The clothmaker. [volume] (Clinton, South Carolina) 1952-1984, June 15, 1965, Page 2, Image 2
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HaUMVGDM CLol
Published it
13 i Vr^l f?* Clinton
I 1, ,1 ployees, Clin
|?Aft'| ihe direciioi
Crocker. Dii
Member of South muniiy and
Atlantic Council of latinne
Industrial Editors
Calvin A. Cooper
Truman J. Owens
James R. Braswell
Betty S. Tyson
The publishers of The
items of interest from
to your department
person:
A WARNING FROM I
In 1788 Edward Gibbon c
Decline and Fall of the Ror
book sets forth five basic reas
The undermining of tl
home, which is the basis for
Higher and higher taxp<
0 o
for free bread and circuses
The mad craze for pie
year more exciting, more bi
The building of great ar
was within ? the decay of
The decay of religion;
losing touch with life, losinj
We are told that "history
the Roman Empire provides
civilization.
THE BIG EDUCATION
Economic
To be a leader, a nation or a
which earn this designation. /
is EDUCATION. Never has t
cialized education been more :
this era of life and death knov
There is evidence ? all too <
in a segment of the educatioi
cancerous. The primary area
nomics state of mind. A pro]
"economic illiteracy."
Fact: Fewer than one out <
takes even one course in econ<
of all college students do. In
sidered a "fill-in" for credit, j
Fact: Fewer than one-tenth
tors and less than one-fourth
(majoring in social sciences) ts
while in college.
Fact: It is estimated that ni
leges fail to have a single e<
three-fourths of our states d
nomics for even social scienc
certification.
Since the economic system c
days of our forefathers, has 1
of enterprise, opportunity an
have created the greatest ind
the story of this economic syi
iect matter for our school systc
It is said that too much edui
situation, too little economic
r?i 11 all tVir> hlnmp fnr tV-?n orni
the school systems ? but ou
great portion of this guilt by
ducing this ignorance with a s<
and eliminating that big edu
training.
QUALITY PERFORMA
Productivity means a lot 1
True, we measure produ*
to goods produced. But this i
real story of productivity.
Along with man-hours, t
_ i.x n.i _ a i
t^oiion raoncs requires con
machines, equipment and met
Many other factors mak
productivity.
The most important sinji
quality performance. You can
into productivity and they st
product ? without the indisp
And quality can be suppl
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lonthly by and
and Lydia em- f
lion, S. C., under
1 of Claude A.
rector of Com- \j
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nel office.
HSTORY
completed his great classic, "The
nan Empire." This often-quoted
ons for that "decline and fall":
ip Hicrnitv anH cartpfitv nf fVtp
human society.
?; the spending of public money
for the populace.
?asure; sports becoming every
*utal, more immoral,
maments when the real enemy
individual responsibility,
faith fading into mere form,
5 power to guide the people
repeats itself." The wreckage of
ample warning for present day
iAL GAP
c Education
man must nave tne qualilications
Unong the most valuable of these
he importance of mass and spespotlighted
than it is now during
vn as the Space Age.
obvious ? indicating a weakness
lal processes which is becoming
of this weakness is in the eoooerly
descriptive term would be
of every 20 high school students
omics ? and only about one-fifth
most schools, this subject is conrather
than a prerequisite,
of all elementary school instruc~n
,J ?i 1 * 1
ui cm y dtuuui teciciiers
ike even one course in economics
ine out of every 10 teachers' colconomist
on their faculty. Over
o not demand a course in ecoe
teachers as a requirement for
)f this nation, beginning with the
been predicated on the freedom
d achievement ? all of which
ustrial economy in the world ?
stem becomes an important subms
to project.
cation is dangerous ? but in this
?ducation is dangerous. We can't
lomic illiteracy of the nation on
r schools can certainly unload a
laKing a giant step toward reound
plan for teaching economics
icational gap in our youngsters'
NCE
nore than man-hours and output.
:tivity by man-hours in relation
s too simple a device to tell the
he making of Superior Quality
on of high standards, the best
hods.
e up the 'in put' that go into
;le ingredient in productivity is
take all the other things that go
ill may not add up to a salable
ensable factor of quality.
ied only by people.
THECLOTHMAKER
Would You Sign
Your Name
to the Last Piece
of Work You Did?
Where is the man
who is proud of
his work?
Where is the man who
would eagerly sign his name
to the job he just completed?
Where is the man who builds a
product of "lasting solidity and
exactness of beauty?"
The careful man who loves
his tools, who takes a walk
before bedtime
and thinks about his job . . .
To Uo. ~ 1 1
ao 11c uciilg piuuglieu ill lO
history by
featherbedding,
planned obsolescence,
indifference?
Doesn't a man who
unashamedly builds an
inferior product tarnish
himself and his industry?
Will the people of
the 21st century
collect our handiwork
as proudly as we
collect that of the
19th century?
