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« I The news in this publica- j tion is released for the press on the date indicated below. THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA . NEWS LETTER Published weekly by the University of North Carolina for its Bureau of Extension. SEPTEMBER 15, 1915 CHAPEL HILL, N. C. VOL. I, NO. 43 Editorial Boardi K. C. Branson, J. G. deR, Hamilton, L. R. Wilson, L. A. Williams. Entered as geooad-class matter Noyember 14, 1911, at the postoffloe at Chapel Ilill, N.C., tinder t the act of August 24, i:);:!. NORTH CAROLINA CLUB STUDIES THE NEW COUNTRY SCHOOL All over the United States there are springing up rural schools which take iarm life as their educational plant and iget an education for every child out of that life. Beginning in seed-analysis, seed-testing snilk-testing and the like, they are grad ually transforming the old, dead rural school into a new kind of school in which every educational process is related to the life o£ the community. "Tliese schools are becoming the labora tories, the counting rooms, the work- filiops, the economic and social eentera of their communities.—Herbert Quick. SCHOOL PROGRESS IN NORTH AMPTON The public schools of Northampton county mider the leadership of Supt. P. J. Long have made wonderful progress during the last ten years. Between 1904 and 1914, the value of school property has incresed from 3il3,- 000 to $59,200, or 355 percent. The pupils enrolled have increased 31 per cent and tlie average attendance, 112 percent. The negro school term has gone from :80 to 102 days; and the white school term .from 86 to 136 days. Rural school libraries liave increased I'rom 7 to 35; local tax districts from aione to 20, and active Betterment Asso- : ciations from none to 15. The county school fund has risen frum $11,800 to $31,598, and the amount rais- 5 ed by special school taxes from nothing ito 131,598. It is a sptendiil record. RURAL SCHOOL SUPER VISORS During the last year the' school super- [intendents in eight counties of North Carolina have been assisted by field a- ■gents called school supervisors. The conntie-s vvith supervisors so far have been Sampson with Miss Cassidey, .Johnston with Miss Elizabetii Kelly, Northampton with Miss ICthel Kelly, Oranville witli Miss Shotwell, Vance with Hiss Gilbert, Alamance with Sliss Jefi- ■coat, McDowell with Miss Barnard, and Avery with Miss Kilpatrick. This corps of school slipervisoTS has ^jeen the special pet and pride of the State Agent of Rural Scliools, Mr. L. C. iBrogden, under whose ^^■ise guidance they ihave accompli.shed wonderful results. In our issue of August 25 we i^rinted an inspiring brief review of their year’s work. Orange and Lenoir Move For ward Two more counties have fust elected Rural School Supervisors for the next year; Miss Lulu M. Cassidey in Orange, and Mis.i Hattie Parrott in J.yenoir. ThesQ counties arc entering upon no doubtful experiment. Their new school supervisoi's are teachers of worth and value with state-wide reputations. Four Counties With Assistant Superintendents Four other counties in North Carolina iiave assistant School Superintendents— Wake, Miss Edith Royster, assisted by Mis.ies AVorkman and Carraway; Meck lenburg, Miss Mary O. Graham; Edge combe, Miss Havens Carroll; and Hali fax, Miss Eunice Crews. Here, too, these faithful school workers have wrought wonders. No amount of public school money however large eyer yet made the public schools of any county efficient without a sufficiency of competent supervision. The critically important thing every- whe're is Supervision—abundant, compet ent, constructive, and sympathetic. co-operate to substitute good books for the trashy and vicious matter which too frequently falls into the hands of the boy and girl whose reading receives no direc tion. The only way to create a taste for good literature is to see to it that the right books are placed in the hands of the children. Reading Circle Certificates To this extent there w'ill be given at the next County Commencement a certificate to every l>oy and girl who SAtisfies his teacher that be has read six books in this year’s reading course. The teacher must give some form of oral test to each child so as to determine whether or not he has read the book intelligently. It there is no library in your school, secure thru a «ell planned entertain ment, an ice cream social or some other method, as much as $10. The county and state will each give f^lO and in this way a $30 library can be secured for your school. Forty-six Certificates Issued Forty-six diplomas or certificates were presented at the last County Commence ment in Granville and most of them were given to pupils from the smaller schools. Buohs to Be Read During 1914-1915 R6binson Crusoe.