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THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA
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NEWS LETTER
University of North Carolina
for its Bureau of Extension.
J3ECEMBER 10, 1919
CHAPEL HILL, N. C.
VOL. VI, NO. 5
Bdiiorial Board . E. 0. Branson, L. B. Wilson, E. W. Knight, D. D Carroll, J. B. Bullitt.
Entered as second-class matter November 14, 1914, at the
Postofflee at Chspel Hill, N. C., under the act of August 24,1912.
BUSINESS AND LIFE
A brief bibliography of selected books,
bulletins, and (dippings
National Eailroad
Organized
Business and Life, for the Carolina Club
couinaittee ai'pointed to make tentative
reports to the Club on IMarch 29, April
19, May 3, and a final program report on >
May 31. This material is all ready at hand
in the seminar room of the department
of rural social science at the University
of-North Carolina.
Corporate Organization
March 29, 1920
1. ileconstructing America: Our next
Hig Job, edited by Lldwin Wildman.
Cha|)ters 11 and 13. 420 pp.—Page Co.,
® os ton.
Conditions of Labor in American In-
-dustry, by Lauk and Sydenstriker. 403
(Pp.—Funk and Wagnalls Co.. N. \ .
Industry and Humanity, by M . L.
McKenzie King. 567 pp. Chapters 5, 6,
:7.—Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston.
Ultima'e Democracy and Its Making,
'.by Newell L. Sims. Chapters 8, 9, 10.—
-A. 0. McClurg Co., Chicago.
2. Industrial Wealth in North Carolina,
'.by ML E. Price.—N. C. Club Year-Book,
.1916-17.
Our Industrial Capital in North Caro-
Mdna, by R. I'L Price.—Ibid.
Strikes in North Carolina, newspaper
'Clippings.—University rural social science
{■files, No. 331.89.
3. The President’s Industrial Confer-
• ence, October, 1919.—The Survey, Vol.
NLIII, No. 2, 112 E. 19th St., N. Y.
The Steel Strike.—The Survey, Nov. 8,
.1919.
The National Industrial Conference,
H.)ctober, 1919; conflicting issues, leaders,
programs, conclusions, with a brief of the
•congressional investigation of the steel
.-strike. Newspaper clippings.—Universi-
,ty rural social science files. No. 331.89.
The Strike of the Bituminous Coal Min
cers, November, 1919. Newspaper clip-
ipinga.—Ibid.
Reconstruction Program of the British
Labor Party. 40 pp, price 20 cents.—W.
,21. Browne, Wyoming, New York.
Lloyd George on the British Rail Strike.
INewspaper clipping. — University rural
-socialscience files. No. 331.89.
, The International Trade Federation.
. 'Newspaper clipping.—Ibid.
Pan-American Federation of Labor,
New York City, July 7-10, 1919. 67 pp.
-Pan-American Federation of Labor,
407 .A. F. ofL. Bldg., AV'ashingtou, D. 0.
The .Steel Strike, by John A. Fitch.
The Survey, Sept. 27, 1919.
4. I.abor in a Democratic Society, by
' 'Hjharles ML Eliot. The Survey, April 12,
■' '1919.
The Harvester M'orks Council, by Mey-
•er Hloonilield.—Ibid.
Industrial Agreement of the Joint Boards
in the Garment Trades. The Survey,
September 13, 1919.
Repre.sentatiou in Industry, by John
D. Rockefeller, Jr. 31 pp.
'Tl>e Fetish of Industrial Democracy, by
.■■Samuel Crowther, in the Madrid’s Work,
-Nov., 1919.
The Industrial Creed of John D. Rock
efeller, Jr.; national industrial confer
ence, Oct., 1919.—University rural social
.science files. No. 331.V.
Otto 11 Kahn’s Industrial Creed. Mam
nifacturers’ Record, July 3, 1919.
H. B. Endicott’s Industrial Creed, in
...New York Times, Oct. 26, 1919.
Religion and Industry, by Dr. James
'if. Vance, Nashville, Tenu.
War Time Strikes, by E. C. Branson.—
tUniversity News Ijetter, ,Sept. 17, 1919.
