The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-03
Second Day of Educators
 Convention Brings On
 Many Important Topics
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apparent to force the scale of wages up and among the more than 400 mem- bers of teachers federation already or ganized in the Birmingham district there is small demand that affiliation with the larger labor body be undertaken, it was stated.
 Discomfort seems to be more pronounced among Birmingham teachers than those from the rural districts, and this is ex- plained by several teachers who claim they have been offered higher salaries in the smaller towns for next years W ork.
 WILL NOT JOIN
 Prof S. R. Butler. superintendent of schools of Madison county, says that there is not the slightest possibility of the teachers joining the American Fed eration of Labor. but says something should be done to relieve the salary sit uation, which, he says. is growing more acute and is a great source of worry to superintendents who must attempt to fill the hundreds of vacancies made by teachers leaving the profession for places paying more money.
 Teachers get their money from muni- cpalities and from an entirely different class than do men who work for a daily wage and who draw their money through a pay window from organized capital ists, says Professor Butler. There can be little comity of interest between two such widely separated groups.
 "So far no one has come forward with a plan that will give immediate relief, and it seems to be the best policy to wait the .readjustment of government ma chinery that provides the money with which the teachers are paid" The Jefferson Theatre was wholly in- adequate to house the meeting yesterday, and hundreds of teachers gathered in | the lobby, on the stairs, and in front of the building With new teachers arriving every few minutes, and greetings being made, so much noise arose from with out the building that the ten-mnute addresses were lost except to the fortu- nate few who had come early and se- cured seats we'll toward the front. | Although the attendance at the general sessions was great, it was stated thai | the sectional meetings in the afternoon were not so well attended, hundreds oi teachers taking the afternoon off to see l the city.
 The weather Friday was ideal for out door activities, and every store in the downtown district was crowded at some l time during the afternoon with teachers from out-of-town making Easter pur l chases
 l AFTERNOON SESSION | The department of rural schools met a 2:15 in the afternoon in the ballroom o the Tutwiler Hotel. T. J, York, superin tendent of schools of Walker county. wal chairman. The department of norma l schools met at the same hour in th' nrivate dining room of the Tutwiler. 1 NJ. Shackelford, president of the Stat l Normal School at Troy, was chairman. The department of vocational education I met at the Y M. c. A. building Tn 1 tes chers of the primary department me at the First Baptist Church.
 l One of the most enjoyable affairs of tn l day was the luncheon given the teacher of home economies by the JenerSol County Home Economies Association a
 the Hillman Hotel.
 An event that will long be remembers
 by the visiting teachers was the canc
 given them at the Tutwiler Thursda night. between 10 and F o'clock. Becaus ! of the heavy downpour, not all who In [ tended could get to the dance, and 1t | probably well that they did not, for nor
 than 300 attended, filled the place ant
 had a most enjoyable time The affai
 was informal. the fear of rain havin
 caused a postponement in the display Q much Easter wearing apparel.
 HUNTSVILLE LEADS Huntsville so far has carried off tw'
 honors. one of which will hardly be al
 preached by many cities of twice its sizt The first was an attendance of l00 pc cent of association memperSnipS anu IT
 other is the paying of all expenses of it
 teachers while attending the meeting
 in Birmingham, including railroad far and hotel bills
 Final adjournment will be taken today
 after the meeting at the Jefferson The
 atre scheduled to begin at o'clock tn,
 morning. The programme for this meet \ ing includes a soprano solo by Ms
 Mitchell and an address by Leo H. K!ss supervisor of secondary education or tn
 state department of education of Mont
 gcmery
 N One of the features of the conventol
 will be the address of James L. Sibley
 district vocational officer. federal boar
 of vocational education, New Orleans
 This talk will deal with what should o
 done to teach disabled and partly dis abled soldiers toward helping them max Ia living by their own efforts.
 Junior Red Cross business will be dis l cussed by Charles s. Biggs of Washing ton. If is expected that the real heavy wori of the convention will come before tht sound of fhe gayel Saturday at uooul