North Carolina community progress, March 20, 1924

              NORTH   CAROLINA
PUBLISHED   TWICE A MONTH BY THE NORTH CAROLINA COLLEGE FOR WOMEN , GREENSBORO, N.C.
PUBLISHED IN THE INTERESTS OF THE HOME. THE SCHOOL AND THE COMMUNITY
VOLUME 5.
MARCH 20,  1924
NUMBER  10
THRIFT
By Sudye L. Burns
Thrift means being industrious in whatever you
undertake, wasting nothing, whether time, money or
materials. The really thrifty persons are those who
waste nothing and spend wisely. One of our richest
men has said—"Thrift is such a simple thing and it
means so much. It is the foundation of success in
business, of contentment in the home, of standing in
society." It is probably its simplicity that causes us
to ignore its acquaintance. Our country is full of the
rich and' wonderful and our boys and girls learn a
great many of these things from observation and reading and set their hearts on attaining some of these wonders as quickly as possible. In this manner they overlook the simple pleasures and ways of living and are
ever looking for the impossible in the future. As in
the story of "The Great Stone Face" when for years
the people thought the spectacular or the man who
caused the greatest commotion had to be the image's
likeness and after all the man, Ernest, who had always
practiced simplicity in all things, proved to be the
leader for whom they had looked so long.
Everything worthwhile has a key with which it
can be locked or unlocked and the key to simple living is thrift—thrift of time, money, mental and physical strength. Our boys and girls should be taught
early that upon this only can a sure success be built.
Thrift really requires no common sense training. All
our days are made up of habits. If we waste money
for a year it becomes natural, and so it is with saving.
Consequently those who succeed must have the habit
of thrift. The seventh grade boy who makes his suit
and shoes last a certain length of time, who puts a
portion of his spending money in his savings-account,
who uses his study periods advantageously and plays
ball to win is sure to succeed. He has early learned
the lesson of thrift. It is said of a prominent leader
of our country that his sons at certain ages were
given thirty cents a week—ten cents for church or
the poor, ten cents to be saved and the third ten cents
to be used as the owner wished. If our wealthy
citizens are taking this precaution for their children,
what would be a wise thing for the less wealthy? Is
it the wealthier who have to be trained while we leave
it to providence?
THE NORTH CAROLINA CONFERENCE FOR SOCIAL
SERVICE
MARCH,   1924
Twelfth Annual  Meeting  and  Affiliated and  Cooperating
Groups  at   Charlotte
Tuesday,  Wednesday,  to  Thursday  Noon,  March  twenty-
sixth  and  twenty-seventh,   1924
Conference   Headquarters,   Hotel   Charlotte
Officers   of   the   North   Carolina   Conference   for   Social
Service  for  1924
Conference   Officers
J.  H. Pratt,  President
Minnie S.  Harman,  Executive  Secretary-
Gilbert Stephenson, Treasurer
Executive   Committee
J. H. Pratt, A. M. Scales, Clarence Poe, A. W.
McAllister, E. C. Brooks, W. S. Rankin, M. E. New-
som, Mrs. Kate Burr Johnson, Mrs. C. C. Hook, Mrs
W. A. Newell.
Finance   Committee
A. W. McAllister, Chairman
M. E. Newsom
Gilbert Stephenson
Citizen's   Committee   of   One   Hundred   on   Prison
Legislation
A. M. Scales, Chairman
(Continued on Page 75)
PROGRAM
Tuesday Morning, March 25th
9:30—Registration of Delegates—Hotel Charlotte
lobby.
10:30—Group Meeting—The North Carolina Association of County Superintendents of Public
Welfare, Hotel Charlotte. Presiding: Mrs.
Kate Burr Johnson, State Commissioner.
Tuesday   Afternoon
2:30—Group Meetings:
1. The American Red Cross, Room A, Hotel
Charlotte. Presiding: M. E. Newsom, Chairman Durham Chapter A. R. C, Durham,
N. C. Speaker, R. P. Lane, Assistant Director, National Junior Red Cross, Washington,  D.  C.
2. The Inter-Racial Committee, Room B, Hotel