North Carolina Newspapers

The news in this publica tion is released for the press on the date indicated below. THE UMIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA NEWS LETTER Published weekly by the Universit>' of North Carolina for its Bureau of Extension. MARCH 10, 1915 CHAPEL HILL, N. C. VOL. I, NO. 16 Editorial Koardi B . C. Branson,.!. O. deK. Hamilton, L. R. Wilson. Z. V. .Tndcl, S R. Winters, L. A. Williains Entei-pd as sw.ond-dags muttnr November U, 1914, at. the posboiliep at Chapel Hill, N. C., uiiclfT the act of AuRust 24, 1912. CAROLINA CLUB STUDIES The Faimev’s Friends "Sinne ('omiiion Bin,ts Usoiul tu tho Fanner” is tlx“ titli' of a ne^ Farmer’s luilletiii, iiiimtx'r 630. WriU' your on- |rr(*,s,siiinn lor il. High-Bred Corn Nearly Uiirly thousaxid of peilitiiee eorn weiv on exhibition at the ('oni .-ihcw in .Mi,-i.siitri the other day. Tlie best ear broufjhl M7.50 at auction. Every physieian in the county, not one 'excepted, ha.i been busy lieljiinjr the- ■Orange County (’lub at the University pK'cure an ad(*quate heaUh .survey of the c^iinity. .And on .Monday of last week the Coun ty t'oinmis-sioners iind the Hoard of Edu cation unanimously moved tOAvanl a whole-tnue county health otticer. La.-Jt riummer, a hi.'itory of 1,489 eases of-typhoid was found in 2,657 fauiilie,s in a Mississipi'i county, and it was just an average, typical country county. Milk, meal, and water.su])plies, typhoid aiid tuberculosis conditions, need atten tion everywhei'e. Will tiu' town (-.ouncils of Hill.sboro. (Jarrboro, and Chay>el Hill now say sonu The Carolina Club Guest Dr. Clarence Poe, editor 'of the Pro- irressive Karnier, i.s markeil up to address; thing to the County Conmiiiwiouers about Hie .Ni>rtii Carolina Olub at an e«rly date, tliis movement. Like Itfjlx-rlaon of Canada, Russell of -- -- Ireland, and Kailey of C-oruell, loses nothing by f>eing a dreamer of dream.o, aucli dn^mkm {>oet.s dream. He ha.s the. like power of bidlding lor , the child(\‘.n of hi.s vi.sionn substan tial haliilatiuuH lu^-e on earth : ani lo. the children of men dwell in th(?ni. The Cl«r.lina Club w'll give him a gnmt w^'lcome Unharnessed Church Members The other .Sunday after noon tht' pas- toi-s of Ga.stonia with their coimiuttces made a religion.^ censas of the city and its i,a(i,ioining mill villages. In two hours ' they took religious stflclc of some 13,000 people. Sensible work, well and swiftly done! The churche.s of Ga.stonia now know defi nitely what work lifts at hand to do over against every door .step. Two things ap pear in the re.sults. 1st. The fact that Gastonia is falling behind in c.liurch memliei'ship. In 1906 style, for four cents more. the F«ieral Census of Religious Bodies Ham.s, bacon, and shoulders cun be i showed tliat 45 percent of the |>eople of marketed anywhere in the second zone 1 Gaston county wert'enrolled on the church for' 2 cents a iK>und by parcel post, at l)ooks. The local census the other day Protits in Ham and Bacon Pork ctii f>e raiml in Orange at 3 cents a IMHind dre.s.sel weight ; cured, trimmed, and sacked, fly and skipper i.roof packer l>rice.s ranging all the way from 20 cents to 30 cents « pound. .\llowiMg a cent a pound for shrinkage, liere is a .jirtrtit ranging from a hundred tt a tnmiired and tifty (>ei' cent. THE \EE1) EYEKYWHERE To anchwr the i'ai'iiifi' to his land and the villager his home; to ena ble him to till ihe laud midei' e(ual coriditions ani to hiild that iiome in independ(“na'-. to sav(* with his hands the just propoi’lion to hi.s labor, that he may sow in couteut and reap in justice,—this is what we need. — lleu- rv \\'. Crally. UNIVERSITY SCHOOl. OF EDUCATION LETTER SERIES NO. 18 SCHOOL NEWS Professional Training; financial rewards will come, increased The teachers of ^North Carolina a.s a . i»fl'>ence in communit-y co.mcils will come, t.o-lyare recognizing the value and the >'-rProfe«sional .sUmdar'ds n.se. nece.ssity of pi'ofessiimal training. A . .No body of people can ever call them- bill providing for uniform examinatious seve.s professional .so long as individual ism prevails among them. Whethi'r you, as a teacher, are making an effort to impi'dve yourself in your proiV'ssiou, is a auil certification of 1-achers has n-cently gone down to defeat in the House. Hitt tliis bill will not lia\-e faiU-d entirely in its pur]i(kse if it helps lo bring clearly to the conscioustie.'vs of the teachers of the Slate the r('alizatiou that in the minds.of those who .shape educational Libraries in Nash SuperitUendetTl Osc-.ir Cre'ch is doiu>> fine work in placing libraries in his (.verywhei''’teaching is coming moi-e and schfK>ls. This year 5 original and 8 su) plementjiry libraries have been lishel. estali showed that church rneritbership in Gas tonia and its suburbs was only 42 per ‘ cent of the population; or 3 per cent leas than that of the county as a whole eight years ago. 2nd. An astonishing number, 1.946, of nnharnejsed, unhitched church meni- bers. They arr> resident in Gastonia but hav(‘ no tnembei'ship in the churches there." Their chiirch letters are in their Illiterate Children The stjites having the largest propor tion of illiterate childien j>ei' 1000 an-: Louisana .South Carolina .Alabama Jfew Mexico North Carolina Kentucky Georgia Virginia Tenne-ssee Florida .