P.T.A. And
Issue Booklet
On Schools
THi CAKOUttA TIMES SATl/RDAY D|^. ^
MUs rmtA
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*'Our North Carolina Schools”
prepared at th» request of, tha
N, C. Congreaa of Farenta and
Teacher* ihy 1937 aummer ■ehool
atudent'i at the Univenity of
OaTothTB-uiiJef Hie
tion of Dr. George Howard, tell^
In forty concise pa^es all anyone
could wish to know about North
Carolina's big»*st ^usineas, pub
lic edueatio#. It ia availabla to-
anyone who is. interested, arid
may be ordered from the Uiii-
wr sity of N. C. Press at Chapel
Hill for twantywfive cents. An
the state forty^aixth rank In the
Union, !••• than on«-ha)f thf
averar* for tbe country as a
whole.
nt. rTiRRiniTTim
ontltee of the contenu ^of the 5 , tankage,
ehapter* in the booW.i •PPe.rs ^
bwow;
1.^3CHOOIi'ORGANIZATION
WiHiam .Tlionjas Longr, princ
Lewis S. €aiinon of Woodsdaln
has made an analjrsis of sub
jects tau|^t, statinir that the
needs of each (feneration change
as to ftubject matter and method
of teaching; H is the diity of the
schools to adapt their curricu
lum to th« present eonditionsr
rather thari to ae«k to adapt the
ipuBils to a pAttam. ReaVUnr, ari-
and hiatorj'
sulb^eet'f on
which inost time to spent, with
literature, art, education, geogra-
-mMic and phyBical educa^
pal, Cleveland, N. ^ ' tion taking seioondary places;
tailed information about the ma- penmanship, elementary
Jor (boards wd commisaions of eitisenshtp complete
the sUte school system, headed
by the Superintendent of Publ.j gr*mmMT school*.
Instruction, elected , every* four,
yean by potpular v«te, the pr^
In High Schools, where child-
sent incun»bent being: Ho|j, Clyde
A. Erwin, who is the official ex
ecutive of the school system,
and directs the operation of tHe
ttehooto and enferees laws and
regnlationa.
The State Board of Education
consif^ of the governor, liiute-
nant-goven\or, secretary of the
state, treasowr,
ney.*enerai, and auperintendent
of public instruction, the latter
acting as secretary. The duti4>9
of the (Board are administrative.
ren have moHi latitude In their
choifr* of SttbjectB, Ehgiish, his^
tory, mathatoS'^.^and ciyi^?
are ftill required, with language
or science oiptionaL .Other sub
jects appeitr on the optional list
such as joamalism, public speak
ing, and dr»Miatic^ with manual
training an) home Moolbmica dK
viding interest with commercial
auditor,, attor-! course^ and agricalture. The our-
pose l>ehlnd^mo8t subjects is to
develop clear thinking rather
than to store op an aceumulatinn
of facts. Art and music are na-
New YofkiK 4)11 Tbet
Own Apartments Valyed
AtSIO.OOO.OOff
3200 Fmmirnm fa M
Heuiag Pr*jMto AstwJiag
T* Survey
the '%uildisg was
or/ purchased
WASHINGTON, D. C. — Mora
than 2200 families in New York
iMM one vota;
either erected
the to-09, not by individuals wh^
later form an aseo!iation—as
tae casa in a n^mlie? «|f’so-called
cooperatives; and the memb^f
. * . .V , flo** not receive title to any m-
own and operate their own «ooB-»,. ... .
idvidual apartment but
erative apartments, according- to
a survey of cooperative hous^g,^^,^ .p,rtment he ocry
apartment
shares In the ceoperativ*
own*
to the
pies.
juRt completed by Use fE^ureao ox
La*)or Statistics of the Dcpait-,
ment of Libor. The apartments | Tht co-op apaithicntii in New
hsve an appra^d v^ue of York have been built to m#et'at-
293,000. , fino't every incrjne level. Th*y
range from *n n i^artmtnt
although it may legate andt^'H^Hy receiving more attention
make all needful rules and rjga
Iation% subject to later appro
val or rejection b^ the Legisla
ture. I
The State School Commissitjn
is the present name of the for
mer Board of EKjualization, crea
ted in 1927 to equally distribute
the tax burden for schools and
to equalize echool advantages.
It consifts of some memlbers of
the above Board and one member
from each Congressional dis
trict, appointed by the governor.
All . state schools havfr Ml slight
months term except those that
have pirovided extra advantages
by local sujjelements.
The Vocational Education
^Soard works witfiT^e U. gov-
•rnmenl in directMg use oT Fed
eral appropriations in agricul
ture, home economics, and indus
trial instruction; otheir special
i^nts are administered by other
committeea. *
show a favora3>le riae.
