The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1950-02-23

Besides presenting an informative
panel discussion on Federal Aid to
Education" Mr.. Wilbur S. Hoopen-
gardner, supervisor of secondary
schools in Washington County, and
Mr.. William p Kreykenbohm, local
attorney, provided an entertaining
program for the members of the
Dwight D. Eisenhower Eta. Club
Monday night, February 10.
Trixie Kilroy and Louise Spickler,
members of the club, introduced the
negative and affirmative arguments
respectively. Then the two guest
speakers presented further discus
sion of the topic.
Mr.. Kreykenbohm, who spoke on
the negative side, pointed out that
he was not against high wages for
teachers or better school buildings,
but that by letting the federal gov
eminent handle it, these things
would be done the most expensive
way. He expressed the opinion that
the poorer states can help themselves
if they want to, saying: eff the south
ern states tax themselves a little
more, they can attain the level of
Utah, which spends the average
amount of money on education and
turns out some of the leading scien-
lists, etc, of the day" The local
attorney also commented that if we
keep helping the poor states they
will have no incentive to tax more
and to try to help themselves inn
prove their conditions.
Mr.. Kreykenbohm continued by
asserting that the constitution does
not say that the federal government
should have anything to do with edu-
cation, and he believes that it should
be handled locally Finally, he con-
jured a picture of what might hap
pen if the government should sub
sidize education, pointing out that
in such a case the government
would, little by little, gain complete
control of schooling, telling what
should be taught, when and how. In
closing, Mr. Kreykenbohm declared,
There will be control! It's newt
able because it's happened in ev-
erything else the government has
subsidized"
'"The most important thing this
country is built upon is the worth
and dignity of an individual" began
Mr.. Hoopengardner, as he presented
his arguments for Federal Aid to
Education. "!n order for a person
to make the most of democracy he
must be educated" he continued.
Mr.. Hoopengardner then stated
that people move from place to place.
He quoted that million people had
moved to different states the past
year, million of whom remained in
the states to which they moved. This
is important because, if the richer
states, such as California or New
York, helped the poorer ones, such
as Mississippi, they would receive
very little of their tax money back,
but would be repaid in that they
would receive better educated peo-
pie into their state. He queried: II
ask you, should we penalize child's
education because he was born in
Mississippi"
Mr.. Hoopengardner then remarkd,
This is one country, not 48 coun-
tries" The supervisor of schools in
Washington County disagreed with
Mr.. Kreykenbohm's ideas about
what would happen if the govern
ment gave help to education, saying
that this was purely supposition on
one mans part.
Mr.. Hoopengardner, in conclusion,
added, in order to have a prosper
Gus nation, we have to educate all
the children of all the people"
An informal discussion period fol-
lowed the presentation of both view
points, during which the members of
the club expressed their various
opinions.