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11 ■■ " " ■ h ""' 1 ■ « ESTABLISHED JULY, 1898 TRENA P. FOX, EDITOR & PUBLISHER MISS. ZOE YOUNG. ASSOCIATE EDITOR THURMAN L. BROWN, SHOP MANAGER ARCHIE H. BALLEW, PHOTOGRAPHER * PRESSMAN PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY BY YANCEY PUBLISHING COMPANY SECOND CLASS POSTAGE PAID AT BURNSVILLE. N. C. THURSDAY. DEC. t. INST NUMBER FOURTEEN SUBSCRIPTION RATES $3.00 PER YEAR OUT OF COUNTY $4.00 PER YEAR Scene From Top 0’ The Hill By: Jack Kelly In common w.th most Ameri cans, I mantain an interest in the school situation, and I do mean situation. Perhaps my in terest s a bit more than the av erage person’s, due to the fact that I have taught in the e’e mentary, high school, and uni versity branches. During these stnts, I learned that I liked to teach but did not like teaching. The difference being that to teach someth ng to people ycu merely impart knowledge in such a manner that it gets to them and then they know enough about it to go ahead on their own and pursue the matter further, if you have stimulated them. The “teaching” I menticned means that whether impart any knowledge or not, you are a hired hand who wll put out the inf< rmaticn on various subjects the way you are told to do so. That is the system you had to work under, where I worked, and that was the system that I d d not cherish. Seriously, the sys tem today makes the education of the students coincide w th the mentality of the stupid kid in the class. 1 don’t like that system. Since, in life, some peop’e, thank God, are smarter than others, and are recognized as being so, why was the old sys tem whereby a class was d vid ed into the smarts, the not-so smarts, and the stupids, why, * I ask you, was that splendid sys tem abolished? The hiceest Ctv na(>’ra v y has the New York Rirht now, New York's school system is in dread ful shape There are almost tho usand perp'e employed : n the NYC school svstem. Nearly 60- thousand cf that number are teachers. The whole kit and caboodle has just been subjected to a Commission-study. You know what the Commis sicn-study produced? It produc ea a icpjri. Vvnat esie/ Thj l£j page from a five man commission, headed by McGeo-rge Bundy the eminent Lra.n-truste r of both Kennedy and Johnson, reached the cb v.uus conclusion that the pre sent system should be decentral, ized: given back to the neighbor hoods or areas. Thus they would be conducted with the partic pa tic n of the parents in the neigh borhood. “Sants preserve us,” Is an Irish expression based upen sup erstitution and Religon, but it fits the case here, I think. The Bundy report would, in effect, no it would actually return the NYC school system to the old days of Tammany Hall wherein the “Leader” of a poli tical ward would give out the jrbs to Prncipals. Teachers, Clerks, and whatnots. Upon refection, possibly that is the best system. Certainly when the “leader" appoints peo ple to johs. they keep them only so long as the “leader" gets no bad reports from the voters la the Ward. Thus, the pe'T'e who are the parents actually run their schools. Again, let us face it, NYC in its past, has turned out some rather brlliant men, lets of whom sprung from the Public Schools. Take Governor AI Smith. A dryout in the Bth grade, due to the death of hit father, he continued h s educa tion on h : s own, go to sooak, and went al'w a rather high path. Smre of his e’a senates, dr-n --or not. ended : n the peni tenUarv. F"en Harvard praduafos ha-© t*e latter disHocMnn. AM of wh'rh pptv nro-as t*at kids can he taught, if thev have 'nte’M genre to grasn the If are s-'-vg foeonoMe of (t ft-AV r>»n a* ’east he made to keep quiet while the ethers learn. luai. to be the great est lack in teaching today: dis c.pline. If a teacher clouted a hool gan today, no cne in the newspapers w. uld write about the hooligan ism, he would write about the teacher clcutng a juveni’e. A 190 pounder of 17 or 18 who har asses a 130 pound teacher be comes the object cf a sympathe tic “Press” as soon as the tea cher gives him what his parents should have given h m many years before a clouting. I feel that teaching became a lost art with the advent of the “Educational System ” Systems have been the ru nation of man kind s'nee the : r inception. Man k nd, with a God-given free w ; U, knew that a government had to be a part cf life. Government had a simp’e bas : s. One pers r n in any given area could do as he pleased. Two persons : n the same area complicated th ngs a bit. Now, one person could only do as as he p’eased so as it did not nterfere with the other persrn as he p’eased. As soon as the third and fourth and so on persons moved into the ar ea, rules had to be made. A gov ernor had to be placed upon one so as not to infringe on the other. Everybody gave up some thing. Everybody gained some thing. This system worked fne. When a rough Spot was uncov ered, the people either worked it out or lived w th it. All in all it worked pretty good. Then the parasite crept into the system. He couldn't do anyth'ng himself but ho jolly well could criticise these who could. Amazingly, the people accepted this non-produc ing growth. Next, they allowed it to take over. This growth took a title: System. Everything had to have a “system" attached to it. Then the system took over. The sole surv'wT (despite being and beaten as nf this writing) appears to be the ind'vidual person. True, he ie be’ab'-red by the systems of