SR_DPI_DNE_Direc_Corr_B1F30_Reports_Misc_1915

Superintendent of Public Insruction State of North Carolina Raleigh

J. Y. JOYNER, SUPERINTENDENT

DEPARTMENT OF RURAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS L. C. BROODEN N. C. NEWBOLD STATE AGENTS

Home-Makers' Club Work, North Carolina March 3, 1915

Circular Letter # 1.

To County Supervisors:

I am glad to tell you we are going to continue the Home-Makers' Club work this year. The General Education Board has appropriated $100 for your County, and your County Superintendent assures me that the County will appropriate $25, or he will secure this amount from other sources, making a total of $125 for the season's work. Do you wish to have charge of this work in your County? If so, please see your County Superintendent at once and arrange all matters necessary concerning it, as to time to begin, when you are to do the work, etc.,also the number of clubs to be organized, etc.

I would suggest that the time given to the work should be about three months after your contract as supervisor expires. This you could divide by giving, say, two months in the spring and early summer, after your present term closes, and one month in the canning season; or you can give part of your time each month from the time your term as supervisor closes until the end of the canning season in the fall. Your Superintendent will know how to advise you concerning this matter. Either plan you and he agree upon will be satisfactory to us.

Let me know as soon as possible if you will do the work, and state the plan you and your Superintendent agree upon.

If you are to do the work, I suggest th e following:

First, That you begin at once to organize clubs of women and girls, say ten to twenty in a club.

Second. That these club members begin at once to plant tomato seed in hot-beds or window boxes and to prepare the land for their gardens.

Third. Four to eight clubs might be as many as you can well direct. (See Superintendent about this.)

Fourth. Caution each member to keep a careful record in a book similar to the one I enclose.

Fifth. I am enclosing a letter which gives definite instructions about beginning the

Superintendent of Public Instruction State of North Carolina Raleigh

J. Y. JOYNER SUPERINTENDENT

DEPARTMENT OF RURAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS L. C. BROGDEN N. C. NEWBOLD STATE AGENTS

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gardens.

Sixth. If you have boys who want to organize corn clubs, pig clubs or poultry clubs, encourage them to organize and give them all the aid you can. We can furnish some help in these.

Seventh. Organize cooking, sewing and sanitation clubs, etc. wherever possible and you find the time for such.

Eighth. I am sure your Superintendent will be willing for you to begin organizing these clubs now while you are serving as supervisor, because by this plan of cooperation you can continue both lines of work as he directs now and after your present term expires.

Please get busy right away organizing clubs and creating interest. Write your Superintendent and me for information any time.

Hoping you may make a fine record for your County, I am,

Very truly,

N. C. Newbold

State Agent Rural Schools.

Note--See pages 7 and 8 of my first biennial report, copy of which has been sent you.

If you did not recieve a special report of last year's Home-Makers' Club work, I can perhaps send you a copy.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Education

Washington

March 27, 1915.

RURAL SCHOOL LETTER No. II--9.

Health Supervision of School Children in a North Carolina Rural County.

(William M. Jones, M. D., in Southern Medical Journal and in Bulletin of the Bureau of Education, 1915, No. 5.)

Guilford County contains 672 square miles, with more than 100 schools and 200 white teachers. The objects that we have worked for and are working for are two--education and prevention.

Education: By means of lectures and talks to the children, by pamphlets and bulletins, by press articles and notices, by illustrated lectures with lantern slides, dealing in an interesting and instructive way with such subjects as typhoid fever, malaria, the fly, the mosquito, smallpox, etc.; by clinics, such as hookworm demonstrations. In every way possible we bring before the schools and community the gospel of good health.

Prevention: We have a large map of the county, on which every school is indicated. The doctors of this county report all dangerous diseases to the county board of health, giving the name and address of the parent and the school attended. As soon as the report is recieved, the teacher of that particular school is notified that the child has a dangerous disease, and that the other members of the family must be kept out of the school until further notice. A colored pin (different colors representing different diseases) is placed in the map at its proper location and is allowed to remain as long as there is danger of the disease being communicated.

Then for the school building and grounds. Upon visiting the school (and we endeavor to go to each one during the session) we record on a card the condition of the grounds, whether well drained or not. Next the privies, the number and condition. The water is next considered-- its location, whether on the grounds or at a residence, and whether pump or bucket is used, and whether dispensed in a common or individual cup. The building is considered--the roof and chimney, heat and ventilation, and, when a structure of two stories, if a fire escape is handy or not.

Of all this a record is kept. On this record card may also be seen what recommendations were made the previous year, and whether these recommendations have been carried out.

We now enter the classroom, and refer to our card, whereon are recorded the names of those who were examined the previous year and found to be defective, and to whom individual cards were given, naming the special defect and advising parents or guardians to consult the family physician for treatment. The physician is asked to sign this card and mail it to the county board of health. This is a long journey for a little card to travel, and many are lost en route, so

RURAL SCHOOL LETTER No. II--9.--2.

on our permanent card, whereon we have the record above mentioned in re the school, we also have the individual record of all defective children at the school. This is referred to and the children called up privately and asked if a card was not last year given them; if so, did they carry out the instructions, and if so, what was done. This is recorded on the card, and we then examine all new pupils and all who have not previously been examined. This examination includes the eyes, ears, nose, throat, teeth, skin, and special defects.

The eyes are to be examined first by the teacher, who keeps a record of all that are found defective, and when the examiner visits the school he examines only those that the teacher reports. This is to expedite the work.

The ears are examined by the teacher, who, if observant, soon notices any impairment without any set stest. These are more fully examined by the examiner.

The nose and throat are examined by means of direct sunlight and wooden tongue depressor. We examine every child in the primary and intermediate grades, and those in high school who wish it. The teeth are examined at the same time with the throat.

The skin is examined for impetigo contagiosa, scabies,etc. Also special defects, such as hookworm and anemia, are looked for. Those found defective are given a card, and a record is made, containing the name, address, and the particular defect.

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State North Carolina County Wake Date March 24,1915.

Report on Wake County Training School.

The present building used by this school is a 4 room,frame structure, the result of additions from time to time. It is nicely kept,and is equipped with fairly good patent,double desks and seats.

Enrollment for the year 165 Teachers including principal 4 Grades 1-6 There has been no 7th grade at the school this year

The work of the 4th,5th and 6th grades is pretty fair. These grades are taught by the principal, an old man, who however ,has been largely responsible for the advance made by this school. The three young women assistants are from such schools as Cheyney Institute, Cheyney,Pa.,Hampton Institute,and St. Augustine's School,Raleigh. They have been well trained,and though young at the work,are doing very well. The assistant superintendent of schools thinks very well of them,and especially of the industrial teacher,Miss Rebecca Pride. She assists with the first grade work till 10:30 every forenoon. Then she takes up the industrial work.

Every class of girls gets one sewing and one cooking lesson each week. The school is fairly well equipped for this kind of work. This has hitherto been one of the centres for the work of the Jeanes teacher.

The conditions for the lower grade literary work are far from ideal here,though,of course,better than obtain[begin crossed out]s[end crossed out] in many rural schools. The first grade room is corwded[mark around the o and r] with both seats and children. And besides two teachers work together in here a part of each day. It could serve but little purpose under present conditions as a model for training teachers.

The present building is looked upon,however,as temporary. The