Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1920-12-08
AN EDUCATIONAL CONFERENCE.
Proninenc Educators, Governors and
Others to Assemble in Columbia.

olin, South Carolina, Georgia and
Florida will be held on Monday, Dec.
10, at the jefferson Hotel, Colunl-
bia, $. G.
The purpose Of the conference,
which is one OF Il series of twelv"
regional conferences on education,
called by the Commissioner Of Edu~
cation, is to discuss the most i'm
portant and pressing needs Of educa-
ton in the States Of the conference
group from the standpoint OF the
citizens who own, support and use
the schools rather than from that Of
professional educators.
Governors and chief school officers
of the group of conference States,
members of Legislatures. mayors of
cities, members of city councils,
w0men's clubs, civic and patriotic
organizations, labor unions, and
ministers, lawyers, editors and other
publicists, business men, city and
county superintendents Of schools
members OF city and county boards
OF education, representatives Of uni
versities, colleges and normal schools
as we'll as men and women interested
as citizens in the improvement OF
schools and the promotion Of educa
tion, have been invited to attend the
sessions Of the conference.
Set speeches and formal proceed
ings Of any kind will be avoided as
far as possible Although a definite
understanding will be reached in
advance that certain persons will be
prepared to speak, it is not intended
to confine the proceedings to those
persons. The meetings will be con-
fercnccs, in reality. and frank and
free expression will be in order.
Among the conference topics an
nounccd for such round-table discus
sion are:
l. Important Recent Progress.
2. Proposed Legislative Programs.
g. In What Does the Real Crisis
in Education Consist?
=. hh nNSH"HlC VI Soulpt-
tent Teachers Adequately Prepared.
5. The Pay Of Teachers and Of
School officers.
G. The Special Needs of Rural
Schools.
7. The Needs Of Higher Education
s. Sources Of Revenue for Educa-
tion.
O. Relation of Education to the
Production of Material Wealth and
the Public Welfare.
Among those invited to take part
in the conference sessions are: Gov
ernor Cats OF Florida, Governor
Rickett OF North Carolina, Governor
Cooper Of South Carolina. Governor
Dorsey Of Georgia: A. p. Anthony,
president Of Peoples Bank. Jack
sonville. Fla: President Murphree,
University OF Florida; w. \. Sheats,
State superintendent Of Public In
struction Of Florida: r. S. Holmes.
president Of Conn unity Forum. Day
tona Beach, Fla: T.. G. Brooks.
State Superintendent Of Public In
struCtion Of North Carolina; George
Royal, Goldsboro. n. c.; Presiden
Wright. East Carolina Teachers
Training School, Greenville, n. c.
President Foust, State Norman and
Industrial College, Greensboro. NC;
Davis Jeffries, superintendent of
Schools. Union. S. c.; David B. John
son, president winthrop Norman and
Industrial College, Rock Hill, S. c.:
President Riggs. Clemson Agricultu-
raj College; w. II. Hand, Superin-
tendent Of City Schools, Columbia,
S. c.; ]. e. Swearingen. State Su-
perintendent Of Education OF South
Carolina; NJ. l.. Britain, State SUI
rerintendent Of Schools OF Georgia :;
President Parks, Georgia Normal and
Industrial College: President Pound
state Normal school. Athens. Ga.
Georgia Youth Charged with Crime.
with having attacked the daughter Of
one OF the most prominent women in
Quitman, Ga. James Baker, one OF
the wcalthicSt young men in this
section OF the country. is to-day be.
ing sought on Il warrant clar@ing
him with assault with intent to muir
der.
Baker, who is in possession OF a
Croix de Gucrrc. won in France. and
who is son Of the late John Baker,