The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-12-08

Miss Mary Owen Graham. assistant
superintendent OF Education in Neck
lenburg county. and recently elected
president of the. North Carolina
Teachers Assembly, is the daughter
Of Mr.. Archibald Graham. Sr., Of
Charlotte, and the sister of DR.. Ed
ward Kidder Graham, president OF
the University of North Carolina.
Miss Graham graduated from
Queens College in Charlotte. After
graduation SIC taught for several
years in the graded schools OF Char
lotte. II has also served as super
visilg teacher in the Training School
of the Normal and Industrial Col
lege at Greensboro and has assist
State Department of Education.
Portions of the summer vacation
nave been spent by Miss Graham in
further preparing herself for her
work in the large part she is taking
in the educational life OF the State.
n has been a student in the summer
schools Of the University of North
Carolina, the University of TenneS-
sett n Teachers College at Column
bia University and has been cache
Of primary methods in the summer
school Of the University of North
Carolina for the past Jour years.
Miss Graham was twice president
OF the North Carolina Primary
Teachers Association, now an afiliat
ed organization Of the Teachers AS
sembly, and her influence was
strong in making the organization
effective in developing the profession
al spirit among the primary teach
ers. h was a member OF the Leg
isiative committee of the Teachers
Assembly which aided in having
passed the low authorizing women to
serve on schools boards md on the
sub-text book commission.
The nnW nrQciHont 81 tho Toankoyt
Assembly belongs to a family both
sides Of which have been prominent
In the historical development Of the
country >and the State both in Colon
ial n Revolutionary times and
) more recently conspicuous in the edu
%cat1onal life Of the State.
> Best Teachers Assembly Yet.
! The recently held Teachers AS
! Sembly in Charlotte was the most
) successful meeting in it's history. The
r power OF the assembly for the past
few years has grown steadily, and
t the Charlotte meeting was built or
q past successes and experiences, stand
! ing at the top in numbers, in chan
{ acter OF work and as a WORKING
body.
The spirit Of the assembly wax
n marked by enjoyment, good fellow
Q snip, and an atmosphere of optimism
one OF the new features was that Q,
t the rural SCnOol conferences and de
m~onstrations. These were presided
= over by State Supervisor T.. G.. Brog
e den II Prof. z. z. Balcomb. The,
S also, with the assistance of Mrs. c. G
Y Hook and Miss Mary O. Graham. ar
y ranged for the demonstrations.
Misses Shotwell, of coun
", Barnard, Of Mcdowell county
Rhlnehardt, Of Alamance county
Kelly, of Johnston county, Cassidy. o
d county brought teams O
l. girls and teachers from their respec
.e tive ountie who gave actual demon
,e STATIONS in cooking and sewing q
conducted in their rural schools.
The farm-life schools Of Jamestox
and Pleasant Garden in GuiIfor,
county demonstrated, with teams q
- boys and girls, their work in ag,icul
- ture, carpentry, sewing and cook
ing.
u over all the meetings Of the as
sembly. State Superintendent Of In
IA structlon J. Y. Joyner presided.
Is no in person, in spirit. The aler
e mind and quick wit Of Pres. Nj. G.. s
/ Noble frightened all the general ses
l. slons of the Assembly and the IRE
presslble humor of Professor Nobl
as noted at this session Of the as
Ia sembly served to justify the apprc
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