A. The conference on cooperation. D. H. Hill.. B. Fundamental principles of cooperation. E. M. Tousley........ C. From the grower's standpoint. L. C. Corbett.. D. Typical cooperative enterprises. W. J. Shuford.. (b) A cooperative egg-selling association. E. Seven obstacles to cooperation. W. E. Halbrook.............. F. Cooperative credit: The American need. John Lee Coulter.... G. The pioneer credit associations in the United States. Leonard H. Cooperation and the rural schools. T. J. Coates... A. Business men and the rural problem. Harry Hodgson.. B. Farm tenancy in the South. E. C. Branson.... C. The rural problem and transportation. L. C. Johnson. D. A country life survey. P. H. Rolfs.. E. Man and the land. Henry Exall. III. The farm demonstration work...... A. Origin and development of the work. Wallace Buttrick... B. Demonstration work in Louisiana. Mason Snowden..... C. The boys' and girls' club work. O. B. Martin..... A. Social service and the country church. B. The rural church and public health. C. The country church and good literature. P. P. Claxton.... C. How to relieve the drudgery of women on the farm. Joe Cook.. D. How can the country school as it now is help the woman on the VI. Education of women in the country-Continued. Page. F. How can the girls' industrial club work be made a part of the 47 G. How the Department of Agriculture aids the home maker. 48 VII. Problems of the rural school...... 50 A. Plans of State supervisors for rural school improvement. L. J. B. Rural school supervision. Albert S. Cook. C. The need of a county unit. A. C. Monahan.. D. The educational awakening in Kentucky. T. J. Coates..... F. Teaching agriculture in the one-room rural school. E. E. Sell.. H. The conference and the rural schools. P. P. Claxton.. VIII. Training and certification of teachers..... A. Changes in the normal school curriculum. L. J. Corbly..... C. Some general principles with regard to certification of teachers. D. The certification of teachers in the Southern States. E. E. Rall. IX. High schools in the South..... A. What has been done in Alabama. James S. Thomas... X. College extension work. Report by E. D. Sanderson.. XI. The trend in negro education. W. E. Aery... XII. Higher education of women. A. Improvement in standards of southern colleges since 1900. B. What should the bachelor's degree represent? Miss Eleanor C. Public opinion and higher education of women. Edward K. D. Keats for the kitchen. Lawrence F. Abbott.. XIII. Concluding remarks on the conference. Walter H. Page.. INDEX... LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF EDUCATION, Washington, D. C., May 27, 1913. SIR: The Conference for Education in the South, which for 16 years has held its annual sessions at different places in the Southern States, is unique among educational conferences, in that its membership does not consist chiefly of teachers and school officers, but of farmers, professional men of all kinds, business men, and women of varied interests, and in the further fact that its discussions are not confined to problems of educational theory, school organization, and schoolroom practice, but include rather the broader problems of education in their relation to State, society, and industrial and commercial life. Its members are all interested in the upbuilding of the Southern States. Every question on the program is considered with reference to its practical application to life and conditions in these States. This gives to the discussions of the conference a peculiar value not only for those interested in the broader problems of education and life in this section, but also for those with similar interests elsewhere. The program for the sixteenth conference held at Richmond, Va., April 15-18 of this year was unusually rich in matter of both local and general interest. For this reason I recommend that the accompanying digest and summary, prepared at my suggestion by Mr. W. Carson Ryan of this bureau, be published as a bulletin of the Bureau of Education. Respectrully submitted. The SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR. P. P. CLAXTON, Commissioner. 5 EDUCATION IN THE SOUTH. I. COOPERATION. A. THE CONFERENCE ON COOPERATION. By D. H. HILL, President North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts. The conference on cooperation at the Richmond meeting was concrete in its work. The speakers were men who have done things, and presented simply what they have done. In summarizing the work of this portion of the conference, there were some very helpful ideas brought out. The following seemed the most important: First. That agricultural cooperation in the South is now entirely feasible. Second. That wise management and small salaries should mark all initial enterprises. Third. That a good article only should be offered for sale, if continued prosperity is desired. Fourth. That it is best to start these cooperative industries in a small way. Fifth. That cooperation can succeed only when there is a hearty fraternal feeling on the part of the cooperators. The absolute loyalty of the cooperators is essential. Sixth. That cooperation ought to be undertaken only where there is some consolidation of a practical industry around which the cooperation may be built up. Other industries can be brought in as the initial industry develops. Seventh. That cooperation shall not be undertaken with a view to making dividends for shareholders. The object should be to save the producers from loss in marketing. B. FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES OF COOPERATION. By E. M. TOUSLEY, Of the Right Relationship League. Cooperation means literally a working together, and in its widest sense would include nearly every act of men in buying, selling, or laboring in any way to gain a livelihood. In its finality it means democracy in industry and commerce. There are various kinds of cooperation, but the word is here used in its modern application to business and industry, as opposed to the |