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HI6HER EDUCATION
COMMENTS ON MEN AND THINGS
By SPECTATOR
As I said last week I now conclude the statement of
Senator Edgar Brown:
“As much as all of us would like to appropriate more
and more millions for education, it is not economically
possible to do so when our economy is standing still. Cur
rently for the first time in more than fifteen years, the
State is being forced to borrow money in anticipation of
taxes for the fiscal year 1957-58. This bears out the warn
ing from those of us who tried to hold the line on approp
riations during the last session. We said that unless con
ditions materially and unexpectedly improved we would
face a very difficult financial situation next year.
This does *not mean that the state is in too much fin
ancial trouble, but it does mean that the constantly in
creasing economy we have enjoyed in recent years has
leveled off. We hope to restore our upward trend. We are
working hard on tax problems and other matters which
are hampering our general economy and industrial deve
lopment. The best assurance of more money for education
and, for that matter, for all public purposes is an expand
ing economy in which the government must cooperate.
Where business has slowed down, with burdensome taxes
as one of the major factors, it is not feasible to solve
the problem by adding new taxes.
We must find a better way to utilize our existing ed
ucational facilities. We cannot afford to continue to spend
millions on new school buildings when the many fine
buildings we now have are used such a small percentage
of the time.
Somehow we must face the shortage’ of teachers, some
of which is due to the compensation they receive. Possibly
If. t)te teachers were permitted to give more of their time
to the essentials of education and less time to frills, they
could educate more children and it would be feasible to
pay them better salaries.
I do not presume to be an authority on education as
such, but do credit myself with sufficient intelligence
to know that when college presidents and other education
authorities say the system is wrong, then it must be
wrong. I personallly wonder if we might send tenth and
eleventh grade students to school six days a week and
maybe ten months a year, getting even more done for
them by proper requirements than we now get by keeping
them through the twelfth year. We could pay teachers more
for doing more work of an esential kind. We would not
need as many more class rooms and other facilities.
Mr. Lynn Kalmbach, a high official in the city of Col
umbia school system, recently proposed what many doubt
less consider the “revoluntionary” idea of a six-day school
week with children going on alternate days for more
months during the year. Might not we give this idea more
thought? I do not apvrove entirely of it, nor did Mr. Kalm
bach probably expect it to be entirely adopted.
e Another “revoluntionary” thought I have heard was
to send first and second year pupils to school only four
and a half months out of the year, thus accomodating
twice as many with the same number of teachers and class
rooms during the nine months. I do not yet know whether
I would subscribe wholly to that.
But might not we find something in between that would
be helpful? Something might be worked out whereby first
and second-graders would go only half a week for the full
nine months. These little fellows probably could absorb as
much that way as they now do. This would practically cut
in half the teaching, transportation, classroom and lunch
room load as it applies to beginners.
I think that more educational leaders should, like Mr.
Kalmbach, come forth constructively and courageously
with suggestions, no matter how revolutionary they may
sound, in the hope of improving our plight. Somewhere
there must be solutions.
Let me say again that I am not and never have been
against the school teachers.
I have confidence that television can *be used to give
public school students the finest kind of instructions on
some subjects, supplementing, not eliminating, the class
room teachers. I hope that the legislature at the coming ses
sion will adopt an experimental television idea which will
be presented by a special committee which has gone thoro
ughly into the subject.
I hope that this statement may help somewhat to clarify
the education problem which confronts us in South Car
olina today.
I do not recall any statement that has appealed more
to me. Naturally, as an ex-teacher, I have given some
thought to the question, but I must admit that Senator
Brown has adopted a plan that will commend itself to the
earnest and thoughtful men of the State who study the
problem without bias. A small-time politician will disre
gard .every consideration but votes. Fortunately we have
enough soberminded men to assure a wise course.
It is unfortunate that the rumor is spread that many
teachers will resign. I think that is just a scare that is
intended to intimidate legislators; but it is known that
several thousand ex-teachers of proved ability are avail
able for vacancies, if there should be wholesale resignations.
Teachers who find the pinch too great may, with pro
priety, withdraw, of course.
