History of Tennessee, its people and its institutions . ls established by municipal corporations. In 1888, Superintendent Smith called a convention of the public school officers to meet in Nashville. Similar conventions had been called by Superintendent John Eaton, in 1867, and by Superintendent John ]\I. Fleming, in 1873, but no permanent organization had been effected in either case. Under the call of Superintendent Smith, in 1888, a permanent organization was established, styled. The Public School Officers Association, which has?* ~ - held annual meetings ever since, and has become a valuab
History of Tennessee, its people and its institutions . ls established by municipal corporations. In 1888, Superintendent Smith called a convention of the public school officers to meet in Nashville. Similar conventions had been called by Superintendent John Eaton, in 1867, and by Superintendent John ]\I. Fleming, in 1873, but no permanent organization had been effected in either case. Under the call of Superintendent Smith, in 1888, a permanent organization was established, styled. The Public School Officers Association, which has?* ~ - held annual meetings ever since, and has become a valuable factor of the publicschool In 1889. the National Educational As-sociation of the United States held itsannual session at Nashville, and the citywas thronged with educators from allparts of the United Sta es. The Legislature made a small appro-priation for the benefit of the TennesseeIndustrial School. This institution, orig-inally founded and maintained by themunificence of Col. E. W. Cole, who sub-sequently donated it to the State to be. Hon. Frank M. Smith,Superintendent Public Instruction. * See Tennessee School Reports, for the years 1890 and 1891. 270 History op Tennessee. used as an institution for training wayward children to industrial pur-suits. The State accepted the donation, and, beginning with a smallappropriation, has steadily increased it, as the value of the institutionbecame apparent, until it has now developed into one of the most usefulinstitutions in the State. 479. The Hermitage Association and the Soldiers Home.— Soonafter Governor Taylors entrance upon his second term, in 1889, ^^^^Legislature enacted the law establishing the Confederate SoldiersHome, and the Ladies Hermitage Association. Many years previouslythe State purchased the homestead tract of the Hermitage estate, con-sisting of five hundred acres, on which was the former residence of ^ Jackson. Lender the law of 1889, this tract was divided. Theresidence, with twenty-five
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