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THE NEWBERRY SUN
THURSDAY, JUNE 6, 1957
BY THE WAY . . .
(Continued from page one)
“From that time to the present day, one after another of
the revolutionary ‘thinkers’ of Teachers College, Columbia
and their disciples appeared before the National Education
Association and its sub-groups, wrote for the NEA Journal
and other educational publications, constantly pressing on
the teachers of America the need for their ‘new social order’
—to be brought about through the public schools. This led
the -NEA into some pretty strange fields. In 1937, for in
stance, one of NEA’s yearbooks described Earl Browder,
then head of the Communist Party here, as ‘an able and re
strained radical.’ The NEA Journal in 1945 plugged heav
ily a book by Henry Wallace containing his plan for govern
ment control of our lives—and declared it should be made
‘part of the required study of every high school and college
student.’ In many schools it was.”
The booklet tells of other professional educators advocat
ing the “new social order.” Among them were Dr. Harold
O. Rugg, Dr. William H. Kilpatrick, Dr. George W. Hart
mann, Dr. Boyd H. Bode, Dr. John L. Childs. Miss Gordon
describes “progressive education” as an entirely new method
of education the purpose of which—whether all its defend
ers realize it or not—is to deliberately under-educate our
children.” This system was first propounded by John Dew
ey of Columbia University. Later, the teachers colleges
began to inculcate in their embryo teachers the methods and
substance of progressivism, along with 'the “new social
order.” The methods of progressive education will be dis
cussed at a later time. There are just a few things about
the above quotations that I want to say.
I felt that before publishing all of the above, there should
be a little more research as to the reliability of the quota
tions. I recalled that back in 1952, I believe, when my hus
band was taking courses for his Master of Education de
gree, at the University of S. C., I often wept with him and
sat in on various classes. One of the professors seemed in
tent on the theory that a person was not to think for him
self; rather, he must read and study what the so-called
“professional educators” thought. The professional educa
tors to which the students in his classes were referred
were most often those named in the paragraph above. On
the first occasion that he required the students to write a
paper, my husband, after reading the various references,
wrote an original paper, for which he was given a “4,” the
lowest grade he had ever rated on any subject in any school,
and he had attended Clemson College and graduated from
Newberry College magna cum laude. The professor, how
ever, gave him a “second chance,” stating that he wanted
quotations in the paper. Frasier went to the same old
sources of reference, re-composed the paper with absolutely
no original thought, merely quotations from Kilpatrick and
others. For this he received a “1,” the highest grade ob
tainable. The professor didn’t want his students to think;
he didn’t want them to teach their students to think. I am
happy to say that in the following ye ir, the professor left
the University, by request, I understand.
Thinking of this episode, however, I decided to go through
my husband's notes which he took during his various course^
at the graduate school. Among the references I found were
W. H. Kilpatrick, mentioned above; 13 articles published by
the National Education Association; and a number of books
by John Dewey.
While the notes given by the professors include some of
the traditional methods of teaching, there are sneaked into
them unobstrusively such ideas as “the function of the
school in the social order”; “the desire and power to share
cooperative democratic living (social.)”; “the curriculum
for the selected few must be expanded to meet the needs of
‘all the children of all the people’.”
In the notes my husband took, I found these interesting
facts, which coincide exactly with what Miss Gordon has
to say in her article:
“Dewey’s religion is democracy. Unstable universe. ‘Re
ality’ unimportant. Live today. Goal of life tentative.”
“Counts: Dare the School Build a New Social Order?
Finney & Bagley, No. Walter Lippman, Hanna, yes.
“George S. Counts: We are afraid of public reaction.
Teachers should reach for power through joint action. Com
bat all forces which promote class distinction. Do away with
any caste system in education. Big business runs too many
public affairs. Money is the controlling nerve. If the schools
do not seize power they will wither and die. Indoctrination
favored by Counts in order to promote a means to an end.
“Committee of American Historical Association, Bobbitt,
realist, opposed property rights, individual enterprise, priv
ileged minority. “In the United States the age of individual
ism is closing and collectivism emerging.”
“Dewey didn’t evolve new ideas; he adapted old ideas to
his system.”
“The school curriculum must undergo gradual change.
Life moves along. Trends of business, government, and
philosophy must be kept in mind. The school reflects society
in a lagging manner. Schools are afraid to build a new so
cial order.”