There was an idea in ancient times that any subject was
good material for the development of the mind if a person
applied himself sedulously. That may be true, although
it is even more likely that a student will learn more, and
learn faster, if the subject be one Which appeals to him.
That pre-supposes that the subject should have merit.
Some philosophers of olden times labored long and earn
estly to learn about the capability of a disc equal to a dime.
Later there was an idea that the brain might be developed
by stern and unremitting application to Latin. That could
be as dry as a desert, if taught by a dry teacher. And so
with mathematics; few teachers do more than discourage
the student. But once in a while there appears a teacher
full of enthusiasm who knows how to teach; how to arouse
and stimulate a youthful mind; to stir his imagination,
to relate all the intricacies of mathematics to great prob
lems of building. A real teacher is a treasure.
We are face to face with the New Year. What of it? We
have become terrified by the gloomy predictions of alarm
ists. Sometimes I wish editorial writers, special correspond
ents and business commentators would quitely fall asleep
and remain asleep until about March.
Why should we fear? Of what are we afraid? We have
several million more people than a year ago; we have farms
and factories; we need just as much, even more, than last
year. So, why not go about our business?
May I offer my best wishes for a happy, healthy, pro
sperous New Year? And may I commend the Great A-
jKTstle Paul’s admonition, that we carry our petitions to
the Throne of Grace, knowing that “The peace of God which
passeth all understanding shall keep our hearts and minds
in Christ Jesus.”
THE OLD HAT TALE
By C. Phelan
E VERY morning at eight I would
take my paper from old Jaka
the *newaboy’ and step into Man
ny’s for a cup of coffee. Manny
was always good for a story or
two and a laugh, and the day
seemed better tor my having gona
there. The other morning, how
ever, Maitny unloaded a tala
heavy with pathos. I haven’t been
able to forget It all week. Thought
you might like to hear it.
“See that old hat on the hook
by the telephone?” asked Manny
after I’d taken my first sip of
coffee.
‘The one that looks like it’s
ready for the rag b^g?”
Manny didn’t bat an eye. “Re
member Marvin Miller?” he
asked. “It’s Marvin's hat.”
"So he’s dumped It on you?
Don’t blame him.”
"Marvin's always forgetting his
hat; he’ll be back for it But I
was talking about the hat. The
other morning Marvin's in here,
sitting just about where you are
now. telling me his troubles.
Seems he has a deed for a farm
his father left him. He leased the
thing for awhile but the tenant
ups and buys his own place—so
Marvins’ farm is going to seed.”
"Why doesn’t he work the land
himself?”
•T think he’d like to, but he’s
got his eye on some girl here in
town! she doesn’t hanker to be a
farmer’s wife.”
Give me another cup of coffee.”
“Coming up. So who walks in
whUe Marvin and I are talking
but Red Burke—you must have
seen Red in here. Anyway, as
soon as Red hears about this
farm he’s all questions. Seems
Red’s got his eye on a girl too.
only this girl is wild about coun
try life. So Red tries to talk Mar
vin into selling out.”
“Seems like a good idea,” I said.
Manny nodded. “That’s what
I thought But Marvin’s not so
sure. Anyway he said he’d let Red
know in a day or two. Then he
left’*
“Where’s the old hat come m?”
’Tm getting to that When Mar
vin left he forgot his hat like he
usually does. I told Red about it.
so Red runs after him and gives
him the hat."
“Very interesting,” I said dry
ly. “Welt I’d better' be going.”
"It was a windy day,” contin
ued Manny," and as Marvin was
walking along with* his head down
the hat blows off his head. He
chased it for half a block—and
right there his luck changed.”
“It got worse?”
"Nope. Better. Who should stop
his hat for him but the prettiest
girl he ever saw—so Marvin says.
She picks up his hat, and without
making any cracks about the
shape it's in she just stands there
looking at him real starry-eyed.
'What's wrong?’ asks Marvin.
'Your hair—it’s exactly like some
body else's I used to know.' This
didn’t flatter Marvin because h«
felt like a shaggy bum at the time,
but he was happy to find out that
her somebody else had run off
with another girl.”
"This is touching, but I’ve got
work to do," 1 said.
