Gerald James Speaks On Topic
“The Changing Curriculum” At
r Edenton Woman’s Club Meeting
“The Changing Curriculum”
was the topic of an address by
Principal Gerald D. James of the
Edenton ' Junior-Senior High
School to the Woman’s Club at
its October meeting last week.
The increased demands on the
public high schools due to a high
er standard of living and the re
quirements for the space age have
placed increased emphasis on the
curriculum, James told his audi
ence, adding it appears the old
curriculum used in early gram
mar schools has been patched up
by adding a subject here and
there until today the comprehen
sive high school offers instruc
tion from the classics to driver
education.
“By and large, the heart of the
curriculum is essentially the
• same as it was 40 years ago and
it is, therefore, easy to understand
why the magazines of our coun
try are flooding the homes with
articles about the need for chang
« es in teaching methods and sub
ject content,” James said. “Much
is being written about the assist
ance needed from the federal gov
ernment and also on the state lev
el to bring about the needed
changes in the curriculum with
special emphasis on science, for
eign language and mathematics.
Yet, you and I know that the
changes in the curriculum will
come about through the coopera
tion of local groups working at
the grass-roots level in the com
munities throughout the United
States. In other words, the gen
eral cultural and educational
background of the people influ
ence greatly the type of courses
offered the young people in their
local high school. It is true that
in some instances State require
ments restrict the curriculum.
But if local communities present
a good case and are willing to
experiment in their schools with
in the scope of sound educational
philosophy, in nearly every case
they will be given the opportuni
ty.”
James said the curriculum has
often been referred to as the
child-centered (or experience
centered) as contrasted to the
subject-centered. The former has
often been referred to,
broadly, as progressive education.
“Looking at these from the stand
point of contrast,” James contin
ued, “one might say the follow
ing: The subject-centered curric
ulum is one under which the
teacher pushes the nose of the i
learner between the covers of the
book, so as to drive dates of his
ory and science principles into (
nis head; while the experience
centered curriculum is one which '
calls for an activity school, where '
class activity is determined large
ly by the interest of the members, ;
with one knowing what will be ;
experienced or learned by the end ‘
of the semester. In actual prac
tice, the experience-curriculum •
gets better results than the expla- 1
nation given here.”
James said another phase of the
curriculum which has come un
der sharp attack is the fact that 1
some few years ago teachers were
told that boys and girls should be 1
taught as individuals and that to
retain an individual in a grade
for a second year simply because
he was reading at the low grade
level might upset him emotional- 1
ly. This plan would have been
all right if each teacher was qual
ified to teach the boys and girls
on the level to meet the individ
ual needs,” James declared. “But
in the hands of poor teachers and
poor supervision this program got
out of hand and as a result for
many years students were push
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” ed who could not*read, spell, nor
' write until they became seniors.
: Therefore, it is easy for you to
l understand that many of our boys
t and girls have been turned out'of
our public schools poorly, equip
: ped. Many boys and girls are not
. fitted for the public schools and
■ the state has been unable to make
: provisions for the teaching of
; these boys and girls who are in
- some instances barely educable.”
I Turning briefly to the Edenton
- school, James declared they are in
> a unique position in that they now
l have time to work on quality “as
. we will not have the quantity,”
- this is a reference to the decrease
• in enrollment due to the disestab
lishment of the Naval air facility
■ here. He said there would be
some experimentation and that it
must be carried out and not held
to the rigid traditions that have >
been so evident here. He cited
i the institution of a new reading ,
program in the high school and ;
the addition of conversational \
French for seventh graders as
steps in this direction. (
During the club’s business ses- ]
sion, Mrs. W. J. P. Earnhardt ad- <
vised of progress with plans for ;
the 16th District meeting to be .
held in Edenton. The club decid- ,
ed to make this the final year (
they will participate in the com- (
munity birthday calendar project
and heard a progress report from
Mrs. Bruce Jones, Jr., on the an
nual Halloween party which this
year will not be “free” for the
youngsters but will have small j
fees charged at the booths. The .
party will be held in the armory i
from 4 until 7 o’clock. .
Hostesses were Mesdames Fed- .
ral Taylor, Murray Byrum, Wil
liam Easterling, R. H. Hardin, J.
M. Johnson, J. N. Pruden, Jr., and
J. M. Thorud. Guests included
Mrs. Floyd Swap, Mrs. Marvin
Wilson and Mrs. Frank Collins.
Atkinson Named
As Key Banker
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lieve it’s a good investment for
banks, as well as for the entire
state.”
The bankers association spon
sor a two-week school at State
College each February, attended
by about 150 young farm leaders
from throughout the state. All
expenses of the young farmers
are paid by their hometown
banks.
The association also sponsors
a two-day farm credit confer
ence, at which the state’s finan
cial leaders study the current
agriculture picture with farm
leaders. Another project spon
sored by the association is a
land judging contest to encour
age interest iin soil conservation.
North Carolina’s banks last
year continued to outstrip all
other lending agencies and insti
tutions in farm loans. More
than $69 million in credit was
made available to farmers by
their banks. This was an all
time high in farm loans by
banks.
TOWN COUNCIL MEETING
Town Council will meet in
the Municipal Building Tuesday .
night, October 14, at 8 o’clock.
LIONS MEET MONDAY
Edenton’s Lions Club will meet
Monday night, October 13, at 7
o’clock. President J. R. DuLaney
is very anxious to have every
member present.
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Dept. Os Archives
Requests Old Records
Continued from Page I—Section 1
willing to provide for their ad
ministration and preservation.
“You will be interested to know
that the Department already has
in its archives a good many rec
ords o f the General Court of
North Carolina—four volumes of
mounted documents covering the
period 1684-1754. Why these oili
er records of the General Court
now in Edenton were not brought
along with the others we do not
know. Perhaps they were over
looked.”
The County Commissioners at
their meeting Monday morning
agreed to transfer the records re
ferred to and requested Mr. Grit
tendon to send a representative to
Edenton to decide just what rec
ords are desired.
Mrs. Carey Evans
Elected Homemaker
Continued from Page I—Section l
of beginners, is a BTU leader
and has held various offices in
the WMU.
Based on the required quali
fications for the “homemaker,”
Mrs. Cora Evans “fits the tick
et”: Practices good housekeep
ing, provides family with love
and understanding, considers the
welfare of others, active in club,
community and church, and a
good neighbor.
LEGION MEETING
Ed Bond Post of the American
Legion will meet at the Post
home Tuesday night, October 14,
at 8 o’clock. Comma nd e r
Woodrow Slades requests a good
attendance.
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