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MARSHALL, MADISON COUNTY, N. C. FRIDAY, MARCH, 31st, 1922.
No 61
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Agricultural Education For North
Carolina. v .
By Roy H. Thomas, Supervisor.
Is your school educating your, which enables him to put
.boys for life on the farm rather
pian for life "away from the
farm"? Are they being taught
'the things that boys who ex
pect to remain on the farms in
your community ought to know
about farming? Is your school
related to the life of the com
munity so that it helps the older
people to solve some of the
problems that arise oh the farm?
If not, your school is not fulfill
ing its mission as a country
school.
" Country communities now
have an opportunity to secure a
type of education suited more
nearly to their needs than ever
before, by introducing courses
in vocational agriculture in their
rural high schools. The purpose
of the courses in vocational
agriculture is to prepare boys
for the business of farming, and
to help those persons in the com
munity, who are not in school
' .to become more efficient , and
liannior in fhflir work Oil the
wyjfivi vmmm '
farm.
'
f it is possible to place the
course in agriculture in any
frural high school where there
are a sufficient number of people
desirous of taking-the work
to justify the formation of a
class. When placed in a school
the Atfrieultural course simply
becomes an element or part of
the existing high school curjj-
' culum, and the work is referred
to as a department of., agricul
ture. This means that the work
' of the school is broadened. For
example, a boy on entering the
school has the privilege of select
ing the academic course or the
agricultural course.
The course of study for the
agricultural pupils is planned
to give them a well rounded
ducatlon. The pupils spend
, approximately one-half of their
time on agriculture and the
other half on such subjects as
English, hi s t o r y, arithmetic,
Science, community civics, rural
economics, hygiene and- sanita
tion, etc. The whole work is
based on the idea of finding out
the needs of the people who live
in the community and then
teaching the things that will
help to meet these needs. The
fundamental principle is the
getting of an education out of
. fife on the farm.
y The agricultural instruction
attempts to give the pupil the
fundamental principles underly
Aug I aiming Ul Lliai wmuuun.;
and f a clinw how t.hftv mirfht be
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put into practice to' secure the
best results. . The pupil studies
the growing, cultivation,
harvesting and selling of crops,
the selection, breeding, feeding,
care, management and market
ing of livestock; the production
of fruit; the soil; crop rotations;
how to handle machinery and
to do the ordinary repair and
" construction jobs that arise on
" the farm, and to avoid or con
trol injurious insects or diseases,
the keeping of farm accounts
and records, and many other
things. The studies are related
to life and the farm and the
community becomes the pupil's
laboratory.
' Realizing that a pupil must
v know the "how" as well as the
twhy" of farming, each pupil is
required to do some, kind of
practical work either on his
" tome farm or the school farm,
into
practice the principles learned
in the classroom. This pr ctical
work is called the projects -or
farm enterprises. For example,
a boy may be making a study
of crops. Then he will be asked
to be responsible for the grow:
ing, harvesting and marketing
of some particular crop or crops
He keeps accurate records of
his transactions and at the end
of the year he is able to tell
how much Ire made or lost on
the crop. Thus, definite ' arid
Dractical instruction in agricul
ture is brought to the boy on
his home farm.
The teacher of agriculture is
on the job twelve months in the
year. This means that a well
trained man, a graduate of an
agricultural college, is in the
community all the time. When
school is not in session, he
spends his time supervising and
helping the boys with their
practical work, advising Jand
assisting the farmers with their
various farm problems, and
acting as a leader in any move
ment for the good of the com
munity.
What Persons in, a Community
May Secure Advantage of This
Work When It is Introduced '
In a School?
' 1; Boys, fourteen years
of
age and above, who are
in
of
in
school. v
2. Boys, sixteen years
age and above, who are not
school may receive instruction
for a few weeks or months, ac
cording to the time they have
to spare.
3. Men have an opportunity
to secure instruction and infor
mation on special problems
arising on the farm by attend
short courses. In one commu
nity thirty -men met twice i
week for two months to study
the use of fertilizers and the
kind and amount they should
buy.
How to Get lepartments of Voca
tional Agriculture in Your
School. ;
Through your county superin
tendent or local school superin
tendent make application to your
State Supervisor of ; AgricalturaP
Education, State College Station,
Kaleigh, JM. U. The supervisor
will gladly furnish you informa
tion and literature. Tire super
visor is the agent of your State
Board for Vocational Education
which has charge of promotion
of the work in this state. As aj
result of the Smith-Hughes Voca
tional Act, passed by Congress
in 1 9 1 7, your State Board is
enabled to say to your commu
nity: "If you want the work in ,
your high school, the State and !
