Teaching Machine Controversy
Calls For Shidv But Not Rush
By BESS FLBCKMAN
Guidaaee Counsel«·
Loris Hieb School
The teaching machine is one
of the latest topics lor con
troversy. Some are saying that
the machine is the answer to
all our educational shortcom
ings while others regard it as
a potential robot producer.
What is this teaching mach
ine? What is meant by pro
grammed learning?
The teaching machine is not
an elaborate electronic device.
It is rather simple in con
struction and can be bough:
for as little as $50. The tre
mendous cost in the use of the
machine comes from the cost
of the program that is fed into
the machine.
This program of learning
must be so perfect that the
child may proceed at his own
rate from one step to the next
harder one in the learning of a
skill, WITHOUT ERROR. It
has been estimated that a sin
gle program for "one semester
ο f elementary arithmetic
would amount to about S50,
000." To avoid such tremend
ous costs, some school systems
arc having their own teachers
develop programs for the ma
chine. In Manhasset, L. I., pro
gramed materials in Gram
mar are reported to have stu
dents in a class complete a
year's work in but twelve and
a half hours.
People who laud the pro
gram claim, that the teaching
machine has all the advantages
of the private tutor. They say
that students ar able to cov
er three times the material ir.
this manner. The teacher is
freed of having to drill or re
peat lessons. The child is ac
tively engaged in doing this
on his own. He knows immedi
ately if he has done well and
feels the encouragement u<
continuous success. Thus the
science of teaching is taken
over by the machine but tlv:
art of teaching resides in the
teacher.
People who criticize the pro
gram say that the student will
just become a fact finder rath
er than an explorer of fact.
The fixed response demanded
by the machine would tend to
rule out the imaginative and
the will of the individual to
come up with originality i>f
response. The critics grant
that perhaps the machine wi'l
ultimately do better than tea
chers at transmitting factua
knowledge, but they are use
less for the larger task of edu
cating the whole child."
1 We all should take an inter
! est in the development of th·.·
teaching machine. Let us not,
however, jump on a uuiiu
wagon provided by enthusiast
ic salesmen and thump fur
teaching machines per sc. it
may well be that the machine
can be developed into a tre
mendous teaching tool. We
shall have to await the studied
reports of educators and re
searchers rather than the im
passioned panaceas painted by
machine salesmen.
Use Care With
Left-Over Seed
Mixing left-over grain seed
with grain moving into other
channels can bo a costly mis
take. says Extension Grain
Marketing Spe.ialist Everett
Nichols.
Most grain intended for
planting has been treated with
mercury or a mercuric com
pound. which are poisonous,
Nichols explained.
"Therefore." he added, "it is
unlawful to market grain con
taining treated seed at any
outlet where grain will eventu
ally be used for food or feed
purposes."
"In addition," Nichols con
tinued. "if such grain is feed
on the farm it could cause
'<eath or injury to poultry or
livestock."
Specialists from the grading
section of the N. C. Depart
ment of Agriculture report an
increasing number of cases
where treated seed have been
found mixed with soybeans,
wheat, corn, and other grains
sold .
One treated seed in a car
load is sufficient for the entire
car to be rejected. When this
occurs the grain has to be
sold as seed or destroyed.
Nichols suggests that farm
ers who have left-over seed
store them until next year or
destroy them. "Do not," ne
emphasized, "let the left-over
seed get mixed with other
grain."
Nichols says that grain deal
ers should examine all main
received to see if any of it has
been treated with a poisonous
compound. "Grain dealeis
should also'< advise fanners ;·
ooui in«.· ibK in nanunng or
disposing treated grain," he
«;cided.
Pee Dee CounciS
Schedules Meet
For Thursday
The Pee Dee Area Council.
Boy Scouts of America \v«H
hold its 19(ΐ1 business meeting
on Dc.ember "th at the First
Presbyterian Church in Flor
ence. according to J. B. Aiken,
.Jr.. Council President.
