Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1914-12-03

churches and burying grounds.
(d) Planting trees, shrubs and flow
ers in school and church grounds
along roads and streets, parks
public places, etc.
(e) Flag raising.
Q. Singing party, or other social fea-
lures at night. y
Program for Friday, December 4th,
'SchOOl and NeighbOrhOOd Improve
meRt Day."
Cali day meetings at every school
house, for everybody-men and wo-
men, boys and girls, young and old,
married or single-with public picnic
dinner. This day will be observed as
North Carolina Day" in every school
in North Carolina by order of theState
Department of Education)
I. Meeting called to order by chair
man Of local committee. Election
of chairman and secretary,
2. Report of community survey or
questions Of progress.
3 Discussion 1ed by two or more
leaders previously named by COM
mittee-fve minutes each.)
4. General discussion. Subject: What
Plans for Progress, Should We
Undertake, for the Improvement
of our People and Section in Each
Of the Following Respects:
(a) School term. Is it long enough,
and if not, how heightened?
(b) Subjects taught. Shrou1d we
have more Industrial. or domestic
science features? Boys and girls
corn, canning or industrial clubs
Co Improvements Of school grounds.
Should we have school farms?
CD Improving our public highways.
(e) Sanitary and health conditions.
e. Encouraging reading of more
. books, papers and bulletins by pu-
pills and our grown people. A bet
ter school library.
(g) Plans for teaching grown-up IL
literate to read.
(h) Better Industrial and marketing
conditions.
ID Developing a richer social life
and greater "get-together" spirit
on the part Of all our people.
Cd How can we develop genuine
social center" with auditoriums
and complete community school?
Do we need a larger school dis
trict to support it properly?
(k) Provisions for parks, play
ground, etc.
Cd Are our people cooperating as
they should in buying, selling, CO.
operation, or of farm machinery,
etc., etc.?
4. Appointment of a committee to
present each approval plan and
report at subsequent community
meeting.
5. Arrangement for subsequent meet
ings to hear reports.
6. Games, sports, songs, plays, and
social features for afternoon and
evening.
(Have school house suitably deco
rated if possible. If schoolhouse too
small, have outdoor meeting or meet
in larger building, church, if thought
best by the local committee.)
Program for County Meetings at Each
Court House Saturday, December
9Th, "COunty Progress Day."
[. Meeting called to order by chair
man of county committee Elect
chairman and secretary.
2. Summary of surveys from all school
districts.
3. What the figures show as to where
our county leads and where it
lags; Some lessons. (Twenty
minutes address by strongest
available man in the county, using
chart for illustration purposes.)
4. A dozen question about what our
county most needs. Five minutes
talk on:
(a) A six months school term.
(b) Wiser Investigation of crops
and methods of marketing, and
plans for inviting good settlers.
(c) A county farm life school.
(c) A whole-time county health Off
GER.
(e) A whole-time county superinten-
dent Of schools.
e. A farm demonstration agent.
(g) A better road system.
CHI A county fair.
(i) A county school commencement
Cd Stronger organization of farmers
and town interests with close CO.
operation.
(k) Closer cooperation of all church
and Sunday school forces for NOR
al and spiritual progress.
ID A campaign for tick eradication
and developing livestock and dairy
interests.
5. Adoption of motions or resolutions
favoring an advance with regard
to any of the aforementioned lines.
5. Appointment of committee on each
subject.
I Social and recreation features at