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PAGE TWO. THE FRANKLIN PRESS and THE HIGHLANDS MACONIAN THURSDAY, JUNE 28. 1134 Published every Thursday by The Franklin Presi At Franklin, North Carolina Telephone No. 24 VOL. XLIX Number 26 BLACKBURN W. JOHNSON ..EDITOR AND PUBLISHER Er.ired at the Post Office, Franklin, N. C. as second class matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES One Year $150 Eight Months $10() Six Months Single Copy ' ' " ' ' Obituary notices, cards of thanks, tributes of respect, by individuals lodges, churches, organizations or societies, will be regarded as adver rising and inserted at regular classified advertising rates. Such notice will be marked "adv." in compliance with the postal regulations. A Lucky Break for Franklin FRANKLIN is jubilant this week over the announce ment from Washington that its application for a federal building had been approved and funds pro vided for the purchase . of a site and erection of a building designed to supply quarters for the forestry service as well as for the postoffice. News dispatches state that the Franklin project is one of 626 approved by Postmaster General Farley and Secretary Morgenthau of the treasury, adding : "An emergency appropriation of $65,000,000 pro vided in the deficiency act will be used on 302 pro jects, and the remainder will get under way with funds already available from other sources." Franklin's proposed federal building is included in the list of projects to be undertaken with funds from the emergency appropriation. We have been informed that the "treasury already has made this money available. So it would seem that there is little doubt that Franklin will get the building and that there should be a minimum of delay in the actual be ginning of its construction. The $71,000 allocated for this project should be adequate for the purchase of a well loeated, spacious site and the erection of a building which should be a credit to the community. The benefits to be derived are obvious: Work will be supplied at good wages for many unemployed men, releasing more cash in the community. The appearance of the town will be greatly enhanced through the addition of a handsome new building, and the postoffice and forestry service will be supplied with better quarters. W hat, perhaps, is the most important thing for Franklin, however, is that provision for forestry ser vice offices in the new federal building is sound as surance that the headquarters of the Nantahala Na tional Forest, eyed covetously from time to time by some of our neighboring towns, will remain here per manently. Franklin is indeed fortunate and we should be grateful to Congressman Weaver and Senators Rey nolds and Bailey, whose efforts are largely responsible for bringing our hopes for a federal building to materialization. Teachers Justifiably Indignant MACON COUNTY school teachers whose sensi lilities have not been dulled through lack of ap preciation of their efforts naturally are indignant over the pledge of personal behavior which they are re quired to sign this year in order to retain their po sitions. No doubt the pledge idea was motivated by good intentions; but, nevertheless, the teachers are justified in feeling that the school personnel as a whole has been tried without benefit of hearing, summarily convicted and arbitraily punished for the transgres sions of a few individuals. Pledges of personal behavior are distasteful, to say the least, especially when they are elicited through what amounts to coercion. What is more unfortun ate, they usually prove ineffective and quite frequent ly achiieve the opposite of their purpose. The latter effect would not be surprising in this instance, for the stringent regulations governing out-of-school hours arc very likely to undermine the teachers' morale through dampening their enthusiasm and encourag ing a callous attitude toward their duties. Such extreme action is rather unnecessary. View ing the school personnel as a whole, Macon County has been most fortunate in having men and women sincerely interested in their work, well qualified in their professional training and whose personal lives and habits have been above reproach. Most of them need no code of conduct ; in fact, the regulations pre scribed will affect very few of them in any other way than to make them feel that they are distrusted. If any teacher oversteps the proprieties, becomes inefficient, or in any way fails to perform his or her duties, the school board has sufficient authority to correct the situation without resorting to a pledge providing for automatic dismissal for violation of its provisions. It appears, however, that someone is afraid of assuming this responsibility. To the parents of school children the pledge pro visions give ground for grave concern, for if teachers are such an unmoral, unreliable lot that they cannot be depended upon to act as civilized ladies and gentle men, then they are not qualified to be the preceptors of the rising generation. School patrons, however, may rest their alarms in the assurance that this is far from the