The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-01-24
WOULD AID RURAL SCHOOLS.
Resolution Asking That Peabody Fund
be Devoted to That Purpose.
Especial to News and Observer

Greensboro, N. c., Jan. 23.-The clos
ing session of the Association OF City
School superintendent was held last
night, and members have left for their
homes. At the meeting last night Prof.
w. J. Brogden, of the Durham schools,
read an excellent paper on 1.-The Schools
and the Community" This paper was one
of the most scholarly papers ever READ
before this organization, and certainly no
| other surpassed it at this session, as was
shown by unanimous applause it received
and the general commentator expressed
by individual members on the outside.
Another paper that called forth deal
of discussion was by Superintendent E.
D. Broadhurst Free Text Books 1t
seems now that this subject Is to be a
live issue in educational progress and
perhaps one of the next helpful features
added to our systems will be free text
books for all.
Arrangements were made for the first
time in the history of the organization
to issue a booklet in which will be given
a full report of the proceedings and such
papers, read before the association, as
the executive committee deem suitable
for putting into permanent form, will be
Incorporated in this booklet by the sec
rotary. This is a matter that will inter
est all school men of the State. especial
ly those who were not in attendance upon
the meeting.
The following resolution was adopted:
Whereas, A portion of the Peabody
fund has very effectively been used in
the past to aid in the annual training of
teachers and to assist in the establish
ment of the present system of city
schools. We, the City School Superin-
tendents of North Carolina, in annua.
meeting assembled, believing that the
State can and will now provide for the
training of its teachers and that the city
schools are now to stand alone, ask that
any part of said Peabody fund that may
be devoted to the promotion of education
in North Carolina for the present be used
to assist in establishing a more efficient
system of rural schools
Speaking of the session just closed,
Prof A. J. Barwick, principal of the
Goldsboro graded schools, and secretary
of the association. said: "I consider this
meeting one of the best ever held since
the organization began, and I am sure
more lasting results will come from it
than from any former We reached more
men than ever before and many men now
in the work were helped by the papers
and discussions of matters, most of which
were of immediate interest to them. New
superinte ndents will rejoice to know that
digest will be made from the reports
of courses 6f study and put into the hands
of every school man in the State. This
will help them to arrange courses for their
own schools after having had the privi-
lege of seeing what other superintend
ents have in their schools
Among the prominent educators who
have been here this week in attendance
upon the sessions of the Association of
City superintendent of Public Schools
is Prof. w. D. Carmichael, of Durham,
whose wonderful work as secretary and
treasurer of the State Teachers Assembly
in the past few years has attracted atten-
ton from educators in many other
States, besides infusing life and enthus-
iasm in his own on the heels of thorough
organization.
Prof. Carmichael, in a talk with your
correspondent this morning had the fol
lowing to say in regard to outlook for
the coming session Of the assembly and
the work that was being done by the or
ganzation:
"The State Teachers Assembly, it is
needless TO sN, has done a great work in
North Carolina. In it's deliberations the
leading educators Of this State have
worked out much of what is best in our
school system and through its influence
much has been done to put these ideas
into legislation. Within a few days the
executive committee of the association viii
meet to plan the greatest and most i'm
portant line of work that has yet been
entered upon by our body The commit
Zee will at that time decide upon the place
of meeting Everything possible will be
done to make the meeting of the assem-
bly, a success from the standpoint of at
tendance, interest and effective work.
We shall appeal to the teachers of the
State to rally as never before at our
meeting in June, that our deliberations
may be wise and that our great body OF
Iaborers may be thoroughly organized
from one end of the State to the other
for the best work in our power for the
people among whom we labor.
AS to the nature of our program we can
not speak IL definite way just now, but
we can say that the matters of our chief
concern in making the program will be
those things which will promote the edu-
catioral interest of every child in oul
State"