—Defoe. .40. Amer ican Book Co., N. Y. Little Lame Prince.—^hilock. .30. D. C. Heath ‘'o. N. V. Little Men.—Aicott. |il.50. Little, Boston. Little Women.—Aicott. S'!.50. Little, Boston. Uncle Reuuis’ Stories.—Harris. $1.00. Houghton & Mift'lin Co., N. Y. Witii Lee in Virginia.—Henty. .75. Burt. N. Y. Ways of Woodfolk.—Long. .50. Ginn &Co., N. Y. Heroes and Martyrs of Invention. $1.00. Lee., N. Y. Anderson’s Fairy Tales. .45. Rand, McNally Co., N. Y. Grimm’s Fairy' Tales. .50. Macmil lan Co. Atlanta. Hans Brinker.—Dodge. $1.50. Scrib ners’ Sons, N. Y. Life of Washington.—Scudder. .40. Houghton & MifHin Co_., N. Y. Blue Fairy Book.—Lang. .50. -Rand, McNally Co., N. Y. Colonial Children.—Pratt. .40. ucational Publishing Co , N. Y. Two Little Confederates.—I’age. $1.50. Scribner’s Sons, N. Y. "With Wolf in Canada. —Henty. .75. Donohue, N. Y. Green Mountain Boys.—Thompson. .60. Crowell & Co., N. Y. Last Days of Pompeii.—Lytton. .50. Ginn & Co., N. Y. Four American Naval Heroes.—Be- bee. .50. Werner, N. Y. Scottish Chiefs.—Porter. .75. Mac- luillan Co. Atlanta. Tale of Two Cities.—Dickens. .50. Houghton & Mifflin Co. N. Y. Last of the Mohicans.—Cooper. .45. Ginn & Co., N. Y. Bonnie Prince Charlie.—Henty. .75. Donohue, N. Y. l^ast of the Barons.—Lytton. .50. Ginn & Co. N. Y. All of the books can be purchased from Alfred Williams Company, Raleigh, N. C. Ed- GRANVILLE COUNTY READ- ING CIRCLES MISS MARY G. SHOTWELL, School Supervisor. The purpose of the Pupils’ Reading Circle is to secure the careful reading of a number of good books at an age when the tastes and habits of the children are form ing. Teachers and school officials should THE SOUL THE FINEST PRODUCT OF THE SOIL The leader of the people is the preach er. The fact is the finest product of the soil is the human soul. The church is here to share in its production, and the church wilt stay. They lament tlie fact that 1,700 churches in Illinois that used to be occupied art- now empty. Why, it would be a blessing if 1,700 more of them werf, empty. AVe must ouikl churches so strong that they can coumiand able preach ers, wlio car. make their churches centers that will lead people of capa city and pov.’er to stay on the farm, and in rural- scctioFrS, and build the spirit of co-operation. When vve iiave a little preacher struggling over here, and another one over there, one iu a little church here, and another one there, they divide the community and instead of build ing the sjiiril of co-operation they make it impossible. Eliminate the small struggling churches, and conse(iuentlv the divi sions that arise out of little differences that don’t amount to the snap of a finger, and biild strong, clean, social, intellectual and spiritual church cen ters commanded by able ministers who love the people, wlio love the country, and wlio can talk in terms of agriculture, and are not ashamed to do so. ' —Rev. W. W. Diehl in tlie Banker-Farmer. UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF EDUCATION LETTER SERIES NO. 43 THE SPIRIT OF EDUCATION AV'hen a town or conniiunity once com mits itself to the education of all its chil dren it has started work that will never stop. The Case of Lumberton Up to 1907 there had been no big pub lic school in the town of Lumberton th.',: all the people, as a unit, believed in and sent their children to; but in this good year 1907, the people t^iok a look into the future from iinotlier angle anti voted $25,000 in Bonds for the erection of a school house, and a 10 cents tax for the sup])ort of the school. The next fall tlie school began work in a splendid new brick building,withacorpsof seven teachers and two himdred and sixty pupils. The Good WorK of education h.qd started in the right spirit, never to take a backward step, and the next year brought another popu lar verdict at the polls in the shape of an Additional $5,000 Bond Issue and 10 cents additional tax for the support of the school. And on the last Wednesday of .July this year, came fiir- ther proof of how the s]rait of education will fasten its griji on ; ■ tlie thouglit of a community-if it o-.k • has a cr.