The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-06-04
GREENSBORO READY
Preparations Made to Care For as
Many as $500 Teachers.--Teach-
ers Organization to Change Its Form
to Meet Requirements of Progress
Thousands Will Go to Greensboro.

On Tuesday evening of next week
there will be gathered in Greensboro
the greatest assemblage of teachers
ever in one North Carolina city at the
same time, and the progressive city Of
Greensboro has prepared to take care
of as many as $500. it being known
that the most brilliant array of speak
ers ever engaged to address a South
ern educational meeting of this char
acter will be present. County super
intendents of education in more than
half of the counties of North Carolina
have already written Secretary Car
michael that they will be present, and
accommo odations have already been re-
served for nearly a thousand of the
State teachers. The faculties of the
leading colleges and the University of
North Carolina will be present this
year almost to their full membership.
The attendance of city school teach
ers and the teachers from private high
schools and academies will be unpre-
cedented. Secretary Carmichael states
that one of the. most gratifying fea-
lures of the outlook is the interest
which is being manifested among the
teachers in the rural schools. The at
tendance from these schools alone will
make a large meeting of the assembly
Mr.. Carmichael has already received
letters from more rural school teach
ers saying that they will be present
than the entire enrolment of the as
Sembly has ever been since he has
been secretary. There is no more
hopeful phase of the prospects for
great progress in the future than the
condition which these facts reveal. The
rural school teachers are a live Dody
of people, and the meeting at Green's
boro will show to the State that in
this class of teachers North Carolina
has a wonderfully effective and eff
hcient force of men and women. who
are thoroughly awake TO the best in
terests of their profession.
Never in the history of the State
nave such preparations been made.
Those who have travelled the State re-
Gently and talked with teachers and
men of every other profession and
of business interests declare that there |
was never so much interest manifested |
and never such a determination to |
make any organization success as
among this associations members. |
row that the character of the organ /
ization is to be along professional |
lines instead of a pleasure gathering |
largely. 1t is settled that the Teach |
erS Assembly is to be in future to the |
teachers of North Carolina just what |
the bar association is becoming to the
lawyers and the medical association |
now is to the physicians.
This all educators declare, is the |
ideal character for their organization. |
Teachers throughout the State realize |
that the time has now come when |
a more thorough and efficient profess
sional organization of the States edu-
cational workers is absolutely neces-
sary for the educational welfare of the
Commonwealth.
That the more prominent of the
States educators have determined TO
lend all their efforts to make this or
ganization what it should be there is
no doubt All have co-operated with
the officers of the assembly in secur-
ing the most prominent speakers ever
in the State. AS an evidence of the
value of the program, many educators
have written Secretary Carmichael
Congratulating him upon the program.
Some of these letters are quoted here
with Others will be published later.
Prof. Carlyle's View.
Prof w. d. Carmichael, Durham, N. C
Dear Sir: The published program
of the forthcoming session of the
Teachers Assembly gives promise of
meeting of rare pleasure and profit.
] think the time is ripe for a more
compact and efficient organization of
the teachers of the State and trust
that such organization may be one of
the results of the approaching meet
ing. J. B. CARLYLE.