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ache. They have the Herculean task
of finding classrooms and equip
ment for seven hundred and thir
teen students in a building con
structed when the student body
numbered one hundred and thir
teen. Although the junior high
building, now fifteen years old,
syphoned off the eighth grade, the
addition of the twelfth grade to the
senior high curriculum more than
filled the space thus gained.
Coping with this enormous in
crease in pupils looked to me like
trying to put tooth paste back into
the tube, and I was curious to see
how on earth it could be done.
First of all, I found that some
of the tooth paste just couldn't get
in as many as half the students
who were eager to learn how to run
a home capably, or to get a work-
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ing Knowieuge oi ciiemisuy or ui
ology, or to become office workers
who merited top salaries,, had
to be told, "Sorry, the class is
completely filled; next year, we'll
hope . . . " -
Then I saw "classrooms" which
were never meant for classes, and
"study halls" where study was a
physical impossibility. I saw refer-
anna anA tovt hnnlo nnatlv linn1 lin
on Window sills, because nn floor
space was1 left big' enough for a
bookcase.
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newsDaDere sDread nn the floor in
the htime economics department, as
girls cutting out a dress good-naturedly
scrambled aside. "We have
three cutting tables," the teacher
explained, "and that one patch of
floor that's large enough to lay out
a pattern." -
up m tne art room, l wished l
had not worn a full skirt; desks
were nnea up so closely that I had
a hard time navigating between
water colors and paint pots with
out jogging any elbows.
:,In the science rooms I saw stu
dents craning to watch the instruc
tor perform an experiment. "It's
heartbreaking," one teacher com
mented. "Some of my students are
really brilliant. They ought to be
doing their own experiments, be
coming familiar with the equip
mentbut Instead some of them
can hardly get a glimpse of what
I'm doing."
It was in the cafeteria, however,
that I realized most graphically
what happens when twenty-nine
clowns pile into a Model T. The
only lunch room available to some
one thousand three hundred senior
and junior high students and teach
ers has a seating capacity of seven-
ty-five persons. "A good many bring
their lunches," Mrs. Richeson said,
"but we still serve between eight
and nine hundred every day."
We joined a line of boys and
girls hurtline down the fitaira- in
the cafeteria. "To take care of
everybody in two hours, we sched
ule twenty-minute lunch periods
for each class, with a time table
sending another class down each
two or three minutes. We find that
a small class can be served in two
minutes."
Behind the counter six women
cooked and served in a miniature
madhouse. I had hardly a moment
t0 wonder how they kept from col
liding every time they turned
around and how they could
keep their hospitable smiles
when I found myself with a loaded
plate and a bottle of milk.
We detoured around cases of
milk to a table.
Seventeen minutes later I had
decided that an assembly line may
be wonderful for turning out en
gines, but it's a terrific strain on
the human digestion '
The mothers of some of mv hish
school friends have also mourned
that the "eat and run" technique
developed by this necessary speed
up complptely wipes out what is
generally considered good table
manners. If you have to leave class
perhaps in another building
shovel down a meal and get back to
a classroom within twenty minutes
your table conversation is practic
ally confined to "Pass the salt."
And undoubtedly you can shovel
faster with your elbows 0n the
table.
BRIG. GEN. Harry B. Liversedge,
57, whose Marine regiment gained
undying fame while planting the
American flag on Iwo Jima during
World War II, died at the Bethesda
Naval Hospital in Maryland fol
lowing a major operation. Liver
sedge was formerly director of the
Marine Reserves. (Internationa
After lunch we stopped at the
auuiionum. I had previously
noticed the "study hall" groups in
the back of the room. With of
course no desks and with lighting
which was never designed for read
ing, students were making at least
a half-hearted attempt tr. studv
Their task was made more difficult
by a senior class meeting in full
cry at the front of the hall.
tThis time the whole auditorium
was dark. "The junior high pupils
are seeing an educational film,"
whispered a teacher near the door.
"but there Isn't anywhere else for
our senior study halls to go.';
At the opposite end of the audi
torlum was as oddly shaped a class
room as I have ever seen. AJiout 40
feet long, it was so narrow that
, Xvo men could have shaken hands
Across it. The students npivhnrl nn
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folding chairs, teetering out of one
another's way. "This was originally
a store room for the auditorium."
Mrs. Riqhesori chuckled at my dis-
Deiief. "That door behind the teach
er's desk leads to thfr stage, and
the one Wfa facing ' optns into
the auditorium. BUtince the room
Has windows and radiators as well
as four walls and a flopr, it's
classroom now.
, , Another unexpected class oc
cupied half the library. "It's 'iard
on students and teachers, having, no
blackboard and no regular desks,
"but we couldn't see any way
avoid holding three classes a day
here.'' Mrs. Richeson gestured to
ward the librarian, exiled in a
corner. "Another drawback is that
no one can get books that happen
to be shelved in that section while
class is going on." :.
When we reached the gymnasi
um, I began to feel that I had room
to draw a deep breath. In every
classroom we had visited en route
I had seen the same picture every
seat filled. I discovered that the
actual enrollment in many classes
was greater than the number of
seats; "but we can usually count on
two or three absences," explained
a teacher cheerfully. "When this
class began I had to let one stu
dent use my chair, but two stu
dents droppeu out, and now as long
as somebody is absent, we all have
a place to sit."
