The news & observer., 1897-04-24
BOARD OF EDUCATION
WILL MEET IN GOVERNORS Of
FICE TO-DAY.
Local Boards for the Seven CoIorec
Normal Schools in the State
TO be Named.

The State Board of Education meets
to-day at 1 o'clock in the Governors of
fce for the purpose of appointing local
boards of managers for the seven colored
State Normal schools in the State, and
for the selection of the State Board of
examiners whose duty it is to grant life
'tTtifcates to teachers.
p: lis board is provided for by the new
school law and is to be composed of four
persons. The State Superintendent of
Public Instruction is ex-officio chairman
of the board. The other three members
will be practical and successful educators
one a teacher lin a private school, one
a public school teacher, and the third
professor in State institution.
Changes have been asked for in the
boards of managers of all the
colored normal schools except one
Slater Industrial School at Win
ston. In several of them there
seems to be desire to make it a political
matter, and change the teachers as we'll
as the trustees.
The Plymouth and Salisbury Normal
schools especially, are in a bad way, torn
up by factions and dissentions. The
L ly llOuth Ieef. bT. II. ~.
Crosby, seems to be the special object of
attack and in order to secure his remov-
al, change is recommended in the board
The charges brought against Crosby is
t,at he is inefficient, voted the Democra-
tic ticket and got Il divorce from an un-
faithful wife.
The Plymouth school is the only one in
the State that is using its own building.
The Salisbury school is in the same bad
fix. Politics has been brought into the
matter and there are those who seem to
be trying to bring further in. A
change is recommended in the present
board. first because it IS Democratic:
second. because it has elected principal
to which the minority faction was OPP
posed and third because they now re-
fuse to turn him out and re-elect the
former principal. The principal of the
school this year is Rev. John G. Crosby.
formerly president of the colored A. and
NJ. College at Greensboro. He succeeded
| Rev. f. NJ Martin. Now Martin is try
ing to get back.
Hon. Lee S. Overman has resigned as
a director. Jas. II. Ramsay, Nj. l.. Beam
| and John l.. Randleman are recommends
ed for places on tie board.
| The EliZabet City school also ask Il
| change in the local board of managers.
Among those suggested are Palemon
| John, NJ. b. Culpepper. w. J. Griffin,
c. e. Kramer, Hugh Cole. X. Q. Pryor.
| For the Goldsboro school Maj. III. l..
| Grant recommends the following new
| board: III. l.. Grant J. +. Dobson, A. A.
| Smith, NJ. u. l.. Jeffreys. DR.. J. ID. Spicer.
The Franklinton school is about to
close its most prosperous year There
were 25S pupils enrolled with teachers
| The present principal, Rev. DR.. John A.
| Savage, is giving perfect satisfaction.
| During the year $2,675 has been contrib
uted by the northern friends of the school.
| Several changes are suggested in the
board. hut two of the old board Messrs.
| 3. W. Ballard and n. Y. Gulley, will
certainly be retained. This is asked by
all factions. Among others suggested are
Prof. Sidney Mitchell, e. NJ. Dent, II. w.
| Fuller, James l. Moore and Mr.. Whita-
| ker.
The State Normal School at Fayette-
| vile is also in a most prosperous condi-
ton, having gained under the excellent
management of Prof. e. T.. Smith fully
| 90 per cent in attendance. During the
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counties, have matriculated. Eight have
this year completed the course of study
and graduate next Thursday.
! No changes have been asked in the
| Slater Industrial School at Winston.
| There the colored people seem to appre-
ciate what is being done for them and the
| management of the president Prof. s. e.
Atkins is giving satisfaction. A new
$4,000 building is now being erected
The Board of Education will also to-
day take up the proposition of the Field
and Shore Association" a corporation
of northern gentlemen, to lease 212,OOO
acres of swamp land in Eastern North
Carolina for a term of 80 years at $1,000
year as a game preserve, with privil-
ege of buying at 10 cents an acre. This
proposition will not be accepted, though
| counter proposition may be made.