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move the schools from its position in the community leaves a
gap that is hard to lill.
But the demands of modern education have widened until
two 'or three teachers are hardly able to bring to the students
all the teaching ol various subjects that are necessary In the
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modern high school. The high school that Is to discharge all
its obligations to the boys and girls must meet many require
ment far beyond thdse of former years and must at the same
time teach boys and girls who will not go to college the prac
tical things they will need in daily life, while offering "college
preparatory courses" to those who want to pursue higher edu
cation in any of its numerous branches.
It is probable that the rural high school has greater obliga
tions to conduct a board of curriculum than might be the case
in a city school. At least, it has definite responsibilities toward
the community's boys and girls who will make their living on
the farm, to give them practical and usable courses that will
make them better farmers.
Towns and communities which are losing their high schools
should consider whether they are being altogether fair to the
boys and girls themselves. By insisting on having small schools,
with few teachers, they may well be depriving their own boys
and girls of the opportunities for a broadened curriculum that
would make much difference to these students themselves in
later years. . . I
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education all that Is necessary
is to recall the attitude here a
few years ago, when there was
such a widespread feeling of
hopeless futility that a meeting
like last week's just couldn't
have happened.
There was nothing hope
less about the 1952 crowd
that gathered at the board of
education office. They were
quite sure that constantly im
proving opportunities are pos
sible for their children, and
were determined to provide
them.
That is progress.
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There were other healthy
signs.
First of all, the generally high
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was kept. There was anger, to
be sure; and there were some
words, especially In the hall
outside the meeting room, that
betrayed personal prejudice that
was childish. But the meeting
itself, on the whole, was mark
ed by reasonableness and a dis
cussion of problems rather than
personalities.
Highlighting that was a re
mark by Mrs. John D. Wells,
j spokesman for the Patton dele
; tatlon:
"If people can't get togeth
er and work out things, with
?I'lt putting the blame on one I
i-rson, it is a sad situation."
And one by Board Chairman
7. >b Sloan :
Franklin children are no
letter than the children out in
"he county. I hope we won't
| have to have any split grades
I i.i the Franklin school, but we
I fio have split grades in most of
the county schools, and I am
r.ot willing to do anything that \
is unfair to the schools out in 1
the county just to avoid split- ;
, ting a grade in Franklin."
| A later development also is
I healthy.
Both the school officials and
the Patton protesters could
have been stubborn, but neither
was; they accepted a compro
mise worked out by 8upt. Hol
land McSwaln.
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The hearing also left the
observer with the feeling that
the trouble, basically, grows
out of two problems that
should be faeed by all of us ?
for the responsibilities, as well
as the rights, belong to all of
us. These probtwns an:
1. Consolidation, particularly
of elementary schools, always
brings Its own problems ? some -
times, perhaps, mace problems
than it solves. Consolidation
quite possibly has been over
done, in Macon County and in
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the state as a whole. But? and t
this Is the point to remember? '
we can't turn the clock back.
We've made our cqnsolldatlon
bed, and we'll have to lie in It.
We've got the consolidatel
schools now, and it's up to all
of us to make them work.
2. When we voted bonds and
launched our building program,
we all thought we were build
ing for the future ? certainly for
at least 10 years ahead. The
facts are plain for all to see:
We are not ahead, but barely
up with the blow ? in some
cases, not even that.
T;:-~e two factors '.vill make
so'lutior,.-. i 'he problems that
will arise from to time
' ific.:.'. indeed. But it is the
thought of this observer that
district iines fcr the various
schools should be laid out to
the best possible advantage, all
things considered and then
that they sh'uld remain rea
sonably PERMANENT.
It is the conviction of this
observer ? and undoubtedly he
is not alone ? that it is bad for
the child and oad for the com
munity :cr children to be shift
ed from one school to another,
year after year. A lot of our
school progress is the result of
personal and community loyalty
to a particular school; that
loyalty needs to be encouraged,
not discouraged. It is my guess
that it is even more important
than an exact distribution of
teacher load and similar con
siderations.
After all, we need to re
member sometAMK that I
think the folia B Raleigh
sometimes forget Whf school
is made up of IMWV1DI' ALS.
And it Is np to vs to run the
schools with the thought of
the individual child in mind.
? * ?
Finally, the hearing left this
observer with the definite im
pression that, complicated as
consolidation certainly must be,
there had not been enough
careful planning before the
opening of school. There was
the constrasting and equally
definite impression that a good
many of the protesters had not
been careful enough, before the
hearing, to learn and weigh all
the facts.
This, however, is not the first
time public officials have made
mistakes ? if the school officials
did make mistakes. Nor is it
the first time that citizen? have
failed properly to inform them
selves; nor will it be the last
time. Those things go along
with a democracy.
What, it seems to me. is much
more serious is the suggestion,
repeated In and outside the
hearing, that the contro\ersy
j had been promoted, if not ac
tually inaugurated, by some
teachers.
' That is a kind of disloyalty
i that should not be tolerated.
It cannot be tolerated if our
school system is not to be de-.
stroyenf.
The charge that this happen
ed should be thoroughly investi
gated. If it is untrue, fairness to
the teachers demands that it be
labeled as untrue. If it is true,
fairness to the public demands
that any teachers guilty be
dropped. A
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senator, representative and
county surveyor on the local
ticket. It would be fine to see
all the civic clubs unite a drive
to get the vote out as they
have in many other commun
ities throughout the nation. We
are sometimes very critical of
Democracy and the principal of
rule of the majority. It certain
ly isn't being given a fair test
until we can find some way to
I get more people to take part In
|our elections. With a population
of 160 million people, Mr. Tru
man was elected president with
a vote of little more than 24
million votes. Hardly an expres
sion of the majority of th?
voters even.
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The local economic picture
looks fairly steady with there
being about the same number
of jobs available year around.
Prices will soon drop a little
and that will help some.
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