The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-03-09
EDUCATIONAL NUMBER.

EDUCATIONAL NUMBER.
The educational number of the State
Normal Magazine is the best number of
that excellent magazine. 1t has steadily
improved under the editorial manage
ment of Mrs. Annie G. Randall, who has
real talent The editors are from the
student body. The student editors, too,
are doing first rate work This number,
among "A variety of other valuable con-
tributions, has three that are of
permanent merit: Educational States
manship," by President McIver, is the
full text of the address delivered by DIR.
McIver at the Southern Educational Con-
ference. 1t created profound impress
sion upon all who heard it and in print
it comes up to the measure of the high
expectations that the glowing press re-
ports raised. Here is a sample para
graph of sound wisdom: 1.-THE education
al statesman of the near future will pro-
claim that it is better for a people to
spend a few hundred thousand dollars in
educating their own children and freeing
them from the thralldom of ignorance
and inefficiency than it is to spend mil
lions to free the inhabitants of an island
in the sea-"
=.
teresting account of the early history of
Duplin county, by Mr.. ]. d. Carr. of the
New Hanover bar He has recently en-
riched the historical papers of the State
by several. articles of real value
8. "The School That Built a Town. by
Walter H. Page, is easily one of the best
and brightest things that Mr. Page has
written. He is always clear and progress
L, I,a with a
directness, force and freshness that has
nothing dull about it, The evolution he
describes in the town of Eastwood is the
evolution of the best Democracy.
The editorial on THE Pay of Teachers"
gives some facts that are not very credit
able to North Carolina. According to
census figures that are quoted the aver
age monthly salary of male teachers is
S2I.G4 and female teachers is $22.21-the
lowest paid by any State in the Union.
The Atlantic for March contains a re-
markable symposium upon the vitality i'm
portant question which is now absorbing
rational attention, and upon which hangs
our own future, as we'll as that of those
most Immediately commemorative Philip
pine Problem.
Fred w. Atkinson, the Government Su-
perintendent of Schools, discusses the
educational problem in the Philippines.
He explains the educational condition
and necessities of the Filipinos, what the
Government has done and is doing about
their schooling, and what are their edu-
cational qualifications and prospects. Mr..
Charles A. Conant, who has just return
ed from the islands. discusses the Econ
omic Future of the Filipinos; their char
acter of mind; the labor problems In
volved among them; the responsibilities
assumed, and the task involved IN
seeking to raise such people from their
present economic condition up to the level
of Western civilization"
Both articles have come at first hand
from the centre of action, and are con-
tributed by the most qualified of obser-
vers, each in his own line.
FOGG'S FERRY, a novel by c. e. Cal
Iahan, from his drama. Price 70 cents.
Laird G. Lee, Publishers Chicago
1t feels like being gladdened by the
unexpected visit of an old friend, to see
in print, in the shape of novel, the
characters and scenes which we enjoyed
SO much on the stage in the recent past.
There is dear old Fogg with his golden
heart and his weakness; Mrs. Fogg, his
stronger half, ill-tempered and vulgar,
there is Chip, the sweet wild flower, in
all her sylvan freshness and vigor. There
are her lovers three, the black villain,
the whit Gerald and William the Silent,
not of t House of Orange but-Still.
Yes, thu old ferryboat and its rough
owner q. not forgotten very easily.
somehow. and all who saw the play will
be glad to be able to review the sweet
story once more at their leisure; while
those who were not so fortunate will be
charmed by it's original traits and true
ness to live. 331 pages, illustrated.
Messrs. A. s. Barnes & Co. will shortly
publish Mr. Charles Burr Todd's mono
graph on Col. Aaron Burr, under the
general title THE True Aaron Burr" In
later life Colonel Burr took into his law
office several young men of brilliant
parts whom he educated for the bar, and
some of whom. he adopted. To these
young men who had his confidence he was
fond of talking of the men and events of
his career. Some of these men MIR. Todd
was privileged to know. and to him as
collateral descendant of Colonel Burr
and the historian of his family, they re-