The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-08-13
THE CAMPAIGN OF EDUCATION Fo~REDUcATIoN.' .

win for h commissioners h right
to follow the Constitution and
provide the schools. II they shall
succeed. as appears probable from
the action OF Superior Court Judge
c. N. Cooke in dissolving the re-
straining order against the collection
OF the tax, the resulting good 70 the
cause Of education viii be immediate
and widespread. h last outpost Will
have been taken. For all thar Il need
ed for the educational principle 70 sue
coed has been shown TO be initial cd
u~cation 10 the need The cause Is one
with vital seed that need only the
ground necessary in which 10 take
root.
Since the las. educational edition
was printed the rura library mas
reached out into every4 part OF the
state, a messenger OF the world and
a picture Of life, reaching with its lit
erature the children and parents in
the most distant communities n
rural library serves Z" bring 70 me
people the books tha- only those with
in reach Of the pnblic library have ac-
cess to: nd, in the emphasis OF Few
books, they get a reading and form
the basis OF demand that would at
once surprise and delight a city libra
rian. The teaching forces Of tn
schools have been largely bettered and
increased, and the compensation Of
the teachers is higher. The letters
from county superintendent in this
issue show, however, that the demand
for teachers is more and more acute.
In this situation still better salaries
are imperative If the worF Is to be
| carried out in accord with It's import
ance and in proportion to its magni-
tude. 1t is necessary to overcome the
strange idea that a teacher IS not
worth, for the same expenditure of
same compensation hat similar brains
and energy would demand in other
work. The school work needs the
rest men and the best men are, as q
rule, ready to make sacrifices for the
work. But the time has come when
teachers in the schools must be paid
more nearly in proportion to the yalue
oe the service they render.
What is now and for some years
has been going on in North Carolina
can be best phrased, perhaps, as the
Campaign of EDUCATION for Educa-
ton" It has been waged during the
last year with continued enthusiasm,
energy and eloquence in every county
in the State by the Governor, the Su-
p~erintendent of Public Instruction,
practically every States officer. The
fight has had central direction and q
general prosecution. In every section
the faithful county superintendent
captains of the line-have carried on
the agitation, have kept clear the
faith, have labored with q single pur-
pose and an mistaken conviction. One
of the most potent departures in years
was the change brought about in the
method Of county superintendent.
Where formerly were appointed good
and representative men at nominal
salaries, who, in the nature of things,
could at best hold but occasional meet
ings with teachers and give but partial
care to the schools, have been employ
ed a corps of professional educators at
liNl4S Sdld CO " give incl eIlllIe
time to the cause. The typical educa-
tional situation in a North Carolina
county is, as a result, one Of enthusl-
asm, of the expenditure Of en-
ergy, of constant and efficient agfta-
ton for improvement and perfection
of system. The superintendent have
fired the teachers with their response
bility, the people with the necessity
they face. In many counties there IL
a unity of purpose and a consistent
improvement that are celebrating to
observe.
The point is, of course, to max
the pressure universal and to bring
the vision into the sight of the whole
State. The educational campaign can
not be stopped or retarded. It is too
numerously and too earnestly waged.
But it can be helped and it is to the
individual citizen who by his voice,
his vote and his interest can help it
best. Education in this good State is
to become universal. Let there be
brought to hat contamination the
universal effort of every citizen who
believes in humanity, in morals and in
prosperity: for in this is the one
Great Hope!