Thursday, Nov. 9, 1950 Your Child An By Miss Li So often in the past all of us have been concerned with finding and correcting our faults in school work that we seldom check to see what is good. What It right with our public schools? Occasionally, it is a good thing i WOODMEN OF THE j WORLD i I Life Insurance Society j Fraternity Protection Service BRITTON M. MOORE 8ylva Representative ftylva. N. C. 1 1 I Hurt LllflLi NOW A! i ; [ NANTAHALA Pulverize J; Limi < J [ $1.40 per ton f.o.b. cs < 1\ Hewit < < J [ Neutralizing valu i > | NANTAHALA TALC !! Andrews, N< i < i 0 $ 1 > ' t o 0 1 i > n < Now we are faced with a J[ threat to our freedom. But J[ security costs money. Help your country by buying U. J[ S. Savings Bonds regularly. And help yourself, too, with o this regular savings plan, o 0 1 > n o < o O o o \ 0 ii Jacks< Sylva, N. C. tIM 1 I I I I I 1.... : 1 id The School icille Hunt to assess the present strengths of. our democratic institutions, not with smugness, but with a justifi-j able pride in achievement. Criticism of our public schools' raises its voice easily: high school j ?-J * >4- ll> n graduates can i ajjcn, uic amuvu doesn't teach enough phonics orj grammar or bookkeeping; delin-i quency is the result of the failure of our public schools. More thoughful critics sometimes say: Cities have slum schools in buildings and equipment. The school doesn't do enough for the gifted pupil. - The high school may' crystalize the social satisfaction' existing among its students when they enter school. ' These criticisms should be and i are studied carefully by school ? people. However, in all fairness, we must not overlook the great strengths of the public schools. The following facts on the credit J side of the ledger are given in the ' spirit of Denis Brogan in his book, 1 "The American Character,": "The i American school is undertaking i STONE MAILABLE < ed Dolomitic Agricultural !! istone J! i > < irs or trucks our plant " t, n. c. i: i > e over 100 percent < > i & LIMESTONE GO. || orth Carolina < Again Fre< Faces A Ti Now, as in 1918 Ameri< a struggle against those faith in the common r America must show otl racy is the strongest where, without force, all neighbors. Let us follow A 1 1 _ inose wno, in previous struggle unselfishly an HELP KEEP AMERICA FREE Ip fy: flK^ ?9i Hr%4H >n County THE ? liEfe i iH: ... .< <* * : . BwWfc";:-*y >: ?>: >V: x:::x. >&:.>:. -.siivX NEW POWER PLANT ? On the 200,000 horsepower steam electric an architect's drawing of the plant jteel work has been completed aire The first 100,000 horsepower uni Later. Together with the new Lumt for the company than it generate< ;o do more than it can do (which is very American) and is doing much more than it seems to do (which is also very American)." The public school is the greatest agency for citizenship we now have. In most communities, the public high school is the only place where all the children o f all the people participate in common activities. The school is doing much more than instructing these youth. It is letting them instruct one another in how to live. The public school is the most potent weapon that we have forged for developing the social habits and attitudes that make up good citizenship. The public schools contribute to the moral and spiritual growth of youth. Our public schools have always held worthy character as one of their principal aims. They leave to the home and the church < certain phases of religious educa<* tion, specific creed or doctrine, and ample time in which to do it. But they work for moral and spiritual values "inextricable associated with human relations, growth, and mental^hygiene, and the devel mmmmmmmmmm.... < < < { > sdom I; o 0 hreat i; < > 1 > :a girds itself for o < ? who have little o < nan. Once again o liers that democ- !! < of all systems, ! t I men live as good ! r the examples of j[ wars, fought the d successfully. .. < , jatL. ill IP - i! ^ ^ ^ ' !! Bank < Highlands, N. C. j; i. SYLVA HERALD AND RUB ./j;-;: Ml ' i banks of the Neuse near Goldsboi generating plant of the Carolina ! : as it will appear with two 100,001 i-. aay. t is due to go into production by ] >erton plant of the Company, it wil] i in 1949. ment of the total personality." Through such procedures as cooperative planning, community participation, student government, camping, and other recreational activities, and the use of stories and biographies illustrating high ethical values, the modern public school takes its place as one of the great forces in developing character in a democracy. The public schools have given the people of this country a very high literary rate. The record is still not good enough, but it is - - - * %? ? * t siartungiy gooa. in ever Deiure nas such a large percent of our population in the United States been able to read. Much of the credit for our steady advance of literary must be given to the public school. 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