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Saturday,'June 30, 1923. WHEtE BRAINS ENERGY AND UN-' SELFISHNESS ABIDE. Sanies P. Cook, in Tire Uplift. ' I spent a dap riding over Stanly ' jaunty, viewing what had/ been ac complished in four short years by the public school authorities 1 have heard to much about educational progress In Stanly, that l desired to get some firsthand knowledge of the achieve ment. ft made me ashamed, when ' mentally l ' compared what I saw among the rural hills of Stanly with the practically neglected educational “'Cause in Cabarrus county. Ten years 'ago Cabarrus county was long waps ahead of Stanly—today there no long er remains the possibility of a com parison. They are in different class es. K. Sometime ago an official of the] State Educational Department re marked that * ‘ there seems to be less doing educationally in Cabarrus than in any in the state.” What about Stanly, lie was asked. “On fire with enthusiasm, and her achieve ments are little short of marvelous.” Having a first-hand knowledge of conditions in the two counties, I was Convinced that this departmental rep resentative kept a close tab on edu . rational doings in state. I, Mingling with the good folks about Albemarle, I found shat the livest , question with these awakened people is the matter of rural education. It soon developed that credit for .this condition was assigned to the wisdom and activity of the county education al board and its executive officer. The character of the public schools anjl their Success, always reflect the composition of the county board. If there is progress being had, the board is composed of competent and, pa }’ triotic men; if the cause is lagging, it is a sure indication that those in charge are either incompetent or sel fish or both. No cause can rise high er than-its source, unless a great power is exerted from without. When I stopped and took in the situation where a splendid * brick school building, with ' auditorium,' patent desks, complete school equip ment in evidence, a great piano, had been provided for the children of a Vast territory formerly composing six districts, arid'trucks to take care of the .children, I wondered if it would not be possible to peesuade the Cabarrus county Board, Messrs Odell, McAllister and Smith, and their executive clerk, Prof. Robert son, to make an official visit to Stan — the rudiments and the primary facts that gdVern the great educational campaign that is now going on in the state to the pride and, joy of all progressive peo ple? Geographically these modern school •buildings serve different sections of the county. We present pictorial references to only five of them; there are three others complete and three others are in the making. Last .year the Board purchased 8 pianos for these modern buildings. Why should a country child not he in hearing dis tance of music as well as a town child—who decreed that a town child deserved' more privileges than a •cotyitry child? t This same board purchased 1050 ; opera chairs for the modern school , auditoriums. Has- not a country gentleman as much right to be com fortable while he sits witnessing the •various school entertainments as Is the town gentleman. The clay that made oue made the other. During the year this same pro gressive board purchased 1,500 pat ent desks for their rural schools. Is there any reason why a town child should --Sit on a comfortable seat, and his country cousin be compelled to hang out ou a slab bench or an awkard home-made desk? During the year this very same progressive Stanly county board has - 3p AQUADALE PUBLIC- SCHOOL Aquadale school building servos 'the pupils of what formerly covered] a territory of six districts.. This buildiqg has ten school rooms, and. the pupils ore served by two trucks The atraagemedt is so modern and the design is so attractive thUt it would grace the Educational cause in «*&.**-*4 to 18. Is there any reason why a little country child should toddle through mud and slush to school, • and the town child carried to school in street cars, automobiles or on paved streets a-foot? One is no beter than the other. That our school officials in Cabarrus may know what a school’.truck looks like, we have secured a cut of one that car-' ries little Stanly county children to 1 school in the morning and hr the late afternoon carries them back to their, homes. What would* our people] think had come over our school of-" ficials if they happened to awake and consolidate six districts into one, providing a modern building with splendid equipment and unbebbeA teachers to conduct a modern school: in the county, and use a truck ei trucks to convey the far-off pupils. Answering our own question, they would at first be jarred and finally conclude that the school officials of the county show some signs of life and a disposition to function com petently and efficiently. The school hoard of Stanly county is stire of the wisdom of its course— with them it is no longer a