The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, June 25, 1970, Image 10
THE SCHOOL PLAN
In recent months, our vote for the
toughest jobs in town go to School
District 66 officials and members of
the school board.
They have been hard at work
drafting plans for the 1970-71 school
year. They have worked hard to come
up with a plan which would serve the
beet interests of education and the
community while at the same time
satisfying federal agencies which con-,
trolled the district’s purse strings.
These include the state purse strings
as well as the federal.
Last week, they announced that the
district’s plan has been approved by
the federal agencies. The plan calls
for some major changes in the opera
tion of the system. Some schools will
be closed. Some will be used for pur
poses different from those of the past.
All schools will be affected. But we
believe they have copie up with a plan
which is sound and fair.
Coupled with the district’s plan for
for departmentalizing teaching duties,
we believe the plan should serve the
best interests of education very well
while also operating within the frame
work of the federal guidelines.
Some people think the district has
moved too slowly toward total integra
tion. Others, of course, think that the
system’s “Freedom of Choice” opera
tion of the past was moving too fast.
But tlie district officials’ primary con
cern all along has been EDUCATION
for our children.
Our district was not among the
first for total integration nor is it
the last: It has bided its time until
there has been a clear definition of
exactly what type of plan is expected.
Once that became clear, the district
drafted its plan and got it approved.
District 56’s plan was approved with
out a single local official going to
Washington, D. C., to negotiate with
the federal agencies involved.
School officials now have a lot of
work to do between now and the open
ing of the 1970-71 school term. Mo
bile units must be moved from one
school to another. Some schools must
be renovated. At least one must be
enlarged.
We think school officials have
acted in good faith with the commun
ity. Now it is time for the community
to act in good faith with the public
school system.
There are some doubts and appre
hensions about what the new school
year will bring but let it be understood
now that those doubts and apprehen
sions are not restricted to one race or
the other. All of us are going through
a change together. If we act in good
will, patience and common courtesy,
we will come out better citizens to
gether.
OUR CENSUS REPORT
Some Clintonians undoubtedly were
puzzled by last week’s U.S. Census re
port for Clinton.
Clinton has grown, no doubt about
it. But the 1970 census shows that
we have 40 fewer people than we had
in 1960. It marks the first time in
100 years of census reports that Clin
ton has not gained population with
each new census report.
Actually, the 1970 census report
simply does not reflect Clinton’s
growth.' The i976‘figure of 7,897 re
flects onfly the*mnH35erof people living
within the city limits. The city limits
have not kept up with Clinton’s
growth. Our growth has come in the
new suburban areas adjacent to the
city limits. It’s a trend seen through
out the nation.
If all of the possible annexations
available were accomplished, Clinton
could easily gain 3,000 residents.
That’s a conservative but educated
estimate.
But a town is more than a popula
tion figure. A town also means mu
nicipal services. It means community
participation and planning.
The population figure, per se,
doesn’t concern us. What does con
cern us is that there is room for
growth within the city limits but it is
not being utilized. There are areas of
land which could be developed but
which lie unused. What the property
owners want to do with their property
is, of course, their business. However,
we feel that it is unfair for property
within the city limits to be on the tax
books as farm property when there is
a desperate need for residential real
estate.
A town either moves forward or
backward. Perhaps unfortunately, it
can’t stand still. The Census figures
show that Ginton slipped slightly in
the past 10 years. Of course, we know
better but maybe the figures will give
us some food for thought: What an
nexations would be advantageous to
both the town and the area to be an
nexed?
Is our property tax structure fair
to all ? Is it in the best interest of the
community ?
Is our tax rate adequate to take
care of all the things which need to be
done to keep Clinton moving forward?
NOTED AND PASSED
“BOY WANTED”
“Excellent chance to make some
spending money while preparing for a
good job as President of the United
States.
“Must be 16-17 years of age, will
ing to work at least six months before
feeling he ought to own the plant.
