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******** *■* + **.' s- • **** BY THE WAY N’e\\l)err\‘, S. (\, Thursdiiy, December 10, 1970 Dr. Wiles resigns as college president By DORIS A. SANDERS ■************^-0f+&*-*~ ■>+- * * CONCERTED EFFORT Since the liberal bureaucrats in Washington have succeeded in virtually destroying the pu blic school system's purpose of educating the young, in the South and many other parts of the country, they are now be ginning to focus their activities on the private schools of the nation. They succeeded in obtaining a ruling from Internal Revenue that donations to private schools could not be tax deductible un less the school publicly announ ced an "open door'' policy of enrollment. If this doesn’t w ! ork, they'll find some other way to either close the doors of private schools or see that they become amalgamated so that there will be no "freedom of choice" except, perhaps, for the very wealthy- and for the children of bureaucrats. Jesse Helms' Viewpoint on WRALTV. Raleigh, N C . on November 11th has more to say on the subject It follows We shall see. in the coming months and years, a concerted effort among and by "liberals" to destroy private schools The attack has already begun It will grow, in both intensity and vi ciousness. Unless the people are careful, it will succeed The "liberals" have already succeeded in virtually destroy ing the hope of continued qua lity in public education. Whe ther by accident or by design, the effect is the same Through out the country, public schools are becoming jungles of vio lence and anarchy: standards have been lowered in absurd attempts to reduce tensions; teachers and administrators have become pawns in a tragic sociological experiment that was doomed to failure at the out set. What has dismayed the "libe rals" is their discovery that many hundreds of thousands of parents do care about the kind of education their children re ceive. Hence the astonishing proliferation of private schools, established by parents willing to make additional sacrifice in the hope that their children can attend school in comfort safety, and reasonable conve nience -and with the expecta tion that their children can be challenged to learn Private schools offer an al ternative in some areas, the only alternative to the permis siveness that public school tea chers and administrators are obliged to practice as a matter of simple survival So great is the harassment and intimidation of public school teachers that they are turning, m great num bers, to other employment. The "liberal" politicians and news media sense a revolution m the making The growth and expansion of the private school movement can be expected to continue. meanwhile, chaos and disruption spread m public schools everyw here Logic lias never been a part of the political liberal's mental process He refuses to acknow ledge that his u n vv o r k a b 1 e schemes are the bad medicine that has made the public schools sick So the "liberal" prescribes more of the sam- 1 more forced busing, more compromises with mediocrity, more surrenders to militant mobs. So the next step in the "liberal" strategy will be to stamp out private schools. The pressure is on; all manner of restrictions and roadblocks are being devised to deny pa rents their freedom-of-choice (Continued on Page 8) Vol. ;> 1 No. :’, l Bloodmobile draws 101 donors Over 100 Newberry College students, staff, and local resi dents went to MacLean Gymna sium on the College campus Monday to give blood when the American Red Cross Bloodmo bile visited the campus. "We were overwhelmed by the response of our students to the visit." Chaplain Harry Weber, the coordinator of the blood drive, said "The commu nity of Newberry should be proud of the Greek organiza tions at the College who took the lead in sponsoring and or ganizing this community-wide project, he added, "too many times the fraternities and soro rities are criticized for being involved only in social pro jects In addition to the 101 donors, another 28 wanted to give blood but were turned down because they had colds which prevented them from donating blood. A trophy was awarded to Al pha Tau Omega fraternity for having the highest percentage of their members donating blood. Tau Kappa Epsilon and Theta Chi members were also recognized for having most of their members participate in the project. This is the second year that members of the College com munity have contributed more than 100 pints of blood when the Bloodmobile was on cam pus Democrats win at Prosperity PROSPERITY In an elec tion here Tuesday, two council- men were elec’ed to two year terms on the Prosperity Town (’mined With some 228 votes cast. De mocratic candidates. Oscar W. Bowers with 160 votes and W. B Ackerman. 