The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-04-02


speaking OF It today she said that a
number OF the most prominent women
In the State would be present. and
that = most interesting program had
been arranged. \
In addition to the regular program
of the school Improvement societies.
which will hold separate sessions from
the educational association. there VIII
be- a special morning which the teach
ers viii devote to hearing reports from
the school Improvement societies
The date for holding the education
al association meeting Will be Wed
nesday, Thursday and Friday. April
8. 3 and 10. The sessions will be held
In the auditorium OF the high school.
The School improvement Association
will hold their first session on the
afternoon of Thursday. April .. and
the second session will be held on the
afternoon OF Friday. April 10. The
special session. held In connection with
the meeting OF the educational assoc
citation will be on Friday morning.
In the auditorium OF the high school.
The other two sessions of the School
Improvement Association will be held
in the library OF the high school.
Mrs. Richard Randolph. president of
the Jefferson County School Improve
ment Association, will make the ad-
dress of welcome at the opening ses-
sion held on Friday afternoon.
Miss Frances Higgins, Of Selma will
make the response
The program for the two sessions
will include the reports from the va
rious Improvement societies OF the
State, so that every county where
there Is an Improvement society will
be heard from and also the counties
where there Is no county association
but where the work Of communities
is directed reported to the State asso-
citation.
Besides the reports regarding the
progress of the work there will be
special reports from the normal
schools including Florence. Livingston,
Jacksonville. Troy. Among those who
will make these reports will be Mrs.
James L. Brock for the Florence
school, Mrs. Lutte Bioodworth for the
Livingston school, Miss Nary Forney
for Jacksonville, and Miss Luther for
the Troy school.
The report from the cities and towns
will be an interesting feature OF the
sessions.
At the approaching meeting the prize
Of 500 offered by the Alabama FEEDER
alton for the best report of the school
Improvement work will be awarded
At the special session TO be held In
connection with the Educational As
ISOLATION. Mrs. Edwin Craighead of
Mobile will give talk on The school
as a Social Center" Mrs. Kathleen
Mallory OF Selma. who Is the editor Of
The Federation Page, will talk on
equipment. and principal addresses will
be made by DIR. o. J. Kern, superin-
tendent of winnebago County, Rock
ford, ILL.,. whose speciality is the beau
Trying the country. euitiyating gar
dens about schoolhouses and interior
Improvement,
Mrs. Matiock, President OF the Ala
bama school Improvement Association.
and a pioneer in the work. has decided
that she will be unable to continue as
chairman of the committee appointed
by the Federation. Owing to other
duties. she has asked to be relieved OF
the craftsmanship.
The work has been started and, is
under good headway." she said today
when asked ~ 1t was true that she
could not continue as chairman of the
committee.
"I feel that the future means still
more great developments. The pioneer
days are past and my successor Will not
know of the rough places that have
been in its path. The whole country
is at work to beautify our schools In
the rural districts. as well as In the
clltlcS ana tOWhcB anu thb WIN fs@1~e
go on-will go on.
'T feel sure that the women OF the
Federation will continue to give their
announcement and will stand by MRS
Phares Coleman, President OF the Fed.
eraticn, In this glorious work OF school
Improvement. and especially discussed
at the next meeting in April II ID
one OF the most important In connec-
tion with the school Improvement
work !"
Besides the President OF the Asso'
citation. there is a Vice. President. Mrs.
Erwin Craighead of Mobile; Miss Sarah
Clark of Montgomery. Corresponding
Secretary; Miss Mary Forney of Jack
sonyilIe, Recording Secretary, and Mrs.
III. C. Gunnels of Montgomery, Treas
urer, all of whom will be present at
the April meeting.
.NAY,- SAY NEWCOMERS.
"YEA," SAYS THE WEST
The American has interviewed many
of the leading society women or the
country on the announced plan oil
Mrs. Taft. wife of the President, to es-
tablish Washington as the social cen
ter of the nation.
Mrs Taft, in recent interview Tor
The American said:
at seems to me that. geographically
and logically, Washington should be
the representative social city OF the
land. Here are the headquarters OF
the country's official and diplomatic
life. and every distinguished visitor to
our shores comes to Washington for a
time. The home life is more repre-
sentative. too, than II is in any 9TH
err city. No city in the entire country
Is more beautifully laid out or has
more natural charm during the months
given over to official and social life
than Washington, / hope one day to
see it the recognized social center OF
the United States"
Mrs. Rhfnelander Waldo, of New
York. makes the following comment:
AS a New Yorker. with many gem
erations behind me. I perhaps have a
bias in the matter, but II seems TO me
that Mrs. Taft's idea OF making WASH
Ington the social center of America Is
as absurd as it Is impracticable. So
clety in the broad meaning OF the
term, is not a matter of the develop
ment of one generation. but 1t must
he founded on generations or culture
and established custom.
New York has been, and always
will be, the mecca of culture and
wealth of our land. Culture and
wealth do not necessarily go hand In
hand, but where one is found the 9TH
er is In the not far distant vicinity"
Mrs, Donald Mclean, president gen.
eral of the Daughters of the American
Revolution. says;
az am very much of a New Yorker.
and yet ] am conversant with Wash
tngton social life and acknowledge Its
charm, but never can it hope TO COM
pete as a social center with Manhat-
tan society. The best society to be
a