Hons share that has been given him
or credit for the success OF the organizs-
ton He does not feel the elasticity OF
former years he said. but he still feels a
large hearted interest in the continued
usefulness and success OF the conference.
He had. ne said yielded probably his
better judgment TO the solicitation OF
friends in conSenting to serve again II
elected. II had been rumOred that Presi-
dent Ogden was contemplating retirement
This statement bore upon the rumOr.
Mrs. MunfOrd Speaks
To the regular mornings program the
conference then passed. The first speaker
was introduced by President ogden. Mrs.
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address told OF womRn's participation in
The work for education in the south.
Dr. Lillian ". johnson. Of Memphis.
was the second speaker. on The Wo-
mans Club as a Factor in Education.
As President Ogden said In presenting
her she needed no Introduction 10 the
conference Her unusual eloquence had
been heard before in other sessions. The
Importance and size OF the organization OF
women which is standing behind the
cause OF education was realized by DR..
Johnson's statement that there are over
- state declarations. composed Of some
1900 clubs and half a million members.
in the national federation.
Woman's Sphere
Through organization" said DR..
Johnson. women have at last discovered
themselves They have found out how 10
tlse themselves. / don't know what pre-
historic man told prehistoric woman was
her sphere. but I have a pretty good
idea In later years. at least. man has
told woman that the home is her sphere.
Home to the man. meant place where
he could get three square meals a day.
To the woman II was principally an en-
closure Of four blank walls What she
needed was something she could wrap her
own life around she could find that
Only IN ncI ndnE-
s.Instead OF being the great unused pow
er they were in ages gone by. the wO-
manhood OF today is going 10 become one
OF the greatest constructed agencies OF
this century They have solved the vexed
problem OF what is a woman's sphere.
The organized womanhood of the TWEEN
: ffeth century lifts the child upon her
bosom and tells the world This is where
/ shall put my work hencefOTth. This is
my sphere She is going 10 do heI
snare toward helping the world on by the
raising and educating Of her child"
MY Country. It's Of a nee" was sung
in fun chorus after the applause. for
DR.. JOhnson's eloquent address subsidized
Mrs. Park Speaks
Mrs. Robert Emory Park. chairman OF
the education department OF the Georgia
Federation OF WOmen's clubs. was the
third speaker. her topic being The Ed
ucariOnal Work OF the Club Women in
Georgia" Mrs Park realizing the value
OF q laugh or two. inimitably told two
or three ludicrous anecdotes illustrating
the useIessne<s OF some education when
applied 90 the general daily necessities
OF life. She told OF the work that has
been accomplished BY the women for ed
ucation in Georgia
We believe that the state will realize
that a compulsory education law is the
parallel OF a child labor law. and that Il
VIII be enacted at this 1903 session." said
Mrs. Park relating no wthe women.
legislative committee has been active in