12a votes, were re elected Repuolican candidates defeat ed were Woodrow Bedenbaugh, incumbent, with 91 votes, and Mrs Jeamne Bedenbaugh, 77 votes Councilmen Glen Hamm and B 1) Eptmg and Mayor Walter Hamm, all Democrats, uere not up for re-election. Adult Education new period set 'Die second semester for A- dult Education classes will be gin January 4th, according to T II Leitzsey, Newberry Coun ty Coordinator. Mr Leitzsey stated that those interested in attending classes for next semester may register now by contacting him or ap plying to the principal at New- berry High School, Mid-Caro lina High School or Whitmire High School Dr. A.G.D. Wiles, president of Newberry College, announ ced his approaching retirement at the semi-annual meeting of the College’s Board of Trustees on Thursday. Dr. Wiles, who will be 65 on February 19, 1971, told the Board that he wishes his re tirement to become effective September 1, 1971. During his 10 years as presi dent. Newberry College has seen significant growth and improve ment in the value of its physi cal plant, the size and quality of the student body and faculty, the curriculum, and its acade mic standing. Since he became president of the College on September 1. 1960, the physical plant has more than tripled in value, with the construction of four new buildings and the purchase and the gift of new property. During his tenure as presi dent, the student body has in creased from 600 to 850 and the faculty from 40 to 64 full time members. The quality of the faculty has also improved with 26 of the 64 having the earned doctorate and another nine having completed their course work and are writing their doctoral dissertations. The curriculum has also un dergone substantial revision dur ing the past decade. A major change in 1969 was the intro duction of a new academic ca lendar: the 4-1-4 plan, which consists of two four-month terms separated by a one-month in terim in January. During the January term each student takes only one course intended to challenge him to the highest in dividual effort and accomplish ment. Five new academic ma jors were also added to the curriculum This fall the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education accredited the Col lege's two teacher education programs; the University of South Carolina is the only other school in the state with NCATE accreditation. The improved academic stand ing of the College can also be seen in the increase of New berry College alumni continu ing their education in graduate school, and in the increase of public schools, businesses, in dustries, and governmental a- gencies hiring graduates. A native of Maryland, Dr. Wiles received his bachelor of arts degree from Gettysburg (Pa.) College in 1929 and his doctor of philosophy degree from Princeton University in 1984. From 1933-36 he was the head of the English Department at ihe Hun School and the Hun College Department of Prince ton. In 1936 he became head of the English Department at the Citadel m Charleston, S. C., where he remained until he was $3 PER YEAR Poor people to meet Dec. 17 In accordance with the rules and regulations of the econo mic opportunity act, as amend ed, a public meeting will be held at the Newberry County- Court House on December 17, 1970, at 7:30 P.M., to afford the poor people of the county an opportunity to elect their representatives to the Board of Directors of the Midlands Com munity Action Agency. Speers St. PT0 meets tonight The Speers Street Parent Tea cher Organization will meet Thursday night, December 10. There will be no business at the meeting. From 7:00 until 8 30 the teachers will be in their classrooms. This is your opportunity to visit your child's room, sec his work, and talk with the teacher about your child's progress. All parents are urged to be present. Adult basketball begins Monday Adult basketball will start with practice at the Gallman Junior High Gym Monday night at 7:00 P M. December 14. The purpose of these prac tices will be to let each player get on a team and get in some practice before the season starts. Practice nights will be as follows: Monday, Adult Men; Tuesday. Adult Women; Wednesday, Adult Men; Thursday, Adult Men; and Friday, Adult Men. Sponsorship for a team will be $20.00. Trophies will be gi ven to team winners. For fur ther information call the Re creation Department at 276-4856. (Continued on Page 8) Over 100 college students, staff mem- Newberry College campus. The secon hers, and Newberry residents donated annual College visit was sponsored by ih one pint of blood Monday when the Amer- College’s six social fraternities and soroi ican Red Cross Bloodmobile visited the ities.