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1 4 '-v-fj sax TWA s- I , i '' ' AT HOME The new Superintendent of Public Instruction for North Carolina, Charles . T. Carroll, is shown above at his High Point home reading congratulatory telegrams with his wife, Nellie Wynne Carroll. : He was I' sworn Into office late Wednesday afternoon, August 20th, ; after the Democratic - Execu tive .Committee' approved his - nomination by Governor Kerr Scott i and , the "Democratic nominee for governor, William ITmstead. . ' BY W. H. KENDALL Editor, Greensboro Dally News After 52 years, the working' part of which has been spent almost wholly in public education right here in the state of his birth, Char lie Carroll stands a straight, trim 6 feet and one half inch in height, ftlfa. Farmer WE TRADE FOR LIVESTOCK INTERNATIONAL TRUCKS TRACTORS FARM MACHINERY FREEZERS & REFRIGERATORS PACKARD AUTOMOBILES J. M. Edgerton And Son Inc. GOLDSBORO, N. C. J and weighs, at 170 .pounds only a little more than when he trotted out from the player's bench to the pitchers' box first in college base ball and later In the professional game which be deserted to become a tescher. North Carolina's new superinten dent of public Instruction is a de cided blond , with blue - gray eyes which, while as -kind and friendly as anyone might wish, have within them steadiness and firmness that attest to their possessor's depth, earnestness, inner strength and dis cernment. One can look at Charlie Carroll and know that he is not going to be pushed about easily. His hair, and there is still plenty of it ,1s of a color that makes de tection of the gray that is beginning to show up difficult. " ' ' ' 'The gray hairs are there all right,' Charlie himself says smil ingly. 'Every one of the repre sents a teacher, vacancy and, the grayer they are the later the va cancies came in Summer The state superintendent pos sesses a pleasing,) winsome per sonality that will certainly make friends and Influence people;, his. manner is free, easy and gracious. He has a facility of expression. There are ideas and meaning be hind his words, however; his sen tences come slowly enough for one to realize tha tthey are well thought out and constructed. Charlie Car roll is not what I would call a spontaneous individual, hut he wins you from the start and grows on you. ..! If th man -of vears which He behind the man who last' week assumed the direction of the state'.s educational program and all the causes with which that program is Identified what has he been doing i Are You Planing A New Home? Select Your Lighting Fixtures -From- Hatiover Electric Compete "Most Complete Display in Southeastern North Carolina" Hole To Contractors Ve Have Complete Stock Of Wiring-Dpvices & Eledrical S':;pli2$ Supply .v v ...V MM' 1 t . l ' I . m-j le... v. ...a are t. hiT'. ' . f . Charles Fisher Carroll was bom in Warsaw. March 31. 1900. tha son of the late Charles Fisher Car roll of Duplin County and Agnes Boblnson Carroll . f neighboring Sampson County. When young school teacher,-; Just out of col' lege, he married Nellie Jane Wyn nt of WUllamaton. Thev have one son, Charles F. Carroll,' ty who, aner graauaung : xrom ,Mumpra Colleee and faking work at Duke University and the University of North Carolina, Is at present sen ior In the University of Maryland's School of Medicine. v The new state- superintendent's formal education started in the Warsaw publte schools where he went through the ninth -grade. HIS high schol diploma' was receivea from Trinity Park. School, the pre paratory school which waa for years vperatejl as an adjunct to Trinity coi:ege in uurnam, in ivu. The next Fall he enrolled as a freshman In Trinity, only a short time thereafter. to become,. Duke University.' He received nis a. a. degree from Trinity In 1921. Almost Lost ' And H was right there that North Carolina came very near losing a state superintendent of public in-, struction to professional baseball. At Trinity Park Charlie played only scrub baseball, alternating between catcher and first base-'. He didn't go out for baseball at first kt Trl- ity, but his roommate prodded mm into trying for the team. 