problem or an. experiment. They are rejoiee ing in their achievements, and al ready the fruits of their courageous and progressive legislation is bearing great fruit. Jttst this week, Prof. Reap was re elected, having declined a $4,000 po sition elsewhere* He'' preferred to remain to personally see the am bitious programme he and his board had ,mapped out brought to a suc cessful issue. \ It is a glorious thing to have ’a real man, a competent man, in chargft»of a cause where helpless children con fidingly depend on the leadership of others. Their lives and their future' are largely in their hands, and tgf withhold them from the best o£-op tportunities is no less than yd cirrne— that’s tlit most decent' name you can give the act. Oh, for more Reaps and County Boards like Stanly county enjoys. In this issue we carry pictures of five <jf the eight compete, modern school houses, serving consolidated j districts in Stanly. At present there are eleven projects of consolidation of districts being worked out, and be fore a great while they will become a reality. These buildings are a 1 proper recognition of the rights of 1 the rural people, they speak a lan -1 guage of consideration, of justice, of interest, of service to fellow man, who must depend upon devoted leaders charged with a sacred duty. They are monuments to the wisdom, devotion and energy of Prof. Reap, who works in season and out of sea son. Such a man is a credit to a county, and no wonder Stanly coun ty is proud of him; and just the other day they re-elected him, not that he “stands high among educa tors in tjie state, knows the county and the people” but because he re cognized his responsibilities, knew his duties and went about them like a man full of good, rich blood and determination. All this has been accomplished in four years —what was done in Stan ly, could have been done in Cabar rus if the Executive officer “had made up his mind” and had energy and capacity enough to tackle a man’s job. But his administration seems to have pleased the board of education and, it follows, that thi* sorry and sleep} 7 administration of the educational affairs of Cabarrus county lies at the door of the board of education as much as with Prof. Judge Buxton Robertson, who “stands high among the educators of the state and knows the county and people.” —— .MB gny town or village, such as Jft. Pleasant in this county. But a barrier, who has taken an oath to pronjpte . .education in the county and to give each child the privileges of adequate educational facilities and to en courage education in general, decrees otherwise. Yet this handsome school building stands as a beacon light out 1 among the hills of rnral Stanly; and | the people are proud of it, and love | the kind of government that made it passible. The enrollment last session was * — 1 ■ 1 * t rsasMrrFTl H . >,*.! END/ PUBLIC SCHOOL. 1 , ' p ‘ ‘ W~~' ' " " ;7 ‘! ■ !•“'' t : ,j£■■- . ... j< EAST ALBEMARLE This is an attractive brick building, containing eight school rooms, and an auditorium -seating over 500 people. It serves the patronage of a territory formeriv divided into six districts, each having a poorly adapted school .building such as you find in Cabarrus | county and other backward counties of the state. Two trucks provide for the transportation of the pupils. This elegant school building is out from Albemarle 911 the road leading jsjjsjj jgn&r- * * -r - - MILLINGPORT public school. This splendid brick building is the educational center for the children of a territory formerly divided into six districts with ill-adapted buildings for school - ptyjioses. That the children of this consolidated dis trict may get to and from school without negotiating too much distance, becoming bespattered with dust or mud and avoiding exposure, three school-trucks are operated. The building contains .six school rooms and auditorium with a seating capacity of .more than 700. The enrollment last year was 315, of whom 60 were ixi—■■■ ■ ■ ■■■■■■ • |T" 1 ! — — !! —frq . L.y;., ■ r "j jjr U Imt ■ | S lug* urn*. in .1 i. r-r..-r - ' OAKBOBO PUBLIC SCHOOL. Situated over a mile from the little village of Oak bqro on the Norfolk & Southern railroad is this splen did public school property, which Stanly county has furnished as educational facilities for the children of a territory formerly in three districts. There are ten school rooms. The enrollment last session was 325, of whom 65 were' high school pupils. Eleven (grades are maintained, including musical instruction and in the faculty is a full time agricultural teacher. It is an accredited State High School. When the rural sections are supplied with school facilities aud advantages such as this educational en deavor secures, there is prevailing contentment and a spirit that makes a charm of rural living, and the call Many Unnecessary death*. 