Atlanta Daily World

More Comment On The G.T.E.A.

Echoes from the 43rd Annual Convention of the Georgia Teachers and Education Association indicate the meeting was one of the most informative, fruitful and successful gatherings in the history of the organization.

There was purpose, determination and inspiration imbued in the delegates who participated in the three-day delegate assembly and these attitudes showed up in the accomplishments and benefits derived from the session.

While some anxiety was expressed over the resignation of Rev. L. H. Pitts, the dynamic executive secretary, who is to become president of Miles College, July 1, the membership expressed confidence that a capable replacement would be found by directors of the group.

GTEA delegates expressed gratification over salary increases pledged by the state, but there was equal concern for improvements in teaching, classroom equipment, school buildings, professional growth, ethics, teacher welfare, national security, citizenship, development of politics by state agencies, as well as federal aid to education.

Considerable attention was placed upon two of the resolutions approved by the GTEA:

Federal Aid to Education was endorsed with a plea that "The national security of our country and the maintenance and growth of democratic institutions throughout the world are among the most pressing problems facing us today."

Georgia's Divided Education was listed as a critical indictment of separate but equal standards of education for Negroes and whites, and the GTEA went on record as endorsing the report.

The delegates carefully scrutinized the needs of Negro youths in appraising their educational needs in a lengthy resolution report, and requested job opportunities in other areas than teaching in asking more technical and professional areas of employment.

Learned and masterful addresses were heard from Dr. John W. Davis, Dr. C. V. Troup, Dr. Martin D. Jenkins and Dr. Ira D. Reid; who were the keynoters of a group of wellknown educators, who addressed the meet.

Education will be better served by the leadership, the goals and conclusions of the Georgia Teachers and Education Association, as a result of our teachers having met in Atlanta, and getting a job well done.