Proceedings Of The Bible Convention Of The Confederate States Of America PDF Download

Excerpt from Proceedings of the Convention of Teachers of the Confederate States: Assembled at Columbia, South Carolina, April 28th, 1863 The Convention met according to previous notice, at 10, A.M., in the City Hall, and was organized temporarily, by calling Dr. R. W. Gibbes, of Columbia, S. C, to the Chair, and requesting Lieut. Patrick of the same place, to act as Secretary. The meeting was opened with prayer by Rev. Dr. Reynolds, of Columbia, S. C. The Chairman then read the following resolution, adopted by the State Educational Association of North Carolina, at their meeting, October, 1862. Resolved, That this Association recommend a general convention of the teachers of the Confederate States, to be held at on 1863, to take into consideration the best means for supplying the necessary text-books for schools and colleges, and for uniting their efforts for the advancement of education in the Confederacy; and that the Executive Committee of the Association be directed to correspond with teachers in the various States on the subject. Under which resolution the Committee selected Columbia, S. C, as the place of meeting. On motion of Mr. Smythe, of N. C, it was - Resolved, unanimously, That the Chairman be requested to invite all gentlemen interested in the objects of the Convention, to unite with us and take part in our deliberations. On motion of Mr. Sterling, of N. C., the delegates then proceeded to enroll their names. It was resolved, on motion, that the ladies be invited to attend our sessions. The Convention, on motion of Mr. Palmer, of N. C., then adjourned to meet at 8 o'clock, P.M. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.