Colored Teachers' State Association Annual Session - 1906

Colored Teachers' State Association President

Texas school journal‎  article - 1904

Colored Teachers' State Association.

Just as we were ready to go to press the Journal received the program of the twenty-second annual session of the Colored Teachers' State Association and the fourteenth annual meeting of the Principals' Division, which will convene at Waco December 26th, 27th and 28th. Had the program been received earlier, it would have been published in full in these columns. The program, which is lengthy. contains many well-selected subjects, and some of the ablest colored teachers in the State are to take part. The Journal notes the following as some of the subjects to be discussed : "Labor—Its Influence on the Mind of the Child;" "The Value of Singing in the Primary Grades ;" "School Gardening;" "Scientific Agriculture;" "Proper Attitude in High School Instruction Towards the Various Useful Occupations;" "Manual Training in the Public Schools ;" "What Can the Negro Teachers Do to Help the Submerged Class of the Race?" The officers of the two associations are: President, R. S. Lovinggood, Austin; Secretary, Mrs. L. B. Kerr, Bastrop; Treasurer, J. A. Kirk, Waco; Chairman Advisory Council, L. C. Anderson, Austin; President Principals' Division, W. J. Smith, Houston; Secretary Principals' Division, H. T. Davis, Galveston. Because there are nearly 3,000 colored teachers interested directly or indirectly in this meeting the Journal reproduces the following from the program.

"Board and lodging for $1.00 per day. Write Prof. J. A. Kirk, Waco, Texas. Be sure to Inquire of your railroad agent early and take advantage of the holiday rates. Come with pencil and tablet. Give some valuable experience in the Round Table Talks to help others. Hon. R. B. Cousins, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, has promised

to deliver an address to the Association. Begin to prepare early to come. The teachers and citizens of Waco and McLennan County are preparing to give five hundred teachers a royal reception, and the correspondence Indicates an unprecedented attendance. An attempt has been made to Interest new teachers In the Association. It is expected that those on the program, who are not members of the Association, will send their names and entrance fees at once to the Secretary, Mrs. L. B. Kerr, Bastrop. (Gentlemen Я.ОО; ladies 50c.) It is the- unanimous opinion of the Executive Committee and many others that papers should be brief, pointed and practical. If those who read papers will not consume over ten minutes; those appointed to discuss papers five minutes, and thus leave some time for general discussion, we are sure they will meet the approval of'the majority of teachers and much more good can be accomplished."

Texas school journal‎
by Texas. State Dept. of Education - 1906

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