The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-03-28
Chamber of Commerce to
Decide Tonight.
1900 MUST BE RAISED
Interview NTH Chas ]. Parker, Score
tory of the School of 1903 and
1904, in Which are Given Facts
and Figures Upon Which the
Chamber Will Determine.

the Chamber of Commerce will take
the initiative tonight, at a called mee-
ing to specially consider this important
matter and to this meeting are invited
besides the members of the chamber,
all teachers in the city, members ,f
the Merchants Association and all
citizens who are interested in this sub
ject.
The summer school is one of the
most wonderful and Indispensable in
situations of the Twentieth Century
educational work, and they a:c held
by nearly all of the larger colleges and
universities of the country. it is re-
markable that within a rad:u; of fifty
miles from Raleigh, more than 1000
teachers are available for the Summer
School. Raleigh is the strategic point
for this school 1t has the grounds
and buildings, instructors aud lectur-
ers, and that teachers will come, was
demonstrated last year, When. accord
ing to the American School Board
Journal" one of the best authorities
in the United States on schools, said
that the Summer School held here
then was the third largest of it's kind
in the world.
The following is quoted from that
issue of the Journal:
The Summer School held at Raj
ance of 977, making it the third lar
gest of the kind in the world. The
management was. in exceptionable
hands, the location and climate are
delightful, the program was attrac-
tive and the faculty select and strong
Charles j. Parker, of Raleigh, was
invested with the secretaryship, and
his labors added much to the ad-
miniStratiye success of the enterprise. :"
The following is the call issued yes
terday for the meeting to be held to-
night:
The Chamber of Commerce will hold
n special meeting Tuesday p. m in
the mayors office, to consider the mat
ter of holding the July Summer School,
Every member of the Chamber is
urged to attend, prepared to discuss
and to aid. To this meeting all teach
erS of the city. members of Merchants
Association and citizens who are in
terested in the subject are invited.
GEORGE ALLEN,
Secretary Chamber of Commerce.
The principal difficulty to re con-
sidered and overcome is ffrancial, and
the first question, vital to the situation,
is how is the $1,000 necessary 1" i.old
the Summer School to be raised? Last
year the Peabody fund contributed
$1,000 and the A and M. College
Board OF Directors made an appro-
priation but it seems this year that
the Peabody donation is not available,
and it has been so stated 1t was said
yesterday, that it was generally under
stood among those who are Inter
ested in the school that the Peabody
subscription of last year is not avail
able this year, as the Peabody board,
it seems, has taken no action this
year. or if it has, no announcement
has been made concerning it.
1t seems, too, that the services of
Mr.. Charles ]. Parker, who was sec
rotary and general manager of the
Summer School in 1903 and 1904, will
not be available this year. Mr.. Par
ker announced publicly last year his
inability to serve longer in these ca
pacftieS, as 1t necessarily compelled
him to devote large proportion of his
time to it, and he operated at a finan-
cial loss to himself AT the same ti''le
however, Mr.. Parker held a confer
ence with the State superintendent Of
Public Instruction. Mr. j. Y. Joyner,
and they considered the feasibility of
the plan to hold Summer Schools an
nually but alternate between Raleigh
Greensboro and Chapel Hill. This
plan called on the State for an -ap-
preparation, and a bill was introduced
at the last session of the Legislature
carrying these provisions but it failed.
Its failure was a surprise to all con-
cerned, as it was known at that time,
that unless an appropriation was
made, so as to put the school on an
independent basis, the school would
be abandoned, unless the citizens of
Raleigh rallied to its support and
maintenance.
What Shall Be Done?
Knowing that the Chamber of
Commerce must have something tang
ible to work on at its meeting tonight,
facts and figures, a News and ObSer-
yer reported called on Mr.. Chas. J.
Parker, ex-secretary of the Summer
School, and secured a statement from
him, concerning the schools held in
Raleigh in 1903 and 1904, and what
must be done to hold one here this
year.
Mr.. Parker said:
I'm 1908 there was no money
whatever to advertize or secure a
faculty, all of whom were. with one
exception, engaged on an income ba-
sis agreeing to accept salaries as at
that time We're being received in their
regular work, and all to be scaled pro
rata in case the receipts were not
sufficient to pay in full and none was
paid full salary, as there was not
sufficient revenue to pay on that basis.
The advertising, which included
newspaper articles, circular letters
correspondence, etc., cost $363.S7. not
diio"ihS eiy lHiilS IoI CiSIIcdI service.
This was done by my own stenog-
rapher, and no charge was made
The total derived from advertising
patronage in the prospectus was
$S25.50. Of this amount $113 came
from advertisers outside of Raleigh
The tuition receipts were $1,659.SO.
and in addition there was $100 from
the Peabody fund making a total of
$1,759.30 which did not include an APP
preparation by the A. & NJ. College
board to cover any deficit which
might occur in the boarding depart
ment, and the boarding department
with this appropriation balanced it,
self. The attendance in 1903 was
3SS
Our policy in 1904 was to double