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stitutes and educational rallies in every
township. The people are interested in
our work. and parents seem more will
children.
A careful analysis of our schools show
many needs and demands.
1st. School consolidation. thereby en-
abling us to have better buildings. bet
ter paid teachers, more system. longer
terms. better work. and better average
attendance.
End. The educational rallies should be
more frequent and there should be a
greater effort on the part of the intelli-
gent to stir up the Indifferent and COM
pei the stubborn.
3rd. The superintendent, school COM
mitteemer and teachers should strive
harder to overcome the last vestige of
that deep rooted prejudice against the
free school. All classes should be made
to realize that the education OF our chill
dren and the salvation of our country
depend upon the progress OF these Tree
schools, and that it is time for all to
awake and create the last requisite for
their ccess-.community pride. Every
person in a school district should realize
with jealous pride that the comfort Of
the buildings, the beauty OF the
grounds, patronage and success of the
school depend upon the effort of the
community.
Sentiment should conquer the lawless
crowd who breaks out windows, tears
down doors and pulls of blinds of the
so-called free schools and each man,
woman and child should feel that they
had an interest in all connected there
with and then, and not till then. will it
cease to be public school in the woods.
the free school in the old straw field and
become our grounds, our trees. our flow
ers, our schools.
J. G, KITTREII,
Superintendent.
f,ittrell, n. c., May 80. 1902.
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board and tuition to extremely low rates
which fall within the reach of boys of
limited means. By so doing they have
made it practicable for every boy who
is contemplating a college education to
enter upon his college course thoroughly
prepared Those who are not looking
forward to college are enabled to obtain
a practical education at very little ex-
Dense.
Boys only are admitted as boarders
By special ruling of the Presbytery. girls
living within a radius of eight miles oil
the school, may obtain board in town and
are admitted as day pupils, having the
same class room and lecture privileges
as the boarders.
The work in all departments is thor
ough and of high standard.
All the teachers are college graduates
holding their diplomas from leading in
stitutions of learning, and are ex-
perienced and efficient teachers.
Boys holding certificates of preparation
from the Clarkton Male Institute are
entered full Freshmen, without examina-
ton, by the leading colleges of the State
The Primary Department, while indie
pendent in organization, is closely con-
tute. Pupils advanced by the Primary
Department are prepared to enter the
Academic Department.
Pupils in both Primary and Advanced
Departments have excellent opportunities
for musical training in the Clarkton
Music School, which school is in
charge of an accomplished and skillful
musician.
At present the trustees of the Institute
are erecting new buildings. The site
covers eight acres. situated in one of
the highest locations in the town. The
main building, with a frontage of ninety
six feet, will contain the dormiIories,
recitation rooms and assembly hall The
mess halls will be in different buildings.
These buildings will be ready for use
by the opening of the fall term.
The situation of the Clarkton Male In
stitute is most favorable for school of
this kind. Clarkton is in the long-leaf
pine section of North Carolina. The
climate is the same as that of most
of the famous pine region winter re-
sorts The mildness of the climate al
lows outdoor sport throughout the en-
tire winter. All athletic exercises and
sports are advocated and encouraged by
trustees and teachers.
The water supply of the town is par
ticularly pure. Besides an artesian flow
the town is supplied with driven wells,
averaging a hundred and twenty five
feet in depth.
The Institute is in the midst of a
Scotch Irish settlement that has always
been remarkable for it's morality The
pupils of the school are surrounded by
the best Christian influence. The Bible
is used as a textbook in the institution,
and, while every effort is made to make
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the pupil familiar with the Scriptures
and to inculcate sound morality in the
life of those entering the school, the
distinctive doctrines of no church are
taught. The student has sufficient social
advantages and is removed from certain
temptations that are so common in
large towns and cities.
The value of the military discipline
for developing the character and bodies
of the pupils cannot be too highly
recommended.
The Professor of Military Tactics is a
graduate of leading Military Institute,
and is thoroughly familiar with modern
military tactics. The military training
is equal to that Of any preparatory school
in the State.
In the Clarkton Male Institute the
people of Eastern North Carolina have
high grade preparatory school, manned
by capable and efficient teachers, and
worthy of the patronage of all who have
boys to educate.
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and officers of Cullowhee High School to
see that the Rural School Problem" is
the chief concern now of the leaders in
the great Southern educational move
ment; it is gratifying to see the most
prominent men of our State and South
land giving their best efforts in behalf
of the country boys and girls; because
along that very line for fourteen years
this school has been steadily laboring,
and for nine years it has been making
a speciality of preparing teachers for
country and village schools, having sent
out about three hundred young men and
young women in this important service.
The Principal of this School has been
for years an active member of the North
Carolina Association of Academies and
is Vice-President of the North Carolina
Teachers Assembly. He is now an officer
each of these organizations.
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The ClarktOn
Male Institute
A MILITARY SCHOOL.
R. {. Deal, A. NJ, Rrln.

