The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1911-12-29

The Middle Tennessee Colored
Teachers Association was organized
at Pearl High School last Tuesday In
spite of the inclement weather.
Promptly at 10 o'clock Tuesday morn
ing the teachers gathered and pro-
ceeded Immediately to business. There
was a large attendance and an un-
usual degree of Enthusiasm was man
Tested
Prof Washington, of Pearl High
School, was elected as Temporary
Chairman, and John Peyton, of the
Davidson County Schools, was chosen
Temporary Secretary.
A committee on constitution was ap-
pointed to prepare the laws to gov
ern the organization. Some spirited
debate arose as to the time of the
committee reporting. 1t was finally
decided to have the committee make
its report before the end of the ses-
sion
Prof E. W. Benton, of Hadley
School, then arose and addressed the
teachers He spoke mainly concern
ing the work of Teachers Associa-
tions and expressed his desire to CO.
operate with the members in making
the organization a success.
The Chairman then invited Prof
H. l.. Keith to address the body. 1t
was Mr. Keith whom the Nashville
principals appointed to issue the call
for the gathering. He was absent at
the beginning of the meeting and the
teachers desired an expression from
him. Prof. Keith spoke chiefly of the
desire of the Nashville school prin.
cipals and teachers to cooperate with
the rest of the teachers in Middle
Tennessee in raising the standard OF
the profession and advancing the vel
fare of the next generation of colored
citizens. He said:
Every school house in Middle Ten
nessee will be a center Of moral, so
cial and material power in promoting
the welfare of our future men and
women if We will make it so. If the
: next generation is failure along
these lines, then the teachers will be
failures" Mr.. Keith urged co-opera
tion along the broadcast possible lines
and fair and square dealing in con
Quoting the affairs of the new organ
| ization.
DR.. ]. P. Crawford followed Prof
Keith in a forceful address in which
he stressed the necessity of firm re
solve, a strong determination and Wig
orous work in pressing the associa
tion so as to make it factor of rea
good and usefulness in the promotion
of education in Middle Tennessee.
The addresses of the speakers me
with hearty favor and those assem-
bled caught their spirit. The commit
tee on constitution reported and tn
teachers assembled went to work wit
determination. Profs Fred Randall!
H. A. Cameron, w. T. Reynolds, F. n
Greene and Miss Beulah McGavoc
were a committee appointed to fran
the constitution and bylaws. TIL
report was received very cordial!
and the constitution as presented, wit
very few exceptions, was adopted.
The constitution of the Middle Tel
nessee Colored Teachers Associ;
tion provides for a fee of 81 a yea
for each member. All teachers i
the schools of Middle Tennessee ar
eligible. This includes teachers i
higher institutions and secondar
schools. The organization is divide
into five distinct sections. A schoo
officers and supervisors section; an
manual training and industrial SCI
tion and a primary department
The heads of the different section
of the association and one represents
tive from each county in Middle Tel
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