The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-05
EDUCATORS
ELECTION PLAN
UNDEMOCRATIC
Resolution, Asks A. e. A.
Officials Re Chosen By
Popular Vote
tsTATE CAPITAL BUREAU

MONTGOMERY, Ala, April T.
The city superintendent department
of the Alabama Education associa-
ton at its meeting today adopted
resolution advocating abolition of the
nominating committee of the state as
sociation and the establishing sys-
) tenn of nominating and eleetlng officers
from the floor. The system of nomi-
mating committee was declared to be
undemocratic. un-American and archaic
by w. W. Benson of Decatur, author
A of the resolution. The resolution
adopted unanimously, conveyed to the
resolutions committee of the Alabama
Education association the sentiment of
the city superintendent on the matter
of nominating committee.
Thomas G. Wilkinson of Eufaula
spoke in support of Superintendent
Benson's resolution. He declared that
with the nominating committee on the
job it is simply a question of listening
to the slate and saying aye. The
present system of election of officers of
the A. E. A. was described as "a farce
by another speaker.
A motion to reconsider was made
after the resolution had passed, but
the motion was defeated. The city SUI
perintendents elected officers of their
department and curiously enough used
the "archaic" and SLATE system of
nominating committee which they had
gone on record as opposing for the A.
70. A.
]. NJ. Burnett of Tuscaloosa was
elected president of the department. l..
r. Banks of Birmingham, vice presi-
dent, and f. Il. G. McGehee of Troy,
ecretary-treasurer.
Discussion of financial problems fea-
tured the session with an address by j.
M. Burnett, superintendent of Tusca-
loosa city schools, who urged the need
of more revenues for schools. He
pointed out that, while education costs
q great deal more than in the past, it
is also performing Il far greater serv-
ice to the public
Improvement of Teachers During the
/ School Sessions the the subject of an
interesting address by G. A. Donahoo,
superintendent off Gadsden city school.
and G. c. Moseley, superintendent of
I the Dothan city schools, spoke on
''Standardizing Alabama's City School
Courses of Study"
Superintendent w. r. Harrison of the
Montgomery city schools, presided.
j. ". HOgue Elected
The department of elementary school
principals of the Alabama Education
association held their annual meeting at
Lanier High school Thursday morning
and elected officers as follows: Pres
ident, j. V. Hogue, Birmingham; vice
president, Miss Lenoire Jones, Mobile;
secretary, Miss jamie Lou Rives, Mont
gomery; members of the executive COM
mittee, in addition to the officers
named, Miss Katie Bell Harrison of
I Ensley and Miss Mary Henderson of
Montgomery.
Urges Rehabilitation Bill
The general session of the Alabama
Education association today adopted
resolution asking Alabama's members of
Congress to support the passage of the
bill re-enacting the Smith-Bankhead
civilian rehabilitation law. DIR. John
w. Abercrombie, state, superintendent
of education, offered the resolution.
The Smith Bankhead act applies only
through June 80 of this year, and fail
ure to re-enaet it will mean that funds
which have been used in civilian re-
Mobilization will no longer be obtain
able. A bill to continue the apprOpria-
tions has been introduced, but it is
feared that unless Congress speeds up
the measure may not pass. The reso-
luton adopted particularly called at
tention of Representative Bankhead of
the Tenth district, one of the authors
of the civilian rehabilitation act and a
member of the rule committee, to the
need of continuing its provision.
Reports On Road-W. S. Keller,
state highway engineer, and G. N.
Mitcham, third division engineer of the
state highway department, returned Fri
day from inspections in Coffee, Cren-
shaw and Covington counties. The
Coffee county project, from Elba
through Enterprise. to the Geneva
county line, Mr.. Keller said, was com
pIeted. In Crenshaw county, the road
from Brentley to Luverne had been
practically completed. The grading is
nearly completed on the stretch of
highway between Brantley and Dozier.
The grading on the COvington county
project from Opp to Florala is 93 per
cent completed and some surfacing work
has been done on this road.
Frasier Chosen
The teacher training department of
the Alabama Education association at
its annual meeting today elected B. w.
Frasier of Jacksonville Normal school
president, and r. II. Switzerland, Liv-
ingston Normal school, secretary.
The program included addresses by
DR.. Walter d. Agnew, president of the
Woman's college; DIR. Ii. w. James
Alabama college; Professor Souther-
land DIR. r. f. Tidwell, assistant state
superintendent of education; DR.