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wouenm I ' ' CASnril mi JUtlUS a miiMiA^n N. C SUBSCRIPnO^ RATES: On* T«w $1.60 Sfai Months .76 EVwr Moattis , so Oat of the State $2.00 per Tear at th* poat of&n at Nortt WOkaa- C^- u MCODd claM matter gnilar Act Iff*. MONDAY, FEB. 10th, 1941 More Education The legislature of North Carolina is de bating the addition of a 12th grade in the public schools and a possible ninth month. Standing wholeheartedly 'ior better edu cational advantages for children in North Carolina, we endorse whatever can be done efficiently to broaden the scope of educational endeavors. But first of all we would like to see the public school system throughout the state operate efficiently for eight months. Be fore going farther in this comment let us pause to say here that North Wilkesboro has a splendid nine-months schools effi ciently carried out in all departments. The high ranking of the school here is possi ble because the city levies taxes to supple ment funds paid by the state. We are talking of the public school sy.s- tem as operated in North Carolina without local supplements. The state has not yet reached the point where it is operating schools for eight months with any reasonable degree of thoroughness and efficiency. Here are some things which should be accomplished in justice to the children. 1. Pay teachers enough to make it profitable to teach instead of making it al most expedient that the most capable of them leave the'profession to obtain in comes sufficient to maintain a standard of living at lea.st equal to skilled industrial workers. 2. Provide school buses and transpor tation facilities sufficient to prevent the necessity of hauling more than 100 chil dren on a bus built to haul half that num ber and eliminate the necessity for buse^ so ;iiany trips each that some chil dren have to leave home before daylight and not r^um until after dark. 3. Set the wage for school bus drivers high enough to make it possible to hire re sponsible drivers. 4. By all means lower the teacher load in order that teachers may not have to try to teach 50, 60 or more children in one room. Under present condition.s teachers find it impossible to give children the indi vidual attention they must have in order to make satisfactorj- progress. 5. Add more practical subjects to the high school curriculum, teaching .students how' to earn a living as well as academic knowledge. 6. Stress health and physical education among the entire student body (in many schools now only those who are taking part in .school athletics receive phvsical training essential for besst physical de velopment.) These are only the reasonable objectives which the public school system in North Carolina has not reached. We coulJ name numerous other ideals. Dr. Clyde Erwin, state superintendent of public instruction, told the appropriaiton.« committee of the legislature that the teaching profession is lo.sing good women and good men because private employment is more profitable to the most capable. Any person who can see with his eyes and think with his intellect can understand the need for improveipents in the public school scstem of North Carolina. It is true that the'^e improvements will cost money. But in our opinion, the state would be render ing its children—its most important pro- (jucts a greater service now by increas ing the thoroughness and efficiency of the School system for eight months than by ad dition of a ninth month, which would orobahly aggravate the hap-hazard opera tion of the school sjrstem. Sherma'n wl^t altogeScr right. In — aw ice cream war has re- .■S'-* This eiietion of.the has occasion to feel very much gratif!^ our ne|jjbhoring county of. Alexander^ in partic^ar, in the’ choice made by the Board of Trustees of Duke University of Dr. Robert L. Flowers as president olf the Uhiyersi^, succeeding the late Dr. W. F. Few.'' Dr. Flowers has the ability as well as the experience 'to head this great educational institution and it was both wise and logical that he should be advanced to serve as head of the Uni versity. In the interim since Dr. Few^ death a number of nationally-known names had been suggested for the presi dency, but it did not seem possible that the ^trustees would do anything but what they have done—select Dr. Flowers. He has been administrative vice-president for several years and immediately after Dr. Few’s death was named acting president. Dr. Flowers is a native of Alexander county, a product of the red hills of pied mont North Carolina. In his youth he at tended old Rutherford College in this coun m ansasaat and glajr** sU# 9tt ,.A^ trsMiAlts Wght readt^ito a ama By a gaaat iriltarrNo/donbt U. '^ be a-reUet tbr,t2i«in to get away from abacrdltlw Pnm the jabore tttmed authors and to »n- }oy this column By BILli BOBERTSON (Onset Columnist) Although we hardly regard oursel«M as bona ttde residents of North Wilkesboro, neither are we to be claeeed as