Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1962-11-14
WeII-kn0wn Educator Tells
international Role Of NEA

inc Columbus County unit of
thv National Education ASSoci-
alton gathered here in the
school cafeteria fr" the urnun-
iZatiun'S annual public rcIa-
lions banquet last Saturday
night.
MIR. 7. Ward Guy, Superin-
trndcnt oi the county'S public
schools, thanked these present
10, their support in the paSSa.C
OF the school buni issue in tn.
recent election. Mr.. Guy and
John j. Hicks. assistant school
superintendent. introduced the
special guests present.
The Tabor City School Bows
Chorus under the direction of
Mrs. Beth Woody sang several
selections.
Miss Ruth M"lrcS. county
supervisor of q cntary
schools, introduced Miss Lois
Edlngor, the guest speaker.
Miss Edingcr. candidate for
the presidency of the National
Education Association. is Il for
mcr Whitcvillc teacher and
was a pioneer worker in the
.E-SCh0ol educational TV pro-
gram. She is presently a MEM
Der of the staff of Woman
College, Greensboro.
Her subject for the evening
Was The Role of NEA in Int
rrnational Understandings"
The National Education As
ISOLATION, active here in the
United States in all matters
affectIng the welfare of chill
dren and teachers. is also ac-
tive on the international
scene" Miss Edingcr said.
Miss Edingcr described the
work OF the World Cunfcdcra-
ton Of the Organizations of the
Teaching Profession and tn.
role played by the National
Education Association (NEA)
in Ibis Organization. She stated
Wat tsis world organization
has been active in Asia and
Africa and has given dynamic
leadership in helping the tea
cherS in many of the emerging
nations To assume their right
iul roles as authorities in the
field of education in their
countries.
AS an indication OF the int
crest the NEA has in the ed
ucational patterns of other
countries, visiting teams of
NEA delegates 10 the annual
convention of the World Con-
federation made calls in a
number of countries two sum-
CiSO.
Miss Edinger spoke of her
experiences as a member of
one OF these teams which visit
ed the PHILIPPINES. Ccylon. and
Malaga. Everywhere | visit
ed, education was tn. word us
ed by the people TO express
their hopes for a better future,
Tor greater opportunity, for a
more stable government" she
said.
Speaking of the problems
faced by these countries in ed
ucating the masses. Miss Ed
niger pointed To two major
problems: low standard of liv-
ing with acute poverty and
great masses of people.
She pointed out, however.
that there wcr" bright spots
IN the picture for many of the
teachers and government offic-
ials arc concerned and are ac-
lively striving to solve these
problems.
Miss Edingcr concluded her
remarks by noting that if,
through such an organization
as the World Confederation.
teachers of the world could
understand each other and the
different cultures Of the world,
they could help the children
they teach to understand other
cultures and other peoples. and
then the peace which men have
long sought may come close 10
reality
Before Miss Edincer's speech,
she was honorcd by a song
sung by the local NEA mCmb-
crs The song took her by COM
rletc surprizc since someone
thought to remove the sheet
containing the words of the
song from Miss Edingcr'S pro.
s ram.