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PAGE SIX THE NEWBERRY SUN THURSDAY, JUNE 4, 1953 Only The Young Can Cope With The yy Strange Silence /y In Modern Education (Ed. Note: Following is the complete text of Dr. George D. Grice’s address to the Newberry College graduating class of 1953. Dr. Grice is President of the Col lege of Charleston.) The Strange Silence I should like to be understood as addressing personally and col lectively each and every member of The Class of ’53 before me. The old people out there may listen If they are not too bored—but if the strange silence in higher edu cation is to be broken you young people will be the effective agents. The old people represented by President Kinard and myself are rather hopeless in effecting the needed changes. I entertain a suspicion that my presence here today is an accident —or at least the result of a de plorable fortuituous circumstances which laid low on the flat of his f>ack the distinguished president of this respected institution. I knew that my good friend. Presi dent Kinard, had the courage to tackle a buzz saw, but I thought he had more intelligence than to dispute the right-of-way with a product of General Motors. While he was recuperating his commit tee extended the invitation to me and I promptly accepted while he ■was hors de combat and I am happy to be here. I have been attending com- mencements for 43 years. The im portant people are the graduates who are eagerly waiting to grasp that “skin” you love to touch "the sheepskin.” Speeches on these occasions are little noted nor long remembered. It is not what I say here that counts—it is what you, the Senior Class of 1953 of Newberry College —do that will make a difference in South Carolina in the years ahead. I^est I forget it, let me- congratu late you sincerely on having com pleted successfully the course of study and wish you God-speed in the power and the glory and in the trials and tribulations of the life jmd challenge that will be yours In years ahead. And what is this life ahead of you? “Whirl is King—having driven out Zeus”—“Whirl is King . . .” —spelled w-h-i-r-1, in case you do not understand my Gullah accent. Walter Lippman noted this quota tion from Aristophanes hi the in- the introduction to his book—“Pre face to Morals.” Or to put it dif ferently (the story of sign over Whirlaway’s stable in Lexington. Kentucky). But, my young friends, you do not have to spin like a top to keep up with the whirl—you do not have to drive out Zeus—and you do not have to bet on the horse races in order to admire Whirlaway’s descendants. The choice is yours, your choice is free to be made by you and that is my plea to you today—to analyze the strange silence and to do some thing about it. The strange silence is the ab sence of interest in or discussion of quality in higher education in South Carolina now in June, 1953. This strange condition was fore cast before the turn of the century in that strange City Columbia, S. C. by a stranger poet—J. Gordon Coogler, when he wrote: “Alas, for S. C., her poets are fewer. She never was much for “literaturer.” Since 1900, S. C. has seen a trend to quality, an upgrading, if you please, in many areas of human endeavor—roads, agricultural pro ducts, manufactured goods. Roads—I do not have to docu ment the improvement, the quality or the upgrading—the advertise ment that the S. C. Highway Com mission places at the entrance on all roads from other states is enough; it reads: “See the best state over the best roads!” Agriculture—Contoured, fertiliz ed, diversified — cattle pastures where scrub grew. Bo mechanized that if Lady Godiva rode a plowing mule in South Carolina, the rural population would stop to stare at the mule and not at the Lady. Ro tation of crops, agricultural agents —but I need hot labor the point of up-grading hor of quality—you know the story. Manufactured goods — from a limited number of rough cotton products to an unlimited number KODAK FINISHING Every Print An Enlargement NICHOLS STUDIO Sheet Metal Contractor—Heating—Air Conditioning CAROLINA METAL WORKS College Street Extension A. G. McCaughrin, Pres. & Treas. Phone 115 Newberry Federal If youth would realize the truth As aged people view it They'd turn from waste— And save in haste— While young enough to do it. Each account is insured up to $10,Q00 at the _ NEWBERRY J Federal Savings AND LOAN ASSOCIATION OF NEWBERRY John F. Clarkson President J. K. Willingham Secy.-Treas. College St Newberry, S. C. of finely finished products is the enviable record of the textile in dustry. Some products are so fine ly finished that they have to be censored. I refer to the Slick Chicks of The Springs Mills in Lancaster. From the one cotton fiber we have upgraded our prod ucts to include many fibers natur al and synthetic. I need not labor this point either. But what about education in South Carolina. Have we improv ed the quality—or upgraded the product? Let’s take a look at the record and the problems that we refuse to face, much less solve. (1) The high-school graduate. He is more numerous—yes—but is he any better. No, I do not think that he is as well-prepared as he was 20, 30, or 40 years ago. I am not talking about the upper 5%— The upper five percent will edu cate themselves in spite of poor teachers or no teachers at all. Twenty years ago we spent $18,- ! 