\r:(\, 'cf on that day tlr':, d people of tliat r QFward Moving Town again went to the polls and showed their love for and faith in their children by enlhusiastically voting for still another bond issue, and tliLs the third bond issue issue in eight years was for the purpose of providing $20,000 For Another Building The town commissioners will appropri ate $2,000 annually to supplement the fund for maintenance and thus the good work goes on. Last term tlie enrollment was more than 500 which is just about double the enrollment of eight years ago. Good for Lumberton! A COUNTRY-MINDED MIN ISTER Rev. W. W. Diehl was reared on a farm, just like five-sixths of the ministers of all denominations in the United States. He is a graduate of the Jlichigan Agri cultural College; was a country teacher, and is now in charge of a Methodist Church in a country village in north Illi nois. So by choice, because, says he, I think it is the best place on the footstool of God to invest a life. He Lives With His People He lives alongside his church, in the midst of liis people, where he can share their fortunes or misfortunes and become keenly and sympathetically aware of com munity conditions and needs. He can shepherd his flock daily and be a minister to them in sickness and health. He can marry the young, comfort the old, bury the dead, and bring bojie into the house of mourning. He Ministers as Well as Preaches He can nurse his Sunday school, have an active interest in the cliildren in the day school, and develop a wholesome recreational life in his neighborhood. He can organize the farmers of the com- ui unity for better farming, better busi ness and better living. He can lead them into tiie material and spiritual significance of co-operative enterprise. lie can establish them in organic dem ocracy ; which is something difi'erent from our imported civic democracy. It is St. Paul’s kind of democracy, the democracy of membership-in-one-body; not the dem ocracy of freedom and equality, but the democracy of .subordination, team-work, and service to one another. Mr. Die'll not only can do these things in his country church home, but he does them. Absentee Ministers How can an absentee-preacher who lives apart and aviay from his charge, who preaches where he does not live and lives where he does not preach, hope to make his churcii a center for the occupa tional, recreational, and spiritual life of the community? He can be a jireacher but can he be a pastor? He can plant but can he water? He can point to Heaven but can he lead tlie way? Country Church-Homes Are — Necessary Country congregations must make it possible for country-minded ministers to live in the country. They must provide country church-hoiiics for them. And many country churches in pros perous communities are able to build homes for their ministers. They used to be fairly abundant in the South. But they are fewer and fewer with every passing year.- How many are left in North Carolina? The Georgia Club was never able to find but nine in Georgia, How many are are there in North Carolina? We should be glad to know and to celebrate such ! communities in the University News j Letter. ! The Core of the Matter j The point we make is this: the coun- ! try church problem will be solved only ' by ministers whose souls are saturated w'ith conntry-niindedness; and country- minSed ministers cannot live in the country alongside tiieir churches unless country churcli-honies be provided. In town and country life, protestaiU communities need shepherding far more than they need preaching. There i.s a chance for it in the towns and cities, but almost no chance for it in the country. And the country church is suffi'riiig for lack of it. SPEAK TO THE LIVING PRESENT We should endeavor to throw ourselves into the actual breathing world around us, and speak to the living present rath er than tothe dead past. We should endeavor to know the needs of our country, the tendencies, dangers, and exigencies of our times. —Bishop