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The Superieteedent Reports
Controversy is a part of the
American educational
tradition, a tradition that
American education shares
with the total democratic
society. As it relates to
education, controversy has
played an influential role in the
growth and development of
education from its meager
beginnings in Colonial times
until today.
The next few columns will
attempt to focus on issues which
may not, on the surface appear
controversial. However,
beneath the outer layer are
some basic questions which all
of us, as citizens of Chowan
County, must ask with regard to
education.
It is hoped that those who
read this column will view these
next few articles of facilitating
their reflective or thought
processes.
One thing about an American
community is this: “The
residents get the kind of school
program they want.’’ This quote
from George Leonard which
appeared in a June, 1958,
“Look" magazine article is just
as appropriate today. And. as
this question is analyzed, there
are, at least, three underlying
questions which might be
asked. These concern the
quantity and quality of
education, the quality of
education and the kind of
education.
With reqard to the quantity
and quality, as well as the kind
of education, all of us must
make the most painful
expenditure of all - sustained,
serious thought about our
community and the education of
its youth.
Your school board has been
engaged in deliberating these
three areas of concern over an
extremely lenghty period of
time.
Paramount in these thoughts
have been what the education of
our youth is and what it ought
10 be. Answers to both these
questions plus deliberations
about quantity, quality and kind
of education in Chowan County
have led your school board to
project a plan for the
reorganization of the school
system through the elimination
of Swain and White Oak
Schools, and the building of
a new school. Needless to say,
it has evoked controversy!
While not trying to be
philosophical or trite, it would
be appreciated if each reader
would reflect upon the questions
below, discuss them with his
friends, children or
individually.
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in a democracy?; in Chowan
County?
-Where are we now with
regard to the education of our
youth?
-What type of education do we
want for our youth?
-Are we willing to admit that
we presently have quantity,
quality and kind of education we
would desire for our youth?
Controversial or not, it is the
school board’s role to convey to
the citizens the educational
needs of the youth as they see
them, based on a philosophical,
factual, and reflective basis.
If the schools are to be in
partnership with communities
in meeting the education needs
of youth, the community, as
well as the school, must
philosophically and objectively,
not emotionally, face these
questions.
It is hoped that the above
thoughts, will serve as a basis
for each citizen to question in
his own mind what type of
education he wants for the
youth of Chowan County.
Next week’s column will
examine other facets of this
controversy.
New Books
At Library
New books received at
Shepard-Pruden Memorial
Library include the following:
Adult Fiction
“The Lion's Cub” by H. M.
Hoover; “Storm’s End” by
Rebecca SaUbury James;
“Blood Red. Sister Rose” by
Thomas Keneally; and “The
Iceberg Hermit” by Arthur
Roth.
Adult Non Fiction
“All the Bible’s Men of Hope”
by Edith Deen; “The American
Heritage History of Seafaring
America” by Alexander Laing;
“And the Bride Wore” by Ann
Monsarrat; “The Joys of
Beekeeping” by Richard
Taylor; "Country Furniture”
by Aldren Watson; "The Art of
Colonial Flower Arranging" by
Jean C. Clark; and
“Contemporary Square
Dancing" by Patricia A.
Phillips.
Juvenile Fiction
“The Woman With the Eggs"
by Hans Christian Andersen;
“Charlie and the Chocolate
Factory" 'by Ronald Dahl;
"Little Owl, Keeper of the
Trees" by Ronald Himler; “The
Alligator Under the Bed" by
Joan Lowery Nixon; and “The
Boy Who Had Wings” by Jane
Yolen.
Methodist Sermon
Topic Is Given
“United We Stand” is the
topic chosen by Rev. E. L.
Earnhardt for the 11 A.M.
service Sunday at Edenton
United Methodist Church. His
text is Ephesians 4:11-15 and
Psalm 133. The 7:30 P.M.
service will be conducted by the
youth of the church.
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niursday, March 13,1975