one of the proverbial Visiting JMremen. In our two months here, we have come to the conclusion tbet this town is strangely different from any other in which we have ever lived. We have been Impreeeed by the friendliness of the pMple hp,re, parMoularly that of the per. manent residents to newcomers in the town. We like to reoall our first visit to church and the lady that met us on the way out and _ said, “You’re new here, aren’t U * r o iyou? We're gled you came. Please y and has always been a ^eat y mirer of the late Dr. R. L. Abernethy, whoLjjg,,^ the trudesmen founded that institution. A personable, of the town. Their siaip on the firendly, democratic ■'man of the Dr. Flowers will give the presidency of Duke a very desirable combination of commonsense and academic training. At the end of the present school year. Dr. Flo^vers will have completed 50 years in the service of Trinity College and Duke University. During this half-century a.s teacher and administrator he has seen the small college, to which he went in 1881 as instructor in electrical engineering, grow to one of the South’s and the nation’s fore most universities. (TO MWiCaoBip 'piwiww Jliraiit^ igitfloBY Wiwfei S."^Orant,' tkJi fSih presldirat, met )i)i if (if 1Qut>ui$ if* efub —PocAoftbis' did>T*ot Mve the life of CkipUin John Smith— There hoe newer bdeo a aingle case of ecarlet fever among the Apache Indiana—^Andorra, the world's araalleat republic, sent nine eoldien to help save democ- wey in the ftrat wofld War— Wedding rings-are'used in the mtirriage ceremony because a circle in hieroglyphics means eternity. . . . Next week, Kent Lynne. . . . (Abnormal Absurdities editor's note: We hope that you nine recd- ers (gained one thia time) have enjoyed the guest column as much as we have and with every good wish for Mr. Robertson, we hope he will do a column for us again sometime. Mr. Robertson is a new comer to North I boro, whree he holds na executive | position in the district WPA of-| boro, where he holds en executive ! perlence and we gkidly welcome this literary talent into our j midst.) GOVERNOR MAKES A DATE (Oxford Public Ledger) Thanksgiving in North'Carolina will be celebrated in 1941 a week earlier than ha:-- been customarj’ in the state but on the date that majority of states in the union have designed for their day of Thanksgiving. Governor Hoey, in revealing his plans to follow the popular trend in designating an earlier Thenksgiving, stated that he was yielding his personal preference “to what seems to be an overwhelming sentiment in favor of the newly designated day.’’ Action of the Governor in indicating the cour.se he would follow in proclaiming Thank.sgiving will serve to eliminate much of the doubt and uncertainty about Thanksgiving and the making of plans for events and celebrations on this occasion. None will deny that the “commercia' element” has entered into the gradua' .shift that began in 1939 when President Roosevelt acceded to urgently made re quests that he designate the third instead of the fourth Thursday in November for Thanksgiving. The earlier date allows the public a longer shopping period between Thank.sgiving and Christmas and allows- merchants a longer period for displaying and .selling vheir merchandise. After all. Thanksgiving is not a day, bu* a state of mind, an event that can come or one day as well as another., The principa difficulty for the past two years has been the disagreement on the date of the event —a disagreement that has brought a cer 'ain amount of confusion. Governor Broughton has contributed his bit toward eliminating that confusion. for your pocketbook. We like the absence of the many stupid little cliques found in most towns; and we ■ are glad to see that maritlal status is not regarded as a divid ing line In social activities. In short, here everyone Is accepted until he is proven to be a heel— Instead of vica versa. We like it that way. • • * The fact that Margaret Mitch ell and David O. Selznlck’s stu pendous, colossal, super-super movie, “Gone With The_ Wind,’' Is plcying a return engagement at the Liberty Theatre this week reminds us of the nuineroue gags that accompanied its premiere at Atlanta last year. The one we liked best was Bob Hope’s version of the t-wo old confederate sol diers that saw the picture and got SO mad that during the in termission they went outside und beat up a BLUE Chevrolet. Then, too, we could mention the man that didn’t get io see the ending of the picture because the boy sitting in front of him grew up. . . . • * * Since no column can be com plete without some comment on th«|)‘ present- war,- our otterinf concerns the Greeks and Italians. From latest reports, it was learn- ed that the Italians were holed- up In some unnnmed Greek town and were unable to advance fur ther because of a Greek sniper. There was only one gate leading out of the city and everytlme an Italian showed his face, this lone Greek sniper would drive him to cover. This kept up for about five hours. Finally the Italian general could stand It no longer. Hr called out his entire army of 5,- 000 .soldiers and gave the order to get that man dead or alive The soldiers saluted smartly and marched out. inside two minuter they came running back in lull retroit. They didn’t even stop tr report to the general. He. turn, tried to stop several of them but they all kept runnnig to the rear. One soldier tripped and fell. The general rushed to him and asked, “What in the blankety- blank ha.s happened?’’ The soldier looked at him with wide, frightened eyes. “General!’' he answered, excitedly, “There’s TWO of ’em’’’ » V • We countered oi.r fir.-t blow‘ with Old King Winter lest week when onr little transportation unit, affectioni'.lly known a r Buluah” and laughingly known as a c. r. .skidded a fall forty fee down the main street of Boone and then proceeded to climax the act with II complete directional about-face, .although thia was very gracefully done on the par: of “Buluah.” it unnerved us somewhat for the rest of the day. Thereafter, w e crept around curves at a snail-like pace, cross ed Ice patches in low gc-.ir, and hugged all Inside curves around the mountains. That is, ve hugg- ed Inside curves until a nice lit tle sign warned us to beware o1 falling rocks. Then we really be- or.me worried. Hadn’t vre • seen evidence of numerous rock slides on the road to Boone? Should we drive on the inside and take e chance on falling rocks, or should we take a chance on the outside Beware G>ug^ from common odds That Hang On Creomulsion relieves promptly be cause it goes right to the seat of the trouble to hem loosen and expel germ laden phlegm, and aid nature I to soothe and hw raw, tendmr, In- _ I flamed bronchial mucous mem« • I branet. TeQ jvoT'drugglst to b6S YOU In general terms, Japan's policy towarc’ »>t OfdhMiulalpmwitfa the tm- , ' S' / vv ; degrading you musAlike the way It US seems to be the effusive expression ' you are good intentions so long as they will serv^ -^Kansas Ctty Times. Ethiopian Natives ' Aid British Push London. — British forces ad vancing into Ethiopia have estab lished “direct communication” with native “prtriots” under for mer Emperor Haile Selassie, a military spokesman said today, and with their help are forcing the Italians back In “an ex tremely successful action.” ‘We are able to reinforce the patriots at onr pleasure,” this source said, “and all the Italians can do Is retire through hostile surroundlng.s Into the interior in the hope they will be uble to make a stand at .some point.” The spokesman said, however, the British could not expect to continue the advances at the pres- Relilf of AND COUGHS DUE TO COLDS Momr Hcx oiuuuMni Buy ■ bottle... Uw it.. If aot entirely satisfied your ssoney will be refunded. ■L CR YOU KNOW HOW WOMEN ARB Lovely creatures — but talking is their weakness. Let your housekeeping become something less than perfect, and some body sooner or later will hear about it... In these times it is so unnecessary to be come the subject of such conversation, for with model opplionces so inexpensive and with electricity so cheap, your home making con be just about faultless. You hove plenty of electrical servonts, you soy? Ah—but shouldn’t some of them have been pensioned long ago? Take that out moded range for example. Of course it isn’t giving the service it once did! And of course it can’t compete with the mar velous efficiency of electric ranges today. You owe it to yourself to investioote elec tric cooking os it is done this yeor! Visit, any reliable deoler’s next time vou go down town. Then you’ll hove some thing to talk about! POWER COMPANY ) II All Cars Buyer Preference But mmaisciiEwoiii T n SAVINGS INCREASING (Kemersville News) For the seventh consecutive year, aav- ing.s deposits of the banks of the United States have intreased. Last mid-summer they reached the stu pendous total of $25,750,000,000. There were 45,791,265 accounts, and while that does not mean the same number of depo sitors, since some people have more thar one account, it certainly suggests that sav ings are more widely distributed among the people than some would have us think This gives a clew to the funds the'gov ernment propo.ses to tap if it begins tf float war loans in the manner of 1917-19 For this is money on deposit, actually in existence, and if borrowed by the govern ment for bonds, it does not increase the amount of money and thus tend toward in flation, as would borrowing from bankr which simply create a bookkeeping credit It is another glimpse of the' defensive sin ews of this great country. Our hope for flu is that it’s taken wings —Greensboro Daily News. •ST' [iiiwtwgL.. ^ it’s the only low-priced car with a 90- S.p. Volve-in-Head "Victory” Engine . . . the only lowcP'''^®d cor with exclusive Body by Fisher and all the oth'er features listed here. ... 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