My feeling of roominess in the
gym was short-lived, as we edged
into the girls' locker room. I knew
that health and physical education
were required subjects for the
eight hundred youngsters in the
seventh, eighth and ninth grades,
and popular electives with upper
classmen. This, I thought, might be
a dressing room for visiting teams.
"But where does everybody keep
their shoes and things?" I asked
when I learned my mistake. -'And
isn't there pretty muelr of a crowd
using the showers and that ono lav
atory?" ,
The gym teacher smiled rueful
ly., "Some manage to cram their
equipment into their book lockers
in the other building; but since at
least two students share every book
locker, and several hundred have
no locker space at all " - She
shook her head.
"The showers happen to be no
problem these don't even work!
But having inadequate facilities for
the pupils to wash their hands is
definitely bad: particularly before
lunch, when you have more than
a hundred pupils rushing in from
the playing field to Join the race
to the cafeteria, you can't be hard
boiled about enforcing sanitation
rules!
The band building cheered me
up considerably. Besides the main
auditorium and a smaller practice
room, there was space for cloth
ing, space ior instruments, space
lor unuorms even space for stu
dents! To me it. was a promising
omen of what attractive and prac
tical classrooms could be achieved
when space was available Mnsir
directors Isley and Campbell shar
ed our approval of their quarters.
They and their students who were
assembling were eager that we see
the various rooms in which they
took such pride with just a slight
touch of anxiety lest two women
poking around might turn up some
dust they had overlooked!
Three hours and some thousands
of footsteps after my arrival, I
sank gratefully into a chair in the
school office. As I looked at the
silver cups shining in the trophy
case, I decided that I knew why
Waynesville Township High School
maintains a reputation for finp
athletic teams and splendid sports-
mansnip on the part of teams and
rooters alike
It takes fancy footwork U art
through the cafeteria without run
ning into anybody
It takes speed to make it from
an active physical education class to
" anon, via a lavatory and
pussioiy a uouk locker,
studying at the N. C. State College
of agriculture.
Eskeland and Isachsen landed in
New York in August, and first
spent several weeks in the Wash
ington at the Department of Agri
culture. They then toured Maine.
Vermont and Connecticut where
the farming is similar to that of
their native Norway. Prom New
England they went to Champaign,
Illinois, where they studied at the
University of Illinois and later
toured the state. From Illinois they
came to North Carolina.
The Norwegians explained that
they are especially interested In
dairy farming since half of Nor
way's farm income comes from
dairy products. Although dairy cat
tle are numerous in the country,
Norway has no beef cattle, they
pointed out.
Among crops raised are wheat,
barley, oats, potatoes, apples, pears,
and plums.
Eskeland remarked that the Unit
ed States is more fortunate than
Norway in having varied resources
and better temperature to aid its
agriculture. Norway is, fortunate,
however, in haying ample forests
and plenty of water-power, he said.
The average farm in Norway has
about 20 to 25 acres, he added.
This was Eskeland's first visit
to the U. S , but Isachsen came
here on a visit at the age of 15. His
wife is a native of the U. S., hav
ing been born in Sioux Falls,
South Dakota.
Eskeland said that although his
countrymen are greatly concerned
over the prospects of war with Rus
sia since Norway borders on the
Soviet Union in the north Nor
wegians actually talk less about war
and the worjd than do Americans.
Norwegians today are heavily
burdened by taxes moreso than
Americans due to the country's
large defense budget, Eskeland asserted.
Norway today is especially proud
of its merchant fleet, the farm in
stitute director remarked. Al
though half of the fleet was de
stroyed during the war, it has been
built back to become the third larg
est in the world today ranking be
hind the U. S. and Britain.
Both Eskeland and Isachsen
commented that Americans have
done a good job in many fields.
And the people they have met in
their travels about the U. S. have
been very friendly, they said.
..At the conclusion of an inter
view, the Norwegians pointed out
that "Norway" actually is an Eng
lish name for their country. They
call it "Norge" prouounced Nor-
guh.
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BOOKED on a charge of vagrancy by
San Francisco police, Otto F. May
nard, 42, faces questioning by the
FBI and Army Intelligence agents
in connection with photographs ol
defense installations and notes on
the atom bomb found in his crude
shack beneath the Golden Gate
Bridge. Maynard told officers he
was "just a camera fan Interested
in civil defense." (International)
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Investigation
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ing unanimous, it is therefore ord
ered that the proper procedure be
taken."
Charles C. Francis, chairman of
the board, said this morning that
he did not know just how soon the
investigation could get underway.
"People qualified for this type
work are rather busy, and we do
not know just how long it will take
to get such a person on-the job.
It will probably be a long tedious
task.'' . . .
A committee of six, interested in
the petitions, and asking the board
to take action, appeared before the
commissioners Tuesday. They were
Jerry Liner, Will Smathers, Rev.
N. Stevens, Tom Rogers, John
Smathers of Clyde and Zack L.
