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VOLUME XV
THIS, THAT, &
THE OTHER
MRS. THEO. B. DAVIS
When a prize is offered for the
most self-effacing and quietest
group of college boys in circula
tion, I mean to enter the five from
Atlantic Christian College who
were in our place last Tuesday
afternoon.
I left the office for a little more
than an hour to be at the woman’s
club meeting. On my return Doro
thy Horton told me the Collegiate
editors had come, had talked to
our foreman, and had gone up
stairs. Eager to finish reading
proof on statistical tables of the
West Chowan Association, I hard
ly listened to Dorothy.
After a while the door to my
office opened and a youth inquir
ed seriously, “How do you spell
‘appalling’?” I told him and he
said, “Two p’s and two l’s. Thank
you.”, and vanished.
When all the figures for 58
churches had been checked, 1 re
membered those boys and went up
stairs to find them. All five were
in the untidy room at the rear,
huddled over a table, working on
the dummy for their paper. (A
dummy, in case you may not know,
is a skeleton outline of a publica
tion giving the position of items
and headlines.) All the light in
the room came from a bulb of about
15 watts, and there was only one
chair. Nobody was using it.
I began to apologize, and to in
sist that they come downstairs
either to my office or the space
my husband has .on the other side
of the door. They declared them
selves to be perfectly comfortable
and adequately provided for. The
editor-in-chief, Elmer Mottem, I
had met before, and he introduced
the other four, who said they were
glad to see me. If they did see me,
their eyes are better than mine.
And I can’t recall all their names,
but know they have pleasant voices.
Invited to go with us to supper,
they refused, saying they were
nearly through their work, must
hurry back to Wilson —and were
too many to accept an invitation
anyway. When we returned after
our meal they had gone. A. C. C. is
beautifully represented by those
students.-
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Above is the picture of one of their fine buses that travel the highways of North Carolina and
other states.
CLUB COLUMN
WANTED —DISCARDED TOYS
The local Girl Scout Troop is un
dertaking as its main project for
next month a Christmas Toyery.
Toys and games which are no
longer of use to you and your fam
ily are wanted. These will be re
paired by the girls themselves and
distributed at Christmas time to
make it a brighter occasion for
many. Look around and find
something which you would like
to give the girls as your share in
this community project. The larger
the contributions the larger the
project. Your toys are wanted now
and should be given to any of the
girl scouts, Mrs. Phillip Massey or
Miss Barrett before Thanksgiving.
CLUB MEETS
The November meeting of the
woman’s club on Tuesday was fea
tured by a program on Library
Work, directed by Mrs. A. N. Jones
and using Wakelon pupils as char
acters from books. Taking pars
were: Margaret Watson, Deyton
Parrish, Bettie Lee Winstead,
Annie Pearl Liles, Margaret Bunn,
Dorothy Mizelle, Billy Bell, Har
ld Pippin, Oren Massey, Barrie
avis, Monrod Jones, Rebecca Hor
n, Frederick Page, J. C. Bran
n, Allen Hinton, Virginia Bridges
1 Lydia Carroll. This was the
te program given at the P. T. A.
week, and was enjoyed by club
bers. Mrs. T. C. Pippin sang
38* and “Here Is My Heart”,
Mrs. Percy Pace at the piano,
s Cox of Wakelon’s faculty
on The Abundant Life as
to reading, giving what she
the menu for a well-bal
neal for the reader. News
magazines and books were
he list recommended for
g a broad viewpoint and
i personality. Quality of
as stressed above quanti
'ox is always heard with
-est.
usiness session Mrs. F.
•easurer, reported that
'unds are in hand to
r payment on the club
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ZEBULON, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1938
A PRIDE OF CAROLINA HIGHWAYS
Dr. Bulla Talks
To Rotary Club
Dr. A. C. Bulla, county health
doctor, gave the Rotary Club an
interesting talk on the program
of the fight against the communi
cable diseases in Wake County and
in Raleigh proper. Dr. Etalla il
lustrated his talk with charts which
showed the encouraging trends of
the work that has been done. The
need of closer supervision of the
pre-school age children was em
phasized, and it was pointed out
that to accomplish thiß, each per
son can do much to assist the
health officers by reporting cases
and taking the precautions which
are recommended. Dr. Bulla has
done a fine work and the club was
fortunate to have him present. In
his talk he also praised the work
and fine cooperation of our local
doctors.
The attendance contest closed
with a victory for the team led by
Raleigh Alford. The losing team
will present the club with a gong
and gavel. It is hoped that the ex
cellent attendance will continue de
spite the ending of the contest.
