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grams >under which, in the last
seven years, over $4,000 grants
have been made to enable Amer
leans to study abroad and for
eignY students and scholars to
visit the United States. At q
time when this country has had
to assume leadership of the free
world, these programs have been
of great value in giving our citi-
zens fresh understanding of
conditions abroad. They have
also helped dispel myths and
misunderstanding about this
country overseas.
NONPARELS PROPOSAL NO. 5:
Expansion Of Vocational and
Adult Education.
The Federal program Of as
sistance for vocational education
should be expanded. The pres
ent administration has sought on
two occasions to cut the pro-
gram, by rs per cent one year
and by an additional s per cent
the next. Yet vocational educa-
ton is given to only about one
half the students below the COLI
lege level who need and want 1t:
more than 5000 high schools
serving farm children lack pro-
grams Of vocational agriculture.
The rapid pace of change in
the world and the prospect of
increased technical development
and q shorter work week. is driv-
ing home to us the important
fact that a persons education
should not and must not end
with a school diploma or a COLI
lege degree; it only begins there.
Opportunities for continuing
Education, all through life, must
be an important ingredient of
the new America. Already there
are some so million Americans
engaged in one form or another
Of adult education-more than
the total enrolment of our ele-
lmentary and secondary schools.
The need and the demand will
mount rapidly. What should we
be doing to meet this important
need? Obviously there are no
easy answers. We must seek
them out, try them out, apply
them on an adequate scale.
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The dream Of a new America
begins in a classroom.
This is as true today as in
the days Of the little red school
house. The giant steps our Ma
ton has taken toward the goal
of universal educational oppor-
tunity has, more than anything
else, given us the technical and
economic progress we enjoy to-
day. Public education in Amer
lea has been the great lever by
which we have lifted a whole So
ciety by lifting each person to-
ward his own full potential.
These educational achieve
ments of the past have put us
now on the threshold Of a new
America. But whether we can
cross this threshold and seize
the brilliant opportunities that
lie beyond depends heavily upon
what we now do to advance
American education ever further.
The passport to a better society
is better education-for one and
all
Better education for all Amer
lean youth is thus an imperative
for a new America, but 1t is also
an extremely difficult assign
ment. Our schools and colleges
are today up against severe OBJ
stacles and handicaps. We must
work hard just to keep from los
ing ground in education: we
must work doubly hard to gain
gain new ground.
We must identify our most
critical problems in education
and come directly to grips with
them. If we make one set Of de-
cisionS, we can look with conf
dence to a future in which our
children and grandchildren will
have a chance to realize their
talents and fulfill their promise.
II we make another set of de-
cisions-or if we make no deci-
sions at all and let drift take
over the SUPERINTENDENT Of our
schools-then we can anticipate
only the growing misuse and fate
of our human resources, only
the Illustration Of the American
promise.
Unless we are prepared to do
something about the crisis of our
schools, there is simply no use
even of talking about a new
America.
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Summary

This is our education crisis in
broad outline. 1t would be ir-
responsible to promise quick and
rapid solutions. We cannot pro-
duce overnight an abundance Of
modern. well lighted school
buildings with plenty Of capable
and devoted teachers, where
every child is free to realize his
best self. The short-run task of
rehabilitating our schools is one
for . generation. The whole
task Of education will never be
finished.
But what I do consider pos
sible-what / believe to be long
overdue and how imperative--is
that we stake out the generation
long task and start doing some
thing about 1t at once.
I want to emphasize at the
outset that education is pri-
marily the responsibility Of the
community OF the local and
State government. And full
credit must be given for the en-
couraging Developments in our
communities. Most local gov
ernmenjts have been enlarging
their support Of education; citi-
zens' groups are working vail
antly to improve our schools,
private foundations are provid-
ing aid and leadership In the
fight for improved teacher train
ing and for better salaries.
When the local community can
improve conditions no further,
however, and there is still much
10 be done. we are right 70 look
70 the Federal Government for
assistance.
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PROPOSAL NO. 2: FEDERAL
AID TO THE STATES