J. E. Copenhaver. of Harts
villc. will report for the Coun
cil Nominating Committee fli
er winch the llftil officers will
be elected.
The Calendar of Events fo··
1!(β2 will be reviewed and a
dopted by the Executive Board
and John H. Martin. Campaign
Chairman, ·ννφ1 I sive a progress
report on the forth coming
"Camp Coker and Ser\ ic·'
Center Development Cam
paign" set for early l!)(j'J.
On·.· ot tlie primary nurpos s
of the meeting is !·■» orient and
train thosi nu n who \ν·1Ι gi\<_·
leadership to the Sc mtmu pro
| ifam i:i the van··!;» -1 i>t. .v*t
•>f the Pe< De Ar ι Council
during HW-'.
District Chairmen wU··
will head the delegation fro.η
the ιν>ρι· tive Districts art.
Clioterftcld. F. C McGreg· v.
Darlington. Fitz Coker; Dillon.
Milton McDonald; Florence.
Di Myers Hicks: Μ iri. i.
Chart s Spi'Mi; Mirlboio. .Talli
es I..ong; Suni'er. Nici; .V' :.· :
Williarrsburt;. Launns Wilson
Heading the training »· s-i< 11
will be Floyd Tutti·· }· ·ι·.·ικ·<·.
, Organization and Extension.
Lewis Webb. Hartsvilli. Camp
ing and Activitii s: Wi'iiam
Cjuinn. Florence. i.· · vrsh >
Training: C'· l«>nel Oer.ild Dix.
Shaw Air Force Bar··. A -
vanceivent; Dr. Harry Allen.
Florence. Hi a '.h nnd Safety,
and Dill E. Ellis. Dillun. Com
missioner».
Council President Aiken wi.l
preside.
Bookmobile Sclicdu!«.·
The bookmobile will maki
the following .stops In the ord
er listed.
Derrmber 7
Jamestown —.lames!· wn El·
ementarv School
December Η
Mill Swamp — Midland Ele
mentary School
Pisgah — Home of Mr I)
YV. Owens
Maple — Home of Mrs. 1. «
irvin Branton. Home of Mrs
Mildred Hardee
Drcrmbrr 11
Aynor — Aynor Elementar;.
School
Drrcmbrr 12
Aynor — Aynor Hiith School
Rehobeth — Rehobeth Ele
mentary School
Red Hill — Home of Mr,·
!ma Floyd
Zion — Home of Mrs. I'. D
Altman
Aynor — Aynor Public Lib
rary.
HEEDS REPORT
Report of Hu· R<-i>ist.r o|
I Deeds for the month of No
vember, lf>« I
545 Chattels at 50c $272.."»f
54 Liens at 50c ;»7 fii
'51 Deeds 3β4.5ίί
2Rft Mortage* 772 51
376 Irreg. Instrum'ts 410.?(
Mis . Instrm'ts 200.R1
I JI Marriage License 44.0'
-Jlil 5
FFA SWEETHEARTS — The four young ladies above were finalists
in the annual FFA Sweetheart Contest of the Luris Chapters of the
Future Farmers of America Tuesday night of la*t week, the winners at
the center and the runners up at the outside. Left to right above are
Martha Floyd, Faye King. Beverly Roberts and Laurel Williamson. No
sweetheart nor beauty queen but a prince of a fella is Ken Lovell. show n
between Miss Roberts and Miss Williamson, who served as master of cere
monies. All four of the young ladies qualified as entrants in the sweet
heart contest of the Horry County heart contest of the Horry County 1
FA Federation.
Public Is Invited To Performance
Of Handel's 'The Messiah' Dec. 10
Til·, public hit.» been inviu-t
to atti nit litt.· combined p. ι
loriiiaitvi ..f the b Ion nw Sym
phony Or.nostra an i .t hiive
mixed chorus in tiu Chiistm:·.
presentation ··! Handel's nr..! ·
olio. "The Messiah." to lie helu
at 3:30 oil Simri. > aileinooe.
