pep HomeDemonstratiofl News
[ay MRS. ONNIE S. CHARON, Negro Home Demonstration Agent^
Nine home demonstrathm fcro
* ject leaden in foods and nutrition
attended the training meeting
Monday on “Sweet Potatoes— I
How To Use Them.” These lead- r
erf will-give the demonstration in
their November home
ticti club meeting. Thftseffwre&ent
were: Mrs. Cleo White* 4Sreen
Hall; Mrs. Louise Tay lor,*Hhdson |
Grove; Mrs. Clara Carter, Jjrarreai
Grove; Miss Bessie Holley|,White
Oak; Mrs. Orena Wills, jCanaani
Temple; Mrs. Maggie iflfeddick,
Center Hill; Mrs. Mary] Askew,
Virginia Fork; Mrs. Johnfaife Belle
Sessoms, Eden ton, and .Mps. Mary
Blown, Paradise Road. Two visit
ors, Mfs. Josephine Brolvn and
Mrs.' Carrie Brown from Canaan
Tlmple attended Also.
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'Mrs. Bessie B. Ramseur, Exten
sion Specialist, completed the
training school in Chair Bottom*
1 irig, Using Cord on last Friday.'
This craft is used primarilyiwith
stpols or straight chairs. Theiej
club women have learned, the
craft and will be happy to teach |
■ others in their neighborhood to do.
this craft. Mesdames: Vaolaj
Rountree, Elizabeth Armstead,!
Gussie Elliott, Eva Cox, Bertha
Twine, Cleo White, Mattie
Daisy Johnson, Minnie Summers
and,Pauline Jordan. Mrs. Ger
aldine Cox, a visitor in Edenton,
was present. '
In pur club work this month,
both 4-H and Home Demonstra
tion, we are studying
Hints For Lighting Your. Home.”
With the 4-H Clubs emphasis wste
.on “Good Light For The Study'
Unit.” With the adults we are|
taking up good light for reading, j
sewing and work jn the kitchen. <
For best results when studying,
these points may be helpfuj: ,
What to use: Table lamp at
least'2s inches tall. Shade s&puld!
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be light colored and thick. (Do
not use shade you can see
through). ' v
I Size of shade to use: At least
\ffVt inches across the top; 10 inch
es deep; 16 inches across the bot
tom.
' Use a diffusing bowl. Use a lfcO
watt bulb;
| What to use on table: A large
' pastel color blotter to contrast pa
• pers or books. ,J * *
j Where to place lamp on study
’desk. Center of lamp should be
above a point 15 inches to left
of work center and 12 inches back
from the front edge of the desk
or table. If left handed, place
lamp to she right.
When children have good light
and are comfortable? when study
ing, it encourages concentration
and good posture. . y
When reading or sewing from a
chair place flbbr lamp or table
lamp in line with the shoulder.
> Information on shade, light bulb
l and diffusing bowl the same as
I for the study unit. '•>
The Fourteenth Annual Federa
tion of the Northeastern District
Home Demonstration Clubs, will
be held on November 6th, at
| Springfield High School, Wilson,
N. C. Those who plan to attend
are asked to let U« know by t No
vember Ist, so that we can, ar
range for transportation. v
The Forces Os
Our Times
Continued from Page 4—Section 2
years; one of every three Ameri
can workers is a woman; three
I and one-quarter million more wo
i men than men are expected to
vote for president in 1960;, wo
men own more than one hundred
•billion dollars worth of stocks;
j women make about 60 per cefct of
' all consumer purchases; help
HB CHOWAN HXAALD, EDENTON, MONTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY OCTOBER 23. 1958.
manage die funds in 71 par cent'
of American households and con-1
trol such management in about
half of these” Perhaps the
stronger sex will agree that, while
.It is, as It should be, the male’s
prerogative to reign in the home,
It is, perhaps, the woman who
governs.
This is the power you have, you
must not be neglectful in the
sight of man and God in meeting
the challenges of our day.
