The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-02-08

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State superintendent, President ID.
Ii. Hill and Lditor Clarence I'll. Poe.
committee of the Ncrth Carolina
Farmers Educational and Co-opera-
tive onion was held yesterday in the
tt14ce or the Department of Public In
str~ction, State superintendent J. Y.
ICyner DR.. ID. H. Hill, president Of
a. and NJ. College, and Editor Clar-
ence II. Poe, CT the Progressive Farm
e., meeting with the committee. At
the G. eensboro convention Of the
union a committee as appointed and
instructed to hold the meeting that
vas carried out yesterday, it's oh ect
being to promote the cause Of practi-
cal. CT industrial education in the
public schools of he State. The com
/ i,tee consisted of H. d. Egerton, OF
Franklin county; w. S. Cobb, of Rob
eson county, DR., H. Q. Alexander. of
Accl lenburg county, and E. G.. FARES.
OF Cleveland county, all of whom
~tre pr sent at the meeting.
DR.. Alexander was named as chair
n n and Mr.. Poe as secretary. DR.
Alexander stated the CD ects of the
meeting, the committee being organ
lied to promote the teaching of agri-
culture and domestic science in all
public schools, and the establishment
Of Agricultural hi-h schools in every
comfy in the State.
AT this point Col. j. Bryan Grimes.
Secretary of State, was invited to sit
VII the commi tee.
Superintendent JCyner outlined his
iCtas about farm life schools as set
forth in his last report, his idea be
ing to develop among the public high
school of the State one strong farm
lite school in each county. starting the
first year with six or eight in the
counties where they will he best sup
ported. He also urged the adoption
OF a curriculum and tiki books in the
primary schools suited to the minds
of country children.
Dr. Hill urged that if necessary
SINE OF the studies now over-empha-
sized be curtailed in order to make
IUtm for agriculture and domestic
science, and that the reading books.
arithmetic, etc. be saturated with a
rural atmosphere.
~. ". -. Dcbb declared that Feb
"a J ]. 1910, would be a memorable
Cs= in the history of education in
North Carolina and mark q definite
step forward in giving h whole
StI4Col system an industrial east.
That t members were practically
un4l i,nous in their views was empha-
sized by Mr.. Clarence Poe, who de-
clared the great needs to be Cd farm
lite schools started on a modest scale
HNtISNtI lItS "ouAo SdNNSN' wv
and letting the movement grow until
there is one in each county; CD the
teaching of agriculture and domestic
science in the rural schools. the text
books in connection with the prdcti-
cal work in corn clubs Tor Boys,
poultry clubs for girls, etc; CD the
- bstitution Of text books suited to
the needs Of country life instead OF
the miserable misfit text books now
generally in use.
Mr.. Poe urged in this connection
that special attention be given to
tie adoption of text books with d ru-
raj atmosphere when the State adop-
ton i. made next year. de also ar
gue6 that the Safe Normal and IN
{. StriGl 81 Ould have a more genuinely
industrial curriculum.
NIr. FAIRIES and MIR. Egerton report
Cd that the Farmers Union contem-
Pit ea rutting a paid Educational Sec
rotary into tie field so great Is its IN
terest in educating the farmer, as the
fundamental step in agricultural prog
res.
he failure to teach agriculture IN
thu schools as required by law was
indicated by DR.. Hill, who says that
five times as many copies of "Agricul-
tu Il Eeginners,' written by North