000,000 on public education in South Carolina. This year we will spend 80 millions. Why not quali fy? I do not pretend to know the whole answer—but a little history of how we ran off the educational track might be pertinent. Up to about 1916 all colleges had pre paratory departments. Rise of The Southern Association and 1 keeping high school students in college for four years. Both kept the faith for about 20 years then each began to sell the other down the river. The High Schools cheap ened and weakened the high school diploma and the colleges ac cepted sub-standard freshmen and instituted a qollegiate dishonesty called “Remedial Courses” all in the name of numbers and patriot ism. In addition to the lack of in terest in competent freshmen and in the quality of college instruc tion, what other strange silences should disturb you young people? (1) The gradual elimination of the private independent and church-related college by the steam-roller of state taxation and competition. Need I document this point for you? The recent legislative authorization of four and a half million dollars in a building program plus—plus bor rowing by bond issue on future tuition fees an unspecified amount of money. Yet two state colleges last year had unoccupied dormi tory quarters. Despite these facts, the State Legislature steadfastly refuses (L should say the Senate) to define the function of the State Colleges and will not require each state institution to stick to its last. All the state colleges are all things to all men. (2) The Sales Tax: Last year Wofford College ran a $20,000 de ficit and paid $17,500 in sales taxes. Multiply this figure by 16 other private colleges and we are contributing about a half-million dollars from our measley budgets to public education and to our competitors—The State Colleges. In regard to the Federal Govern ment, their inflationary policies (now happily being checked) have halved our income from en dowments. I should like to ana lyze the R.O.T.C. for you, but time does not permit. Read what Presi dent Dodds of Princeton said re cently and see if we are not guilty of “playing soldier” when Korea’s trench warfare need the toughest of the tough in training. In my judgment education and military does not mix. Let’s do one at a time and do it well. So much for paying my respects to The Strange Silence regarding State and Federal iniquities — What else? Oh yes. Football! I can, I think, sum it up in asking a question: “What happened to the big game hunter in Africa?” The answer: “He disagreed with something that ate him.” The colleges are in that exact position. We have been eaten, nay devoured by the Collossus football—but we have only mildly disagreed with “something that ate us.” If I' were in the legislature I would vote for a rider on the State appropriations to colleges that any state college guilty of subsidizing, in permitting to be subsidized an athlete, would forfeit its appropria tion. Why? Because by subsidy, above board or underhanded, those responsible are guilty, in my opin ion, of compounding a felony and contributing to the corruption of youth, and of education. 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C. Wyatt, Elkins, W. Va.: I remember when a paper bag was called a poke; when a baby chick was called a biddy; and when the old timers use to go into the deep woods and get a large knot, shape it up, bore a hole through the center for a han dle and use it to drive fence posts or wedges in logs and split them into fence rails. The wooden wedges were called “gluts.” They were usually made from dogwood and well seasoned before using. They were usually made during the early winter months. From Sirs. W. W. Thompson, Bell, California: I remember when I was a child my Dad had a cotton gin. My brother and I had to feed the sucker that took the cotton from the wagon to the press. One day my brother stuck his head in it and it sucked his hat up and got into the gin teeth. Dad had to stop the gin and it cost him a lot of valuable time. From Mrs. Ellen Gustafson, Omaha, Neb.: I remember as a child when we use to carry in snow in winter time to melt for our baths which we took In the kitchen. Those were indeed happy c! ys. From Mrs. Clara Scheid, Ft. Re covery, Ohio: I remember when we bought crackers by the barrel, made 30 gallons of kraut for our family of four, and dug dandelions out of our yard for 10 cents a day. (Address contributions for the eolnmn to Th* Old Timer, Community Press Serslcs, Frankfort, Kentucky.) and the money into quality of in struction that we have wasted on football. Why haven’t we done so? Because we have not gradu ated all seniors in South Carolina since 1920, but we have graduated Sophomores who stayed sopho mores in adult life and never got over the rah-rah stage. You know the people I mean. They are the ones who staged the panty-ralds on womens colleges