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BgaßMEWtgyg** V'W rv->' . .■, v.- '.»■ THE YANCEY RECORD THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 1962 • ————— TUB YANCEY RECORD EnfihHrttui July, 1936 ARNEY aad: TSSHA POX CO-PKRLIBHBPS BOMA FOX, EDITOR ~ YANCEY PUBUSmWC COMPANY A Partnership Sm*a4 Class Footage FiM at *ura«>lUe. N. C. THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 1962 NUMBER THIRTY-FIVE SaSSCRfFUSN RATE; |fen* Ffifi YEAR School and Your Child By: Jeha Ctfnay Education Department Appalachian Slat* Teachers Brain Surgery on Soviet Society We hear a good deal about Russian confidence in education to help communism bury capital ism. Their trust in education leads the Soviets to spend a consider ably larger . percentage of their income on the schools than do Americans. But a vast experiment in a n ew kind of “total education” is developing in Russia almost unheralded in the West. This is the boarding school idea, orj “Children’s collective.” ' I Russia is budding boarding schools at a fantastic rate, an j i preposcs to have of] ail Soviet youth living in them by *he 1970’5. Already nearly a n illioii iHic'.ien between the igos ..f o,e a Q d eighteen gr; in boarding *:,r»-ls. It was Sta’in who sai l, “The Soviets are the self-appointed engineers of human souls.” But it took that great de-Stalinist, Krushchev, to authorize the “fully Communist institution back in 1956. By taking children at an early age a n d shielding them from the “corrupting influ ence” of their parents through out the formative years, Khrus chev hopes to develop the “nee Communist Man.” An article in the PHI DELTA KAPPAN, journal of the profess ional fraternity for men in e du- < cation, gives details of the new j fechool program. The article was,) written by Albert L. Weeks, Jr.,' a graduate of Columbia Urtjver- 1 sity’s Russian institute. The aim of the schools is to make Soviet society into a vast commune of “voluntary obedient toilers.” In this commune “mine” will become “ours’. Children If it belongs in a garden-Wehavsit. Geraniums, I all colors 50c Pot.Petunias-Red, White, Pink, I Double, Ruffle. Hydrangeas, Snapdragons, Asters, I Marigolds, Flower Plants of every kind. Gladioli I Bulbs, Tuberes Begonias. I Vegetable Plante I TOMATO rLANTU W> ROY t„ G EA.LT .YRRn* MANALUCIB _ YELUiW I ..OCOUL CABBAGE, ON,ON. GARDEN AND ™ I SEEDS ©F ALL KINDS yEWWttk 5 I See us for all your Gardening Needs § I USED FURNITURE I I Automatic Washer ? 40.00 I I Refrigerator 28.00) I Couch 18.00 I Troy’s Variety Store I BURNSVILLE, N. C. H • • ' ’ ' ' —, . ! will no longer think of property as belonging to an indivinaL t Strumilin, one of the leading 1 philosophers of Russian education say.s “Upon emerging from the hospital, every Soviet citizen will be assigned to a nursery, then to a kindergarten maintained day and night, and then to a boarding school from which he will enter independent life. Egoi stic inclinations in the child will be snuffed out in the cradle. In place of them, all inborn soc ial instincts a n d sympathies will | bo emphasized and brought out* '•s the result cf the newly-co»-di tioUed reflexes formed in trie pro cess of daily eomradly intern ia- Uonships.” Strumilin also speaks of col lective ownership of the child-. ren’s once private possessions— ice skates, bicycles, toys. Gifts sent to the boarding school from parents will “enter the common pool for all to enjoy.” In the later years, boarding school children spend a good deal of their time in productive labor” from eight to ten s .hpur.-- a week in factory work or farm labor. The money received is divi ded up “to each according to his heed. 1 ” Discipline in the schools is, intense. Internatees move every where in strict double-file for mation to meals, from class to class, and from activity to activity. Almost every minute of ! the student’s day is supervised. I The reaction of Soviet parents to boarding ichools mav seem strange to Americans it has been enthusiastic, at least to date- But this is largely because the economic carrot has been used. Tuition, food, clothing, a n d books may be free of charge. LOCALS Mr. and Mrs- . William Davis and son, Ja n , of Asheville were the guests of relatives here last week-end. Terrill