The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-04-16

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20 xuixtftsI. f.asrtl.rzs rtst tIisesits-~ E:tJ
zaTar!.r. f,r..t ~ton fs~ ma.i~ fe~ fh"
s. u1na., III HAc year es-rtil'@st.-- Nsttta
In ;I1 county Of tbe state 10 teach
- i%,oiiau@ Il 'trsf grade county "*F
tneatc aHd having hot rs than ose
years snac.S~fui experience III teach
'nG. pfo.4sion WAS also made for ifsc
i~@u.urs pf high school peTfiftraie@
4. Iuer.-;,. u appropriations for tir"
higher institutions Of i'arn'ny-
III. :tef Increase tn. u~rnr0Dra-
tors or tao i-nixeray. tL.e Slate No
tnal and Industrial College. the 4 ~
Il. COLLEGE, he Appalachian Training
school. thc CulloWhcc Normal and
| Training school. y also Increased the
nppropriaiions Tor the school i9f !Ir
Deaf az I~orranton. the school TO- the
| Deaf and Blind 1T Raleigh III also
increased tho appropriations for the
Colol4d Normal Schools and tie y &
VI. College for the Colored Race.
.. Special acts establishing graded
schools.
In addition 10 The general lesisia-
ton erecting education. the General
Assembly passed many special acts Is
tablishing graded schools and proyld-
Ing for elections for special taxation
for their support.
During The wear. the educational
| progress III building and equippiuE
public school houses. in improving
public school grounds. in establishing
| rural libraries. in establishing local
tax districts and increasing hoo
funds by local taxation. in improving
| and strengthening county supervision.
] in graduation u dissemination OF The
work Of the rural schools. in carrying
| on a campaign for education BIZ bul-
letins. through the press and by pub
lie addresses. in more effective organ
~ization Of tcachers. superintendcnts.
and other educational forces. IN the
| enlargement OF the work of the Wom-
! en- for the bcttcrfhent Of the public
| school house, in improvement in the
methods oi managing the school FUNDS
and keeping the chool records, and IN
al lines OF educational work hereto
fore reported has been continuous
and Satisfactp T[-
Ceorgia's Educational Progress.
At the conclusion of these papers.
| which contained the meat Of the
whole matter. Governor Terrell. o.
Georgia. delivered a practical address.
The most interesting portion Of ht'
address was that IN which he detail
Cd the establishment by the Georgia
Legislature of an agricultural scho"i
| in each Of the eleven Congressional dis
tricts Of Georgia. He believes they
are going to do moro for the grlcu
tural development Of Georgia than
any movement in its whole educu-
tional history. The State Of Georg'1
| mas al net lltOlltt u oth'htN
dollars from fertilizer and oil inspcc-
ton. That sum was appropriated 70
the eleven agricultural schools ant
they were located in or near the towns
in each Congressional district tndi
gave the best achievements. As q re-
suit the eleven successful towns gave
100000 in cash. 100000 in land.
and $I3o,000 in equipment. lighting:
water. e1c.: The general election board
has taken deep interest i'll the aSr1~
:-1 ,n6 r,lnJ ~
help to these schools. but they have
bc~en<Started on the basis of Self-Sup-
port, and if Governor Terrclts fafth
in them is justified all the other states
viii establish such schools in the
| several sections Of these states. n"
believes it is sure to come.
Women Have the Floor.
The afternoon session was given up
to the Woman's association n reports
were made by one or two women from
cvery Southern State. North Carolina
was REPRESENTED by Mrs. Lindsay Pat
~jterson and Mrs. Hollowell, President
of the Woman's Betterment Assocla-
ltiOns. WHO made q fine report. Mrs.
Peterson presided over the meeting
and was a model presiding officer.
The men at the morning session we're
limited to ten minutes but many of
them exceeded that i'm Some of the
women read papers that would nave
l Skti lion " tGS ~ $3.50
but when their time expired Mrs.
Patterson in the sweetest manner pos
Sible called attention to the fact that
Their time a expired and called them
down. It was beautiful 20 see how
she did it and how gracefully h wo"
man speaking concluded ven in the
midst of the session. Some of the re-
jports showed Development and pro"
gress and wonderful work that Will
serve as inspiration to other women
= III o-o inf aCnCtnl in hatfar schools
/ for the children of the South.
Next to the helpful speeches OF
ithese women and their good ooks vas
the beauty Of their Easter bonnets
which were in evidence. Just as the
women arc the main dependence for
the education Of the cili'lrcn 50 the
women a"c TIE main t~epoadencc for
beautifying OF the school houses and
grounds, the making OF schools at
t~ractive and interesting IN n practical
way the mothers OF the children. The
importance Of this work can scarcely
be ovcr estimated. 1t is a new work
in an organized way and the reports
| show that there is a real awakening
to this duty by patriotic women all
over the South and that the results
have been most encouraging.
The Night Session.
At tonight's conference President
! Alderman of h University Of Nir-
gina. presided. Chancellor kirk
land, of the Vanderbilt University. N
an address declared that Southern IN
situations have not in tho past rccog-
nizcd the obligation Of enforcing right
educational standards and that states
should aid by refusing charters TO un-
worthy institutions.
The conference tonight adopted
resolutions commencing the work of
such organizations as The school i'm
proNen9eIt league ana urging that
they be extended to embrace the whole
citizenship Of The several states in
lhcIf membership and include "in tho
scope Of their purposes all the fac
tors of The educational problem.
The conference recorded its CRATE
1uI recognition OF the services of Rob-
ert =. Ogden. of Now York. and OK
| tended Its congratulations to stat
superintendent II others charged
with public education throughout thc
south for the Improved standard Of
| efficiency.
he conference also recorded ap-
probation of the important contrfbu-
tion TO popular education made by
The colleges Of the South. by the State
lhStitutionS and by the private cnom-
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