The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-02-28
MEMORIAL FROM
STATES TEACHERS
Ten State Supervisors oftdu-
cation Wanted.
THREE REASONS GIVEN
Why Appointment Would Promote Public tdu-
calio.---j State Supsrintendents Salary
Should be SO, 900, Taking Effct
ffer Next General Election.

Yesterday afternoon before the Com
mittee on Education, Mr.. j. |. Foust
chairman, and Mr. f. c. Brooks, secre-
tary, of committee appointed by the
State Teachers Assembly to present GER
tain recommendations to the General AS
sembly were given hearing. They are
two of the wisest and most successful
educators in North Carolina, and they
made earnest argument in favor of the
changes contained in the memorial they
presented. The memorial presented is as
follows:
1--WE. as representatives of the Com
mittee on Education, appointed by the
North Carolina Teachers Assembly in
session at Morehead City, June 1918 in
elusive, wish to present to the joint COM
mittee on education the resolutions
adopted by that body viz:
Il Let there be ten State Supervisors
of Education to work under the direction
of the State superintendent of Public
Instructions and the State Board of Ed
ucation, to be appointed by the Governor
upon the recommendation of the State
Superintendent not more than one-tifth
to go out of office every year.
Reasons for the above recommenda-
tions:
L. The State Supervisors can save to
the Public School Fund their salariesg
locking after the leakages in the system,
by seeing that the fines are properly APP
propriated to the school fund That the
~ IAfI
priated directly for securing a four
months school is wisely spent, and that
the two hundred thousand now proposed
to be set aside as a permanent fund for
the purpose of building school houses,
be most wisely spent.
2. They can be a great force for the
stimulation of the County Superintend-
ents, teachers and patrons by conducting
superintendent meetings. county insti-
tutes for teachers, and by arousing a
stronger sentiment for public education
by addressing the people.
3. They could outline course of study
fer teachers and pupils and give sugges-
tons about the purchase and use of
books in the libraries.
III. The teachers also recommend that
inc 1Ouhlf VI ne given
the privilege of employing at a reason
able salary to be fixed by them a County
Superintendent of Schools, and that the
Superintendent be required to give all
his time to the supervision of his schools
because We can never have efficient
schools until we get live. energetic,
scholarly man in each county at the head
of the system who has been professional
ly trained for the work. At present it is
impossible to get such a man in every
county to do this work; and the object
in asking for the State Supervisors is to
bridge over this time until such men can
be trained. That ii is the purpose that
the County Superintendent take the
place of the State Supervisors.
III. The teachers recommend further
that the members of tho BOARD of Educa-
tion be elected in such manner as not to
change the whole board in any one year:
but that one member be elected each
year. The object of this is TO give per-
manency to the Board and to guarantee
en- unbrcken policy.
Nv. 1t was also unanimously recon-