The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-01
CLASSIC SCHOLARS HERE THREE DAYS IN BIC CONVENT ION
Leaders and Middle West and South to Deliver
 Addresses

The southern section of the Classic Association of the Middle West and South will hold a three-daX seA%on in Birmingham on April 12. 13 and 14, which will be attended by promi- nent educators and classic scholars from all over the country Five meetings will be held during the tfree- day session. The first will be held at tho Tutwiler hotel Thursday night at 8 o'clock, the second Friday morning at 9 o'clock at i~owIrd col lege the third Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock, also at Howard; the fourth Friday night at o'clock at the First Methodist church, and the last Sat urday morning at Q o'clock at Bir- minghsm- Southern college.
 The first session will be opened by welcome addresses by Dr. John Daw- son, president of Howard college, and Dr. Guy E. Snavely, president of Blr- mingham- Southern college. The re- sponse will be made by Prof. Josiah B. Game of Florida State College for Women, who is president of the southern section of the association. The main speaker of the Thursday night meeting will be Prof. Charles Forster Smith of the University of Wisconsin, who will speak on Three old Time Classical Schools" Judge W. A. Falconer of Fort Smith. Ark. and Prof A. c. Sanders of Millsaps college will also speak.
 Program for Friday.
 Friday morning pr. James II. Dill lard, rector of William and Mary college, will speak on Suggestions for High School Latin" Prof. E. L. Green of University of South Caro- lima; Dr. R. M. Smith, formerly of Randolph Macon college; Prof. c. A. Simmons, Hendrix college; Prof. w. NJ. Thomas of Howard college, Prof. R. B. Steele of Vanderbilt university, Prof. W. D. Hooper of University of Georgia and Prof. F. A. Gallup, prin- cipal of Woodlawn High school, will be the other speakers.
 An important speaker of the Fri day afternoon session will be Prof North Carolina, who will speak on History and Legend in the Aenid of Virgil" Other speakers will be Prof q. r. Nicolassen of Oglethorpe unl- versity, Prof. Alfred P. Hamilton of Millsaps college. Miss Sue Vent of the Apalachicola High school, Flor ida; Prof. George Currie of Birming- ham, Southern college, Judge ". A. Falconer of Fort Smith, Ark. Prof, w. E. Farrar of Mercer university and Prof. A. Pelzer Wagencr of Roa- noke college.
 The meeting Friday night at the First Methodist dhurch will be fea- tured by a special musical program and three important men will speak Dr. J. J. Tlgert, United States com missioner of education, will deliVoN an address; Dr. John c. FutraH, president of the University of Ar kansas, will speak on "The Conser- vation of Human Talent" and Dr. Andrew West. dean of Princeton uni- versity, will speak on "The Classical Survey" Women Speak Saturday.
 The final meeting, Saturday morn ing, will be featured by several speeches by women teachers from the various colleges and high schools. Prof. Ethel Black of Woman's Col lege of Alabama will be the first speaker. Other speakers will be Miss Hortense K. Thornton of Cen tral High, Prof. Alice MacFarlane of LaGrange college, Prof. Alexander L.. Bondurant of the Unifersity of Mis- sissippi, Miss Lucy Hutchins of Blue Ridge college, Dr. II. M. Ivy, high school inspector of Mississippi; Miss Annie Lou Brown of Birmingham, and Miss Ada Winslow of the Mis- sissippi State College for Women.
 The local committee has made all arrangements for the entertainment of the visitors to the meeting Head quarters will be established at the o'clock the association will be the guests of Howard college at lunch con, while Birmingham Southern coll lege will entertain the visitors at luncheon at the same hour on Sat- urday.