'You're a tall fellow and look like you' have the build for a pitcher,' -he told the young fresh man. They really need pitchers this year; you ought to go out and try for pitcher.' "t aim mat is oreciseiy wnai v;nar- lie did, - although he 'bad never pitched before in his life. He made the team his -first yean wss a mem ber f of .the varsity, all four. years and ranked No. 1 pitcher in his junior and senior years.' How good he was is attested by the fact tnat the New York Yankees signed him to a contract about the time he graduated. He was sent that year, 1921, to the Richmond club of the Class B Virginia League and the next season was moved up to the Albany, N. Y. Club of the Class A Eastern League. But things did not go as well as Charlie and-or the Yankees thought they should: and the former Trinity pitcher shortly thereafter found himself to the St. Louis Cardinals' system. After a brief warming of the bench in St. Louis he was sent to the Ft. Smith Ark., Club of the Class C Western Lesgue. ' ' It was there that Charlie decided he would quit baseball. "'As he puts it now; he realized that he simply didn't have it, that he had gotten nowhere in three years and 'that he had better turn to some other means of earning a living De- fore he got any older.- He had taught during the baseball off season, his first teaching experi ence having been at the vance County Farm Life School at Mid- dleburg, where he taught Latin i and history and coacned; he naa no tnougnt uen of making scnooi work his life's calling. But, quit ting baseball, that he determined to do. . - .I" ' r She Helped Hunt Win The vears spent in baseball, col lege and professional, made a most Important contribution to unarue Carroll'silte: iWhlM playing aemi- vro base)bu at - wuiiamston v ne met and won the girl who became his wife. The story is still prevalent around Wllllamston how. Charlie always won his game when she at tended and how the management saw to it that she wss present, and if they could persuade her attired in a costume wnicn Charlie espe clally liked, on the days he was to utcn. ' " There are certain traits ' In Charlie's character, his way of do lng and getting things - done that attest definitely to the influence it. ? ft V ra.-iiiii1 I iK prove idvaiuk.e now tiurt aunio- istratlon of the state's high school athletic code devolves upon the of. ice which fad as assumed., la general. 'however., the new super intendent places transcending em phasis upon co-operation; he be lieves above all else in teamwork; he Is deeply grounded In fairplay and sportsmanship, qualities which count tor much indeed in numan relations' and in dealing, with both public 'and personnel. ' . ' f Before going into the new state superintendents' educational' .pre' paration and experience, It is meet to- consider nis approach..' mere is first of all his athletic career and the -contribution which It made. He did not specifically prepare himself for scnooi won in college. Rather he thought that he might go Into banking and bis undergrad uate major was economics with his tory and English his minors. Thus be built up his general background in the fundamentals and in courses whiih later enabled him the better to understand and handle school finances., He did not go into hank ing, however, -as the outioojt was not' so 'bright In :that field when he graduated from Trinity in 1921, wKh a recession. upori the country. But the Imprint of his college train ing and his earlier inclination has been . apparent , throughout; the years, r i ,.. - ,j , ' .t When ha definitely decided to make school work his life s calling he went back to Trinity,. then be come Duke, and obtained his mast er's degree In education. The sub ect of his master's thesis, reveal ing and significantly enough was 'Taxation Supplementary to State Support of Schools In North Caro lina since 1868., ' 'No wonder.' remarked one of Charlie's , educational colleagues several days ago when I was dis cussing this part of the new state superintendent's background with him, he has displayed such profi ciency In school finances and man agement. His budgets always show keen analysis;' study and discern ment; they reflect vision and cars' ful planning which' look ahead to coming -heeds aod possibilities.' " summer workshops ' at " George Pea body College and Teachers Col lege, Columbia University have kern him abreast of new ..educa tional trends, moyeaaenta. methods and prcttcs.' J .1. ; i, i vt,. k t i . As for his educational experience. it has been gained among his. home folks. If any nan' in North' Caro lina knows the problems, the needs, '.ne-responsibilities of the public school system, inside and out, the1 man who Is called upon to follow in the footsteps of Wiley, Joyner, Iirooks; Allen and Lrwln should. He 'Started It; as previously men tioned, in the 'Vance County Farm Life School at Middleburg as class room teacher and coach.