Randolph of Char lotte visited his mother, Mrs, James Randolph, here last week* and. Mrs. Lawrence Hall is a patient in Mission Memorial Hospital in Asheville where she will undergo surgery this week. Mrs. Doris Boone is under going treatment in Mission Mem orial Hospital in Asheville. Mr. and Mrs- A. Monroe Nic-j hols and children of Knox-J vitle, Tenn. were the week-end guests of Mr. and Mrs. Troy Buckner here. Mrs. Henry Kaulf and child , ren of Westwood, N- J. arrived here last week where they will live with Mrs. Kaulf’s mother, Mrs. W. C. Murphy. Tom Higgins and Jim Hardy, 1 both on the staff of the Durham Herald, visited Tom’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Milton Higgins., i here last week. !' Fees are graded upward depend ing on the family’s income. Since both parents work outside the home in most Russian families, I poorer families are glad to have * the children supervised, even though they may seldom get to see them. In discussing the results of the new education program for Rus sia, Weeks says that it may well bring George Orwell’s fictitious year 1984 to reality by that timi. But he thinks the shock of leav ing the utopian quarantine of a boarding school upon graduation and being thrust into the highly competitive Soviet society must be a profound che. “The whole idea that the boarding school can rear optimistic, altrustic, and collectivist-minded youth could be completely defeated unless Soviet socitey outside the school can be radically altered,” he says. Weeks §lso pointed out that th-» Russian “we-ver»Uß-them” contradiction is more likely to be aggravated than moderated. The intelligentsia and managerial i class will be able to avoid send. | ing their children to boarding schools, which now are largely dor the poorer classes. There seems little doubt that the “classless society” -in Rus sia is becoming more and more a class society. The upper group will welcome a “fraternal Com- ] munist commonwealth of obedient! * Miss Oara Ayers and Mrs.j * Bessie Beaver returned to theii, t home in Maryland last week. Mrs. Ethel Riddle and Dennis ■ Beaver who came here with i them from Maryland remained ' in Burnsville. Mr. and Mrs. Gus Bailey ■ visited Mr. *nd Mrs. D. L. Gar i land in Salisbury iast week-end. ' G. Leslie Hensley is a patient in Yancey Hospital here. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Young and children, Thomas and Barbara visited Mr. ’ and Mrs. Albert I Powell in Statesville last week end. Mrs. Clyde Brinkley and dau ghter, Brenda, visited Mr. and Mrs. Bobby Brendel in Virginia last week-end. A daughter was bom to Mr. and Mrs. Brendel on Saturday, April 7 in Virginia. Miss Brendel is the former Miss Glenna Brinkley of Burnsville. Miss Sandra Brown Is visiting j Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Hunter and children in Newport News, j Va. j toilers.’’ Editor's Note: Readers question concerning education ? ' invited to send inquiries to ’ and Your Child, Appalrch’V State Teachers College, Boon- N. C. DEMOCRAT WOMEN TO MEET Mrs. Milton Higgins, Coordina tor of Womens Activities in the Democrat party in Yancey Cou n ty j is calling a meeting of all Demo- ; crat women of Yancey County * at the Burnsville Courthouse on Thursday, April 19. The purpose of this meeting is to elect a chairman, co-chairman, secretary-treasure and directors I and to nominate a committee to name precinct; officials. Every Democrat woman in the county is urged to attend this meeting. Those who have teen-age 1 daughters are urged to invite | their daughters to attend. ■ 1 Double Island Club News By: Mrs. Vernon Presnell, I Reporter Double Island Community Club j met Friday night, April 6 for a regular meeting. Hotdogs and ! i drinks were served by the 4-H.j ! member*. *, I Don Pardue was guest speaker l 1 with information on gardening! and small fanning. Ga 1 signing I consisted of varieties and. need*) for a good garden. ' SmaU fanning consisted. of bow a good living coufcj made on few acres and the. W3s to 1 fia local markets prodQCtß at home, and incr'Ase 'income for community ahd r/Kmtg. *««8r Veils VbgfWin, th« re « an or bunny.. .. .. but sometimes, *** % belli jo -one European le chtujch bells, which do not *big ff-oOk Good Friday to