'From 12 to '4 years have beeh added I to the average human life In the last 1 half century, due to tfe progress of medical science. But 600,000 persons stfil die In the United States * I 4» I Y frem preventable dlseasss. T l ...... • -rw- 1 -■ - THE CONCORB DAILY TRIBUNE ■■'l ; 307, of whom 55 were Kfi |fce high l school department, jppjyllietion in ! Home Economics is featured at . this school. There ere*'ten grades. And of course where such jirogress and 1 vision prevail, \t goe. Without saying , to the great concrete bridge across the Yadkin. The wisdom of the plan lies in the fact that the size of it may be and is to.be doubled, when other districts are added to this consolidated dis trict, The enlargement will be an -1 other unit just like the . one here ■ shown to be placed at the right of the present buildirtg, thus avoiding tearing off any of the present build : ing or even disturbing-the splendid in the High School department, The course covers ton grades. The creation of a fine school interest was _ observable throughout the entire consolidated district. The pupils caught the spirit of progress and the mor ale of the entire school was pieusing. This building is on the Coucord-Albemarle highway, eight miles from Mt. Pleasant. The school owns a piano, and a teacher of vocal and instrumental music is a part of the splendid faculty of this modern school undertaking. / to to\yns —deserting the farms for the excitement and the glitter of towns —ceases ’to have an influence., It is brutal to withhold from the rural children the convenience and the opportunity that they know exist; in the towns where patriotic and unselfish men dirget the educational cause. Any--set of school officials that do not make an hon- I est effort to meet this crying demand from the rural sections is unfit to occupy positions of honor and trust such as the sacreduess and importance of the work involved—there should be away,, if they lack suf ficient pride and. self-respect to vacate, to remove them, from places where they are committing a sin against the rising generation. Anctent Jewish Coinage. The first allusion to Jewish coinage Is found in the Apocrypha In I Mtc eebees, 15, where It is related that Simon, the high priest, was granted permission to coin money bearing Us own stamp. that the building is supplied with a piano and there is instruction in music. No wonder the people are happy in their rural environment,! when they see that the authorities of government are willing to hand out a square deal to them. This is a brick building, contain-! ing eight school rooms. It serves the ’ school purposes of a territory former- j ly divided into six districts. The! trucks are operated for the Con venience and comfort of the pupils. The enrollment last session was 307, of whom 42 were in the high school. The course covers nine (9) grades. • The building is supplied with all conveniences, has a piano and a mus ic instructor is employed. This effort on the part of the board of education (Stanly, of course) to bring school advantages and opportunities under a favorable environment is loudly -praised by the fathers and mothers of the consolidated district. There has grown out of this progress a bet ter community spirit aud a greater delight in dwelling in the rural sec tion. arraugement or injuring the archi tectual effect. * The enrollment last session was 304, of whom 30 were high school pupils.. The course covers nine grades. This building like all of the modern rural school buildings erect ed by this progressive and patriotic school board is supplied with a piano and maintains an instructor in mus ic. Napoleon's Lucky 0»y. Napoleon reganlrfl the secmttt erf the month ns, his lucky (Ta.v. Us wss made consul on August 2, was crowned 1 December It, won'uie battle of Aqster- ! litz Peoc.nbor 1 snt) married the arch- I duchess of Austria April 2. MARKET NEWS SERVICE Involves One of Biggest Wire and Radio Telegraph Systems in the World. Raleigh, June 28. —Extension of the market news service of the United States Department of Agriculture, involving the establishment of one of the largest com mercial leased telegraph wire and radio telegraph systems in the world today was announced by the department in a bul letin received here. Raleigh. Richmond,' Clemson College and Jacksonville are contemplated as points on the southeart-' 1 ern circuit, in addition to Atlanta as a branch office. The main extension, according to the announcement, is from Kansas City to the Pacific coast, with new offices at Denver, Salt Lake City and Portland. Oregon. In the southeast, a branch of- ■ lice is to be established at Atlanta. Al ready field stations are operating in this territory, covering the major producing districts. Offices at other southern ( points, it is stated, are being considered. “Additional branch offices for report ing the markets on fruits and vegetables will be opened early in July at Denver. Salt Lake City. Portland and Atlanta.” reads the bulletin. “Offices are now lo cated at San Francisco and Los Angeles. A livestock and meats service will have additional branch offices at Denver, Salt