The Brinkley argus., 1920-01-29
SUpFRIHTEHDENTS
 VISIT HIN SCHOOLS County Superintendents Of Ark ansas Visit and Make Study
 Of the Schools Of Shelby County, Tennessee.

AHeaded by W. F. Laseter, State Supervisor of the Rural Schools, a party of county SUD- erintendents from Arkansas, Including F. B. Barrett Of Jonesboro, Craighead County; B. M Crow of Blytheville, Mississippi County; J. NJ. Will son of Forrest City, St. Fran cis County; H. L. Lassenbury of Wynne. Cross County; w. E. Phipps of Clarendon, Mon roe County; Garnet Brough- ton of Hot Springs, Garland 1County; and G. B. Land, Jack son County, spent two days, the 21st and 22nd of January, studying the county schools of Shelby County, Tenn. MT. Laseter and Miss Charl Will Hams, County Superintendent of Shelby Ciunty, Tenn, had everything pre-alTanged, and although it rained from the time we left Arkansas up un- til this writing, the program was carried out just as plan ned.
 The first morning was spent in the Superintendent's Office. studying the organization and plans of the department. The head of the department is the County Superintendent. She has under her direction the Farm Agent, the Superyis- or of Boys Club Work, the Home Agent, Supervisor of High Schools and Negro 1 Schools and the Supervisor of Primary Work, besides a sten- ographer, a bookkeeper and a secretary. Miss Williams ex- plains that the work of the Farm and Home Agents be- longs to the Department of Education and rightly should be directed by the County Sup erintendent. In this way there can be unity in the various phases of the educational work of the county and the County Superintendent knows exactly what is being done in the schools under his supervision.
 After having the Organiza- ton and duties of Miss Will Hams office force explained, the superintendents spent some time in studying the filing system used in the office, and looking over the pictures and charts which show at glance what the different schools have done. There were charts showing finances raised by diff ferent schools, accomplish ments of clubs, disadvantages of one teacher schools, miles of pike road in the county, ad- vantages of consolidation, etc. | Any one able to read could not step into the office and leave without knowing more about the schools of Shelby County. One chart showed that Shelby County has over 500 miles of pike roads, making one mile of pike to every section Of land in the county. Another inter- esting chart gave the follow ing advantages of consolidation of schools: CD Better Build ings; CD Modern Heating and Lighting; (3) Better Equip ment; (4) Fewer Recitations (5) More Teaching per Pupil; | (6) Closer Supervision; CD Larger Libraries; (S) Commu- nity Club Rooms and Auditor iums; (9) More School Activi- ties; (1O) Better School Spirit. Consolidation is almost com plete in Shelby county, there being only two one-teacher l schools in the county.
 As has already been said, the rain continued to fall; yet this did not interfere with the | pre-arranged trip to the coun- l ty, but only served to demon strate to the visiting superin- ltendents that with good roads, the supervision of schools IS l not handicapped even in the worst of weather. Closed cars, ] furnished by two county teach Iers, the Farm Agent and Miss Williams, were ready at twelve l o'clock, and the super1nten- dents were motored fifteen | miles out in the country to a I consolidated school where a four-course luncheon was fefv-