There is substantial agreement
today that some form of Federal
financial assistance to the States
for educational purposes is re-
quired. The real issue now is
not whether there should be Fed
|eral assistance, but rather what
form it should take and how
much 1t should be.
This program should include
aid for school construction. The
Kelley bill. which was before the
House Of Representatives this
year, represented q substantial
step toward this end.
But 1 do not think that the
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7 he Problem Areas

=
There are six great problem
areas in American education to-
day.
l. The shortage Of buildings.
Many Of you know from your
experience with your own chill
dren the shortage Of school
buildings which has led to such
grave overcrowding Of existing
facilitieS-to classes too large fol
effective teaching, to children
attending schools in shifts. even
to the use Of unsafe buildings
A careful congressional study
showed that in 1852 we needed
new classrooms equivalent in size
to a 1-story building, SO feet
wide. stretching from New York
to San Francisco And the deficit
now Is vastly greater.
We should be building 100000
new clasSroomS each year.
Actually we have been building
only about half that many.
In other words, we are losing
ground ct the rate of nearly
$4,000 classrooms a year, And
we are losing ground precisely
where we can least afford, it.
in the poorer districts of the
country.
2. The shortage Of teachers
Today's ominous shortage of
qualified teachers had its be-
ginnings in a great national mis-
take-our failure to give teach
ing as a profession sufficient
reward and honor. Now as the
wave OF children born during
the war begins to grow I'D. we
are paying the price for neglect
OF our teachers. We do not have
enough good teachers-we do
not have enough teachers at
all. This teachers shortage may
reach proportions of disaster for
our culture and our economy,
Today young men and women
many who would like to serve
their fellow men as teachers
are taking jobs In industry and
in other professions. Why? Be-
ca use they earn more In the
vital five to ten years when they
are hoping to get married and
to establish families of their
own. Because there is q CELL
ing, and a rather low one, on
what they would earn, both in
money and prestige, even after
many years as teachers, and be-
cause their initiative might not
be fully challenged in education.
where responsibility does not in
crease with experience and abil-
ity and promotion often results
less from superior performance
than from length of service and
the earning of various credits.
Unless we do something to
improve the status Of our teach
ers. fewer and fewer of our able
and ambitious young people will
go into the teaching profession.
This can result only in a gradu-
al downward drift of the level
OF teaching and hence of our
whole level of education. It is
not just that we need more
teachers. 1t is that we need
more good teachers-that we
need, indeed, the best teachers
in the world. Our children de-
serve nothing less.
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Segregation Rider

When the House OF Repre-
sentative stock up the 1855
school aid bill, the President sat
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PROGRAM FOR EDUCATION
Strong School Policy
Urged by Stevenson

Following is the teFt OF policy statement By Adldi E.
Stevenson entitled The NeD AnnercG-A Program for
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But in the end, success or fail
ure in meeting the educational
challenge will rest largely in the
community. 1t must make the
maximum financial contribution
within the limits Of its resources.
It must provide efficient and eco
nomic operation Of the schools.
All the Federal Government can
do is to make it possible for the
do is to make it possible for the
community to discharge its re-
Sponsibilities.
But to do this, the Federal
Government must take a num-
Der Of steps as swiftly as pos
Sible:
Proposal No. i: The establish
ment Of a national policy Of
Federal aid to eucation where
local and individual resources
can not meet the need.
Proposal No. 2: Assumption
Immediately by the Federal Gov
eminent, Of a share in meeting
the present urgent financial re-
quirements Of our educational
system, particularly those for
more classrooms and for more,
qualified teachers.
Proposal No. 3: A program
designed to help ensure against
able students being denied q
chance to have a college educa-
ton because they can't afford it,
and to encourage such students
to enter teaching or other lines
of work where there are serious
personnel shortages.
Proposal No. 4: Expansion OF
the exchange programs which
in the last seven years have
sent thousands Of American stu
dents and teachers overseas and
have brought foreign scholars
to this country.
Proposal No. 8: DEVELOPMENT
OF new approaches to the chal-
longing opportunities in voca-
tional and adult education
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Proposals for Education
In the New America
PROPOSAI. nm 1.Ap,

