Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-01-23
EDUCATORS OF
BIRD MEET HERE
State, County And Local
School Officials Hold
Conference

At a meeting of the state school
supervisors and county superinten-
dents of education Friday held in
the administration building of the
Third District Agricultural and Me.
chanical college, the following state
educators We're present: F. E.
Land, of Atlanta, industrial rehabili-
tation supervisor, George D. GODDARD,
chairman of the meeting, Miner; NJ.
L. Duggan, Atlanta; Thomas Wisdom.
Chipley; L. NJ. Shelter, Athens; W.
D. Pound, Athens.
{ County superintendent present
were j. P. Nelson, Macon county,;
S. j. Powell, Lee county; Walter Nc
Michael, Randolph county; ]. F.
Stewart, Schley county; j. C. Dukes,
Terrell county; Cleveland Reese, Doc
ly county; j. W. Bivins, Crisp coun-
ty; E. w. Dupree, Sumter county.
County agents in charge of wom-
ems work present were Miss Hamil-
ton, of Crisp, and Miss Morris of
Dolly.
Teachers and principals of coun-
ty schools present were Miss Mary
Rambo, Thalean; Mrs. J. c. Sellers,
Shiloh; Miss Ruth Chappell, Miss
Ruth Jordan, Shiloh.
Besides these were other educators
and rs members of the county boards
representing Macon, Lee, Randolph,
Schley, Terrell, Sumter, Dooly, Crisp,
Macon and Webster counties. II
The session opened at 10 O'clock
Friday morning and continued until
the noon hour, when the delegates
were served luncheon in the din
ing room Of the college. The re-
Gently installed furnace heating sys-
tenn made the large administration
building thoroughly comfortable. the
members of the variuos boards ex-
aiming the system for installation
in their own districts. Following
the luncheon, the body reconvened
until $3.50 when the session was adj
journed.
Short talks were made by the coun-
ty superintendent in which they set
for the needs of their respective dis
tricts, at the same time telling of
the splendid features of their
schools. Miss Hamilton and Miss
Morris, representing the clubs of the
counties, told of the remarkable prog
ress made by the young girls in the
rural schools in canning and domes-
tic arts. These talks were heard
with interest, because of the fact
that one of the most helpful branch
es of the county school work at the
present time is in the canning clubs
and sewing departments conducted
by the girls of the counties.
State Supervisor Duggan made a
splendid talk on stabilizing the
schools into a certain plan and ad-
herring to that plan. He said that
the motto of every school should be
plan definitely and stick to that
Aplan." He related number of in
"cidents in his supervisory work which
bore out the efficacy of sticking to
a plan commenced at the beginning
of the school term. He told also Of
some plans whereby the various
schools might be assisted in their
work during the coming year.
Mr.. Lands remarks were along
the lines of industrial rehabilitation.
Mr.. Shelter also took vocational
training for the theme of his talk,
but infused agricultural enthusiasm
into the vocational training. He
spoke Of the splendid work which has
been done by Herbert Hoover, tax
ing as his nucleus the pleas of Hoov-
er for more men on the farms to