The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-07-06
WAKE EDUCATORS
IN CONFERENCE
Many Enjoys Carys' De-
IightfuI Hospitality
WOMEN LEAD IN PROGRESS

There was a Large anu
Important Topics Were Discussed
by Teachers, Women in the Better
mont Association. School Officers.
County superintendent Judd, DR..
Rankin and Mr.. Josephus Daniels.
Yesterday was a big day in Cary
and a day of delight to the hundreds
of Wake county teachers who shared
the hospitality of the people Of that
h~ospitable town. It was the occasion
of the Annual Conference for Educa-
ton in Wake county County super
~intendent Judd inaugurated these
yearly meetings some years ago and
they have been of marked alu and
interest. By invitation of Mayor
Hines. the Aldermen and other organ
izations Of Cary, the Conference this
year was held in the Cary High
School.
The Cary people put the big pot in
the little pot and served an elegant
picnic to the large number present.
To show the deep interest of the Wo-
men. as we'll as the men, in this an
nual conference, one lady travelled on
a buggy fifty miles yesterday to be
present. and report the work that is
DolIS COuc DN lHe 4 ,
ment Association in her school dis
trict. That is the sort of enthusiasm
that has been kindled among parents
in Wake county. The wonderful prog
ress in education in Wake county in
recent years made the big conference
at Cary yesterday possible. tlVe
wears ago there was not a single local
tax district in Wake county outside OF
Raleigh. Today there are twenty
seven. This is but one of many OBJ
ject lessons that could be given show
ing the progress that has been made.
The first school district to vote a local
tax wa at jerks school house IN
White a township-the home Of
Mr.. L. j. Sears, chairman of the Wake
county Board Of Education. Now ev-
cry school district in White Oak town
ship has voted q local tax anu all told
there are tWenty-SeVen in the county
and the number grows. The county's
progress has been even more marked
in the erection Of school buildings.
The cheapest recently erected cost
$500 and the costliest $1,000, that be-
ing Wakelon High School, situated
midway between Zebulon and Wake
field in the eastern part of the county.
The Educational Conference at Cary
yesterday was that and it was more
than that It embraced the Fourth
of July celebration. which was par
ticipated in alike by old and young.
There were no fireworks, unless the
speeches were under that catalogue,
but there was a fine picnic dinner,
baseball. splendid music by Stephen
sons string band, under direction of
George L. McCullers, and other pleas
nres hat were enjoyed in addition to
the educational discussions. County
superintendent Judd presided at the
session and, after prayer by Rev. ".
r. Beach, and Scripture reading by
Rev. l.. F. Johnson, made an
earnest and eloquent speech. The
hold that Mr.. Judd has upon
the people Of Wake county was at
tested by the reception he was given.
He has done such fine work in Wake
thai twice his year he has declined
f1attering Offers to go elsewhere in
educational work at salaries larger
than he is receiving in Wake. In his
address at Cary, Mr.. Josephus Dan
iels, in tracing the slow growth Of
proper interest in public education
in Wake county, instanced the fact
that Wake county paid a Register Of
Deeds two or three times more than
it paid the County superintendent Of
Schools, whereas the ability required
for the latter place was of much
higher order and the work of far
more lasting Importance.
One Of the best addresses of the day
was by DR.. w. S. Rankin, the new
Secretary Of the State Board of
Health. who stressed in a strong
speech the Importance of cooperation
betWeen the teachers and doctors to
secure proper sanitation in the
schools and the teaching of simple
Fundamental rules Of health. This
address was supplemented by a brief
practical talk by DR.. J. M. Temple
ton. who pledged the cooperation of
the doctors of the county. The only