“If you are socially handicapped
or have any conscientious s c r u pi e s
against earning your money or stay
ing on the job, do not waste the effort
in appliyng.”
The above “ad” appeared in the
RALLS (Texas) BANNER in May,
1952. Wonder if the job was ever
filled?
“IT SOUNDS FATTENING
Our compatriot, L. M. Boyd of the
DOVES (Delaware) STATE NEWS
asks: “How would you like to break
fast every morning on clam chowder,
pork and beans, com bread, pumpkin
pie, and cold beer?” This, writes Boyd,
was what Buffalo Bill Cody ate every
morning. On contemplation, our only
guess is that ol’ Bill Cody must have
figured he had to eat more than a
buffalo to catch one.
WORKING FOR THE GOVERNMENT
Some expert has calculated that if
you’re an “average” income worker,
then up until the middle- of April you
(Vest all of your time working for the
gBwrwiMnt — is the form of local,
state, and* federal **•*«»* Or airnth«r
way ff putting it ia: if ao far this year
mm* been spending all of your in
come on yourself, you can keep right
on np to about mid-September; but
starting then and continuing through
October, November and December you
will have to turn all of your income
over to Big Brother.
AN HONEST ADVERTISER
Proponents of honesty in advertis
ing will find encouragement in an ex
ample found in the classified ad sec
tion of the Hampton (New Hampshire)
NEWS-REVIEW last month. It read
as follows:
“CAMERA FOR SALE. Takes
lousy pictures; will sell cheap. F4.5
lens. Call Hampton (phone num
ber).”
BIG
This business of putting words to
gether has its pitfalls and we’re as sus
ceptible as anyone. However, we
couldn’t help chuckling, over the way
we read a statement in a UPI article
out of Atlanta.
It said:
“Mayor Sam Massell . . . recently
created Atlanta’s first precinct in the
hippie area and manned it with 64 foot
patrolmen ..
Reaction?
Man, wonder where he got all
that big “fuzz".
Cooling-off Period
2-B—THE CHRONICLE, Clinton, S. C., June 25, 1970
SENATOR STROM
THURMOND
REPORTS TO THE
PEOPLE
CHANGES AT HEW
Parson's Wife Would
Settle For 2nd Fiddle
Dear Mr. Publisher:
My husband is sick in bed
with hay-fever, so his dear dar
ling wife is writing in his place.
Dr. Chargewright says he’s al
lergic to his church members,
so he’s taking a few weeks off.
Besides, it ’s about time I got to
say a few things. Being around
my husband is like trying to tall
during a thurder storm.
GUESS WHO W ONT Bl
THE IDEA!
County Showed Good
Census Cooperation
B. W. Crouch Jr., manager of the Greenville U.S. Census
District, said he is proud of the cooperation received by Census
workers in Laurens County.
He said, “I want to thank the people of Laurens County for their
fine cooperation with this 1970 census effort. I also was especially
proud of the people who worked with me in Laurens County. Mrs.
Oliver Green, Mrs. Carrington Herbert and Mrs. Fred Irwin were
all crew leaders and all did an outstanding job and completed their
work on schedule. Laurens County was the first to be completed.
Being a resident of Laurens County, this made me particularly
proud.
“Also I want to thank all of the enumerators who worked so
dilligently on this project. ’
Thanks From Crew Leader
The Editor:
I would like to thank the citi
zens of Clinton and the sur
rounding area for their ex
cellent cooperation in the 1970
Census.
Some people wondered why
the government asked questions
on housing, plumbing and what
seemed most rediculous of all
how they got to work last week.
This more detailed information
was requested at every filth
household. The Census Depart
ment not only counts population
but collects other statistics
necessary for our government
to plan our public policies
From the data collected by the
Census Department the govern
ment can determine where
schools should be built, water
lines laid and parks established.
It is important for the govern
ment to know how many persons
will be using what highways and
airports and when. The infor
mation compiled from confiden
tial Census reports is vital to
almost every public and many
private undertakings.
