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EISDAY, AUGUST 13, 1964 THE PILOT—Southern Pines, Non/* Carolina Page NINE \\ 3Y THE BCX>TSTRAPS low North Carolina Pioneers In Education I The National Obsenrer) iVinston-Salem, N. C. th Carolina ranks 48th ' the 50 states in the per- :e of adults who are high graduates. It ranks fifth the bottom in the percent- >f men rejected by the 1 Forces for illiteracy. And ks about 40th in govem- financial support for s. at this moment North Car- program to upgrade its s makes it perhaps the jxciting state educationally nation. What North Caro- doing could lead the way make the job easier—^for another state with similar ms but less initiative. (ady Georgia has copied, for detail, one of the first lost promising North Caro- inovations — the summer aor’s School for gifted and id youngsters. Two weeks i Oregon schoolman visited ovemor’s School, then in » on the old-brick, colonial s of Salem College here, sentatives from New shire, Vermont, and Maiy- lave come to observe, and ies from other states arrive rly. Other Projects the Governor’s School, 1 its second year and thriv- 3 only part of the North na story. Consider these projects. North Carolina School for •ts, a residential high school :ollege, which will give sters a standard academic ilum, but will concentrate ining them for professional s in music, dance, and dra- North Carolina Advance- School, which will offer months of special training ?hth graders of above-ave- ability but below-average mance. Learning Institute of Carolina (LINC), the co- ting body (or “link”) that tudy all the experimental >ilot projects, and convert to broad use in the state, se are only samples. Every ! unique—never, as far as e here knows, tried any- else on a state level. ! does not mean, however, North Carolina is staking progress on the experimen- 1 the four years of (Jov. Sanford’s administration, support of public education has nearly doubled, up to $300,000,- 000 a year, and the state has climbed from 46th to 42nd in spending per pupil. New C^leges The 1961 State Legislature boosted spending for schools by 20 per cent (not counting the nor mal increase required for more pupils), and the 1963 session tacked on another 10 per cent in crease. The last session also ap proved the governor’s program for three new four-year colleges and a system of community junior colleges dotting the state. In his 1960 campaign. Gover nor Sanford blamed inadequate education for the fact that North Carolina’s economic growth was only half that of its neighbors. He promised not only better schools but a dose of new taxes to pay for them— and he deliv ered. Toughest to swallow was a 3 per cent sales tax on food; the governor called it “the school tax” and his opponents labeled it “the food tax.” There was op position to passage, but there is no talk of repeal. Governor Sanford, the main spring of the educational works, recalls no dramatic vision that propelled him on an educational crusade. “Too many people were leaving the state, too many peo ple were unemployed, too many did not have good jobs,” he says. “I believed that better education was the way to change that.” The projects that have begun under his aegis cannot be mea sured in a year or two. But the governor thinks his accent on education is already paying off. “While education gets most of the publicity,” he says, “this state ■is undergoing the greatest indus trial development in its history. What we are doing in education is a big reason.” 'Chicken Feed' One of the most noteworthy things about North Carolina’s program is that the most of its pioneering ideas is, relatively speaking, chicken feed. The Gov ernor’s School, for example, will operate for three years on little more than $500,000. Those aren’t tax dollars. The Carnegie Corpor ation contributed $225,000, and businessmen and foundations in the host city of Winston-Salem matched that. Governor Sanford and his as sociates have taken advantage of the abundance of foundation money available for projects that sure new, different, and prom ising. Their most expensive new effort is the North Carolina Fund, which has the broad aim of combating poverty in the state. The five-year costs was set at $10,000,000. The Ford Pbundation contrib uted $7,000,000 and other private sources will produce most of the rest. The North Carolina Fund has already begun a $2,000,000 ‘"Three Rs Project” designed to improve the reading, writing, and arithmetic performance of first, second, and third graders all over the state. A half-dOzen other projects are in the planning stage to be undertaken in co-operation with the cities or counties involv ed. To evaluate the Three R’s Pro ject will be one of the tasks of LINC. which was founded last February and operates from the mansion house of an old dairy farm near Durham. Its funds are both public and private, and its board of directors includes