The Clarkton Male Institute is located
at Clarkton, N. c.. on the Seaboard Air
Line Railroad, forty-fve miles from
Wilmington.
The Institute was founded by Whining
ton Presbytery Of North Carolina, and
the management is vested in board of
trustees elected by the Presbytery.
The object of the Presbytery in estab-
fishing the Institute was to place an
education within the reach of every boy
of limited means who is DESTROYS of OBJ
tanning a practical education, or of pre-
pairing himself for college. The impor-
tance of thorough preparation before
college work begins cannot be over
estimated The student who enters col
lege with insufficient preparation is
handicapped throughout his entire course.
The average preparatory school is al
most, If not quite, as expensive as a COL
lege, and is beyond the reach of many
boys.
In order to carry out the purpose of
the Presbytery the trustees have reduced
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WASHINGTON GRADED SCHOOLS.
Under the Leadership of Hon the
Leading Citizens Washington Special
SchooI

The first effort towards local taxation
TOT schools in Washington, n. c.. was
made in 1895. The General Assembly of
that year granted charter and ordered
an election on the proposition to levy a
! school tax. But the people had not yet
| come TO appreciate the necessity of local
| taxation and through their indifference
the measure was defeated failing to Sc
| cure the requisite majority of qualified
voters, though the majority of votes cast
was favorable.
The election of 1896 was not an entire
failure, for it sowed the seed which ripen-
ed later In 1897, under another act of the
Legislature, an election was held to de-
terminc the levying of twenty FIVE cent
tax for schools. During the intervening
two years, the citizens of Washington had
become convinced that the only way to
Rave good schools for all of the people
was for this community to put a. tax
upon itself for the benefit of its own local
schools. and the measure carried itself
without the active leadership of a single
man OF pronounced influence in the town
Under the provisions of the new charter,
the Washington Public School Committee
was organized under the Craftsmanship of
Mr.. John H. Small. Never was a more
fortunate selection made, for thereby
wars enlisted in the cause the talents and
services of a man who has accomplished
more than any other man or set of men
in the extreme eastern part of North
Carolina in advancing the principle Of
universal education. Mr.. Harry Howell
was elected the first superintendent.
But the fruits of the victory were soon
snatched away. 1t was discovered that
in the passage through the Legislature
of the act ordering the election to levy
the school tax, the constitutional require
ment that the bill be read three separate
times in each house and the vote on the
second and third readings be recorded,
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been, however. a development of the
school spirit and much greater interest
manifested than has been since my con-
nection with the school work. No where
in the State is school money needed
more than in Transylvania county. No
where are so many of the brightest
minds waiting for efficient instruction
to become useful citizens to their State
and county.
Many of our citizeEs believe that the
same power which imposes taxes, for
the public schools, has the right to COM
pei attendance upon them. and are
therefore in favor of mild compulsory
school law.
With best wishes for the future de-
velopmert of all North Carolina schools.
w. L. CARMICHAEL.
Superintendent.
Brevard, N. c.. May 80. 1902.
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teachers and better services by giving
better salaries.
The average attendance Of the schools
is increasing rapidly and the whole
work seems to be in a more healthy
condition. Our progressive board of
education has, by consolidation, reduced
the plumber of districts twelve per cent,
and suitable houses are being erected
just as fast as our means will permit.
The lack of suitable houses is our great
est hindrance just now. Quite a num-
Der of our districts were unable to have
any schools last winter for the want of
babitable houses.
/ see no way at present to prevent the
occurrence of the same thing next year
in many districts.
w. r. HARRIS,
Superintendent
Danbury, N. c., May 80, 1902.
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.CulIoWhee High School
JACKSON COUNTY.

