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The Saperißtendeiit Reports
f; By DR. EDDIE WEST
f It has been said that “the only
: thing constant is constant
£ change. As Americans, we
i typically accept, acknowledge
y or recognize changes which are
;• taking place about us. That is,
:• until it comesto dealing with
• education. So'mehow schools
>• are thought of as one of the
:: institutions in society which
j: doesn’t change. This week’s
column will focus on some of the
•: transformations which have
: taken place in public education
: in this century.
In 1900 there were 76-million
: people in the United States of
•J which were in
school. Today there are 205-
: million people and about 45-
•: million in school.
In the early years of
education, students spent hours
•: on the three r’s, with long dull
: : drills in penmanship, reading
out loud and arithmetic
problems to do on the
blackboard. Today, students
: pursue a varied curriculum,
- with a wide variety of materials,
and equipment to make
. learning more interesting and
• more fun.
Today our schools graduate 12
. times as many of the students
: who start than did the schools of
: : 1900. In the early years of this
•’ century, the average time spent
in school was only 4% years and
our illiteracy rate was 11.3 per
cent. Today, the average time
spent in school is more than 10>/i
years and our illiteracy rate is
: only 2.4 per cent.
In 1900, in most places, the
: city or county set standards and
; issued teaching certificates.
The average teacher had only
four years of schooling past
elementary school. Those who
had formal training generally
studied education, history of
education, some psychology
and practice teaching. Not one
state required that teachers be
high school graduates.
Today, the states set
standards for certification of
teachers. Professional training
is required in all states.
generally a batchelor’s degree
sometimes a master’s degree
is required. A teacher’s studies
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are no longer limited to
education and psychology, but
have expanded to include d)
general education required for
a batchelor’s’degree (2) subject
matter specialization in field to
be taught (3) education courses
such as educational psychology
teaching methods and practice
teaching.
In 1900, the curriculum in
grades 1-6 meant the three r’s
plus a little history and maybe
some geography. In high school,
grades 9-12, only about half of
the high schools offered history,
and latin and less than one-half
offered English or science.
There were no electives. All
students took the same courses.
Learning was thought of
memorizing and reciting facts.
Now, the curriculum in
elementary schools, grades K-6,
contains basic skills (the three
r’s, expressive skills (music,
painting, drawing, body
movement) and content
subjects (science and social
studies), as well as health,
safety and physical education.
In secondary schools, grades 7 :
12, students can select courses
which fit their individual
interests and needs. Learning
means understanding not just a
mechanical process.
At the beginning of this
century teachers and students
had very few materials with
which to work. Now, texts and
materials, of greater variety,
are available to teacher and
student to make learning more
interesting.
In addition, schools were, in
most cases, one room in nature.
Today’s schools contain many
areas for particular educational
purposes such as: central
libraries, learning centers,
shops and home economics
centers, auditoriums and
gymnasiums and other special
facilities.
In 1900, the richest parent
couldn’t buy what nearly every
student has today—thanks to
modern school systems and to
the voters and taxpayers who
have made quality education
available to nearly everyone.
Training Set
For Examiners
RALEIGH All Driver
License Division offices in
North Carolina will be closed
Friday and Monday for the
annual in-service training
school for Driver License
Examiners to be held in
Greensboro. Edward H. Wade,
director of the division,
suggests that all persons whose
drivers license are about to
expire should go to their local
examining office and apply for
renewal prior to Friday.
Wade stated that in previous
years the school has been held
at the Institute of Government
of Chapel Hill with
approximately 60 examiners
attending each school. This
required four separate sessions
to train all personnel and all
examining offices in the state
operated with a shortage of
personnel for the four weeks.
Last year, when it was
determined that five sessions
Xould be needed to train all the
examiners, it was decided to
lose all offices for the two-day
period. The examiners willingly
donated their weekend so that
the training session could run
for four consecutive days.
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of Nags Head and formerly of
Edenton, is a student at the
University of Southern
Mississippi at Hattesburg,
Miss. She transferred after two
years at Atlantic Christian
College in Wilson.
ATTENDS SEMINAR
Mrs. Evelyn B. Keeter,
assistantvice-president, Peoples
Bank & Trust Company,
participated in a special three
day seminar on management
techniques which was
conducted in Raleigh earlier
this month. The seminar was
sponsored by the National
Association of Bank Women,
Inc.
Former 4-H members can be
found in all walks of life from
Capitol Hilf to Hollywood, to
Main . Street. 4-H alumni
include: Speaker of the House
Carl Albert; star pitcher of the
Oakland A’s Jim “Catfish”
Hunter; The First Lady, Mrs.
Pat Nixon; singer Glen
Campbell; and Dr. George W.
Beadle, former President of the
University of Chicago.
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THE CHOWAN HERALD
Report Fron Washington
By Congressman
WALTER B. JONES
Many of you have expressed
concern over the tight money
situation which is preventing
the construction of new homes
or remodeling of existing ones.
Effects of this are being felt by
those who need housing, the
building industry, lending
agencies and for that matter,
foie overall economy. This week
the House approved legislation
in an effort to partially solve
this problem by extending foe
authority of the Secretary of
HUD in the field of housing and
urban development.
Specifically, it provides for new
authorizations for fiscal year
1974 for the following programs;
3140-million for annual
contributions for the low-rent
public housing program; 3664-
million for the. urban renewal
program; 363-million for the
open space program; and 340-
milhop: for the neighborhood
facilities program. In addition,
the President senta Message to
Congress recommending
additional remedial action
immediately, and if enacted, in
my opinion, will do much to
ease the present crisis.