PROPOSAL NO. 1: A POLICY
A Democratic administration
will set the highest priority on
the establishment Of a clearcut
national policy for the improve
ment of educational facilities.
The goal Of our national poll
icy should be to permit the full
est possible development Of each
individuals capacities and tall
ents through strong and equal
educational opportunities. It
should aim, not just at getting
more children into more class
rooms for more years, but at
making each child's education a
richer and more challenging ex-
Iperience than ever before,
A necessary step toward the
development Of such a policy is
to remove the United States
Office Of Education from its
present hiding place and to give
it higher status.
At the present time the ONCE
OF Education is a stepchild Of
our Government. A survey not
long ago revealed that less than
/ per cent Of the Federal funds
actually spent on education was
Ichanneled through the ONCE Of
Education. The chief of this
|of11ce has less Importance than
second and th1rd-rank officers in
|other departments.
1t has been frequently pro.
posed that there should be a
separate department of educa-
ton in the Presidents Cabinet.
I think this should be given
consideration, but I think we
should be sure that it would not
Iaggravate the administrative
problem in our Federal Govern
ment. And I think we would
also want to be careful that such
action would not introduce a
political element which would
be undesirable and shift the
center Of gravity in this field
from the local to the national
government level. In any event.
however, a fundamental reor-
ganization Of the Federal Gov
|ernment's administrative ma.
chinery for the handling Of the
problems Of education seems i'm
|perative.
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Federal aid program can adj
|visedly be limited to grants for
school construction. The build
ing shortage Is the most obvious
one, but the hidden crisis-the
shortage Of teachers--is surely
las important.
The priority needs differ from
community to community and
from State to State, and the
Federal Government is not in
the best position to judge these
individual needs. Some commu-
mites desperately need new
classrooms, but others are more
Immediately in need Of more and
better teachers, more books, or
IA richer curriculum. 1t seems
to me we should consider q pro-
gram Of general aid, leaving the
States and communities free to
assign their own priorities in
using supplemental funds from
the FEDERAL Government.
There will. be the, question Of
whether the Federal grants
should be made outright or on q
matching basis. There are adj
yantages and disadvantages to
both forms. The matching
grants offer certain safeguards.
Yet they may also mean q dis
ruption Of broader State and To-
cal fiscal programs. Although
such a decision would have to
be worked out on the basis of full
explanation and discussion, and
ultimately by Congress, my own
present thinking is that at least
a part Of the Federal aid pro-
gram should be on a, non-match-
ing basis.
There would, Of course, have
to be means Of positive insurance
that Federal funds would not be
used to reduce or supplant State
or local support for education
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ADVERTISEMENT.
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PROPOSAL NO. 4: EXPANSION
OF EXCHANGE PROGRAMS

I think we should continue
and expand the exchange pro-
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1956-01-12
.MadzefeMEi
Dept. to Hold
Benefit Movie

The Middlefield Volunteer
Fire Department will sponsor
a benefit movie at Mu Mac
Theatre, Middlefield, Ohio on
Tuesday Jan. II, 1856. Funds
raised from this benefit will go
towards the building of a new
fire house. Mr.. Frank J. Slavid,
owner of the Mu Mac theatre
is turning over all Of the pro-
ceeds received from this bene-
fit and is all so paying all other
expenses in putting on this NOV
ie. Tickets for the benefit were
furnished by LorSons Country
store and MiddIefield 5 & 10
store.
There will be two shows that
evening one at TOO pm. and
900 pm. A very fine picture
has been secured Santa Fe
Passage" in Trucolor featuring
John Payne, Faith Domergue,
and Rod Cameron.
Don't forget the date Tuesday
January II for very enjoyable
evening.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1956-01-12
Heat Drops
Fireman at
Circle Six

Interior of the residence
and attached bar of Circle
Six Inn on Route 6, two miles
west of Chardon, was dam
aged by fire which broke out
at 4:30 p. m. Sunday.
Overcome by heat, Hiram
Covell, Chardon fireman, was
carried from the building by
Firemen Phil King and Chad
ThraSher.
Deputy Sheriff Earl Warne,
who arrived shortly before
the Chardon Department clo-
sed all doors and windows.
This action confined til e
blaze to the inside of the
building. Warne also is chief
of the Middlefield Fire De-
partment.
Three rooms in the home,
kitchen and furniture were
scared and there was smoke
damage in the bar room.
The fire was an unusually
hot one" Fire Chief John
Maynard said. by use Of
high pressure fog, it wa S
soon under control.
Chief Maynard said tn e
fire started from thawing
pipes.
1t all happened on the bir-
thday of John Walsh, proprie-
tor of the Inn.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1956-01-12
List Chester
Building Permits