December Kl'h. in t!·.«· K.vmnn:
ium of MeCIenaghan High
School This periorawinoe
being made possible by tin
Aiken Foundation. J. Boo:.»
Aiken. Sr.. ProsUieiu.
S< hlists ι ι" t',i |n :'>■!·:·. nc
v. ι.! οι· Μ Λ ί ·;· Λ' ■ ·ί"
vM'pi .ι:ν . ί· ·. r ..ι ·: λ' . -
jo vie ! V·: ι I >114 (alt·.'. Ii.. -
ington: Tow «'wen tteno. ·.
Heao οί tiiy Vinco iJepartn.. lit
rt ErskinerCollege; und Wil
liam Hi hi tder (bass>. Cli.it -
loton fTJ.c chorus will consist
^ imjjjfc ι ; ot ctÄrch choiis
and ι' tuter interested person.
:i'vni Florence. Timmons· ii··.
Darlit: ..ton. Mari« :· .md ?.i : -
liiis L'i:oriisos to be ρ·. ι !· run I
by tile m«iup include the to -
low in..: A'td the CI1 r\ 1 ' '··.
Lord; .» Thou Thai τ· . ·
GtMid Ti In gs ·. ■ Zi' η: H>r Un
to I s ν Cr": I porn (·.
ίο Goti; I. I ;> % ·»"«ι 1;
Ο Ye Gate. : and tin Hallelu
iah Chorus
Thi- it.t.M. 1! pi<·>. ·:·.: ·,.
highlit:· ι <>:' the Cliri:··.:.·
son tor this area, is a way ol
I'XtWliiil'g t' til·· p i..·;
warmes' season's ^re^'iiig
from Mr. J fi. Aik · . S.
the members ->f the Aik
F' niidiiti·>11
YWA's Observe
Weck Of Prayer
P: ■ Vi u:i.u W-.i : "s AumI·
. ry «·ί the C t« Una Baj»tit.t
Church met fhuwday
;■·! · in !.·■■ '.·<·»·«· ef Mis:-·*
Iii.inn·· ·.t»*ί Μ ·! ·;ΐι· Ariuttf. Λ
pvi . - in- «ilsservinjj the* Baptist
Wi-U < : I1' ·>« . !"i· Foivmn
λ»:>.·-i■ w... ^ I'M.
1. «»·-.-i· 'i · -·
: ■ « ■ v., iv MUmw Mil
dret* Cnbb. lit tt> Rabun. μ -
• It· · U <!·.· ·... i> ι i Ami Wi.f
· π Ι ι. . V. Aiiiu
\V r. . Btmnio Fayt· Gr injt· .
< ί i.ii.· I" ;i!id Mar> J·»·
Π us iiir!.
!)<lliit l\
u uv
xttknjj i:\nt\i.
fits: ;■>*r-. γ. g. Hü
·' ί** ιt»i. Vrii'"*'t' nil.
ity . tit ι* ν ii.»s a
·. i" . I »'C I ! -11' \ «ί
»Tai smiftf wert: reel
·.· a ·. r;.«it ii t r
li ?h·' Clu'isli :
i"'.. Vir ;i! i. AMi-nditi)
.I fro:n "!*;Γ:)··ι Cil)
Mr. I: ίίι »mir!. Μι
■ < (ΐla ii2 jiitfi Mr. ;i.·
Iii: >!»es.
Miss South Carolina Electric
Co-Op To Be Chosen Thursday
HAHTSVll.LE, S. C. — Miss ι
Betty Morrell. current "Mi.ss j
South t aroiina Electric ('iNip·
eraiive." will wind up a year's!
' ·ι«η .it Columbia I hursdu.»
