The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-03-17
Great Need of New School
Houses in the State.
IHt PLANS SETFORTH
''ms 100 Short and loo Precious Befvre 10 O
10 Shorten School Terms by Using
heir Funds for The Erection
of School Houses.

Cioh III North Carolina nv
ne Assembly, and this was in n
act providing for the building Of soba.
houses. 'onoo
me use of the Literary Fund Of ;,
state was made available for tbis
poSc' 10 such County Boards a a..
money will be loaned to erect scboo
MUSES. or repair those that nea5 :.
oaap security being given the Stat,
Doafo Ter the money loaned
~ money is to be repaid in ton
nual lhstallments and the loan is 81 -
interest at four per cent. This ros
one-tentf OF the money loaned e.oh :
VIII make something of an ..ora,aa
chdlh loan, that which is returnoa -
fns available for use by otber a.
trictS. o'Hef DIS
~ matter IS one of interest to
County N the State and especially !. !,
IL rural districts, for this loan f,,na -
- ne used oniy in the rural die+m;..
'hu not IN Incorporated towns That
eAIldhation might be given of tbo -
- ioot 10 carry the act into exeon+;as
ah interview was had Yesterday n-ith
~ >. Y. Joyner, the State Sunorin
tehoert OF Public Instruction fraa,
"HoHh The needed rma NO.
sought. was
me nrst question asked of Sunor;n
tehoeht joyner concerning the na++aa
was this: matter
what are your general views concarn
~ Tue use of the fund for building .na
iepalrlng school houses?"
Is my purpose and desire no -
,ieo' 20 use the loan fund establ;cbo,
. tne recent General Assemble fon
O"'iuins publlc school houses to tbo t'or+
posaioie advantage. I shall endeavor ~
o a part OF 1T first where the noodo
&C greatest and to help to sac,,~o
'nioush us use as soon as nossib1o
e''onaoiy comfortable school ho,ce -.
very enid OF school age in orr doo.
e'ate. | wish it distinctly under
thaC This is a loan fund and not
g SIT luna. 1t will be used tbaro-
80 70 stimulate as far as possible so1f
:. y just and right that those 70
help from 1t should return every
= mat the benefits of it NAV
r9'Vu on 10 others and that sooner
an VINO are entitled thereto
al opportunity of helping
49,. V' through It's use. Many a dis
- go elther mas no school house
= 'na, mas one that is uncomfortable
GUY inadequate to its needs would
= { 70 close It's school or great
us school term for perhaps
.n!ee years IN order to pay for
Inc building OF a, comfortab1o a
ioose. by the use Of this fund s,,cb Al.
ean borrow enough to pay their
VI the cost of building their boueo
AVE the benefit of the bo,so ,NH
liz pay Tor it in small annual instsu
cents for ten years. Manv of tbosa 49,
rlcts VIII be glad to paw these small ~
ual installmants in fun or IN 49, =
ilVale SUBSCRIPTION and thereby mo
ent the necessity of materially sbart
nlne their school terms. 0tber die4.;at.
nat need larger and better bonco. -
leet their growing needs will o1so - (
lorded an opportunity of helping thin
ives through the use of this fund
How are you going to begin uorp :,
.arhlng Were the loans are wanted ,"
III order to use the fund iudicio,c1r
snail endeavor to secure acc1rato ~
'rnnatlcn about the condition and mood I
eaoh county and accurate REPORTS as s
'he cohdltlOn Of the school, housoc !, t
e various counties. 1t will be nv mr.
through the efforts of nv now !
ana myself to obtain as nearly nc i
.s9ioie d personal knowledge OF those /
ihss III every county before investino e
ceht OF thls fund in that county, d
al ehoeaVor to conduct the business {
dccoroance with the same business b
controlling safe private invoet-
What special work will your now
erk do?" -"
Inc new clerk allowed me bv tho
neral Assembly will enable me to =.
. WORK with more care and will also
dpIe me to do more field work tb,n q
nave been able to do heretofore III, @
" cierk, Mr.. E. c. Brooks. Sunarir F
AGENT OF the Public Schools of Mo-
> - progressive and successful nub- Sc
schoot teacher. He was himsaIf CO
III TIE country and prepared in n,
- SCHOOLS Tor college. He has taueht th
'ne rural schools and has had avce1 10
/. opportunities of acquainting bi,-
| VITA these schools and their moods co
ms nelp | shall hope to do much L4
"ih also IN Tie way of confer til
, - county Boards of Education NJ
:. superintendent and in fba an
'oduirlng some first hand knowI- no
: oi the condition and needs of 49, :.
d schools of the State" g..
IN the construction Of VOW ~
'ses VIII any particular plans be fo1
! He new law provides that all sohoo, ].
'ooS snail IN the future be CONSTRUCTED bo.
ac'oroance with plans approved Nv If
county Board of Education and 49, -,
, ~ hueh OF Fubllc 1nstruc- BILE
l. nave mad prepared in pamnb1o, cd
~ py sklllful architects eyca11on+ A.
rs Tor public school houses rarvina 90,
SIZE rom one to eight rooms Tbar9 wa
pe sent to school officers. Thev con Ev
1ull Specifications and bills Of no su,
al Tor every house, so that if viii dis
: oe necessary to send a printed 49,, pri
% any school committee ann 49,
'ihsenl carpenter can have erected 7
'ouSe In accordance with anv 49, for
AIMED therein" pian ~.
! Has been stated that the nub,;a chr
'"l houses of the State aro in fair,v r.i
! condition.. Do you think SOP, nor
: IS q great mistake to SUPPOSE ~, hor