The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-04-16
EDUCATION IN
NORTH CAROLINA
Splendid Report by Sup
erintendent Joyner.
PROGRESS Is NOTABLE
Advance Movement All Alons the Line
in the South-Womcn Hold an
Intcre,tiu. Session Mr.. PAT
tcrsOn. Of North Caro-
lima, Presiding.
PROGRESS IS NOTABLE

lima, Presiding.
Carolina Hotel. P%inehurst, y. -.
April 10.-Today has been devoted y
two meetings by organizations sepaT-
ate from the educational conference.
The morning session was a meeting %
the state Superintendcnts Of ali the
southern States. They ali read pa
pers. giving in detail the progress ii
Tho past year. The figures showed
marked Improvement. IN some states
the money for public chOOlS has dOu-
bled III five Years ana in some NOR"
than doubled. The South is building
more than one school house q day ana
every day several new districts vote 4
local tax. III Georgia anl Kentucky
the greater portion Of the school
fund comes from appropriations by
;he Lcgislature-tWo miliionS III
Georgia and two and a half millions
in Kentucky. Last year Georgia
raised another Y millions by local
tax. West Virginia has q public school
fund Of $3.300.OO0 annually. Tenn
cssee has $500. 600 yearly and has
exactly doubled its fund in the past
four years. The last Legislature Of
Alabama appropriated three millions
for education-one half n million 70
the University of Alabama. Mississippi
pi put a million and a half dollars in
school ouses last ear. Supcrinteud-
cnt Whitfield said the South had not
made progress until recently because,
the people did not knOW this n pol
iticianS havc been behind the demaad
for better schools and had not given
as good schools rs the people We're
willing to pay fer. The college man."
he said. VINO does not catch step with
the public demand for education de-
serves to see his college fail. L.ouisi-
- no ba- tJa,9l1n1 fl,n Sn1.n1 49, nnI
put s750.o00 in school houses last
year while Arkansas has built three
hundred school houses ut a cost OF
$4,000 and increased by q vote OF
the people its school tax SO 1-3 per
cent. Progress in Virginia and South
Carolina was marked ana gratifying.
Nearly all the SupeTinteDdents ac-
knowledged obligation TO North
Carolina for starting the loan funl
and rural libraries, which most have
adopted.
State Superintendent Joyner's Report.
Mr.. Joyncr's report opened with u
statement regarding educational lcgis-
lation. as follows:
Since my last report to this con-
ference the General Assembly OF
North Carolina has met in biennial
session. One Of the principal issues
in h campaign waged for the clcc-
ton of the members of the General
Assembly WAS educational progress
and cXDendit urcS. The issue was clear
cut: the result was a victory by an
overwhelming majority for the advo-
Gates of educational progress and the
expenditures necessary for such prog
ross. It was to be expected. therefore.
chat the General Assembly of 1907
would be liberal ana progressive in its
educational legislation"
Following is a summary Of impOr-
tant legislation affecting public educa-
ton:
1. An act 10 stimulate high school
instruction in the public schools and
teacher training.
, The act aprropriatcs $4,000 for the
establishment of public high schools
IN the countieS-from n 10 four in
a county.
For the establishment of any high
school under this act, not less than
$3.50 must be provided by local taxa
ton, private subscription. county APP
ptopriation, or otherwise. and then
the same mount will be supplied out
Of the state appropriation. Not more
than $500 is available from the State
appropriation FOR any school. and not
more than $500 from the county APP
| preparation.
n same act provides for the es-
Enlistment Of the East Carolina
Teachers Training school. $4,000 of
the high school appropriation is di-
rccted to be used annually for the
support and maintenance of a teach
ars' training school at some point
|! east Of Raleigh. The school is to be
| located by The state Board of Edu-
cation III or near that town Offering
the largest financial aid. due regard
being paid, however. to d~esirability
and suitability of the location. \ spe-
cial appropriation of $4,000 is made
for buildings and equipment upon
condition that The town or community
m which said school is located shall
| 2ontribute. n addition to a site, not
less n S23,o0U for the same pur-
pose. The purpose of the school is
to give young white men and women
such education and training as shall
tit and quality them for teaching in
the public schools of North Carolina.
,. The compulsory attendance act.
MS IS q sort of local option COM
pulsoTy attendance law. The county
board of education of any county
may. in its discretion. upon the ueti-
ton of L majority of the qualified vot-
erS of any township or school dis
trict. order and hold IN election. sub
hitting to the qualified voters OF such
township OF district the question Of
compulsory attendance. If a ma ioritv
of tn" votes in such district Or town
ship IS cast for compulsory attend
ancc. the ountH board of education
order compulsory attendance
upon the school or schools OF the
township or district named in the PEI
1tion. MI children oscr eight and
Inder fourteen Years of %" are re-
iuIred 10 attend the public school Of
he district in which they reside for
sixteen weeks in each school year,
unless they shall have received else
where during the year regular in
5tructlon for sixteen weeks in the
public chool branches of study
Children oVer twelve years Of age
are not subject to the requirements OF
This oct n-1i1n I -r-f.1f1 49, -
labor az home OF elsewhere.
). Amendments to the public school
laws.
The section of the law providing
for special tax school districts are So
amended as to allow contiguous ter
"ltoTE to be added to any special tan
district upon written request OF q ma
jority of the committee of the spe-