TWO. PAGE FOUR High School Students Study Many Subjects During Career What subjects do North Carolina boy« and girls take when they go to high school? In order to graduate they are re quired to take some subjects—En glish, mathematics, health and phy sicial education the first year; En ftish and biology in the second ■ year; English and American his tory in the third year; and English in the fourth year. Other subjects are el|cted by the student to com plete the requirements for gradua tion from those offered by the par ticular school which he is attend ing. Offerings vary as to size of school from the limited college pre paratory requirements to a broad curriculum provided in the large schools. The enrollment figures show dearly what is taking place in the high schools —20,000 more white students and 9,000 more Negro stu dents in 1955-56 than in 1,51-52, spread throughout all grades. The number of schools are fewer be cause of reorganization and consoli dation. It will be noted that enrollments by years (grades) do not corre spond to enrollments by required subjects. This is because of com bination grades for teaching ex pediency, or because of combina tions for other reasons. English English I, for example, was of fered in 896 of the 911 high schools and taken by 75,549 students,! whereas the first year enrollment was 111 for 1913-56, it is observed, there were a greater number of students than the correrponding year.] (grade) enrollment. Very few stu dents took English correlatives— dramatics, speech, journalism, etc. Mathematics General Mathematics, Algebra and Plane Geometry are being tak en by increasing numbers of stu dents; whereas Solid Geometry, Trigonometry and Advanced Alge bra are taken by less than 2,000 students. Social Studies Citizenship, World History, American History and to a lesser extent, Economics and Sociology are preferred by increasingly larg er numbers. Nearly 8,000 took Geography in 1955-56. Other re lated subjects were chosen by very few students, however. Science General Science follows Biology as the preferred science course. Chemistry was elected by 18,351 students, followed by Physics as the choice of 8,838 boys and girls. Other related subjects were elected by fewer than 1,000 students. Health, Safety and Physical Ed. The required subjects in this group were taken by large num bers. Diver Education, stressed in many schools, was actually taken bj/ 10,211, a figure much higher than for other years. Arts and Music Only 2,919 high school students elected to take Art in 1955-56. Mus ic, largely vocal, was taken by 17,- 279 boys and girls from 289 schools whereas band was provided in 262 schools to 10,846 yarticipants. Vocational and Prevocational A large variety of offerings were available in this area. A majority however, take home economics, ag riculture and industrial arts. The number taking agriculture appears to be decreasing, whereas home eco nomics holds its popularity as a course desired by increasing num bers. The number taking indus trial arts also increased greatly, from 6,192 in 1953-54 to 10,277 in This man con give you dependable delivery of fm THE Christian SCIENCE monitor International Housewives, businessmen, teachers, and students oil over the world read and enjoy this international newspaper, pub lished doily in Boston. World famous for constructive news . Stories and penetrating editorials. Special features far the whole family. The Christian Science Monitor One Norway St., Boston IS, Mam. Sind your newspaper for the time Checked. Enclosed find my check or money order. lyeerSlCQ 4 months S* □ 3 months M □ 1955-56. Various trade courses are offered in a few schools to rela tively small numbers of students. Business Education Typing is the most popular sub ject in the field of business educa tion. A fair sized number of stu dents also take general business, bookkeeping and shorthand. A scattering of other business sub jects are favored by a few students. Foreign Languages French continues to be the for eign language favored by most high school students. Latin I was taken by 5,182 and Latin II by 4,158 stu dents in 1955-56, approximately 1,- 000 more in each instance than the year 1953-54. Spanish was selected by over 4,000 as their foreign lan guage, whereas German was the choice of less than 100. Other Subjects Among the unclassified subjects, Bible I was selected by 2,724 stu dents and Bible II and 111 by 799. In' 16 schools Psychology was of fered and taken by 810 students. Tax Burden Now $1,900 Per Family Tax Receipts In Na tion Now Stand at 100 Million Mark Total government tax receipts in the U. S. are, for the first time in the country’s history, reaching the SIOO billion mark. This sum equals $1,900 for each American family. Preliminary estimates by the Tax Foundation indicate a record breaking collection of $99.8 billion. The SIOO billion mark may be pass ed when all final figures are tabu lated. The early estimates calculated that the Federal government would collect $72 billion, the state govern ments nearly 315 billion, and local governments, sl3 billion. The total was almost ten times as much as was collected by all levels of gov ernment only 20 years ago. At that time, the per family tax bur den was an estimated $330. Tax receipts were higher at all levels of government in fiscal 1956 than in the preceding year. At the Federal level they went up about $9 billion; at the state, about $2 bil lion, and only slightly less at the local level. Evidences of the increased “take” at the Federal level are given in the figures: In 1946, Federal tax Mr. Farmer: LET US REPAIR YOUR TRACTOR TIRES NOW Don’t Wait Until Time To Begih Plowing! . . . 