Again, the House acted upon A
Presidential veto this time
concerning the minimum wage
coverage. The bill as originally
passed provided for an
additional coverage of some 7-
million previously uncovered
employees. It also provided that
student labor would have to be
paid a limited subminimum
wage for full time students
working in certain occupations.
The fears entertained by some
was that the increased coverage
carried the possibility of Adding
to the unemployment and
welfare rolls. In addition, it
If your child is ten or over, it’s time to
start teaching him or her about money
building.
First, give us a call. We’ll arrange a
special tour of Bank of North Carolina,
N. A. for you and your child. We’ll explain
how a bank puts money to work. We’ll see
the big vault.
Then, open a savings account for
your child. (Minors under the age of 15,
must have a parent or guardian co-sign to
open an account—a N.C. banking law.)
A savings account can be opened at
Bank of North Carolina for any amount
of SI.OO or more.
A special savings register or passbook
will be made out in your child’s name.
We’ll explain to your son or daugh
ter how interest works. How we use their
money and pay them for using it. We’ll ex
plain that they receive 5% interest, paid
monthly. And well explain how com
pounding works (it’s compounded daily)
carried the possibility of
exchx&ng many students from
jobs which presently enabled
them to complete their
education. Again the House
failed to override the
Presidential veto for the fifth
time during the present session.
Quite often, lengthy and bitter
debate is carried on regarding
amendments to pending
legislation. Such was the case
last wqek when an amendment
was offered to the International
Broadcasting Act of 1973 which
would have provided that if the
Corporation refined to furnish
any information whatsoever to
the Congressional Committees
then the funding could be
withheld. Examples were given
where the Committee
conducting hearings were
denied information which was
pertinent to and a justification
for the appropriations in
question. This amendment was
adopted after _ approximately
two hours of debate.
The House Committee on
Agriculture is holding hearings
on the problems of predatory
animals, more specifically, the
coyotes in the mid-West who
apparently are causing severe
damages to sheep ' ranchers
since certain pesticides and
chemicals have been banned.
One witness told this story
regarding a meeting held in
Wyoming where one ecology
minded woman stoop up and
suggested that all male coyotes
trapped be castrated and then
released.
She was answered by a
grizzled, old ranchman who
stood up and said: “Lady,
your’re missing the point. Them
thar coyotes ain’t rapin’ our
sheep. They’re eatin’ ’em’ ”
Youthful Forecast
High school and college
girls are coming up with
beauty ideas, that are win
ning the approval, and some
times even emulation, of their
mothers.
Now setting the pace for
faces is a soft look that’s
alive, natural, vital, but re-
Eyes sparkle in a muted
aura of creamy eye polish,
subtly shined. A transparent
gel glides over cheeks for a
deep, healthy glow and lips
light up with gleamers and
glosses, gilded with gold or
shimmered with silver. Nails
are gently pearled for a soft
sheen look.
The lovely, soft and shiny
look comes from Love Cos
metics because the soft face
is what Love does best, and
Love does it in all the colors
of the earth and sky: from
moon-pale ivories through a
romantic rainbow of pretty
pastels to terrific tawnies and
bedazzling bronzes.
and how they can earn money on the in
terest they earn.
We suggest they have a goal in mind;
a benchmark to work towards. (Saving for
“tomorrow” doesn’t mean much to a ten
year-old. But saving for a new bike or riding
lessons is real and important.)
We’ll try to make your child feel com
fortable in our bank.
Then it’s up to you to encourage your
children to save their dimes and quarters
for the next trip to the Bank. And encour
age them to earn money to go into their sav
ings account. We’ll let them know we’re
proud of them as their balance grows. You’ll
want to do the same.
The child who learns that bank means
more than piggy bank is learning to be a
financially responsible adult. And as a par
ent, that can help you build your own
money. And building your money (and
your child’s) is our business.
taming lab Graduates 23
In June, 1973, foe College of
Hie Albemarle’e Edenton
Learning Lab graduated a total
of 33 students. Twenty-one of
these students were Adult High
School Diploma graduates and
were awarded diplomas issued
by foe Edenton-Chowan Board
of Education; two students
were swarded high school
equivalency, (GED),
certificates, issued by foe State
of North Carolina.
The list of AHD graduates
were: Gladys Basnight Austin,
Lorraine Baker W, Teresa
Colombo Bass, Linda Faye
Privott Bond, Anita Sue Baker
Bowen, Crista Goble Bunch,
Salli Hare Butler, Rosa Sutton
Ford,. Edna Goodman,
Geraldine Hall, Sandra
Johnston Jumba, Jean Ricks
Keeter, Sallie Overton Layton,
Johnetta B. Leary, John L.
Oliver, Wanda C. Oliver,
Barbara Sutton, Patricia Boyce
Waff, Alice Webb Ward, and
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Thursday, September
Erma Dean Welch Williams.
Hie two GED graduates wifrCji
Dolphus Belch and EveiynV
Burke.
Two of foe recent graduates
have entered college and four of
them have acquired new jabs
since graduation.
Seventy-five students ore
currently enrolled in courses
offered by the lab and since
June, seven additional students
have completed requirements
for either the Adult High School
Diploma or foe GED certificate.
Anyone desiring to work
toward a diploma or just to take
general interest courses may
enroll by visiting the lab at
Swain Elementary School or by
dialing 483-1745. One of the co
ordinators, Loretta Guard,
Mary Sexton, or Jake Boyce
will be at the lab from 8:30 A .M.
to 4 P.M., Monday through
Friday and from 6:30 P.M. to
9:30 P.M. Monday through
Thursday.
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