The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-23
EDUCATORS ID
 MEET IN HOUSTON Southern Educational AssO- citation Meets Next Week LASTS THREE DAYS Mrs. Matlock of Birmingham to Respond to Address of Welcome.
 First Session November 30.
 Special Accommodations

Montgomery, November 22.--(Spe-
 cial)-An enthusiastic body of Ala
 bama educators will attend the next
 annual meeting of the Southern Educs :
 tional association which will be held cember l and ?.
 The round trip railroad fare from
 Montgomery and Birmingham to Hous-
 ton is s3720 and from Mobile $21.15.
 The sleeper rate one way from Mont
 gomery and Birmingham Is $4 for low
 CT berth and $330 for upper berth and
 from Mobile s3.50 for lower berth and
 s2SO for upper berth.
 There will probably be SS in the Ala :
 bama party but at this time only % have decided definitely to go. They are as follows: Henry J. Willingham, Will liam F. Feagin, N. R. Baker and W. B. Patterson of Montgomery, G. W. Will Hanson of Hartford, H. H. Holmes of Columbia, J. H. Phillips, Mrs. J. H. Phillips, J. D. MatlocS, Mrs. J. D. Mat lock, l. w McAdory, Miss Margaret McAdory, c. B. Glenn, Miss Rosa StriclS land, Miss Agnes Wilson and S. Cole of Birmingham, J. J. Doster and Ts. F. Cooper of University, George ". Duncan l.. N. Duncan, J. B. Hobdy and J. R. Rutland of Auburn, E. A. Miller of Albertville, c. F. Vigor. c. R. Ban croft and Mrs. Maude E. Truitt of Mo- bile, John W. Abercrombie of Tusca- lbosa, T. w. Palmer, Mrs. T. w. Pal ner of Montevallo, J. w. Watson of Jackson. A. s. Ford of Wetumpka, c. w. Daugette of Jacksonville, G. ". Brock of Livingston, James K. Powers of Florence, E. M. Shackelford of Troy and J. P. Oliver of Dadeville. There are five or six others who will decide between now and next Wednesday whether or not they will attend the 
 Arrangements have been made for special sleepers to take the Alabama party to Houston. These sleepers wfir leave Birmingham on Wednesday, Mo- vember 29 at S:33 a. m. They will leave Mont ntgomery at 11:15 and Mobile at 4:12 D. m., arriving at New Orleans at S:30 p. m. They viii leave New Orleans at 10 o'clock Wednesday night and arr,Ye at Houston at 10:15 a. m. Thursday, November 30. The Alabama party will take the sleeperS at Birmingham, Mobile and New Orleans
 The first session of the association opens Thursday morning, November 30 at o'clock and the response for the association will be given by Mrs. Mar guerite Matlock of Birmingham
 Mrs. Matlock has taken considerable interest in education and especially in the Federation of Women's clubs in this state. At one time she was at the head Of the school improvement work of Ala bama and did lasting and telling work for the general improvement of public school buildings and grounds.
 Superintendent Henry J. Willingham, Dr. John w. Abercrombe. Dr. J. H. Phil lips, Mrs. J. H. Phillips Prof. N R. 2aker. Prof. J. J. Doster. Prof L. N Duncan, Prof. J. R. Rutland, Mrs. Maude E. Truitt, Dr. T. w. Palmer and Dr. James K. Powers are on the general pro- gramme or some of the department pro- grammes. Prof. C. B. Glenn, assistant superintendent of schools of Birmingham, is president of the department of su- perintendence, which is one of the most important departments of the association Miss Agnes Wilson of Birmingham is sec retary of the department of kindergarten.
 It will be of interest to many Ala bamians to know that Dr. F. B. Dresslar. who is now connected with the bureau of at Washington. D. C., is on the to read a paper on the rural school house and it's environments. Also that Dr. F. r. Buchner, who was for merly connected with the University of Alabama and who is now connected with the Johns Hopkins university, is a mem Der of the board of directors of the South crn Educational association. Alabamians who are members of the board of direc- tors are: Dr. J. H. Phillips, Dr. John W. Abercrombie, pr. T. w. Palmer and William F. Feagin. MT. Feagin is also secretary of the association.
 The association closes on Saturday night. December 2, with addresses from Dr. Henry F. Cope, secretary of the Re- ligious Educational association at Chi csgo, and Gov. Joseph W. Folk of Mis- souri. The subject of the address of Dr. Cope will be "A School System Adequate to the Future of the South.' and the address of Governor Folk will be "Edu- ca ton in a Republic"
 After the meeting Saturday night spe- cial train of sleepers will be run by the Southern Pacific Railroad company from Houston to New Orleans. arriving at the latter place in time to catch the north bound trains out of New Orleans Sun day morning, December 8.