The Monroe journal., 1920-01-23
Mrs. A. VI. STACK HEADS pa
RENT-TEACHER Assot fiTION
MIR. Roscoe Phifer Chosen Secretary
And MIR. Charles iees;isn TreasuI-
er-DelegateS Appreciated


Al the ChamOer % CqaIn, rce on
Thursday after8-.1li. ihe Parent
Teachers Association nell A. tlifE-
siaslice meeting. iae n..a.tlls Mas
called TO order BY the f.esldea'. Mrs.
W. {. Crowell After ac, al ional vx
ercises were held. the m.nutes OF the
last meeting were read aad APPROX
ed Next a report was gwen of the
meeting recently held in Charlotte
for the purpose OF organizing l. state
Federation of Parent Teaci.' . AsSo-
Citations. The secretary n giving this
report told of how impo.taY- such
federation is FOR the bes' interests OF
the schools The requirements ioE
any association TO becomf a rember
OF the State Federation were set
forth. aud the local association eN-
pressed willingness to meet the re-
quirements and become a member.
Al this point in the meeting Mrs.
". &. Crowell. who had served so Of
iiciently as president OF the local as
sociation. resigned her position. Mes
danes Roscoe Phifer. c. Z. Houston.
and Neil Redfearn were appointed as
a nominating committee with the re-
suit that the following officers We're
nominated and elected by aeclama:
tion: Mrs. \. NJ. Stack. President.
Prof. 5. G. Hawfield and Mrs. W. C..
Crowell. vice-Presidents; Mrs. Roscoe
Phifer. Secretary: and Mrs. Charles
Iceman. Treasurer.
In order that the work of the as
sociation may be very effective and
definite. one parent or lady was ap-
pointed to sponsor each grade and
act as board of managers. Those
appointed for the respective grades
follow: Lower first grade, Mrs. J. c.
Skies: higher first grade. Mrs. c. Nj.
Redfern. lower second grade. Mrs. j..
j. Parker; higher second grade. Mrs.
W. 4. Lane: lower third grade. Mrs.
Il. ". Allen. higher third grade. Mrs.
H. ID. Stewart, lower fourth grade.
Mrs. II. b. Redwine: higher fourth
grade. Mrs Ernest Heath: lower nth
grade. Mrs. W ;. Baskerville, higher
hfth grade. Mrs. Joel Griffin: lower
sixth grade. Mrs. W. ;. Blakeney;
higher sixth grade. Mrs. Z. c. Win
chester: lower seventh grade. Mrs.
Redfern; higher seventh grade, Mrs.
". j. Rudge: eighth grade. Mrs. c..
Z. Houston: ninth grade, Mrs. l.. \.
Presson: tenth grade, Mrs. Frank
Laney: eleventh grade. Miss Rem.
should any trouble arise within these
respective grades, il should be report
ed 10 The sponsor appointed
\ spirited discussion was then en-
tered into rs TO how the parents and
teachers may cooperate TO raise the
standard Of the school. Those taxi
ing part in the discussion We're Mr..
II. W. Allen. Miss Rem. Mrs. r. b..
Redwine. Mrs. Neal Redfern. Miss
Mcqueen. and others. Mrs. Redwine
stressed the need of cooperation TO
raise the standard of department.
showing thai II is impossible for any
one parent or teacher TO control the
the question OF department. but all
working together can do great good.
This point was well taken by all pres
ent. Mr.. Allen spoke of the prevail
ing spirit OF restlessness in every
phase OF life. He stressed the abso-
lutte necessity of the school and home
cooperating TO curb this spirit in the
formative period of the chldren's
lives.
Another very important matter
discussed was the dreadful need OF
a new high school building imme-
diately. II was shown that the school
Is passing through a critical period
on account of circumstances, and al
so that with new building the
morale would be very much strength
ened and the health OF the children
cared for The association then un-
animously went on record as favor
ing the following resolution: BE IL
Resolved. that the Pareni-Teacher' 5
Association of Monroe most heartily
favors the erection of new high
school building. the work on the same
10 begin not later than early spring"
4 representative number OF the pa
rents was present. there being about
forty, and all gave hearty assent TO
the resolution as worded above. Ii
is hoped that with this force at work
some possible means may be found
whereby the erection of the new high
school building will not be delayed