The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-11-12
TEACHERS WANT MORE PAY

Ask State Association to Appeal!
to Observation-Disclosures Shown
How to Make Required Physi-
cal Examination.
While in session here Friday the
Robeson teachers association passed
resolutions memoralizing the teach
ers' assembly, which meets in Char.
lotte on November 20, to appeal to
the next Legislature to devise some
plans whereby the teachers in the /
public schools of the State may rel
celve more pay for their work. Prot. I
4. +. Sentelle, superintendent Of the
! Lunberton schols, started the move
with a warm speech, in which he de- /
elared that the teachers in the public /
schools receive less pay for the SER
vices rendered than any other class |!
working for the public
Practically all of the IT'S white
teachers in the county attended the
meeting Friday, which was the first
meeting, in which all the teachers
participated, was held in the high
school auditorium and the departrnen-
tai meetings were held in the recita-
tion rooms in the same building.
The meeting was called to order
at 11:15 by Supt. J. R. Poole Be
fore the meeting was ts;'ei to order
Miss Pearl Evans, music teacher in
the St. Paul high school, and Miss
Ina Auman, music teacher in the
Parkton high school, rendered splen-
. did musical selections.
Important to Get Children in School.
J Prayer was offered by Rev. Dr.. w.
: B. North, pastor Of Chestnut Street
Methodist church, and Supt. Poole
: made a short talk urging the i'm
5 portance of getting the children in
school. Prof. Poole stated that last
2 school year there were 7,451 white
2 children in the county Of school age
. and of this number SILT were enroll
:. ed in school. The average attendance
was 4,027. He urged the teachers to
: make this the best year il the his
tory Of Robson schools.
n Prof. R. H. Taylor, principal of the
e Lunberton high school, made a force
: ful address on How to Keep Good
e Attendance. Prof. Taylor told of a
/ number of things that are liable to
: keep children away from school and
e offered timely suggestions on how tc
e overcome these obstacles.
The next spealer on tie program
was Mis- Lulr u. Cassi1 J, cot lty
: home denonst Ation age1 who out
n lined the wolll she expects to do II
K the county and solicited the aid Of
t. the teachers in this work Miss Gas
l. sidey also urged the teachers see tina
A all housekeepefs in their districts wnt
h have not signed the food conservation
l. pledge cards sign them during thu
E follow-up campaign. Miss Casside.
le made most favorable impression
l. upon the teachers and no doubt sh
IS will receive the hearty cooperation
n of the teachers generally.
1t Physical Examination Of Children.
in DR.. G. NJ. Cooper, of the Stat
e, Board of Health, was present an
" instructed the teachers on how t
1t. give the physical examination in sc
IN cordance with the new health Law
re Dr.. ". A:!MePhaql, county health OF
&c ficer, assisted by Dr.. A. J. Ellingtcr
Of the State Board of Health, exam
). ined boy of school age in the pres
n ence of the teachers.
ke DR.. Cooper urged upon the teach
re ers the Importance Of the examine
an ton of school children and declare
of that the public school teacher has
ms good part Of any good thing to d,
90 In closing his talk DR.. Cooper de
to clared that the teachers of the count
rs. must Hold Robson and Save tn
as State" in the matter of inspecting tE
nd school children.
I'D The meeting Friday was both Ell
ed. tertaining and instructive. The ne2
ms general meeting will be held son
time during the month OF Januar
1918.
la Grammar Grades.
Reported for The Robesonian.
The grammar grades department
:, the teachers of Robson held the
ne me first meeting of the year Friday
'u' the Lumberton high school buildin
ra- The meeting was presided over by tt
"a president, Miss Effie Smith of $
10 Pauls. In the absence Of Miss FL
&c son, Miss Josephine Evans of st. Pa
ID acted as secretary After the mi
y: oi.- utes of the last meeting were read t.
,ls, ~ following officers were elected: pre-
art a,,t ident, Miss Mary Hugh Stewart, Ha
'"' mony school; vice president, Mrs.
O. Bobbitt, Fairmont high school; sc
ave retary, Miss Mabel Townsend, Air
-. ~ public school.
ans ans Much benefit and pleasure was {
lTii lT rived from the short program viii
sne vi. followed the election of officers:
er- very interesting paper was read
oh- Miss Leila Floy Butler on "How
Make Dodge's Geography INTEREST,"
Jew to My Pupils" Then the very vi
ses, 9TI,;1J;s Po.sonino Power, was 4
ses, o,,n.a5 j., noost efficient and int,
ore t;nn. ,,,.nnar hy Miss Marv Hin
ow- .is C1us ~ ~, +ho nrogrsm "
the never-old subject "story tellin
which was thoroughly enjoyed by
MS when Miss Maude Barnard told
story "The Palace of Music.
The program committee, compo
A. Of Miss Elizabeth Breeze, Lumbert
ITO chairman. Miss Fffie Smith St. Ps