- From there he moved' to princlpalships in Vance. Cartaret .'and Pender Counties, from small rural schools to , modern, ' consolidated and on to Bryson City, in Swain County where he served ss ' both 'county superintendent c and - supervising principal of Bryson City Schools. From Bryson' City he came to the supermtendency of the High Point city system in 1937. Thus he ran the whole -gamut -of experience, classroom teacher, principal, super intendent, small rural school, larg er town- school and finally city sys tem. And his experience, the scope of his knowledge and Understand ing, is lust as broad geographically. He has worked 1 in - schools with people from the coast to the moun tains and in between. This wealth of experience undoubtedly had a prominent place in ou selection lor the state superintendency and goes far toward explaining why school people generally rallied to his sup- port ana have been united in prais ing his selection. - . To this actual experience in school . work and operations must . J-: . I .: - . . C -l, -1 1 survive o i ..e .;. i Te Commissi' -i and membership on various outer advisory or I policy making groups, commissions or bo dies, ..'i ,'..'i rl , EJacation Philosophy No introduction of Superinten dent Carroll' to the people whom he will serve would be complete without some attempt to give his phlkwophy of education:''- Out Of long-time ''personal ' acquaintance and frequent discussions' with hint, I believe I can say positively -that the child, the individual child, and Its welfare are always uppermost in nis thinking and planning. What will -this or that proposal, change or program do for the child? - He believes In a balanced education, In an education that teaches now. to live as well ss how to earn a living. Educatlon, in his opinion, goes far beyond the classroom. It must he as broad as the commun ity itself; -all the people and all it ana ks processes, t 1 i ' 1 - At the center, alongside the child. must be the teacher. And if there is one statement that Charlie Car- roH baa uttered timei and tima again it is tnat mere is no subsu- tute for a good teacher. The cri teria of a good teacher he 'lists as maturity, not necessarily the result of; chronological' agef breadth 'or interest; friendly, sympathetic ap proach; seal tor the task and cause of education and scholarship and training. -, He does not believe In change for mere change's sake, or In educational falderal as such. It must fit into the school needs and, by way of reiteration, must serve ujs enwa. u , ' Progress) In High Point ' ' The High Point City School system, what A has been - accom plished there durins the 15 rears of bis auperlntendency, attests to nis xeaaersnip. i I cannot refrain, while not undertaking to elaborate all of these accomplishments, men' tionlng how that system oioneered with employment ' of ...a visiting; teacher about eight years ago and how it has practically eliminated the attendance and drop-out prob lem through understanding, guid ance, expansion of curriculum and removal of roadblocks which stood in. the individual pupil's way. I believe I can also predict how the mew state', superintendent, will gof about Ai tremendous task and assignment "In North Carolina? His key word; will be cooperation and nis tirengcn wit ue in understand ing and In unity. He does not sn off half-cocked, but things his way enrougn careiuiiy. wnen ms con victions : are - arrived at they are deep. His presentations are logical and ; effective. He -is practical enougn to Know When to compro mise, out. let it be clearly under stood, ne is a fighter and will not compromise on principles. ." ! " ' - A practical ' idealist,' one close associate tersely characterizes him. -unless I badly miss my guess, , t a sadly ;kiagy -, i-r ""xeauonshlps beveen Cis oom teachers and school ad ministrators, the State Board af F--fcMatlHt'and the-State Depart meat ot Public Instructions snd the school patrons and supporting pub- u .n.i.i A flnil word from Superintendent Carroll himself 1 1 , s , i it .-iioa ; hie and iutl dt- . y: - . 'I'm going Into oi-.ce with ah 4 objective approach. 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