The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1921-01-22

MISS Margaret NJ. Streeter. the
music expert OF Camden. y. j.. opened
the Friday afternoon session OF the
conference. held in the high school
auditorium. with an address on music
appreciation. Edward Mcdowell. Miss
Streeter said. is the greatest Aneri-
can composer and the only one Amer
lean who has produced what can
stand up alongside the great masters
of foreign countries, old and new.
Dixie" is known as one of the great
songs 1t came from Dan Emmett. a
minstrel man of Pittsburgh. Pa. Ii
was written by him in 1853 and ever
since it has heen as popular in the
North as In the South. Listen TO the
Mocking Bird" Miss Streeter ex-
plained. was written by Edwin Win
ter OF Philadelphia. being inspired to
do so by hearing an old negro trying
20 initiate this bird with his whistle
DIR. w S. CurreIl. president of the
State University OF South Carolina.
was. the next speaker. whose subject
was. The CONSOLIDATED Rural School
as Community Center In SUBJ
stance he said: Beth country and
city life have It's advantages and dis
advantages. Every one knows the
country could not exist without the
farmer, and neither could it get along
very well without the cities. In many
country places the people live so far
apart they do not have a community.
Rural schools have succeeded most in
New England and the Middle West.
This is because their country is so
well settied-their country places are
almost continuous villages. The
usual conception of the country is that
section outside of towns. villages and
cities. Many young folks are leaving
the country and going to the cities for
various reasons Some think they
have better opportunities commercial
ly, socially and intellectually. Now
the use of the telephone is helping to
combat this exodus. This is also true
still go TO the town for their amuse-
ment, and this is what We want to
stop. We need community life and
amusement in the country. People
are divided vertically and horizontally.
They have different tandards-some-
times they have the church for a
standard and sometimes it is aristoc-
racy or wealth. BUT most eommuni-
ties are divided Horizontally they
are divided by age-the young, the
middle aged and the old folks. The
rural community school should wipe
out all dividing line and the leader of
the community should be the instruc-
tor of the schools. For this reason
rural teachers should have as large
or larger salaries than are paid in the
cities. Otherwise desirable leader
ship for a community will not be OBJ
tanned. community center is inn
possible with a one-room school, The
school building must be attractive and
have modern coavenienees in order to
make it the hub OF the universe.
Dr, H. W Cox, president OF Emory
university. near Atlanta. Ca. was
next introduced by temporary presid-
ing officer. County superintendent c.
r. NJ Sheppard. taking the place of
DIR. McBrien. who was obliged to he
absent for a couple of hours. In sub
stance DIR. Cox said:
The last time | spoke in Daytona
Beach some one IN the audience said
! | was a liar. but | am going to re-
peat today some of the things | said
II then, in spite of this While | was
born in the North and lived i'll the
West. hope l will 1--we and die in
the Southland Most of our great men
came from rural communication
the farm. They were trained in the
old log school house. Then the boy
land girl had to face hard facts. II a
delivery boy in town makes a deliv-
lery wrong an irate houSekeeper calls
lup and the boy is excused. But III
1.-THE old days oa the farm there were
no excuses He had 10 meet and take
care of his own troubles. Many BOYS
and girls. the brightest of them in the
lefty schools. do not have to work
The country boy has TO work and he
lis fred with an ambition and when he
enters LIES work he expects TO work
he is energetic and industrious. He
lis not afraid OF work Now We are
getting the brightest in the town
They are being lured there. The dull
lest are being left on the farm. This