Teachers' salaries are still low
averaging f741.C2 for 193^-36,
lesfi iJian the earnings of a tex^
tile worker; half of the states in
•Each^county Vfs^it?. pwtt coun-l •▼•rage over
^ - ■ - 'per teacher per year; many pay
much more.
fy superintendent, who^ duty is
to supervise rural schools, t the|
cities having their own indei^en-'
dent set-ope. I
IL PUBLIC SCHOOL PINAtIcES
Ernest Morgan, principal, of
Red Springf^ traces the history
of the school movement from
182i5 when the first attempt was
made to provide schools.for the
poor by the establishment of the
I iterary Fund. Siiccessive legis
latures for the past ^ght yearst
have sought to equalize educa
tional advantages and to raise
the' level of general education
through redistribution of 4ax
sources. In 1933 -property taxes
for schools were- abolished (ex-|
cept for local debt fjervice);
source of revenue for the aehoola
are from inheritance, franchise,
license and privilege taxes, and
the sales tax. In addition to sala-
rise of. teachers, superintendenUi
and clerical workers,. money
raised from these sources h^ to
pay operating expenses of the
schoolH such as light, water, fuel
and janitor service; also includ
ed is the operation of rural
school busaes, consisting of dri
ver’s salarie;^ upkeep and
placements, or com(pensation for
accidents.
-fe-l'ftaB-M-Abe'^siale apent'overtl
twenty-three million dollars on
education, with the average «x-
j^pense per pupil |26.27, giving
where aopplennents are In force;
French has become mora popu
lar than Latin. Since only ten
per cent of High School gmdu-
ates in the'ntate go to cotte^
obviously avery child Heeds a
well-rounded education by the
time he completes Hffrh School.
rV, TEAC^RS
N. W. Shelton of Ulesville af-
fers statistics to eAow that the
preparation and fitnesa of teach
ers ha-T rises irteadily for both
jpnlnrpd gnd Vfhite —hnrtla..^ayfaari
the past two decades, with two-
thirds of the white teachers hav
ing completed foBr years of col
lege work. Summer schooki at
tendance and extension course!^
fi^tM in good standing, ^so
Ptcttti-vd above are m f«w
th* more than 35,000 colored
higb •chool •nd collefe atudtinH
who are receiving financial aid
ia continainj their itniiles from
the National Youth AdmihUtra-
liea. Practically evei^ Negro
college in the country* i* parti
cipating in the program-, which'
ItrovUea part-time jobs for i^ar-
ly 7,000 undergraduate* and
aboKt SOO graduate ttudenli.
The remaining 28,000 receiving 'the NYA to do part-time jobs ^ chine in the registrar’s office
student aid are enrolled in high while ^d^ttcnding Howaid Univer- (lower Hght). It is believed that
tasks include clean- though this program the NYA it
ing and repairing laboratory serTtng m» m spearhead of attack
eciuipment (upt>er left), compil- upon the problems of the masses
ing statistical material (center), of underpriTileged Negro youths
repairing i(nd cataloguing library ^ in all sections of the country
books (upper right), mounting^ who are economically unable tn
and filing in the University Art get training at a time when
Gallery (lower left), conductint' trained hands and minds are
b'ok^jical research (center), and most needed. NYA Photos,
operating an addressograph nta-1
schools.Tlie NYA's financial as-' sity. ,Their
sistance has not only made it! ing ^ and
poesiUe for these young men
and womea to remain in school,
bnt the sociaHy useful work t«
which they have been assigned
ha^ »contributed to their job-
trainioij and guidance.
All of the student workers
shown above are employed by
If the taxpa.y«rs are
getting more than their money’s
worth; the fear is expressed,
however, that many prondsinji^
teachers will leave the ' state tf
the-aalary level continues low. No
pension ia provided, the retire
ment .plan not having Jbeen ex
tended t tha teaching profes
sion as yet.
V. EXTRA-CUBRICUlsAR
ACTlVITlEfl
J. Edgar )Iorris of Aitlanta,
Gra.. writas from his experience
in a UiTge boys’ technkal high
f;hool, stating thf^ peojde are
going to do. the things they want
to do, and the school should ra-
eognise this Htt and provide
better preparation for life, m'any
angles of which untouched
the clas»-Tioom.
Extra ourrkular activities pro
vide for democratic participation,
encourage i^iortsmanship, and
lay foundation for hybbies or
avocations that must l>e fourd
if the spare time of the futu^
is to be ttimed to good account.
Negro Inventors
• “Ttr:——oOo— ' '■ ' ^
R*qua«ts for tnforraatiOn'; Offtee—nttdift Available
about the contribution made by Negro inventors which caused at-
Negro inventb- to the progress; ten tion to be focused'on ^^uch
I bout 50 patents on a variety of ^ years, a^' the Patent Office does
i'uibjeets; and GianVille T. Woods ijot classify patentees accordirjp'
and his 'brother Lyates about an j to race. Negro inventors ^nd
equal number chiefly related to those who know of Negro inven-
.... °>«^-.tririty and "electrical applt- tors are, therefore, asked to co-
nttdift *vaift e » •>” 'ances. The indebtedness of the-operate by sending in any infor-
of the
mining.
