The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-04-13
Sixteenth Annual Session OF
Organization to Continue
Three Days
EMBRACES >iANY
AFFILIATED BODIES
1t Is Expected That Over 1000
Accredited Delegates From
Nine States Will At
tend Meeting

mon, school workers, ministers OF ali
denominations and other prominent
Interested persons from all parts of
the South are arriving by the scores
In Richmond, Va. to participate in
the great congress Of the Southland,
the sixteenth annual conference for
education in the South, which viii
open in the Capital City of the Old
Dominion Wednesday 18th, TO re-
main in session throughout the 18th.
II is expected that over 1000 ac-
credited delegates viii be in attend
ance Governors Of nine states have
appointed special delegations and II
IS estimated that these alone will
number $50. The States which VIII
be represented in this manner are,
Florida. Georgia, Kentucky, Mlssis-
slppl. North Carolina. Oklahoma,
Tennessee. Virginia and West Virginia.
Several large affiliated bodies Will
meet In conjunction with the con-
ference. among which are. the in
terState meeting of county superin-
terdents. the commission on &C
credited schools. the cooperative
Local Credits association. the League
OF Southern Women Writer'S and the
southern Association Of College "o-
men
Conference Opens Wednesday.
The FIRST general meeting Of the
conference viii be held wednesday
night AT : o'clock In the auditorium
~ the John Marshall High school
President Robert G ogden, OF New
York the president 81 the confer
eure will preside Governor William
HODGES Mann, If Virginia, Will wei
r0ffe tho delegates on behalf II the
STATE and the address Of welcome on
behalf Of the cFty VIII be made ny
Msvor Alnslie President l.. n,
Johnson. af the Norfolk ana Western
Railway WI make hte address cf
the evening After the meeting an
informal reception VIII he rendered
;he delegates and vjsItGfa by Cover
nor Hann st ths executive mansion.
Activities II thc conference wi}l,
however begin Wednesday morning
Mt 1912 g cAgC},. when, simultaneous
iv four separate meetings VIII AF
held At tire time the Farmers
conference wAl meet tn the High
school auditorium. IN" business Men
-sf.-sf+244- gather in the audi
jor{ufp of the jefferson hotel the
conference 81 Virginia preachers VIII
asaar4hle lu the Mechanics Institute
auditorium and the interstate meeting
Of county supeTiutendents VIII p@ heta
in the Young Mems Christian assoeia-
ton auditorium
~, addition 10 these conferences
viii bc several other conferences.
among which are a conference on
taxation. "a conference ou tho edu~
cation az country women. confer
enra nj editors and a. conference on
education Of the negro,
Discussions To BE Practical
AT these conferences the discussion
VIII take the form Of very hfief.
a
feature and phase of present ana
prospective rarai advancement ~lh
81 treated from a practical stand
point bv laymen, professional men
and experts who have made that
theue the study Of their lives.
These separate conferences VIII ire
onerttv be cemeuted together py gen
eral conferences at Nhleh mate
uertipent Ia each Of the separate IN
ferests viii he the subjects Of general
discussion. In which all WI he in
vited TO join -.
All Of the forces and agencies work
ir1- for the prom otion of rurai itfe,
for the interests cf the farmer ana
for the development OF the iafnl WI.
he represented, and the foremost OF
thoqe men who have the welfare OF
~ santh,s great agricultural re-
sources at heart will be on hand ana
viii meet in n spirit of cooperation
n give impetus TO every movement
already In operation ana 10 devise
new ways and means Tor fnahine
farm life more attractive and rehum-
erative to the farmer.
Calls Great Men.
Anonc the distinguished person
ares which the conference calls TO-
rether are the following
Pobert G Ogden, New York, presi-
dent 81 the conference; DIR. Walter
II. Page. ambassador extraordinary
ana minister plenipotentiary 10 me
court Of 81 lanes; secretary OF the
Nav gosephus Daniels Secretary
Julian $ Carr, of Durham. N. G; d.
n MN of Raleigh. n. C; G g
Tharh Of Auburn Ala; 1oseph u
TggteNton president-elect of the VIZ
gina POLYTECHNIC institute ". -
Gonzales. editor of the Columola
state: T.. f. Johnson, president on
The Norfolk and Western Railway;
Dr winltliffe Rose, of the Rockefeller
commission; f. f. Noel, former gov
ernor az Mississippi: A. II. Ford
president of the Birmingham Rail
way. Light and Power company; John
L. McIaurln. former senator from
South Carolina; Theodore IL Price' OF
New York; Harvie Jordan, PRESIDENT
az the Southern Cotton association
and the Farmers Gin Compress and
Cotton company; DR.. S. G Mit&hell
president of the University of ASouth
carolina: Lawson Purdy. president of
the Department Of Taxes and Assess
ments, New York City; Charles Lee
Raper, dean of the graduate school
University OF North Carolina. a. e..
PleydelI. secretary Tax Reform club,
New York: Alfred f. Holcomh, as
sistant secretary American Telephone
and Telegraph company; IL. L. whit
field. president Industrial institute
and College, Columbus, Miss; Dr. H.
b. Frisseil. president Hampton Nor
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