So you can see that Miss Gordon is not just day-dream
ing. The books written by these men are on the library
shelves of the University of South Carolina and probably in
the library of ev^ry other college. They have been re
quired reading by some professors; suggested reading by
others. Some of the professors, one in particular that I
can think of, the highly respected Dean McTeer Daniel, uses
these books as reference material only to show his stu
dents the various philosophies of education. He does not
advocate the systems. Others, as I mentioned before, have
them not only as required reading, but as required “quot-
ing”on the part of the students.
There are many other phases of this attack on the public
schools, and whether or not it is deliberate, the “new social
order” has invaded our local schools. I certainly do not
mean deliberately. I know most of the people who run the
schools of this county and I do not think there is a one of
them who would condone any such methods. But because
FARMS AND FOLKS
By J. M. ELEAZER
Clemson Extension Information Specialist
HOGS GALORE
Soon after former county agent
Gary Meares started demonstra
tion feeding of hogs in Dorches
ter about 25 years ago, the grow-
ers there were organized into the
Dorchester Marketing Associa
tion to handle their hogs. It has
continued to prosper and render
a useful purpose since then. Good
marketing helps any product.
And hog production has thrived
there, amounting to close to three
quarters of a million dollars a
year for that small county. For
their last fiscal year, they ship
ped 20,459 read, and for the first
9 months of their current fiscal
year they shipped 15,905 head of
mostly top hogs, according to
County Agent King.
We have some other counties
doing well with hogs too. You
might wonder what becomes of all
of these hogs. But they are not
a drop in the bucket. When you
think of hogs, look to Iowa. That
state grows about 2 million more
hogs than all of the 16 Southern
states put together! I visited a
lot of farms out there. • Those
farmers don’t just grow a dozen
or so, like most of our folks do.
Man, they grow ’em by the hund
reds! And it’s hog everywhere
you look.
Corn makes hogs. And that’s the
real corn country. But many of
our good corn growers, employ
ing the Clemson 5-point program
for producing the crop, come up
with about as good yields as we
see commonly in the Corn Belt.
And unless you can make a lot
of corn rather cheap, as is usually
possible here, you can’t hope to
do much with hogs. But the good
growers of Dorchester, and of
some other counties, too, are prov
ing and have proven along
through the past 30 years, that
corn and hogs can be made to
click here,
KILLING WEEDS
Killing weeds in grain and pas
tures is being widely practiced
since effective chemicals have
been developed for this. County
Agent Lee of Cherokee tells me
their County Agricultural Com
mittee . bought a trailer-mounted
cluster-nozzle spray outfit for this
purpose last winter and it was ex
tensively useii the past spring.
Troublesome weeds like bitter-
weed, thistle, wild onions, dock,
etc., can be cleaned out of grain
and pastures by spraying at the
right time. And that right time
is usually during March, accord
ing to our Ernest Turner, who
works with such things. Weeds
are best killed then, when in the
small seedling stage, he points
out. And at that season too there
is less chance of the m aterial
drifting to other field or truck
crops that it might hurt, as most
of the susceptible ones are not
even growing then.
For full particulars about kill
ing weeds in this manner, re
member to inquire at your ‘ounty
agent’s office in time for doing it
next March.
This is one farm operation that
lends itself well to custom work.
For the individual only needs to
spray maybe a half day or day a
year. By custom work or com
munity ownership, many farmers
can use the same equipment, as
they did in Cherokee.
“BIG BUSINESS’*
County Agent Lynn says “Pine
trees .are getting to be ‘big busi
ness’ in Fairfield.”
That was the first county I
heard of years ago to have a
county forest protection associa
tion. As I recall, the former vet
eran county agent, R. H. Lemon,
was chairman a good while and a
leading light in it.
Their main interest was to
bring all forces together in an en
deavor to keep fires out. And
how well they have succeeded is
noted now in their annual harvest
from their woodlands. They are
by far the leading pulpwood pro
ducers in the state. And our for
ester, Cliff Hall, tells me they
are growing timber faster than
they are cutting it.
Yes, timber growing is becom
ing “big business” in all parts of
the state. We are in an area that
grows timber fast. In fact I know
of none that grows it faster, and
few as fast.
Fires and ruinous cutting have
been the forest’s main enemies.
