Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1943-01-16
Daily Dispatch Bureau,
IN tho Sir Walter Hotel.
by LYNN NISRET

Raleigh, Jan. l6 - Educational
lorccS, particularly Legislative ad-
VocateS Of ninc-monthS school arc
seeking 10 determine what may be
uic peSt strategy 10 use in scttinp
me Dill through the General Assem-
bly,. '>'''
ihere are two main points TO
whic:i careful thought has been given
and will be givcl:
W whether the ninc-munih bill
should be pushed ahead of the appro-
prIationS bill, which will carry pro-
VISION Tor teachers salaries and war
lihc bonus, or whether pressure
should be withheld until the big
money DIS re out Of the way: and
W ACCESSIBILITY Of retaining the OBJ
tional feature.
On the iirS; point, division of
moueht among legislators is almost
equally divided: ON the second. a
prcpjndcrant majority favor leaving
inc nlnth month optional with local
administrative districts.
IL Is pointed out that phr scology
oil umStcad'S house bill on tho on
L"nal feature i identical with that
III The 1888 legislature authorizing
me cignt-mOnth term. with the
school commiSSi,n in the 1888 law
and vii! be vested :: the State board
OF education under the Umstcad bill.
mat IS actual! no change at II.
since the recently adopted amend
mcnt vests in he State beard nj, thr
powers now exercised by the Sale
school commission.
Propn~ cnts @! tho bill further
point out that ~ the frs, schonl
year after he 1888 a, more han
thrCC-fourthS uf Ia" u,ntioS clCipd
to have the eight nonhS. and that
by the third We = every county, had
adopted he !pnCC: .crm. They be-
licvH that history wnuld repeat IL
self. and under the optional clause
every county would have inc
month term within two or three
years.
Differences as - III" mos; propi-
louS limc 10 con%idC" the bill arc far
mare serious. Some sincere friends
oil Inc l0nGcE term have voiced the
Tear That these differences might
""'N'"" mi" IN inter al wranglc
th"i might >"riuuSlv iCpplrdiZ" IN"
whole program. All agree that sen
tlmcnt for IN" nine months i'm tho
Generally Assembly is NOT .irrnn
G" ugh 10 afford any chancc-takinn
Ono senator, himself an ardent sun
porter Of ~" 'd"r. appraised SEMI
mont as nf this date Ia the tvn-to-onc
against the ninth month: but think
that the ratio is changing and that
if the matter is rightly timed il will
pass
u" rr'nh NcDnna'd ,ncakinn for
himself and for the school teachers.
emphasized tina; Increased teacher
pay ard III" Uin"-mnr'h :crn were
strictly md rHth"E than or" pro-
position. Many legislators. however.
consider them : alternative pro-
pnSalS. and there IS almost equal
division rs to which is more imDor-
tant. Thn; occasions tho discussion
over strategy invoked in present
ing them a tho General Assembly.
One group holds the belief that
the extended term should com"
first. It only because !; is deemed
more important 10 tho children of
the state. but because il will bc cas-
icr to pass before tho "l"mbcrS be-
come t. "0''E~.nrlS " - v"S' -,r,OS
involved i" ~" aDnrrn". flows bill
and pr"hap> are faced with some
l".."s '".'"' ""'"nrlri"r's the rove
nuc act This rrurir rr,,.,hcr holds
ihn' addition of tho nth month
will IN effect rails" '""crcr nay. T.
has been estimated that the extra
month viii cost something more
than three and If million dollars
year: the budgci-prnpoScd bonus