Industry and Humanity, by 1,. Me
Ketizie King, chapter li). — Houghton
Mililin Co.
Profit Sharing, by Mortimer L. Schiff,
•52 william St., New York
5. Public Ownership of Railroads, by
. Albert M. Todd before Committee on In
terstate Commerce, Feb. 21, 1919.
Government Ownership of Public Util
itiea, by Leon Cammen, pages 142.—Me
Devitt-MTlson’s, 30 Church St., N. Y.
'Gsvernment Ownership of Railways,
■by Samuel C. Dunn. 400 pp.—Appleton
.and Co.
Government Ownership and Operation
-of Itailw.nys, by Dr. John R. Commons,
University of Wisconsin, Madison.
'I'lie -I’Uuiib Plan of Railway Ownership.
—UniverAty rural social science files, No.
.385. ■
The Plumb Plan, newspaper clippings.
■—Ibid.
The People’s Plan for Railroad I .egis-
, lation.—Citizens
■ League, Boston.
I 6. Water Power Monopoly
; Carolina, by ML E. Price, p.
: Club Year-Book, 1916-17.
Concentration and Control, by Charles
' R. A'an Hise. 288 pp.—Macmillan Co.,
in North
17, N. C.
Cooperative Organization
April 19,1920
THE BALLOT
1. Distinctive cliaracteristics; origin,
forms, extent at pre.sent, development in
America, significance and outlook.
Economics, by AV’atson and Nearing.
493 pp. Chapters 35 and 56.—Macmillan
Co., New York.
Cooperation at Home and Abroad, by
C. R. Fay. 403 pp.—Macmillan Co., N.
York.
Cooperation in Danish Agriculture, by
Harald Faber. 176 pp.—Longmans and
Co., New York.
Denmark’s Remedies: Education and
(’ooperation, by E. C. Branson. 10 pp.—
University rural social science files. No.
630. 43.
A Ciedit Union Primer, by Ham and
Robinson. 80 pp.—Russell Sage Found
ation, 130 East 22nd St., N. Y.
Cooperative Purchasing and Marketing
Orgahizations among Farmers in the
United States, by Jesness and Kerr. 82
pp.—Bulletin 547, U. S. Department of
Agriculture.
Organization of Rural Interests, by T.
N. Carver.—Reprint from the 1913 Year
book of the U. S. Department of Agricul
ture.
Cooperation in the United States, by
Cheves M"est Perky.—f’ooperative League
of America, 70 Fifth Avenue, N. Y.
2. Cooperation in North Carolina.
The McRae bill on Cooperative Credit
Unions and Cooperative Associations.—
Chapter 115, N. C. Public Laws ,1915.
Cooperative Enterprise in North Caro-
ina, by L. P. Gwaltney, Jr.—North Caro
lina Club Year-Book, 1915-16.
North uarolina Credit Unions, by John
Sprunt Hill.—University rural social sci
ence files. No. 630.45.
Newspaper clippings.—Ibid.
Interest Rates in North Carolina, by
E. C. Branson.—University News Letter,
Volume II, Nos. 12 and 13, and 'Vol. Ill,
No. 43.
Federal Farm Land Banks, newspaper
clippings.—University rural social science
files. No. 630.45.
Cooperative Enterprise in Catawba Co.
15 pp.—The University of North Carolina
Record, July 1914.
The North Carolina Cotton M^arehouse
System, newspaper clippings.—Universi
ty rural social science files. No. 630 34.
Social Organization
May 3,1920
1. Social organization—meaning collect
ive volunteer effort for community self-
expression, self-direction, self-protection,
culture, recreation, and the like; or to
secure common advantages and confer
common benefits.
Rural Life, by Charles J. Galpin. Chap.
8-10. 386 pp.—The Century Co., N. Y.
Introduction to Rural Sociology, by
Vogt. Chapters 14-17. 443 pp.—Appleton
and Co., Ne>v York.
The North Carolina Scheme of Rural
Development, by E. C. Branson.—Na
tional Social Work Conference, 315 Ply
mouth Court, Chicago.
