The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1918-02-15

Professor John ID. ShOOp, super
tendent Of Schools Of Chicago.
The keynote of the Conference was
an effort to define the function OF
the Junior Red Cross, which was
stated by DR.. MacCracken to be,
First, Educational, Second. Productive.
and Third, Financial, In the order OF
importance named.
The following arc the members or
the Honorary Advisory Committee !:
Bernard M. Baruch, Council OF Nation.
al Defence; Mary G. c. Bradford, Pres
dent National Education Association;
Carrie Chapman Gait. President OK the
National Suffrage Association ana
Woman's Committee Council OF Ma
tional Defence; p. r. Claxton. 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.
'strator: Julia Lathrop, Chief Chill
dren's Bureau, United States Depart
ment of Labor; Eva Perry Moore,
President National Council of Wom-
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
nVe~ p,vto
DR.. Philander p. Claxton, United
states Commissioner Of Education.
stated that he had carefully inve~ 4.
gated the program of the Junior Red
Crnss and had decided that 1t was the
organization most practically fitted to
enlist the interest and activity Of the
school children OF America into sys-
tematized program Of practical patriot
ism.
state Advisory Committees.
State Advisory Committees to the
Junior Red Cross composed OF men
and women prominent In educational
work have already been appointed in
the Ave states Of the Southern Divi-
sion as follows:
Tennessee: 8. w. Sheriff.. State Su-
porinteDdent Of Education, chairman;
A. A. KincannoD. School Snperintend-
mt ot Memphis: w F. Miller SphC0i
Superintendent of Knoxville: G. n.
Winder, School Superintendent OF
Chattanooga.
Georgia: N. l.. Britain, State Su.
perintendent of Education, chairman:
r H. Bruce, School Superintendent Of
Macon: C. b. Gibson, School Super
;ntendent Of Savannah: Chancellor
David G. Barrow OF the University OF
Georgia; Mrs. John w. Rowlett, State
President Of the ent-Teacher Asso-
citation.
Florida: w. N. Sheets. State Super.
ntendent of Education, chairman; ].
F.. knight, School Superintendent OF
Tampa; F. A. Hathaway, School Su.
nerintendent Of jacksonville: Or. A.
A. Murphree, President OF the Uni.
versity Of Florida.
North Carolina: J. Y. Joyner, State
% Education. chair
man: C. p. Harding, School Sunerin.
'endent of Charlotte; John J. Blair.
School Superintendent Of Wilmington;
DR.. Edwin X. Graham, President OF
the University OF North Carolina:
Mrs. Thomas w. Lingle. Dean OF
Women Of the University OF North
Carolina.
South Carolina: J. e. Swearingen.
state Superintendent cf Education.
A. B. Rhetts School Super"
intendent Of Charleston; Frank Evans,
School Superintendent OF Spartan.
burg; DR.. w. 8. Currell. President 0e
the University Of South Carolina