The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-12-02
PLANS Of WORK
FOR THE SCHOOLS
Report Blanks, Courses
of Study.
A DAY OF BUSINESS
County Superintendent of Public
Schools Come to the End OF a
Meeting Which Has Been Mark
ed with Keen Interest ard
Much Discussion.

pefintendentS OF PuUllc IiiSli u1lioii uio
a full days work yesterday, three ses-
.iIons being held, with the final meet
ing at night closing up the day and
the session.
The morning meeting, scheduled for
. O'Clock. did not begin operations till
half an hour afterwards. Superin
tendent John c. Scarborough who
had urged $3.50 was on hand. with
few others at O'Clock, but the vast
majority of those who had clamored
for 8 O'Clock were not present EVl
IDENTITY their 9 o'clock vote was for the
CHER fellow. Thus Mr.. Scarborough
had a vindication DIS the session did
not begiE TIL $3.50.
With State superintendent Joyner
presiding the meeting was opened with
prayer by Superintendent r. \. SEN
tele, of Haywood. AT the close CT This
Mr.. Joyner called the attention of the
superintendents to the portrait of Gov
ernor Aycock, painted by the arr st
Randall, which had been placed or
The wall TO the right of the presidents
chair There was much applause
given as the meeting viewed the por-
trait.
superintendent Sentelle, CT Hay
wood sent forward resolution pro-
viding for memoraliZing the Legisia-
tune for mild compulsory education
law. superintendent Wagner, CT Al
leghany, presented a resolution en-
uorSing the work done by Col +.
Olds for a Hall of History and p"oTid-
ing for n mortal TO the General AS
semby asking that measures be taken
10 increase it, and to provide safe
hall for the collection. Superintend-
eat Novel;. OF Cherokee. called atten~
ticn to teh need of a history of North
Carolina and asked that this matter
be looked into, or Il memorial to he
Lea stature be prepared. Secretary
Conner said that Governor Aycock IL
his message to the General Assembly
would speak of the matter OF Statt:
Historian and The need of one. 1t was
finally agreed that the matter Of pre-
pairing resolution be left to the res
oluticn committee, to be named later.
this committee to confer with Cover
nor Aycock. All resolutions were re-
forred TO this committee.
Prof c. l.. Coon, Superintendent OF
the Colcred NCrmals, next discussed
The matter of report blanks and repor
books for public schools teachers,
committees. and superintendent. Tn s
came up when blanks prepared by him
To be used in the State were presented
tn the audience. 1t is stated in this
connection that superintendent Iur-
iineton, of Johnston: Massey, of Dur
hum; Ragsda!e. OF Pitt; Hays, OF Will
son: Wagner. of Allegheny; Wright,
Of wilkes; Foust. of Guilford. and
Reagan of Buncombe, met in Stat
Superintendent J9yner's Office Tuesday
night, and as 81 comm ttee went care
fully over the blanks prepared for
school register, county superntend-
onts record, county treasurer record,
committeeman record book, teachers
monthly report, teachers final report,
cry, ry.in tA-4Hpof orders
Ter teachers salary, order for district
expenses. order for county expenses.
They made some amendments and the
blanks were submitted TO the superin-
tendents' Association by Prof. Coon,
who had prepared them.
These blanks are made so as 20 get
live information from the school Of
fcers. La some ways they radically
depart from he blanks o irwin use,
and it was the purpose of Prof. Coon
to explain these and to show how they
should be used.
Prof. CONS explanation and the
enggest 'ons of The superintendent
Kent the session going till i o'clock
Some of Prof. Coon's ideas did not suit
he superintendents and there We're
several animated tits over what was
and what was not correct. In these
encounters Prof. Coon appeared 10 fee!
that attacks We're being made On his
pans ana N1SoFouSly, WITH i',i >
words, and no velvet on them ne
urged his views.
Criticism of some points were made
by Super ntendent Norvell, of Chero-
Eee: McBryde, of Cumberland; White,
OF Franklinton; Cochrane, of Mecklen-
burg ana others. Some of these were
accented. some were not. Superintend-
ent Scarborough urged that too much
stress be not given red tape and record
hooks but that the good of the chill
t!ren be considered. He endorsed the
blanks and records, saying they We're
excellent and would do good The
various blanks submitted were all en-
dorsed by The meeting and it was
agreed that where schools were al
ready organized these be not used till
after the close CT the present session
in July.
MANY valuable suggestions 20 hoy
to manage these in and out of the Of
five were given, and the various re-
marks were really in the nature Of an
experience meeting that sometimes
grew "hot in the collar as divergent
views clashed.
Finally ell the blanks and records
submitted by Mr.. Coon were endorsed,
these to be adopted and sent out by
the State Superintendent, at whose re-
quest Mr. Coon had prepared the
blanks and records which are really
excellent in many respects though apt
to be cumbersome in others. Trey
arcundoubtedly great improvement
ever those now in Use.
Before the close of the meeting
State superintendent Joyner appoint
ed hte committee on resolutions III
consisting of superintendent Rags
calc-of Pitt, Scarborough Of Hertford
Nepane of Catawb2, and Massey of
I>I-~ham
The cal lbegin made for new arrivals
''c MY fesponse was from Superin-
tehdent X. l.. Smith of Albemarlc.
super ntendent John f. Raw. IF the
fllnd institution, beirg introduced
extended an invitation 70 the superin-
tendents to visit the blind school here.
He said that some half a dozen had
replied 10 his letters OF inquiry about
deaf, dumh ana mind children but
u -----. he hoped all would do