The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-08
NEGRO PEDAGOGUES
TEACHERS OF sTATn IN sEssIoN AT STATE NORMAL SCHOOL.
First Meeting of Three Dayss Conven- tion is Marked by Lecture sf
 Noted School Improvements Y Worker of IIlinofs.

More than 1000 negroes, both school teachers and laymen of the better class of the colored people who work for the betterment of their race. gathered at the Normal School on Jackson Street last night, upon the occasion i. of the annual meeting of the Alabama State Teachers Association. ;. .i, ss e
 Tn auditorium. halls and rostrum they stood and sat. an enthustasttc. recept- i've multitude. awakened to applause by every telling point of the speakers.
 O. J. Kern of Rockford. H.. Super intendent of the, Schools of winnebago County. and one. of the foremost .ad- vovates of school Improvement work in the United States. delivered the ad- dress of the evening, q stereoptioon lecture revealing graphically with ii- lustrations the eiiicacy of work on the schools of the country. and the meth ods and excellent result of making the schools more attractive.
 Mir. Kern came from Illinois to at. tend the convcntion of white teachers st Birmingham. and sped down to Mont gomery at the request of the negro teachers. to tell of his doctrine of mak- ing the schools more attractive and therefore the mofe productive of good.
 Preceding Mir. Kerr.; State superin-1 tendent Of Education H. c. Gunneis ad- dressed the gathering In . speech in which emphasis compensated for it's brevity.
 Teach your children to be masters. above all things. masters of whatever they undertake. It is the master who counts, and who succeeds. It ia mas tery. thoroughness. character In the work that wins"
 MT. Gunnells. recognized and known as the friend of negro education in t- A. A~AA ~-rs<A 4Asx... and his doctrine was emphasized all the more.
 W. e. Swanson. of the state Depart ment of Education: pr. J. H. DillRrd President of the Anna Jeanes fund. of whose sl.o00.000 endowment the Nor mai School receives q share. and Prof. w. B. Paterson. superintendent of the Normal School. were others of the white attendants who. addressed the body of the best of Alabama.s negroes
 W. J. Echois. principal of the pe- gro schools of Birmingham. responded to the address of weieom c. as sounded by Professor Patersens and N. H., AL exander.
 With morning. afternoon and evep- ing sessions. all to be rife with sound teachings and sound principles. in pa pers and lectures. the convention will continue until adjcurnuisnt Friday night.
 The following program is that of this mornings session. to, convene ct Q o'clock
 Devotional Exercises, Rey.3R C. Jud- kins. Dexter Avenue Baptist Church.
 Words of welcome-Miss :. Ida M i. Abercrombie. for. city schools, Mont gomery.
 The Teacher:
 . E 1. Academic Prsparation: (ap Data of extent from various schools in the State; (b) Character. of this prepara- tion; (c), Further demands--s. W. R. Smith. Selma. .,s.5
 g. In Social and Industrial. ,Activi. ties: 3la al Z Acquaintance with home life of pupil and parent; (b) Aoquainfance with industries of pupil and parent; Co Advantage of this knowledge Miss Mary F. Monroe. Montgomery.
 a. Growth of the Teacher. Rev. T. A. Bray. Miles Memorial, School.
 Diseussion--Mrs. P. J. Parrish. opei- ika: H. E. Archer. Normal; Miss F. M. Houser, Miles College. s11:o0--Address. Dr. '. IT.. billiard Secretary Jeanes Fund. New Orleans. La.
 The afternoon and evening sessions are more extensive, Including discus sions and papers which cover almost every phase of school work.