This fourishing institution, under the
principalship of Robt. L. Madison, has
just completed it's fourteenth year. 1t
has gradually forged to the front until
it now ranks among the foremost acad-
emies of the State and can Justly claim
the leadership of secondary schools west
of Salisbury.
The success of this schools graduates
has been phenomenal and the superior
character of work done by it has at
tracted widespread attention. AT the
State Fair. in 1900, Collowhee High
School won five first premiums in 1901,
it won ten.
1t is very gratifying to the teachers
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WAKE COUNTY.

In accordance with your request.
make some statements respecting the
public schools of Wake county.
I have been connected with the pub
lie schools of Wake county, either as
teacher or superintendent, more than
thirty years. l have seen them when
they were weak, and now / see them
growing strong. l have seen them when
they were ridiculed, and now / see them
when they are praised. But even in the
by-gone days they did some good; and
now they are doing more.
l risk nothing when / say that this has
been, in many respects, the most pros
porous educational year the county has
ever had.
The sessions have grown in length I'M
til the people seem to be satisfied with
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TYRRELL COUNTY.

The progress of our schools is con-
tinually improving, but still far behind.
In most districts we need larger and bet
ter school houses, with more blackboard
ROOM The old benches in some districts
need to be replaced with modern school
desks.
We need better teachers and more mon
ey with which to pay them, better sup
ply of books and compulsory attend
ance.
S. R. BATEMAN,
Superintendent Tyrrell County.
Columbia, n. c., May 30, 1902.
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til the people seem to be 81

that But the crying need is better
houses, better equipment and better
salaries The Wake county board is
putting forth it's best efforts along these
lines; but it is impossible to meet these
demands with the money at hand. Con-
solidation of districts, building new
houses, repairing old ones and furnishing
proper equipments are all being con-
sidered; but the board must necessarily
go slowly until more money is in sight.
One OF the worst drawbacks in many
districts is the Indifference on the part
of parents. 1t seems to me that COM
pulsory school law is necessary
w. G. CLEMENTS,
Supt. of Schools.
Raleigh, N. c.. May 80, 1902.
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houses and improving the surroundings.
The greatest needs in the public
schools of Warren county are to get the
parents of our children Interested in
the schools, and to have them realize the
very great Importance of giving their
children the best education possible. and
to take advantage of the opportunities
offered them in our public schools These
things are greater needs than more
money, Notwithstanding that our teachers
ought to be better paid.
j. r. ROCKWELL,
Co. Supt. Schools.
Warrenton, N. c., May 80, 1902.
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building better houses and better equip
ping the older ones. The greatest trou-
BILE with which we have to contend is
the fact that so many of our people are
so indifferent as to the future of their
children, so careless as to their attend i.
ance on the public schools 1t does seem
that the time has come when Nor tn
Carolina should have mild system of
compulsory education.
c. c. WRIGHT,
Supt Wilkes County.
Straw, N. c., May 80, 1902.
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UNION COUNTY.

We have an excellent graded school in
the city of Monroe, in charge of Prof.
E. c. Brooks and an efficient crops OF
teachers.
We have seven high schools in the
county conducted by competent high
toned Christian teachers. These schools
in connection with more advanced work
teach the public schools in the districts
in which they are located. The ordinary
rural public schools are improving. /
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WARREN COUNTY.

Progress has been made. The teach
ers, as a whole, are better prepared for
the great work, and are doing the best
work ever done in the history of the
public schools of Warren county.
Some rural districts in our county are
shaking off the lethargy so long holding
back the progress of our public schools
and are becoming interested in this
great work. These districts are build
ing better school houses, painting the
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WASHINGTON COUNTY.

The public schools in the rural dis
tricts OF Washington county are running
four and half to five months each year
Conditions very good. In some few dis
tricts however, consolidation is much
needed. In other districts better houses
are required. In few districts poor
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-06-04
YADKIN COUNTY.