What then can we do, individ
ually or collectively, in contribut
ing our part to the defense of
the ideals, principles, and philoso
phies we hold so dear?
I would suggest for your con
sideration four major areas to
ward which our greatest concern
should be directed in {he days and
years immediately ahead. These
are our democratic processes—ed
ucation—free enterprise—and our
moral precepts. These, I believe,
are the segments of our way of
life which are bask to our survi
val. No one of these is immune
from constant attack, both within
and outside our country, and
from, I am sorry to say, some who
would call themselves our friends,
as well as our most obvious ene
mies.
The framers of our Constitution
and Bill of Rights established our
government on a foundation of
basic democratic principles. They
were wise enough to realize how
ever' that while the basic ele
ments of individual freedom must
be specifically . guaranteed, the
governmental structure itself must
be flexible.
Since the founding of our Re
public, many changes and modfii
cations have been brought about,
and I am sure most of them have
filled necessary and desirable pur
poses. During the last 15 to 18
years, however, alarming trends
, and philosophies of government
have been set forth, which, if pur
sued to their obvious conclusion,
will completely change the struc
iture of our democratic way of
life. An ever expanding Federal
Government is reaching out grad
ually, but persistently, for great
er power and control over all as
pects of our lives.
There are countless organiza
tions in social, political, and eco
nomic fields which have become
large and strong under the guise
of defending or expanding the
rights of the individual.
We must act with firm deter-'
mination to resist any further en
croachment upon our liberties.
We must inform ourselves in these
matters and express our view
points strongly to our represen
tatives. If we fail in this, ttoe
rights of our states and those of
each of us as individuals will
gradually be absorbed.
The second area is education.
Most probably it is, in its broad
cast sense, the most vital of all.
At this time, we have one of the
highest literacy rates in the en
tire world. This is no longer suf
ficient. Recent developments in
science have demonstrated that
our Communist enemies fully rea
lize that the key to world domi
nation may well lie not in the
power of bombs or weapons, but
in the education of their best
minds in every field.
In his recent book, “Inside
Russia Today,” John Gunther de
scribes the University of Moscow
as follows: ‘lt rises to a height
of 787 feet; only seven buildings
in the entire United States are
higher, and it is the highest struc
ture in Europe except for the Eif
fel Tower. The University has
1,900 laboratories, 15,000 rooms,
113 elevators, and 110 kilometers’
of corridors. The University has!
a teaching staff of about 1600 and j
approximately 17,000 students.
The skyscraper division of Mos
cow University was built between
1948 and 1953 and cost three bil
lion rubles. This is approximate
ly 750 million dollars, more than i
the total endowments of Harvard,
I Yale and Princeton put together
and is about five times the total
value of the plant of the Univer
sity pf Chicago. The number of
hours of instruction is between
1,000 to 1,300 per school year,
mahy more than In the United
States. This is only one of Rus
sia'a modem universities. In the
Soviet. Union, an intellectual is
envied, not scorned, and has an
honored place in the community
from the moment he gets out of
college. In the United States,' a
bricklayer or plumber may- earn
more than the Assistant Profes
sor of a university; but an As
sistant Professor in Moscow is
paid roughly three times what a
skilled worker gets. Whether or
not a Russian boy or girl passes
into the university is probably
the single most important event
to take place in his or her whole
life.”
/ Until the announcement of Rus
sia’s development of the Sputnik,
I am certain most of us in Ameri
ca viewed that country as some
thing of a backward nation,, pos
sessing primarily only military
might. It was inconceivable to
us that any other nation eould
possibly compete with us eco
nomically, or intellectually. The
masters of the*Kremlin, however,
recognize the great power of edu
cation; and if, through using it,
they are able to surpass our coun
try in this field, they can, and
most probably will, destroy us.
We must insist on the very best
facilities and standards of educa
tion at all levels in our country.