Organization of a Rural Community,
by T. N. Carver. 58 pp.—Reprint from
the 1914 Yearbook of U. S. Department
of Agriculture.
Mobilizing the Rural Community, by
E. L. Morgan. 54 pp.—Extension Bulle
tin No. 23, Massachusetts Agricultural
College, Amherst.
A Community Center, by Henry E.
Jackson. 159 pp.—Macmillan Co., New
York.
Community Center Activities, by C. A.
Perry.
Community M’elfare in Kansas, by
AValter Burr. 34 pp. -Extension Bulletin
No. 4, Kansas State Agricultural College,
Manliattan.
Community Fairs and Their Education;
al Value, by S. G. Rubinow. 14 pp. Ex
tension Circular No. 69, Agricultural
Extension Service, Raleigh.
Discussion Subjects in Rural Commu
nity Meetings, by Walter Burr, State
Agricultural College, Manhattan, Kansas.
The Social I'nit Organization of Cin
cinnati, by AVilliam J. Norton. 4 pp.
Helen S. Trounstine Foundation, 731 W.
It is the symbol of citizenship, given
to those capable of self-government.
It is the right protective of all other
rights without which no right already
obtained can be safely guarded.
It is the safe channel through which
tlie voice of tlie oppressed or an ex
ploited class may become articulate.
It is the great educator, which stirr-
ulates citizens to reflect on public
problems, public welfare and public
cliaracters.
It is the best instrument ever devised
to measure accurately public opin
ion in the shortest possible time.
It is the necessity of the many, not
the privilege of the few; the necessity of
the wage-earner as of the homo-seek
er.
It is Uie peaceable weapon of civili
zation, where ballots take the place of
bullets, and can be used equally by
the weak and the strong.
It is the guarantee of equality be
fore the law of every individual hu
man being who uses it.
It is the ultimate source of power in
a democracy, and the foundation on
which rests our entire government.—
Exchange.
Green-
Inland
P. Het-
county.
S. 0.
Sixth St., Cincinnati.
The Cincinnati Social Unit, by Edward
T. Devine. —The Survey, October 15,
1919.
Civic Organization
National Municipal Review, 1919 files.
—University rural social science library.
The City of Hope of Democracy, by
Howe. 319 pp.—Scribner’s Sons, N. Y.
The Challenge of the City, by Josiah
Strong. 329 pp.—Missionary Education
Movement of the United States and Can
ada, New York.
The Challenge of the Country, by G.
Walter Fiske. 282 pp.—Association Press,
124 East 28th St., N. Y.
The Rapid Urbanization of North Caro
lina, by E. C. Branson. —University ru
ral social science files. No. 360.14.
Commission Form of City Government:
The AVisconsin Law, by James A. Frear,
Secretary of State, Madison, M’isconsin.
16 pp.
AVhat is the Cfty Manager Plan? by
Herman G. James. 26 pp.—Municipal
Research Series, No. 6, University of
Texas.
Commission-Manager Cities. — The
Short Ballot Bulletin, April 1919.
The Little Boss and the Big Manager.—
Metropolitan Magazine, November, 1916.
* The Short Ballot. 31 pp.—National
Short Ballot Organization, 383 Fourth
Ave., New York.
The First Short Ballot County. 15 pp.—
National Short Ballot Organization.
The Family, by Thwing. 258 pp.—
Lothrop, Lee and Shepard Co., Boston.
Reasons for Municipal Ownership.—
University rural social science files. No.
352.2.
I’lay and Recreation, by Curtis. 265 pp.
Ginn and Co., New York.
Play and Playgrounds, bulletin Feder
al Bureau of Education, Library Leaflet
No. 3, April, 1919.
RECONSTRUCTION COMMIT
TEES
The committees assigned to report
State Reconstruction Program for the
North Carolina Club at the University
and the dates of their tentative reports
to tlie Club are as follows:
Public Education
November 10, 1919
1. The County Unit System of Public
Schools: H. F. Latshaw, Chairman,
Macon county, Franklin.
2. Units of Organization: R.
Spencer, Orange county. Chapel Hill
3. School Administration; H,
Simpson, Union county, Matthews.