Nijjht. December Tth. Betty,
lovely daughter (■( Mr. a,v|
Mi'·- McCuen Mornll ,.f Route
1. Hartsville. is a Coker Col
lege student and the holder of
< mim: er . ! popularity as wed
as beauty tales. Miss Morrdi
is slated to crown a new state
wide rural eleotrie beauty from
anion« j» regional contenders
Ό ι hin ix the lirst day of ι
tv' 1 -dii\ mutual mcc?iiij( of t'u
' te > lM independent electric·
"I ratives at Columbia's Ho
tel \\ ;h e Iiampt*>n.
ι ■' «■!· . ne-;.,uith <ii thestatf's
"I 1 i> Μ'illation, .,»! Sv rvt.,| bv
electric! cooperative pou ι
• ι·« s. \ ill In· ivjire.v nted cm -
■ Hi. tlit *wo-day afiaic. Ci—Op
*·1' l;,'s w'Ί p;irtieipat·.· ui ·
'■s οι organizational e«.n
' ui:e - IlK.Vy οι
•-i-ve-.ef. mc'udm« a.lores··.·.
'> ^:· <ik I) Pollard. R,a.;
•Λ!· · Πι Vi I..pni. I.t of: icin!
lio.n \'.·.·ι· liiiit;t..i . Divi.i li
•Κ .oil. president or the Mm,,
u'ip.d Association of South
<- '•.•olina: and Stall· Newspaper
•'"'ι"- Henry Caiitlun. Tlu
statewide association's pro.
'' li'lil' λ i;! he outlin >.!
CUli'IiiJ· this >*.->'!· 11.
In ^ «idi'iiti« υ t,, Thuisua
»li.ülM s bt .iuly rlmuiKillotls, j
i l· lit eoiiiesi f. iiturni}· win
ner.·· I rein 11 le^ienal contests
throufihout ι he .st.it,· will no
■ >reticntι ι I'lu .statewide heau
i> v. inner will later be enteieil
ti <· iiitii it.il Miss Rural
'·: trie ν iu.:· to be held at
A l.ii.'.e ( sι \. \\\. .Jersey,
ϊ» 11 -1 * ~ S' Ί .ι *. ill led in eoin
i'itc include:
I -· -! · t' \ ι ... .j,,.,, p,
-'· 1 ··' I ·:> es. I.tili« Ai'k
" Electric Cooperative, Aik
«II .
C*··!. ·!\!, Λιι«'!! ( v s. U». rjf \
!»'' * L · 1' I'·• se'.tm^
Uroad Hiver Electric Coopera
tive. (iaftmy.
lev. «. Ilruwn. IS. Winthrop
< oil«·*,·. η„Ρκ nip reprt··
••«•min,·. l!«rr.v Klrrtrie r«»
"Pfrativr, Coiiwuy.
I 11 ata W'rei.a. |; |ji. |. Wat
!1 I'1"1 M"' I.aiifens
• ei la ( . operative. I.aUI'ells
I n< re.···, Kay Sulliv an. ;
I. .Il ller.son. Cepre- : !·. ■
i.ynches Ii, ,·. Elect; ; C
na'r.e. Pa;'j|,ii.d
ti-iyl· .Ion .- i«;. Oresh-im
■ epc. s«·! '.inn Marion EUctiv
• · "peravv Man·)!,.
• ./i'li., i^n'rk. in ·;» | |;νι -
a·Wille. · !)|·ί>ι:ι|ίιΐι! Mari
·■" ' ""IC Cooperative,
lie'.i . :ts·, ilie
•|· y Ann Ιί.,ί:ri. u>. |{t.
: :,'i>'"-.i,vl'!,s«ntiiii· Mi).
, ' Eieetric C>,< peratiee
·.< xmut 'ii.
iii ti'1 Si.,· iVople... JiJ. Eai -
I»Itif.e.;. r· ·ΐΓ'.·Μ·ιι!ίηκ I';,..
" ' k ':ic Cooperative
h:> •.• land.