Now more and more folks are
preventing and fighting fires. And
more and more woodland harvests
are being properly made, with the
best interest of continued produc
tion being kept in mind. “Im
provement thinnings” and “selec
tive cuttings,” they are called.
H. D. AGENT
SCHEDULE
The County Home Agents, Mrs.
Margaret R. Coleman and Mrs.
Margie D. Freeman announce the
following schedule for June 10th
through the 15th:
Monday, June 10: County Ag
ent’s Conference; County 4-H Pro
gram planning meeting at the Ag
riculture Building in Newberry at
3:00 p. m.
Tuesday, June 11: South Caro
lina Council of Farm Women;
Pomaria HDC at 3:00 p. m. at the
school with Mrs. Cecil Wicker as
hostess.
Wednesday, June 12: Office;
Tranwood 4-H at 3:00 p. m. at
the school; Vaughnville HDC at
3:00 p. m. with Mrs. W. A. Webb
as hostess.
Thursday, June 13: Office;
O’Neal HDC at 3:00 p. >m. with
Mrs. Ira Kinard as hostess; Tran
wood HDC at 3:30 p. m. with Mrs.
J. W. Abrams, Mrs. Burton Sease
and Mrs. Ben Sease as hostess;
Newberry County 4-H Council
Meeting Picnic Supper at 7:00 p.
m. at Margaret Hunter Park and
meeting at 8:00 p. m. at Newber
ry High School.
Friday, June 14: Office; ;Jalapa
HDC at 3:00 p. m. with Mrs.
Clyde McCarley and Mrs. T. T.
Carlisle as hostess.
Saturday, June 15th—Office
DEED
TRANSFERS
Newberry No. 1 Outside
Willie Lee W. Shaw, to Fay M.
Gray, one lot, 62x120, Emory St.,
$350.
Carrie Parrott Harmon to Ken
neth Donald Harmon, 3.25 acres,
$50.
C. E. Hembree to W. L. Seeg-
ars, 1.15 acres, $1800.
Silverstreet No. 2
Guy N. Boozer to Guy N. Booz
er and Jessie V. Boozer, 105.79
acres, $5.00 love and affection.
Marie Jackson, et al to Lenora
Eichelberger, 3 acres, $81.00.
Whitmire No. 4
W. S. Suber to Wallace Cromer
Sr., and Ival M. Cromer, one lot
on Cemetery Drive, $500.
John L. Cooper Jr. to Juanita
R. Sellers, one lot $200.
Malinda Anderson to Earl Shell
1-4 acre, $5.00.
Earl Shell to Wallace Hunter
and Esther Hunter, one lot on
easter St., $1,500.
Calia Quiller Shell to Earl
Shell, 1-4 acre on Feaster St.,
$250.
Pomaria No. 5
Harry Ringer et al to J. C.
Lominick, Rt. 1, Pomaria, 40, 61
and 4 acres, $5.00 love and affec
tion.
Little Mountain No. 6
Ernest B. Boyd to Jessie Clark,
2.33 acres, $1,600.
James A. Cumalander to W. B.
Shealy, 23.67 acres, $5.00 and
other valuable considerations.
Prosperity No. 7
V. L. Cotney to John W. Fel-
ker, one lot, $300.
Recent Marriages
William Cecil Harmon and Ro
berta Estelle Wilson, Route 3,
Prosperity were married at Po
maria on May 18 by Rev. J. L.
Drafts.
Cecil Donald Ringer and Bev
erly Arden Oxner of Newberry
were married by Rev. C. B. Word
at Newberry on May 29.
Thomas H. Julian, Jr. and
Frances McDowell of Newberry
were married by Rev. P. L. Grier
at Newberry on May 31st.
Hospital Patients
Mr. Grady Berley, Blair, S. C.
Mr. Jessie Van Bundrick, Rt. 1
Silverstreet.
Master Benjie Chapman, 1514
Calhoun St.
Mr. James Roy Creekmore, 1511
Harper St.
Mrs. Ruth Culclasure, 1411 Silas
St.
Miss Mamie Crooks, 2107 Main
St.
Miss Sarah Derrick, Prosperity
Mrs. Sarah Epting, Prosperity.
Master Willie Gilfillian, College
St. Ext.
Master Scottie Griffin, Rt. 5
Saluda.
