North Carolina community progress, April 1, 1920

              NORTH     CAROLINA
Community Progress
VOLUME I.
APRIL 1, 1920
NUMBER 4
Published Twice a Month by the North Carolina College for Women, Greensboro, N. C
CITIZENS' CONFERENCE ON EDUCATION
The State of North Carolina Calls Its Citizenship To Help Solve the State's
Greatest Problem
Hon.  Thomas
Carolina.
Plans for the Citizens' Conference on Education are
almost complete. There is every indication that this is
destined to be one of the most important conventions
ever held in the State of North Carolina. The promoters
are taking a courageous step. They are inviting the citizenship of the State to give its counsel in solving the
most perplexing as well as the most important problem
of the hour.
Every citizen of North Carolina has a vital and a direct
interest in the public school system. They own the system. The teachers are their employes. In the past the
affairs of the schools
have been left almost
entirely in the hands of
the employes—the teachers. But, the teachers
do not constitute the
executive force which
alone is able to deal effectively with the educational problem. This
proposed conference calls
the owners of the system
to come together to decide what shall be done.
If the citizens of North
Carolina display a statesmanship-like ability to
deal with this vast and
perplexing problem the
influence will spread to
other sections of the
country.
Those who read the
following plan of organization for the conference
will learn at once that
this is intended to be
something more than a
convention of speeches.
It is to be a real working
conference with every
minute filled with vital
considerations. Read the
Plan carefully, and then
decide    upon    the    part
which you ought to play in it as an earnest citizen of the
State of North Carolina.    This is your Conference!
I. Sections of Conference:
The Rural School and its Development.
The Village School and Its Problems.
The City School and Its Problems.
Higher Education and Its Problems.
n. Special Committees
COMMITTEE ON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.
Salaries  and   preparation   of  teachers  for  rural,
SPEAKERS AND LEADERS
CITIZEN'S EDUCATIONAL CONFERENCE
Hon. P. P. Claxton Commissioner of Education,
. S. Bureau of Education.
Hon. E. C. Brooks, Superintendent of Public Instruction, North Carolina.
Mr.  J.  L.  McBrien,  Director  Rural   School  Ex-
tention, U. S. Bureau of Education.
Mr. W. S. Deffenbaugh, Specialist in School Administration, U. S. Bureau of Education.
Mr.  Clarence Poe,
Farmer.
Dr. W. S. Rankin, Secretary of the North Carolina Board of Health.
Mr. R. F. Beasley, North Carolina Commissioner
of Public Welfare.
village and city schools of elementary grade.
b.    Length of school term for rural, village and city
schools, compulsory attendance, ate.
2. COMMITTEE ON SECONDARY SCHOOLS.
a. Discussion of salaries for rural, village and city
secondary schools.
b. Length of school term for various types of schools.
3. COMMITTEE    ON    HEALTH    AND    PHYSICAL
EDUCATION.
a. Inspection of schools.    Visiting Nurses.
b. Physical education, recreation and play.
4. COMMITTEE ON
SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY.
a. The school as a
community center.
b. Community recreation through the school.
c. The school as a
place for the discussion
of matters affecting the
community.
(This   committee   will
nnke  speo.al  recommendations for rural, village
and city schools).
5. COMMITTEE ON
EXTENSION WORK.
HI. Program:
TUESDAY, MAY 4
3 to 4 p. m.—E. C.
Brooks,   Chairman.
Meeting of all special
committees, where the
delegates will be given
information regarding
the organization of the
Conference.
4 to 5 p. m.—E .C.
Brooks presiding.
Meeting of committees of the four sections,
namely: Rural School,
Village School, City
School, and Higher Institutions of Learning.
W.   Bickett,   Governor   of   North
Editor   of The    Progressive
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a.
8 p. m.     General Meeting of all Delegates.
a. Community Singing.
b. The  National Educational  Crisis,  by  Hon
Claxton.
c. The   North   Carolina   Situation,   by   Supt.
Brooks.
d. The Rural School Problem, by Clarence Poe^
e. Informal "Get-Togther."
P.  P.
E.   C.
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The Date of this Convention is May 4 and 5. The PiaGe is Greensboro. To Attend is to Serve Your State!