farming, banking, edu-aM-'n. po lit'es, government, marriage you name it and there Is a book or oh'a’psK’e from the Government, to tell you all about the svstem to he anobed. And now tbt* SvslP rr ». a ere.ot trv ch'ne. p'.ms to retire us »'j fc* a mere identification number , Wi-lAT KIND A Ranana.. OF PIB CtXEaa't, QjCbA'JuT, b, DO YOU \ Y ( Dou.? r > BOSX.U Cbee/VN & ——l ( OloCouAle. CoSjAjiO Y/ Tqy , M Amo 6o6€i.eaeaOy- & In M«mory In loving memory of a dear n ece, Drucilla Roland who pass ed away a year ago. Memories are treasures that none can steal; Death is a heartbreak that none can heal. The months have passed into a year, Thinking of the bygone days filla my eyes with tears. Some may forget you now that you are gone But we will remember you no matter how long. Forgive us oh God, in tears we pray; She . was so precious why couldn't she stay. Rosa Lee Edmonds Resolution At a regular joj»t meeting of the Lari Morton Post 123 and the Auxiliary Post, the follow ing Resolution was adopted: WHmKEaS, our beloved Com rade, James Hobart Ray. died on November 9, 1967, causing sorrow both in our organization and in the entire cocnmun.ty: And the said James Hobart Ray having been a member at the Earl Horton Post 122 from the time of the issuance of the Charter of said Post, and dur ing which time he had been a fa thful member; And our late Comrade haring been one of the moat prominent citizens of Yancey County and believed in the existence of law and order; THEREFORE, be it RESOLV ED: 1. That we express to hie widow, Mildred H. Ray, and h's ■on, James Ray. our sincere svmpathy at the passing of our Comrade; 2. That copies of th's Rn% tion be forwarded to the family, to the Yancey Record a*J the North Carolina Legion News and a c°oy spread upon the m'nutes of the Farl Horton pm 121 nf the American Legion. Passed in regular session, Nm-ember 29. t*S7, cam ur pTCE r-mmander FVFI.vn h pate. Presi dent. Aux'Mary H 0 BAILEY. Ad hit ant MILDRED H ROBERTS Secre tary. Auxiliary rr NEVER FAILS I APPLE f wrtAT KIND OF T?? .r ICE C»6AM Do _l\ —if Ttou MAVS y p Letter To The Editor £ GRASSROOTS I*, OPINION WASHINGTON, ILL., REPOR TER: “In Florida, Commission er Francs Bridges said names of juveniles who commit adult crimes should be publiczed. '‘When a juvenile commits an adult crime, then he should re alize through prompt, positive action what he has done is not to be laughed off as the act of a juvenile,' he said. Stating that no youth should be allowed to h'de behind his age in commit ting vicious acts, the veteran parole commiss'oner said. ‘There has been too much of this shield ing from publ'city. . . I think names, including those of the parents, should be used by news media.’" •• • • BROWERVTLLE, MINN., BLADE: “The government spends more than $425 mlU"n a year on its public information, news, v'ews, and self-pleadings— more than double the outlay for news-gathering bv the two major U. S. news services, the three major television networks, and the 10 b'ggest American news papers. Much of this huge ex penditure as reported by the Associated Press ... is devoted to convncing Americans (with their own money) what the gov ernment does is for their wel fare." •• • • CANNELTON, IND., NEWS: "Why take land out of timber product on and designate it only to recreation and wilderness? Let's keep it as much as possi ble in multiple use management and whenever possible leave it in private ownershi p which has the added benefit of paying taxes." •• • • HOT SPRINGS. S. D., STAR: "Bus ness people know that the one thing which constitutes the greatest loss for them is shop. I'fting. This trend has caused many a businessman to wonder whether or not he could stay In business. . . Previously, a per son wth unoaid merehand’se had to leave the st«re before (he proprietor could ston him N~w the «(ore owt»er can s«nf*h*»ud sh'T)tio; n <r {nxtvwu "hen they are at 11 in the store.” Dear Yancey County Friends and Former Students: May we express our deep ap preciation for your friendship and business patronage all these years. We are sorry due to ill health we are not able to give you the efficient service we would like, but we do have a lot of pictures uncla med, I am sure because the Studio has been closed so much. We will not be able to take any pictures for Christmas delivery after December 15. But we will be open every day next week to try to deliver unclaim ed pictures. We are especially grateful for the beautiful Chr stmas decora tions and for the beautiful Chr stmas parade. Will all my former students please feel welcome to come up and say “Hello and How are you?” We miss you. Merry Christmas every one. Sncerely, Mrs. Maye B. Robinson Taylor Introduces Bill WASHINGTON - U. S. Rep. R y A. Taylor (D-N.C.) intro duced a bill today to keep auto mobile master keys out of the hands of unauthor zed persons. Congressman Taylor said his bill was prompted by a circular mailed from Florda to some of his constituents advertising mas ter keys to open all cars. The money-back offer prom sed keys for $lO to unlock any car. “It is obvious that such an offer has immediate appeal for car thieves or others who will ■imply steal things from parked vehicles,” declared Rep. Taylor. His b'U would prohibit the manufacture and distribution by mail or through interstate com merce of master car keys. Exempt would be used car dealers, locksmiths and govern mental units, such as law en forcement agencies. 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