The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-05-26
Splendid Progress Made By
WPA Adult Education In Dist.

the total monthly payroll only
amounts to around $4,525.00.
To qualify as WPA adult educa-
tional teacher, it is necessary to be
an unemployed public school teach
er with at least one year OF college
training or experience equivalent to
it.
With the assistance of the county
supervisory the teachers organize
their own classes and the instruc-
ton given varies in accordance with
the needs of the community and the
wishes of the students themselves,
The broad Institutional program
of WPA education division covers
seven phases and they are: literacy,
home-making, general adult educa-
tiontion, vocational training in arts
and crafts, workers education in
Guiding courses in public affairs"
and proper use of leisure time,
parent education as to health and
the care of children and last, nurs-
cries.
In each class there are minimum
of IL students and they meet at
least once a week and sometimes
daily, at the homes of the different
students. Often times they meet at
nights because the students work
during the day time and are fire.
quently called might schools. All
IL ~
The teachers must work five days
week and average four hours per
day. To do this, they must have
several classes.
Arthur Headon, negro in Green's
boro, has the largest class in this
district. He teaches a recreational
course and has 81 students enrolled
in his class.
Students Earn Money, Too
Besides Tearing to read and write
and getting some fundamental in
formation regarding homemaking.
many of the vocational students
earn right much money by selling
the things they make. ''My class
made 1000 yards of laurel roping
(festooning for decorating purpos-
esq, which brought them $780,"
Sidney J. FARRELL, of route 6, Mt.
Airy, wrote Mrs. Faison. "They
made 20 quilts, 4 of which have
been sold, z rugs, A handbags, 4 pill
low cases, 4 dresses and "a leather
belts. My hog-raising class raised
% hogh and sold all of them"
A letter from supervisor stated
that "239 students have increased
their income $758.50 since February
/, 1899, by selling hook rugs, bas-
kets, pocket books, belts, canned
goods, etc."
~ Many=of the students are thirsty
for knowledge as this unique let
ter written by Negro in Reidsville
to DR.. L. r. Alderman in Washing
ton, D. c., clearly indicates:
please help us unederkated Peo-
pie by giving us tecahers to teach
us like we had last year. We is
grown now and to old and to poor
to go to everyday schools but we
wants to learn. Me and my wife,
Daisy went to night school one win
ter and learned right smart. A
heap of people wants to learn in
night schools, cause we halter tork
in the daytime. I knows over Fifty
grown folks who wants to go to
school.
II hope you will fix it so we can
go to night school al the time. We
lives on Moody street, but we don't
get no mail there and that's how
come write you from the above
street mgoiner get CHER to back
this letter from her house for me if
she will,
yours wanting to learn more,
IS Green Price
'P. S. My Son Green Jr. read
read about you in the Greensboro
news paper and that's how come
write to you about this. It was Oct
IA when he read it. i. Anyhow
answer my letter and help us to get
the school"
The letter, of course was forward
ded to Mrs. Faison here.
Sponsored By School System
The WPA adult education pro-
gram is sponsored in the North by
the State Department of Public In
struction, of which Clyde A. Erwin
is superintendent. In each county
and town the public school depart
ment acts as sponsor.
In addition to that the program
maintains county and district ad-
visory boards composed of leading
men in each section. The northern
district community school council
is composed of Congressman r. L.
Doughton, of Laurel Springs; DR.. B.
B. Dougherty, president of A. S T.
c., Boone; Ed. M. Anderson, editor
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