The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1917-03-01
MANY NoTrD EDUCATORS
TO MAKE ADDREssEs
HIRE MKT MAY.
5000 VISITORSTO
BIZ IN ATTENDANCE
Session. viii BE Held II First
Bsp,i., and First Presby,er.
ian Churches.

When the pedaFoRues Of Missls
sippi meet here In annual session next
May they are going 10 have the pleas
ure Of listening 10 some excellent ad.
dresses. for the tentative program,
which has just been announced. con.
tains the names Of some Of the
south's most brilliant educators. men
and women who have made a success
not only in the school room but on
the platform, and whose talks are
certain to bring to all who hear them
both pleasure and profit
The list of speakers includes State
Superintendent of Education W. +.
Bond, Of Jackson; Dr. J. W. Provine,
president of Mississippi College at
Clinton Miss Susie V. Powell, di-
rector of women's extension work in
Mississ pp., 18th headquai .arj at the
A. & a. College, Madame Harriet La
Babe, the cited reader who recently
delighted large audience at the In
dustrial Institute and College, and
other brilliant men and women who
have gained fame as educators and
platform entertainers.
II is expected that the convention
will bring about 1880 visitors to the
city, and two of the leading churches
will be used as meeting places, the
business sessions of the association
being held at the First Baptist church
and the departmental sessions at the
First Presbyterian church.
The tentative program follows:
Thursday, May 8, at P. M.
/. Music.
2. Invocation.
3. Address of welcome.
4. Response to Address of We'll
come, DR., A. A. Kern, of Millsaps.
5. Music.
6. Presidents Address.
7. Report of Committee on Ne
crology.
8. Appointing committees and
transacting business that may ap-
pear.
9. 10 o'clock-Reception in hon.
or of teachers at the |. |. & c. AT
this reception Madame Harriet La
Badie will give "Rosalind," a comedy
in one act, by Barrie.
Friday, May 4, IL A. M.
l. Music.
2. Report of Committee on School
Law, S. p Walker.
3. Report of Committee on Pub
lie Health, Dr. J. C. Robert.
4. Report of Committee on Ii
braries, John Rundle.
5. Report of Committee on Reg
istration, John H. Culkin.
6. Ibsen's "The Doll House,
Madame Harriet Labadie.
Adjourned at 12.45 p. m.
Friday, May 4, at P. M.
/. Report of committee appoint
ed to act with Federation of Wom
ems Clubs, Miss Meddie L. Robinson
2. Report of Committee on Pub
licity, j. E. Brown.
5. Report of Committee OF
Course of Study, J. S. Vandiver.
4. Address-"E Traits o.
Human Nature" Dr. M. " O'Shea
Adjourn at 3:15 p. m.
Friday, May 4, at 8 P. M.
/. Address, Hon W. F. Bond.
.. Address-"Moonlight Schools
Mrs. Cora Wilson Stewart.
3. Kennedy's "The Servant in tn
House." Madame Harriet Labadie.
Adjourn at 1895 p. m.
Saturday, May S, at $50 A. M.
/. Report of Nominating Com
mittee.
2. Address-"The Place of tn
Denominational School in Our Edu
cational System" DIR, ]. w. Provint
8. Report of Reading Circle Con
mittee, H. B. Heidelberg.
a. Report of Committee on Edr
cational Progress, Miss Susie '
Powell.
5. Report Of Committee on Pres
dents Address.
6. Report of Special Committee
Z. General business.
s. Installation of officers.
Teachers over the state desirin
reservations for the coming meetin
are requested to at once notify Pro
H. L. McClesky, at Hattiesburg.
Mr. F. A. Rowan, Of Artesia, spel
Tuaeday aftarnoop in tho citv