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(OITORlALl T"3WhKL ill GUT & CO COTTON .liKALN I'ltODL'CE KLIZABKTIl JITY,.N. 0. March 7, 1916. BUYING TO-DAY COTTON Ftrirt .MHcUin.: 1112c .Middling 1U-4C t;uus Hen Kg:-;. )ir dozen 18c. (4ELLINQ TODAY? FLOUR t i at', nt $i;.5fl CHAIN per I'liiM ' Mc. White, per sack . $1.03 MIDDLINGS Winter, per ur 11-60 51 HAL AND FULLS Meal, per ton 38.00 Hulls Mor ton $15.00 SALT Joteph Peele, Associate' Editor. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: On Year 51 00 One Month .10 Published Tuesday Evenings And Friday Mornings "Entered as second-class matter, May 19, 1911. at the Post office at Elizabeth City," 'North Carolina, un der the act of March 3, 1879." Pa'apseo. In t'or:i (J round Alum, per bus Buildings Not Adequate Continued From l';ui n, e aiiv.cn; can readily see mat uieie win imiri' pupils than can he Hinted in Ura.hs Adv. I, III, VI, VII. In the llili S liuol Department, there will be more teachers and pupils thuul can hold recitations In the, present no. of rooms. Therefore, it is Im perative that enough rooms and teachers be provided in the basement of the IIih School building to take care of the overflow in the above rooms. It is necessary to provide for next .year the following: room and teacher for Grades I, room and teacher for Grade III, room and teacher for Grades V-VI, room and teacher for Grade VII. room anil teacher' for the High School Depart ment; in other words, 5 rooms and 5 teachers. It is imperative that steps he taken at once for this increase This arrangement will leave Grades IV and V in a somewhat crowded ( ondition-4 1 more pnpiix Lu those known whereevor he goes, and whatever honors are thrust upon him. FOR THE KIDDIES Ail over 'he United State.s this' week is being ivl. Iiratod as Ilaby Welfare Week, and instruction is being given to the, ignorant and the careless along the liiu s u' good h, a.th and normal develop ment of the littl.) oae of the land. To the nations at war has come the realization f tho econom v; val ue of the child, and mora attention Is beinj paid to the care of their babies than ever in the history of these nations. The United Slates has rankei: twelfth in her infant mortality, los ing 124 of every 1,000 babies born. Bui the nation as a whole, and the separate states ns well are on the alert as nover before to lower this rate, and to rear letter babies' who will make better Amercans... Care lessness of baby's health has been chiefly due to ignorance. Few peo ple would harm to child if they knew toe real ne-xls of the little ime literature is se,nt now free by both Btate and Federal Health Depart ments, on the care of the child, and the farm magazines and woman's magazine's de,vote some space in each issue to this subject. The Progressive Farmer a few weeks ago gave baby's menu from ope year to five. Each year it is urged that we "swat the fly," DOt nearly so much that grown up ipeople may 'escape typhoid as for the more important reason that the babies of the land may be able to endure the hot summer months without sickness or tle.ath. Statistics say that it costs forty per cent more now to bring up a baby than It did ten years ago. Perhaps half of this cost Is due to the actual Increase in thq cost of living, but at least half is due to the change in the point of view. Whatever happened to a child was at one time attributed to the hand Of Providence, whether it was ty phoid fever or hookworm. Now we are learning better. Baby Welfare Week has bqcn in augurated that this knowledge' may be scattered throughout the land (or the benefit of the least of these. The Advance it. proud of its out of town correspondents. News this winter from the schools of Cur rituck, Dare, Perquimans and Pas quotank lias shown interesting pro gress, not only In the routine school work, but also Jn community co cporat on and service,. Belvidere's big step in this direc tion lust month, Currituck's cour age in the face of the loss of her new high sinooi building, ana Dare's interest in baseball and tie- baling have, been stimulating and er.eoiirag ng to us and, we hoi e, in i terestina to our read rs. A third effort will be made to ni.t,ht to enlist a large active mem bership for the Y. M. C. A. The meeting will he held in tin court house