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

has gone steadily forward, nOtwith-
standing the fact that the demands
made upon them have been all out of
proportion to the financial assistance
given them for meeting these de-
mands. The attendance has been
greatly increased, improvements have
been mad in the internal organization
Of many OF them, many new buildings
have been erected, a number of dor
mitOries have been provided, farm
life school departments have been
added in ten more schools. and nu-
merous other improvements have been
made. All of this goes to indicate
the increased interest in
education on the part of both pupils
and patrons. which interest cOnSti-
tutes one Of our greatest educational
assets. / feel that we have now en-
tered a new era in high SchOOl 0e-
velopment and that the promise OF
future constructive work in secondary
education is indeed bright. Com
munity interest all over the State mas
been aroused in the Schooi,
and il now remains for this to be Oh
rected towards the development or an
adequate system Of high schools for
North Carolina that shall be efficient.
in his connection there are some big
problems to be worked out, but | be-
lieve the strong young men and wom-
en- in charge of these schools are not
going to be found lacking in the right
sort of vision and in the right sort of
ability to find in due course OF time
the right answers to most Of the
pressing questions that arise in their
respective schools. To name the list
of worthy worker in these rural high
schools would be to catalogue practl-
cally the entire lumber Yet there
are some whose work is of sucf, an
outstanding nature that l feel it will
not be amiss to call by name a few
of them.
Workers Who Work.
Frank Foust at Pleasant Garden,
r.. J. Coltrane at jamestown, M. y.
AIRY at Cary, II. IL. Moser at Wake
lon. *. H.. Mcintyre at Red Oak, F..
w Joyner at Manteo, j.. T.. Jerome at
Villa mston. S. J. Huskett at loves
Grove, Miss Mary f.. Wells at Iotla,
RI. IL. Mclean at Farmville, S. G.. Has
ty at Churchland, j. II. Allen at Pike
vile. j. J.. league at Stony Point, c.
@ Fisher at Burgaw. L. S. league at
Atkinson, Miss Laura Jones at Will
sons Mills. w. j. Wellington at
Winecoff, Earl II. Franklin at Merry
oaks, Mrs. T. w. Costen at ReynOld-
son. w w. Stedman at Elk Park, F..
p, Dixon at Wise, J. f.. burlington at
Nanceboro. J. NJ. Gray at Loves
Grove. T.. f.. Shaw at Teachey's.-to
mention a lew WnO VIII Tou1dlE dt
their posts of duty for the ensuing
year-in justice to ais practically the
entire list should be named-are high
school workers m are helpine
nightly in the educational reviva
now in progress. They and their col
leagues in other counties and in other
schools are working at their jobs in.
~telligently and earnestly and with the
youthful zeal of crusaders. We may
confidently look to these men anC
women, now doing so well their part:
in the States educational work, tt
help us to find right to man,
of our pressing high school questions
one of our big tasks is to make it in
c~reaSingty possible for men and WON
ing to remain in the rural higl
schools. Here is material for the bet
ter county and city Superintendencies
and supervisorShips, and the draft t
be made on the high schools in takin
from them such men and women Wi
be heavy and one that these school
can ill afford to bear. We must 500
find a way to pay such workers sala
ries that will make it possible 70
them to stay in this work and to iden
tify themselves taS many of theT
have already done) with the commu
mites they are serving. They love tn
open country and the cOuntry schoO
h'to tiitth. Act tIty IIluSt IlVe, eve
as you and |. and rear their familie:
and their working conditions must /
made better and their salaries /
made more nearly mmensu wit
the service they are rendering. hoI
the day is near at hand when ever
rural public high school principal wi
be on salary the year rOund. VIII
We make this possible We hall ha
met another one of our pressing ed,
catiOnal responsibilities. and the rur
schools, both of elementary and
grade will enjoy incalcr
liable benefits resulting from such pr
vision.
Another Pressing Need.
Another pressing need in the d
velopment Of our rural high schools
for the people themselves to begin
think more in terms of school e1
cheney and less in terms of local co
venience with reference to our whc
educational work. and Darticularfy