The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1915-01-05
Wake Teachers in Regular
Meeting Would Retain Him
as Superintendent
WORK HIGHLY COMMENDED
Committee Named To Draft
Resolutions Expressing APP
probation Of His Services
and Endorsing Action of
Committeeman; The County
Commencement April 9

Commencement April 9
II the teachers of Wake county AN
prevent it, Superintendent Judd will
rot give up the work in Wake county.
although his resignation is in the
hands Of the County Board of Educa-
ton and he has made all arrange
ments to give his entire time as pro-
lessor at the University Of North
| Carolina.
The regular monthly meeting Of the
white teachers Of the county was held
yesterday in the auditorium Of the
Raleigh high school building. Teacher
after teacher arose and expressed his
or her appreciation of the S~uperinten-
dent as a man and as an official. 1t
was a spontaneous ouIburSt of deep
feeling. They expressed their esteem
Tor him in unstinted terms and paid
glowing ributes to his work as
superintendent and to the magnificent
progress the schools have made under
his administration, while some brought
cut in striking contrast conditions be-
fore his day.
Mr.. w. D.. Ray, who has been a
teacher in Wake for "a years said
that more progress had been made by
the schools Of the county in the nine
and one-half years under Mr.. judo
than there had during the so years
before that time.
Found Only One Judd.
;. j. f.. Bradley, a teacher of 25 years
experience in this and other States
said that he had taught in two c%ountie:
, IN Tennessee, one county III SOltf
! Carolina, one county in Georgia, and
in this State in the counties of Bun.
combe, Haywood, Madison and Walk
and that he had found only one Judd
The c~ulminations of these expires
sions, was a motion offered by Mr.. E
H. MoSer hat a committee be appoint
O ed to draft suitable resolutions show
Q ing the teachers appreciation of MI
judas unselfiSh services and what h
0 meant to the schools of Wake county
and to endorse the action Of the count
committeeman in passing a resolutio.
q to secure the services of Mr.. Judd 70
q the rest of the year at least, 1t nc
q permanently.
. The motion was adopted and tn
: following committee was appointed
n Mr.. e. H. Moser. chairman, John
LOckhart and Miss Minnie Franklil
- The committee will tn
: resolutions in a day or two.
When the teachers began the
n tributes, Superintendent Judd left tn
room, but a delegation went in scare
Of him and brought him back.
,s Prof. Judd Responds.
After the resolutions had bee
adopted by the teachers Prof. Jud
80 was called upon. Deeply moved (
q the warm expressions of loyalty al
- appreciation from his co-worker
a Prof. Judd began by saying that l
had entered into the joint work
- Professor Of Rural Education at II
- T-pixorSiTxT and Srnprinfpr6anT of I
= Wake county schools only after Il
fullest and frankest statement to al
:, conference with the then. president
90 the University and the County BOal
- of Education. 1t was felt by all tn
the work. difficulties became appare
- mutually helpful-the county Wol
- making the University teaching mo
' pra ctical and the teaching afOrding
Sounder basis for the practical cOun
~ work. However,. after entering up
the work, difficulties become appare
that had not been foreseen and
consequence he had notified the COu
~ ty Board of Education on the III
Iih Monday in November of his intentl
to resign the county work at an cal
: late and as soon as a satisfactory 81
cessor could be secured. That ne n
not been moved in any sense by
w cent public criticisms.
Prof Judd expressed deepest sra
Iude for the generous SenUrlel
voiced by committeeman and teaI
erS. He said that while he had De
given credit for the great decade
100 progress in Wake county educ2ti'
he rejoiced all the more tfiat t
800 great educational awakening had I
been the work Of one man. TIL
was glory enough to share with
90 He took great pride in that he b
300
500
utilize in ~Hquidating its bills paya
iof s1aO O89 and still have $21.