The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-04-13
Birmingham Stage Is Set For Greatest Educational
 Rally EUer Held in State
Governor Thomas E. KiIby Here to Preside Over Citi- zens' Conference in Connec- ton With Convention

With the arrival in Birmingham throughout yesterday. last night and this morning of the officers in the Alabama Educational association, county and city superintendents, teachers and score of prominent educators in addition to those who have been in attendance at the illit- eracy conference, all seems to be in readiness for the greatest educational 1 rally ever held in Alabama, and among the largest in the southland, which convenes this morning and continues through Saturday.
 Although the attendance at the A. b. A. is always the best of any state organization in Alabama, the number of paid enrollments for the present convention now numbers close to 1000 as against 5000 at the co responding time last year, with ih- dications that this meeting will more than surpass any previous gather ings. both in number of educators in attendance and in the manifold and far-reachinng results accomplished" |" according to the statement of pr. T. W. Palmer. president of the as- sociation, and president of the Ala bama Girls Technical Institute at Montevallo.
 KiIby To Preside
 Governor Kilby will be present and deliver the opening address at the morning session of the conference which convenes in the dining room of the Southern club at 9:30 o'clock, and will preside over this and the afternoon session, which begins at 2:30
 The morning session will be fea- tured by addresses from prominent professional men and women of the state, dealing with education, the business of all the people; special meaning of education for Alabama; Alabama's ideals: Shall our schools be as good as the best, or shall we be satisfied with less? Our elementary schools, what we have, what we should have, and what is practicable in the next five years; our high schools; what we have, what we should have, and what is practicable in tho next five years, and the agri- cultural schools, function and sup port All these broader subjects will be disected, and discussed in round table fashion in order that some thing concrete and fundamental may be accomplished to place both pri- mary and secondary education where 1t should be through legislative ap- propriation and support from the public at large. In Alabama.
 Afternoon Session
 The afternoon session will be continuation and an elaboration of the educational question, including the adequate supply of adequately trained teachers for all schools; nor nal schools, and the conditions and needs higher education, the needs, conditions, demands and best methods of meeting those demands; adequate support of the University, Alabama Polytechnic Institute, Alabama Tech nical Institute and College for Women, and the state agricultural and mechanical college for negroes; public libraries in Alabama; can we give adequate support to public ed- ucation in Alabama? Can we af- ford not to do so? Sources of in come, and the provisions for carry ing on the work of this conference.
 Round Table Discussions
 It Is distinctly pointed out by Gov ernor Kilby and Dr. P. P. Claxton, under whose supervision the pro- gram was arranged, that the Kilby conference Is not to be succession of set speeches. but Is a specially called conference as an adjunct of the