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PAGE EIGHT THE VOICE March 30, 1950 The Thread That Runs So True Like the air we breathe, we of ten take the free common school for granted without realizing that it is “the greatest discovery made by man.” Comes now the adven tures of a young teacher told by a born story-teller whose writing has the rugged freshness of his native Kentucky hills. It is a truly great book—the kind that comes but once in a generation, a book that will live to entertain and inspire new readers as Eg gleston’s Hoosler Schoolmaster has lived to be read decade after de cade. Each year for sometime, we have been calling attention to “the most important book,” seeking to select a volume which if read by the great body of American citi zens would help to build the com mon understanding essential to the successful operation and growth of our democratic society. As “the most important book of 1949,” we name The Thread That Runs So True by Jesse Stuart be cause it is concerned with the unique institutions in American life. The Thread That Runs So True is good literature. It records life throbbing with energy, aspiration, conflict, and love. It is full of suspense and vivid imagery—dif ficult to lay down until one has finished, the kind of a book that keeps people up beyond the usual bedtime. It appeals to a wide range of readers, young and old, city and rural, teacher and lay man, the little and the much schooled. This book is good history. It records life in our American high lands among people who still re tain many of the characteristics of the original pioneers. It re veals the immense lifting power of our free public schools and tells of an experience that in va rious forms has been repeated on one frontier after another as our country has swept westward and forward. It should help us to understand that whatever we do in home, church, community, gov ernment, agriculture, industry, or business must begin with sound education. What would we be able to do in any of these fields if we had to start with illiterates? The story of Lonesome Valley and other schools is good peda gogy. It shows what hoppens when a strong, honest, earnest, and loving personality gives him self to his students. It is good prophecy. It suggests what would happen to our country if through education we brought to full frui tion the talents of all our people TEACHERS’ SALARIES, 1947-48 Rank State Average Salary (1) California $3690 (2) New York 3476 (3) Washington 3325 (4) Maryland 3321 (5) Connecticut 3249 (6) Arizona 3136 (7) Rhode Island 3105 (8) Massachusetts 3103 (9) New Jersey 3102 (10) Indiana 3073 (11) Michigan 3020 (12) Illinois 3016 (13) Nevada 2988 (14) Utah 2968 (15) Oregon 2941 (16) Ohio 2847 (17) New Mexico 2741 (18) Delaware 2642 (19) Florida 2641 National Average $2639 (20) Pennsylvania $2597 (21) Texas 2585 (22) Montana 2582 and what could happen to the world if most of its adults who are now illiterate could be re placed in another generation with people taught through reasonable free school opportunity to make the most of themselves and their countries. This book is sound Americanism. It exalts the aspi rations and ideals by which our people have risen rapidly to na tional and world greatness. The Thread That Runs So True, which the author has dedicated to the school teachers of America, belongs, in the personal library of every teacher and prospective teacher. —Joy Elmer Morgan. 23) Wisconsin 2560 24) Colorado 2540 ri5) Minnesota 2482 26) West Virginia 2364 27) New Hampshire 2355 28) Oklahoma 2277 29) Idaho 2239 30) Louisiana 2236 31) Kansas 2191 32) Wyoming 2187 33) North Carolina 2114 34) Missouri 2099 35) Iowa 2088 36) Vermont 2066 37) Virginia 2062 38) Alabama 1957 39) Nebraska 1919 40) Tennessee 1901 41) Kentucky 1884 42) South Dakota 1883 43) Maine 1767 44) South Carolina 1742 45) Georgia 1724 46) North Dakota 1665 47) Arkansas 1545 48) Mississippi NEA 1256 Journal. Students Discuss Race Progress Recently a group of students, headed by Robert Smalls, a sopho more of White Plains, New York and a senior, William McNair of Rocky Mount, conducted an as sembly program that centered about the contribution the Negro people have made to recent Amer ican history. The main address was given by Robert Smalls who spoke on the topic, “What Will Our Contri bution Be?” Other speakers and topics appearing on the program included the following: Gaither Perkins, “America’s Tenth Man;” William Hill, “The Negro in Ed ucation;” Irene Graham, “Out- Negro Women;” George Coburn, ■‘Ihe Negro in Sports;” Anthony Fleming, “The Negro in Art;” and LaVon Haithman, “The Ne gro in Religion.” Are You A Good Teacher? A superior teacher, according to 1,000 North Carolina high school seniors, is friendly, patient, kind, honest, cheerful, courteous, and has a sense of humor. These char acteristics were mentioned more often by these seniors than any others. “Knows subject” ranked second in frequency of mention by se niors, with “understands pupils” running a close third. “Knows how to teach,” “makes work interesting,” and “keeps or der,” ranked fourth, fifth and sixth, respectively, as the marks of a good teacher, according to these seniors. DEGREES CONFERRED According to a recent survey conducted by the Office of Edu cation, Colleges and Universities in the United States conferred ap proximately 430,000 degrees in the year ending June 30, 1949. This is an all-time high, practi cally double the number granted in the prewar peak year, 1939-40. The total includes 375,000 Bach elors’ or first professional degrees, and 55,000 advanced degrees. BE STRONG Be strong! We are not here to play, to dream, to drift! We have hard work to do and loads to lift, Shun not the struggle, fact it, ’tis God’s gift. Be strong! Be strong! Be strong! Say not the days are evil—who’s to blame? And fold the hands and acquiesce—O shame! Stand up, speak out, and bravely, in God’s name. Be strong! It matters not how deep intrenched the v/rong. How hard the battle goes, the day, how long; Faint not, fight on! Tomorrow comes the song. —Mattbie D. Bobcock.
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