The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-03-28
President Barrett of City
Commission to Make Adj
dress of Welcome to Dele
gates
NOTED EDUCATORS TO
SPEAK ON PROBLEMS
AFFECTING SCHOOLS
DR.. Bryan of Indiana and
Miss Julia Lathrop Are
Among the Speakers At
Jefferson Theatre

The thirty-seventh annual session of
the Alabama Educational association
will convene at the First Baptist church
this afternoon at o'clock, with in
dications pointing to the largest at
tendance in it's history. The advance en-
rollment last night was 1900. which IS
six times greater than any previous rec
ord up to the same time, and more
than 1900 teachers have already arrived,
800 of this number being from Jeffer-
son county and the Birmingham schools,
Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler. president
of Columbia university, and one of the
most prominent educators in the country,
will not be present as has been previ-
ously announced, he having been forced
to cancel his engagement. However
several national educators will appear on
the programme and the meetings Oh the
association are to be a feast or ipstruc-
lions looking to the best way to win the
war through the curriculum of the Ala
bama schools.
SPEAKING AT JEFFERSON
DR.. N. A. Barrett president of the city
| commission, will deliver the welcome ad'
dress and the response will be made py
Miss Sarah Luther, principal OF the
Conecuh County High school. The presl-
dent, DIR. Charles A. Brown. principal OF
Central High school, will make an ad-
dress after which committees will be ap-
pointed Music during the meeting will
be furnished by the Central High schoo
orchestra, band, junior orchestra OF th'
Birmingham public schools, and the Girls
| Glee club.
! DR.. William L. Bryan, president of the
University of Indiana, will make an
address this evening at the JEFFERSON
theatre and Miss Julia Lathrop, nation
al director of child welfare, will speai
| on American Children in War Time.
Dr. L. F. Hawkins, assistant director 10
agricultural education of the fedora
board of vocational education, will make
an address on 1.-The Smith-dughes Ac
and Vocational Education
| Dr. John NJ. Clapp, secretary or TN
/ American Speech league, will speak TO
morrow morning on Our Nationa
speech and Our National Life.
| Experiences in Europe in War Time
will be the subject of the address b,
lDr wallace Buttrick, executive secre-
tary. general educa tional board and Miss
Maude Lindsay of Florence, who has spe
cialized in kindergarten work, will speai
on THE Abiding Love for Literature
TRAINING OF TEACHERS
Tomorrow night at o'clock at the
| Jefferson theatre, DR.. John r.. kirk
| president of Normal school, will deliver
the address, Training All the Teachers
for All the Pupils and Spright Dowell
superintendent of education of Alabama
will speak on what Will You Make
of Our State?"
This evening Immediately after tn'
1 adjournment reception will be giver
the teachers at the Tutwiler hotel ns
| tha Civic association and the Cham
Der of Commerce. i,
| The Saturday morning session VII
he held at the First Baptist church ant
Zebulon Judd, head of the department
| of education, Alabama POLYTECHNIC IN
stitute. will talk on "Scientinc Zen
denotes in Education
Among the prominent educators
present are DIR. william L. BRYAN, Or
Wallace Buttrlck, MISS . uiie -
DR.. John NJ. Clapp, DR.. L. F. Hawkins
Miss Maude Lindsay, Henry j. Wiling
ham. Dr. John r. Kirk. Zebulon Judo
Spright Dowell, superintendent OF ecu
! cation. and many others.
The department programme Tor 70
day is as follows:
County SUPERINTENDENT
$50 o'clock, Tutwiler hotel.
/ Invocation.
Roll call.
Presidents address
Relation of County Superintendent =
school improvements. B. Lambert o
/ Baldwin county. w. r. Bennett o
Conecuh county.
The County Superintendent on NJ
IJob--N. r. Baker of jefferson county
A. C. Anderson of Barbour county.
Relation of County Superintendent Z
to Alabama Teachers Reading Circle
Mrs. r. L. Faucet of Autauga county
is r. Butler Of Madison county.
state Aid Rural School Buildings
B. Hobby, state department of educa
4 ton, Montgomery
HIGH SCHOOL
$50 o'clock, First Baptist church
Presidents Address,. l.. Moulde
of Plantville.
Suggestions for More Efficien
Teaching OF Agriculture in the Higl
Schools-W. G. Biasingame, Alabam
Polytechnic institute.
! improvements That Might Be Mad