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Expanded Vocational Education Needed (Cont'd from page 1) and 1968 more than 80 per cent failed to go to college. When one takes into account the drop-outs who fail to gra - duate from high school, it is apparent that not over 15 per cent of the boys and girls who Letters To The Editor Dear Editor: Referring to the column of Tom Anderson, entitled "Straight Talky and in parti cular to the issues of May 7 and 14 wherein he talks about comparison of the races, I want to discuss Mr. Andersorfe ideas on the level of his tory and anthropology. " What high culture have Negroes anytime, anywhere produced themselves?"he asks (May 7). He then goen on to say that before other civiliza tions arrived, the Black AM - can had only built "thatched, windowless mud huts". Perhaps the author should inform him self of such African kingdoms as Mali (whose capital was the famous Timbuktu), Bomu, Be nin, or the ruins of Zimbabwe The first of these had a univer sity when first encountered by Europeans in the 15th century; the second dominated the Su dan for centuries with moun - ted, iron-clad knights; the third had an organized politi - cal and economic structure al lowing commerce throughout western Africa and is famous for its plastic arts; the last features massive, precise ma son ery walls of 32 feet height. These and many other Afri can civilizations had largely disappeared when European be gan to arrive in force in the 19th century. They survived only in legend or in the ac - counts of Islamic historians un I lon thi move I I Think Right! Trade With I Greene-HAdGnney t Several Good Fishing Cart, are raised in Yancey County go on to college. Expanded vocational education is sim ply realistic recognition cf the educational needs of the 85 per cent. In this connection it is in order to correct the frequently til archaeologists and anthro - pologists began to recover them within the last 20 years. That may help us to date Mr. Ander son's reading. If space allowed ,one could challange almost every state ment he makes in the two arti cles. Indeed, everything he writes on any subject is, as far as I can see, colored by misinformation, bias, and dis tortion. For example, he has slandered "liberal" clergymen, the National Council of Chur ches, the Methodist Church, and Union Theological Semi nary. Speaking as an insider to most of these structures, I sete: no basis in fact to the char ges he makes. With good wishes to all your readers, I am Sincerely yours, Lloyd R. Bailey Ass't Professor OH Testament Union Theological Seminary TNE ADVENTURES OF MILKMAN-HERO OF THE HALFPINTQ LITTLE JOE IS PEACEFULLY PLAYING IN HIS TREE HOUSE ) V .rvf°AlrV\ WHEN SUDDENLY HE STEPS J f BACKWARD AND LOSES HIS f \\% vKTOXy repeated statement that hhrcey County sends an exceptionally high proportion of its young people to college. The sta tistics gathered by the official from Raleigh show that this statement is without found a - It's too bad the statement is not true! But at the same time the facts argue strongl y for furnishing better vocation al education in our high schools. Improving the vocat i o n a 1 program, of course, costs mo ney—the familiar bottle-neck to so many of our plans needed improvements; Voca tional education requires large classrooms and expensive equip ment. But here, for once, the financial picture is not alto - gether dark. In addition to State aid with the program, the Federal Ap palachian Regional Commis - sion stands ready to help with the vocational facilities. It was from this sourae that Avery County received major assist - ance in building their splendid central high school. The plans being developed for Yancey County Schools will certainly include extension of vocational facilities. The technical training provide d should help raatay ofcur young people to a brighter and more productive future. SPORT CAR CENTER I Os I The Tri-County Area ■ 68 2 Door Hardtop Sport Coupe 1 Owner I Low Milage I 69 4 Door Malibu One Owner Real Nice I 67 4 Door Impala 67 2 Door Hardtop LTD I Real Nice B 63 2 Door Hardtop Nova 69 Dodge R/T I Special Clean I See Us For Your New Olds. 1 GREENE - McKINNEY I CHEVROLET-OLDSMOBILE I Spruce Pine, N.C. B» I THE YANCEY RECORD . . rr DEAR MR. PUBLISHER, by PARSON JONES Dear Mr. Publisher: Everybody these days are worried about relevant. That's the same thing as being sure you don't put a square peg in a round hole. I understand ants are awful intelligent - I wonder if they ever worry about being relevant. In short, I wonder if they ever wonder -what the grasshoppers think about 'em. The men's group at our church is really getting relevant these days. They held a meeting the other night to deal with all the gaps in this country. Brother George opened the meet ing by telling how his paw used to cut his hair and gap it all up. He used this little parable fco point out that gaps airi't a pretty sight. George allowed as how everybody seemed to be yelling at one another. He quoted that Scripture about how "a house divided against itself cannot stand", and points out that we're not only sorely divided, but our divisions are be ing multiplied, and you shouldn't ever mix different kinds of arithmetic. Anyway, the meeting was called to bring us all together again. "First", says George, "Let's define the problem". Well sir, that wasn't hard to do. Big Slim said it was the war in Vietnam, Dr. Chargewright swore it was inflation Hezekiah allowed that it was the revolt of the young people. Another fella said it was racism - frontwards and backwards. Pretty soon the room was shaking with disagreement. Brother George shouted for order, "Gentlemen, if we can't get to gether, how can we bring others together. " Everyone agreed and decided it might be less controversial to discuss the solu tions instead of the problems. Mr. Publisher, when they got on the solutions, I thouglt World War Three broke out. They finally set up a commit - tee to study the matter farther - but they couldn't agree on the committee, so they set up two committees. Hopefully, they will come up with suggestions on how to bring us toge - ther again. Well, good-by and God bless us all -we gonna need it. 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