Γ:: : · ·.' ,!■ i;« I|. ,9. jr. ·,
; '·' ··' ι.· 11, . i'li, -ntii:,
. ,·. De· Electric Cooperatu
1-' ι· I in uTof.
Wanda Stone. |j(, ρ· ·
Sei. .· η. ι.·rre.-eiitinji S-.nt,"
' ,η<· C" Ί" '-'live. Κ Κ in«.-·
Totntnie Zeiglcr. 18. St. Mat
thews. representing Tri-Coun
ty Electric Cooperative, St.
Matthews.
Mary Ellen Bumgarncr. 1«.
1«:. 3. York, representing York
County Ek'Ctrte Cooperative.
York.
Garden Clubs Ha i t
Christ mas Prog ra in
The Tabor City Garden Club
antl the Hoe 'N Hope Garden
Club mot in the homo of Mrs.
H. C. Sol.'s last Monday night.
Mrs. C. M. Fowler assisted a.»
eo-hi istess.
The program for the evening
wa.· ·11 intei'iiretation <>1 p»c
"m< of Jes-as livnn the Annun
«••a'-on ttn .iipti the Ascension
i'tustrateri l;y individual floral
.Ii rangement made by th··
mcn'.uers oi the ι lubs. As Mis.
Eugene Grainger and Mrs. Bill
Stevens irirrated the life ■·!
Christ, a spi tlight centered om
the arrangements in chrono
logical ι i'iler.
At the close of the program.
Mrs. Charles Corbett and Mrs.
!{os;er Earp led the member ·
i:i singit.g Christmas carols
Guests for the evening wa
,.\lis. H>vvai.l Harrelsun, presi
dent of the I)irt Dobbers Gal
lien Club.
The hostesses served a de*·
eri course at the end of th<
uu «-ling.
Mrs. Fowler Is
Brid&e Hostess
Mn. IkK'k t'owlcr, Ji.,
ei'taiaed the Cross * Τ«*1ι I
Uruti.e Club in Ιι< r iUKn,.
Thursday night. Mrs. L u
Cume won the high *·,"
pi i. e.
Others playim: vvriv Mrs. u
It. l'>u< I km. Jr.. Μι λ. I.ill \< >t,
Mrs. C 11. l'inmr. Mrs. Audi
rcy bi-s·'. Mrs. Keruiit lliiis,^
ami V.l.·.. Hubert Can.idy.
The ho>tess served pi·· atl^
i;u>>tau tv-u alter tin· hiirulg,
IIKMi: DKMONSIKAIIOS»
sctiionji.i·:
Dee. Η. 7 .HO 1*. Μ.. North Tat.
um Club at Μι C. 1) Iii.nie:,
home
Dee Β, Τ:«»«» 1*. Μ . Oiad.
bom it Club .it Cafeteria
i>;·«·. !». Hl !."> Λ. Μ . WKNC
Uadio I'roKi-iin
Dee. II. !t:30 I*. M . Aki-u-u!
tural Worker* l oitueil
1 Κ·ι·. 12. 7:0(1 l'. Μ . IVtlig
Clul» at C mintinilv l'i iiU r
Doe 12. ..Uli Ι*. Μ . 1 li'ii κ·»
makers Cub .il Chihh·>ιι<«·
Dee 12. 7 IUI Ι'. Μ , l.ebanuii
C'lub at Mrs. lli/.abetli lU,\a!
hunii·
Dee. 13. Unii-u Valley Club
a: Mr.·«. \ !.. Fi>h.·
Dei·. 1«. 3:00 1». M.. S..uti
Wh:'.« viil.· Chili .*t Μ··.». I'» in.
ard Thompson home. .
Dee. lt. 7:011 P. Μ. Itolto.i
Club at Mrs. Tom ι Mom Ιι··ιιι··
Die. 14. Τ:γμι !'. Μ.. SmyriM
Club :it Clubholt ·ι·
Die. 11. 7:.'5ιι 1' Μ . Prosper
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