The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-03-31
STATE TEACHERS CONVENTION,
FLORENCE MAKES SrAY ENJOY.
ABLE TOR VISITORS.
Many Meetings are Held Of Various
organizations and Interesting Ad-
dresses arc Observation-Disclosures
OF Pee Dec Organize.

Florence, March 26.-GOod work
mas marked the session of the State
Teachers association here TODAY.
There were sessions this morning of
the School Improvement association.
at which Miss Mary Eva Hite made
her report as president. Prof. Lueco
Gunter and Miss Sadie Goggans of
NeWbery addressed the body and
there were round table discussions on
many subjects. The business of the
association was concluded at the at
ternoon session when the committees
made their reports Of the different
divisions of the work in the State.
The Association Of City and County
superintendent met twice during the
day and elected officers: w. c.. By
mum. Georgetown, president; ". T..
Black, Lexington, treasurer; T.. a.
Gentry, R~idgeway, vice president; L..
A. Bauknight, Latta, secretary It de-
termined to hold a second session
each year in Columbia during the
Christmas holidays preparatory to
the work Of educational forces dur
ing the session of the legislature.
The school superintendent Of the
Pee Dee section met and organized an
association Of the Pee Dee through
Which athletics, field day and ora
torlcal contests could be carried on.
w. l.. BROKER OF Florence was elect
ed president and l.. a. Bauknight
secretary. The organization commit
tee is l.. w. Dick, j. ~. Daniel and D..
T. Kinard.
A delightful reception was given
by the Chamber of Commerce and
City Federation Of Womcn's clubs at
the Dixie warehouse his afternoon
at which the industrial school band
furnished music. The teachers have
been very much interested in this in
stitution and in the boys and were
delighted with their part in the en-
tertainment. .,
This evening the university teach
ers' club held their second annual
meeting and banquet. 1t was noted
by the president that the university
had One-half of the total male men,
bership Of the teachers association
of the State. In welcoming the visit
ors, Prof. BROKER, the host of the
evening, called especial attention to
the strength of the university influ-
ence in Florence where so great a
proportion of the leading men, pro-
fessional and business, were univer-
sity graduates.
There were Il number of addresses
by members and by visitors. Officers
elected we're: w. l.. BROKER, presi-
dent; E. F. McKeown, Cherokee, vice
president; j. II. Sullivan, Laurens,
Secretary and treasurer. The asso-
citation determined to urge the erec-
ton of an educational building at the
college next year.
The Winthrop Daughters with a
membership of over 100 are banquet
ing at the Florence hotel tonight. DR..
Johnson meets with them besides
many distinguished women of the
State, who are alumni of Winthrop.
The mass meeting in the opera
house this morning was we'll attend
ed. Music was furnished by the high
school seXtette. Addresses were made
by j. T.. Swearingen, State Superin-
tendent of education; Prof. Lueco
Gunter, supervisor of rural schools,
and Prof. j.. NJ Napier of the farm
demonstration work.
w. w. Long, State agent Of
farm work, is here in conference with
the county superintendent and teach
ers for the furtherance OF his great
work in the State.
h mass meeting at the Central
Methodist church this evening was
another great gathering. DR.. J. Y.
Joyner, State superintendent of educa-
ton of North Carolina, and Dr.. Beau
ford of the department of education
of Virginia were the speakers.
There was u delightful gathering
Of the ONE of the city at the Aver
auditorium this afternoon, which was
addressed by Mrs. Allen, State pres
ident, and Miss Martin on Home
Economics"
There have been musical pro-
grammes at each meeting and the
visitors have beer entertained in
every way possible with their great
amount of routine work in the meet
ings.
The visitors all seem to be delight
ed with their visit to Florence and
1 with the success of the meeting.