Federal governments will help,
you bear part of the expenses "
What Help Can a Community. Get?
. 1. Advice as to whether: the'
school or community is a good
location for the introduction of
the work. , . , .
, 2. Reimbursement for three
fourths of the total salary of the
teacher of agriculture,
3. Assistance and guidance in
starting and carrying on the
work The policy of the State
Board is to pay three-fourths of
the teacher's salary. You em-
I INFORMATION
: " " REGARDING
STATE TEACHERS'
1. Examinations for teanchers applying for Elementaey and
Hitch School Certificates will beheld in every county in the Siate
on the following dates. j "
- . April 1M2, 1922.
July '11-12, 1922. .
October ,10311, 192.
The examinations are usually held at the county-scat.
2. All examinations must be -taken strictly according to the
published schedule, and at. the hours specified,' If examinations
in any county are given out of erder or at hours other than those
prescribed, the State Board of Education may refuse to accept any
of the papers from that county. "t "
t 3. , Applicants arriving late will be debarred from standing the
examination. 7 '
4. Applicants can no longer secure Grammar Grade ci Primary
Certificates by State examination.
5. ' There will be no spelling examination, but the spelling on
the papers will be considered in the grading of all subjects.
6. No paper using poor English or containing simple gram-
inatici l errors will be passed. .
7. The problems in Mathematics and the questions in other
subjects will not be based on any particular books.
SCHEDULE OF ELEMENTARY EXAMINATIONS
; 1922
Tuesday Morning
RequirecTof all applicants:
Grammar and Composition. .i 9:0010:00
English and' American Literature. . . ....
Hygiene ...
' Tuesday Afternoon (
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Arithmetic. .......... .-. . ..."
Geography .... . .'.
Wednesday Morning
American History.'. , . s.
North Carolina History.
Civics........ ......
Wednesday Afternoon
Electives: . ' .
' Two subjects selocted from the following list of ten subjects
History. . .........
' ( Latin '
Foreign Languages. .. :.: French
. '; , I German
General Science
Chemistry
Physfcs
. Biology
1. Academic credits only can beobtained by examination. The
applicants for the Elementary Certificate can obtain the profes
sional credits either by securing credit for three five-hour courses
at an approved summer school or four courses at a County Summer
School.
ploy a man for $2000 a year on a
twelve months' basis. Then you
will receive from state and
Federal funds $1500, only $500
to be-paid by your community or
county., Federal and state money
cannot be used to carry on the
work in private schools for the
reason that the work must be in
schools under public supervision
or control. - 1
What Must the.local Community
or county D07
1. 1 Pay that part of the teach
ers salary not paid by state and
Federal funds.
2. "Furnish suitable rooms and
equipment for carrying on the
work. State and Federal money
cannot be used to buy equipment.
' V Furnish transportation for
thd teacher of agriculture, if it is
hot provided for by a special
&atefund, for visiting home
projects. and doing . community
WOrk.;-' -
In small schools the teacher of
agriculture sometimes acts as
principal. This arrangement
enables' many schools to have
better qualified men at the head
of the schools for tlie reason
that financial aid fro m outside
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English History
General History
European History
sources makes possible the pay
ing of a larger salary
f Vocational agricultural educa
tion is a profitable investment
for a community. Last year for
each dollar used in carrying on
the courses there was a return
of $1.41 from the practical work
of the pupils.
Someone has said, "Vocational
agricultural education is the
birthright of every boy who ex-
t0 remaj" on th! iarrr-"
(.iuuuicia any lauiers ui cou'.uy
cou
children should adopt as their
slogan, "Vocational agriculture
within the reach of" every boy
who expects to live on the farm "
Now is the time to create interest
in your community and write
to your State Supervisor.
Roy Wall for County
Commissioner.
I announce myself a candi
date for County Commissioner
subject to the Republican pri
mary. If you will vote for me
I will appreciate it and will
always try to serve you to the
best of my ability.
Very truly,
ROYWALL.
"OUR BUSINESS
Signing an article which I1
wrote two weeks ago Voter ' I
did not wish in any way to bring
some of our officers to the fore
front. The aim of the article was .
to lay before my fellow pardners
in the corporation called Madison
County some ideas as to the busi
ness direction of the corporation
thru our employed servants who
have niven us good service and
sound methods.
As citizens of the county we
ought to use common sense in
the running of the finances and
the court business of the courty.
