The Mena weekly star., 1921-11-24
SCHOOL SURVEY IS
 |)N IN ARKANSAS
.g,se- nirection of Dr. w. T. Bawden ' l<xeat Task Is Going Forward .eational Enrolment Extend
 ed to January l.

]. .84az Educational Commission ap- .,.;,,t.,l hv Governor McRae is in pro ,-<raa snder the immediate dlrectioh %< {u I Bawden, assistant to the U.
 pAszFaissioner of education. K -1,.-S Hi of experts whom he has ..'i,.*,sS will enter a minimum ot 3V .s's +:,< RI which various types ot S2 <.'...; <andifions are found. There ..'.'' zs < 6Toblems to be specifically com 2;z4fsa as follows:
 E'dnfational legislation.
 f3,.sa,,ization and administration.
 I@<afion and school revenues.
 Rural schools.
 e.iz1cls in cities of over 10000.
 The State normal school and teacher
 District agricultural schools
 Stfondary education.
 Edneation for negroes.
 The staff follows:
 f)f Vim. T. Bawden, director.
 Dr. George F. Cook, specialist m hie11er education. z;rs Katherine M. Cook, chief of di Vix;of1 of rural education.
 Dr. Shelton Phelps, professor or schnol Administration, Peabody coi-
 br. Fletcher Fl. Swift. professor of c6ucafion. University of Minnesota.
 Norman Frost, professor of rural eaueation, Peabody College.
 M. Gowans, superintendent ot p11llic schools, Winfield, kas.
 H M. Ivy, state high school instruc- t3f, Mississippi.
 John !. Didcoct, professor secondary ed11tation, Peabody College.
 Walter B. Hill, state supervisor Ne <st1 Education, Georgia.
 T#o others will be added.
 1nfhe school survey which is now in nfo0ress, special emphasis is to be placed upon the importance of the rural and agricultural school prob ]ens. Two members are to be added t3 the original staff of three who had been assigned the duty of making a aurvev of rural conditions. Under the leadership of Mrs. Katherine M. Cook, chief of the division of rural educa- fion in the United States Bureau of Education, it is expected that the re- made will result in ureat Advance in the efficient adminis- tration of rural schools. Backward one room school is to be given thoro consideration and suggestions are to be offered for it's improvement, 1t be- in1 Recognized that these schools, which are in the majority numerically, arp really fundamental.
 A auestionnaire is being sent to evexr one of the 5000 white and $500 6olored teachers in the state by Dr. w. F Bawden, director of the Arkansas Edrcational Survey. The United Stated Bureau of Education is under taking this survey of the public school 6VStem of Arkansas and Dr. Bawden reports that he finds conditions most propitious for his work. The ques- tiornairc is not personal, but is de- 6iHued to secure definite information s5 70 the professional training and 6ptItude of the teaching forces of the 9f4te. The survey announces that it q not within its province to inquire ifto the qualification or efficiency of teSchers and others for the purpose of IH1king recommendations concerning 11e retention, promotion or dismissal IT my individual and no personal use Efl| De made of any of the information 2te4red from the questionnaire. z All Records Were Broken. < All records were broken during the <Gmpaign preliminary to the annual meeting of the Arkansas Educational As0ciation in the enrolment of mem berS. 1t is a remarkable fact that with an approximate quota of 8968 white teachers in the state, total of &'&84 was actually enrolled, being an !.!<fease of 5,030 over the enrolment l< 1920. J. J. Harrison, business man 1Rcr of the Arkansas Educational As 9ociation. predicts that 5000 will be <1folied by January 1. If this is <o1e, Arkansas will have a splendid t6nnce to win the national honors at <te meeting of the N. E. A. in Boston aext year.
 The time for the completion of the teacher and citizen enrolment has been extended to January 1. Last zummer Monroe county was the only county in the state with a 100 per cent enrolment of teachers and today faere ar 55. Last. summer there were ftNer than 800 citizen members. To- Aay there are actually 10,302 report ed and enough pledges in sight to 9xlng the enrolment to 15,000. Eight <eu counties have already earned their . 100 professional libraries and dozen H0re are within easy reach. By ex- <ending the time to December 31, ev- efy county will have an equal chance.
 An appeal is being made to every man and woman in the state interested iH the promotion of the public school aFstem to assist in enrolling every ac- t1ve teacher and at least 75 per cent of the citizen quota for each county. Manager J. J. Harrison, director of tae Forward Education Movement lives the following as the results *Fhich will come thru such action: * For the teachers, S100 library. E For the illiterates, an opportunity of Iearning the fundamentals of reading and writing.
 For the state, a thoro public school 6lrvey.
 For the Arkansas Education Asso- <lation, banner at Boston next July which will be worth $l0,000 in favor 4ble publicity to the state and the Reaching profession.
 For yourself, the satisfaction of a 4uty we'll done.
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