Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-01-12
DR.. f. GEORGE PAYNE
At HIGH SCHOOL
Noted Authority on Safety Will
Speak on That Subject There
Tomorrow Afternoon.

DR.. + George Payne of st Louis, Mo,
who will speak here tomorrow afternoon
at the High School on Safety In the
Schools Is said 10 be an officer and mem
ber Of more educational bodies than any
other man IN the United States He IL
one of the most practical men IN the
country and looks less like a teacher than
anv man | know, said ono Of his Viii
mington friends recently.
Ilr PAYNE is the author Of . book on
teaching safety to school children which
lust now Is attracting the attention ~
educational authorities throughout the
country II is a result of his own eNTsrI-
encc and discussions Of safety subjects
in faculty meetings lie wrote It t. supply
the need of safety instruction which IS
hcing felt IN every State.
At his lecture here tomorrow afternoon
Dr Payne Will give the results nt his own
cxperlcncc IN safety educ atlonat work
and Will tell the educators of Wilmington
and the other invited guests Just how
great 4 success has crowned the effort IN
St Louis and IN other places tn IN troduce
the teaching Of safety n educational
institutions
Dr Payne was cducatcd 10 this country
and abroad III Was educated III the
public schools IN the Western kentucky
State Normal III Chicago University,
taking his Bachelor degree at that
University. also had post gradual" work
at ChlCago | njvcrSlty From l4s =
1909 hc wa student - European umi-
vcrSltIcs. namely Universities q Ronn.
Berlin and PARIS Sorbonnc. receiving
his degree 81 Doctor Of Philosophy from
the University of Bonn IN 1909 lie
taught ~ Alexander \cadcny Rurkos-
VILE Kentucky, Stelnmann College, DIX
on. Illinois and Wa~ princlpai Of
Paducah. kcntuckv High School, 1908
- 1907 lie Wa dean of the Dcpartme nj
81 Education and professor Of psychology,
Eastern Kentucky STATE Normal 1909
and 1910 professor III the Harris Teach
erS College. 1910 rs 1917 presidcn of the
Harris Teachers College since 1917. mem
ocT q the commission Tor the Establish
nd mt of State Normal Schools IN keutocky
IN 1908 and ehaITInsn o} = commission
appointed hy III" governor of kentucky
to study and report On the German
schools 70 thc State superintendent of
public instruction This report made
by I2T pavrc exclusively wa> Published
l,y the state dcpArtm"nt under ht- illlr
system IN the German Schools
Df PAINE is memlfr ot th tIne-l-
r
tion t>en. i4tIon, chairman of the Cry
Teacher, college Section Il the National
Education. Association chairman u the
Safety Education Section of fha National
Edpcatiau t-sociation yict -chaIgHan Of
the Educational Section Of the National
Safety Congr~-. chairman of the Eiaca-
ton COMMITTEE of he Pahlle ~sfetv
Section of the Na'ional ; JctN Goner 5,
mcmbcr ot H., Executive Committee OF
1he Mississippi Valley Division II The
National Saf,ty Council He is the
author Of numerous magazine articles on
educational aud social subjects. The
Plan Of Teaching safety n The Public
Schools. and hc book. Education IN
Accieien, Prevention system ~ the
German schools Epfuhrng drr 'hin,-
sen arteit ia ~.,dairI. Au Esp fiuant
IN Alien Labor and tn Experiment
in Motivation lie is !oint author oi Ee
Survey Of thc \lton Illinois, Public
Schools