-Vrkansas Thew‘ figures are from the ci*nsus ot 1910. matter which concerns, n^it you alone, but rhe leaehers of .N'oi'th Carolina as a «hole. Every teacher wh' is content to thought perform year aft‘i' year thi> .same routine tasks in the same mechanical^^way is ore. to be regarded as a. pi'oTessioti, and : helping to delay the dawn of bettcr[thinga aot as a temporary make.-hift. ■ for all. Teachers need to develop the That the teacher is being incn.->asingly , .same feeling of responsibility for the wel- meii.snn'il by profe.ssional standards is | fare of the whole teaching body that evident in many ways. Schc«>l authorities i charaeterize.s the attitude of the physician are looking for toiicliei-s whost^ heart is in ! or the lawyer towards his profession. It their work, who are tilU''l with ihe desire | is only as professional standard.s are for ,sei"vice. But in uo way is this move- ‘ rai.seif by increa.sefl requirements for rnent more evident t.h.an in the grosing j training that such a profe.‘»sionaI spirit demand for teacher s who arv trainei for' ':vn come. do. Saving' Waste Kifttai.n hundred Canning Club girls ill 1914 in 30 (‘ouritiee of Norl.h Carolina put up .259,01)0 cans and jars of tomatoes, string.>earis, pe.aelKvs, berries and ^,.|iurch affili- like; all U.1.1, $35,361 worth. • | They are ror.iping afield, .or The tota cost o u e^inimig . ^ browsing contentedly in pagan meadows: rinitrii vear was about tl^.OOO, mit , ® paign ia.sr , yui I prancing it may be, but pulling no part the net profit ot the girls nas nearly, J };26,000. The Alamance girls truder tire dir-ection ef Mrs. Ross headed the list, with 55,000 packages and a net profit of $5,268. We congratulate Mrs. McKimmon and hei' 7K county supervisors. The Farmer’s Dollar Througlntut the year the Car’olina ( lub meetings afthe University have beeir de- Toted to fortnightly discussions of honie- si)un problems of life and bu.srne.ss in the State. (')ii February 10th ilr. M. B. lo.nvler of the Durham County Club gave the results of his direct local studies of vegetable, tobacco, cotton, and cotton oil marketing. The consumer pays more than ever, but the fanu(*r gets no more or little more, nr less, than he did lifteen years ago. So ran his argtiment. 1 le lurther' ti'eat(H.l the causes anl ri'UKMlit's; anil the newspapers of the state widely copied the re]>orts of his di.sctission. of the-church load. Here is nothing new. Kvery churcli survey shows the same kind of thing. The stray- children of the house of faith as well as the lost sheep are a big chnrch problem everywhere. Children and Pennies A recent bulletin of the Fwleral Bureau of F/ducatiori re]iorls 217,i'IOO puf>lic school ])U[)ils with a million and a ipiar- ter df)llars depositeil in .school savings banks in the T'nited States. since the imroducti. .u of ihi* system in Pittsburgh more than .S600,000 has been deposited thei'e. Since 1911, in Toleilo, O., over $252,000 has bet'u d(»posited, with $70,000 still on deposit. Our children ought to be taught to take care of the pennies. The dollars take car-e of themselves, .said I’oor Rich ard. 115 83 77 ' the work it will fall to them t^ A Necessity 59 The problems of (Miucrttion get more 57 ('omplex yeai'”by ye^iJ'. The teacher who 57 ‘is in demand i?* the tt^acher who has a 54 .sen.se of these pi-oblems and who can 50 work intelligently at their solution in his 47 own s‘hc)ol and community, * hie whose knowleijge is limit«l to the pages of the books one t-aches can neithi>r render ade- qtrate .service to the community nor hope for personal success. The greatest agency in tin' upbuilding of the Siiuth today is the school. Birt the srhiKil i-an never render its full ser vice until it is manneil by tt'achers who are welt traiueil, and who, as a result of their professional trairnng. af»-‘ bound to gether by a_. cornmou code of ethics, a common seiist iT service. Increasel Ways and Means The State makes ample provi.sion for the better pi-ofessional training of its teachers who are already in service. Winter- i-eading ciri'le.s and professional meetings are followed by institutes and sumrtrer schools. The ITniversify does its part with a six weeks surr-imer .session, froui .Time 15th to .Iiily 30th. Summer scluKils are yearly hecoming more important agencies in the training of teachers. Tlie rapidity with which they have sprung up in the last few years all over the ’ountry is (lie best testimony to their efficiency. The teai'hof who in vests in a surmner school I'ourse of study will find the investnu'nt many times repaid in increased professional spirit ■and deepened opportunity for service. A DEBATE OUTLINE Law w'as I'ebrtiary the Bun- The Crop Lien The repeal of the (,'roii hieu argued in the aflirmative on 24tli by Mr. X. C. Shttfoi'd of combe County (’lub and Mr. R. K. Price of the Cleveland County Club. The negative side of the que.stion will lie pre sented on March 10th by Messrs. ,h>yner and l>avis of the Warren Comity Club. The Church Survey in Orange The ministers of all ilenominatioris in Orange have been actively aixling the I Oi-ange Countv Club in the University to i compile an accurate directoi’y of the lo- | cation and deiiomirratiorr of the churches | of the countv, the pastors and their post I ■ offices. So far, the returns, show 51 white; churches serving a resident white popii- ! lation of 10,13S, and a non-resiilent stu- \ derrt population of 1,020. j During the last two census decades, Orange has lost 116 in population. The' country regions of pyery township have fewer people in them than irr 1890. Chapel Hill gained 132 in poprrlation; Flillsboro, 150; while Mebarie on the line more than trebled its population. Mecklenbei'g County Commencement -Mecklenbiirg County will this year celebrate its first county commencement. Superinhmdtmt McCluskey and iliss Graham hav.(' issued trt the u-achers a folder announcing the various features of conrmencement day with definile inslnic- tions in prepai'ation for it and for holding the Seventh (irade exaniiiia- tions, and for participation in the I'xer- cises of comineucement day. Such care ful planning is to be commendeil mid re sults will surely follow . Kei'ently the .whole country was iiuei'- estel 'in the etfbrt to .so amend (he Con stitution as to [rrovide for national pro hibition of the liquor traft’ic. The evils i people want it prohibited. tho.se state's that did not have prohibition Negative Arguments I. National prohibition is not neces sary, for .A. SlaU‘ prohibition proliibits the liquor traflic in those localities where the Cross-Ties and Furniture ()range county is said to he the largest source of hard-wood cross-ties in the Uni ted State.s, and Carrboro the largest ship- Ifing point. The chaiic«5 are that our abundant hard woods are too valuable to sell at cross-tie prices. Wood-working industries have been gold mines for High Point. ^ Why not for Carrboro and Hillsboro? t>)ur local hard wood supply is now and iias always been far greater than High Point has been able to command in the suriviunding regions. More Churches for Fewer People .Meanwhile, with fewer people, 10 new churches have been establi.shed, and 5 have gone out of existence. The 51 churches at present are in charge of thirty pi'eacliei's. I'ifteen of tliese preachers live in Orang(“ and they serve 26 churches. Ninety-five iier cent of the cl.ureh members live in the coun try. but only 3 i>er cent of the preacher’s are country dwellers. Fifb'en live out- ,«de the coirnty, in Durham, Chatham, and Alamance counties, and they serve 25 churches, with once-a-month sermons mainly. of th(» use of liquor are of coiir.se well I known arrd admitted: the question is how to t'ontrol the fi'aflrc so as to make I the evils as limitwl in their e.stent as j possible. Siiic(‘ the necessity ol control 1 is admitted and (lit'pi'0|)osifion in Con- i gress was (■ pin the Fi'deral (-roverii- ! ment in (•(introl. the (piestion. thei'efore, s'A'iiiii's on the issiK* ol Suite control or Pederal control.^ i The , following ponits on the (ptestion, I Resolved, That an Amendment to the Constitution of the United States : should be adopted prohibiting the manufacture, importation, or sale of ! alcoholic beverages within the United States, were furnished iiy tin* class in Public Speaking 3. in the I iiiversity ol ! North ('arolina. I Affirmative Arguments I 1. 'I'he (|iiestion is one of State or ' Feder'al control of lii|iior traflic. II. Prohibition is a national maUer. ======= i : A. The Con.stitiition provides tor Yes, If Possible j i|,(. “promotion of general welfare. - One of the C-oiinty Supervisors has B. The harm is natioii-witle. just requesteil that we frirnish her week- ('. National prohibition is a pro- ly 100 copies of the University News j vision tor national defense, lor the u.se of Letter for use in the moonlight schools, : liquor weakens the manhood of the na- Peace and Plenty .