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BY THE WAY Vol. 35—No. 18 Newberry, S. C. 29108, Thursday, August 26, 1971 SWIISGER CUSHIONS —Mayor C. A. Shealy, Jr., forks out two dollars to J. C. McLeod, second from right, making the first purchase of the Newberry High School Band Swinger cushions. Looking on from left are, Demetrius Glass, drum major, Wilmer Hite, vice president, Band Parents Assn., Shealy, McLeod, president, Band x arents Assn., ana „ r ar Avedisian, color guard captain for the band. Band members, accompanied by pep bands, went into the community Tuesday evening offering the cushions for sale. Proceeds will go for band activities. (Sunphoto) Academy to build facitity By DORIS A. SANDERS BUSING ISSUE There can be no doubt that President Nixon has known ever since he has been in office that school children in the South were forced to submit to busing to achieve racial integration. Now, when the Department of Health, Education and Welfare has finally browbeaten almost every school district in the South into compliance with its wishes, and has begun to aim its fire at other sections of the coun try, suddenly the President has taken a firm stand against busing as a means of achiev ing racial integration. It is also noteworthy that Con gressmen from other sections, of the country, who were silent as long as the forced busing was contained to the South, have suddenly spoken out against this practice. They did it offi cially in voting on a resolution and it is also noteworthy—and predictable—that the majority of news reporters covering the Capitol just happened not to re port the incident. Had the vote gone the other way, it would have made the front pages of every newspaper in the coun try. But for the full story, here is the Viewpoint of August 10, 1971 telecast on WRAL-TV, Ra leigh, N. C. By Jesse Helms Congressman Roman C. Pu- cinski thought it interesting the other day that only one—just one!—out of all the hundreds of reporters covering the Con gress decided to report a de velopment that occurred the day before in the House of Re presentatives. Congressman Pucinski repre sents the 11th District of the State of Illinois. He is unalter ably opposed to the forced bus ing of school children. The Congressional action to which he referred, and which was ig nored by every Washington cor respondent except one, was a lop-sided vote—351 to 36—to tighten the screws on the De partment of Health, Education and Welfare, specifically to make HEW answer some ques tions about its forced busing policies. Congressman Pucinski has re peatedly contended that the so- called “desegregation bill” now being considered by Congress is nothing more than a bill to re quire forced busing on a mas sive scale. Which, of course, is precise ly what it is, and obviously the majority of Congressmen are aware of the implications of the bill. So, about two weeks ago, Congressman James M. Collins of Texas presented a resolution calling on the Department of Health, Education and Welfare to bare its soul, to give a full accounting of public schools throughout the country which are being forced to engage in “the busing of school children to achieve racial balance.” The House Committee on Edu cation and Labor had bottled up Congressman Collins’ reso lution. The committee chairman pleaded, later, that the commit tee was too busy with other matters to consider the resolu tion. So Congressman Collins movt that the committee be relieved of consideration of his resolution, and that the House of Representatives proceed to vote on it immediately. Which is what happened. The resolution was approved, as we say, by the one-sided vote of 351 to 36. (Continued on Page 6) The Board of Directors of Newberry Academy announced Wednesday morning that a con tract has been signed with W. E. Baker and Son of Whitmire to enable construction to begin on a modern, new school build ing. The building was design ed by Ben Rook, son of Mrs. J. D. Rook of Newberry and the late Mr. Rook. Members of the Board of Directors include Dr. William W. King, Chairman, Eugene C. Griffith, William S. Hentz, T. Clyde Tindall, and Herbert Baucom, Headmaste;. Dr. Sydney E. Carter, on leave of absence from the Board, is credited with much of the ini tial planning for the building. “The wholehearted support of Newberry Academy parents has been a great factor in achiev ing this goal,” Mr. Baucom said. On July 1, 1971, the school’s parents voted unanimously to begin a building fund drive. Under the enthusiastic leader ship of Herbert Baucom, Head master, and the Parent’s Coun cil, 88 per cent of Newberry Academy parents and teachers have pledged financial support to this drive and have attained the amount necessary to begin construction. Total cost of the facility will be $112,000. Pledges and cash on hand amount to $107,173.94. The