The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-06-02

about the cliff-dwellers Of New Mex
CO. And he got it A letter 10 tue
Governor Of Wisconsin was referred 10
the Bureau here. Letters to the Uni
versity Of Wisconsin, from this sec
ton are turned over % the CniverSlty
Of North Carolina. The general let
tiers ask for on every SUD
jet in the public mind such as peace,
school consolidation. immigration. eu-
genics. taxation, farm life. needs or Il
braries. and OF lobbying IN
North Carolina. The supply or Wo-
man suffrage bulletins has been eX-
tausted. More young people use the
Bureau thar their elders, more BOYS
thar girls. and more women thar
men. Requests from rural routes out
number those from city streets.
The Good Roads Institute.
A good roads institute was held at
Chapel Hill. Fifty road engineers and
county superintendents were in at
tendance. The University has thrown
her whole heart into the good roads
movement. The address of the acting
president has been copied and com
mented on in almost every good road
journal in the country. DIR. Pratt or
the Geological Department OF the
University is the a~ll-SOuthern good
roads asitator. A splendid good roads
day, recognized as the most success
full in the State. was held in Chapei
Hill. Professors. t~ownSpeople, ana
| four hundred student volunteers dug
I'D stumps cut bitches, raked gravel,
and wheeibarrowed dirt in a com
radeship giimmering with the dawn
| of the social tomorrow.
Statewide Contests.
The three Statewide stimulating
athletic contests and the high school
debate contest are matters OF hrst-
hand knowledge to the people of the
| State. A debate contest which IN
volved $50 high schools, 500 debaters
| and a total audience Of over 10000
| people. with its dramatic culmina.
ton before 2,000 people at the Uni
versity. has drawn forth editOria
comment in papers and magazines
in other States One of these
Equity" Of Philadelphia, in an edi
torial says, 1T is safe to say that by
this contest, the subject of the mi
tiative and referendum received NOR
intelligent consideration and discus
sion in North Carolina on that da.
than it has on any one day in an
other State in the Union.
Rankin and Wilson Live Wires.
The two men who Dear the brun
of the work in the extension
ment are DR.. Louis r. Wilson an
MI. EOSdI u. NdIlhIn. LII. W lASO
is a man who is on the job on man,
jobs. Run up on him in his office
and you will find him directing tn
work in the library, blocking out tn
material for the Alumni Review, Oun
tersigning a check as advisory trea
surer for the Y. M. c. A., and mail
ing out books and bulletins from tn
Editorial Bureau. Mr.. Rankin is frs
Of all a worker. The president i
his Introductory address on the coca
sion OF the final debate called hir
the man behind the gun, whose type
writer close at his office door las bee
ciinking away since September. An
it clicks and clicks far into many
night in to the desires {
the high school boys and girls every
where in North Carolina.
7 A fact of great significance to tn
2 extension movement is the coming t
North Carolina Of Mr.. E. c. BraT
! son, former president Of the Georgi
I State Normal School. Professor BraI
son has made an original Contrib1
ton to American education and r,
raj economics in the Georgia Gu
idea which is a pragmatic method
Z studying at first-hand your own cOul
}: ty and State. With the county clul
OF the university, Professor Bransc
! will make exhaustive surveys of Il
: life and condition of the counties
North Carolina, which will be f,
. the use of the people back home.
!. Always relentlessfy sound in scho
arShip, which is the essence of h
. inner life, the University Of Nor
Carolina is now reaching out al
= forward TO give all hat h has
= the folks at home.