Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1918-02-21

Professor John d. Shoop, Super.
tendent OF Schools Of Chicago.
The keynote of the Conference was
an effort to define the function O
the Junior Red Cross, which wa'
stated by DR.. MacCracken to be
First, Educational, Second, Productive
and Third. Financial In the order ol
importance named.
The following are the members o.
the Honorary Advisory Committee
Bernard M. Baruch, Council Of Nation
al Defence; Mary G. G. Bradford, Pres
ident National Education Association;
Carrie Chapman Gait, President of tn,
National Suffrage Association ant
Woman's 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
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 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
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 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 five states Of the Southern Divi.
sion as follows:
! Tennessee: 8. w. Sheriff., State Su.
perintendent Of Education, chairman; +;
A. A. Kincannon. School Superintend.
ent Of Memphis; W. z Miller, School
Superintendent Of Knoxville; c. H.
Winder, School Superintendent Of
Chattanooga.
Georgia.: m. L. Britain, State Su.
perintendent OF Education, chairman;
C. H. Bruce, School Superintendent Of
Macon; C. 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-
cistion.
Florida: W. N. Sheets, State Super.
intendent Of Education, chairman; ].
e. knight, School Superintendent Of
Tampa; F. A. Hathaway, School Su.
perintendent Of Jacksonville; DR.. A.
A. Murphree, President Of the Uni
versity Of Florida.
North Carolina: J. Y. Joyner, State
Superintendent Of Education, chair.
mani c. P. Harding, School Superin.
tendent 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
1 Women Of the University Of North
Carolina. uH.
South Carolina: J. q. Swearingen,
i State Superintendent Of Education,
chairman; A. B. Rhett, School Super.
intendent Of Charleston; Frank Evans,
School superintendent Of Spartan
burg; Dr.. w. s. CurTell, President d
the University Of South Carolina