Arkansas State press., 1946-07-26
Principals And Supervisors Inst.
Closes AT A. N. &N. College

and guidance cOunSelOrS from all
parts of the state completed a
two weeks institute for in-service
training at the A. M. & N. Col
lege last week.
The Institute was conducted
by f. McCuistion, Director of
Division of Negro Education in
Arkansas. Specialists from the
State Department of Education,
State Board of Health, and other
state institutions were on pro-
gram as leaders and consultants.
The purpose of the meeting was
to strengthen the quality of IN
struction through a special study
period on problems facing Negro
Education in Arkansas today
Problems like the following were
discussed: Institute Organization
and General Plans, State Organi-
cation and Administration of
School System, School Money and
School Law, Teacher Education
an d Certification- Visual Aids,
Teehniques, and procedures, Pupil
Growth and the Development of
Guidance, The Principles Duties
and Institutional Improvement
through supervision, Vocational
Education, School Lunches and
Health, and New High School
Centers and School Reorganiza-
ton.
Other special problems dis
eussea during the institute were:
OvelcfoWded school rooms, poor
attendance, excessive retardatlon,
cropping cut of school, short
school terms, transportation, I'M
proving health, school money,
oeltor school principals and grad
uate work.
opeeIaI eonsultants who were
present during the two-Weehs
were Fred Moore, Jefferson
county superintendent OF
schools; Mrs. bess M. Townsend
plnGlpal, North Little Rock
MIS-. Blanche koss, schools Dl'
vision, Democrat Printing anc
Lllnographing Company; S. A
Haley, Director OF Agriculture
A. IM. & N. College; DR.. Frances
hothert, Head Maternal Chile
health, State Department Of
nral.n, Little Rock. Miss Mamie
Hale, Nurse Midwife, State Health
department., Little Rock.
resource Personnel was as fol
lows: Ed Inclusion, Director
Division of Negro Education, Lit
/ tie Rock; c. w. Dawson, Division
of Education, A. M. & N, r. c
Childress, Director of Extension
Service, A. M. e. N. College
G. c. Floyd, Consultant on School
Law and Finance, State Depart
ment of Education; II. r. Pyle
Assistant Commissioner of Edu
cation, Department of Education
c. A. Hicks, Assistant Supervisor
of Negro Education, State De.
partment of Education; Myror
| Cunningham, Supervisor of DC.
cupational Information and Guild
ance, State Department of Edu
cation. Miss Ruth Powell, AS
sistant Supervisor of Home Eco
Monies Education, State Depart
ment of Education; Miss Alma
Keys, Supervisor of Home Eco
Monies Education, State Depart
ment of Education; Mrs. Euli
PEBBLES, Itinerant Teacher Train
ing of Home Economics, State De
partment of Vocational Education
and Ed PEBBLES, Assistant Super
visor of Trades and Industrial
Education, State Department o.
Education.
Institute Personnel came from
the following schools Edward D
Alexander, Dean, Fargo Agri
cultural School, M. l.. Brantley
New Town School, Pine Bluff
W. J. Brigham, Principal Damas
Gus High School Magnolia; F. B
Burlington, Principal Columbia
County II. s., Magnolia; Mrs
Alice Carter, Principal, Altheimer
F. S. Coppage, Principal, Wab
baseka; N. r. Coulter, Principa
Dunbar Center Point; c. N. Gar
rett, Principal, Tucker-Rosen
valid School, Tucker; Edwin L
Hawkins, Principal, Glow Train
ing School, Ozan; letters, l.. D
Principal, Lafayette Count,
Training School, Stamps; Mrs
Sadie johnson, Principal, Drew
County High School, Monticello
d. II. Jones, Guidance Teacher
! Texarkana; f. J. Lowdd, Prin