THE SANDHILL CITIZEN
SUCCESSOR TO THE SOUTHERN PINES TOURIST
GEWH0 1W THE WHITER RESORTS, FRUIT INDUSTRY, AGRICULTURE AND GENERA. DEVELOPMENT OF THE 8AN0MI 8EOTUR OF NORTH CAOOUM
Vol. XVIII No. 29 SOUTHERN PINES, N. C., FRIDAY, APRIL 8, 1921 5c Copy $2.00 Year
WHY MORE TAXES?
THE REASON
The Publicity Committee of the Parent
Teachers’ Association suggests the follow
ing considerations for those who have
raised the question why there should be
an advance in the local tax rate for school
purposes during the next year.
There have been more than 200 children
enrolled in the school this year, the
greater part of whom are resident chil
dren. The highest enrollment for any
single date has been 176. of whom not
more than 7 come from outside the dis
trict, and not more than 12 are winter
transients. The present enrollment,
’ largely local in character is 170, and the
current indications point to a local school
population for next September of 200
pupils. This number is more than prob
able, since there are pupils resident in
the town who for various reasons are not
now in attendance, who will re-enter in
September.
The present arrangement of the build
ing and the present number on the teach
ing staff necessitate the division of pupils
in lots of two grades to one room and one
teacher, a situation rendering impossible
the efficient handling and instruction of
the separate grades, and preventing the
execution of any definite scheme of de
partmental work in music and drawing.
The schedule of every teacher is full dur
every minute of the school session, and
as a resujjjhere is no proper provision for
play and recreation periods so necessary
to the pupils health and efficiency during
school hours. The academic work is
limited to a minimum number of subjects
in each grade so that essential subjects
receive a bare ninimum of time, and there
remains to the teacher no opportunity to
s carry on supervised study—more impor
tant in the caseof grade work than recita
tion. No improvement in these directions
is possible unl'ss the staff is enlarged to
the point of providing a teacher for every
elementary grade.
The situation in the high school is no
better. In order to provide a four year
course broad enough to be of service to
all classes of students, a staff consisting
of two teachers giving full time and are
teacher giving at least half-time would be
necessary. The growth of the high school
will make a demand next year for four
full years of high school work, and the
present staff is inadequate; so much so,
that valuable courses are either omitted
or given a bare minimum of time under
the present arrangement.
A school which is to measure up to
present educational standards must have
as the basisofits organization an elemen
tary system having a teacher for every
itrade. selected for special qualifications,
and able to devote time to the organiza
tion and instruction ofthe particular group
in the grade, with opportunity for super
vision of study, for special supervised play
periods, and for carrying on departmental
work in music and drawing as planned
and supervised by a special departmental
teacher. It is a grave error to deprive
the children of any community ofthe op
portunity to secure specialized instruct on
in music and drawing during the years of
elementary school life. The cultural gain
would be immense and the effect on the
morale of the pupils would be replected
In the whole community.
It becomes evident, then, that if the
policy “a room and a teacher for every
elementary, grade” is adopted, a substan
tial increase in school funds is a necessary
pre-requisite. Further, no teacher but
the best available is a good investment,
and to obtain such teachers will require
a maximum salary apportionment. Still
further, no scheme of financing the opera
tion of such a school would be complete
unless it provided a suplus each year to
go into a sinking fund for future use, for
improvements, additions, and new build
ings. A good school, like a good town,
vrflt continue to grow.
A WOODLAND PATH
Angie Gordon Tobin
Friends in Southern Pines were saddened
Tuesday to learn of the death of Mrs
Trank Tobin, better know as Angie Gordon.
Mrs. Tobin has been a sufferer for years
with asthma and has been ill several
months with an abscess on the lung. She
grew steadily weaker and was taken to
Charlotte expecting to undergo an opera
tion, but heart failure occurred before the
operation could be performed.
Mrs. Tobin leaves a husband and daugh
ter Lillian who have the sympathy of
many friends in Southern Pines.
The remains were taken from Charlotte
directly to New Hampshire for burial.
A Missionary Tea.
The ladies of the Congregational Church
will entertain their friends in the church
parlor, Tuesday afternoon, March 12th.
Miss Carolyn Sewall, a missionary from
China, will address the ladies at 3:30
olclock. A sooial hour and tea will follow.
Every one is invited.
Illustrated Lecture.
Miss Carolyn Sewall, a missionary of the
Woman's Board in Tientsin, China, who
is home on her first furlough, will give
au illustrated lecture at the Congregational
Church Monday night, March 11 tb, at 8
o’clock. Miss Sewall has many interesting
scenes of Chinese life. Every one is in*
vited. An offering will be taken for miss
ion work.
