ders attended. Inasmuch as H. B. Rice, the
chairman of the committee, was absent on account of illness, P. B.
Burbridge, whose name was second on the list of the committee, called
the meeting to order, and delivered the address of welcome. William T.
McKinney of Huntington was elected temporary chairman. The Association
was then permanently organized by naming Byrd Prillerman its first
president and Mrs. Rhoda Weaver its first secretary. Among the most
important addresses was that of C. H. Payne, an influential and
educated minister then engaged in religious and editorial work at
Montgomery, and that of B. S. Morgan, State Superintendent of Public
Schools. Others attending the meeting were Dr. W. T. Merchant, Mrs. E.
M. Dandridge, Mrs. M. A. Washington-Thompson, F. C. Smith, and J. R.
Jefferson.[32]

The second meeting of this Association assembled according to
arrangement in Parkersburg, West Virginia. The work of the Association
had by this time been taken more seriously by the teachers throughout
the State. They adopted a constitution with a preamble which stated
that the aim of the Association was "to elevate the character and
advance the interest of the profession of teaching, and to promote the
cause of popular education in the State of West Virginia." An address
was delivered by State Superintendent of Schools B. S. Morgan, and
papers were read by Mrs. E. M. Dandridge of Quinnimont, Miss Blanche
Jeffries of Charleston, Miss Coralie Franklin of Storer College, and
Principal J. E. Campbell of the West Virginia Colored Institute. Among
the persons attending but not appearing on the program were C. H.
Barnett, who had been recently graduated by Dennison University in
Ohio; C. H. Payne, then well known in the State of West Virginia; Dr.
W. S. Kearney, a graduate of the medical college of Shaw University,
then beginning his practice in Huntington; J. R. Jefferson, F. C.
Smith and O. A. Wells. Booker T. Washington was at this time made an
honorary member. Byrd Prillerman was unanimously elected president.

The third annual meeting of the Association was held at Parkersburg,
West Virginia, in 1893. For some reason there were not many teachers
present. It was held at the Baptist Church of that city, with
President Byrd Prillerman presiding. The address of welcome was
delivered by Mr. J. R. Jefferson, to the words of whom Mr. C. W. Boyd
of Charleston responded. At this meeting Principal J. E. Campbell of
the West Virgini