The Mena weekly star., 1921-10-20
By ". II. MoRpEN.
county superintendent schools.

-0AfAtS 1NiOtAS.
 Complete reports for the county on the final drive for membership in the Arkansas Educational Association are not yet available, but we are quite certain the county did not raise the minimum of 300 citizens expected from this county. The special drive was to close the night of the 18th. All counties were in a contest up to that time for a professional library for the teachers. Every county that raised it's quota is to receive a li- brary worth $100. From press re- ports the time for winning the library is extended.
 A good crowd heard MT. A. B. Hills address at the Baptist church in Mena on Wednesday night in the interest of the Forward Education Movement. Twenty-two citizens and one teacher were enrolled in the A. E. A. at the close of the meeting. Fifty-seven more members were secured in Mena by solicitors, Mrs. Jennie Montgom- cry, Miss Milree Smith, Miss Gladys Utz and Mrs. Morden being the spe- cial solicitors for the town. This makes total of 79 members for Mena.
 Hatfield sent in 23 citizen enroll ments. This is two more than their quota of twenty-one. Since Mena en- rolled nine more than their quota the town came out 13 per cent above it's quota while Hatfield is only 10 per cent above. Acorn came out ahead of any district in the county by enrolling nearly 100 per cent more than it's quota.
 Complete reports from other dis tricts are not available Wickes en- rolled citizens that have been re- ported and Grannis 3.
 The teacher enrolment is now 120, which is 100 per cent of the active teachers.
 While making the campaign we found that a great many people do not yet understand the magnitude of the movement. Many think the dol lar is ali that is wanted, and it will finally find it's way to some unneces- sary salaried man. An intelligent person has but to stop and think for one minute on school conditions even in Polk county to see that there Is IO Ot uOiiCs uIGtikUtiS ktlE A. k. A. will get facts and figures from time to time thru the office at Little Rock on the educational condi- tions for the state and nation. We hope thru these columns to furnish information about our own county, and particular districts.
 The needs of the public schools are many but the two needs that are fun damental are these: More interest on the part of the public, and q bet ter financial system. The latter does not necessarily mean increased taxes. The Forward Education Movement is working on these two fundamental needs. Thru the mem bership in the A. E. A. they hope to arouse public interest We have an amendment proposed to the constitu- tion of the state that will remedy the financial system.
 MT. G. M. Woods, the president of the Polk County Teachers Associa- tion has called a meeting of all the October 28 Mir. J. R. Grant of the State Department of Education, will address the teachers. The subjects that will be discussed at this meeting are, "The Forward Education Move ment," Health Conditions in the Public Schools" and Teacher Train ing" MT. Grant will address the pub lie at one of the churches in Mena on the night of the 27th. This will be a community meeting at which every body is invited All school directors are especially invited to attend the meeting on the morning of the 28th.