"Anyway," Manny, continues
stubbornly, "Marvin came in for
supper that night walking on a
cloud. Seems this girl has made
him forget every other girl he
ever knew. She must have, be
cause they’d already arranged to
get married.”
"Married? This Marvin’s a fast
worker. And Red? Naturally he
didn’t get the deed to the farm.”
“Naturally. Marvin and his wife
plan to move out to the farm be
fore the weeks up. But you haven’t
heard the saddest part”
"It gets sadder?” I asked in
credulously.
"For Red it does. Not only does
Red lose the farm, but it turns
out that the girl who picked up
Marvin’s hat is the same one he’d
planned to marry himself. Ain’t
that a coincidence?” asks Manny
with a sigh.
From Tbm CatoklU Mountain
Star: Sangertios, Now York: Time
was when the milkman was "the
man nobody knew.” He came in
the pre-dawn darkness, and only
the milk on the doorstep gave evi
dence of his visit Now that he
works during the day like a nor
mal citizen, it develops that he is
the most popuar salesman.
Results of a nation-wide survey
of milk consumers, revealed at the
50th annual convention of the Milk
Industry Foundation, have inspired
an industxy spokesman to pro
claim ecstatically, “Mrs. Ameri
can Homemaker just loves her
milkman” . . . and to add quickly,
"But husbands needn’t get jealous
—it’s purely platonic."
Six out of ten housewives report
ing that they had opportunities
for chatting with the milkman
rated him "above average" in
friendliness and courtesy com
pared with other sales people.
Four out of ten said he was "av
erage,” none rated him lower. In
honesty and integrity, the report
was the same.
It seems possible that this atti
tude had much to do with the
further fact that 64 per cent of all
those interviewed considered milk
the most nutritious of all foods,
and that these consumers ranked
milk at the top of the six foods—
milk, meat, bread, ceraals, frozen
foods, coffee—as the biggest mon
ey’s worth and the most depend
able of comestibles. There would
also seem to be a connection be
tween the personable milkman
and the fact that those who have
it delivered drink more milk (an
average ten quarts e week) than
those wuo buy It at the store (she
quarts).
It is a pleasant thing in this
day and age when too many peo
ple are too busy hating each other,
to find that friendliness and hon
esty are not only recognized and
appreciated, but are actually re
warding to their possessors. Fur
ther, the evidence suggests that
it might be at least a small ges
ture toward world peace if the
representatives of all the va >ua
and sundry enterprises who on-
tact the American home were to
emulate the purveyors of milk.
Brings to mind, in fact, that old-
fashioned expression, "the milk
of human kindness.”
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tered. as changeable as things are
at this season and particularly
where long distance? are involved.
Too tight a schedule should not
be set up. because an attempt to
make time under adverse condi
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BY JOHN and JANE STRICKLAND
R OGER DECKER married a
charming gisl. by name El-
oise. Everybody liked her; he was
a darned lucky fellow. And Eloise
liked all their friends and acquaint
ances. If there loomed up one who
didn’t seem to favor her very
much, she soon won that person
over. This was during the prohibi
tion era when everyone was mak
ing his own liquor or finding some
way to circumvent the prohibitory
ruling on the purchase of alcohol.
Eloise became popular in that
field, too; she made the best gin
of anyone in their social crowd.
And there’s where trouble raised
its ugly head. Eloise sampled too
much of her product. Prohibition
repealed, she kept right on sam
pling too much. In short, Eloise
became an alcoholic.
What to do about it? Persuasion,
removing temptation, prohibiting
the use of strong drink in his
home, Roger tried all of these. He
even prayed for a solution. None
came. Finally he did persuade his
wife to try an Alcoholics Anony
mous treatment. That worked for
a time. "Eloise should have some
one to whom she must be an ex
ample,” said an old family friend
who had interested herself in Rog
er’s problem. "If only you had
children." But they didn’t Eloise
liked children and it had been a
great disappointment to both of
them that they had none. They
were got beyond the age for adopt
ing a child; but the character El
oise was presenting to the world
put them beyond any hope.