Massey. ' '-' "
Mr. Massey, spokesman for the
group, this morning said: "We want
it thoroughly understood that the
plan of asking for an audit of
funds was started more than a year
ago months before the present
school bond issue was started.
"The petition asking for the audit
is in no ways a means, nor an effort
to block or curtail the pending
school bond issue. .
"We realize that the climax of
our petition coming just 10 days
before Haywood voters go to the
polls might indicate that it is an
effort to curb voting for the issue,
but such is not the case.
"Speaking for myself, I favor
better schools, and the proposed
improvements, and to this end shall
lend my efforts, ' Mr. Massey con
eluded.
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ii wkcs good coordination and
considerable agility to cut out
dress on the floor
It takes concentration to study
when the light is too diffused for
anyming out comic books.
It takes Consideration for ntllpro
to "wait until next yrtir" for your
pet science or home ec or typing
course, or even to wait till next
period ror the library book
need right now.
"nu u lanes a top grade of
spinsmansnip to keep after the
business of getting an eHnratinn
without giving up in the face of so
many oostacles!
you
Steve Owen, coach of the New
York football Giants, first Dla'ved
football at Phillips University In
to Enid, Okla., in 1918.
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4-H Club
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president of the 4,ft Club County
Council, will preside during the
program which also will include
piano music by MaUle Sue Med
ford, the .4-11 pledge led by Weav
er Hipps, welcome by Betty Fei
met, recognition of guests by
County Council Vice-President
Jimmy Campbell, introduction of
speakers by Oscar Phillips, district
4-H leader, and adjournment with
recitation of club motto,, led by
Bobby Joe McClure. Y
Aftcr lunch, 4-H Club members
will go to the Waynesville Armory
for a recreation program which
starts at .1:30 p. m.
Other members of the 4-H Coun
ty Council are Susie Noland of
Crabtree-Iron Duff, secretary-treasurer,
and Doris James, Crabtree
Iron Duff, reporter. -The council
is the governing board for the
county's 23 clubs,! which have ap
proximately 1,500 members.- '
-Want ads trlnt quick results.
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Industry
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scarcity of skilled workers, high
costs, etc. and then invite those
plants to move here.
Mr. Benge called a booklet out
lining the advantages of the
Waynesville area "a basic need"
in any campaign to attract new in
dustries. He said that buslnessmen,seek
ing new plant sites want informa
tion on population, rail facilities,
site acreage, buildings available,
tax rate, utilities, industrial re
strictions, transportation, industrial
employment, attitude of residents,
attitude of businessmen, types of
labor available, wage-rate survey,
housing facilities, new industries in
the area, postwar expansion of pres
ent industries, and surplus or short
age of male or female labor.
Mr. Benge emphasized that the
work involved in a campaign to
bring new . industries to a city
should be borne by a large number
of citizens in the community. He
asserted that Interested persons
must be willing to spend time,
money and make sacrifices; " i
"Decide what you want and then
go after it hammer and tongs."
"The speaker warned, that the
efforts of the Chamber of Com
merce and other groups in trying
to obtain new Industries often -is
nullified by a few land owners who
ask inflated prices for plant site
tracts.
Jonathan Woody, president of
the First National Bank, told the
audience that Waynesville has had
just such an experience. He dis
closed that an industrial firm had
made tentative plans to come to
Waynesville, and was preparing
final negotiations when one land
owner halted- arrangements by de
manding what was believed an ex
cessive amount of money for his
land. '
Local businessmen assured the
firm the land sought could be,
bought for a previously-agreed-on
price, but officials of the company
replied that they were not interest
ed in coming to an area where
people displayed such an attitude.
Mr. Benge cautioned that land
speculation Will prevent new in
dustries coming into an area, and
urged businessmen here to seek
satisfactory oral agreements with
local land owners before arranging
to obtain plant sites.
The speaker pointed , out thai
personal factors'' often influence
an Industry to decide on a new lo
cation, and urged that "all sorts of
appeals" be used in advertising a
community.
Mr. Benge asserted that the
Waynesville area has much to of
ferits beautiful scenery, varied
recreational facilities, and surplus
of labor.
The region's main disadvantage
like others in Western North
Carolina is lack of railway facil
ities, the speaker said,
Mr. Benge , was introduced by
Paul Davis, president of , the
Waynesville Meixhants Association.
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hospitalization, together with $100
surgical schedule.
Meetings were held the first of
the week at East Pigeon, Beaver
dam, Jonathan Creek, Upper Crab
tree, .Fines Creek, and Francis
Cove.
On Friday night at 7, a meeting
will, be held at the- Rockwood
Methodist Church, Thiekely; and
Saturday, at Cruso, at the school,
and at the White Oak Community
house, both starting at 7:30.
Monday's meetings include Iron
Duff at Davis. Chapel; Crabtree at
the. Methodist church, and South
Clyde at Louisa Chapel.
Two meetings are scheduled for
Tuesday: Saunook school and Morn
ing Star school.
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low price 4very day and that means sure savings . . . bigger savb!
, . , on every food order. Try shopping here for one month. Yotf
make the pleasant discovery that you're taking less money out
your pocketbook and putting more money in your bankbook.
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