There was no meeting of the Association in 1907, because of yellow

fever at New Orleans, which city had been selected as the place of meeting.

SOUTHERN EDUCATIONAL ASSOCIATION.

OFFICERS FOR 1909.

President J. H. Van Sickle, Baltimore, Md.

First Vice-President-E. B. Craighead, New Orleans, La.
Second Vice-President-Wm. M. Slaton, Atlanta, Ga.

Third Vice-President-Miss Marion Hanckel, Charleston, S. C.
Treasurer-E. P. Burns, Atlanta, Ga.
Secretary-H. E. Bierly, Chattanooga, Tenn.

DEPARTMENTS.

DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION.

President-Dean Walter Miller, New Orleans, La.
Secretary-President Robert Pell, Spartanburg, S. C.

DEPARTMENT OF SECONDARY EDUCATION.

President-W. Townsend, Little Rock, Ark.
Vice-President-P. R. Radcliffe, Maryville, Tenn.
Secretary T. R. Owens, Prattville, Ala.

DEPARTMENT OF NORMAL EDUCATION.

President-H. H. Cherry, Bowling Green, Ky.
Secretary-H. E. Bennett, Williamsburg, Va.

DEPARTMENT OF SUPERINTENDENCE.

President-T. P. Bailey, Memphis, Tenn.

Secretary-Miss Agnes Morris, Natchitoches, La.

DEPARTMENT OF ELEMENTARY EDUCATION.

President-D. B. Johnson, Rock Hill, S. C.
Secretary-W. E. Striplin, Gadsden, Ala.

DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL EDUCATION.

President-E. E. Utterback, Memphis, Tenn.
Secretary-E. W. Wyatt, Houston, Tex.

DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION.

President-Dr. Theodore Toepel, Atlanta, Ga.

Vice-President-Miss Caroline Berry Phelps, Raleigh, N. C. Secretary-Miss Mildred Dalzell, Tallahassee, Fla.

DEPARTMENT OF DRAWING AND MANUAL ARTS.

President-G. H. Baskette, Nashville, Tenn.
Vice-President-Wm. F. Yust, Louisville, Ky.

Secretary-Miss Mary Hannah Johnson, Nashville, Tenn.

Prof. Alexander Graham-Committee on Reception.
W. C. Corwith-Committee on Accommodation.

H. P. Harding-Committee on Membership.

Mrs. J. E. Reily (for the Ladies), J. R. Pharr (for the Gentlemen) -Committee on Entertainment.

W. C. Corwith-Committee on Music.

JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS

OF THE

TWENTIETH ANNUAL MEETING

HELD AT

CHARLOTTE, N. C., DECEMBER 28-30, 1909.

FIRST DAY'S PROCEEDINGS.

FORENOON SESSION, PRESBYTERIAN COLLEGE, 10 A. M.

THE meeting was called to order by Pres. J. H. Van Sickle, after which the Association was led in prayer by President Bridges. Addresses of welcome were then delivered as follows: For the State of North Carolina, Hon. J. Y. Joyner; for the City of Charlotte, the Mayor of the city, Hon. T. W. Hawkins; for the city schools, Superintendent Graham. The responses on behalf of the Association was given by Supt. R. J. Tighe, of Asheville, N. C.

Miss Grace Jones, of Asheville, N. C., read Mrs. Walter B. Hill's general report for the Improvement of the Public Schoolhouses and Grounds of the Southern States; then followed the annual reports of the State Superintendents of the South, and reports were made by the State Superintendents from Kentucky, Louisiana, Florida and North Carolina.

EVENING SESSION.

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1909–7:30 P. M.

The meeting was called to order and the President of the Association delivered the annual address. This was followed by an address by Pres. S. E. Mezes, University of Texas, on the subject, "Vocational, Cultural and Social Training." After announcements made by the Secretary, the meeting adjourned.