Betty Greene
Crew Leader
Some folks say that a preach
er’s wife always has to play se
cond fiddle. Shucks, I don’t even
get to play in the orchestra,
much less, doddle with the se
cond fiddle. I’m always intro
duced as the preacher’s wife,
talked to like the preacher’s
wife, and treated like the
preacher’s wife. For a while I
almost forgot I had a name of
my own.
The whole problem began
when the Lord called my hus
band to preach, but he didn’t
call me to be nothing but his
wife. Members can’t seem to
understand why I don’t get all
fired up over everything my
husband gets all fired up about
The next problem we faced
was the money problem. I think
the folks expect my husband to
be immune to money and the
“finer" things of life. When they
see holes in my husband’s
shoes, they just smile and say,
“We got a real dedicated prea
cher." But I don’t like holes
in my shoes any more than the
other dear ladies m our flock.
Whether they know it or not, I
like nice things too.
Another thing I might as well
say while I have the chance is
that I get tired of being ne
glected. Folks expect my hus
band to come visit the sick even
when one of us is sicker than
they are. What I reckon they
want is a preacher who’s a good
family man without really being
a good family man.
Well, like my husband would
say, I reckon I better be sign
ing off, cause I think I’m being
followed. I hope the “head" of
the house is up and around soon,
so’s he can apologize for all
I’ve wrote this week. Give my
regards to your wife. Tell her
not to forget that they name
hurricanes after women. They
don’t strike often, but when they
do.. .
Mrs. Parson Jones
* * *
NOTICE
TO CITIZENS OF LAURENS
COUNTY: All interested per
sons are advised that the lo
cation and design as proposed
for the improvement of the fol
lowing route have been approved
by the State Highway Engineer.
Route 66 - From 1-26 to the
Newberry County Line, a dis
tance of 3.1 miles.
The proposed improvement
will follow virtually along the
existing road except for minor
changes that may be necessary
to comply with F. A. Secondary
road standards. Bituminous
surfacing will be constructed to
a minimum width of 20 ft. with
adequate shoulders to provide a
two lane facility, on a right of
way basically 66 ft. wide.
The S. C. State Highway De
partment will proceed with coo-
structioc, when necessary
rights of way have been ac
quired.
Plans, maps and other infor
mation pertinent to the project
are available for public inspec
tion at the State Highway De
partment in Columbia.
J25-lt
Recent changes at the Depart
ment of Health, Education, and
Welfare have included the firing
of the U.S. Commissioner for
Education, Dr. James E. Allen,
and the resignation of the
Secretary, Mr. Robert Finch.
Neither of these individuals has
been sensitive to the needs of
the people, in the posts which
they have occupied.
In the case of Dr. Allen, the
people were faced with a pro
fessional educator who was
basically unfit for his post. He
was unfit by reason of his es
pousal of an alien philosophy of
education repugnant to the free
traditions of this country. The
director of the Office of Educa
tion should be a man who is
sympathetic toward our heritage
of local control and parental au
thority; Dr. Allen was not.
ALLEN’S PROPOSALS
Shortly before he was fired,
Dr. Allen gave a speech before
the National School Boards As
sociation in which he advocated
a shocking proposal which would
turn the child’s welfare over to
the State, beginning at the age
of JO months. He said that "We
can no longer ignore the need
for bringing these early child
hood years into the realm of
public education’s responsibil
ity.” He described the school
“as a flexible social instrument
reaching beyond the classroom.”
Under Dr. Allen’s concept, the
child would be tested before he
could talk. He described a so-
called Central Diagnostic Center,
whose purpose would he “to lind
out everything possible about
the child and his background."
The results would be fed into
central computers, and hidden
bureaucrats would write what
he railed a "prescription" for
the child, and for his famil>
Other bureaucrats would visit
the home in order, as Dr Allen
put it, “to make sure the pie
scription was filled." The cen
tral agency would continue to
bear this responsibility for
years, even making the decision
as to what kind of higher edu
cation the student should have.