A Faith To
Live By
A good farmer knows his
crop needs: sunlight, soil,
enough rain?and time. Each
contributes; each is important.
In fact, any one of them
can spell the difference between
a good harvest and a
meager one.
People have to grow, too,
and a growing season lasts a
lifetime. Like plants, we also
need outside help along the
way: a family to grow up in,
friends to prow nn with anri
faith to guide and strengthen
us.
Most of us take our faith in
God pretty much for granted.
Like all familiar things, we
just assume it will be there
when we need it. But our
faith is needed all the time
? every day, every week,
throughout our lives.
Begin now to make sure
your faith is strong enough to
face whatever lies ahead and
give vour children a faith to
live by. Take them with you
to your church this week. Having
worshiped, put your faith
to work daily.
The Importance
Of Words
Most important 6 words: I
admit I made a mistake.
Most important 5 words: I
am proud of you.
Most important 4 words:
What is your opinion?
Most important 3 words: If
you please.
Most important 2 words:
Thank you.
Most important 1 word: We.
Least important word: I.
''Hold everything," answered
the lead buffalo. "I
just heard a discouraging
word!"
It is fitting as we approach I
recall some of our tuition s inspii
so at this time, tchen many An
self-criticism, hut ignore the ,
their country. Here is "I Am tl
Whit taker, now copy supervisor
Chicago. tic wrote this Credo
advertisement for the Norfolk i
Whittakers copy first was reject
accepted. It since has appeared
around the worhl. Never has it
July 4th, 1965.
I AM THE
"I was born July 4, 1776, and th
is my birth certificate. The bloo<
veins because I offered freedom
things, and many people. I am
living souls ? and the ghost of mi
for me. I am Nathan Hale and
ington and fired the shot heard a
ington, Jefferson and Patrick H
and Green Mountain Boys, and 1
Grant and Abe Lincoln.
"I remember the Alamo, the M
freedom called, I answered and :
there. I left my heroic dead in 1
o VA/-1 ?v? LI ^ ~ 1 _ ?1
w/iit^iuui uiiu uii tiitr uicuK biupc
Bridge, the wheat lands of Kar
Vermont ... I am big, I sprawl
cific. I am more than 4,000,000 fa
tain and desert. I am quiet villaj.
"You can look at me and see B<
streets of Philadelphia with his I
Babe Ruth and the World Serb
colleges and 250.000 churches, w
as they think best. I am a ballc
of a crowd in a stadium, and the
I am an editorial in a newspaper
I am Eli Whitney and Stephen Fo
Einstein and Billy Graham. I arr
and the Wright Brothers. I am
Daniel Webster and Jonas Sail
Beecher Stowe, Walt Whitman,
"Yes. I am the nation T u;nc r>
willing, in freedom I will spend
possess always the integrity, the
keep myself unshackled, to rema
beacon of hope to the world.
"This is my wish, my goal, rr
one hundred and eighty-nine yej
Your Nest Egg ? A Must!
It once was a practice among
farmers to leave one egg in
each nest when gathering eggs
in the barnyard. This egg was
called a "nest egg" and was
believed to be an incentive for
the hen and kept her from
abandoning the nest and going
elsewhere. Artificial e{jgs
made of glass, ceramic, or even
wood were used as nest eggs.
The practice is no longer
common, but the expression
"nest egg" still has wide usage.
It means something put aside
? usually money ? as a saving
for a special purpose.
JUNE. 1965
Tnclc Sam's 189th birthday to
infi moments. It is especially
nericans arc qtiick to render
glorious accomplishments of
ie Nation," authored by Otto
of Leo Burnett ad aaencti.
iti 1954 as a public service
- Western Ry. Paradoxically,
cd, then, on second thought,
in thousands of publications
seemed more timely than on
NATION
e Declaration of Independence
dlines of the world run in my
to the oppressed. I am many
the nation. I am 185,000,000
llions who have lived and died
Paul Revere. I stood at Lexround
the world. I am Washenry.
I am John Paul Jones
Davy Crockett. I am Lee and
aine ana Heari Harbor. When
stayed until it was over, over
Flanders Field, on the rock of
s of Korea. I am the Brooklyn
isas, and the granite hills of
from the Atlantic to the Parms.
1 am forest, field, mounjes
and cities that never sleep,
en Franklin walking down the
>readloaf under his arm. I am
?s. I am 169,000 schools and
here my people worship God
Jt dropped in a box, the roar
voice of a choir in a cathedral,
and a letter to a congressman,
ster. I am Tom Edison Alhort
i Horace Greeley, Will Rogers
i George Washington Carver,
< 1 am Longfellow. Harriet
Thomas Paine.
onceived in freedom and God
the rest of my days. May I
> courage and the strength to
lin a citadel of freedom and a
ly prayer, on July 4. 1965 ?
irs after I was born."
The pen i& still
Mightier ihvn (he $word!
1776-1965