Case In New Hands
The City Case owned and operat
ed by Owen Medlin until his death
last week .will in the future be
operated by George Taylor of near
Zebulon. It is understood that the
staff of helpers will be practically
the same as before.
Efficient service and good meals
are assured the public.
Trading Company
Organized Here
A Trading Company has been
organized in Zebulon and at an
early date announcement will be
made as to business plans and poli
cies. F. D. Finch, H. C. Wade, and
R. V. Brown are the incorporators.
Patronize our advertisers.
CHURCH NEWS
BAPTIST CHURCH
Following are the announce
ments of services to be held in the
Zebulon Baptist Church, Sunday,
Nov. 20:
9:45 Sunday School.
11:00 Morning Worship. Sermon:
“What is Christianity?”
7:00 Young Peoples’ Meetings.
7:30 Evening Worship. Sermon:
“Right and Wrong.”
G. J. Griffin, Pastor.
The Fidelis Matrons class of the
Baptist S. S. met on Monday night
with Mrs. A. V. Medlin hostess.
Mrs. Graham Conn had charge of
the program which was presented
by Mesdames Carson Carter, W. S.
Cheaves, Willis Strickland, and A.
V. Medlin. Mrs. Lorenzo Bunn pre
sided over the business session,
after which a social hour with re
freshments was enjoyed.
Pastor J. W. Bradley of the lo
cal Methodist church is attending
the Annual Conference of his de
nomination in Elizabeth City. Mr.
Bradley takes with him a report
showing that Zebulon Methodists
have met all apportionments in
full for the year just ended, and
have .indeed, gone at least a part
of the second mile on some things.
This is gratifying alike to pastor
and people.
The Northside Circle of the Bap
tist W. M. S. met Monday p.m.
with Mrs. A. N. Jones.
The Central Circle met at night
with Mrs. E. C. Daniel. Both circles
had China as the topic for study.
The Wakefield Philatheas met on
Nov. 9 at the church for the regu
lar session with nine members
present. Mrs. Wiley Perry con
ducted the devotional on giving
thanks. Mrs. Percy Pace gave a
reading and Mrs. Kimball led in
prayer. Each one present joined
in a discussion on What We Are
Thankful For. Miss Matoka Pace
read a poem. Mesdames Green,
Hood and Harris served refresh
ments during the social hour.
A. C. C. President
Explains Survey
The Results of Penn. Ed.
Survey Explained
RESULTS APPALLING
May Affect The Entire
Educational System
(From THE COLLEGIATE, stu
dent publication of Atlantic Chris
tian College.)
Dr. Hilley has just concluded a
series of talks at the regular chapel
session on the topic “Toward a
New Design for Education.” The
discussions were based on an in
vestigation of Pennsylvania Col
leges and high schools which was
conducted over a period of ten
years by the Carnegie Foundation.
It is commonly known as the Penn
sylvania Survey. Its purpose was
to find out what the students are
getting out of secondary and high
er education.
The researchers set themselves
to the talk of making an inventory
of the mind of every student, and
comparing all the individuals and
all the institutions by measure
ments uniform enough to permit
comparison. Academic tests would
not satisfy the purpose. It had
to be a test that would eliminate
cramming, a test that would
measure the achievements of the
most diverse individuals of dif
ferent ages, at different stages of
educational progress, and taking
different courses; one that could
be marked with sufficient certainty
and simplicity to permit direct
comparison by accepted statistical
methods. The tests were designed
to measure the extent of the
knowledge the student had ab
sorbed in an honest way, and
knowledge which had been inte
grated into the student’s mind and
become so much a part of his men
tal equipment that he could re
call it readily at need. These tests
have been accepted as serving as
a compass for detecting defects in
the present educational systems
and redirecting them so as to ap
praise accurately the mental
equipment of large numbers of stu
dents. They cover all the sub
jects of a well-rounded education,
consisting of hundreds of ques
tions divided into sections. They
eliminate the possibility of guess
ing and cramming beforehand. The
answers chart the status of the in
dividual in each subject-matter
field, and the variations from one
field to another reflect his indi
vidual interests and abilities, as
well as the kind of education he
has had from all sources, in and
dut of classrooms.
When these tests were given over
a period of ten years to p total
of 55,000 students, the results
showed striking differences be
tween courses, colleges, and indi
viduals. For an example, classify
ing students as freshmen, sopho
mores, juniors, and seniors proved
to have very little meaning ex
cept as a convenient way of cata
loguing the many students. The
only expected result was that the
median score of high school seniors
was the lowest, college sophomores
next and college seniors highest.
When the students were segregat
ed .according to courses, the re
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