The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-27
EDUCATORS ID MEET
 IN CHAT TANOOGA
About One Thousand Delegates
 Will Be Present
BANQUET FOR VISITORS
Programme for the Conference Which VIII Continue for
 Three Days

Every thing is in readiness here for the reception of the delegates to the conven- ton of the Southern Educational asso- citation which convenes here in its twen- ty-first annual session Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock. The executives of the as- sociation are as follows: President. D. B. Johnson. Rock Hill, S. C.; first vice president, J. H. Kirkland of Vanderbilt university, Nashville; second vice presi cent, C. B. Glenn, Birmingham; third vice president, J. C. Crabbe, Richmond. Ky; secretary, H. F. Bierly, Chatta rooga; treasurer, E. P. Burns, Atlanta. More than 1000 delegates are expected in attendance from Is southern states. In conjunction with the association will meet the Southern Society of Philosophy and Psychology, the Religious Educa- tional association, the American School Peace league, the Association For the Improvement of Rural School Houses and Grounds, and the Southern Educational Press association
 All general sessions will meet in morn ing and afternoon periods, the former oonvening at o'clock and the latter at
 
 be held each afternoon at 2:3O o'clock. The Chamber of Commerce has appoint ed the following reception committee to assemble at the Hotel Patten at o'clock Tuesday night and tender a banouet to the visiting delegates: John A. Patten, chairman; Hon. and Mrs. T. c. Thomp- son, Hon. and Mrs. J. B. Frazier, Mon. and Mrs J. A. Moon, Capt. and Mrs. H. s. Chamberlain, Dr. and Mrs. G. Manning Ellis, pr. and Mrs. J. H. Race. Mr. and Mrs. G. G. Fletcher, Major W. J. Bass, MT. and Mrs. J. H. Atwater, MT and Mrs. L. M. Coleman, MT. and Mrs W. l.. Frierson, Prof. s. J. Gilbreath. Prof and Mrs. D. A. Graves, Prof. J. B. Brown. Prof. and Mrs. s. J. Metallic, Prof. and Mrs. J. R. Roy Baylor, Col. and Mrs. L. T. Dickinson.
 Many of the most prominent educators and men of public affairs in the country are numbered among the speakers, in- cluding Mayor w. J. Gaynor of New York city. Dr. Charles W. Stiles of the Rockefeller sanitary hookworm commits sion, Willet M. Hayes, assistant secretary of agriculture of the United States. Robert Owen, United States senator from Oklahoma, and United States Senator !. B. Frazier of Tennessee. Taken in all more than 800 speakers appear upon the programme.
 One of the most unique features of the convention will be exhibitions of manual training work done In the southern schools. These exhibits have already ar- rived and are being set up in the audi torium and the opera houses. Several comprehensive exhibitions of paintings and statuary will also be made by prom inent art dealers.
 The programme for the general ses- sions during the entire three days of the convention. December 27, 2s and 29. is as follows:
 Tuesday. December 27, 10 a. m., at First Methodist Episcopal church:
 Music.
 Piano, Miss O'Neill.
 Quartet, Mrs. Walker. Mrs. Pratt, MT. Voignt and MT. Howard L. Smith.
 Addresses of welcome:
 For the state of Tennessee-Hon. James B. Frazier, United States senator from
 
 Hon. R. l.. Jones, state superintendent of education, Nashville. Tenn
 For the city of Chattanooga-Hon. T. c. Thompson, mayor of Chattanooga.
 For the public schools of Chattanooga- Superintendent D. A. Graves, Chatta nooga public schools.
 For the institutions-President John Fl Race. University of Chattanooga.
 Response-President John W. Aber- crcmbie, University of Alabama
 Imprivement of Public School Houses and Grounds-The most important work of its kind in each state within the year told in five minutes or less by a repre- sentative worker
 The Training of Girls for Home-mak ing-Miss Carrie Hyde, matron Practice Home. Winthrop college, Rock Hill, s. C. Annual Reports of Educational Progress of the Year-By the state superintendent. Hon. M L. Britain, state school commis- sioner, Atlanta. Ga, presiding
 City Auditorium
 Music.
 Annual address of the president of the association.
 Address-Dr. Henry s. Pritchett, presi- dent Carnegie foundation.
 Inter-relation of Good Roads and Good Schools (stereopticon illustration)-By Charles H. Hoyt, superintendent of road construction, United States department of agriculture.
 Vocational Education (stereopticon il- lustrations)-Hon Willet M. Hays, Assist ant Secretary of Agriculture of the United States.
 The Japanese and Japanese Schools (stereopticon illustrations)-Presid w. M Parks. Georgia Normal and Industrial college, Milledgeville. Ga.
 First Methodist Episcopal Church.
 Music--Dr. and Mrs. c. A. Garrett
 Domestic Science Applied to Home and Community Improvement-Mrs. Neale S. Knowles. Iowa State college, Ames, Iowa A Practical Plan for Improving Rural Schools-James H. billiard, president Jeanes foundation, New Orleans, La.
 What Value Should be Placed on Asri- culture as Cultural Study-Dr. Tait But Ter, starkville, Miss.
 Organization as a Factor in the Ad- vancement of Agrioulture-Hon. Charles s. Barrett, president National Farmers union, Union City, Ga
 A Study of Mountain Children-John c. Campbell, Russell Sage foundation, New York city.
 The Cultural Element in the College of Kentucky, Danville, Ky.
 City Auditorium.
 Menaces to Rural Education-Presiden B. c. Branson. State Normal school Ath- ems, Ga.
 Address-Dr Seaman A. Knapp, in charge of farmers cooperation demon stration work, United States department If aaricuture