CHESTER - Zoning certifi-
Gates were issued to the follow
ing people in Chester township
Bebout.
Walter A. Kontor, Sperry rd..
garage.
Ronald w. Leonetti, Mulberry
rd., residence.
Erwin Brown, Wiltshire Build
ers, Chillicothe rd., sign.
Joseph Klouda south end of
Opolacka dr., sign and Cottrell
and Chillicothe roads, sign.
Frank Swogger, Chillicothe rd.
business building to include
new Chesterland postoffice and
super market.
Frank Swogger, two signs on
Chillicothe road in connection
with building of postoffice and
business addition.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1956-01-12
VIEW. Ladies to
Hold EssayCon

America - Beacon of Hope"
is the topic chosen by the Veter-
ans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary
for their 21st National Essay
contest. The contest is open to
all high school students ninth
through the twelfth grades. r
There is no age limits.
The length of the essay is to
be no more than one thousand
words. The essay is to be judged
on the contents, form and gram
mer. The contents of the essay
should be from the heart and not
a work in research, Students
may be aided in grammer and
punctuation.
Jean Giles, essay chairman,
will contact each high school
in the county in information as
to form and requirements will
left with the proper person.
Prizes awarded for the Gea-
uga county enteries by the VT.
w. Auxiliary to Post 6519 will
be as follows: first prize SIS. 90
bond, second prize $500, third
prize $1,000
The essays should be submit
ted the Mrs. Giles by March Is.
The winning essays will then be
sent for state competition.
Geauga county has had a first
prize state winner and also can
boast of a second prize winner
two years ago.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1956-01-12
Election on School
Bond Issue Postponed

Teachers meeting planned for
Tuesday. Jan. II at 8 p. m. in
the school auditorium.
The board of education mem
bers, school administration and
architect will be present to ex-
plain problems, present their
plans and answer questions.
The board of education also
passed the pay raise promised
the local teachers if the extra
school levy passed this fall.
Minimum pay is increased from
$4,000 to $3600-still short of
most neighboring communities.
The school board also accept
ed the resignation of James
Lisle as a teacher from his con-
tract providing a replacement
for him can be hired. Mr.. Lisle
has been offered the post of
county welfare administrator.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1956-01-12
Circle Bar
Riding Club
Elects officers

The Circle Bar Riding club
of Chardon, held it's annual
meeting Wednesday, Jan. 4,
and election of officers at the
home of A. r. Evans near Char
don. Tiny Perkins was elected
president and George Holmes
vice president. Secretary and
treasurer for 1856 is Margaret
Butcher. Edriss Davis is OWHA
delegate.
On December 20 the club held
their annual Christmas party at
Montville. Over 40 members of
the Madison Riding club were
invited as guests, and the wo-
men of the Circle Bar club un-
der the leadership Of Mrs. Har-
ry Tate and Birdie Hoffman
supervised the affair in fine
style. A sumptuous dinner was
provided and after a real eve
ming of fellowship the chairs
were pushed aside and square
dances shared with the children.
Members are taking an active
part in support of the Geauga
Barnum, Bill Speer, Tiny Per-
kinS, Andy Evans and George
Holmes, charter members of the
posse invite any horse lover of
Geauga county to write for fur
ther information about the club.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1956-01-12
Pioneer Players
Hold Meeting