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Patients treat ed with strepto- ||]fe'!- £=r~==^« mycin at first showed spectacular improvement. Later, the anti biotic seemed to lose its punch. Patients relapsed. The disease flared up again. Staggered by streptomycin, the TB germ re treated, then developed strong de fenses against drug. Medical scientists countered with , combinations of drugs that caught ! the TB germs in a deadly cros3-*| fire and once again put the disease i to rout. Today, almost every ac- ' tive tuberculosis case is treated with such combinations. Recently, this same mode of at tack has been used against other die-hard microbes. In combat ting stubborn infections, science now pins much hope on antibiotic combinations such as Sigmamycin, which not only clears up a wide range of common infectiohs, but also strikes germs which have learned to resist even the most powerful of the older drugs. receipts were S3B billion; by 1956, hey had climbed to over $72 bil lion. Weekly Devotional Column By JAMES MacRENZIE There are some of you who read this column who do not enjoy the Lord’s day; it is a tedious thing to you. You attend church, but merely because of a sense of duty. You would rather be somewhere else. I can sympathize with you When I was a boy I sat through many a long sermon with my mind a thousand miles away, or at least as far away as the nearest fishing hole. The minister would wind on and on and on and on, and I would sit there asking myself “when is he going to get through?” Finally I got so I could pace him. When my father pulled out his pocket watch and looked at it, there were about twenty minutes left. When the preacher would lambaste the liquoi interests, or the other churches (he preached against them on alternate THE CHOWAN HERALD, EDENTON, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1967. FACTORY WORKERS’ MOBILITY (Percentage Leaving Jobs) .... ' __ I ~ , i i ■ i . i i i ,i,-i 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 Prepared by NAM from Go« Statistic! While unemployment figures of ten are cited for an adverse politi cal effect, conversely those showing J the great number of employees who leave their jobs, mostly to take ad vantage of better opportunities in a free and expanding economy, are overlooked. For instance, last year on the average of 1 out of 5 employees in j manufacturing—or some 3,300,000 ut of nearly 17,000,000 —quit their jobs voluntarily. Some retired, others were women getting married Sundays), there were about ten minutes left. When he started tell- i ing us to be good he was coming j down the home stretch; and when, he got to the poem, he was nearly 1 finished, and I would heave an au-’ dible sigh of relief. The reason w e do not enjoy the church service is because we attend as spectators rather than partici pants; we come to look on rather' than to enter in. This is like sit- j ting down hungry to a well prepar-1 ed table, and watching someone else I eat; of course we do not enjoy it.! The morning worship service is not I a variety show for our entertain-! ment (and God have mercy uponj us when we allow it to become this) I but group worship of God. If we| are met on Sunday morning to be! entertained, we are met in vain,' iW ov&| TV toitfc vwAcjiC ■joy yj pleach. Join in the responsive reading if you have one; when the offering is received give your, tithe, for where your treasure is there will your 'heart be also. 'Listen to the ser | mon; the man who is preaching it is a man of God who has spent time in prayer and study to bring the Word of God to you. If your heart is right, somewhere in that, sermon is just the right word for you, and you need it. Apply the truths of the message to your-life,j and when you leave the house ofj worship do not say, “That was a. good - sermon,” or “I enjoyed that sermon”, but “I will do something! about that.” The Christian Sabbath is a fore eshadow of heaven: Day of all the week the best, Emblem of eternal rest. The Christian Sabbath is a re- What is the*cottonbelt‘? TitE Id STATES FROM TUB CAROL!NAS TO CALIFORNIA WUICH CROW ALL US. AND 36% OF THE WORLDS COTTON. Straight Kentucky ■ ■ u "» : >i : ’ V ¥** ’ ' ’ • Bourbon t 6 ears IS1 $ 2" 5 ft .fa| (?h STRAIGHT KENTUCKY BOPBBOM CHI &>sl IBg@SBS»i -* /&A&e-fUneAt' | MsmiEDaßomeofT I ~ 9 ANCIBNT AOS p S»TILL |NG C OTM4I W *_ *\r-v. •" 1 ' ■'■'v*'*’ ' - •** ,*>*,' . evniWjT ve n/Minn/M \A/L*tCk'CV m s' ..rsfis , . x'77: • , idechne. VJpr* Rw»t from care, that never must be mine. How blest is she who crown* in | : shades' like these, A youth of labor with an age of * & ease; Who quits a world where strong temptations try. And since ’tis hard to combat, | learns/to fly. —Goldsmith. J