this spring. The same crowd that took Prince ton apart. Am I opposed to foot ball? I love it. I want It taken away from the gambles, the brib ers and the subsidizers—yes and from the alumni—and given back to the students. It is one of the few tough contact games left; but I want to get rid of the evil of the oval and have it played by stu dents—not professionals. There you are, my fine young friends! Those are your problems. If you think it is important to break the Strange Silence and at tempt to solve these problems, instead of being ostriches witii our heads in the hole, then speak up as mature citizens of South Carolina. Run for the State Sen ate and break the road blocks there. Talk, protest, organize—if you believe in your birthright as a citizen of this fine old state. In any event—keep graduating —not stagnating—be a Senior and a graduate and not an eternal sophomore. Is Whirl King and Zeus gone? Do we need to preserve The Strange Silence? I do not believe it and I have confidence that you do not. God Speed and God bless you. PROSPERITY NEWS The college contingent from Prosperity who have arrived for the summer includes Miss Drucie Connelly, Columbia College; Miss Anne Bedenbaugh and Miss Joan Hawkins, Winthrop College; Miss Pat Wise, University of Ga.; Bur ton Lewis, Clemson College; Miss Phyllis Wise, University of S. C.; Msses Beth Pugh, Clara Pugh and Linda Hancock, Erskine College. Thirty-one seniors will leave Monday morning, June 8, for a week’s educational tour. The group will visit Williamsburg, Va., Wash ington, D. C., Endless Caverns, and Natural Bridge, Va. Supt. and Mrs. C. E. Hendrix, Mrs. £• A. Young will chaperone the group. Mr. and Mrs. James Luther are spending the summer with Mr. Luther’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Luther. Mr. Luther taught last year In Calhoun Falls and Mrs. Luther in Columbia. Mrs. Frank McMillan, Jr. of Latta is spending the week with her mother, Mrri. Lillian W. Har mon. Frank McMillan, III, who is attending Dental College in Louisville, Ky. will arrive Fri day and go to Latta with his moth er. Mrs. George S. Wise of Co lumbia spent Sunday with Mrs. J. Frank Browne. Miss Bertha Ruff of tb i Wood ruff school faculty is spending the summer at her home here. Miss Elaine Busschaert of Now York City is the guest of Mrs. Ray F. Hook. , Mrs. C. S. Mills will leave Sun day for a three weeks’ visit with her children, Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Campbell and Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Camp in Greenville. Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Sykes and their two small sons, Johnny, Jr., and Steve left last Friday for Lakeland, Fla., where Mr. Sykes will play baseball for the summer. STILL. CHAMP . . . Heavyweight champion Rocky Marciano shows manager A1 Weill punch which dropped challenger Joe Walcott in first round of championship fight in Chicago. Mrs. Joe Webster and her lit tle daughter, Lois of Florence spent the weekend with her moth er, Mrs. Byrd Gibson and Mr. Gibson. Mrs. Tenny of Washington, D. C. spent last Tuesday with Mrs. Frances Spotts. Mrs. J. Walter Hamm and Mrs. Bill Leaphart attended a reunion of their class at Winthrop College Saturday. Mrs. S. S. Bierley and Mr. and Mrs. Richard Bennet of Ports mouth, Ohio are visiting in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Pat E. Wise. They came to be present for the graduation of their niece and cousin Miss Phyllis Wise at the University of S. C. Miss Katherine Counts, a mem ber of the Greensbor^, N. C. School faculty arrived Sunday to spend her vacation with her moth er and sister, Mrs. E. O. Counts and Miss Ethel Counts. Mr. and Mrs. Clyde E. Beden baugh of Easley spent the week end with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Maxcy Bedenbaugh and Mrs. J. A. Counts. Miss Myrtice Counts, who is teaching In the Laurens school system is spending her vacation with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Counts. Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Morris of Newberry spent the weekend with Mrs. Morris’ father, N. H. Vaughn and family. Sunday guests of Mrs. Gurdpn W. Counts were Mrs. A. K. Ept- ing, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Reagin and their son, Earl of Greenwood. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Foster, who ar eteaching in the Columbia City school system are spending the summer with Mrs. Foster’s mother, and aunt, Mrs. J. I*. Counts and Mrs. Annie Hunter. John Glass of Newberry Col lege spent the weekend with Gor don W. Counts. B. T. Young attended the gradu ation exercises of his grandson, A. J. Richards, Jr. at Presbyter ian College, Monday morning. Flowers and Gifts for All Occasions CARTER’S Day Phone 719 — Night 6212 Farmers Ice^ Foel's <7ut£ Ktvs know your State f Made in London in 1756, a solid- silver mace is the emblem of au thority of the South Carolina House of Representatives. On state occasions, the mace is borne at the head of the procession. At other times it reposes on a pre pared rack in the State House. 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