The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1909-04-23
UNIFORM SYSTEM
OF EDUCATION FOR
THE ENTIRE SOUTH
IS PROPOSED BY PROF. CLAYTON
TO CONFERENCE or
EDUCATORS.
DECIDED TO TAKE EARLY ACTION
Reports on Progress In Individual
States Of the south Produced Inter
estina Fisvres-colIsge Women
Meet.

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ATLANTA. Ga, April ia move
ment TO build up an educatlona
scheme which shall embrace the entire
South was launched Thursday at
prolonged session of the campaign
managers of the Conference for Edu'
cation in the South, now in annual
session here. 1t was proposed that
all States of the South be induced to
take action toward a strong educa-
tional system which shall be as uni
form as possible. The idea to be
worked out was thus expressed by
President P. P. Claxton, Of the Uni
versity of Tennessee:
I'VE should have" he said IAN ar
chitectural plan built up from all the
styles of education now in vogue in
the South. We have been strengthen
ing here and there for years with good
results until now it is time to con-
struct a system more or less perma-
nent for general development"
DR.. Claxton presided at the cam
paign managers meeting, and it was
decided to take early action to spread
the unifor medication idea
The Southern Association Of College
Women met for an afternoon session,
presided over by Emma Boyd Garrett,
of Atlanta. Elevation of college stand
ards and revised courses of study to
meet the demands Of those seeking a
broad education were the main themes
OF the meeting
Reports on educational progress in
the individual States of the South pro-
dHced interesting figures. The Ala
bama report showed that the appro-
priation for education in that State
for the past year had increased $319,-
900.
The compulsory education law just
passed by the Arkansas Legislature
was commended.
Florida reported Al high schools, IS
junior high schools and Al rural grade
schools.
Georgia showed a State appropria
ton of 1909 for schools Of $2,250000,
an increase over 1908 of quarter Of
4 million.
For Kentucky one of the most sue
,essful years in State school history |
vas predicted for 1909, and Oklahoma
called attention to the salaries paid |
Ter teachers as being probably the
highest in the South.
Rural life as a business and indus
rial success therein was the leading
eature of the night session, the prin-
,ipal address being made by Clifford
oinchot His subject was How the
National Government May Cooperate
With the States in the Betterment of
Rural Conditions"
United States Commissioner of Edu-
.ation E. NJ. Brown and Clarence
)usley, editor of the Fort Worth,
Tex, Record, were the leading speak
rs of the second day of the confer
nee The morning session was given
,ver to the State Superintendent,
nd after calling the body to order,
President r. c. Ogden resigned the
hair to Superintendent ]. Y. Joyner,
f North Carolina.
Jere NJ. Pound School Commission
+ Of Georgia, sketched the education
| progress in the Southern States for
he year, calling special attention to
he large increase of high schools,
ONE betterment in supervision and
larket attention to systematic sup
ort, embodied in the idea of local
axation. Not one of the Southern
roup of States has failed during the :
ear to increase its appropriation for
eneral school purposes.
Superintendent G. B. Cooks, or Ar
ansas, presented a summary OF ac-
omplishment for agricultural and in
ustrial education in the South, citing .
asses of great benefit to those who
eeded help, the children OF the rural
istrcts. He concluded with the ex-
ression of the belief that the South
i'll find many of its most vexing prob
ms quietly worked out by the agri-
lltural and industrial movement.