Month of March. 1921. attendance honor
roll—61 neither absent nor tardy. Aca*
demic honor roll—average of grades over
90: Waitland Grover, highest, Stuart
Cameron, Frances Spencer, Helen Thomp*
son, Eileen Loomis, William Woodward,
Elsie May Hewitt, John Duncan Chisholm.
Examination Highest Honor, Anna Belle
Scarboro.
Honor Roll
R. Clinton Platt,
Superintendent.
A MYSTERIOUS MEETIN6
T
And Some of the Leaders Won’t Say
Where it is to be Held
There is a rumor afloat of a meeting to
be held by the “Broad Street Business
Men” this Friday evening to consider
ways and means of laying a hard surface
pavement on Broad street, enlarging and
extending the water supply and sewer
systems, and incidentally framing a slate
of candidates for Mayor and Board of
Town Commissioners for the comingelec
tion in May.
There appears to be considerable mys
tery in regard to this meeting and it would
appear from the topics to be discussed
that EVERY VOTER AND TAX PAYER
IN SOUIHFRN PINES SHOULD HAVE A
VOICE IN THE MEETING.
The Citizen HOPES to have a full ac
count of this meeting in next week’s is
sue if it is possible to ascertain the place
of meeting and the course of action de
cided upon for the "Improvement of the
town.”
New Cottages at Knollwood
Mr. and Mrs. Bloodgood, who have been
occupying the Hunter Eckart cottage this
winter, have left for their home in New
Jersey They like the Pines so well that
they have decided to-enter the ranks of
cottage owners, and have purchased three
lots at Knollwood, adjoining these of Mr.
Barber. On these they plan to erect at
oncra bungalow, plans for which have
drawn by Mr. Embury. The latter has
also planned another cottage, to be built
at Knollwood for some friends of the
Bloodgood's.
Card of Thanks
People do read the Sandhill Citizen.
Thank you, whoever is responsible for
reparing the Southern Pines-Pinehurst
Rcad-in responce to the request of a week
ago calling attention to a very bad bumpy
8pot in the Road, It is improved.
U . a A Constant Usecv
GOLF CLUB NEWS
Emmett French, the Prof, of the
Club has closed his season here and left
Monday for White Sulphur Springs where
he will enter a tournament and then
assume his duties as summer Prof, at
his usual place at Youngstown. While
his friends here would have liked to
see him in the front rank at Pinehurst
Saturday, they get lots of satisfaction in
the fact that he finished in a tie with Joe
Kirkwood, the Australian open Champion,
and Walter Hagen, former U. S. Champioh.
The Club is making an improvement
that will be greatly appreciated. They
plan to abandon the number 12 green on
the westerly side of the railroad track
and make a few changes which will keep
it on the easterly side. This has never
been a very satisfactory green as the
railroad track had to be crossed twice
and the up keep was very expensive to
the Club owing to the heavy wash of sand
at each rain storm.
Bob Hayes is making good progress
toward becoming a real professional and
if hard work and practice mean anything
Hob should get there all right and his
many friends have a lot of confidence in
his future success.
The early morning is securing much
attention as a time for golfing and quite
a number are availing themselves of the
delightfully cool air. Hon. Robert N. Page
and bis son are among the latest converts
to this idea and are up with the birds
picking up ‘'birdies ”
The links seem to have about the same
! number each day and the average is
* holding good. About as many new
players arrive as leave to go home.
There are about 20 players just holding
on to get a chance to plav Bill Allen once
before they go North. In previous years
he closed the Pinehurst laundry in order
to play golf, but he says the Family
Laundry of Southern Pines is ‘‘doing a
land office business and he can’t leave it
even to sing Tipperary.”
Card Party And Dance at the
Southland
One of the pleasantest affairs of the
season was the card party and dance
given at the Southland Hotel on Friday
evening last by the Civic Club and the
Boy Scouts. The combination of interests
and patronage led to a mingling of young
and old, and the plans for entertainment
made it easy for all to have a good time.
From eight to ten, while the older folks
were playing cards in the parlors, the
youger ones were enjoying a dance, the
dining-room, which had been convenced
into a most attractive ball-rooin; music
being furnished by Mr. Platt and Miss
Erson. At ten, delicious ice cream and
cake were served, after which everybody
adjourned to the ball-room, where the
Highland Pines Orchestra played such
alluring music that the room was filled
with dancers until midnight.
The proceeds, amounting to about one
hundred and fiffty dollars, will be divided
equally between the Club and the Scouts.
LAST GALL
The Registration Book is now open at
my office, and I wish to call the attention
of the voters to the fact that all who have
not registered roost do so if they wish to
vote. 1 especially wish to remind the
ladies, as they have not had an opportun
ity to register for a town election before
and they may wish to have a representat
ive on the Boord.
Respectfully,
. J. M. Windham, Registrar.