The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1915-01-19

PIE HAS DctH OIOhen. Inc SCIlOO
house has become the center Of COM
munity life, and both the demands
Tor better educational facilities and
the effort of the people to supply
theS edenandS are yearly increasing.
This great advancement along edu-
catiOnal lines has taken definite form
during the latter years of the super
intendency Of ZebulOn V. Judd, who
on Saturday night became the ex-su-
perintendent of Wake county schools
| when his resignation was formally &C
cepted by the county board Of eduCa-
ton. The system Of educational work
today is the result Of the combined
labOrS of this young educational lead
er and his force of COWOrkerS and
people in general throughout the
county. Mr.. Judd began his duties
in July, 1905, and lacked only about
six months completing ten years
service. A resume of the ChoOl activ-
tiles in the county speaks for itself
and in brief shows the advancement
in the development of the educational
demand and activity in Wake county.
Among the larger social forces in
this development OF educational de-
mand and activity stand out the school
Betterment Association with 81 .ocal
organizations and over one thousand
members; the school farm. operating
in 10 school districts; the county edu-
cational conference which each year
brings together the educational work.
ers from the various districts Of the
count, the committee mems Organl-
ZatiOn, held once each year in the
several townships and once in Raj
eigh for the county; the Teachers AS
ISOLATION which meets monthly for
seven months. OF these. only the
) Betterment Association had been or
: ganiZed ten years ago.
School Funds.
, One of the greatest hindrances to
educational development has always
been the lack of school funds. This
? lack has been particularly emphasized
, during these ten years Of Wakes edu-
t %cational development. The General
: School fund in 1904-'05 was, in round
= numbers, $4,000. 90. Moore thar
= one-third of this amount was ap-
= portioned to the schools of Raleigh
township, leaving about s5O,0O0.0O fol
t 1873 white and colored rural schools
With the voting of the ~dispensary GU
8 Of the city of Raleigh, The school!
S sustained an annual loss of some $780,.
r 100000, leaving the General Schoo
fund for ~19OS-'09 a little less thar
o s5%O,O00.00 for both county and city
Last year for the first time the Gen
y eral Fund, exclusive of the appropria.
e ton from the State EQualizing fund
: regained it's standing of 19Q4-05.
s Special taxes have been voted 70
81 of the white schools and for q
e of the negro schools, a total of IS; bu
n the special taxes have not been suffi
n c1ent to finance a number of the lar
= ger school buildings. In a humble
h of the districts, therefore, it has bee
necessary to issue building bonds. L
five districts, a total Of $82,5O0.O0 o
bonds has been voted by the people.
o <he future looks much brighter
Is From the Salary and Fee fund, out 0
IT which prior to the current year onl
1s 81, 900. 90. The department now re
20 ceives, annually, some 100000 o
To- more. The county board Of educatio
70 has recently regained for the school,
ID about s12, 100000 which had beer
ts without MAJ intent, diverted from ii
20 proper channel.
81 Type of Schools.
4 The condition of the buildings an
m equipment, the number Of one-teacl
I'd er schools, the u~ngraded condition {
,lf the schools, the ack Of high schot
facilities, and the Door qualification
of the rank and file Of the teacher
indicate rather clearly the characte
of the schools ten years ago.
The report for 19O4-'O5 values TT
in white school property at $27,030.0
negro at $9,027.OO, total $36,O57.O
90 At present the value of the whi'
Of school property is 1854, $1,000. neg1
no $23,264.O0, total s2S7,534.00. Two
the school plants are worth a lit
nd n.ole tnan @fo,voV.oo each; tnr'
~, cause of the p~erishable nature
% much school equipment, it is imposs
,os BILE to give it's exact valuation. 1t
~ interesting. however, to note that
"a 19O4-'O5 there We're only a few sea
MS, teieo pA,Tit "oohN' ohe Icing I
than four thousand in the viii
SchooiS aioie'
on. consolidation.
1t is generally conceded throughO
ms the country nov that q high degr
vs. LOT school efficiency cannot be attai
* ed in a one-teacher school. 1t h