Excerpt from Proceedings of Conference for Education in the South: Held at Athens, Georgia April 24, 25 and 26, 1902

In presenting to the public this volume of Proceedings of the Fifth Conference for Education in the South, a word of explana tion seems necessary. The limits of space imposed upon us necessitated a process of elimination, as the whole mass of ma terial furnished by the stenographer's report of the meeting at Athens would have made a volume altogether too cumbersome. In making our selections for publication, then, we were guided by the principles expressed in the following questions, which were rigorously applied to every address and even to every paragraph Does it contribute to the understanding of this educational move ment? Does it present a new phase of the Southern educational problem? Does it communicate anything of the inspiring, profit able, helpful and hopeful spirit that animated the Conference? The result has been that we have grouped together the papers that give somewhat of a complete history of the movement, its past, its present activities and far - reaching plans for the future. These we have followed with whole addresses that seemed to us of permanent interest and wide application, and finally, under a general heading, Significant Utterances of the Conference, we have brought together expressions from men of force and leading from every part of the country, all bearing upon this great, new movement for education in the South.

Some of the illustrations refer to the schools visited by the party from the East, who formed so large a part of the meeting others directly supplement the text.

It Is hoped that the report may stimulate and Increase interest in the great work which the Conference is intended to foster.

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