The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-08
First Session of Alabama Edu- cationaI Association Be-
 gins at 3 O'Clock
DEPARTMENTAL MEETINGS
 DURING HE AFTERN DON
Reception Committee Were Kept Busy Last Night Assigning the Visitors to Quarters-Programm
 For Today.

By this afternoon nearly 200O educators will have reached Birmingham for the meeting of the Alabama Educational as- sociation. Teachers and superintendents arrived last night by the hundred and the local committees were kept busy as- signing them. Nearly all of the reserva- tions at two of the big hotels had been taken last night and delegates will be coming In all day. = The meeting will be called together at o'clock, but at D. m. there will be two department meetings in the rooms of the High school. These are the county su- perintendents and a joint session of the College and High School associations Here are the programmes:
 County superntendents.
 High school auditorium, Thursday, April 8, 1909, 9 p. m.:
 Annual address of President John c. Williams, Talladega county
 "The New Agriculture and the Country Schools" Supt. o. J. Kern, Rockford, III. ''Efficient Supervision" A. W. Hayes, Bibb county. J. B. Dell Houston county; W. H. Story, Pickens county; R. c. Heard, Clark county; c. H. Lewis, But Ter county.
 College and Flight School Associations Thursday, April 8. 1909, 2 p. m. Room 1O2, Birmingham High school:
 "The Mission of the Denominational College. pr. A. P. Montague, Howard college.
 "The College and the High School; College Entrance Requirements" Prof. James J. Doster University of Alabama. "The Extent to Which the High School Should Adjust It's Courses to College Re- quirements." Principal c. A. Brown, Bir- mingham High school.
 "Should Alabama Colleges Allow High School Courses to Count Toward De- greer" pr. s. M. Hosmer, president South ern university.
 "An Articulated State System of Schools and Colleges" Dr. c. c. Thach, president Alabama Polytechnic institute.
 Preparation of High School Teachers" pr. F. B. Dresslar, University of Ala bama.
 Problems Common to High Schools and Colleges" pr. T. w Palmer, president Girls Industrial school
 "PIace of the Normal School in the State System" E. M. Shackelford. president Normal college, Troy.
 "rhe Mission of the Private High School" J. T. Wright, principal Univer- sity school. Mobile.
 'The Mission of the District Agricul- tural School" J. R. Hobdy. president Seventh District Agricultural school, All bertvilie.
 Q ot.11 1.Ir Tn6e will call the main session together in the auditorium of the High school and the following programme will be carried out:
 Music, Boys chorus, High school, se- lected.
 Invocation.
 Address of welcome, Col. Sam Will John. Response, S. S. Murphy, superintendent of schools, Mobile.
 Presidents annual address, P. W. Hodges superintendent of schools, Green vile.
 Appointment of committees.
 Unfinished business
 New business. Announcements.
 Adjournment.
 Evening session, o'clock:
 Music, violin solo, Miss Rosa Fabian. Address "The Spirit of Modern Educa- tion," Dr. F. B. Dresslar, University of Alabama.
 Address, Physical Factors in Educa- tion," Miss Ida c. Bender, Ph. D., super visor of primary grades, Buffalo.
 Address, "Along Country Roads in an Educational Way" o. J. Kern, superin- tendent, Winnebago county, Rockford, Ill. Introduction of resolutions.
 Announcements.
 Adjournment.
 The local committees are meeting every train. Chairman A. A. Lyon, Jr., is look ing after the assignment of hotels and boarding houses. T. c. Young has charge of the train committee. c. B. Glenn and a very representative committee is look ing after the reception for Friday night at the Country club, and the other com mittees have all accomplished their work.