The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1918-02-12

Professor John ID. Shoop. Super-
tenoent OF Schools OF Chicago.
Inc keynote OF the Conference wa,
an effort to define the function OF
the Junior Red Cross. which was
stated by DR.. MacCracken to he.
FIRST, Educational, Second, Productive
ana Third, Financial, in the order of
Importance named.
Inc following are the members of
the Honorary Advisory Committee :.
bernard M Baruch, Council OF Nation
al Defence; Mary G. c. Bradford. Pres
ldeht National Education Association:
Sarrle chapman Gait, President of the
Natiohai Sunrage Association and
Wohans committee Council OF Ma
tional Defence; p. P. 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
or Labor; Henry John Heintz, Chair
man, Executive Committee Worlds
sunday School Association: Herbert
Z. 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 Wom.
en-; Herbert Putnam, Librarian of Con
gress; Frank +. Vanderlip. Chairman
OF War Savings Committee. United
States Treasury; Frederick Walcott
Food Administrations; Mrs. Josiah Ev
ans Cowles, National President OF the
Federation Of Woman's Clubs.
Dr. 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 il was the
organization most practically fitted to
enlist the interest and activity of the
school children OF America into a sys-
tematiZed program OF practical patriot
ism.
State Advisory Committees.
State Advisory Committees to the
Junior Red Cross composed OF men
and women pronipent in educational
work have already been APPOINTED in
the five states OF the Southern Divi.
sion as follows:
Tennessee: 8. w. Sheriff.. State Gu
perintendent of Education, chairman:
A. A Kincannop, School Superintand.
ent Of Memphis; w. F. Miller school
superintendent OF Knoxville: G.. II
Winder. School superintendent OF
Chattanooga
Georgia: M. l.. Britain, State su.
pertntendent OF Education, chairman.
c. III. Bruce, School Superintendent OF
Macon; c. B. Gibson, School Suner.
intendent Of Savannah: ChanceIlor
David c. Barrow OF the University NJ
Georgia. Mrs. John w. Rowlett. state
President OF the Parent Teacher Asso.
citation.
Florida: w. N. Sheets, State suner.
intendent OF Education, chairman: 7
r.. knight, School Superintendent of
Tampa; F. A. Hathaway, School Su.
perintendent OF Jacksonville; DIR. A
A. Murphree, President of the Uni.
versity OF Florida.
North Carolina: ]. Y. Joyner. State
Superintendent OF Education. chair.
man; G.. p. Harding, School Sunerin.
tendent OF Charlotte; John j. Blair.
School Superintendent OF WiImington.
DR.. Edwin K. Graham, President of
the University Of North Carolina.
Mrs. Thomas w. Lingle, Dean q,
Women OF the University OF North
Carolina.
South Carolina: j. f. Swearineen
state superintendent OF Education
chairman; A. b. Rhett, School Suner.
intendent OF Charleston; Frank Evans
School superintendent OF Spartan,
burg; DR.. w. s. Currell, President Of
the University OF South Carolina