Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-05-07
GEORGIA EDUCATORS
CONTINUE SESSIONS
ON SCHOOL AFFAIRS

The city and county school officials
division of the Georgia Educational
Week conference in Atlanta were the
last to cease firing Wednesday night
and the first to resume activities on
| Thursday morning. At o'clock, in
stead of s o'clock Gas the program
stately large group of @thepl as
sembled at breakfast at the Piedmont
| hotel the "Smith-Hughes" teachers
dresses by L. S. Hawkins, of
the federal board of vocational
education, Washington; and Dudley
M. Hughes, vice chairman Of the
state board for vocational education.
This really was one of the finest
meetings of the week." said DR.. Brit
tain afterward. Every Smith
Hughes teacher in the state except
two was present and they surely
heard some inspiring talks"
This early treat being over, the
Smith-Hughes division moved over
to the state capitol and at $3.50
o'clock Joined the rest of the three
hundred school officials in a general
meeting in the house of representa-
tives.
The chief topics for this meeting
included secondary school work in
Georgia since the passing of the con-
stitutional amendment; elementary
consolidation under the Barrett-Rog-
ers act, and phases of the vocation
al work. The first annual report of
the Georgia attendance. officers also
was received, and each attendance
officer present was asked for an in
dividual report for the year.
Among the speakers were e. "A.
Pound, state high school supervisor;
Alvin G. Golucke, president of the
Taliaferro county board of education:
c. c. McCollum, superintendent of
schools at Wrens, Ga; S. w. Rags
dale, of the Dallas board of educa-
ton; Cleveland Rees. superintendent
of the Webster county schools; Paul
w. Chapman and other state voca-
tional supervisors, and Albert S. Otto,
attendance officer for Savannah and
Chatham county.
The women's section-that is,
resented by Mrs. Newton z. Wing,
who spoke on evening classes; Miss
Susie Burson and Miss Sybyl Hamp-
ton, who spoke interestingly to the
crowd that filled the room and the
galleries.
AS an illustration of what the re-
Mobilization work was accomplishing
in Atlanta, it was noted that the big
golden screen for the motion picture
features, the scaffolding to hold it,
and. the machines themselves all
were installed by a crew of the
''rehab" students from the Georgia
School of Technology con-
tribution to the success of the con-
vention.
Dinner at Emory
The plimentary dinner to the
city and county school officials, Civ.
en- Wednesday evening at Emory uni
versity. was attended by about 25l
ficers of boards Of education ano
others. 1t was an unusually sue
cessful and enjoyable function. with
part of the programl before the ex-
cellent dinner and part afterWard
and everybody enabled to catch spe-
cial street cars shortly after 10
o'clock. {
The after-dinner discussion was
introduced by DR.. Britain, who pre-
sided. with the statement that fric-
ton between the school superintend-
ent and the board of education was
a big question"
I'VE want announcement on this
question" he said, and as the first
speallre he introduced w. w. Gaines,
president of the Atlanta board of edu-
cation.
Mr. Gaines believed the board
should fix the policies of the schools
and the courses of study; plan the
buildings. and attend to matters of
politics. and to dealings with the
council or city governing body and
the state Legislature; also matters of
finance.
THE superintendent is the go-be-
tween for the schools and the board"
he said. THE board is the go-bemeen
for the schools-and the supefintend-
ent-and the public. The superintend-
ent is the executive officer of the
board. He has supervision of the
system. of the selection of teachers
and officers, subject to confirmation
by the board, He should feel himself
we'll intrenched in his position
his job, in other words. And the
questions of authority between the
superintendent and the board should
be worked out with common sense
and forbearance.'
Lawton B. Evans. of Augusta, su-
perintendent of the Richmond county
schools for more years than he was.
willing to confess" was the first
speaker forAthe superintendent.
Scores Vanity
Mr. Evans declared that vanity
was the principal cause of trouble
between the board and the superin-
tenHent-the desire for praise, for
newspaper publicity, on the part Ell
Their of the superintendent or the
board members.
Let the community praise you, if
praise is due" he said. THE schools
the thing-not what people see about
you in the paper, whether you're
superintendent or "a board president
or member. The educational progress
of the community is paramount; not
the qualification of individual vani-
ty over achievements recognized"
Mr.. Evans added that plain stub
bornpess also played it's part in the
problem; the unwillingness to admit
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