The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-08-04
SUMMER SCHOOLS
CLOSING EXERCISES
Addresses of Farewell by the
Faculty.
PLANS FOR NEXT YEAR
Resolutions Adopted bythe !eachers--spaeches
Yesterday Morning by supt. Moses,
Mr.. Parker, Profs. Rurkett
and Hill.
and Hill.

he tIGSllS tAtIII5tS u tAC dtiAI
School yesterday morning were very i'm
pressive and very encouraging for the
success Of next years school, for 1t seems
assured that this year was but the be
ginning Of an established, permanent sum
mer school at the A. and NJ. College.
Some 100 teachers were present yes
terday morning IN the Pullen building at
ten O'Clock, the hour set for the final
words to be spoken.
First superintendent e. p. Moses, Of
the Raleigh Graded Schools, Dean OF the
Literary Department of the Sumlner
School, made a short address that was OF
very great interest.
lie said that the objects of the promoters
of the school were tWo-fold: /. 70 en-
large and enrich the public school course
by the introduction of agriculture, nature
study and the modern languages. 2. To
provide a school convenient to teachers
in this section OF the State. There are
one thousand public school teachers within
fifty miles OF Raleigh.
It has been estimated that The school
plant OF the city approXlnates one million
dollars. Why should this enormous outlay
OF capital lie idle several months OF each
year? The example OF the summer term
set by the University OF Chicago is spread
ing all over the country. The Southern
teachers cannot expect to keep pace with
the teachers of the North if they waste
the period extending from the last of May
till the middle OF September. Our climate
is not hot enough to demand such a waste
Jul sacrifice OF time and opportunity. The
great civilizations built up around the
g., .,o,-l 4ya+ .,,-l
mate as ours is not inimical to the devel-
opment of the highest forms OF culture
that are made possible only through III
cessant toll.
There has not been in the mind OF the
promoters the least intention TO oppose in
any way any similar work. We rejoice to
hear of the large numbers at Knoxville,
o. the increased attendance at the UNI
versity and the success OF a similar school
at Davidson College. There viii be room
for just as many more such schools as are
necessary to accommodate the SIX thou
sand white school teachers of the State.
Financially the school has been unique.
DR.. Dabney has stated that between ten
thousand and twenty dollars was spent III
Knoxville III preparation for the summer
school there. The summer school at
Athens. Ga, began with a fund OF SIX
Thousand uOiidIS, VI "IlICil TIL &C lIlOuSdII
dollars was given by the Education board
and three thousand dollars by the cltl-
zens of Athens. This school was begun on
faith and hope and had no other financial
support except one hundred dollars which
Superintendent Joyper found in his Office
"a balance of Peabody fund Appropriation
and very kindly offered us. Beyond this
sum, all the expenses of the school IN
Guiding pay instructions have been paid
out of the tuition fees which were the
same as those charged at other summer
schools III the South with large endow-
ments and scarcely one-fourth the fees
charged in similar schools in the North.
Raleigh is sure to be the educational
capital OF this commonwealth. The sum
mer school will be Il potent factor IN
bringing this about.
Following superintendent Moses Mr.. c.
j. Parker, the Secretary and Treasurer,
addressed the teachers, bringing out the
fact that the school was started without
money, in fact with nothing but the faith
OF It's promoters. It's success had been
wonderful, bringing out the largest mum
Der Of teachers ever ~congregated at a
summer school in North Carolina. The
cooperation of the people, he said, was
now assured, and hereafter they would
NAVE d1 even llOle SuC1tSSlui s1Aoo1 tlltbL
this one.
Next Prof. G.. w. Burkett, Dean of the
Industrial Department, spoke just a few
words of farewell to the teachers.
Prof. d. II. Hill, Of The a. and N. Col
lege, was the last speaker. He returned
thanks to the pupils and teachers for the
hearty loyalty with which they had up
held the management of the school, fol
the enthusiasm with which they had tax
Ell up and carried on their work. and fOl
the beautiful spirit they had shown in al
their dealings with one another and with
the faculty, and to the member of the
faculty for their efficiency and zeal and
entire singleness of aim in carrying on
their work.
Then Prof. Hill spoke of the plans fol
next year. They hoped, he said, that
Raleigh might be the intellectual as vel
as the political capital Of North Carolina
and that they might build up a summer
school here that would be in every way {
souyce of pride to the city and the whole
State, a school that would stand for hon
est and faithful work and that would be
a source of inspiration to every rural and
city school in North Carolina, and that
one of the peculiar missions of this schoo.
might be an effort to help particularly
the rural schools OF the State.
After the addresses were over, the teach.
ers unanimously adopted the following
resolutions:
"Resolved Cd That the Agricultural and
Mechanical College with its breezy rooms
beautiful campus, and attractive surround.
lngs is an ideal place for a Summer
School. +,
"C) That the school here has been an
ideal school, stimulating, instructive. and
power-giVing.
"C) That we commend its methods and
It's teaching staff as in every way worthy
OF the confidence ana support of til,
teachers IN and out of the State.
90 That our hearty thanks are ex
pressed to President Winston, and the
other managers Of the school, to Mr.. B
,. Skinner for his admira BILE management
OF the dining hall, to the papers Of the
state Tor their excellent reports of tht
proceedings, and to the citizens of Raj.