The farmer and mechanic., 1915-10-19
FEDERATION OF WOMAN'S QlRS
Late News Of Interest To Members Tn All por+a &C
The State -

The State

Daisy Bailey W:itt, chairman of tho
education department, has been re-
Ceived, together with reports from her
committee chairmen. Miss Watt has
chosen an unusually strong commit
tee to assist her in this work. the per
sonnel of which is as follows. Co
operation with Schools, Mrs. r. II
Latham, WinstonSalem; Miss Ada
Blair, High Point; Mrs. r. E. Caring
ton, Sanford. Illiteracy, Mrs. M. ]
Dauer, Wilmington; Mrs. A. C. Chaffee
Morganton. Peace, Mrs. 7. Palmer
man, Wilson. Scholarships and SaIlie
Southall Gotten Loan Fund, Mrs. c. C.
Hook, Charlotte; Mrs. j. S. Williams.
Asheville; Mrs. S. L. Dill Jr., New
Bern.
Miss Waitt writes as follows:
I'm order that the work of the Edu-
cation Department Of the Federation
may be clearly understood, l wish to
call your attention to some of the
changes made this year. The organi-
ZatiOn of the department is tWOfold
Its membership represents the eleven
federation districts Of the State, while
its subcommittee will work along the
special lines of corporation with
schools, illiteracy, peace, scholarships
and loan fund. IT your problem is a
local one write to the member of the
education department from your dis
trict. If your problem comes under
one Of the heads mentioned, write to
the chairman of that committee. She
will be glad to serve you.
THE work of the education DEPART
ment is SO closely related to that of
the department of art, civicS, house
hold economics, literature, social SER
vice, legislation, library extension and
public health, all of which touch the
development of the Individual, that it
hpGnp1kC fiOu n
of all these departments in the work
to be done.
1T is with a full realization of the
Importance of the work of education
and the power that club women pos
scss in creating and crystalizing public
opinion that the department of educa-
tion calls the attention of the clubs
first to the work being done by the
State department of education in
which they are urged to join, and sec
Ond to q few measures for which the
federation stands. The three subjects
being stressed by the State depart
ment of education at the present are
CD A system Of rural education with
strong central schools. CD Adequate
supervision and more efficient teach
ing. (3) The elimination of adult IL
literacy. Club women are urged tC
inform themselves on these subject:
and to cooperate with the state de-
partment wherever and whenever pos
sible. This committee will be glad tt
furnish programs or to suggest speak
ers to any club on application.
The Federation also stands pledged
to work for peace, women on schoO
boards, living salaries for teachers
standard colleges for women, compul
sory school law wherever practical
censorship of moving picture shows
and the support of scholarships am
loan funds.
"Clubs are urged first to study tn
educational needs of their own com
munities as related to the work BEN
done elsewhere in the State and rec
commended by the State Department
Our educational system needs to be
come of one piece, and CLUB Wome
can perform material service by IN
sisting that schools measure up t
some general standard. Whateve
line of educational work a club lind
opportunity to develop, the commute
is ready to cooperate and hopes to b
able to serve all the clubs"
C0uen Loan Fund.
Mrs c. c.. Hook, chairman Of tn
Sallie Southall Gotten Loan Fund, sui
mits the following interesting repor
mo work Of the--North Carolin
Federation is more important an
more pregnant with possibilities tina
the work being done through the Sa
lie Southall Gotten Loan Fund. Star
ed in 1913 by gift from the daughte
Of the retiring president, Mrs. K. /
Gotten, and named in appreciation
her services to the North Caroiir
clubs, the fund has increased IN I"
years, through the subscr1puons
clubs, to about two thousand ooiiaI
This two thousand dollars, in demar
as soon as paid in, has provided twel
ty-seven loans to seventeen differe'
students in eight Of the schools al
colleges of the State: More stuoen
might have been helped had the 1u1
been larger.
..'rbe terms on which a loan m;
be secured enables students who a
recommended to borrow money I
their expenses free of interest un
they are in a position to make mon
themselves. The light in one ST