The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, August 18, 1949, Image 13
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Thursday, August 18; 1949
THE CLINTON CHRON1CI E
SCHOOLS ARE NOT TEACHING INDIVIDUAL.
RESPONSIBILITY, SAYS ROGER W. BABSON
Gloucester, Mass., August 12.—
I believe in children’s summer
camps. Money spent by parents
thereon is well invested. But I do
notice one thing with my grandchil
dren.
What About Summer Camps
The first summer when they are
home alone, after being too old for
camp, they are “lost” and know not
what to do. During previous sum
mers while at camp, every hour of
the day was planned for them; they
merely followed their camo coun
sellors and the other children. Af
ter outgrowing camp life and left to
themselves, they appear helpless and
bored, while children who never
went to camp and lacked the many
camp advantages are much happier.
The above does not# mean we
should deprive our children of camp
life; but it does mean that camp own
ers should overcome this drawback,
This correction is even more impor
tant in connection with the recrea
tional programs which cities and
towns are now putting on for chil
dren. Certain mornings each week
I see a class of children following,
like little soldiers, a teacher to the
beach or a playground. They—like
the camp children—are having their
days planned for them during the
summer vacation as well as during
the school terms. As these children
will be entirely “on their own” af
ter graduating from school and go
ing to work, it seems only reason
able to let them take care of them
selves for two months each year so
as to get used to individual respon-
sibilty.
Labor Leaders and Politicians
Certainly our public schools are
not developing individual responsi
bility. Young people have too much
given to them and are taught to “fol
low their leader” from birth until
they get their first job. Therefore, it
is natural that they will want a la
bor leader and ward politician to fol
low when they go to work. Certainly,
our schools are making followers for
the labor leaders. From this bad
training children receive in school
and during vacations they are uncon
sciously / being trained to welcome
fascists and communists. We are un
dermining democracy.
One of the first things every State
should do is to repeal all laws which
discourage children from taking jobs
during vacations. If I want to hire
one of my grandchildren for running
errands in the office or working on
the grounds outside, I must get var
ious papers signed by the State and
School Authorities,—provided they
will sign them! The whole present
is wrong. Many children could ac
quire valuable habits and knowledge
by summer work at almost any age.
I worked for wages every vacation
after I was twelve years old and the
experience was of great value. It is
a crime to rob children of this priv
ilege today. Again I say we are un
dermining democracy and individual
responsibility by so doing.
How A I topU Will Come
I recently established a college in
the center of the US..—at Eureka,
Kansas, and named it Utopia Col
lege. One reason for this name is be
cause nearby are the remains of one
of the Utopia Socialistic settlements
of 75 years ago—which—like the oth
ers—failed because individual re
sponsibility was lacking. They de-
! pended upon a leader. I took this
: name to impress upon students that
(Utopia comes not through Socialistic
! programs, but through honest "com
petition. As an ending to this col-
! umn on children, let me state what
we teach the students at Utopia Col
lege, Eureka, Kansas. Here it is:
The future of the United States^
and every other cquntry for that mat
ter—depends only partly on scien
tific progress, or natural wealth or
even cultural advantages. The ad
vance of man everywhere depends
upon the recognition that it is im
moral to depend upon others or upon
the government. Furthermore, that
the essence of democracy is individ
ual responsibility from babyhood. Of
course, this demands an interest in
! our fellow men. But we should teach
that#—in the longrun—we cart'’" help
save our fellow men only as we save
ourselves physically, mentally tfhd
spiritually.
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SIX-INCH SERMON
By Rev. Robert H. Harper
PRAISE FOR THE WORKS OF GOD
Lesson for August 21: Psalms 19:
1-6; 65:9-13; 104:24.'
Memory Selection: Psalms 8:1.
True faith will lead us to relate
all our blessings unto God and find
in every good thing of earth some
thing to teach us of our Heavenly
Father. The ancient psalmist beheld
the glory of God in the heavens
ebove. The philosopher, Kant, never
in all his life journeyed farther than
60 miles from his native city. But
his thoughts ranged through all
space.
Inferring the moral law within
from that which operates in the un
iverse without, he wrote what some
one has called an “unconscious par
aphrase” of the 19th Psalm. On the {
deck of a ship in the Mediterranian
one night. Napoleon stood apart,
wrapped in deep thought. A group
of his officers near had been express
ing skeptical views and they turned
to him foi confirmation of what they
had been saying. The emperor raised
his arm toward the starry heavens
above and asked “Gentlemen, Who
made all that?**
This Creator is also the sustamer
of life on earth In the fSth Psalm
there is a beautiful picture of God
as bringing the harvests of the field
and feeding the flocks of the pas
tures He thinks of the valleys Cav
ing with golden grain, the pastures
covered with flocks, and the ver
dant hills as shouting and singing
the praises of God
In Psalm 104 24. the author writes
of the work of God in all things and
declares that the “earth is full” of hit
riches. Let none wreck your faith in
the eternal goodness
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Baldwin Reviews
Birth and Death
Rate In County
In a review of the birth and death
statistics for Laurens county for the
calendar year 1946. Dr W E. Bald
win. county health director, points
cut a number of interesting facts
The grand total of births in the
county for the year was 804, of
which 418 were whites and 388 col
ored. Physicians, however, reported
only 470 live births and 67 colored.
In this connection he pointed out
that the colored population had de
creased steadily since 1930 from 17,-
709 to the 1943 estimate by war ra
tion books of 14.446
There were a total of 316 reported
deaths in Laurens county of which
188 were white and 18 were color
ed.
Leading causes of death were:
Heart diseases in first place account
ing for 103 deaths, 53 white and 50
colored: in second place was Intrac
ranial lesions of vascular origin (ap
oplexy) accounting for 44 deaths, 27
white and 17 colored. In third place
was kidney diseases accounting for
29 deaths. 22 white and 7 colored;
fourth place was held by cancer
which took 25 lives, 20 w'hite and 5
colored. In fifth place was pneumon
ia which killed 21 people, 10 white
and 11 negroes and in sixth place
came all accidental deaths which ac
counted for 20 persons, 15 w’hite and
5 colored.
In the field of cancer control Lau
rens county sent 37 patients to the
cancer clinics from July 1, 1947 to
June 30, 1948 at a cost to the state
and Laurens county of $1,654.40.
From July 1, 1948 to December 31,
I 1948, Laurens county sent 23 patients
to the cancer clinics at a cost to the
S state and county of $2,046.33.
Shealy Reunion To
Be Held August 21
The following program has been
con/ipiled by the entertainment com
mittee of the Shealy reunion. The re-
' union will be held Sunday, August
21, at the old Daniel Shealy home
stead at Chapin.
Invocation — Rev. Milton Frick,
Leesville.
Introduction of speakers — George
K. Dominick, Newberry.
Welcome address—J. L. Shealy.
Main speaker —. Rep. Thomas H.
Pope, Newberry.
Sacred selections — O. L. Shealy
and family, Columbia. ,
Lunch.
Remarks — J. M.-Eleazer, Clemson
College.
Spirituals — Shealy quartet, New
berry.
Business.
Election of officers. ’
Music furnished by the 246th In
fantry band and Newberry concert
band throughout the entire day.
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