Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-03-24
SEVILLE BLIND |lN IS AN EXPERT |AT TAKING CENSUS
He Adopted His System of Enumera-
 ton

and are amdleu de CliS iaNo tAel !
 federal census for Knoxville of
 differs less than 200 from the
 mans estimate previously an-
 heed. :.
 hen the scholastic census of
 willie was taken in the closing
 of 1919, Sanland also took an
 |unting of persons other than
 included in the scholastic age
 tations. and after the compilation
 is reports he issued q statement
 which he claimed for Greater
 xylle population of 77,689.
 When the scholastic enumerator
 around in l911," said Sanland
 V. "he talked with me for per-
 an hour. There was about
 houses in the block where l liv-
 The enumerator began asking
 who lived in the house next door
 so on until he had asked me the
 pral routine of questions about
 W house in the block. I told him
 lest I knew the names, ages, and
 of the occupants. He then pass
 to another block without visiting
 kher of these II.
 Not Business Way.
 This same kind of enumera ton
 made in my block in the years
 !-13-14. I felt that this was not
 business way of doing the thing, 1
 I called on Prof. R. Lowry,
 erintendent of Park City school,
 asked him by what means money
 received to run the school, as
 Fe had been several changes in
 school laws of Tennessee and l
 not posted. He told me there
 per capita tax received from
 state for every person from $
 21, inclusive. It dawned upon
 that more systematic plan than
 bping one time in a block should ! employed. |
 In the spring of 1915, I called
 In the Park City Suburban sec
 D board of education, asking
 m for the job of enumerating the
 olastic population. They thought
 rather joke, but feeling that I
 my heart set on bettering our
 ools if possible they rather re-
 tantly gave me the job. At the
 per time l commenced the work.
 However, encountered some
 Y strong opposition. 1 made a
 se- toulouse canvass. Hundreds
 Rnlies were very indignant to eHy were called upon to give
 14mes and ages of their chill
 They had never heard of such
 hing before. Others were disin- csted in school work or even their
 ldren so far as an education was
 cerned, and refused to give in-
 mation.
 Went to Every House.
 However, there were many good
 lse who were always ready to !lzk 1helping hand, and were very 7:S They would say T know you tlred, so just sit here and rest. : know everybody in this block, so just tell you about them while : u rest would tell them I ap- eclated their kindness, but I must to every house. : ny IS to be understood that, be- blind as 1 am, I had another : an with me to do the writing, he : ttlng the greater part of the pay d l the pleasure. After this first lars canvass the board of educa- pn was pleased with results and : Ppioyed me for 1916. In this first : |ars work the experience l gained : EFeed me to adopt more systematic : Pa rgld plans of operation. |"The board of education of Feater Knoxville employed me in (e year 1917 as chief enumerator npowerlng me to hire assistants, |struct them, and pass upon their after my method of {: 'e,atlon had been presented to it. t,u ',i. as we are told many were : 'lled and few chosen, I discovered 'as m enumerating the scholastic : 'puiation It is not merely an occu- laMon' a1 put rather profession.
 seiectlng my assistants, II: und some applicants who were not crested further than the remuner- : .on, ., others were very much inter- .ea In school work, but did not we sufficient diplomacy to conduct Y work, some would refuse to work : cause they didn't care to be in- : a. Instructed Assistants. : ,d AIer .t satisfying myself that Il: < ~ me right persons for my assist : , .ss' ! instructed them from time to : s t;s preparatory to commencing the "se ss canvass. In making the can 'ss We would go to the house. get ts ' name of the head of the house. ss next question would be how : Sny 'm people occupy the house and : ~ M, many people are away from : 'as. that belong here. The next 's,stion ., would be how many are : ,ne,., .es ana how many females. Then : "oa'a nv. ask how many~o of these are : ,ne ,ne tnan Fl years old, and the : tS. ol the oldest person belonging n ,ne house under 21 years old and tIe on down with their names as n T, their ages. for example say there are five 7: ,s ,es and four females in the : : lse ana they give me the names : ,o9r between six and 21; have : o,aed nine in the family. will {: !, Mno gre the other five in this : " " 1aaps they will say father : V an aunt or an uncle or E ass one under six. By this : ts ln anie to get right at the : alas owever, I encounter ob- : nv % oI .tnls kind when I ask how : . T nas are m the family. They'll tell : ,,a naps, seven. I'll ask for the : .wasrS nrs Si those under 21; they'll {: f ne quickly, no one here for : 2 $. Then Then will ask them for : nv t;ra every one in the house and E .ool nes am l find as many as five of : : Ty. 'Thaa age in the house. <: ,sn | to give any scholastic considers. era : n ~ " person who has married : z { a gladuated from high school, or : 1. ;dsrt scnool and gone to work This !. of ~ was a matter of course with 2 7. = 'ne leading ministers of the . of fsI maIas 2 certain. man the number !.
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