Mrs. Angelyne Harmon and baby
Girl, 2805 College St. *
Miss Marlene Humphries, 419
Pickens St. Joanna.
Mrs. Narvis Harmon Rt. 3
Newberry
Mrs. Cora Kitchens, 615 Evans
St. Whitmire.
Miss Annie Knotts, Prosperity.
Miss Ethel Koon, 817 Boundary
of various factors, there is little doubt but that mediocrity
is creeping into the schools.
BOYS ARE
THAT WAY
By J. M. ELEAZER
I’ve been telling you about the
delightful things we kids got from
our country drug store, so-call
ed.
Now I want to tell you about
that glass showcase filled with
all sorts of penny candies. It was
the first of both I had seen. And
those fancy candies intrigued me.
They imitated all sorts of things.
There were the yellow marsh
mallow pieces that looked like
bananas. And the slabs of licorice
that carried metal stamps like
chewing tobacco. We liked tlfSt,
for with it we could spit red like
men.
But the one that interested me
the most was the bird nests. Yes,
candy bird nests. And a striking
likeness too. The base was white
marshmallow about the .size of a
small saucer. The depression in it
was filled with grated coconut dy-
green to look like bird nest ma
terial. And in it was an assort
ment of variously colored little
candy eggs that were stuck to the
nest. Those things at a penny
were a child’s delight. And I often
got my whole nickel in ’em. The
grown folks would get after me
for spending my money for “such
trash.” But, alas, they knew not
the liking of a kid.
Grown folks often make that
mistake. For what looks like
sheer trash to them is often a
treasure indeed to a kid. Once I
happened to have a catalog of a
cow sale in the car. Cleaning the
car out, I started to throw it away
with some other trash. But a
small boy was playing nearby, and
I thought he might like to have
it, as the cover carried a good
color picture of a cow. He took
it eagerly, thanked me, and said
he had always wanted a “cow
book.” His folks told me he treas
ured it far above expensive birth
day presents he had received the
day before.
So we have to try to look
through the eyes of a kid to find
out what he really wants. And
usually it does not coincide with
our idea at all.
St.
Mr. Heber Lindler, Little Mt.
Mrs. Verna McKain, 1539 Church
St. Whitmire.
Mrs. Evelyn McPhatter, 1328
College St.
Mrs. Carolyn Moose, 2206 Mur
ray St.
Mr. David Walker Morison,
1917 Harper St.
Miss Marie Moore, 1330 College
St.
Mrs. Estelle Marlowe, 1519
Harrington St.
Mrs. Euna Mize, Rt. 1.
Mrs. Malinda Pugh, Rt. 1.
Prosperity.
Mrs. Rosa Phibbs, Rt. 1. New
berry.
Mrs. Sallie Rinehart, Rt. 3
Batesburg.
Mrs. Leila Ruff, Rt. 2.
Mrs. Cora Stockman, Prosperity.
Miss Alice Thompson, 988 Cent
ral Ave. Whitmire.
Mrs. Frances Waites, Rt. 1.
Miss Mary Wood, Rt. 4.
COLORED PATIENTS
Ben Belton, 604 Bradley St.
Anna Boyd, Rt. 2 Whitmire.
Alice Elkins, 105 Emory St.
Daniel Hunter, 2015 Benedict
St.
Cleavous Holman, Rt.3 Pros
perity.
Louise Hiller, Rt. 3 Prosperity.
James Johnson, Rt. 4.
Hattie Werts Long, 806 Crosson
St.
Loyal McNary, Rt. 4.
Gloria Mangum, 834 Crosson St.
Eddie Suber, Rt. 3.
Annie Belle Stephens, Rt 3 Pros
perity.
Elizabeth Williams, Helena.
MILLS CLINIC PATIENTS
Mrs. Lurner Mae Corley, 402
Rice St., Newberry.
Mrs. Anna Barrier, Little
Mountain.
Mrs. Minnie Frick, 1933 Nance
St.
Master Keith Lake, Rt. 3, Pros
perity.
Mrs. Jane Shealy, Chapin.
Mrs. Frances Epting, 715 Glenn
St., Newberry.
Carl Epting, Rt. 3, Prosperity.
Mrs. Georgia Mae Haltiwanger,
Chapin.
Mrs. Ruth Livingston and baby
girl, Rt. 3, Proserity.
