Volume IV
Number 33
Jonuory 16
1937
THE STATE
A Weekly Survey of North Carolina
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The Most Interesting School
in North Carolina
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lilt I e village
if approximate¬
ly 700 people ami i-
located ill lb'- Mud-
hill* of Richmond
County, about ton
miles north of Rock*
inaham.
Elltrbc has the
finest public school
in North Carolina
ami it is doing
и
work of *nch un¬
usual merit that
hundreds of educa¬
tors from many
States visit the school
eaeh year to study
the methods which
are being followed
in the institution. Richard K. I.ittle,
a native of Hickory, is principal and
has been there for nine years.
It is a school of 1 ,014 pupils aud
31 teachers and is part of the state
school system. It isn't ruled, con¬
trolled and diviplined by the teach-
er»: it is run by the student» them¬
selves. This plan is inaugurated with
the first grade and continue» with
every grade through the high achool.
No single person i» the instructor;
no tingle group constitutes the learn¬
ers. Instructors and students are both
teachers and learners. No bell rings
for the period* ; the course hold, uf
all peri Oils, in the da-room and out
of it.
A Great Advancement
Kllerbe represents the greatest single
advancement that has been made in
education in North Carolina in many
year». And when you finish reading
about it» many activities, we believe
you’ll feel like giving three cheer* and
Ellerbe High School building, showing a few of the «even thousand
plants grown by the students in the school nursery and transplanted
by them to beautify the grounds.
shouting: “At last; here's a school
that is a school !"
Hooks! Certainly they
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book* at
Kllerbe, but I- -ok- represent only a
small part of the educational program
EDITORIAL NOTE
Not since starting this publi¬
cation have we been as enthusi¬
astic about any article as we are
about this one. Wc hope every
one of our readers will look it
over.
It also is the first time that we
ever have given so much space
to anv one article, and after hav¬
ing finished it, we believe you
will agree with us that it amply
merited this space.
Incidentally, if you have any
comments to make about it, we'll
be glad to have them.
at thi» school. One
might almn-t say
that they represent
a minor part; for in
connection with
their regular studies,
the students operate
a store, direct a curb
market, tnninlain an
up-to-date printing
plant, have built
their own clubhouse
aud tennis rourt«
and have * I a
г
I e <1
a nursery from
which t ii e
у
have
beautified tin- school
ground, and more
than i50 home» in
and around Kllerbe,
However, ill order
to gin- you some idea of the kind of
program that is carried out at Kllerbe,
we have listed tile activities of the
school in various subdivision*, and here
they arc:
The Student Council
The Student Council is com|K>*ed of
I Ik- president from each high school
class., two representative* from each
high school class, a representative from
the high school body at large, a faculty
adviser (chosen hv the high school
body), and the principal, who i- an ex
officio member. In this Council i. vent¬
ed the highest authority in governing
the school community, and with it rest»
the responsibility of the protection of
school property. Hv its standard*,
teacher- and pupil* are judged alike.
Hy it* authority i* regulated the ex¬
penditure of any funds that come
through student activities. The Coun¬
cil. through the splendid cooperation
of the .tinlent body, ha- charge of ten
study-ball |H-riods each day, five