We must resist control and domi
nation of our educational institu
tion by a centrally controlled fed
eral government. We must spend
what is necessary to provide the
very finest in educational facili
ties. This should be done not by
greatly increasing our already
staggering tax burden, but by the
elimination of unnecessary and so
cialistic expenditures. We must
study this problem and make our
feelings known.
The third area is free enter
price. Next to the democratic
structure of our Republic, our free
competitive enterprise system is
more responsible for the standard
of living which we enjoy and the
strength of our nation than any
other single factor. There are
forces in our country today, how
ever, which would and are using
every opportunity to undermine
'this system. Others are dedicat
led to its ultimate destruction.
| Organizations and individuals fol-
I lowing socialistic principles argue
that we should rely on govern
ment-backed security, from the
cradle to the grave. Should we
ever, for a moment, accept this
reasoning? we will, by this one
act, do more to destroy our demo
cratic way of life than is possible
by the combined armies and wea
pons of all the dictators of the
world.
The great men of our country
have been uncommon men. Many
of ’them were humble in origin, l
but that was not their greatness.
They became great because of the
opportunities afforded by our
American way of life and the op
portunity to compete and become
uncommon. Much is said todav
about the imaginary creature, the
common man. This is said to be
the century of the comman man.
This idea, in its present context,
is closely related to the philoso
phies of the Soviet dictators.
The greatest strides of human
progress have been made by un
common men and women. When
we get sick, we want an uncom
mon doctor. When we go to war,
we seek an uncommon general or
I admiral. When we choose a pres
ident of a university, we want an
uncommon educator. Former
President Herbert Hoover, in a
recent address, said: “The im
perative need of this nation at all
times is the leadership of the un-
common men and women. Amer- i
ica recognizes no frozen social j
stratifications which prevent the I
free rise of eviry individual. They
must rise by their own merits.”
Professor Henry Ward Beecher
described this principle well when
he said: “The real democratic
American idea is not that every |
man shall be on a level with ev-'
ery other, but that everyone shall
have liberty, without hindrance,
to be what God made him.” This
philosophy lies at the heart of our
democratic free enterprise system.
The danger to it comes primari
ly from within our country. We
must resist it by every possible
means. |
The fourth area we must con
cern ourselves with is our moral 1
standards. These are threatened
in our homes, in our youth, our
institutions, and our government.
Most great empires and republics
of the past have been destroyed
not because of wars or military
defeat, but because of the decay
of moral standards and ethics
within their societies. We, as
women of our country, should
take the lead in strengthening the
structure of our homes and fami
lies. If we do this effectively,
our children of today and future
generations will not be suscepti
ble to degenerative influences.
We must demand and require of
our officials in government the
highest standards of responsibili
ty and personal integrity. Our
American family—in our homes—
our institutions—and our govern
ment—should follow no lesser
standard than that set by Caesar
when he said: “I maintain that
the members of my family should
be free from suspicion, as well as
from guilt.”
These are some of the difficult
and perplexing forces of our
times. We must have complete
faith in our ability to deal with
them, we must inform ourselves
about them, and we must act to
meet each of them directly and
effectively. We must avoid ev
ery inclination to conform and to
be controlled by any force, insti
tution, or government which, by
action or intent, is contrary to
our democratic principles of lib
erty.
Dr. Harold W. Dodds, former
president of Princeton University,
I described most effectively what I
! believe is the most serious chal
lenge facing our generation when
he said: “The danger today is
not so much that the world will
force you to conform, as it is that
you will want to conform, that
you will prefer not to be the mas
ter of your fate, captain of your
soul.” The effectiveness with
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SECTOIN TWO
PAGE SEVEN
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E. S. White is teacher Os vo
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WRITES FOR COLLEGE PAPER
Sandra Boyce of Edenton,
student at East Carolina College
at Greenville, was one of the cote*
tributors to the October issue -es
“The Key,” the college monthly
news sheet.
The newspaper carries article*
| on activities of Baptist students
; at the college, programs staged at
the Baptist Student Center near
the campus, editorials and a 1 de
votional column. "