Nation in agriculture,
manufacturing, construc
tion, transportation, cQnununwa-4-ptrfns and Granville T.
tibxi;: trade and in other lieldd.
of endeavor have encobraged C.
E. Hall, iBpecialist in Negro Sta
tistics, lE'ureau of the Census, lo
attempt to compile a list of Ne
groes who have, since 1900, ob-
ined patents from ERe' IJntfed
States Patent Office.
In 1900 H. E. Baker, a Negio
—then Examiner in the Patent
Athletics is the most important
character builder known for
yodlh oT^lhe present day; Refut
ing, service clubs, and deirioa-
stration clubs for rural youLh|
provide training that i| invfllila
I able. Even the most unrespon
sive youngster can be reached! by
some activity .project during v-r
after school hours.
It now necessary to engage
teachers who can direct extra
curricular activitieji in addition
to their class-room teaching.
men as J. H. Dickinson, EUJah
McCoy, J. E. fi-
Woods
as well
shoe machineVySttdustry to J. E.
Matzeligcr, and tii« jjaper —baf-
industi'y'To^W. Purvis was also
revealed. Und.ou'bt'edly Mi^. Biu-
ker's compilation caused recog-
and hi» ■hrnt.hay^*’
other Negroes who had' tb nition to "be' aecolWd^-tterg men
their credit inventions of woit.i Negroes fco,.leeV' justifiable
but who had not been as prolific , pride in the accomplishments of
as the inventors named.
wa» revealed ihai IL.
Dickinson had more than a dozen
patents on musical instruments
to his credit; Elijah McCoy, a-
members „ of their race.
Ther.e has been a lack of
availaible" information since IJW
about Keg'roes wTio Tiave^ cAtain-
ed patents during the last 37
mation ava|laiya_lo Charley E ’
HsII. Specialist in Negro Statis-
ticr> Bureau of the Census, De
partment of Commerce, .Washin-
^on, D. -C. Information thus ob
tained will b^ of great HeTp Tn
bringing up to date the list of
N|Cgroes who have obtained, pa-
The dcvtlopment of coopcra-'
tive housing in the ynitad Stetu
has been tha.^ far almost entir«p
ly in the apartmen^houae fletd;
it has been concentrated in grcat^
er New York and haa been re
stricted by the large amount of
capital necessary for building.
’Th4i«. are the findings reported
in the. November iaane of * the
Monthly Labor Review. Of " the
39 project^ for which atatistlca
are available,, 35 are in Brook
lyn, Bronx and ^uhattan. Two
new projects are being ^develop-
e!d in New York, the iSthet’ two
in Wiaeonsin.
In each of the
housing enterprise* •
cooperative
leh meinber
J dwelling U, a twclve-story a^rt-
J mei»t howie with a pent house
and an eightJjuilding, 6$0-
apartment proj-jct. Most apart
ments are 2, 3 or 4 rooms. The
value of th# *T>ar*'ment vary
from $75 t»
the Iormt::n ir tj-pe. while rfit-
.aJs from p«‘r
to $12 ti^r room per month* wtc>r
the efngle ejf#eptifn»> of tmt e'>-op
est mating it.? rental value at
per room per month.
In.jiddition to operating the
a-partmenta the co-op as*->ocia-
maintain stores, milk de
livery. laundry, electric power,
summer cam'ps, classes and re^
creation. *
WILLIAM ALLEN PLEASES
fisk’
NASHVILLIE, Tenh,, Dec. 22
—'(ANP)—Walliam Atflen, pian
ist and ;^ember of the Depart
ment Of Music of Fisk univ>v
sity wjts heard in recital at Fi.^k
Memorial Chapel Friday. Mr.
Allen played' ’‘Tour Choral Pre-
ludei” by (Hachj “Etude* ,S>m-
FORMER SLAVE WHO LIVED
IN ONE COUNTY FOR*8»
YEARS DIES'AT
HELE.VA, Ark.. D«c. 22—iA
ANT')—Mrs. Henrietta Rice, 102
year old former slave and known
as the oldest re td“nt of Phidips
county whor“ she had lived for
89 years, died here Monday a
nn'unKinia vietioi. She came to
Helena in 1848 from Alabama as
the slave of Hopkins Rice.
Whjn the Ciyil_ Wm elided.
phoniques,** Schuman; “Stonatoa
in^ B Mtnorr' Chepirt; "PFeTsd^^~Aunt Fanny a.« she wa-s familiar-
in B Flat”; Rachmanioff and *'La ly catted, refused to take advan-
Campanella” by P^iganini- Liszt, tage of her freedom and stayed
He has recently given recitals in with the family that had owned
Washington, Memphis and Cor- her. She =erv»d f^urvgen^rations
cord, N. C., and playa in Port-~ of the Rice fami^v^anf^ took their
land, Ore., hia kome on Dec. 3W. name as her own. ' /
^itDd HairGroiiTer
A Quinine 4*om}>d»
Grow# Ions illiy
liAir. reconiin>Dd^rl
bf j'our dH‘tor ror
tint Bair.
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