The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-02-22
FROM THE EDUCATORS
NOTEBOOK.

| Detroit-The convention OF the De,
partment of Superlntendents of the
National Education Association open
ed here today, with a large attend
ance. Fred L. Keller, State Superin
tendent of Public instruction, and d..
Charles f. Chadsey, Superintendent OF
schools of Detroit, welcomed the Wis
itors. One of the most interesting
events of the convention is School
master-Governor's evening"" which
falls on Thursday, when Governor
Woodbridge n. Ferris of Michigan
Gov. Frank B. Willis of Ohio and Gov
Martin G.. Brumbaugh of Pennsylvania
will be the speakers. All three of these
executives are former educators, ant
their presence furnished unique
meeting. Tomorrow evening, the De
troit Women Principals Club will ten
der a reception to the delegats.
Waterville, Mo.-The Colby Chaptel
of Commons Clubs is entertaining tho
delegates to the tenth annual conven
| ton of the National Federation OF
: ommons Clubs, which is being hel(
here this week. The twelve active
chapters of the federation are repre-
scented. Delegates have come from I'm
ION College, Tufts, Syracuse. Mass
Agricultural, Hobart, Connecticut Ag
iricultural New Hampshire State, Uni
versity of Allegheny, University OF
West Virginia and University of Wash
| ington.
Chattanooga, Tenn.-A meeting O.
church dignitaries, philanthropists anf
alumni is being held here today, tc
devise ways and means to pay off the
| Indebtedness of the University of tho
South, at Sewanee, Tenn. 1t is believ
ed the debts will be wiped out and {
generous fund raised for future work
The university has unique history
1t was founded as a result of meet
ing held on Lookout Mountain by
Episcopalian bishops. The object wa
to establish college for young men
the South, under church influence
Ten thousand acres had been decided
to the institution, liberal charter hat
been granted by Tennessee and prom
Uses of large endOwments had beer
made. But the war wiped all this GU
except the land and the charter.
Washington, ID. C.-To reestablisl
and refit the universities, libraries a-0
art galleries of ravished Belgium, tt
return her students, writer's and art
lists so that she may again flourish IL
after the war, is the purpose of a cam
paign being conducted throughout tbs
United States. 1t is a labor of love fOl
the advancement of education and TO
the preservation of some OF, the fines
examples of modern art DR.. Nevil M
Hopkins of this city is chairman O
this Belgian scholarship committee
which is a subcommittee of the cen
trail Belgian relief fund, and the move
me mt has been endorsed by Immanue'
Havenith, the Belgian minister. One
Of the features of the movement t.
restore Belgium's culture is the fact
that American educational circles art
the contributors, with no help expect
ed from the general public. Some o.
the leading Americans of the present
day are deeply interested in the un
dertaking and are taking active par
| in it.
Ithaca, N. Y.-The College of Civil
Engineering of Cornell University is
entertaining this week several hun
dred highway engineers from all over
the country, for the discussion of the
problems of highway building. The
state officials and federal officialj
who have charge OF this important
branch of public improvements have
joined with the college men in the
programme. Last years session, the
first of its kind, was big success
and the conference this. year is proving
to be OF still greater interest.
Chicago, Ill.-The attitude of medi
Ical men toward school boards and
school curricula is varied and inter