The January meeting of the
Pioneer Players of Geauga
County was held Tuesday, jan
uary 3rd at 7:15 p. m. in the
recreation building of the Pill
grim Christian church. The
meeting under the leadership of
the new president, Margaret
Hage was brief since the Work
shop put on a performance of
Pot Luck for the meeting of The
Eastern Star at 8 p. m. on the
same evening. Cast in this play
were Dan and Arlene Finkel,
Dave Sanborn. Dorothy Purvi-
ance and Dick Mahaffey. Re-
quests for one-act plays to be
presented at programs for local
groups should be directed to
Bill Matthews at Chardon
5-5169.
At the meeting, Margaret
Hage announced~ the working
committees for the forthcoming
production of Twilight Walk on
February 10th and 18th at the
Chardon School Auditorium:
Business manager. Joan Ait
kin; lights, Barney Campbell;
properties, Dick Mahaffey and
Wayne Trask; costumes, Mae
Wartman; programs, Bill Mat
thews, Laura Metcalfe, Wayne
Trask, Patricia Safko and Helen
Young; publicity, Kay Matthews
and Dorothy Purviance; ticket
distribution. Georgia Jones and
sales, Bill Matthews; ushers,
Joan Steffancin and Georgia
Jones; refreshments, Leta Smith
and Kay Matthews. Joan Aitkin,
who is in charge of stage crews
needs volunteers to help back
stage. Please contact her If in
terested in backstage work.
Makeup will be done by Jack
Lockwood of Painesville.
The two new delegates to the
Ohio Council Of Little Theatres
are Dave Sanborn and Dick
Mahaffey with their alternates
Laura and Doug Metcalfe.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1956-01-12
Attend Cancer Meeting
in Cleveland

CHARDON - Four members
of the Geauga Cancer Unit at
tended the Cancer Crusade at
the Hotel Carter in Cleveland
Friday, Jan. 9Th: Mrs. Norma
Chapman, president of the Ge-
auga Cancer Unit; Mrs. Rose
Miller, vice-president; Mrs. Sar~
ah Haberer. head of surgical
dressings, and Mrs. EIvena Gray
representative from Montville.
Cancer workers from the en-
tire state attended this conven-
ton, where they listened to
speechs and viewed educational
movies pertaining to Concer
work.
The next meeting of the Ge-
auga Cancer Unit will be held
in Chardon. Monday, Jan. 23d,
at the Cancer rooms, 131 Main
st.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1956-01-12

Geauga's Hospital association
announced this week that $780,
G70.40 had been pledged to the
Geauga Hospital Building Fund
as of December 81, 1855. Bur
ton and Newbury Townships
have each reported more than
$4,000 in pledges returned.
Of the $139, ,070.40 total -
$27 ,837.4 was in cash contri-
buttons. Approximately 5000
pledge cards have been returned
to date with additional cards be-
ing returned daily.
In letter to the Board of
Directors dated January 3rd,
from the Forest A. Rose office
of Certified Accountants of Bur
ton, Ohio, the following break
down was given showing pledges
received from campaign worker
during the period of November
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1956-01-12
Start Plans for
Montu;kS
Carnival

MONTVILLE - Mrs. Edwina
Stone, chairman of the 1856
Montville Community Carnival
held annually here each autumn,
has called the first Carnival
meeting of the year.
She asks that the 1855 Car
nival chairmen and their CO.
workers meet at the Montville
Fire House Monday evening,
Jan. 18th, at 8 p. m. Appoint
ments will be made and the
first plans for the 1856 Carni-
val will be launched.
The 1855 Carnival netted the
Montville PIC, the Grange and
the Ladies Aid over $3.50 each.
These are the three organiza-
tions that sponsor the Carnival.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1956-01-12

The election on the Chardon
school bond issue. scheduled for
this month, has been postponed
until the May primary by the
school board at their meeting
Tuesday evening.
The election was postponed as
a result of doubts raised by the
State Tax Commission as to
whether the crowded conditions
of a school constituted an emer-
gency. The school board had
thought that by holding an early
election they could get better
building offers than they could
lated in the season.
In their resolution postponing
the election the school board
said:
1t has been made to appear
to the Board that the issue of
bonds in the sum of S185, 900. 90
| proposed to be voted under Sec
tion 1877 R.C. may raise a
serious and technical question in
that the Ohio State Board of
Tax Appeals advises that the
shortage of facilities does not
constitute an emergency with
in the meaning of Section 1877
R,C., which question could give
rise to a possibility of said is
sue being set aside, and it is
therefore resolved that the
legislation heretofore passed in
connection with said issue be
and it hereby is repealed.
The building program will be
reviewed at the next Parent,