Jackson County sentinel. (Gainesboro, Tenn.) 1914-current, 1918-02-14

Professor John d Shoop. Super
tendent or School. VI Chicago
The keynote Of the Conference Was
an erOrt 10 define the junction or
the Junior Red Croes, which was
stated by DR.. Maccracken to be,
Fret. Educational, Second, Productive,
and Third. Financial, in the order OF
importance named
The following are The members of
the Honorary Advisory Committee
Bernard NJ Barueh, Council OF Nation
al Defence; Mary c, G. Bradford, Pres
ident National Education Association;
Carrie Chapman Gait. President OF the
National Suffrage Association and
Woman's Committee Council OF Ma
tional Defence; p. r. Claxt0n, Unit.
ed States Commissioner of Education:
His Eminence James Cardinal Glib.
bons, Archbishop of Maryland; Wal.
ter f. Clifford, Director of the Council
Of National Defence: Samuel Com.
pers. President American Federation
OF Labor; Henry John Heintz, Chair
man, Executive Committee Worlds
Sunday School Association Herbert
c. Hoover, United States Food Admin.
istrator; Julia Lathrop, Chief Chill.
dren's Bureau, United States Depart.
ment Of Labor; Eva Perry Moore,
President National Council of Won.
en-; Herbert Putnam, Librarian Of Con.
gress; Frank e. Vanderlip, Chairman
OF War Savings Committee, United
States Treasury; Frederick Walcott,
Food Administration; Mrs. Josiah Ev.
ans Cowles, National President of the
Federation of Womans Clubs.
Or Philander P. Claxton, United
States Commissioner OF Education,
stated that he had carefully investi-
gated the program OF the Junior Red
Cross and had decided that II was the
organization most practically fitted to
enlist the interest and activity OF the
school children OF America Into a sys.
tematized program - practical patriot
ism.
State Advisory Committees.
Stale Advisory Committees " the
Junior Red Cross composed of men
and women prominent in educational
work have already been appointed in
the Ave states OF the Southern Dtvi.
sion as follows:
Tennessee: g. w Sheriff., State Su.
perintendent OF Education, chairman;
A. A. Kincannon, School Superintend
ent OF Memphis: W E Miller. School
Superintendent OF Knoxville; c. II
Winder. School Superintendent OF
Chattanooga.
Georgia: NJ. l.. Britain, State Su-
perintsndent OF Education. chairman;
C. H Bruce. School Superintendent Of
Macon; G. B. Gibson. School Super
intendent OF Savannah; Chancellor
David c. Barrow Of the University OF
Georgia: Mrs. John W. Rowlett. State
President OF the Parent Teacher Asso-
citation
Florida: w. ~ Sheets. state Super.
intendsnt OF Education. chairman: J.
z. knight, School Superintendent OF
Tampa; F.. A. Hathaway School Su-
perintendent OF Jacksonville: DR.. A.
4. Marphree. President Of the Uni
versity Of Florida.
North Carolina: ]. Y. Joyner. State
Superintendent OF Education. chair.
man: c. y. Harding. School Superin-
tendent OF Charlotte: John ] Blair.
School Superintendent Of Wilmington;
nr. Edwin X Graham, President of
the University Of North Carolina.
Mrs Thomas " Lingie. Dean of
Women Of the University OF North
Carolina
South Carolina: j. T. Swearingen,
State Superintendent OF Education.
chairman: A. b Rhett. School Super
iniendent of Charleston: Frank Evans.
School superintendent OF Spartan
burg: Or. W. 8. Currell. President of
tie University Of South Carolina