at half past seven o'clock, T. J. Markhani presiding. Every young man in the c ty is urged to u:t nd, and make this a real mass meeting. Tho young men respectfully re quest that Mr, Markhani le on time. The little editor in chief sends his greetings to babies everywhere in tho territory of The Advance, Here's to you, little, fr'ends. and may it always bo Baby Welfare Week at your house. COUNTY HOME OPENS Tp the Wake Forest men of these parts time will turn back to-morrow night The College Glee Club ought to make any man young again, and a handshake from "Hu bart" will certainly complete the, Job, Some of the aimuni may re member him as a babe In arras, others as a class mate, and still others as a professor, but we dare say that he is to all of thorn . the only one of his kind. As a student, a musician, a Christian gentlemen, and a loyal friend he was known in lhe days of old and continues to be The meeting of th Currituck County 'Commissioners on Monday of this week was the second in which the commissioners issued no benefit orde,rs. Exasperated at the growing total of these orders Commissioner E. M. Walker became, convinced that a county homo for paupqrs could be maintained at far less expense than the Bum total1 of these orders. A suitable place was therefore se cured and at the December meeting the clerk of tho board was directed to notify all county beneficiaries that the home would be opened on January 1st, and that thereafter those who were not willing to go to this home would receive no aid from the county. The homo was op-ned on sche dule time and permits to occupy it are now being Issued at every meeting. The total of the county benefit orde.rs Issued for the last six months is approximately 750.00. GROUNDS IMPROVED Isitors at Currituck this week were Impressed wlht thq Improve ment- la the- appearance - of - tha grounds and in the cleanliness of the buildings. Not only do all the premises npiear to be better kept but troes have been set out along the front of the courthouse lot. Es pecially noteworthy was the ab scence of soft drink and Jce cream stands on the. public square. DR. PARKER READY FOR WORK Dr. William Parker formerly of Charlotte, has opene.d his offices In the Hinton Building, Suite 226. Dr. Tarker is a dentist of nine years' experience and came to this city from Charlotte about n month ago. Since that time,, he has been fitting up his offices and Is now entirely ready for work. rooms than really ought to he there- enougn pupils lor sun anoiner room and teacher; so that the Board of Trustes may as well fit up the entire rooms in the basement. A New High School Building For the present and past school sessions, there has been an increasel of about 75 pupils each session in the enrollment. For the session 1913 '14 the enrollment was 1071; for the session 1914-'15, the enrollment was 1140; for the present session 1915 '16, the enrollment to January 28 was 1213, and there have been more pupils enrolled since that date. Placing the increase each year at 75 to 100 for the next five years and at 100-150 for the following five years. the citizens can readily see what size building should be constructed to ac comodate the enrollment for the next 10-15-20 years. An increase of 75 to 100 pupils in one year means an addition of from 2 to 2 Vi "rooms and teachers for the next year. This ought to be pleasant information for the citizens, that their city is a live, growing city and not a dead one. In as much as the city is confront ed wiili the Locuijity oi u now school building, and the city dons out possess a High School building, then the building to be built should be a mod ern High School complete with all High School fealurcsgnccessary for a city of this size and of the size it is likely to be in the next 10 years. Such a structure should possess a gyniaslum, study-hall and auditor ium combined, high-school recitation rooms to accomodate 30 pupils at a recitation, a library feature in con nection with the study-hall, a suite of science rooms (lecture-room, and a room each for physics, chemistry, biology, geography), art room, mu sic room, commercial suite (stenog raphy type-writing, book-keeping, etc.) domestic science suite (sewing, cooking, etc.), manual-training suite (wood-working, forge, etc.), girls' locker, boys' locker, etc. In