SICK PHILOSOPHY
This is obviously a sick phi
losophy, which intrudes not only
upon the family’s privacy, but
upon the sacred rights of the
parent. It amounts to a life-long
process of brainwashing in
which it would be difficult, if not
impossible, for family and cul
tural traditions to survive. It
shows a contempt for the family
as the basis of society, and opens
the door for an all-powerful
state assuming control over the
lives of the citizens,
I opposed the nomination of
Dr. Allen, and I voted against
his confirmation. Throughout
his tenure of office, he showed
no inclination toward helping
the Nation ease the present
trials imposed by the Supreme
Court. On the contrary, he
seemed bent upon imposing his
statist philosophy with even
more vigor. The President re
sponded to the pleas of manv
citizens in getting rid of him.
Former Secretary Finch, on
the other hand, was a man fared
with a contradictory ta--k. The
sprawling HEW huieamraiy i
well entrenched, and protected
bv Civil Service.
FINCH’S FAII.FRE
Mr. Finch -et out upon
duties with /.e-1, but failed
reckon with the fact that
had a hostile and antagoni
crew on hand. He tried to tec
eile the Admini-ti atnoi poln \
with the view of hi stihoidi
nates and fell somewhere he
tween these two opposing camp-
Mr. Finch made no friends
during his tenure as Secretarv,
ard few, even the liberals, were
happv with his accomplishments
Much depends now upon how
well his succes-nr.
Richardson, responds
uation he inherits.
He is a tab nted
who fare- the chon •
mg his 'uhoidmatc-
istration policy, or o
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most American' regard a- un
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hureauc rac \
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DWIGHT L MOODY
By Lennart Pearson
Head Librarian
Presbyterian College
DWIGHT L. MOODY: AMERICAN EVAN
GELIST, 1,837-1899. By James F. Findlay. Jr.
With a foreword by Martin E. Marty. 140 pages.
University of Chicago Press, 1969.
A first-rate biography of Dwight L. Moody
has long been needed. It has now been written
and those interested in American social history
as well as in the great evangelist will find this
well-researched and balanced account of Moody
and his movement quite enlightening.
Moody’s story is quite well-known. Off to a
promising start in the shoe business in Chicago,
his side involvement in mission work developed
to the point where he decided to devote himself
exclusively to evangelistic endeavors. W T ith Gos
pel-singer Ira D. Sankey, he held numerous re
vival campaigns in U. S. cities and in. Great
Britain during the 1870’s and 1880’s, receiving
wide public acclaim.
Findlay, a DePaul University historian, finds
Moody particularly interesting as a link between
the business elements in the emerging cities of
the post-Civil War period and evangelical Prot
estantism. Both communities had much in com
mon: activism, individualism, practicality, and a
certain degree of anti-intellectualism. Moody
was in many ways the religious counterpart of
the empire-builders of his time, sharing the val
ues, hopes, and fears of middle-class Americans
even while putting his organizational and man
agerial talents to work in the service of religion.
Few realize the extent to which present-day mass
revivalism rests on the foundations laid by Moody
a century ago.
There is another side to all this, however. The
identification of evangelical Protestants with
middle-class interests made it difficult for Moody
to evangelize all men — including the disadvan
tage and the urban poor. This helps to explain
Moody’s rejection of denominationalism and his
yearning for a united Protestant-Roman Catholic
front against evil, his enthusiastic support of be
nevolent and social service institutions in indus
trial centers, his founding of three separate
schools for training lay-workers for inner-city
and experimental ministries, and his personal
identification with the City as the frontier of the
future. His strategies may have been simplistic,
but in some of his perceptions he was certainly a
bit ahead of his time.
Findlay’s book is well worth reading—a good
counterweight to the somewhat idealized ver
sion of Moody’s life that have gone under the
name of Christian biography. He deals reverent
ly and respectfully with Moody’s religious con
victions. But he also insists on what too fre
quently goes unrecognized, namely, that when it
comes to institutionalized forms of religious ex
pression, there is always more involved than
meets the eye