The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-30

1 With the election of officers, reports of committees and an address by Zebulon Judd of Auburn, the thirty seventh an- nual convention of the Alabama Educa- | tionaI association will come to close after a most successful meeting, there being 2515 teachers of the state in att | tendance The closing session will be | held at the First Baptist church. cor ner of Sixth avenue and Twenty-second street. and will commence at o'clock. | The feature of the meeting will be the election of Miss Cora Pearson as presi- l dent of the association, and it is under stood without opposition. Miss Pearson will be the first woman to be honored | by the election to the presidency Of the l Alabama Educational association in It's history and her many friends are much gratified at the distinction. She is the l critic teacher of the Alabama Normal school and has been chairman or the executive committee of the association for the past three years and is well in- 1 formed on the work, aims and purposes of the association.
 | TWO BIT" DONATIONS
 
 "Thrift' was the subject spoken on by Crawford Johnson. state director of the national war savings commit tee, with headquarters in Birmingham.
 In his inimitable manner, combining humor with enough seriousness to make his talk impressive, MT. Johnson told of the numbers of ''two-bit' dona- tions that were needed and the excel lent security that was offered ny I Uncle Sam for this little sum to tide him over" to days when ne Wlii De more flush"
 Patriotism was the keynote of the address made by Ray Rushton Com fidence in the nation to arise to great CT heights than the crisis which now confronts it was expressed, but his optimism was of the practical sort, which favors send the men over to the l other side and making sure of it be- fore the war is brought to this coun- try. That the war will last more than a year or two was also claimed.
 Spright Dowell. superintendent of education of Alabama, was the last speaker on the evenings programme, but on account of the late hour made very brief talk. Greater co-opera- tor among the teachers and state of ficials was asked for and all were asked to join in to help wipe the Kaiser, kultur and everything German. in the sense of the word that it is now known, from the face of the earth. l EDUCATION CATCHING
 Professional education, like measles, is catching" said Dr. John R. Kirk, president of the State Normal school of Missouri, at the evening session of the Alabama Educational association lccnference held at the Jefferson thea tre last night. Training All the Teachers for All the Children" was the topic of pr. Kirk's discourse In continuing on this subject, he said: 'Business education is catching, mu- sical education is catching, mechani- cal education is catching, no matter what branch or variety of education you name, it is catching
 The time is coming when the man or woman who enters into business or social life in this world with only a high school education will be unfit fer the duties required of him. We have already witnessed great change ln the educational life of the nation. and we are destined to see a yet greater oEe.'
 Preparedness was the underlying theme of pr. Kirk's talk and was to be round in his every statement. Tn the schcol or in any business in life in teaching or in an endeavor to learn, 1t was urged. 'In this age one cannot T set away from the idea of prepared ness stated the speaker.
 The association held its morning ses- sion yesterday at the Jefferson theatre, which was well filed Among the fea- lures of the meeting was a motion for the association to purchase $500 worth Of Liberty Bonds, the motion carrying amid great enthusiasm
 LOYALTY Tn TANCTrACE
 The programme was opened with mtI- sical programme by the junior orchestra of the Birmingham public schools. Dr. C.. A. Brown, principal of Central High school of Birmingham, and president of the association, made a stirring talk in which he invited the visiting teachers to inspect the ruins of Central High school, which was destroyed bys fire several weeks ago. He spoke of how completely the firebug had done his work and ther asked the teachers of Alabama to visit the present quarters. of the local high school pupils, and in this way they could realize what the destruction of the build ing and it's splendid library of 5000 vol umes meant to Birmingham. He intro duced pr. John M. Clapp, secretary oi the Amreican Speech league Dr. Clar on this occasion spoke on Our Nationa Speech and Our National Life" and he urged the teachers of Alabama to teacf IlOyalty 10 language as we'll as to the flag. and he urged purer speech in al conversation. He spoke most highly oi the south. declaring purer speech was heard here than in any part of the coun- try, and the people of the south shoult be very proud of this and preserve it.
 VOCATIONAL TRAINING
 pr. l.. F. Hawkins assistant director L for agricultural education of the fedora board for vocational education. made ar interesting talk. setting out the salien | facts of the Smith Hughes act and o vocational education He told of the urg- ent necessity for vocational training as the government was now calling fol trained men for war work and especial fly for mechanics for the shipbuildins plants He placed much emphasis on thi lmatter of increasing the salaries oi teachers.
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