The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-13
ALL NATIONS AID
 IN BIZ MEETING Education Conference at
 Jacksonville FAMOUS WORKERS
Speakers Will Tell What Has Been Done Along Educational Lines In Various Countries of
 the World

Progressive nations of the world, mod ern avenues of activity in rural devel- opment and schools of the best thinkers for the uplift of mankind have been searched for the programme of the four teenth annual session of the Conference for Education in the South, to be held April 19, 20 and N, at Jacksonville, Fla. The list includes:
 Count Moltke. Danish minister to the United States.
 Hon. Maurice Egan, United States min ister to Denmark.
 Dr. Paul Ritter, minister of Switzerland to the United States.
 Miss Jessie Field, the widely known
 woman superintendent of the schools of
 Page county, Iowa.
 Dr. John Lee Coulter of the University
 of Minnesota, called to special service
 in the national census bureau. Dr. John c. Bay, student of and au- thority on the rural life of the Scan
 davian people.
 o. H. Benson of the national depart
 ment of agriculture
 Don Carlos Ellis, the Spanish expert of 
 | the forestry service.
 Dr. Warren H. Wilson, D. D., of the
 Presbyterian board of mission workers | for the country life development. | Editor Clarence Poe, traveller In rne | Orient, and writer on the question of agriculture
 | Dr. Elmer P. Brown, United Stares commissioner of education. l Better adaptation of education to coun- | try life, is the theme of the meeting at | Jacksonville This idea was first pre- sented in the Atlanta meeting Of the conference, held in April, 1909, and was emphasized at the 1910 meeting in Little Rock. The former secretary, Dr. Wick | life Rose, being impressed with the im- 1 portance of getting the minds or the | people turned back to the country, laid | the basis for series of meetings in this | behalf. that have had their influence fn many notable ways. Dr. Eagan, who has served the United States in Denmark for many years, mas | found the economic development of the rural life in that country wonderfully in- l teresting Out of bleak hills and thin | soil blasts of bleak winter and eternal snows, he has seen that hardy people | come to marvellous successes. In 1t all | there is a great lesson for the south, where the climate is at it's worst better
 than that of the Swiss, and at its best | far above what any of them ever dreamed | could be so. He will tell the story in a
 way to charm all at Jacksonville. Switzerland and it's progress along agri- cultural lines will be presented from the home side by Dr. Ritter, who, as repre- sentative of his people this side. mas
 drawn the Americans to his country in
 peculiar way. In addition to being a
 charming speaker he is one of the best posted of the great number of students | of his country.
 | Count Motke, the Danish minister to this country. will augment the address
 of the Swiss minister by a discussion Of
 the farm life conditions In Denmark and | the lessons of it to the United States. | D1. John Lee Coulter, whose activilses for many years have been directed to the
 cooperative interests of the middle west, has made an international name, though | hardly more than a youth m years. barry
 progress along cooperative lines, wi,n farm insurance protection and co-opera- tive stores, have been the special study of Dr. Coulter since he attained his ma iority, and he has seen great success grow out of his efforts.
 The Folk High Schools Of the folk high schools, which have
 done so much for the Scandinavian peo- | ple Dr. Bay writes and talks with great | familiarity. These institutions have add | ed greatly to the efficiency and develop
 ment of the rural populations or ,ne Scandinavian countries and have as great prospects for the American people. | Mrs E. D. Thames of Alabama, with | long experience in the school improve
 ment service, will lead meeting of raGfes engaged in this work, in which prominent representatives from the various states will have part. There will also be ad- dresses by pr. H. B. Frissell on the CO., operative movement in Ireland Dr. J. II. billiard, agent of the Jeans and SIarer funds, on negro education; Dr. J.. N. Hurty of Indiana pr. Hiram Byrd or
 Florida and others, on farm life santa tion.
 Round table conferences will be ar
 ranged for, at which talks will be maoe by leaders in many lines of home and
 rural vedelopment. Meetings will be held
 of the southern states superintendents of
 education, high and agricultural school teachers and other organizations that
 have to do with movements Tor the educa- ton and advancement of the people. Round trip rates will be gwen on the railroads and hotel reservations may be made in advance by writing the secretary
 of the Jacksonville board of trade, Mine Promoter Indicted