Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-12-06
Would Take
100000
In Finances
Higher Pay for Teach
ers and Provision for
Their Retirement Re-
commended; v o c a.
tional Emphasis Urg-
ed; Would Subjugate
School Commission
Daily Dispatch Bureau,
In the Sir Walter Hotel.
Rv HENRY AVERHL.

Raleigh Dec. 6-Immediate inau-
guration of a program to give the
public schools a twelfth grade within
four years, a reinforcement salary
raise for more experienced teachers,
and recommendation that whatever
else it may do" the 1889 General AS
sembly enact a retirement program
for teachers with 35 years service
stand out in bold relief in a compre-
hensive dissection report submitted
to Governor Clyde r. Hoey today by
the commission authorized by the last
legislature to examine and report on
the public educational system of
North Carolina"
The report has many ramifications
in the field of finance and politics as
we'll as education and is certain to
finnish the basis of prolonged debate
and discussion in the General Assem-
BY session opening next month.
In releasing the report, the governor
said he has not had time to give it
study enough to express any opinion
upon it's recommendations.
Cost of $5,OOO,OOO.
Officials hesitated to make any de-
finite estimate of the cost of imme-
date changes urged by the commits
sion, but rough "guesses'' placed the
increased annual cost to the state at
not less than IS 100000 should all the
recommendations be enacted into law
by the Assembly.
Recommendations which would in
crease operating costs, in addition to
the twelfth grade, salary raises and
retirement program included in
creased appropriations for adult edu-
cation, establishment of industrial
arts and pre-vocational program and
change in the compulsory attendance
age to Is.
Political Dynamite.
On the political side, the commits
SIGN urged immediate relief from
scattered administration" and recon-
mended that the General Assembly
place administration of the public
schools under the board of education,
with the present school commission
relegated to the status of an cad
visory" body.
This section put again in the arena
of fighting politics the long-standing
battle of the Department of Public In
struction, backed by the North Caro-
lima Education Association, to get con-
troll of all school spending, field
now within the juris6/ ton and veto
OF the powerful State School Commits
sion, of which Lloyd Griffin, is head.
On the subject of teacher tenure,
the commission skirted the political
Whlrpools with a recommendation
lor further study and dictum strong
" condemning partisan politics,
hepotlsm and personal favoritism call
ed to its attention as existing here
and there in North Carolina"
Against Nine Months Term.
The only definitely negative stand
oi the commission was in the case
" the suggested nine-months State
supported term. Here the members
look notice of limited State means
ana agreed that the extended term
should be left to local units, with the
o'ate undertaking operation OF
Scnools for only eight months.
vocational education, consolidation,
Nc~NAOiiJ Gel I4llCcLlOn c1llC LCdNA
81 supply, local participation, higher
euucation recodification of school
Avs health and physical education
plogfam and special governors COM
MISSION on education came in for dis
cusslon in the report.
among the high spots of it's rec
We're:
For Twelfth Grade.
twelfth Grade: A flexible basis to
S Se established which will permit stu
Illus 10 complete course in such time
o. 'llelr ability justifies. A period Of
. wy year to be utilized for study and
Recommendation in a program Of
s ,,;ap Introduction, to the end that
w. Ti.iiin four years of September, 1889
OH iun program will be in effect in
oil school systems.
'ocational Education: That the en-
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