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Thurrdhor. Jwr ft WP Parker Comments On Decline Os Excelence In State Education Edgar's ante: The writers edßor at i* r>wOwifc hjr VmMU Royster. termer HtotfltttlMShHtJa^ M rritkhH A. Craig as PwMir lustrartma. far Ms that charges the pahlir By Ray Parker Jr. Dear Vermont. Nothing makes me grind screeds hjr ol buggers who, not having been in a public school classroom since Hoover's day. nonetheless pontificate about what goes on there. I suggest that ol' Craig Phillips is probably right. The rising tide ol medwen ty has many causes. But by and large the puhhc schools have been trying mightily to hold it back, calm it doom, turn it. They are not so much part of the problem as the minor of it You recall with great affec tion when you were a lad at old Raleigh High School in the year of the big crash on Wall Street, when there was Greek and Latin and calculus to be learned, and great mountains of homework that you no doubt attacked with gusto. I know the feeling. Forty years ago, it was easy for a few white boys in the classes of Ahoskie High to wrestle with calculus or even (keek, because over on the other side of town, docens of block kids Albemarle Mutual Burial Association Notice is hereby given that the meeting of the Albemarle Mutual Burial Associa tion will be held at the Willijbrd-Barham Funeral Home on June 28th at 10:00 A.M. for the purpose ofsubmitting for the vote by the members and question of dissolving of the Burial Association and the purchase of life contracts on jiyes i of m members. Marvin S. Barham, President Albemarle Mutual Burial Association FISH FRY Sponsored by Rocky Hock Ruritan Club Saturday, June 25th 11 A.M. -7 P.M. at Rocky Hock Community Center *3 00 per plate Eat in or take out Tickets available from David Ober 221-4598 or any other club member. FOR SALE! BY CHOWAN REALTY CO. 211 & BROAD ST. CALL: ALTON ELMORE 482-8418 At ARAOWHCAO ON SHAWNEE TRAIL... ST x IST tot amwg tfKtreesaaduatyaWuckfrwutheptftar**. 1 ttfryt. r—a- kUcheu. hath mi scrteaed pßrtk wiife ~ $22,500 were being taught «m in Hertford County ever even went to high school m those days, so it was comparative ly easy to marshal the resources for Greek and Latin, and an English teacher over at Ahoskie ffigh. Raleigh Ifigh wasn't much Afferent ff yon think those are the days of the long ago, you are wrong. As late as ISH, there were still pretty much two separate and very unequal systems. By then, however, the pro visions of civil ngbts legisla fion of the IWOs were beginn ing to be ML The country em barked on a really new educa tiooal effort, to educate everyone to the same level in racially mixed classrooms. And that is when most assessments date the hegum ing of the so-called "tide of nwiDocruy. To me, that says the statistics that purport to show declines and a wasting away of quality are more the measure of the chemistry of mixing a very badly served system with a more richly served one. Until the mixture is given more time, more money and more effort, the statistics will continue to be distorted toward the "mediocre" end of the scale. If only us white boys from Ahoskie High, and only us. were taking the SAT these days, oh how impressive the national average would be! The evidence of recent studies is that while Uus chonistiy has been at work to dhtort the statistics, the reai achmvement in puhhc school ing are more hopeful. The Natiotgl Assessment of Education Progress reported m February that over the past lk years, fourth graders, especially Mack fourth graders classed as underachievers, had breasted the tide and turned in dramatically improved per formances in reading, writing I hope you notice that period embraces those years when Lyndon Johnson’s "Great Society” program poured federal dollars into local systems to force them to pay more attention to basics for chtkken of handicapped That being said, I don't argue with you that the tide of mediocrity is at flood on the campuses of the higher educational institutions. Is that the fault of the public schools? No. The universities have turned away from basics, and they dM it on their own. In pursuit of big trucks, they have become giant factories grinding out thousands upon thousands of pegs to fit career holes. If there is academic mud dleheadedness abroad, it surely is on the campus at Appfications Avaiable Continued From Page S-A General Educational Development (GED) tests for the high school equivalency certificate. Participants receive academic advice and career, personal, and social counsel ing. According to Lucy Got don, program director, the services tend to motivate students who complete each cycle to continue their educa tions by enrolling in one of the occupational or college transfer programs offered at COA. Applications will be ac cepted from June 1 through June 17. They may be obtain edCram'M A M. until 4 P.M each day in Room A-l 13 at the college. A reading and math inven tory will be given at the time of application. For complete information, contact Gordon at 3354821. CERTIFIED BY ' U.C.U.C. WE CARPET. UPHOLSTERY. AND THE MOST PROFESSIONAL IS ALSO J THE LEAST EXPENSIVE! 