Saturday, October 19, 2019

Keep An Eye on North Carolina Where a Fine Spirit Is Stirring, October, 1919

From the Savannah Morning News, Savannah, Ga., as reprinted in The University of North Carolina News Letter, Chapel Hill, N.C., Oct. 8, 1919.

Keep An Eye On North Carolina

Judge Charles N. Feidelson returned to Savannah yesterday morning from a trip which took him to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he delivered two addresses to the State and County Council on the Practical Work of the Juvenile Court and Probation.

He found, he said, a particularly fine spirit stirring in North Carolina, which, having attained a rank next to Massachusetts in textile manufacturing and next to Michigan in furniture manufacturing, is now giving its mind to social thinking, to a consideration of methods for improving the general life. This trend, he thought, is largely due to the guidance of the university which has extended its service far beyond its own walls.

“This organization,” said Judge Feidelson, “seeks to bring into close relationship state departments and county officials, and plans in this way in this way to weave the various social agencies into an effective unit for the improvement of the common life of the state. Governor Bickett presided; the heads of the departments of health, education, public welfare, highway improvement, were present; there was a large representation from the counties—school men, commissioners, probation officers, and judges of juvenile courts. At the last meeting of the North Carolina legislature a tremendous amount of advanced social legislation was enacted. I was impressed by earnestness and the enthusiasm which marked the meeting, and I observed with admiration the attitude of Gov. Bickett, a rarely open-minded official, eloquent, and statesmen-like in his outlook.

“Keep your eye on North Carolina. They have grown very rich there, and now they are turning their wealth to a development of human values.”

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