4. Form of Organization: AV.
Nichols, Durham county, Gorman.
5. Illiteracy and School Support:
Public Health
November 24, 1919
1. County Hospitals; J. S. Terry,
Chairman, Richmond county, Rocking
ham.
2. County Health Departments,
AVhole-Time Health Officers, and Public
Health Nurses: Blackwell Markham,
Durliam county, Durham.
3. Health and Sanitation, as required
studies in State-aided Schools: A. R.
Anderson, Iredell county, Statesville.
4. Recreation, Town and Country:
C. L. Harrington, Pitt County,
viile.
Transportation Studies
December 8, 1919
1. Railway Transportation,
AVaterways, and Port Facilities:
tleman. Chairman, AVayne
Goldsboro.
2. State Highway Policies:
AVorthington, Pitt County, AA'interville.
3. Country Telephone Systems: B.
E. AA’eathers, Cleveland county, Shelby.
4. Motor Truck Freight and the
Country Parcels Post: I. M. Abelkop,
Durham county, Durham.
Home and Farm Ownership
January 12, 1920
1. Constructive Policies: Myron
Green, Chairman, Union county, Mat
thews.
2. Tlie Facts about Cur Landless,
Homeless Multitudes: AA'. R. Kirkman,
Guilford county, Greensboro.
3. Country Home Comforts and Con
veniences: R. R. Hawfield, Union
county, Matthews.
Race Relationships
January 26,1920
1. Committee Collaborator: G. D.
Crawford, Chairman, Cornelia, Ga.
2. N>3gro ATew: A. AA^. Staley, Guil
ford county, Greensboro.
3. Southern View: AA'^. B. Womble,
AA'ake county, Carey.
4. Detached View: L. J. Phipps,
Orange county. Chapel Hill.
Public Welfare
Feb. 9, 23, March 8,1920
1. Child Labor: T. J. Brawley,
Chairman, Gaston county, Gastonia.
2. Child AA'elfare: C. T. Boyd, Gas
ton county, Gastonia.
3. Mill A’illage Problems: H. G
Kincaid, Gaston county, Gastonia.
4. Jail, State Farm, and Penitentiary
Problems: R. E. Boyd, Gaston county,
Gastonia.
5. Child Didinquency, and A'olunteer
Social Allies: AV. H. Bobbitt, Iredell
county, Statesville.
Business and Life
March 29, April 19, May 3
1. Organized Business and Life: (1)
Corporate Organization, (2) Cooperative
Organization, (3) Social and Civic Or
ganization, Albert M. Coates, Johnson
county, Smithfield.
Civic Reforms
May 17 and 31,1920
1. A Budget Bureau, State Purchasing
Agent, and Uniform Departmental Ac
counting: M. M. Jernigan, Sampson
county, Dunn.
2. Consolidation of State Boards,
State Primary Laws, and a State Constab
ulary : AAL D. Harris, Lee county, San
ford .
3. Unified County Government, Uni
form County Accounting, and State'-AV’ide
Auditing of County Accounts: H. O.
Reneger, Iredell county. Harmony.
4. Extension of Local Self-Rule, Town
ship Incorporation Law, and Community
Organization Bureau: J. T. Wilson,
Forsyth county. Rural Hall
Collaboration Committee
June 4,1920
1. Report of the Collaboration Com
mittee; S. H. Hobbs, Jr., Chairman,
Sampson county, Clinton; A. M. Coates,
Johnson county, Smithfield; and AV. £.
Price, Rockingham county, Madison.
or
clubs studying these programs and one
town has five clubs enrolled with the
Bureau of Extension.
For those clubs planning to take up a
new subject after Christmas, special at
tention is called to tlie study of Citizen
ship for Women. So many states have
adopted the Suffrage Amendment it is as
sumed that North Carolina will soon ac
cept equal suffrage or that the action of
other states will give it to North Carolina.
For this reason many women are begin
ning to think and study abofit such m'at-
ters and are seeking to fit themselves tor
citizenship.