No matter where you look you
ought to be able in an instant
to know what you want to know
and how we stand.
Madison Cosnty is a big cor
poration doing a large business
something like $250,000,00 in taxes
and road money spent and the
recording of $300,000,00 of real
estate transfer. All in all some
$600,000,00 is in the turnover
during the year.
Now a corporation 'which does
that amount of business and which
accounts for every cent must
have officers tried and efficient.
As a general thing you and 1
lo not realize that we are doing
that much business each year.
That courts must run, that land
must be recorded and that roads
must be built and judges decisions
recorded every thi n g probated
and records kept of all that. Any
error in some of this makes trouble
and when we find that the em
ployee is not doing what be should
why turn him off. "
In the past, we have been will
ing to give a man an office and
trust the Lord that he might run
it all right. However the time
has come when we must proceed
on a better basis than that be
cause the amount is large.
As th-3 things are run now any
person in the county can at any
time find out how each cent has
Kone. The amounts to the credit
of the county are in the bank and
we pach one can tell where the
monpy goes.
For any month or for any term
of months or years any voter can
inform himself what any braneh
of the countv government has
cost.
1 hope in another article to in
form the county what the present
administration has done and is
doing. That as far as I know
there is no swill but that the men
have, been trivinir Kood honest
service.
Tliadehtof the county will be
analized and we will show how
hho nountv is navinjr on Its in
debtedness.
Thi is not a political article
but u "i- hut fair that we reason
tou ether little and ee how we
... in 1 fii'.d u our business sense
just h we wowi i if trading land,
np ilointr IcinUii.ir business or
selling goods ui any i ' ing else.
There should nut b- poli'icn
Dull or friendly favoii-rn n j ,st
cmnA hpmsp. in carr.viu-. ur
business ' '
As I said wp aro not i u mi- tf
nia fnnntftr but it mM.i- niii
lets think of it tUai way.
W. E. FIN LEY.
f,.W
To the public and our readers
wo'have made this notice severs
times: When you have copy
or
ad's for this paper, please get it in
by Wednesday. For we have a cer.
tain amount of work to do, and if
copy is late we never know what to
bank upon. We thank you,
Wrestleing Match
Last Saturday night the big
wrestleing match was pulled off
with Scotts Carnival between
"Norfolk Red" and "Will Han
ey"of Marshall. Will belongs
to Troop B Calvary at Ashevillo
and just happened to be on
hand. The first round Haney
was to stay on the mat with
Red for 10 minutes" Old Bill
was there with the goods when
the gong sounded rest. Second
gong Bill met Red and put
him to the floor in 2' minutes
55 seconds with the well known
double arm lock.
Interesting Progr&m For
Madison Seminary's
Closing '
Commencement Program.
Commencement exercises will
mark the close of another mc
cessful year in the history of Ui
Madison Seminary school.
On Wednesday evening at 7:150
m., April 5, will occur the fiikt
of a series of exercises declama
tory contest of the grainm
grades and one between tl-o
students of the high school. Fou;-
prizes will be given the winners .
in the contest.
The little folks of the first fi
grades with some young ladies of
the high school will prcspnt a
play "A Trip to Storyland" on
Thursday evening, April 6. O.J
the same evening the sixth and
seventh grades will give a play,
lery." 1
The high school play, "Tho
Old Farmhouse" will be presented
on Friday evening, April 7. "The
Old Farmhouse" is a novel enter
tainment in three acts.
An admission fee of fifteen and
twenty-five cents will be charged
on Thursday and Friday evenings
to help defray the expenses.
Press Article.'
1921 was the banner year for
typhoid vaccination campaigns
in North Carolina, but 1922 i;.i
bidding to be a close second.
Already contracts have been
signed by Anson, Beaufort,
rV -or q ti i Franklin HArtfrtrrf
Lee, Irdell, Stokes, Union, and
Yadkin counties requesting
campaigns to prevent, not only
typhoid, but also diphtheria.
The State Board of Health is
offering to direct and advertise
the campaign free of cost and
the county pays to physicians
eight and one-third cents for
each dose administered..; " Local
physicians were used .'in, these
camapigns last year in twenty
two counties and this proved
to be a better plan than tp send
a stranger into the county.
If yur county is not among
those mentioned, talk to a
member of your Board of County
Commissioners. ' 7
Yours very truly,
FRANK ROBERTS,
Health Officer.
LOST about a two months old
sow pig red and black spoted. She
will weigh about 40 lbs. Finder
please return to R. B. Rooker, R,
F. D. 3 and receive' liberal reward