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Higher education, rather than public education, has sold out for a mess of pottage mediocre pottage. It shows in the Journalism School, which can be con sidered a learned dknphne on ly by stretching the classic definition that you so revere. You complain about the low level of spelling and grammar skills of entering journalism students. Tournament To Be Held Chowan Golf & Country Club is sponsoring a tennis tournament this weekend. The Men and Women Doubles Round Robin will be played Saturday. The deadline for entry is today (Thursday). Registration begins at 9 A.M. and {day will begin 30 minutes later. To enter, call Lucy Mead Harless, 482-2371 or Ann Edmundson, 482-2813. The club’s Tennis Commit tee is also piannig other ac tivities for the months ahead. Included is the July 17 tennis and pool party. Other events are set for August 6, September 17, and October 1. These will be club champion ship events. "He who has bagun his task has half dona it." Horace I^ Os course. By and large, those who go into journalism are, like those who go into public school teaching, in the lower range of intelligence, and ambition among high school graduates. Where are the best and brightest? Because they in their native canniness realize that the financial rewards of journalism are barely com parable to those in public school teaching, and because society has taught them that Attend Food Conference Five members of the Edenton-Chowan School Food Service Association attended the North Carolina School Food Service Association an nual meeting in Raleigh, June 18-18. The local residents join ed over 1400 fellow members for the three day event. During the meeting at the Raleigh Civic Center, school food service personnel had an opportunity to explore a variety of subjects. Topics in cluded management and pro duction, fitness, leadership skills, and legislation. Par ticipants heard two North Carolina keynotes speakers Mrs. Jeanne Swanner Robert son, nationally recognized professional speaker from Graham, and Dr. Dudley E. Flood, Assistant State Superintendent of Support Services from Raleigh. One notable event was the In dustrial Seminar on images in the marketplace conducted by national business leaders. Etta Hathaway, Director of Child Nutrition and four of the Cafeteria Managers attended: because you only choose Wv|V, exceptional quality ot a i i imßuMbTat v. j ring (ram Ben Riddick Jewelers, as generations o» couples have before you. There is no liner name in diamond tin* retailers then ( Ben Riddick Jewelers. Diamond and Wedding Sets Out prices start at includes both rings S»n J&ddid £4.. to*. A/G In Your Search For A High Return On Your Money Don’t Forget The Most Important Thing Os All leslel EDENTON SAVINGS & LOAN 322 S. BROAD STREET EDENTON, N.C. 27932 this peg factory exists main ly to “maximize our earning power,” to quote the latest assessment of the supposed rewards of a university degree, they are over in business administration or some other such area. Moreover, as sometime employer of the graduates of the school, I certainly join in your attack on Phillips for his defense of teacher-training, which, as you say, puts “too Ann Jordan, Chowan Jr. High School; Dorothy Hill, John A. Holmes School; Mary P. Spivey, White Oak School and Myra W. Jordan, Ernest A. Swain School. The meeting concluded with the installation of of ficers at the Raleigh Civic Center Auditorium. Nelda Collins, School Food Service Director of Rockingham County Schools, was installed as President of the North Carolina School Food Service Association. Civic League Banquet Set The Edenton-Chowan Civic League will be bolding its Third Annual Banquet on Fri day, June 24 at 7 P.M. The speaker for the banquet will be Dr. Jimmy R. Jenkins, acting Chancellor of Elizabeth City State University. Tickets are available for a $5 donation. called "content "("more English for the English an v w CfWTll. A cursory check of the catalog of courses in the school reveals that, by charitable definition, perhaps two out of the 38-odd courses Bbuki be considered "con tent”, as opposed to method. Meanwhile, graduates of the school who arrive in the newsroom must often be retrained in the methods, so called “monkey training". But so many of these same grackiates go out on their firsts beats abysmally short handed in their intellectual understanding of American local government, or of the fundamentals of the free market system. Their JOHN DOWD | & ASSOCIATES, INC. INSURANCE ★ ★★★★★ CALL FOR ALL YOUR INSURANCE NEEDS AUTO HOME LIFE HEALTH COMMERCIAL ★ ★★★★★ REAL ESTATE CURRENT LISTINGS: CAPE COLONY: Mobile home on 3 lots, central heat am*a*»r,. 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Or is it cry” Don't get me w rong I d not despair of them and this not a screed against them i was one of them Long ago I do hope, however, that a I show' charity for the Jour nahsm School and the can pus. a charity not alwav merited, that you will shot more charity for the puMi school effort, an effort that». the evidence of performam rather than mere nostalgia does merit it Devotedly Ho-.
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