The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-06-14
THEY WHO WORK TO BRIGHTEN
THE LIVES OF THE PUPILS.
Meeting of the Woman's Association
for the Improvement Of School
Houses--Address by Miss
Fannie Heck

Greensboro, N. c., June 13.-At the
State Normal and Industrial College
! this morning the session Of the Wo-
mans Association for the Improve
ment of Public School Houses was
| held. Mrs. Hollowell, of Goldsboro
president of the association, called II
to order.
| There were present representatives
i of the association from half of the
| counties In the State. members being
here from as far east as Pasquotank,
and west as remote as Madison
county.
| Miss Mary K. Applewhite, secretary
read the minutes of the last annual
| session held at the A. e. NJ College IN
Raleigh, showing great interest mani
tested there, and progress along all
lines during the preceding year Cor
responding Secretary, Mary F. Moore.
then read reports from the various
| branch associations in the different
counties, these reports showing accel-
! Grated progress during the present
year, and an enlargement of the num-
Der of local organizations, so much so
that more than One-half of the coun-
! ties now have county and auxiliary
! organizations, in which are enrolled
| leading women of every community.
| Miss Fannie Heck, of Raleigh, dis
| cussed the real conditions surrounding
| schools in the farm sections, and
showed how teachers and patrons
| could ameliorate the serious handi-
| caps placed upon progress by present
conditions. The address of Miss Heck
was a remarkably able paper, showing
| her to be thoroughly conversant with
| rural conditions, sympathetic with
! those struggling with them, and phil
| osophically pointing a way greatly to
| remedy the trouble.
| DR. Stetson, Superintendent of Pub
| lie instruction of Maine, who was
present, followed in a short address
| stating at the outset that the paper
| just read by Miss Heck was SO full OF
| what he had often wanted TO say, but
| had never thought of before. he really
! felt embarrassed in proceeding. he
| said that he had found from listening
| to reports that North Carolina had
kindred troubles with Maine on the
| school problem, and while it was no
satisfaction for him TO know that
! North Carolina had trouble it was a
| satisfaction, her having them, for him
| to be able to know what they We're
and to realize that his State was not
alone in her trouble. He then pro-
ceeded to give instances of what won
/ derful aid the women of his State had
been to him and to the schools in I'LL
| sections where they had taken up the
question, as one peculiarly appealing
to women's obligations as worthy citi-
| Zens.
| He referred in terms of high praise
to the educational progress in North
Carolina under the splendid leadership
of such splendid men as Governor Az
| cock DR.. McIver, superintendent JOY
ner, and others. He said that doing
| one thing at the time and doing II
| thoroughly we'll was modern secret
| of success because il was almost i'm
| possible to do more than one thing
perfectly will.
Among what he referred to as
spasms were those proposing to town
graded schools into high schools, these
to be turned into colleges and finally
supplant even the universities. But
academies, colleges, universities could
not be supplanted because they not
He intimated that in many circum-
stances high schools under the graded
school system were in danger of be-
/ ing over done. He insisted upon one
POINT and that was the conscientious
determination of all teachers and pub
lie school officials to do an honest
dollars worth of service. cheerful If
not grateful. for every dollar of salary
or fees received. He then gave val
liable suggestions gathered from his
experience of many years in public
school work.