\1 a j'ccent meeting of tIu' Teachers' As,sociation of Lenoir County the teachei's of Kinston took it upon themselves to serve as hostesses at a luncheon to the rural teachers. Since then, the papers say, the seeds ol ili.'icord cannot be made to gerrninale in Lenoir cfiunty. Here is a revival of old-time Southern hospitality. i and as the basis for Community Life I (’lub work. Thank you. ! The University News Letter could have I 50,000 readers if only we had the money i to pay for printer’s ink and pajier. Team-Work for Good Health Tlie town of Henderson and the county of Vance have combined to secure a whole-time county health officer. Hillsboro, Chapel Hill, Carrboro, might easily join forces with the Gounty Comimssioners to have such an officer for Orange county. Five Thousand Outside the Churches In 1906, the Federal Cen.susof Religious Bodies showed a church membership in Orange of 40 per cent of the population. Sixty-one counties of the State made a better showing. t)n this basis there are at present in Orange ajew mow than 5,000 people, 10 years of age and older, who are not on the rolls of any chnrch whatsoever. The ministers are moving to explore the Church and Sunday School situ ation in Orange. Wliat will their coming Church survey show? We have been multiplying church or ganizations and agencies. Have we been gaining in spiritual power and influence? troll. III. .National pi-ohibitioii is the only n^al pr-ohihitiori. for I'nderstate prohibition, li|UOi- is brought into a stare from other states. IV. National prohibition is better for the States tliat want prohibitiim, for Under the system of slate pro hibition much money goes out of the pro hibition state.s into the iiou-prohibition B. The argrrment that shipment from non-prohibition stateif make prohi bition in other stat*'s ineffective is not valid, for 1. The Webb-Ketiyoir act forbids the shipment of liquor into any state in viola tion of the laws of that state. n. State prohibition is more effective than national pi’ohibitiori. foi- ,V. When the people thern.selves ailopt a law they obey it, but B. I'yveri a provision of the Con- .stittition is violated in localities where the people are not in sympathy with it. III. The proposed amendent is not in harmony with the rnake-up and general lines of policy of oiii' national goverri- iiient, for _ A. Our government is a decentral ized government, each part having its own functions. B. Prohibition is not a function of the Federal government, for 1. It is an exercise of police piiwcM-, and police power belongs to the states. IV, Prohibition by constitutional amenilment is undemocratic, for .\. No number of .states has a right to force eitfief liquor or prohibition upon the rest of the states. ‘The negative argues for a contin uation of the present balance of functions which makes the control of the liquor traffic a .state matter. A Teachers’ Bureau Tie University authorities often have requests for experienced teachers. Such requests are sometimes difficult to answer states, for the reason that, aside Irorn the li.st of ]{. .State prohibition is not and men teaching in the State High Schools canuot be successful unle.ss .all the state.s compiled by Prof. Walker, there is no , jf f,,,. ijq„or can always shippeil adequate list of teaching alumni. j tVom non-prohibition states. The llniversity requasts that all of its Progressive states are handi- .Vlumni who are teaching write to Mr. i capped by neighboring unprogre.ssive K. R. Rankin, Assistant Director of the Extension Bureau,giving information as to teaching experience, salary receiveii, and references who may be communi cated with. The information thus re ceived will be placed on file and iisetl in answering inquirie.s for teachers of ex perience. states, for by the latter the fonner are kept from realizing real prohibition. State prohibition is undemocratic, for .\. Under that system, even if a large majority of the states wanted pro hibition, they could not have it, forthase who wanted liquor would get it from A Pure Food Exhibit Food analysis has just been introduced by Dr. .\. S. \\'heeler into his course in analytical organic chemistry at the Uni versity of North Carolina. The amount of the constituents of food products, in cluding any adulteration, will be ai«ii- rately determined. .\ Pure Food Exhibit will be developed in the Chemical Laboratory. It will be made up of foods in their original pack ages, to which will be attached the full analyses. If any adulteration is found, a sample extracted from the food will be shown, or where this is impossible the chemical test for the adulterant will be displayed. An hnportant permanent exhibit will in time be built up. Tea, cocoa, and coffee, real and cereal, are now under investigation.