The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-07-21

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how Cornell University distributed at
her request several hundred copies OF
pamphlets on nature study and the
! planting of trees and evergreenS on
| the school grounds.
Reports were received from the fol-
! lowing counties:
AIamance, Miss Lettie Foust: Alex
ander, Supt. A. F. Sharpe; Beaufort,
Mrs. A. G.. Lane; Carteret, Miss Leah
| Jones; Columbus, Supt T. r. Forest;
| Craven, Miss Leah Jones; Cumberland
| Miss Mary Macarthur; Dare, Miss Leah
| Jones; Duplin, Mrs. Barbry; Bladen,
| Prof. J. B. Carlyle; Durham, Miss
| Lewis Dull; Forsyth, Mrs. Dora Ebert;
Granville, Supt. t. r. Foust; Greene,
Mrs. l.. V. Morrell: Guilford, DR..
Charles d. McIver; Buncombe, Mrs.
II. l.. Sigismond; Halifax, Miss Mary
*. Applewhite; Henderson, Miss Jen-
nette Miller; Iredell, Mrs. j. A. But
| Ter; Macon, Miss Wyatt; Moore Miss
Annie Arnold; New Hanover, Supt. j..
j. Blair; Onslow, Supt. c. L. Coon;
Pamlico Mrs. Rena Terrell; Ran
dolph, Miss Staley; Robson, Prof. j..
b. Carlyle; Rockingham, Miss
Mitchell; Sampson, Mrs J. r. Peter
son and Mrs. Babry; Surry, Miss Re-
becca PREGNANT; Vance, Miss Kate Fer
guson; Wake, Miss Daisy Watt;
Wayne, Supt. e. Il. Atkinson; Edge
combe, Miss Leona Moore; Wilson,
Miss Carrie X. Wells.
A characteristic feature of the Wo-
mans Association is the work of ere
ating interest in the Improvement of
the schools and in raising money
without cost to the county or State.
Children are induced to do the work,
patrons contribute of their means and
come together at the school house for
the purpose of consulting with the
teacher about the improvements. In
Person county, through the bequest
Of DR.. Terrell, every district has a
neat two or three room school house
and the school term is heightened to
six or seven months In a number
of other counties reports show that
the wealthy have contributed lib
orally.
One of the best reports made, and
one that is typical of the work
throughout the State, comes from
Wayne county, from the president.
Mrs. John r. Smith:
'Our County Association has
membership of about one hundred.
The membership of the association is
composed of all the teachers of the
county, several ladies who are not
teachers, and several association
members from the public spirited
men of the county.
three meetings during the year, two
during the month of october and one
in April.
Voluntary Association.
We have in the county twelve reg
ularly organized voluntary associations
with a total membership of two hun
dred and forty.
We itemize the work done by these
twelve voluntary associations as fol-
lows:
Amount of money raised for
pictures $lo.zo
Amount of money raised for
purposes 44.4l
s60.66
Number of pictures placed in these
schools, So.
Schools Not Regularly Organized.
Reports from thirty schools not
regularly organized, were sent in
These reports show that considerable
work has been done by the teachers
and pupils. This is itemized as fol-
lows:
Amount for pictures. rs $500
Amount for other purposes. 1910
$135.40
Number of pictures, 143.
Libraries.
We feel that it is duty we owe
to the teachers of these forty-three
schools to say that twenty-five of
them without the aid of the Better
ment Association, have placed libraries
in their schools, all the twenty-five
having raised $364.24 for that pur
pose.
Summary.
Amount raised by the forty
three schools for pictures. IS 1925
Amount raised by the forty
three schools for other pur-
poses 120.Sl
Amount raised by the forty
three libraries ....... 364.24
Total for betterment of the
terment of the fOrty-three
SCHOOLS 3oOu,oU
Total number of pictures for forty
three schools. 206.
Much has been done in the way of
clearing up the school yards, such IS
removing stumps, Objectionable trees,
leveling yards, ETC., but very little has
yet been done in planting shrubbery,
flowers, etc. Some of the schools are
planning to do something along this
line soon.
One teacher has a nice wire fence
around half of her yard; this school
hopes to have a flower garden by next
year
This report is based entirely upon
the forty-three school reports sent in
by the teachers"
The Teachers Duty.
Prof. j. b. Carlyle delivered in Pull
zen Hall another of his earnest and
eloquent lectures. His classes have
been steadily growing and yesterday
he spoke to at least 500 people on
The Teachers Duty" which he
treated: First. The importance of
thorough instruction.; End, the incul-
cation of the habit of obedience; Bird,
the formation of noble character; and,
18th, the duty of the teacher to minis
ter to the social and intellectual life
# the communities in which the in
Structor's work is cast
Prof. Carlyle dwelt upon the inn
portance of the last duty, summing
up his lecture by saying:
"These are our duties, to give thor
ough instruction, without show or SUI
perficiality; to ineulcate habits of
obedience to law and respect for or
der; to develop manly, womanly char
tcter in our pupils and to minister
richly and increasingly to the social