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The Newberry Sun, Newberry, S. C., Thursday, June 8, 1967—PAGE r i
Carey Chapman of Prosperity was first place winner
in the essay contest sponsored by the Newberry County
Beautification Committee. He is with Rusty Brown, rep
resenting the committee. Second place went to Shirley
Jean Counts; third, Nancy Ruff; and fourth, Susan
Schumpert. (Sunphoto.)
THE
M ANION
FORUM
By MARILYN MANION
IS BUSINESS “BAD?”
There exists in America to
day an ironically contradictory
concept of the nature of busi
ness. Reduced to simple terms,
“big business” is believed to be
composed of “bad guys,” who
make money at the expense of
“the masses,” who, of course,
are the “good guys.”
In reality, of course, “the
masses” never had it so good.
And the reason why they enjoy
the good life is because they
live in a free enterprise sys
tem. “Business” is what is re
sponsible for the common man’s
ability to enjoy a car, a tele
vision set, countless home ap
pliances, ready-made clothes
and bountiful supermarkets.
Why, then, is business re
garded as a villian, rather than
the hero it really is? To ans
wer that question, the Manioh
Forum asked Mr. Donald I.
Rogers, former Business and
Financial Editor of the Now
York Herald-Tribune, to speak
on its radio program. Here are
some of Mr. Rogers’ remarks:
“There is a transcending rea
son why America’s unique pri
vate enterprise system is in
trouble. That is the appalling
lack of economic comprehen
sion. We do not teach rudimen
tary economics in many schools.
In America, the academic world
treats the subject of economics
as a political philosophy and
therefore something that will
change from time to time.
“I hold that there are certain
fundamentals which do not
change; that for a certain eco
nomic action, there is a pre
dictable economic reaction. The
profit system is one of these.
If you institute the profit sys-
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tern in a society’s economy, and
couple it with a free, competi
tive market place, you know
what the reaction will be. You
know that most such profits will
be predicated on sales and that
in quest of sales, profit-seekers
will strive constantly to im
prove their products or services,
and to set prices agreeable to
consumers. If they don’t, a
competitor will take the busi
ness away from them.
“Certainly, too, there’s an
unchanging law about taxation
when it becomes excessive or
confiscatory. Its effect on the
economy is specific and un
changing. It begins by reduc
ing profits. That inhibits new
capital formations by reducing
the amount of risk capital av
ailable. Then there is the in
evitable reaction of business—
it raises prices to compensate
for the cut in profits caused by
levying of new taxes.
“These are notopinions. These
are facts, and they at least
as irrevocable as other so-call
ed ‘facts’ in science, in the
liberal arts, or anywhere in the
academic world. The basic rules
of economics are permanent
rules, and more so than many
other subjects that are univer
sally taught in our schools.”
Why do Americans think
business is “bad?” Perhaps be
cause they are taught to think
that way in school. Next week
this column will feature Mr.
Rogers’ analysis of what
children learn about economics
in the classroom.
Looking Ahead
.. by Dr. George S. Benton
PRESIDENT-NATIONAL
EDUCATION PROGRA^
Searcy, Arkonsat
NEWSPAPERMAN CHALLENGES
FOREIGN POLICY
One of the most knowledge
able newspaper editors in
America savs that our nation’s
destiny is being shaped dis-
asterously today by two false
propositions concerning Com
munism. The editor is M. Stan
ton Evans, of the Indianapolis
News. The propositions, he
says, constitute the basis of
our present official Govern
ment policy toward World
Communism and internal Com
munist subversion. Mr. Evans,
author of the shocking docu
mentary on foreign policy, The
Politics of Surrender (Devin-
SENATOR
STRO
HURMOND
Reports
PEOPLE
MEETING AN EDUCATIONAL CRISIS
The most important tradition
in American education is the
tradition of local control. The
people of the United States
have always realized that the
purpose of education is to im
part the fundamentals erf
knowledge and to teach the
child to cherish and carry on
the culture of his forefathers.
Last week, this column dis
cussed the crisis for local con
trol of public education. Des
pite the best efforts of Republi
cans in Congress, the Great So
ciety has no room in its guide
lines for simple prayers to God
in school, or for the inculcation
of regional ideals and values.
Federal funds inevitably bring
Federal control, while Federal
courts take over the adminis-
Adair Co., New York), ad
dressed the National Educa
tion Program’s Freedom
Forum XXVIII.
The two propositions:
“1. The Communists, if they
once were hostile to us, which
is open to question, are no
longer hostile and have
abandoned their old aggressive
intentions. They are entering
a new era of affluence and
peaceful intentions and are
wining to join witn us in
creating a new society in
which we will be friends;
therefore, we must be friendly
towards them.