the construction of such a build ing, such matters as heaf, ventila tion (the air in the classrooms should be changed every fifteen minutes), cleaning), motion picture machine, shower baths, sanitary drinking fountains, fire protection and escape, and similar modern conveniences should be provided. Before approv al of the plans, the State Fire Com missioner and the State Educational Experts should be consulted. No leBs than from five to ten acres of land should be considered as a site In the construction of such a build- for such a school building, so that ample provision may be made for all high school athletics. The Junior High School Educational Experts are advising the addition of another year to the city school curriculum, and then the division of the whole curriculm into two parts of six years each; this is known as the six-and-six plan. The first six, years are practically the pe riod now covered in Grades I-VI of the existing system. The last six years would" constitute the high school period, divided into two sec tions of three years each; the first three years from what is known as The Junior High School and the last three years are" 'the'existing High School. Tho establishment of the Junior High School In the cities is progressing rapidly, and in the course of the next five years this new school division will be pretty general. All progressive communities will strive to have it. The Veasons for 'this new school are given below. My reason for mentioning this new school idea is, that, as we must build, we should build with this new feature in view. Say, that we stay where we are for the next two years, and then move our high school de partment into a new building. This moving will open up five rooms for the expansion of the present grades below the high school .department; and these five rooms will meet this expansion for the three years there after. At the end of those three years, It will be necessary to provide f',r iuiiher inereai s in the ;:ra!es below the hieli si hool. At that time, there will be four seventh grades. Now, by .moving these sev en Hi giades out to the high s-ih'jil building at that time, four more rooms can be provided lor the in creases in the grades below the sev enth. These seventh grades could then be formed with the eighth and ninth grades into a Junior High School, and an additional year could be added to the high school system, thus arrang ing our if hool system according to the ideal six-and-six plan. This ar rangement would also postpone the construction of another grade build ing for the next ten years. The above plan can be carried out, provided tho new high school build ing is planned sufficiently large to take care of the high school pupils for the next five years, and the high and seventh grade pupils for the next five or ten years tin reafte'r. Or, a high school biuhling could be built now to last the reeds oi the city foTTluTnexTTen or ii'.'teen years; and in live years from now, a junior hivh school building cotikl be built; which plan probably would be safer and Cheaper. The question is, whether to build one large building now to last for the next ten or fifteen years, or to build one building, now and another in five years from now. Arguments For The Junor High School. First, that it marks the point of emergence into the adolescent period, with its new impulses, new interests,. awakening purposes, and broadening activities, and for this reason should be paralleled by fresh subjects of in structlon, different methods of teach ing, a greater variety of activities, and a new type of school administra tion. Second, that this plan would admit of the introduction of a foreign lan guage and of elementary science at an earlier age than at present; at a point when interest is keen, the mem ory more retentive, and the power of acquisition and assimilation greater Third, that it would make possible a differentiation between pupils who would be likely, if not certain, to drop cut of school nt the compulsory age limit and those who expected to continue their education into the high school and possibly beyoftd i't (loser adaption of educational ma terial and activities to individual and group needs to be made than is now affected under the one-course-for-all