Proceedings of the Conference for Education in the South (Volume 9) (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1906. Excerpt: ... SECOND DAY, THURSDAY, MAY 3 MEETING OF STATE SUPERINTENDENTS OF EDUCATION President Ogden in the chair. The Conference was called to order at 10 o'clock. Committees were appointed as follows: Committee On Nominations: J. Y. Joyner, E. C. Branson, W. H. Hand, A. J. Montague, W. J. Schieffelin. Committee On Policy And Eesolutions: Charles D. McIver, James E. Eussell, Walter H. Page, H. B. Frissell, S. C. Mitchell, S. A. Mynders, P. P. Claxton, J. W. Abercrombie, 0. B. Martin, J. S. Stewart, Wallace Buttrick, Edwin A. Alderman, George J. Eamsey, Edwin Knox Mitchell, Albert Shaw, Charles W. Dabney. Announcement was made that the Organization of Southern State Superintendents of Education would occupy the session with exercises under their own Chairman, and Superintendent Seymour A. Mynders was introduced by President Ogden and took the chair, responding in the following words: Superintendent Mtndeks. Mr. President: It is with a great deal of pleasure that the Association of State Superintendents of the Southern States accepts the very kind invitation of the Conference for Education in the South to participate in its annual program. Our Association is four years old. We were organized independently of this body, meeting at a different time. We gladly accepted the invitation last year to hold our meeting two days preceding its meeting and to participate in these exercises. I wish publicly to state that we have upon two occasions recently by resolution heartily endorsed the work of the Conference for Education in the South and the work of the Southern Education Board. On behalf of the gentlemen I represent I wish further to state that we must give to the Southern Education Board, which is a child of this Conference, a great deal of credit for the improvement tha...