The public schools of Yadkin will COM
pare favorably with those of majority
OF the counties of the State A greater
interest on the part of parents is now
manifest. More school books have been
purchased in the county during the past
winter than in any previous year. Our
.eachers rank with those OF other coun-
ties. We have some good school houses.
though one of the greatest, il not the
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-06-04

was not followed, in as much as the Sen
ate Journal failed to show the second
reading A suit to set aside the taxing
feature of the act was successful, and the
School Committee found themselves with
school and no funds to run it with.
Some were for surrendering again and
waiting for another Legislature to give
them another opportunity. That was not
John Fl. Smalls way. Vowing that no
backward step should be taken and that
the schools should be opened, he shut up
his law office and spent several days in
aking personal canvass of the citi-
Zens to secure the necessary funds by
voluntary subscriptions. Almost by his
unaided efforts, enough money was Sc
cured that fall, and again in the following
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WILKES COUNTY.

Our people here are rapidly becoming
aroused to the Importance of and the
necessity for educating the masses. All
our forces are working in complete har-
mony and the future outlook is indeed
encouraging to the friends of education.
Our greatest need now is a system of
local taxation, and, where possible Ion
ger school districts. Our people are
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TRANSYLVANA COUNTY.

The teachers in this county were paid
16 per cent. more in 1901 than 1900: en-
rollment was 90 per cent. more; average
daily attendance was 20 per cent. more.
The enrolment and average daily at
tendance would have been much greater
but for unavoidable circumstances, five
schools were not taught. There has
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We need and want fivemonths' school
We must have a better system of teach
ing. A better prepared band of teachers
is what the future demands. A six-weeks'
normal in most counties in Western
North Carolina would be a blessing to
the public schools-money wisely spent.
B. B. DOUGHERTY,
County Superintendent.
Boone, ~ c., May 80. 1902
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the county, and the rural district. The
chief needs are better school houses and
regular attendance, but there is steady
Improvement in both.
]. w. HAYS.
County Superintendent.
Elm City, n. c., May 81.
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WILSON COUNTY.

The public schools are better than ever
in the history of Wilson county. This
applies to the county seat, Wilson, which
is erecting a handsome brick graded
school building, the smaller towns in
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WATAUGA COUNTY.

l have been in every school house, in al
most every home, have taught with near
ly all the public school teachers in Wa
tauga county. We have very much improv-
ed our houses. Our people have supplement
ted the public schools in many districts.
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think we are on the verge of great
educational revival. / think many OF our
people are about ready for consolidation,
concentration and local taxation, and
when these things come better teachers,
better houses and better schools will
come as day follows the dawn. Old
Union is getting wide awake to her edu-
cational interest.
L. D. ANDREWS,
Superintendent.
Monroe, N. c., May 80, 1902.
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attendance, and the lack OF appreciation
on the part of the parents exist, but we
ere slowly, but steadily overcoming this
evil. Now as to consolidation The Board
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Lor;S5~~-g Female College,

This is one of the OLDEST INSTITU-
TIONS OF LEARNING IN THE STATE,
having been in successful operation
more than one hundred years. 1t was
first chartered as the "Louisburg Female
Seminary" but in 1857. when a new
building was erected at cost of $40 900
a new charter was granted, and the name
changed to Louisburg Female College
This institution was never in a more
prosperous condition than at present.
The building is full to it's utmost ca
pacity, and many young ladies have been
refused admission for want of room.
Others have found boarding accommo-
dations in private families in town. 1t
has ever been the object of those now
in control of this institution to place
higher education within easy reach of
young ladies of limited means, and in
order to reach that desirable end,
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WAYNE COUNTY.

(See full page illustrated article about
Wayne's public school progress.)
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All Expenses Have Been Re-
duced to the Minimum.

The daughters of ministers of the Cos
pei engaged in the regular work are
given free tuition in every department.
The elegant and commodious College
Building is located in a well-shaded
grove of twelve acres, and furnishes all
the advantages and conveniences of
pleasant home.
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OF Education, before the next apportion-
nent to the districts will attend to this,
and adjust some or far as they can.
J. O. EVERETT.
Plymouth, N. c., May 80, 1902.
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VANCE COUNTY.

Of the four thousand children in our
rural districts, over two thousand were
enrolled. The fifty schools from their