Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-01-02
COLORED TEACHERS
IN ANNUAL MEETING
First Gathering at Ezion Church
This Morning by Pres
ident Miller of State Board.

The first annual meeting of the State
Association of Colored Teachers OF della
ware convened this morning at lO.3O at
Ezion Church, corner OF Ninth and French
streets The meeting WAS to have been
held at Howard High School, but on
account Of that building not being ready
for the gathering. the morning session
was held at the church. The afternoon
session will be held Mt the school building
A tentative organization OF the as
sociation was formed during the summer
school for colored teachers At Dover. and
The GERS selected. They are: President,
Prof Isaac ". Howard; secretary, Mrs.
MARY f. Shocklcy. This organization was
ratified at the meeting thus morning,
when the association met.
The first thing on the program was an
address by George b. Miller. president OF
the state Board Of Education, who cx-
tended greetings to the colored teachers,
and told what the State Board was dong
for the colored schools of the State. mem
tioning plans for the year just beginning
DIR. Conwcll Bauton, member of the
Board Of Eduation OF Wilmington. also
delivered an address, and told of the work
Of the colored schools OF the city.
The president Of the association, Prof.
Isaac VI Howard, III his address, spoke
of the benefits of organization by the
culored teachers.
Among the guests at the meeting this
morning was Prof s. q. Adkins, OF Wins
tou-Salem, y. c., former president OF the
National Association OF Teachers OF Color
ed Schools, and now chairman Of the
executive committee Of that organiZa-
ton Professor Adkins SAID there were
10000 colorcd teachers in the United
States, and spoke Of the value Of organiza-
ton among them. to help themselves and
10 exchange ideas IN thclT work and 10
broaden themselves in thor profession
The next meeting of the national aSsocia-
ton will be IN Baltimore during the COM
ing summer, and Professor Adkins urged
the teachers Of Delaware 70 JON the as
socIatlOu.
The program for this afternoon At
Howard High school will include an adj
dress hy DR. r. W Coopcr, The Negro
Teacher and the New School Program !;
ar address by Mrs. thce Dunha.-Ncl-
son. Professional ftiues, WITH round
table discussion
Tonight Commissioner A. Il. Spaid is
on the program for an address as Is Prof
Leslie + Hi. principal Of Cheyncy In
Ftitute The addresses tonight Will bc
followed by a socla hour, ana music viii
Dt iuTNtStlCI bN lie it'-ht ttAtN. as>@lNtEA -
local talent
Among those present at the meeting
this morning wery Prof y &. jason,
president ~ the State College at Dover;
Mrs. Isurs Iunn, ~myrns Miss Char-
lotte Rlcr. N,sws-c City Mrs Ethel
Jackson, smyrna, Mrs Minnie Kun
brouch. FELTON, 81 n Blackburn, Della
ware City. Ailss Tfonora INNS, Fort
Penn. Mis- T Alexander harrington;
Mrs. Be-sic C1arke, Hocke@SIn; Nrs.
Lucy d. Jackson. Odessa; Mrs. Meta ;.
Boldly, Newport. Miss tlossIe Buckner,
Harrington Nr Bcthcala DcShelds,
Houston. Afrs Virginia Cra!g ChrIstIana;
Mrs Lucy Moore, A,illsboro; Miss
Amands Pierce, Townsend AirS. Cora NJ.
AIKEN, Dover Miss Sa 3 Jenkins, Reho-
both Miss Elizabeth G. Young, Laurel;
Miss Margaret Ioper, Harrington; Mrs.
Eva RakCs, Dover. Clinton Collins,
Townsend; : /. Copwru, Dover: Miss
Nav Haudy. Smyrna; B. F Dennis,
P7dceville. MIS- ica-l Nsbry Bridge
vile. Mrs Gertrude Patterson, Dover;
As Ahcc DunbaE-N Nelson, " Wilmington; /;
j " Howard. laurel, NJ T. Hilton
Shocklcy. Milford Ills W Henson, Niola.