new academy building will be located on Smith Road at Glenn Street. Construction is to begin as soon as materials can be assembled at the site. Newberry Academy, a non profit corporation, was esta blished in 1966 for the purpose of providing a sound education for children of Newberry and the surrounding area. Small classes, individual attention, and a dedicated faculty create an educational climate conducive to good learning. Academic achievement, reverence for God, and respect for country are stressed. Newberry Academy is accre dited by the South Carolina As sociation of Independent Schools. Because it is controlled locally, the school is able to serve the needs and interests of its own community. Newberry Academy earnestly solicits the help of the commu nity and of local businesses and industries. Anyone desiring to contribute to this campaign may Sunday A. G. It will be A.G.D. Wiles Day in Newberry on Sunday (Au gust 29) in honor of Dr. A.G.D. Wiles who retires as president of Newberry College Sept. 1. The College community will honor Dr. and Mrs. Wiles at a reception from 4 i ’’ p.m. Sunday, August 29, in the Kauf- mann Hall Lounge on the cam pus. A brief ceremony will be held in front of the Chapel at 3:45 p.m. when friends of the Wiles’es will present them with tokens of appreciation for the leadership they have given the College. In behalf of the New berry City Council, Mayor Cla rence A. Shealy, Jr., proclaim ed Sunday as A.G.D. Wiles Day, to honor the retiring edu cator and his wife. During Dr. Wiles’ eleven years as president, Newberry College has seen significant growth and improvement in the value of its physical plant, the size and quality of the student body and faculty, the curriculum, and its academic 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. Ground was broken for a fifth new structure, the music build ing, in January. During his tenure as presi dent, the student has increased from 600 to over 800 and the faculty from 40 to 64 full-time do so by mailing his contribu tion to Newberry Academy Building Fund, Newberry Aca demy. Mr. Baucom, Headmas ter, Dr. Thomas Riggin, Pa rent’s Council Chairman, or members of the Board of Direc tors will be glad to answer questions or to meet with any one interested in the school. All gifts are tax deductible. D. Wiles Day members. The quality of the faculty has also improved with 27 of the 64 having earned their doctorate. 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 calendar: 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 high est individual effort and accom plishment. Five new academic majors were also added to the curriculum. Last fall the National Coun cil for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) accredited the College’s two teacher edu- (Continued on Page 6) $3 PER YEAR Newberrians finish Emory Almost 300 graduates receiv- d degrees at Emory Univer- ity’s summer commencement xercises Saturday, Aug. 14. Dr. John C. Stephens Jr., lean of Emory College, made he commencement address. With a graduate school and schools of medicine, law, theo- ogy, dentistry, nursing and bu siness administration, Emory wards more graduate and pro- ’esslonal degrees than undergra- luate ones. Graduates from this area are: Lynne Ruth Farb, daughter )f Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Farb, Newberry, Master of Nursing. Member of Sigma Theta Tau, national honorary society of nursing. Beverly Jo Jackson, daughter of Jor V. Jackson, 1241 Cren shaw St., Newberry, Master of Arts in teaching. football set for youth 12-1] Any boy thru 12, or 13 year olds weighing 100 or less pounds, wishing to play football with the Recreation Department is to report to the Speer Street Youth Center on Thur. Aug. 26, at 3:30 P.M. for their physical. Uniforms will be issued on Mon. Aug. 30. Each boy must have a physical, parents permission slip, and a birth certificate be fore being issued a uniform. Winthrop Classes begin Sept. 1 Registration for the 1971-72 fall semester at Winthrop Col lege will be Tuesday (Aug. 31). Classes will begin Wednesday (Sept. 1). Students will begin arriving on campus Sunday (Aug. 29) and meetings with faculty ad visors are scheduled Monday (Aug. 30). The first semester ends Dec. scheduled from noon on Oct. 21 through Oct. 24. The Thanks giving holiday will be from noon on Nov. 24 through Nov. 28. College adds parking facility A new car parking lot at New berry College is under construc tion to provide the additional space needed for freshmen who will be able to operate cars on the campus for the first time since the traffic control pro gram was started in the early 1960’s. The College purchased the former St. Monica’s Episcopal Church building south the Science and Mathematics Build ing to provide the space for the parking lot; the church was razed in late May.