The farmer and mechanic., 1915-09-07


cittions in Wake county for the past |
wear as made at the recent educa- |
tlona rally at Wakelon school have
been received in the Office Of Miss
Eith Royster, president of the Wake
county Betterment Association All
the betterment work and Miss Roy
ster was greatly pleased at the fine
showing made.
The officers of the county associa-
tion are Miss Edith Royster, presi-
dent. Mesdames G. +. Norwood. l.. l..
Doub J r. Carter, A. G.. Hughes
and j. S. Howard and Miss Effie
POWELL. vice presidents: Miss Minnie
Franklin. secretary, and Miss Ada
Wpmble. treasurer.
In its report of the Educational
Conference the News and Observer
gave in condensed form reports from
IL number of the betterment assOcia-
tons o. which there are 32 in the
county Below will be found reports
from other associations and they indi-
cate widespread activity throughout
the county in betterment work, a
work which is becoming more and
more "A feature of the educational life
of the State and which has meant q
very great deal for the comfort. hap
piness and inspiration of the school
children of the State. Wake county is
right in the forefront of this work
aS the reports already given and those
given below fully show.
This has been our most successful
year in the betterment work. AS the
financial side of the report is given
clearly in the blank accompanying the
final report for the school. l shall
mention in this paper what consider
h., tinl Of hn hat
Incnt nature.
~ the beginning of the school year
We set out to get the school and COM
munity more closely allied. We real
iZed that to do this We would need a
we'll organized betterment association
We had splendid meeting throughout
the year. Not single meeting was
missed. seventy were enrolled. and an
average attendance of something like
forty was made for the year. Oul
largest meetings were in March and
May. At these meetings the girls OF
the Domestic Science Department, un.
der the direction of Miss Nuese. served
lunch The expenses were borne by
the faculty. AT the March meeting
Doctor Strickland gave an instructive
health talk. At the April meeting
Doctor Coltrane was to have lectureC
on Mouth Hygiene, but was unavOid
ably hindered from being present. IL
his stead. the principal of the schoo
made a talk on the necessity of get
ting rid of the house fly. Later re
ports came in that his suggestion
were followed in several houses, witt
excellent results secured
Mrs T. Il. Davis was active in tn
organization during the year. He
talk at the March meeting on Play i
the Home and at School, was yer
Instructive and showed that Mrs. Da
Wis has real grasp on the problem
She presented the subject just as sh
is working it out in her own hOm
with her own children.
In February Mrs O. NJ. Marshbur
gave a live discussion on the Relatio
of the School and Community Lift
Other topics were discussed at differ
ent times. Among the ones mos
active in the formal meetings wer
many of the teachers, the principal
the school, and Mrs. Moser, the pres
dent. Mrs. MoSer's hobby was tn
use of the best magazine in the hon
and their influence on the grownu
girls. Both of the pastors, Doct(
Strickland and a few other men
Zebulon were frequent and active VII
itors.
At these meetings, the teachers ne'
er lost sight of the heart to- cart tall
with the mothers after the fOrm
meeting was over. i consider tn
the essential feature Of our meeting
Throughout the year We endea'
ored to vitaliZe the meetings and ket
the mothers interested in coming. v
told them in a straightforward MAJ
ner about our problems, and tn
they were community problems, al
appealed to them to help the teache
IN making the school the big center
the community life.
We. as teachers, appealed to Il
mothers at these meetings to aid
IN securing regular attendance, to a
us in reducing tardineSS to a mil
mum. We outlined certain lines
health work we were trying to c
And one of our big feats, l think. w
70 prevent the spread Of two cont
sious diseases that broke out in t
community.
Our attendance is proof of the
tereSt taken in the work this ye;
There is no feeling of faction: RI