The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1917-07-20

towns and cities have advantages
that people living in rural districts
do not have is because of organiza-
ton. If the people of the rural dis
tricts will organize as is planned in
this campaign they can bring to
themselves unthought of improve
Iments.
First we believe there should be
definitely fixed community bound
aries and every citizen should know
to what community he belongs and
owes allegiance. We believe there
are no better boundaries for our COM
munities than those fixed for our
school and the people belonging to a
school should constitute a COM
immunity.
AS the county has O common CEN
tier, the court house, so the COM
immunity must have a center and we
believe this center should be the
school house. Every community
should have community house, a
place where the people can meet for
lany purpose and where school is con-
Iducted.
| The people OF community need to
meet and determine those things that
Twill be for their best interests as a
community. We believe every pat
riotic citizen desires to see better ed
EDUCATIONAL, agricultural, and health
conditions in his community and we
turge every community to organize
and appoint committees whose duty
1t will be to look after these interests.
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hearty cooperation from the state
departments representing these inter-
ests.
The educational committee should
see that the community or school
house is comfortable, attractive, and
sanitary, that the grounds are beau
tiful and made homelike. 1t should
see that the social advantages are as
they should be. 1t should create a
demand for long school terms, eff
lhcient teachers and more strict en-
Iforcement of the attendance law.
The agricultural committee should
consider the community problems
along the lines of production, distri-
button and conservation-all the
problems relating to the agricultural
activities of the farm and of the
home.
The health committee by making
sanitation the care of the community
can protect the health of the individ-
ual. The major causes of death in
our state are found in diseases that
are to large extent preventable.
Through an active committee aided
by local physicians and the state de-
partment of health many of our most
dreaded diseases can be largely con-
trolled.
| am greatly interested in the i'm
provement of rural life in our State
= L believe the rural problem to be one
: OF our most serious problems. Fol
e this reason | have given it my most
Q serious thought. After careful con-
+ slderation | am persuaded the only
: way to improve and enrich the rural
4 life is through community organiza-
5 ton. For this reason l hope to see
: every county in our state organized
= into community units with the school
house as the center where the people
can meet to consider all their COM
3 mon interests.
The proposed campaign will be put
, on in every county where it is desir-
: ed. The request must come through
3 the county superintendent of public
2 instruction.
: | feel sure every teacher in the
State will be greatly interested in
a this great work for the teacher is the
logical community organizer. l hope
. all interested in better rural life will
give our teachers hearty support in
organizing their community. If the
campaign be put on in every county
some time during August or Septem-
Der your communities will be called
to meet at your school house to or
ganize. A program will be arranged
by the teacher and county superin-
tendent. Be sure to attend If in
Eterested, write your county super.
intendent or me for booklet Of in
formation.
Very sincerely,
S. w. SHERRILL,
State Superintendent.