the presidents of Duke University and the University of North Car olina, representatives of the state’s public schools and col leges, and the governor. $27,000 SALARY LINC’S limitless goals and limitless area of operations en ticed Harold Howe II, superin tendent of schools in the New York City suburb of Scarsdale, to become its director. Mr. Howe’s salary, significantly, is $27,000, identical to that of the president of the University of North Caro lina. LINC’s first major effort, the Advancement School, is to get under way this fall in a convert ed hospital building in Winston- Salem. Plans call for 350 eighth- graders to be drawn from all over the state for each three- month session, or 1,400 each year. To make sure the children don’t feel lost for three months away from home, they will come in groups of seven from a school. At the same time one teacher from their school will accompany each group; thus 200 teachers every year will study new ways to increase the learning potential of their students. the I SOUTHERN PiNES HORTH CAMOLINA r*tlfeinent living Try it •ut-see if you like it-ln Seuthern Pines, North Carolma, at the famous Hollywood. Now a residential hotel, ideelly situated hi the Plnohurst-Southem Pines area af North Carolina where the 4 seasons are mild and retirement living is the oomiminity life. Superior scconanodaMes for as little as $125 a month with meolo. Hotel facilities and conveniences in unreetficted homelike atmosphere at a resort hotel oaerated to the Pottle family for 43 years. C»\m hrechure ana complats information for the askhit •rlli etaris W. PMtIe. Ito Gilbey’s Vodka Fifteen “master teachers” frPm all over the country are being re cruited for the Advancement School faculty. Their salaries will range from $8,000 to $11,000, but Ralph McCallister, who is in charge of the school’s develop ment, says, “The people we talk to are usually so excited about our plans that money is no ob ject.” One teacher has agreed to come from California and anoth er from Michigan. How Select? Perhaps the most difficult of the many awesome problems in volved in creating such a school is that of selection. How do you decide who is average or above average in potential but below average in achievement? (“Below average” is defined here as be ing one to three years behind.) Should there be geographic quo tas for various parts of the state? How do you avoid labeling these youngsters as examples of fail ure? The process of selection will be much simpler, on the other hand, at the North Carolina School for the Arts, scheduled to open in Winston-Salem in Sep tember 1965, These students will be chosen on the basis of their skill in instrumental music, sing ing, dancing, or drama, and their desire for a career in one of these areas. Perhaps nothing better illus trates the scope of North Caro lina’s education pioneering than its arts school. It will be the clos est thing the United States has ever seen to the famed conserva tory schools of Europe. The only thing even comparable is New York City’s High School of the Performing Arts, which is a high school only, and open only to that city’s residents. North Carolina’s school will be a high school accredited to give standard diplomas and a college accredited to give bachelor’s de grees. It will oven accept and educate grade school-age young sters should they show profes sional promise that young. All Candidates to Be Considiered The school will be regional, even national. Probably half the students wiU come from within the state, and most of the others from the South, but candidates from any state will be considered. Vittorio Giannini, the compos er, is leaving the faculty of New York’s Juilliard School of Music to '^"•'ome director. “It is some thin,,. I have dreamed of for years,” says Mr. Giannini. “I hope some day every state may have such a school.” Mr. Giannini will soon start building a faculty from among professional performers — opera singers, concert soloists, sym phony musicians, Broadway act ors. Their schedules will be ar ranged so that they can continue to perform just as teachers do at Juilliard or the dramatic acade mies in New York. “I will tell these teachers,” says Mr. Giannini, “that when they see a youngster of promise any where in the country, and see that he is not getting the proper training, they should take him by the neck and drag him back here.” (Continued on Page 12) NOW MECHANIZED UNLOADING At Our HALLISON PULPWOOD YARD At PARKWOOD, N. C. — Junction of NC No. 22 and The Norfolk Southern Railroad. • Pine Deliveries Only • Marking Facilities for Land Owners Whose Wood is to be Delived Here Are Available At No Charge • For Details. Prices & Specifications. See Mr. J. R. Poe At The Yard Or WrUe Or CaU PIEDMONT WOODYARDS Pulpwood Dealers Since 1939 WE BUY LAND AND TIMBER Phone 776-3622 Box 1056 SANFORD. N. 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