Easter, Ibome- On their way back, drop eggs for children to find. have always been edoaety associated with religious 1 observances, reporta World Book I Encyclopedia. Long- before Christ, high priests of the Israelites wore bells as a protection against evil-' spirits. Since the 500’s Christ-, I ians have used bells to summon I worshipers- * II During the Middle Ages, bells I I* re Col *W«wd spiritual things, i K-I y me ’ VBd ti*e blessings of a n h‘s° P aDd Were washed with hly water—a custom popularly known as the baptism of the be • The bishop pr a yed that th« e would summon the faith-, . t 0 worship, drive away storms and frighten evil spirits. Bells had other uses, too, such as announcing the curfew or call ing attention to th* notices of I town criers. They warned of fires and called soldiers to gether. In fact, the power of bells to rally people was so great that a conqueror frequently melted down th« bells of a town. MUSTARD SEEDS BY: FR. DON KAPLE a* - - ' Our God is a hidden God. W«| cannot see Him with our eye*. JWe cannot hear him with our < ean. We cannot fee 1 Him with our hands. He is above a'M be- > i yond the experience of uor senses. In the Old Testament, before the coming of Christ, God did not speaST'to the children of Israel directly but He spok* to them through Modes and thro ugh the Prophets. They did not I hear his voice; they did not see His face. When God made hla covenant or agreement with the children of Israel, Moses octed as their mediator. He went up onto the mountain and spoke to God. He came down and told the children of Israel what God had said. Through Moses the children of Israel agreed to the terms of the covenant; through Moses God gave them His commandments. Later in the history of God’s chosen people of the Old Testa ment, God spoke to them through the Prophets. Once again the v : ’YEfc;. ••• ■&'*. 1-xw. | : Blue Ridge Hardware Co. MU 2-2! US Ewt-rllk, N, C. tTho season lo lee! beautiful foster . • • and the world is beautiful. For a very pedal season,, we’va Fashions to help you feel pedal, too •.. More Feminine, prettier than ever 1 Coats Coordinates Dresses Hats Blouses Costume Jewelry Sweaters Lingerie Skirts Gloves I Suits Purses I du’Tl find the perfect expre 'ssion in New Styles Prom Unusually Attract! ve and Complete Collection* y THE DOp SHOPPE children of l*rael did not see | Hia face; they did not hear His voice; but He spoke to them ! through other men. God did not always even speak directly with the Prophets. Wv example, on iv.i® occasion He spoke to tha prophet Baalim through a donkey. Even when the Word became flesh and the Son of God, the l second Person of the most Blessed Trinity, substantially united a human nature to the divinity, even then, our God remained a hidden God. From All appearances, He was a mere man and nothing more. He was born in a .stable; he grew up in the village of Nazareth; He worked the trade of a carpenter; He was hu n gry and thirsty and tired; He was happy and sad and angry ; He was able to love and to feel Intensely the rejection i of those whom He l<//ed. He was so human that many found it impossible to believe Him when He said that He had come down from abnv. when He claimed to be the Son of God, God almighty. Even today our God is a hidden God. You cannot s. e him with your eyes; you cannot bear ! Him with your ears; you, cannot feel Him with your ha n ds. Hi 3 very existence is hidden from the direct experience of your senses. And the world in which you live Is a world of senses- To say that God exists is easy but it is not so easy t° live as .really believed it. To dedicate your life to Someone you cannot see or hear or feel is most difficult. But that is a decision which you must make, you must decide whether you are willing to sacrifice the satisfaction of 1 the sense for the satisfactions . this hidden God promises will be 1 yours. This is a decision which ; you ca n not make by “yourself. 1 You can make it only with God’s 1 help. Therefore make the prayer ! of the blind man hi the Gospel, 1 your own prayer: “Lord, that I » may see.” Make your own the t prayer of the father whose so 11 1 was tqrmented by a devil: “I do > believe. Help my unbelief.”
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