Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-27
WILL RAISE BIG
EDUCATION FUND
UpIift of AngIo-Saxon Chill
dren of Appalachian Noun
tains Is the Object.
MRS. WOODROW WILSON
TO ASSIST IN PROJECT
Southern Industrial Educational So
ciety Plans to Raise $4,000
Year for Ten Years.

To raise $4,000 year for the next ten
children of the Appalachian mountains
this is the task upon which the Southern
Industrial Educational Association en-
tered today.
Seven years of endeavor to provide bet
ter educational facilities for the unedu-
Gated Saxon youth of the country were
reviewed by the association at it's sew
enth annual meeting in the Shoreham
yesterday afternoon.ealI In its more extend
ed work, begun today the association
will have the aid of Mrs. Woodrow Will
son, who yesterday became one OF it's
members.
1t is proposed to expend the funds to
be raised in placing the administrative
work of the organization on a better
basis and employing an experienced edu-
Gator to direct the educational work in
the mountains.
Trustees Meet Saturday.
A meeting of the trustees of the society.
all of whom were reelected, will be held
Saturday. when plans for the Embarrassing
campaign will be further considered.
thropists attended the meeting in the
lures of which were addresses by Arch
deacon B. y. Spur of West Virginia, DIR.
Thomas Nelson Page and Mrs Martha S.
Gielow, founder of the association. In the
evening the electors of the society met at
the Southern building and listened to an
nual reports by Judge Seth Shepard,
chief justice of the District Court of APP
peals, president; Mrs. Gielow, vice presi-
dent. and Treasurer Milton E. Allies. At
this session the officers and trustees were
chosen for another term.
Mrs. Wilson and Mrs. Chamn Clark
We're among those who attended the aft
ernoon meeting. The Presidents wife was
presented with a bouquet of mountain
flowers
Archdeacon Spur, who was Introduced
by Dr.. Page, declared that the nation
has neglected the people of the Appa-
lachian mountains. The United States
can engage in no more important work,
he asserted, than that looking toward
the ulift OF this class of its citizens.
DR.. Page Praises Mrs. Gielow.
Dr. Page complimented the work of
Mrs, Gielow. who not only organized the
association, but has actively promoted
ITS interests from the beginning He urged
Nashingtonians to affiliate with the or
sanitation and help carry out it's plans
Mrs Gielow spoke briefly of what has
been accomplished to date, referring to
the industrial schools that have been es-
tablished by the society and other i'm
provements that have been brought about
IN the mountain educational work.
Plans for charging the scope of the
associations work were discussed in the
report read by Judge Shepard at the
meeting of the electors. Judge Shepard s
review of the year, as did that of Mrs
Glelow and the treasurer, showed the or
ganization to have experienced a success
full twelve months.
Officers and Trustees Reelected.
The officers reelected are: Judge Shep-
ard president: Mrs Gielow, first vice
president. Mrs. ]. Lowrie Bell, second
vice president and corresponding secre-
tary; Milton E. Allies. treasurer; Mrs c.
David White. recording secretary, and
Or. Thomas Nelson Page, chairman of the
publicity committee
The following We're reelected trustees
Richard X Campbell, Mrs. d. G. AndIer
ID. c. Calhoun. Philander P. Claxton
Herbert +. Day. De Monte Griffith. DR.
Thomas Nelson Page, Lee Robinson, Judge
Suenard r,