The news & observer., 1905-12-15

duty TO see tnat all nnes forfeitures
and penalties are reported.
Your most important duty is to
your schools and your teachers The
visitation part has been thoroughly
| discussed The proper supervision Of
the schools and teachers is paramount.
and it is impossible to do this without
Visitation. and for this reason ! shall
insist uDon the strict observance of
the law requiring absolutely that
every Superintendent in every county
shall visit the schools. There is no
other way for the superintendent to
! perform his duties. This is greatest
and includes all others. and the more
time YOU can give to visitations the
better it will be for you, your teachers
and the pupils. the schools and the
county.
"Visitation is necessary before su-
pervision, but there cannot be the one
before the other. The Superintendent
should give his entire work to the
schools, to know them, the teachers,
the pupils, the people ard the conli-
tons perfectly. | want to see the
day and it is coming fast. wherein
every county there will be a man
paid to devote his entire time to the
! !superintendence of schools, so they
| may be directed by an intelligent and
mastery hand. so they may give the
energy of their mind and heart to
this great work. Those who do not
| understand the strategical point of
the County SuperintendentS would
raise the demagogical cry of 'EXtravi-
| gance,' but to me ii is q hopeful sign
that during the past year the salaries
of a great many County Superintend-
| entS have been more than doubled
| Schools are progressing, the standard
Of education is being elevated, and
| the problems are being work The on
ly hope | see for education is North
Carolina is placino men of ability at
| these strategic points with living sal
aries to direct the school system with
all their time, thought and energy.
For your teachers YOU must have
sympathy and love and what sugge s.
| tiOnS you make to them in the per-
! formance of their duties should be
made in sympathy, but you should
enforce the rigid performance of their
| duties. and insist upon a strict COM
! pliance Of the law in making out their
reports.
"The salaries of the teachers must
| be increased if YOU wish your schools
| improved, and until there is a large
| increase in the salaries of teachers
! in North Carolina you may have all
! the colleges and high schools you
| desire. but you will not get trained
| teachers in your schools to work for
! $25.00 or $50 per month for schools.
| These men and women, into whose
| hands is entrusted the faculties. the
intelligence, the destinies of the chill
dren of the State. must receive prop
| or compensation. There is large de-
mand for good teachers throughout
other parts Of the world, and you can
not get competent college trained
teachers, for there will not be enough
| interest on the capital they have put
out for their training. SO the county
! schools for their teachers, must de-
pend upon home training. the most
important of the means being the
| county institute provided for by law.
! 1t must have q progressive course of
work, we'll sYstematiZed and formed
! for hard work. 1t must not be made
of empty talk and gas. But prop
| erly organized and directed institute
would not only be exceedingly help
! ful with the teachers. but would be-
come extremely popular Work done
in the institute bv the teacher should
count for something in her certificate
and salary. and we should not require
them to make the sacrifices in attend
| ing these institutes unless We provide
! for commensurate compensation"
| In conclusion President Joyner
| spoke of the teachers association. an
| teachers institutes. He said:
! ITO mr. mind / cannot conceive how
any County Superintendent can get
along without teachers association.
| | know from observation and expert
ence that they are exceedingly helpful
| and | commend them to you as
| means of drawing your teachers to
you; of improving the schools and
| amending errors; of demonstrating to
them "a better way of doing old things.
and of following the Biblical injunc-
| ton of overcoming evil with good
| The Teachers Association may be of
great help to the teachers institute.
and in both very valuable help viii
be found to the Teachers Manual
which are issued from the State De-
partment of Public instruction. The
object of the manual is the intelectu-
al and professional development of the
teachers. and they should be read and
discussed at your meetings.
Something must be done to over
! come the apathy and Indifference of
| thousands of parents in this State to-
day who are standing between their
flesh and blood and the opportunities
which every American child has to be
successful in his future. The apathy
and Indifference falls upon the County
Superintendent and his teachers. One
of 'he mos. y tert ager les IN Il" ,Ding
| is the county press; you can use the
press: you can utilize public rallies:
you can utilize school entertainments
You need to obtain and present ef-
| fectively before YOUR people as fire.
quently as you can the facts about
their schools. encouraging and dis
couraging, the truth about your
schools. This is the kind of educational
campaign we need to wage
AS he closed President Joyner said
| there had come the time in North
/ Carolina when a medium of communi-
cation was necessary. and he advocat-
ed the appointment of a committee
whereby arrangement might be made
| for the establishment of North Car
olinay school Journal. The suggestion
was greeted with great applause.
After President Joyner's address Mr..
Ernest ThompsOn-Seton delivered q
delightful and interesting address,
which is published elsewhere.
Afternoon Session.
The presentation of one of the most
! important departments in the school
] work was made by Mrs. Hollowell,
. .tastuer Woman's Association
fs" .he .ta.rlent of School Build
.1ss ar r1 DIS in North Carolina
+ he speaker d not talk about the
I purposes C.f ~ - Association but some