The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-11-11
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
MUST Gel EBRATE
North Carolina Day On
December. 22nd.
A PATRIOTIC DUTY
Strong Letter to County Superinten-
dents and Teachers by State Sup
erintendent jOyner. A Collection
Will be Taken for the Wiley
Monument Fund.

State superintendent j. Y. Joyner
yesterday issued ringing letter to the
county superintendent and teachers in
public schools relative to the observ-
vance of North Carolina Day. He de-
cIares that "by the dictates of patriot
ism, law. duty to the rising genera
ton the obligation is laid upon every
public school teacher to celebrate
this day. He urges all to unite in
making North Carolina Day every year
IL bugle call to North Carolina child
rem.
At this celebration a collection will
be taken for the Wiley monument
fund. and superintendent Joyner pays
high eulogy to the memory of that
educator in writing: Perhaps no
greater, more far-reaching, and more
unselfish service was ever rendered
TO the State, and especially to the
children of the State, by any one man
than that rendered by Calvin H. Wiley,
the first State Superintendent
The full text of Superintendent JOY
neds letter is as follows:
by act of the General Assembly,
and by order of the State Superintend-
ent under that act, at least one day in
each year is required to be celebrated
Dis NOFln CdTOll1d LAY IN every puDl1C
school in the State. Heretofore in
many of the public schools this day
mas not been observed. 1t is the duty
of every County Superintendent to re-
quire the celebration of the day in
every school. 1t is as clearly the duty
of every school teacher to obey the
law enjoining the celebration of it as
To obey any other part of the Public
School Law. This year and thence
forth let the law be enforced by every
County Superintendent and obeyed by
every pubic school teacher By the
dictates of patriotism, law, duty to the
rising generation, the obligation is laid
upon every public school teacher to
celebrate North Carolina Day.
AS most OF the public schools are
in session then, and as the exercises
may be made a pleasant conclusion to
the term before Christmas holidays,
the last Friday before Christmas has
been fixed as the date for the celebra-
ton of North Carolina Day. If any
public schools are unable to observe
the day on that date. the County Su-
perintendent should fix some other
day during the year for the exercises
in those schools.
The Upper Cape Fear is the topic
for this year. Pamphlets containing
much of the valuable and interesting
history of that very historic section, in
landers and their settlement, the i'm
: pOrtant battle of Moore's Creek. brief
biographies of some of the greatest
men from this section, ETC., have been
prepared with much care and at con-
siderable expense. The distribution of
these pamphlets from the office of the
state superintendent will begin No
vember Is. The number of pamphlets
that can be allotted to each county
Will be sent to the County Superin-
tendent for distribution to the schools.
Before distributing the pamphlets the
County Superintendent should ascer-
tain what schools intend to observe
the day on December %. To aid him
in obtaining this information each
teacher must fill out the blank at
tached to this letter and mail it to the
Superintendent before December l. If
any do not make this report the SUI
perintendent should investigate at
once the cause of the failure.
THE County Superintendent is ex-
pected, of course. to mail at once a
copy of this letter to every teacher in
his county.
County superintendent will be re-
queSted to report to my office the
number of schools celebrating the day.
Let all unite in making North Carolina
Day every year a bugle call to North
Carolina children to a stronger love
all that is best in its past history and
Il nobler devotion to its future deVel-
opment.
mo finer sentiment can be culti-
waited in the minds of the young than
gratitude for the unselfish service of
the great and no more sacred duty can
be laid upon them than the duty OF
giving fitting expression to this graft
tude. Perhaps no greater, more far
reaching and more unselfish service
was ever rendered to the State, and es-
pecially to the children of the State.
by any one man than that rendered
ny Calvin Fl. Wiley, the first State SUI
perlntendent. and the great organizer
OF the State system of public educa-
tlon. We have deemed it proper and
profitable. therefore that the public
school children of this generation
should undertake this manifest duty of
giving some expression of gratitude to
Lneir great unSelfish friend 1t is the
purpose to erect to him in the capitol
square at Raleigh, with contributions
from the thousands of public school |
children of the State, memorial. |
About $3.50 has already been raised by |
the school children for this purpose |
This fund ought to be completed at |
once. Ii every teacher will use the |
information contained in the North |
Carolina Day pamphlet for instructing |
the children about the splendid SER |
vices of Wiley to them and their State, |