The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-07
Society
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Mayes of the Girls Technical institute at Montevallo are in charge of the ex- hibit.
 The officers for the exhibit are: President, Dr. Charles H. Barnwell, professor of English and dean at the i University of Alabama; first vice pres l ident, Miss Rosa V. Strickland, princi- pal training school for teachers, Bir- mingham; second vice president, Miss Claudia Crumpton, head of the depart
 ment of English, Girls Technical in stitute, Montevallo; secretary, Pro.
 James R. Rutland, department of Eng fish, Alabama Polytechnic institutA Auburn; editor treasurer, c. c. Certain, professor of rhetoric and public speak ing, Alabama Polytechnic institute, Au- burn Miss Lou Abbe Chambliss is
 chairman of the social committee of the English association. The specific aims of the association are five-fold:
 To organize the English teaching in terests of the state; to conduct inves- tigations relative to teaching English; to publish findings; to cooperate in all possible ways with other similar or ganizations throughout the county; to promote acquaintance in good fellow ship among the English teachers of the state.
 The general scope of the work of the organization includes all phases of English teaching of the state-elemen- tary, grammar school, high school and college.
 It is the purpose of the association to bring every force in our education al life into the service of better Eng fish.
 The association invites superintend- ents principals and other teachers to cooperate in establishing good Eng fish consciences and in sharing the
 burden of enforcing a high average of correctness and effectiveness in the use of English.
 The association appeals particularly to the home and the newspaper to aid in reaching boys and girls that are not in the schools.
 All members receive the publications of the association free. All members are entitled to collec- tive membership in the National Coun- | Gil of Teachers of English l Since English plays such an impor- tant part in this Alabama Educational association meeting the following general session has been arranged for 1 the teachers today at p. m., rooms
 231-2S2 Central High school: l Subject for Discussions: Reading in I the Gradesl.
 Chairman: Charles IT. Barnwell. Uni
 versity of Alabama, University | l. General Business. l 2. Election of Officers. 8. The selection of literature for chill
 dren in the grades. Mrs. Zebulon Judd,
 Auburn, formerly assistant county su-
 perintendent Wayne county, North Carolina. (Twenty minutes). ] 4. Report of committee on articula- tion Miss Claudia Crumpton, head of department of English, Girls Technical
 institute Montevallo. (Ten minutes). | 5. Discussion.
 | (a). Methods of Teaching Literature
 to Children in the Primary Grades"
 Miss Rosa V. Strickland, principal of
 the Powell school, Birmingham. (Fif-
 teen minutes). | (b). Reading in the Fourth, Fifth
 and Sixth Grades" Miss Cora Pearson.
 department of English, state normal
 school, Florence. (Fifteen minutes). 1 Co. Methods of Teaching Literature
 in Gradges Seven, Eight and Nine." Miss
 Claudia Crumpton, Montevallo. (Fif-
 teen minutes).
 | Everyone interested in the teaching
 of English is urged to attend the gem
 eral session of the Association of
 Teachers of English. l Special announcements. lv. PRIMARY SECTION OF THE
 STATE EDUCATIONAL ASSOCIA- TON
 This afternoon. 4 o'clock. l The entire programme of the pri-
 mary section this year will be upon the ] teaching of English. The programme will be held at time not conflicting
 with sessions of the English associa-
 tion and should be attended by all
 teachers of English. The programme
 will be given under the following
 heads CD. Oral Language. CD. Cor
 relation of Handwork and Language.
 (3). Dramatization. (4). literature
 Through Music.
 There will be an English banquet
 held at the Thtwiler this evening at
 o'clock. pr. Charles H. Barnwell will