Show Build Pride ill in U S Our public schools and colleges have been the tho target of growing criticism for failure to teach the economic principles on which the tho United States was built find and freedom rests In a recent editorial tile the Rocky Mount North Carolina Carolinn Telegram said According to the tho Edu- Edu Education Education cation Committee of the tho Winston Salem Chamber of Commerce precious few students know about free freo our enterprise system A questionnaire was circulated among tho junior jun- jun junior and senior classes of a Forsyth County high school one of tho questions being Which of the tho following do you think should be owned government or operated Railroads Banks Sh Steel el companies None Only 34 per pOl cent said they felt nono should be owned government owned t-owned beI I A second question Do you agree that the tho fair fair- c system from from to his ability and gives to each according to his needs l Said tho Telegram Now Now hero is where we run head on into the fantastic ignorance of high school students about Communist economic philosophy philos- philos philosophy ophy and socialism On the foregoing question half of the students answered yes That question states the key feature of the tho Communist economic theory The Tho Education Committee of the tho Winston Salem Cham Chamber er of Commerce sees the need for better un- un understanding understanding of the freo enterprise system system-bY pro pro- promoting it in the schools The Tho idea will probably be tried through u a general course on basic economics offered to teachers With n a firmer background in basic economics for teachers it is felt the students then can a better economic understanding of bf the tho free enterprise system |