The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-04-06
SATURDAY, APRIL IA.
Morning Session.

9.UU a. ID. I1VSloCAI oio"S.
GiIhreath, East Tennessee State Nor
NAL School, Johnson City. presiding
Address: A Nationwide Campaign
for Better Rural Schools. DR.. P. 2.
Claxton, U. S. Commissioner Of Edu-
cation. Washington, D. G.
10:3e q. n. A Symposium Discus
sion of Commissions Claxton's Ma
tion-wide Program for Better Rural
Schools:
J. An Academic Term of Not Less
Than 100 Days in Every Rural School
Community. Prof. ]. o. Martin. State
Rural School Supervisor for Georgia
(Middle Georgia..
>. A sufficient Number of Teach
ers Adequately Prepared for Their
Work. Prof. E. e. Balcomb, Depart
ment of Rural Life, State Normal and
Industrial College, Greensboro, \. =
8. Consolidation Of Rural Schools
Where Practicable. Pres. T. ]. Coates,
State Normal School, Richmond, Ky.
4. Teachers Home and Demonstra-
ton Farm of Five or More Acres as
a Part of the School Property Prof.
Shelton Phillips. State Rural School
Inspector for Florida.
5. An All-Year School Session
Adapted to Local Conditions. Mrs.
Hettie Brown. Director OF Model Ru-
raj School, Rock Hill. s. c.
S. A County Library with Branch
Library at the Centers of Population,
the Public Schools to be Used as Dis
tributing Centers. Pres. j. J. Doyne,
State Normal School, Conway, Ark.
I. Community Organization with
the School as the Intellectual, Indus
trial, and Social Center. Prof. ]. II.
Montgomery, Secretary, Virginia Co.
operstive Education Association,
Richmond.
8. A High School Education tor
All Country Boys and Girls !"atnout
Severing Home Ties In Obtaining
That Education. Hon. II. L. Britain,
State Superintendent OF Schools for
Georgia.
9. Such Readjustment and Refor-
nation of the Course of Study in Ele-
mentary and Secondary Rural Schools
as viii Adapt Them to the Neess OF
Rural Life. Miss Florence s. Knapp,
Teachers College, Columbia Univer-
sity, New York City.
General Discussion, led by Prof. 5.
l.. Smith, State Rural School Super
visor, Nashville, Tenn, and Prof. 4.
L. Turner, State Rural School 1nspec-
tor for Florida.
Afternoon Session.
200 o. N. Friday Mornings Topic
Continued. Hon. W. N. Sheats. State
Superintendent of Public instruction
for Florida, presiding.
4. The Agricultural Colleges and
Agricultural Schools:
a. President ". H. Smith, Missls-
sippi Agricultural and Mechanical
College.
b. Hon. C. c. Hanson, Member
Board of Trustees, Bolton College,
Agricultural High School, Memphis,
Tenn.
c. Prof. Charles D. Bohannon,
Head, Department of Agricultural
Economics and Agricultural Educa-
ton, University of Kentucky.
5. The High School: .
a. Prof. E. E. Sans, Supervisor OF
Teacher Training. Raleigh, n. c.
b. Prof. William R. Bourne, State
High School Inspector for Tennes-
see.
c. Mr.. J. l.. McBrien, School Ex-
tension Agent, U. S. Bureau OF Edu-
cation. Washington, D. C.
s. The Consolidated Rural School:
Prof. R. K. Hall, County Superln-
tendent of Schools, Miami, Fla.
7. The One-Teacher Three-Room
School:
Miss Sue G. Cleaton, Department
of Rural Education, State and Indus
trial College, Milledgeville, Ga.
8. The Farm Life School:
Hon. J. Y. Joyner, State Superln-
tendent of Public instruction for
North Carolina.
Evenin Session.
500 D. m. President R. L. Jones,
Middle Tennessee State Norma
School, Murfreesboro, presiding.
Lecture: Rural Denmark and It's