Jackson advocate., 1946-11-09
Charles H. Hicks
Gives Keynote
Address

The Forty-Eighth Convention
of the Arkansas Teachers Assocl
alton convenes at Dunbar High
School, Little Rock, Arkansas, No
vember 6, Z, 8, and 9th. The theme
of the four-day program which
commences with a meeting OF
the Executive Committee on Wed
nesday, November 6 at 500 p
M, is Developing the Total Per-
sonality of Youth"
The Thursday morning session
will begin promptly at Nine
O'Clock with president J. H. White
presiding. Special music will be
furnished by the Dunbar High
School Glee Club. The welcome
address will be delivered by Mr..
Herbert Denton, Principal Capital
Hill School, Little Rock. The
keynote address of the Conven-
ton will be delivered Thursday
morning by Mr.. G.. A. Hicks, AS
sistant Supervisor of Negro Edu-
cation Little Rock. This address
will be followed by talk by Mr..
C. L. Greiber, President American
Vocational Association. Following
the introduction of visitors the
meeting will adjourn for the morn
ing.
Music for the afternoon ses-
sion nThursday, November 7,
will be furnished by the Scipio A.
Jones High School Girls Glee
Club, North Little Rock. DR.. M.
L. Harris, president of PhilaEder
Smith College will preside. The
two principal addresses of the aft
ernoon will be given-by Mr.. James
A. Winn, Manager of the Veter-
ans Administration Regional Of
flee, and Mr.. Daniel r. Williams
Chicago, who will discuss "Audio
Visual Aids in Education" At
three o'clock there will be a meet
ing of the different departments
of the convention.
The Evening Session on Thurs
day will be a joint meeting of the
Arkansas Congress of -Colored
Parents and Teachers and Arkan-
sas Teachers Association. Mrs.
Mary w. Wilson, Presid ent Ark
ansas Congress C. P. T. will pre-
side. Music will be furnished by
Arkansas Baptist College. The two
main addresses for this session
will be given by DR.. Alberta
Young, University of Tennessee,
Knoxville, Tennessee and Mrs. w.
Henry, President, National Con-
gress of Colored People and Teach
ers, Dover, Delaware. A solo will
be given by Mrs. Debarah William
Vault of Prescott, Arkansas.
The Friday morning general
session will open at ten thirty a.
m. with Mr.. J. H. White, presid-
ing. Music will be furnished by
the Girls Glee Club of Shorter
Flipper Curry College, North
Little Rock. Community singing
will be under the direction OF
Mrs. Ruth A. Jackson, Ell Dorado
Arkansas. Prayer will be offer
ed by DR.. L. S. Overalls, Dean,
Theological Department, Shorter
College, N. L. r. Arkansas.
Music for the afternoon ses-
sion will be furnished by Phil
ander Smith College. DR.. Ed Nc
Cuistion, Director Division of Ne
gro Education, Little Rock, will
address the Convention followed
by Mrs. Pearl Wannamaker, Pres
ident National Education Associ-
alton, Olympia, Washington. A
Marimba solo by Mrs. E. C. Dyer
will conclude the program Thurs
day afternoon.
From 7:30 to 500 p. m. on Fri
day evening there will be band
concert by the Dunbar Hi School
Band. Mr.. Herbert Smith, vice.
president Arkansas Teachers As
sociation, will preside. Address of
the evening will be given by DR..
Bertram w. Doyle, Dean of Louis
vile, Kentucky Municipal College.
Music will be furnished by Dun
bar Junior College. On Saturday
morning, November 9th, the con-
vention will terminate with a
meeting of the Executive Com
yoft4no