case. Ma con county's teachers, like others throughout the state, have manifested a most praiseworthy devotion to their calling. It was through their sacrifices that the schools last session operated on an eight-months basis. Now, to be affronted with stringent regula tions of their personal conduct, they justifiably feel that insult has been heaped upon injury. It is not too late to correct the situation and pre vent the ill effects likely to result. We sincerely hope the school authorities will reconsider their actiion and have the courage awl good grace to retract the teach ers' pledge. Unleshey do, we fear that many of our best teachers will look around for -other jobs and that it will be difficult to replace them with men and women of the proper caliber, training, self-respect and dignity. We belieive that unbiased, intelligent school pat rons of Macon County will join in Jiearty concurrence with the following comment from The Charlotte News : SCHOOL BOARD OVERSTEPS ITS AUTHORITY Up in Macon county, where the lavish beauty of God's moun tains ought to be overpowering enough to wean a man from his ways of littleness, it has been decreed that school teachers must not attend any dances, round or square, public or private, during the school year. Furthermore, they are to refrain from any social activities on the evening or night before a school day and other wise to conduct themselves in a decorous manner befitting their positions if not the salaries attached thereto. This typifies one of the major inconsistencies of North Caro lina's school system. s Great and extensive and costly preparations are made to educate the .children, but absolutely nothing is done, nor does anybody ponder over it, toward spreading enlightenment among county school boards. For a school board, simply because it possesses the right of hiring and firing, to take upon itself the added authority of out lining to what uses a teacher may or may not put her spare time is to misconstrue and abort the mainer purpose of education. Education we desire it because it is supposed to develop in dividuals better able to conduct themselves intelligently, agreeably and with due regard for the rights of their fellows. The Macon county school board has violated at least two of those rules of civilized living and letting live. What is more, if the teachers, who have been through the educational routine, can not be trusted to bear themselves with due dignity both in and out of the classroom, why in heck bother with fitting the rising generation to teach? Public Opinion KING DAVID DANCED- WHY SHOULDN'T TEACHERS? To the Editor of The Franklin Press: Dear Sir: As a citizen of Macon county I wish to protest against the school teachers having to sign a pledge not to attend any dance during the school year. This takes away the right ofper cniv.il lilti-rlv which is riven to us. by the constitution of the United States. Teachers who are not fit to con trol themselves certainly are not fit to control children and shoud be dismissed. , What are the principals of schools for if not to watch their teachers and know what they arc doing and how they are conducting them selves? This pledge relieves the principals of work and responsibil ity and takes away from the dig nity of the teaching profession. Dancing is mentioned twelve times in the Bible, and "David danced before the Lord with all his might." Charlotte B. Elliott. Highlands, N. C. June 25, 1934 THINKS TEACHERS KNOW HOW TO BEHAVE Editor of the Franklin Press The fact that North Carolina kept its schools open for eight months of the last year has re ceived much favorable comment. This was made possible chiefly by drastic reductions in the teachers' salaries. In other words the schools were kept open at the expense of the teachers. In view of these sacrifices made by the teachers, is it fair to prohibit normal recrea tion during the school term, as contemplated by a letter recently sent to the newly-elected teachers? A teacher should be capable of deciding for herself how much so ciail activity she can enjoy without interfering with her efficiency. We are attributing a very low grade of intelligence to our teachers if they cannot decide this question for themselves. The danger is that every intelligent child intrusted to their guidance will make this deduc tion. Could the county school board be persuaded to modify their re quirements ? Very truly, Rebecca C, Nail. Highlands, N. C. June 23, 1934. wt poourgf NEW STAR MARKET Groceries, Meats & Produce Frank L. Henry, Jr., Pivtor FRANKLIN, N. C. Phone 95 SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT We make deliveries once a day at 10 A. M. Phone your order to 95 and we will be glad to deliver it to your door. Lard EXTRA SPECIAL 8-Lb. Carton 60c, 4-Lb. Carton 33c CHASE & SANBORN COFFEE Per Lb. 31' MATCHES 2 5c Boxes Ac for 9l 25 CIGARETTES Groceries We carry a complete line of both staple and fancy groceries in stand ard, nationally known brands. Meats Select cuts of Western meats. All orders handled promptly by an expert butcher. 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