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Again You Are Cautioned Not To Allow Yourself to Be Fooled Don’t allow yourself to fSSEstl: by the halaballoo hsinjif r&ised by various groups andpovterfuf indi viduals in beha# of J&O ConsfittL tion. The bedrock principle of the Constitution is that it $* be an expression of the principles upon which the people wish the Govern ment of this country to be based A discovery that the present form of the Constitution does not per mit such reforms of government and extension of powers as" the changed conditions . require, fol lowed by a demand* for the modifi-' cation Of the Constitution fo per mit the requit ed extension of pow ers, is utterly in accord with the basic principle of the Constitution itself. The fight that is inevitable is between the group which clings to the old favoritism shown the strong and those who demand an equitable division of the fruits of industry among all the people. The fight of [the stand-patter for privilege is be ing camouflaged as a'fight for the Constitution. The real question is: What gov ernmental powers are essential for the well-being of the people as a while? When the people have de cided that question, the Constitu tion provides the means of making that which is now unconstitutional the basic law of the land—and then the very things that are now held to be sacro-sanct because of their lodgment in the Constitution will themselves be unconstitutional. It is very important for all citi zens to bear in mind the distinction between attacking the Constitution and following the methods pro vided in the instrument itself for its adaptation to modem conditions and to the less selfish ideals of the modern day. There is not a line in the Constitution that cannot be erasied when the people will, and without any charge of assault upon the Constitution being tenable. Your home may have proved a haven during former years, but" it is no assault upon the principle of home-life to seek to modernize that home. On the contrary, the man who would live in ap outmoded home merely for the sake of rever ence for its past, would he deemed rather foolish. If your old home needs electric lights and running water, put them in if you can. If our Constitution, outmoded by 150 years of unprecedented change in every sphere of activity, needs modernization, as it evidently does, the man who interprets an attempt to adapt it to present needs and op portunities as disloyalty to the fundamental principles of Ameri can government! is little short of a fool, or has an axe to grind. When candles were the' best means of lighting a home, the candle molds properly and necessarily had their place in the home; but to-day the man who insists upon candle, light to the exclusion of? oil lamps, gas jets, or electric bulbs, is too crazy to roeard serionslv. Don’t be fooled a minute by the fry for the preservation of the Constitution. It is the cry of the man who does not wish the real principle at issue to come into the open. The contest today, and until right wins, is that of the general welfare against privilege.. A Striking Difference In The Attitudes of Two Youths. Recently Ben Dixon McNeill w rote most interestingly of a young ster who had completed the high school course, without learning much we judged from the article, aml was finding a return to the work of the fields a disturbing ntii* sance. On the other hand, we note Rat the son of Mr. J. A. Senter of Chalybeate Springs, whose work-at ^ ake Forest was so satisfactory anv ~ w.as J* squired to stand v^JiS1111310118’ came home and t °* commencement did ^Mdars in the fields and nef up to Wakd forest and- got his diploma. <Jt*i ^*e :*£ slkoai4 to say. that It wfjwMSfc yoath who-really ^capable and filing tb <& i*igh H ^ Mm ^ who is theteby unfitted for any hind of manual labor, but the youth who *C ®»t out for intellectual K .,*h« youngster of whom Mr. rnmil wrote majored in basket hf *LlfcNe“ e««< has hardly a thousand words in hw vocubulary. He had studied rrendj, which die writer declared wouldn t even be helpful to hmr in cussing a mule.” His intellectual level has scarcely been raised art inch, I should judge, while he has been denied the opportunity to de velop along the lines in which his talents lie. The thing-minded youth needs training in accord with the quality of his mind. Young Senter, even if he should choose to turn his energies to man ual work, has reOived froih his col iege course a broadening and deep ening of intellectuality and an ac quaintance with the inheritance from the ages that will always serve to enrich his life, in whatever' •sphere his talents may be employed. Educational courses unfitted to the thing-minded youths—those who cannot grasp abstract ideas but learn v to think straight by handling things and doing essential tasks, are-of as little benefit to that class of stu dents and as unprofitable to the state or community as sending a hound puppy to a bird dog school would be to the puppy or to the .'owner. - . . •• If you haven’t read Mr. Mc Neill’s article (it was in -last r-Sun day’s News and Observer),-! advise you to do so. It is both entertain ing and thought-provoking. A Cer tainly every teacher and parent should read it. There are hundreds of youths now. expecting, to enter college next fall that1, has no iftoire Use for a college course than a sow has for a saddle. f v - j - Important Innovations At State College and Chapel Hill. The alumni of the old university at Chapel Hill have resisted the concentration of the engineering work of the two schools at State College.... But at last the trustees of the Greater University have voted by a large majority to make the consolidation. This was done at the instance of President Gra ham, who himself is an alumnus of the Chapel Hill unit. Frank Graham, however, allowed no such animus jmj that which moved most Chapel TIill alumni to cause him to oppose, the consolidation. The interests‘o| the State far out weighed with'him the. loyalty to the older institutions. President Graham has also ad jyjjcated the strengthening, of the «uMn$d. cfei&ge&T'atr State, that the graduates of the industrial courses may go forth as cultured.men as we» sp^aallstiid the JcnOstfedge pertaining to ^one -or more indus tries. " . . t * Tt should be gseueraffy gratifying to the people of the State to see the beginning of the effectuation of the combination" Which was in mind when the" greater university wa$ launched. Thus far the quasi combination, of the three schools has resulted in very little benefit to either §r th-the* lowering of the cost of operation of the three in stitutions. Uncle Sain not only pays good rentals for land not cultivated in the staple crops, but pays in ad vance. Already cotton rental checks are being sent out to some of the counties^, . Beaufort Benson Burgaw Clinton Dunn Frankfinton Kinston Louisburg NewBern Roseboro North Carolina Capital, Surplus, Profits, and Reserves More Than $1,250,000 Resources Over $11,500,000 COMPLETE BANKING SERVICE
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