“2. The Communists in
America — Communist Party
USA — are a rather harmless
group, perhaps eccentric but
not particularly dangerous.
They are a small group in
capable of doing any harm;
and even if their ideas are un
popular, and even if they are
saying things which we find
offensive, they are, after all,
exercising a privileged right
of dissent against the existing
system and this right of dissent
should be protected.”
Extremely Dangerous
“Both of these propositions,”
said Mr. Evans, “are not only
false, but scandalously false
and extremely dangerous — if
acted upon, as they are being
acted upon, as official policy
of the U. S. Government.”
“When I look at this total
picture simply as a concerned
citizen,” he said, “I often won
der what ultimately is going
to become of us. I think that
we have entered a realm — I
say this with some careful de
liberation over my choice of
words — which could be com
pared to the medical pheno
menon known as clinical in
sanity (in which) fantasies
take the place of reality.”
The young editor document
ed his challenge to the two
propositions governing our
nation’s foreign policy, citing
each historic appeasement of
the Communist juggernaut be
ginning with President Roose
velt’s formal diplomatic recog
nition of Stalin’s U.S.S.R. in
1933 (on the assurance that the
Soviets would abandon their
objective of world conquest)
and running through 25 major
U. S. foreign policy actions in
the subsequent 33 years, each
aiding growth of World Com
munism ... in Poland,
Czechoslovakia, Eastern Eur
ope, Yugoslavia, China, Laos,
Cuba, tfie Congo, Rhodesia,
Vietnam, and so forth.
The Communists, aided by
“confused” thinking within
America’s highest foreign
policy councils, are success
fully pushing the “psychologi
cal disarmament” of the West
“to get us to stop resisting
while they continue attacking,”
Mr. Evans said. But the most
acutely alarming Communist
offensive is toward our mili
tary disarmament.
tration and planning of local
school systems.
INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS
One unforeseen result of the
threat of Federal control, how
ever, has been a resurgence of
the idea of independent, non
governmental schools, free from
the burdens brought by public
funds. All over this nation,
privately financed, independent
schools—free from the entang
ling alliances of public money,
Federal guidelines, or the re
quirements of large professional
organizations — have been
springing up.
In the past two years, South
Carolina has become one of the
leaders in the independent
school movement. In August,
1965, the South Carolina In
dependent Schools Association
was established with only 11
member schools, enrolling 1600
students. Today, with less than
two academic seasons com
pleted, the Association has SI
members, 4500 students, and
more schools being authorized
for the fall term.
The secret of South Caro
lina's success lies in two im
portant principles: academic
excellence, and local control.
Although the Association itself
is mainly a clearing house for
information, the academic tone
has been set by the distin
guished South Carolinian edu
cators, Dr. George D. Grice,
President Emeritus of the Col
lege of Charleston, Dr. T. El
liott Wannamaker, President of
Wade Hampton Academy, and
Dr. James Kinard, former
President of Newberry College.
Dr. Grice is Chairman of the
Board of Independent Schools
Association, Dr. Wannamaker
is President, and Dr. Kinard is
Chairman of the Academic
Standards Committee.'
ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE
With such strength in direc
tion, the chief emphasis of the
Association schools has been
upon college preparatory
courses, with a strong academic
curriculum. The schools have
achieved an enviable teacher-
pupil ratio, and an enthusiastic
atmosphere for learning.
However, the Association it
self imposes no policy upon its
members. The one test which
all applicants must pass is the
test of local control. In every
case, complete control of each
school must remain in the
hands of the local board of di
rectors to make a school eli
gible for membership.
Although the schools are un
abashedly Christian in outlook
and daily practice, this rule has
meant in effect that most
church-related schools do not
meet the test of absolute local
control.
LOCAL ENTHUSIASM
An important by-product of
the stress on local control has
been local enthusiasm, express
ing itself in extraordinary
effort by parents, local educa
tors, and community leaders.
Many of the schools have
started up in brand-new, well-
designed buildings on beautiful
campuses. Others have begun
in abandoned public school
buildings, thoroughly remodeled
with donated time, materials,
and workmanship.
When a community is once
more in real control of a school,
an amazing community inter
est in education and its proper
goals reasserts itself.
South Carolina is proud to
become a leader in the inde-
pendent schools movement.
While America has always had
a tradition of fine private
schools in one form or another,
the preference for the term “in
dependent schools’’ more cor
rectly expresses the goal of an
education that is truly inde
pendent of outside influences.
Other States doubtless will be
interested in copying South
Carolina’s formula of academic
excellence and local control.
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