The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-15
TEACHERS AGAINST
 HAVING THE STATE
 PRINT TEXTBOOKS
Resolutions Opposing Bill at Present Before Senate Unanimously Adopted
 at Institute

Sixteen hundred teachers in the public schools of Alabama. by a unanimous
 vote. passed tho polIowing resolution at l the afternoon session yesterday of tho Alabama Teachers institute: Sixteen hundred Alabama teachers, in institute assembled, voice their earnest protest against senate bill No. 123 Such | a law will rob the children of the state of their rights by it's short sighted and l mistaken policy. Tho teachers expect
 their representatives to save Alabama from this calamity The resolution was introduced by r. M. McNell, whose stand was indorsed by ex-Gov w. D. Jelks In an address. Governor Jelks condemned the law, which provides for the textbooks used in the
 state schools to be printed by the state The proposed factory, he said. was not for the best interest of the state; that the law fell far short of what its au- thors evidently intended. In the discus- sion following the proposal of Mr. Me- Neill that his resolution be adopted, many other points against the law were brought out and when the question was put to the teachers the decision was unanimous
 and the resolution passed without dis l senting voice, with applause. Dr. PartlOw Speaks Physical hygiene was the subject for the day yesterday, this being the keynote of the institution this year. Dr. w. D. Partlow of Tuscaloosa addressed tho teachers yesterday morning on Mental Hygiene" pr. Partlow is a member of the Alabama Society for Mental Hygiene.
 recently organized in Tuscaloosa. He told l the teachers something of the aims of
 the association.
 l Following pr. Partlow. Mrs. c. H. l Mathis delivered an address on her fa- vorite subject, Crop Diversifcation," | which was one of the most interesting features of this session. She was fol. | lowed by l.. A. Edmundson, county farm demonstrator, and Professor Walker of Auburn. who delivered addresses on "Crop Diversiflcation--What 1t Means and Why Teachers Should be Interested" Other speakers on the programme for | the morning were ]. J. Doster. The | State Reading Circle;" R. A. Clayton. Reports By a Secretary.' | Speakers of the afternoon were Prof. P. M. McNeill. Changes in State School Laws" Prof c. B. Glenn, Changing
 Ethics of the Profession;" Dr. W. s.
 Rountree, Safety First; How to Intro- duce Into Rural Schools;" s. J. Cole. How tho District Reading Circles May Use Every Day Pedagogy to Advant-
 of Irondale discussed. Control of High School Athletics"
 Programme for Today Ine programme TOT tOQay FOLLOWS. 800 to 9:t0 Opening exercises. Audi torium.
 9l0 to S:15. Ron call. 9:15 to 945 Advisory Systems in High Schoos-kIiss Helen Futile, Miss Anna Boden, Mir. D. R. Price. 9:45 to 10:l5. The Problems of Waste
 of the High Schoos-Superintend A.
 A. Persons. Bessemer; c. R. West, In- glenook
 1O:15 to 1o;&. Spanish In High School Stephen Scatori.
 10:45 to 1l:15. The High School As
 Business Enterprise-J. s. Thomas Uni- | versity.
 11:l5 to 12:15. General assembly. audi torium.
 12:15 to 1:16. Lunch. 1:15 to 1.45. Teaching High School
 Pupils How to Study-Mrs. l.. H. Wall, Porter Herbert c. Banks. 1;45 to 2:15. The importance of Study Programmes for High School Pupils Miss Lu Abbe Chambless, Foster Ans ley.
 2:15 to 2:f5. The Elimination of Pu- pills from Public High Schoos-Miss Alice 2;45 to, S:-5. Department conferences. Stafford. c. Lewis Bailes