Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1915-09-30
HENDERSON COUNTY TEACHERS,
HEAR SPLENDID PROGRAM.
Members of Board of Education Talk;
Mrs. BarnweH and Prof. Dean
Heard ON Adult I~Iliteracy.

The Henderson county teachers en-
joyed an interesting monthly program
Saturday when a number of inspir-
ing talks were made. The three mem
bers of the County Board of Education
were On program for talks and Mrs.
Lila Ripley Barnwell and Professor
Dean gave considerable light on Tia
question of ~illiteracy.
With President Pace presiding tina
meeting opened with song followed
with prayer by Rev. A. l Justice
Supt. w. S. Shitle thanked the teacn-
for their presence, after which Il. G.
Sales, chairman Of the County Board
of Education spoke. He opened II a
~jocular vein by congratulating the
County Board of Education, declaring
that it. was a remarkable one and a
peculiar combination of dignity, mod
esty and loquaciousness, Prof. Nor
gan representing dignity, Mr.. Justice
modesty, and the speaker the last
mentioned attribute. Mr.. Sales said
that the path of the teacher was a
most difficult one fraught with man.
possibilities for good in giving in
struction and inspiration to the 5000
school children in the county. He
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come when all applicants for positions
in the schools would be required to
qualify as Christians with a knowledge
OF the greatest of all teachers, before
securing work.
James Foy Justice, the newly ap-
pointed member of the board, said
that he had not prepared a speech but
was interested in the work and wasrin
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clared that they were engaged in the
biggest business in North Carolina
and congratulated them upon the high
plant they had reached in morality
and Christianity. He pointed out the
responsibilities of the teachers to
school children and advised them to.
prepare themselves in a way to be
equal to the difficult task before them.
He said that the board of education
was the servant of the people and that
ne wanted the teachers to call upon
the board when help could be rem
dered. fEgNWRW
In speaking of the responsibilities
OF the teacher, Prof. J.. w. Morgan
said that the lives of citizens would ne
more or less moulded after the teach
ers with whom they come in daily
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should enter heartily into their work
and that they deserved the sympathies
of patrons and pupils. The effects -
the work done today, he said, will not
be known until the present generation
grows up. He declared that in addi-J
ton to mental and physical equip
ment the teachers should be qualified
spiritually to meet the requirements
in the community. Il
Mrs. Barnwell read an interesting
and carefully prepared paper on adult
illiteracy in North Carolina. She de.
clared that it was a time for action
and that by reason of the fact that
Henderson county stood twenty-third
in rank of illiteracy among the 100,
counties in the State, there was .plen5a
ty of work to be done. Mrs. Barnwelf'
said that there we're $4,000 VIII. u
voters in the State who couldn't read
their tickets and that the burden of
teaching them rested not alone upon
h shoulders of the teachers but with
the churches, clubs and other organ
izations. She said that there were 81
moonlight schools in 20 counties IN
the State during the past year.
. Professor Dean of CulIowhee Insti-
tute spoke interestingly of the work il
cldent to teaching the il~literates of the
State and declared that it was a time
for the teachers to take advantage or
a great opportunity and that the time
for action had arrived.