Lake City, Portland and Atlanta. The leased wire will run into San Francisco and the entire west const will be effec tively covered both by radio and wire telegraph from San Francisco. “Final decision has not been reached as to whether radio, .telegraph or leased wire will be used to the southeastern states. The extension is effective Julv Ist. “Authority for extension of the de partment’s service is contained in the appropriation*. voted, by the last Con gress. providing for .an increase of about $300,000 to carry on the work, making approximately $700,000. During the war, the leased wire system covered over 18,000 miles and connected practically all the leading market centers of the country. “The service was regared as an im portant factor in bringing the war to a successful conclusion in that it made available at all times the fullest informa tion on the food situation. Following the war the service was curtailed until it comprised only 2.600 miles of wire, aud only a comparatively few of. the large csatern and widdle western markets could be covered. Last September an additional circuit was started from Kan sas City to Austin, Texas, with a drop at Fort Worth. “Under present extensions of the ser vice. the leased wire system will cover approximately 7.000 miles. The circuit will extend from Boston south to Wash ington, thence west to San Frnncisco or Los Angeles. Eu route it will, caifnect N'ew York. Philadelphia, Baltimore, •Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago. Font do Lac, Wis.. Minneapolis. St. Louis. Kan sas City, St. Joseph. Omaha. Denver, and Salt Lake City. A special line will run from Kansas City to Fort Worth and' Austin, Texas. Contract will nlso be made en route at various offices op erated by state department of agricul ture. These will include Trenton, Lan caster. Harrisburgh. Columbia. Waupaca, Wis., Jefferson City. Mo.. Sacremento and Austin, Texas. The southeastern circuit contemplates reaching Richmond, Raleigh. Clemson College aud Jackson ville' “The leased wire circuits are in op eration from 6 a. in. so 6 p. m. daily except Sundays, and through the de velopment of code systems. aVe used more than any other leased wire system in existence, in the opinion of department telegraphers. Official esti mates place the nmount'of traffic handled by the circuits prior to the present ex tensions at approximately $630.00 per year based on commercial rate, with an actual cost to the government, of SIOO,- 000. a saving of nearly $300,000 annual ly" Ail traffic is scheduled and controlled by the Washington office aud is trans mitted simultaneously to all big market centers, according to the announcement. A large amount of material is received at night by headquarters for digests. Evangelist Browning Roasts W. A. Er win. Dunn Dispatch. Evangelist Browning “took the hide off” W. A. Erwin, head of the Duke mills at two of his services iu LUlington last week. He charged that Mr. Erwin re fused to allow him to pitch his tent on the mill property for the purpose pf conducting a revival. We have been re liably informed that it was not Mr. Er win who kept the evangelist out of Duke, but. that some of the churches thought it best not to attempt to iiold the meeting there at this time. Mr. Browning admit ted that he had been informed that the’ other churches there thought it best not to hold the meeting at the present time. However, he is reported as saying : “But I do not believe there was any thing to that. I believe that Will Erwin, who has never earned a dollar iu his life, but has inherited his fortune, has refused to allow the meeting to be held at Duke, and has by Iris careless, thought less action, or tyranny, deprived the peo ple who work in his mill aud make mon ey for him. of the privilege of attending these services." If it be true that Mr. Erwin was not the obstacle ifi the way of Mr. Browning, then lie has done Mr. Erwin an injns-, tice. Some of the present-day evangel ists spare not words iu condemning those who fail to see tilings just as they see them, which may., or may not, be good and proper. Find Skeleton of Crocodile That Lived 2,000,000 Years Ago. London. June 2!).—The complete skel eton of a crocodile, which is estimated to have lived more than two million years ago. lias been nnearthed from the Oxford clay of Peterborough brickyards by P. J. Phillips, a noted English geologist. The skeleton is 10 feet long and is identical with the skeleton of the pres ent day crocodile. The monster was, how ever, u sea-going creature, belonging to the middle geological period. In a spot where the stomach would be was found a fossilized mass containing. traces of organic marine matter, the re mains of the reptile's last and evidently 100 hearty meal. Miss Geoigia Harkness, associate, pro fessor of education aud religios education in Elmira College, has the distinction of being the only woman a doctor lof philosophy degree thWyear. 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