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Page Four. THE SALEMITE Saturday, November 12, 1932. COL. BLAIR REVIEWS EDUCATIONAL CONFERENCE {Continmd from I’ag. On,) per ffnt of the children of tlie stat were not in schools, and those that were only attended seventy-one days, the average school term, being taught by a teacher paid twenty-four dol lars a month and instructing an aver age class of fifty-four pupils. The average value of the school houses was a hundred and seventy-one dol- The first, second and third con- fetence for education met at Capon Springs a summer re ested mostly 1 the edu( 1 of tlie negro. Hut Colonel Blair saw a broader i>urpose for the conference that is the uplift of all the people of the South because the education of the negro depended on the educa tion of the white man. With this two fold ))urpose in mind (Colonel Blair and Mr. A. K. ^'ri(^s invited the con ference lo meet in Salem and thus see the real nature of Southern edu cational and social conditions as guests in the .Soutliern homes. Robert Ogd(m, the great N'ew Vork philanthropist, was not pres ent at the first conference in 18(>8, but he did attend the subsequent meetings, being elected president of the third conference and thus servinj^ for sixteen consecutive years in this office. Men other than the presi dent. Ogden, attending the meeting were: Walter II. Page, Faigene Bronson, Rev. A. B. Hunter, Chas.' ■Mclver, Albert Shaw, Charles Dab ney, .1. M. Curry, John Brooks, C. A. (ilenn and Rt. Rev. Edward Rond- tliah'T. The Conference for Education, which met in Salem caused drastic constructive changes in the education of the South. The most important of these wliich were discussed by C^)lonel Blair were: it brought the states together; from it Governor Aycock received inspiration for his great educational work in North Carolina; it brought about the im mediate improvement of public schools, it suggested changes for the betterment of farming; it brought about the enrichment of rural life; racial adjustment was encouraged; the school system was changed; and so ial progrss and development took place. Colonel Blair designated some of the high spots of historical education in North Carolina. By 18(iO North ('ari)lina had developed the rudi ments of a system of wlucation un der Calvii) Wiley. In 1705 Charles (rriffith became the first teacher in .North Carolina. In 1720 Bray established the first library in North C^arolina at Bath, but owing to the usefulness of the leaves of tlie books for wrapping paper, the library soon bicame depleted. In 1711 North Carolina received her first j)rinting press. In 17G2 Reverend Reed, a fiery educational reformer, preached a sermon on education to the legisla ture of North Carolina. Tliis sermon was ordered printed by the legisla ture and thus this sum became the first state’s money spent for educa- Some humurous and beneficial light was thrown on the beginnigs of schools by (!olonel Blair who stated that .New Bern’s first public school was started by a tax on rum; the first classical school in the state was founded in Wilmington; the first in- cori)orated school was established at N I'w Bern; Davidson College grew out of Crawfield Academy in West ern North Carolina! eight Republican and four Socialistic On Tuesday night approximately one hundred students of Salem took part in the Prosj)erity Parade held by the Democrats in anticipation of the election of Governor Roosevelt to the j)residency of the United States. During the parade, word of the election returns was passed through the large crowds that gath ered in spite of the light rain. Great was the excitement as the in-comin; returns piled up a larger and larger number of electoral votes for Gov ernor Roosevelt. Early Wednesday morning came the news that Roose velt was president-elect with four hundred and fifty-three electoral votes with only eighty-three for President Hoover and approximate!; I.");},811 votes for Mr. Thomas. WEDGEWOOD WARE SHOW SCENES OF THE CAMPUS GLADYS SWARTHOUT GIVES FIRST CIVIC MUSIC PROGRAM the camjjus in an enduring and us'- f.il form. Eight views of the cam pus are framed in the graceful Wedgewood I'estoon border, selected as typical of tlie beauty of the cam pus.' They are: Main ilall and .Mo ravian (Miurcli, Fountain Courtyard with 1802 Doorway, Sisters’ House and Alice Clewell Building, Louisa Bitting Building, I.izora Hanes Home Economics Building, Salem .\cademy, West Gate Entrance, and the Old Steps. They will be exe cuted by Josiah Wedgewood and .Sons, Ltd. of Etruria, England on their famous Qut-ensware, in dinner service size (lO'/j inches in diam eter), and will be available in a choice of color.s—green, sepia, Staf- fordshiri' blue, rose pink, and mul berry. These plates are ideal for Chri.st- mas or graduating gifts. If the pur chaser desires, a gift card will Ik- sent tp the recipient. The price for a set of eight plates is $12, and for each separate plate the price is $2.00. Orders from alumnae are coming ii fast, and students show’ much interest in purchasing the plates. POLITICS IN LIMELIGHT ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY (Contiuued from Page Three) The voting which took place on Tuesday was on national and state tickets only. As could be expected, the voters proved themselves to be mainly Democratic. Of the one hun dred and two votes cast, seventy were Democratic with only twenty- Stojowski; .second was the impress ionistic “Reflects dans I’eau” b\ Debussy, and last “Etude” by Bort- kit wicz, which demanded much tech nieal ability. Miss Swarthout continued with s group of English songs; “Donit C^ome In Sir, Please” by Cyril .Scott was a gracious and charming setting of a Chinese poem. “Clouds” by P’.rnest Charles was a lovely tone picture, in which the marvelous ac companiment as well as the melody, carries the mood of passing clouds. “Shoes” and “Chinoise” by the color ful and effective composer, Kathleen Manning, have a combining tliread; in the first the question of tlie ))ath wliich the shoes of a lover’s f.'iir lady took, and the second song paints a Chinese love tryst with a real Chi nese setting. The last number on the program was “May Magic” by Anne Stratton, and was a joyous song full of the spirit of the awakening earth. 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