Lawrence, to the General Convention of 1880. A LOW RANK IN PATENTS ISSUED In 1914, the patents issued to tlie in habitants of our states and territories numbered 33,596. The Philippines and Porto Rico omitted, Connecticut led with one patent to every 947 inhabitants, and South Carolina brought up the rear with one to every 16,406 inhabitants. Ill North Carolina one patent was is sued to every 11,673 inhabitants. Our rank was 47tli. That is to say, 46 states and territories made a better showing; only Arkansas, Alaska, Mississippi and South Carolina made a poorer showing. Counting out the illiterate negroes of the South and the illiterate foreign ele ment in tlie North and West, the rank of the states and . territories remains al most exactly the same. Big Scale ThinKing \’arious causes contribute ro stimulate inventive genius: density of population, the general ditFusion of intelligence, the development of industrial enterprises, the increase of city populations, the de mand for greater comforts, conveniences and luxuries, the dazzling lure of wealth, and so on and on. A sparsely settled rural people is not apt to invent or even to use labor saving devices. A people whosedaily toil is spent upon producing crude wealth easily sur renders to wont and custom. Farming in most sections, said Dr. Sea man A. Knapp, consists merely of a se ries of motions inhei-ited from Adam. People who live upon wages or primary products are not so alert in general as people who invest capital] and live upon profits. The w'orld of commerce, markets and credits is the world of protits. Greed for gain thinks in big terms, goes in for big scale production, and looks about for large returns and low production costs. Lines of Progress North Carolina needs 250,000 landown ing farmers upon her twenty-two million idle acres. We need to reduce illiteracy to zero. We need to organize, co-oper ate, and concentrate upon profits as well as products in our farm regions. We need the stimulus of better farming, bet ter business and better living on the farm. We neel diilused intelligence among our cotton mill operatives,—the taste, in vention,.and skill that will allow us to move more rapidly from the spinning of low count yarns and the weaving of coarse cotton goods into the making of high grade batistes, organdies, ging hams, laces, edgings, insertions, and the Uke. When the margin of profit widens and the wealth of a community increases, the inventive impulse makes a prompt res ponse. Surely our children’s brains and fin gers are as nimble as those of Yankee children. Give them a chance and they will prove it. PATENTS ISSUED TO INHABITANTS OF THE UNITED STATES IN 1914 States and Rank Territories Inhabitants 1 Connecticut, 1 to every 947 2 District of 0., 1 to Fvery..' 973 3 California, 1 to every 1,271 4 New-Jersey, 1 to every 1,344 5 Massachusetts, 1 to every 1,381 b Illinois, 1 to every 1,426 7 New York, 1 to every ’ 1,526 8 Rhode Island, 1 to every 1,554 9 Colorado, Ito every... 1,795 10 Ohio, Ito every 1,803 11 Michigan, 1 to every 1,974 12 Oregon, 1 to every 1,996 13 Washington, 1 to every 2,028 14 Pennsylvania, 1 to_every 2,209 15 Montana, 1 to every 2,523 16 Nevada, 1 to every 2,558 17 Arizona, 1 to every 2,724 18 Utah, 1 to every 2,850 19 Missouri, 1 to every 2,853 20 Iowa, 1 to every 2,918 21 Minnesota, 1 to every 3,126 22 Delaware, 1 to ev'ery 3,211 23 Wyoming, 1 to every 3,243 24 Maryland, 1 to every 3,345 25 Indiana, 1 to every 3,393 26 Wisconsin, 1 to every 3,414 States and Rank Territories Inhabitants New Hampshire, 1 to every... 3,472 Nebraska, 1 to every 3,555 North Dakota, 1 to every 3,562 Idaho, 1 to every 3,876 South Dakota, 1 to every 3,918 Kansas, 1 to every 3,932 Vermont, 1 to every 4,449 Maine, 1 to every 4,949 West Virginia, 1 to every 5,130 Florida, 1 to every 5,263 Oklahoma, 1 to every 5,675 Texas, 1 to every. 6,294 Hawaii, 1 to every 6,396 Virginia, 1 to every 6,895 New Mexico, 1 to every 7,237 Louisiana, 1 to every 8,365 Tennessee, 1 to every 8,601 Kentucky, 1 to every 9,423 Alabama, 1 to every 10,382 Georgia, 1 to every 10,826 North Carohna, 1 to every.. , .11,673 Arkansas, 1 to every 11,749 Alaska, 1 to every 12,871 Mississippi, 1 to every 15,627 South Carolina ■ • 16,406
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