The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-04-01
One of Features of Conference
for Education in South
S WOMEN'S CONFERENCES
Will Be Held III Connection With
General CONFERENCE.-The Of
These Held in South


Of the Sixteenth Conference for Edu-
cation in the South. which meets at
Richmond, Va, April is to IS, than
has ever been accorded them by any
similar body in the history OF the
history OF the country. This an
nouncement was made today by DR..
Albert P. Bourland, executive secre-
tary Of the conference. in issuing the
completed programs for five women's
sub-conferences which are to be held
in connection with the general confer
ence. These gatherings are the First
Conference on the Education Of Wom-
Ell in the Country; and the annual
sessions of the Presidents Of State Col
leges for Women, the Southern ASsO
citation Of College Women, the League
Of Southern Women Writer'S, and the
Conference Of State Organizers Of
School Improvement and Of Girls
Demonstration Work.
"Of these conferences" said DR..
Bourland, that which deals with the
education of women in the country
has the largest significance. II is like
| wise the first of the kind that has ever
been held in the South"
The first conference on the educa-
ton Of in the country Is in
charge Of Fl. T.. Whitfield, president Of
the Industrial Institute and College at
Columbus, Mississippi, who drew up
the program; j.. I. Foust, president Of
the Normal and Industrial College at
Greensboro, N. c.: d. =. Johnson,
president of Winthrop College. Rock
Of the State College for Women at
Farmville, Va. Among the speakers
are: Miss Leila A. Russell and Miss
Mary e. Frayser, extension workers Of
Winthrop College. Miss Rhea c. Scott,
who occupies a similar position in the
State Normal School Of H~arrisonburg.
Va: Miss Ella c. Agnew, organizer OF
girls clubs in Virginia.; L. j. Coates.
State Supervisor of Rural Schools in
Kentucky: r. J. Willingham, State
Superintendent Of Public instruction
Of Alabama; Eva Reichardt, State Or
ganizer Of School Improvement Clubs
OF Arkansas: Miss Jennie b. Gray, Dis
trict Supervisor Of Rural schools OF
Mt. Carmel, Va; Miss Susie V. Powell
State Organizer Of Girls Clubs, Of Mis-
sissippi; Miss Virginia p. Moore, State
Organizer Of Girls CLUBS OF Tennes.
ee; Mrs. Charles P. Weaver, State Or.
ganizer Of Girls Clubs Of Kentucky,
NJ. Nc Parks, President Of the Georgia
Normal and Industrial School at Mil
~ledgeville: Mrs. Hetty S. Browne
teacher Of the experimental farm
school, Rock Hill, S.. c.; j. p. McCon
nell, president of the State Normal ant
Industrial School at Abingdon, Va.
Mrs. Mary G. Roark, Dean Of thu
Women's Department of the Stat,
Normal College at Richmond. Va; Jo'
! Cook, president of the State Norma
College at Hattiesburg, Miss; and Ju
: lien S. Burruss. president of the Stat
I. Normal College at Harrisburg. Va
: The main question to come befOr
! the Conference Of the Presidents o
: State Colleges for Women Is "Hoy
Can the Women on the Farms b
Reached and Trained For Their Life
Work." The conference is in charg
T Of H. l.. Whitfield, of Columbus. Miss
boro, n. c., secretary.
The Southern Association of Colleg
Women will consider the topic, "Th
s Standards of Southern Secondar
n Schools and Colleges" Miss Ma
s Lansfield Keller. of Baltimore, Md
as president of the association, wi
preside. Miss Elizabeth A. Cotton, G
Raleigh, n. c., is secretary. Lawrenc
Abbott, a New York editor. will ad
dress the Southern College Women o
a Keats in the Kitchen"
IS Tho proceedings of the League {
Southern Women Writers will be q
Is rected by the leagues president, Mr.
IS Rutiedge Smith, Of CoOkville. Tennes
e see, and by its secretary, Mrs. I'd
Clyde Clark, of Nashville. Tenn.
The conference of State Organize,
of School Improvement and Agents Z
/. Girls Demonstration Work will di,
y, cuss the question, How Can the Girl
st Club Work be Made q Part of II
es Work of the Rural Schools" All,
o. Susie T.. Powell. of Jackson. Miss
id chairman of the conference ana NJ;
s. Virginia p. Moore. Of Nashville To,
nessee, is secretary.
as Discussions AT all women's confe
e. ences are TO be held to q few noirn,a
ic length. the meetings consisting larpe
rs of an interchange OF experience =,
II ideas