Mrs. Dorothy Rice, Rt. 4, Lees-
ville.
Colored
Dorothy Dean, Rt. 2, Newberry.
OUTBOARD
MOTOR
REPAIR
A Mi
FIX-IT-SHOP
We Repair Anythinn '
Frank Lominack’s
Hardware
1103 Main St.
Recent Births
HARMON
Mr. and Mrs. Billy G. Harmon
of Piedmont announce the birth of
a five pound, five ounce daughter
at Newberry Hospital Monday,
June third. The little girl has been
named Elizabeth Ann. The Har
mons have two other children
Gerry, 5 and Randy 2. Mrs. Har
mon and daughter will leave the
hospital today and will be at the
home of her mother, Mrs. P. C.
Plampin on College street exten
sion for several weeks before re
turning to Piedmont.
HIPP
Mr. and Mrs. George Elbert
Hipp of Prosperity announce the
birth on an eightpound,fourounce
daughter. Melody, on May 19 at
the Newberry Hospital. The mot
her is theformer Minnie Cornelia
Kinard.
GIST
Mr. and .JVIrs. Nat Gist, Jr. of
2230 Johnstone street are receiving
congratulations on the birth of
a seven pound, eight ounce son,
Robert Howard, on May 20 at the
local Hospital. Mrs. Gist is the
former Isabel Cox Howard.
CROMER
Mr. and Mrs. George Hagood
Cromer of Pomaria Route 1 are
parents of a six pound, two ounce
daughter, Debbie Jean, born May
22 at the Newberry hospital. The
mother is , the former Dorothy
Amelia Hendrix.
DICKERT
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Wingard
Dickert of Pomaria Route 1 an
nounce the birth of a seven pound,
eight ounce son, William Barley,
on May 22nd. at the local hospital.
Mrs. Dickert is the former Frances
Duree Bailey .
COLEMAN
Mr. and Mrs. Ted Lucious Cole
man of Saluda Route 5 announce
the birth of an eight pound, 15
ounce son, Ted Lucious, Jr., on
May 22nd. at the Newberry Hos
pital. Mrs. Coleman is the former
Peggy Jane Fulmer.
SATTERWHITE
Mr. and Mrs. Irwin Matthews
SatterVhite ,Jr., of 1206 Fair
street are receiving congratulations
on the birth of a seven pound, 14
ounce daughter, Irwin Susanne,
on May 24 at the local hospital.
The mother is the former Ida
Derryll Huiet.
DOMINICK
Mr. and Mrs. Emory Ansel
Dominick of 1501 Caldwell street
Dorothy Chicks, and baby boy,
1124 Long St., Newberry.
Mr. and Mrs. John H. Halfacre
of 2207 Rosalyn Drive, Newberry,
announce the marriage of their
daughter, Joanne, to Mr. ClarenC?
C. Hutto, Jr., on January 26, 1957
in Toccoa, Georgia. Mr. Hutto is
the son of Mrs. Clarence C. Hut
to and the late Mr. Hutto of
Newberry.
The bride is a graduate of New
berry High school, attended Co
lumbia College, and finished in
commerce at Newberry College in
1955.
Mr. Hutto attended Newberry
announce the birth of a nine
pound son, Alford Vaughn, on
May 28 fit Newberry Hospital.
Mrs. Dominick is the former Thel
ma Louise Lester. .
FARR
Mr. and Mrs. John Luther Farr
of Route 3, Gastonia, N. C. an
nounce the birth of a seven
pound, three ounce son, Joe
Michael, on May 30th at Newber
ry Hospital. Mrs. Farr is the
former Mamie Alice Lipscomb.
High school and Mars Hill Junior
College. He is a 1957 graduate of
The Citadel where he received a
B. S. degree in commerce and a
commission as a Second Lieuten
ant in the United States Army
Artillery.
Lt. and Mrs. Hutto will leave
in September for Forfr Sill, Okla
homa, where Lt. Hutto will report
for duty. Until that time, they
will reside at Apartment 15-G,
Cornell Arms in Columbia, where
Mr. Hutto will be connected with
Sears Roebuck and Company.
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OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS
R. B. BAKER, President J. DAVE CALDWELL, Vice-President
PINCKNEY N. ABRAMS, Secretary-Treasurer
LOUIS C. FLOYD R. AUBREY HARLEY THOMAS H. POPE