The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-04-12
NoRIH cARoLlNA AROUSED.

NORTH CAROLINA AROUSED:
We have already referred to the Bdu-.
ca,iorri Conference at Greensboro, MOTH
Carolina. and 1t is gratifying to all the
friends II, the South OF popular educanon
to have such fine reports from Inc ola
: North State In speaking of the matter
tho Raleigh Morning Post, one OF the
leading and most influential papers IN the
State. refers to 1t as ga new era IN eeu-
cation and then goes on to say:
The recent conference of educators -, a.
3 Greensboro marks a new era IN puo .,.
,d,,cation and also in public lie IN N ~
ca,o,,n, Men we're there from twenty
counties. teachers, county superlnten-
dcnts school committeeman Every COZ
3 1eeo in the State was represented o! =, i -
,,rec;acn+ or a member Of its faculty. Inc
Governor was there and the state ~, ~
nerintcndent OF Public Instruction. iie
convention lasted two days ana We" .is. ~.
voted entirely to educational coiii leA -.
md discussion. i1ach oi nc ,i':.o,. a,,d
county superintendent told bTichs a',u
4 ,,ointe,Iy of the condition OF rural schoois
&, s,se co,1,,ty A college president WIZ
.r,s 4here saws that these speeches ny
county superintendents were the most ~,
.c-estinc and instructive cduca .ioiisaA
talks he ever heard. They cealt WIZ , -
fual conditions. They told me iiaAs1
facts: and the remedies were cas-. ~ -
II Was an old fashioned Methodist eA-
,,nr;once meeting of. from, and ny ecu
GATORS and for the benefit of educatioh.
r. &c a great point gained When men
ro,foes the truth about any CONDITION.
Nothing is to be gained by shuttiils out
eyes TO the plain trutl! and by covering
,,ns defects. When We acknowledge ana
confess them NC are then in a positaoh
10: look about for a remedy Havins
aiscoycrea the defect in the school sys-
Z te,n, tho educators of North Carolina are
going TO work in earnest TO remedy ~
The Morning Post continues:
1t vas the unanimous verdict OF Inc
conference that our public-schooi sss,e Az
IS weakest in its rural schools, anu A.
vas resolved 10 devote all possible ener-
,,;as to Improve our rural schools. School
districts are TO be consolidated, small
schools abolished, better school-houseS
s,ui,t and local taxation adopted as a
per,nanent means Of school improvement
THESE are all wise measures. They so to
/ 4he Improvement Of foundations. or rather
to the laying OF true foundations.
The South has been doing a great deal
for education, and her efforts nave oee'l
SO noble that they have attracted me al
1ention of ph:lanthropists at the North,
who nropose TO give substantial aid in
4,,;s great work One of these pillan-
thropists was at the Greensboro meeting
and here is what cur Raleigh contem-
porary says about him:
DIR. wallace Butterick, representing the
General Education Board, was there, ana
charmed everybody by his delightful per
>onality. his cordial manner, his qulch
Eit and humo-, and his wonderful tact
and wisdom. The citizens OF Guillo'u
raised 50 900 FOR rural school Improvement;
DIR. ButterCk, in behalf OF the e,e'stsi
Education Board, duplicated the gu. -
was done most graciousiy. he iEaos '''o
conference feel that he was not oolis d
favor, but accepting one.
This is a far-reachiEg movement; IL
means more than school Improvement.
1T means the creation of public spirit
The aro1Ising Of patriotism, the develop
inert Of philanthropy, and above All me
reaching of self-help and Of help through
CON u,u,l.ty power. The Southern people
have accomplished so little through COM
J 111Lnity5 power lildL lliCy
what ii is and what its possibilities are.
rI,hcy will learn the lesson through local
fasation for rural schools and good ROADS.
What shall We say of the good men, the
wise ard far-s:Ehted philanthropists VINO
have aided in this work who nave IN
fact made it possible? They are setting
forces N operation that Will revoiutlo,i-
fze the moral life of the South rms
board needs only to be named 10 lhui,
Thai~ names VIII
some day be Inscribed IN the rural school.
houses of North Carolina, and they VIII
s,e forever known as Friends or 1he
South and Lovers of Humanity
The General Education Board is com
nosea Of representatives Of the Peabody
BOARD. the Slater Board. and the South
ern Education Board, and is as lolio"s:
w. II. Baldwin. Jr., president; >. y. M.
cnrry. d. C. Gilman, Robert G. Ogden,
scaorpa roster Peabody, Walter II. Page
Albert Shaw. Frederick 7. Gates, MOTIFS
X. Jessup.
The North Carolina people seem to I'M
derstand and appreciate the OBJECT
these Northern philanthropists have in
5 view. and we are informed by represen-
+atires OF tho Southern Education Board
Z that the overtures which have been made
response IN North Carolina, and the work
Of improving their schools is now going
ahead with a vim. Why it should be
otherwise in Southern community we
cannot understand. II there ever was G
purely generous and unselfish movement
st Is. in our belief, this movement upon
the part of Mr.. Baldwin. Mr.. Ogden and
their associates to which the Raleigh
post refers These men arc not seeking
honor and glory for themselves. They
arc not down here to build universities
as monuments to their family names.
Uhey are not here in a spirit Of aims
giving. They take a very broad view.
1t is their contention that it is to the
interest of Northern men. as we'll as to
the interests of Southern men. that the
children OF the nation be educated
It is their contention that the South has
{ been bearing moro than her fair portion
OF this burden Of popular education. and
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