Adoption being the last straw,
Roger clung desperately to it. He
heard of a man suddenly left a
widower with baby girl. This man
was a sailor, his entire future life
was to be spent at sea. He was
planning to put his child into a
home for unfortunate little ones
like his. Roger persuaded the
father to give them a tryout, with
the understanding that if he was
satisfied after a period of a couple
of years, they might adopt the
little girl, but with the further un
derstanding that the father should
always be uppermost in the child’s
life, a sort of Godfather. The
father agreed.
Eloise had all the conditions ex
plained to her, and so the baby
was turned over to her.
Result: the care and responsibil
ity of that little child, and Eloise’s
love for her, together witu the
recognition of what her example as
a mother meant, caused alcohol to
be banished from her life.
Roger Decker solved his prob
lem, and that of his wife, by giving
her someone to love more than
she loved what had become her
deadliest enemy.
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' periencing 8ne of those outbursts
of wHcH ftefour na
tional prkia. W* all tfaeaU the bel
ligerence with which St wag main*
nsdned fiuring World War I that
on# American could lick 10 Ger
mans, and we would like to be
lieve today that one American
scientist can outsmart 10 alaa-
where. Unfortunately, teat is not
true, for science ia not a sparring
match between two adversaries,
but a fusion of effort and a syn
thesis of accomplishment by men
of many tongues, many beliefs,
and in many ages. I am sure teat,
if the. truth were known, sputnik
would pay homage to the scien
tists of many countries . . ."
The above ia quoted from a
speech by Crawford H. Greencwalt,
President, E. I. du Pont de Ne
mours & Company, before tea An
nual Meeting ef the American As
sociation for Advancement of
Science. We quote it here because
it points directly to a startling
point of fact that ia of concern to
every American at this time. For
once, we are not “on top." And we
know it'.
You can read it in tee pages of
practically every newspaper in
the country, for in nearly all of
them you will find stories or edi
torials which carry tea same mes
sages. First, wa are behind scien
tifically. Secondly, our national
pride dezhanda teat something be
done about it
The launching of the Russian
earth satellites was beyond doubt
the beginning of e war—a techno
logical war.* And it has been a
long time in American history
since we entered a .war with tea
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The much*pubUatead Gaither
power. Military leaders who stud
ied tea report inficeted teat white
tee United States ia faced wtte •
grave military challenge from tee
Soviet Union, tee report overem
phasizes tee potential military
danger.
But scientists and engineers
are deeply concerned and they are
being quick to point out that im-
mediate action must be taken to
speed up our own training and re
search programs. Wa must meat
the Soviet challenge in tee edu
cational field, they say, and we
must as well achieve e unity of
action in our scientific endeavors.
In this history of our nation,
men have taken arms and
marched off to battle whenever
our nation was in peril. We now
face a technological war in which
there is no place for e man and
hit rifle, where courage and
dividual strength cannot throw
fear into the enemy.
This is a war that wa must win
at a nation. The frodtrunnera will
ha our scientists, engineers and
our chosen leaders. Wa must leek
to them—and stand ready to help
in any way that we can.
Perhaps whan this New Year te
completed, tea American prats
may be reporting our achieve
ments in science and apace, rath
er than our concern over tee feci
teat we are running second. ,
Wc can do it—and wa diB-tek
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This An That
The Tournament of Roeee dates
back to 1889 and the Bose Bowl
Is the oldest of tee football bowls.
After Miohiffan beat Stanford 48-8
in 1802, football waa dropped until
1916 when the Reee Bowl eosdeaB-
ants were Washtaften State and
Brown, with Washington State tee
winner by 14-0. The present stadi
um was opened in 1888 and at teat
time acquired tee name of tee
Rose Bowl. It seats 188,808 . •
The Columbus, Ohio Touchdown
Club selected Texas A A M*s John
Crow as recipient of lie Chic Bar
ley Trophy as the outstanding col
lege football player of tee year.
The award was established In hon
or of an Ohio State All-American
player . . . Essard Charles, form
er world’s heavyweight champion,
has lost again; this time te City
of Cincinnati over a tax matter.
Charles claimed he paid taxes In
other places where he
money, hut tee city withheld
$1,888 from money peM Oi
for a piece of paeparty which Is te
be tern down te mate rs