To meet this interest the Bureau of Ex
tension has prepared a course on Citizen
ship • composed of ten outline studies
which can be completed during the mid
dle wintter and spring months. There
are only six reference books needed for
the entire study and these will be loaned
by the Bureau of Extension to all North
Carolina clubs pursuing the course. A
special feature of the program is the sub
division of subjects which simplifies the
study so that the busiest person will have
time to prepare any assigned part.
The Bureau of Extension extends its
services to all clubs in North Carolina,
whether they belong to the Federation or
not. The enrollment fee is twenty-five
cents per club member belonging to a
club or group of ten or more persons.
For this fee a copy of the program is sup
plied to each member and the 'nooks are
loaned upon request throughout the
course. The postage on books is paid by
the person borrowing them.
Now is the time to look forward to next
year’s work and this opportunity is taken
to invite all clubs to make suggestions
for the subject to be studied. The Bureau
of Extension will appreciate a general
response to this suggestion and an effort
wdll be made to prepare programs suitable
for the entire club membership in North
Carolina.
All communications regarding studies
for club women should be addressed to
The University of North Carolina, Bu
reau of Extension, AVomen’s Club Divi
sion, Chapel Hill, N. C.
B.
B.
J.
0.
STUDIES FOR CLUB WOMEN
A. Tuttle, Mecklenburg county, Pine-
ville.
6. Building Program: B. W. Sipe,
Gaston county, Cherryville.
Since 1916-1917 the Bureau of Exten
sion has been preparing study outlines
for women’s clubs. The first year 450
members representing 25 clubs were en
rolled, the second year there were 806 mem
bers representing 42 clubs and this year
there are over fifteen hundred members
using programs prepared by the Univer
sity, representing 90 clubs. These clubs
are scattered over thirty-two North Caro
lina counties, and twelve states in the
HURRAH FOR HAWFIELDS
The News Letter item about the Pleas
ant Garden School and Community sug
gests to me a few words about the Haw-
fields Community in Alamance county.
It has one of the best country brick
churches in this section. Near the church
is the cemetery, one of the best kept in
the state. An endowment fund of $3,500
was raised and invested in Liberty Bonds.
Only the interest is used for the upkeepof
the cemetery. The minister lives in the
manse, one of the best residences in the
community. AA’^ith the manse is thirty
acres of land, enough to supply wood,
pasture, and garden.
The school was established in 1902 by
voting- a local tax. Some years later it
was made a state high school, and now it
offers courses in vocational agriculture.
Boys who will never go to college are
being taught agriculture, and they will
go back to the farms wfith knowledge and
pride in farming. AA'e know that few
college graduates in agriculture go back to
the farms.
At one time this school furnished more
teachers in the public schools of the coun
ty than any other school. Students have
gone direct from this school to Davidson,
University of North Carolina, Elon, the
A. and E. college, and North Carolina
College for AVomen. A boy from this
school went to Davidson and made the
highest grade that ever was made there
and then at the Union Theological Semi
nary made the highest average that had
been made in twenty-five years. One stu
dent at the A. and E. taking the agricul
ture course won the Inter-College Debate
medal. Oratory medal. Track medal and
Loving Cup for track athletics.
Best of all, boys that are graduates are
returning to their old homes to farm, one
from the Mississippi Agricultural College,
one from the A. and E., and one from the
University. This community furnished the
young man who cared for and fed the
Jersey co'«’ that made the highest recorci
of any cow in the South.
Hawfields has not only in the past held
very creditable community fairs, but this
year contributed to the Mebane fair,
bringing home the first prize of $100 for
the best exhibit. It also made a fine dis
play of poultry. Not only this, but Hie
community contributed moat of the coun
ty exhibit that went to the state fair.
There is no community where greater
harmony, and good feeling and less jeal
ousy exist. There never has in the history
of the school been any division among the
trustees, teachers, or parents.
There is much to do yet on roads, soil,
and in farm improvements. Convenien
ces in the homes will have to have atten
tion in the future. Can any community in
the state equal or better this? And this
has all been accomplished by people in
very moderate circumstances and in a
community where neither tobacco nor
cotton is raised.—R. W. ScotL