Pocahontas star herald., 1926-11-18
EDUCATORS ADOPT
TEN YEAR PROGRAM

Fostering Of a 10-year program in
education, setting certain goals TO be
achieved by 1886, when Arkansas will
celebrate the Tooth anniversary of its
admission into the Union, probably
was the outstanding feature of the
5sth annual convention of the Arkan-
sas Education Association, in session
at Little Rock last week
The first step in the program will be
legislation providing for state Edu-
cation Commission, TO be appointed by
the governor and including in its mem
bership representatives of every inter
est in the state as well as educators,
according to DIR. J. II. Reynolds, chair
man of the Ways and Means Commit
tee, who presented the report of the
committee at the general session Sat
urday morning.
Following the appointing of the COM
mittee publicity campaign will be
set in motion to educate the people of
the state to the acceptance of broad
reorganization program for the schools.
Such a program, DR. Reynolds said,
would include Standardization of the
teaching profession, TO obtain highly
trained group of teachers; a builling
program to carry good buildings into
the country districts. as well as the
cities a consolidation program. defin-
ing minimum standards for school
J terms adequate high schools and ade-
quate equipment for state colleges, the
university and other higher schools,
so that the state might better fit its
1 future leaders The recommendation
was adopted without reservation by
the association.
Other recommendations of the Ways
and Means Committee which were
ratified by the association were the
/ reaffirmation of a previous action to
place the certification Of teachers in
the hands of the state Board Of Edu-
cation; to reafiirm its action urging
the selection of state superintendent
by the Board of Education instead of
by popular vote; the favoring of the
county as the educational unit mod
flying of the cigarette and tobacco
tax law to obtain additional revenue !;
legislation to raise additional state
funds to equalize educational oppor-
tunities a more effective and equit-
able revenue law and to authorize the
Ways and Means Committee to use
the money remaining from the fund
obtained for the campaign for the
Thirteenth amendment, amounting to
$1,2G0, in forwarding the publicity for
the proposed 10-year campaign.
The association also ratified the re-
commendation that the nomination. Of
officers take place within the council,
not, however. excluding the right of
nomination from the floor; the sup
port of the Curtis-Reed bill, the en-
d0rsement Of plan or group life in
surance offered by the Home Life In
SufdllCt Aoiupdhgs iht uDloihthib VI a.
committee to work for a teachers re-
tirement fund, and approval of the ef-
forts of A. b. Hill, state superintend-
ent of public instruction, to obtain a
correct enumeration of pupils.
Randolph county teachers in atten-
dance at the convention included Mrs.
l.. II. Harnden, Miss Edna Evans, Eu-
gene Hall, Mr.. and Mrs. Millard Per
rim, Willie Burlington, Mr. Mcleod,
Miss Lola Powell, Miss Minnie Simiug-
ton, Miss Richardson, Mrs. McCrary,
BascOm Griffith, Mrs. Glen Cox, Paul
Galbraith, J. Wesley Brown. Maude
Stout, Miss Opal Allen, Miss Doris
Redwine, Mr. and Mrs DAILY Thomp-
son, Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar Hulen, Mr..
and Mrs. X. A. Mock. Other POcahOn-
tas people in attendance were Miss
Mary Sue Wiley and Joe Blankenship,
who were on the musical program, Mr..
and Mrs. Hulen's two children, L. f.
Blankenship and Newell Mock.