pupils program. Fourth, as a result of the closer adjustment of studies to needs, a larger number of pupils would be re tained throughout the upper gram mar grades and the earlv vears of the high school. Fifth, that it involves the depart mental system of teaching special teachers for special departments, and gives to the work the variety and richnessthat-Battsfy"thebroadenIng Interests and larger life of the adole scent. Sixth, that for the thorough hand ling of the great variety of material that has now become incorporated in our high school curriculum, four years is insufficient. The work needs to be spread over more time so as to insure thoroughness, and produce the desired educational effect. Seventh, the weight of education al authority is favorable to a slx-and-slx division, or at least to a reorgan ization of the upper grammar grades. Among those who may be quoted in its favor are Dr. P. P. Claxton,' Pres ident, Eliot, G. Stanley Hall, John Dewey, Dr.David Snedden, Prof.Suz zallo, Dr. O'Shea and many others. ( (The above arguments for the Junior High School are quoted from the Journal of Education of Janua ry 28,1915.) S. II. SPRAG1NS, Superintendent. !lnu nr Mirrht Zoeller Photographs every UUJ Ul lllclll thing, anywhere, anytime, day or night. ' STUDIO NEXT TO R. C. QUINN 6 CO. , - - ' i ooooooooooooooo fl Norfolk Southern lailroad EW VJhORT llOUTE Freight Service If you value quick transportation; route your shipments via Norfolk Southern Railroad. Watch the time made by their package cars, and you will find that your interests are best served by patronizing them, as "Time is Money, v ' OOOOOOOO 0000000 Joseph Perry of Winfail was In the city Thursday v FLLOATING THEATRE AT HERTFORD The Floating Theatre left Sun-5?U0'JrW,Ji.-H(,rtff,,,Elenton. and'"Colunibia. -' They "will be in Hertford this week showing there every night, and will return to Eliz abeth City in about four weeks. AUTO BURNS UP An automobie. belonging to N. It. Parker was burned to. the run ning gear last night or rather this morning nbout two o'clock. Messrs Doll Pastorfleld and Levi Crank, young-hauffeurs of this cltyejfaidnj their lady friends home, from a dance when, the gaso line .tank beneath the front seat ex ploded. The young woman who occupied the front eoat Is said to have beon painfully burned. There is no explanation of the combustion of the g'is in the tank. T Purity is the watch word that guards the manufacture of Crisco. Digestibility is the token by which it commends itself to the up-to-date house wife. Economy is the characteristic which insures its welcome in households of mod erate means. lit pet can DEMAND THE ORIGINAL G0VYANS, Ih frUWKiHt On" N GOWASS It Pnctrta lMhi. FOR COLDS, CROUP AND PNEUMONIA 3 IT GIVES QUICK RELIRF FOR: Head and Chest Cold., Coughs, Croup, Whooping Couch, Pneumonia, Asthma, Catarrh, Bronchitis, and All Inflammation and Congestion External Trtatmtnt, thrfor absolutely safe. Ita om O t (l 1 Tha composition ol GOWAK3- llf A R! V Jllir-J I-LlTi-hii a soothlm sifsct and tha tlnMJ liHJ ', 11 Ji'll'l ,ifl'"""t meaidan psnstrsts to I Wiriil1iVfB1ii',liiil1lil'lillr ibs itat oi tba trouols throoth ererr tlnos ol tha skin Ilka a itecl-tlppad bullet, btnkiot up coaratton, ftllnloa UHtmmstioa and reducing Itnt st s lipid me. Fot Cold Troubles iumsritltan uipiMed. Pries paid will b islanded II entile sstlilaciion it not siren. Could JOB sik morel Aroid Imitations, tea mat TOO set COWAKI, the remedr tbat Bakes sootf evere claim. PilTTTfiW. Don't sccept lhe isme thins" or something lost ai food"- There Ir ViAUllUPI. onlf oneorlflsal. Remember the ntme ij O W A N t . Sold a p on our f uaraatea br DrogiUti. rric'et 25c, toe lud ll.o bottles. Free sample it roa write the GOWAN MEDICAL COMPANY. Concord. N. C. Baltimore Steam Packet Co OLD BAY LINE "Steamers leave Norfolk 6:30 P. M. daily, and on Sundays, February 27th and March 12th and 26th, and alternate Sundays thereafter until further notice. "BalttniOTw Steam Packet Company's tickets will be. honored Of Sundays they have no steamer by the Chesapeake Line". ft A GOOD SHAVE mTnak.ef f you. Get one of ten and always at The Main Street Barber Shop Open from 7:30 a. m. to 8 p. m. IO 40 O JHiTWAl TO THE ThU ADVAIIO0fpfii8h
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