The news & observer., 1905-12-14

ladies, refused to hear lessons from
their pupils in his presence.
"They wont do it now," said Presi-
dent Joyner, "for you have fully quail
flied yourself
Those who understood the joke, all
present, laughed heartily.
Superintendent w. H. Ragsdale, of
Pitt, gave an account of his experience
in visiting schools. He said although
this is the most important part of
the county superintendents work, it
is also the most delicate, and a dan
gerous subject even discuss When
and how the superintendent visits his
schools said Mr.. Ragsdale, depends al
together upon circumstances. 1t is
of paramount importance, he said, that
the visitor should go as a friend and
not to criticize. He said he was a
crank on four things: always being
on time, always being enthusiastic, al
ways being practical, and always hav-
ing good teachers. He said a county
superintendent cannot be instructed
what to do, and must rely absolutely
upon his own tact. judgment, common
sense and discretion.
Prof. ]. B. Carlyle, of Wake Forest
College, was recognized, and made an
interesting talk. The only office he
was ever elected to, he said, was that
of county superintendent, which h
considered the highest honor in his
life and he made an eloquent, spirited
talk, which was loudly applauded. The
county superintendents, he said, are
the noblest body of men in North
Carolina.
Superintendent E. B. Norvelle, of
Cherokee, said North Carolina is to-
day educating two races of people. In
more than 900 years the Anglo-Saxon
race has been lifted to where it is
and in so years there has been an at
tempt to put the negro on the white
mans level ational enthu-
siasts. he said, say this can be done
"In the South, he continued, 'this is
a serious question. We are educating
the negro for the Northerners. We are
paying $40 where the negro is paying
81. Should We educate servants for
people, when we shall never receive
one penny in remuneration for? Is it
right. is it proper? We are to doing to-
day? No! We cannot secure negro
labor in our homes or our fields
Should we continue in this way?
No! -
At this point Mr.. Narvelle was in
terrupted by President Joyner, who
said the question for the superintend-
ents to consider was: "Shall we edu-
cate our own children" Continuing,
Carolina and the United States have
decided the negro question so far as
We are concerned. Their ruling with
us is final, and we have arranged that
matter. The whites get two dollars
where the negro gets one. and the
problem is under practical control
now, and. as said, the only question
for us to decide is whether we shall
educate our own folks. We are treat
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to do so. I am getting tired Of haV-
ing this question injected into our an
nuaI meetings, when we have but one
question to decide. 1t Is not necessary
to bring up this bug bear in our as
sociation. We are handling that pro-
blem Alright and shall continue so to
do. | rule this discussion out of order,
as this is neither the time nor place
for it, for it is not down for discus
sion and besides it is a Legislative
question. 1t is one we have nothing
whatever to do with. We have the law
and must obey it, This conference is
for the betterment of public educa-
ton in North Carolina, and it shall not
be side-tracked by a discussion like
this. If any of you desire to discuss
this question. you may go to the leg
islative halls or on the stump, but
this is not the place for it.
OtIlGIS dllcIIlDlcb ~ SpSdh hpOli Ii'C
subject but were ruled out of order
Mr.. Narvelle explained that the rea-
son he raised the question was that it
was one which would later come be-
fore the superintendent, and was one
which they would have to consider and
settle in the future.
The 100000 ApportiOnment.
The apportionment of the first
100000 was announced yesterday.
The number of white children in the
State is 469,946 colored, 225,069;
Croatans, 1,947; total, 696,962.
The number of children divided into
100000 got the per capita apportion-
ment to be 14,34S. The number of
children in each county was multi
Piled by this descimal, and the follow
ing amounts will be apportioned to
each county. The warrants for these
|amounts according to the law cannot
be sent to the county treasurers till
after January 1st, 1906
Number of Amount