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THE PERQUIMANS WEEKLY. HERTFORD, N C, FRIDAY.FEBRUARy 5, 1954. PAGE THREF STAtiSTCS Ml FEW EHIS : COMPLETE TIVELFTH GRADE 111 STATE Of Each 1,000 White Pupils Who Entered First 5 Grade In 1940-41, Only 313 Completed High ; School In 1951-52; 1,000 to 111 Is Ratio For Ne gro Pupils For Same Years - Not quite a third of white pupils and slightly , more than a tenth of Negro pupils who entered the first grade in 1940-41 "made" a grade a year and completed the twelve-year course, of study provided by the pub lic schools of the State. The number of pupils not promot ed plus the number who dropped out of shool entirely after they had en rolled were included in the 687 white ; and the 889 Negro nupils who failed ' to complete their public school educa tion by the end of the 12-year period following their entrance in the first grade. Part of the nonpromotions re main in school, repeating work failed, and in the end complete the twelve year course of study by taking 13, 14 or perhaps 15 years. This fact would tend to have inflated the survival fig ures. Since this tendency is common to each year, however, it is believed to balance out in, the end. The main reason for the seemingly high mor tality from grade one to completion of high school appears to be due en tirely to drop-outs, many of which started but by being nonpromotions, or failure to do the work required in order to be promoted to the next suc ceeding year. : j ' There is, however, a bright side to the picture which the record for the 1940-41 entrance class appears other wise. First grade children entering since that year appear to be making progressively better progress through the grades. This- is true for first grade enrollments back to 1929-30. In other words, the record indicates that survivals, or those who remain in school for longer periods of time and thaa reach higher grades in the school system, are becoming increasingly greater. This is true for both white and Negro children, although the rec ord in the case of Negro survivals Is about a third that of white pupils. Even this situation is improving as this ratio was five to one in 1924-25. First grade survivals for white pu pils have increased from 628 in 1923 24 to 958 in 1950-51. In other words, 372 out of each 1,000 first grade white children failed to reach the second grade in 1924-25, whereas only 42 fail ed in this respect in 1950-51. Or, on a percentage basis, take the third grade: 60.5 per cent of the Original first grade children who entered -in 1923-24 reached the third " grade in 1925-26. Contrast this with 92.7 per cent of the first grade white chil dren who entered school in 1949-50. In the case of Negro pupils the im provement in survival rates is also evident, and for each grade as in case of white pupils. More white children Were enrolled in the public schools during the year 1951-52 than any other year, the total being 641,081. Peak enrollment for the Negro schools during this period was during 1933-34 when there were 280,741 pupils enrolled. There is a tendency toward equali zation of enrollment in the grades, with a greater percentage going to the high schools than heretofore. Ex pectations would be that the ratio be tween elementary and high enroll ments should approach 66 23 to 83 1 3, or two to one, but because of necessary drop-outs and increased birth rates they do not quite reach1 this ratio. This is to say, therefore, that there is still a desirability that tin's trend will continue. More Und Adilsd To Seashore Park A 755-acre tract ' of land at the southermost tip of Hatteras Island will be transferred in the spring to the National Park Service for inclus ion in the Cape Hatteras Seashore Recreation Area on the North Caro lina Outer Bank Islands. The property, formerly owned by the Gooseville Gun Club, includes one of the finest surf fishing areas on the entire Atlantic seaboard. Already within the Seashore park are the surf fishing grounds just south of Hatter as lighthouse and at Oregon Jnlet. Sound and oceanfront acreage is in cluded in the former gun club proper ty, which has been maintained as a fishing and hunting preserve for 23 years and is an area frequented by migratory ducks and geese. Since all of Ocracoke' Island and 2,000 additional acres on Hatteras and Bodie Islands on Pamlico and Roa noke Sounds are already open for wa terfowl hunting in compliance with state and federal regulations, no plans have been announced for opening the Gooseville Gun Club area for shoot ing. Of the total 28,500 acres which will eventually comprise- the Seashore ' T) i..' -a rrr 1 xiecreuuun area, some i,uuu nave now been acquired, including former Cape Hatteras State Park lands surround ing Hatteras Light, and Pea Island Game Refuge. . - CATHOLIC SERVICES Every Sunday (except first Sunday1 of eveiy month, when first Mass is1 in Palace Theatre, Windsor, at 8 A. M.), the Most Holy Sacrifice of the Mass is celebrated at 8 and 11 A. M., each including sermon, Holy Commun ion, followed by Rosary in honor of Mary, Help of Christians, and for the Conversion of all non-Catholics, Sun day School, with Confessions for half hour before Services in St. Ann's Catholic Church, Edenton, stated Fath er Francis J. McCourt, pastor, who in vites everybody to all services and to the Information Forum held in the rectory library every Wednesday 7:30 P. M., to 8:30, followed by choir prac tice to 9:15 in church. Week-days in cluding every first Friday and first Saturday of the month at 7 A. M., Mass, Communion, Rosary. TbRduoe Misery of mm UOMMUMro-SMMMCTI HAVE YOU THE i 0SGL1V? Berk's woneepful Mews I Hospital tests prove Musterole gives high speed long-lasting relief from pains of arthritis misery. Also greater ease in moving. Highly medicated. Concentrated. You can feel it work to bring fast reliei! 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