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Dad speaks about girl’s near-death experience BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com

A Corinth father is grateful his daughter is still alive and encourages others to be prepared for the unthinkable by learning CPR. Robert Shappley said his daughter, Avery, “essentially dropped dead” on the tennis court of Corinth High School

earlier this month. She is now recovering after undergoing surgery at Le Bonheur Children’s Medical Center in Memphis. “She had a heart condition that usually kills an infant in its crib,” he said. “It’s usually a matter of sudden infant death. The handful of people that survive generally go on with their

lives, and then something happens and they very often do not survive the cardiac arrest that they have at this older age.” It came as a total surprise. “That’s one thing very much to underscore: You never know,” he said. The response when Avery Shappley collapsed with cardiac arrest is credited with saving

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her life. “Avery would not be here if she had not had excellent health care, if she had not excellent response to the situation as she lay there on the tennis court with no heartbeat,” said Shappley. “Le Bonheur would never have gotten her if they had not gotten her stabilized at Magnolia. They worked with

her and got her where she could be shipped up to Le Bonheur.” Because of weather conditions, she could not be taken by the faster means of air ambulance and was taken by ground. “They would have had no one to work with if Coach Hand and Coach Coleman had not gone to Please see SHAPPLEY | 2

Court sentences 2 in kidnapping case BY BRANT SAPPINGTON bsappington@dailycorinthian.com

The final two defendants involved in the 2009 kidnapping and robbery of an elderly Prentiss County man and his daughter have been sentenced to prison. Quincy Miller and Jason Young pleaded guilty in October 2010 to two counts each of kidnapping and burglary and larceny of a dwelling and one count each of armed robbery. Miller was sentenced to serve a total of 10 years and Young was sentenced to a total of 9 years. Miller was sentenced to 20 years in prison with 14 suspended and six remaining to serve on each of the two counts of kidnapping and the count of armed robbery, with all three of those sentences to run concurrently. They will run consecutive to a sentence of 20 years in prison with 16 suspended and four remain-

ing to serve on each of the two counts of burglary and larceny of a dwelling. Both burglary sentences run concurrent with each other. Miller must also pay a total of $2,000 in fines, along with court costs and restitution. Young was sentenced to 20 years in prison with 15 suspended and five remaining to serve on each of the two counts of kidnapping and the count of armed robbery, with all three of those sentences to run concurrently. They will run consecutive to a sentence of 20 years in prison with 16 suspended and four remaining to serve on each of the two counts of burglary and larceny of a dwelling. Both burglary sentences run concurrent with each other. Young must also pay a total of $2,000 in fines, along with court costs and restitution. Please see KIDNAPPING | 3

City offers tax credit for property rehab Staff photo by Steve Beavers

Johnny Mocny lands the big one in “The Fisherman and His Wife.”

CT-A presents ‘The Fisherman and His Wife’ for a one-night performance BY STEVE BEAVERS sbeavers@dailycorinthian.com

Be careful what you wish for. The Wife in “The Fisherman and His Wife” finds that more isn’t always better in the Corinth Theatre-Arts production. “She wants more out of life,” said Mikaela Hancock ,who plays the wife character. “The more she gets, the more she wants.” Johnny Mocny is cast in the role of the Fisherman. He portrays a good man who is content in life.

“Basically, the wife and I live a normal life,” said Mocny. That all changes when the Fisherman snags a magical fish and is granted a wish. “He doesn’t want the wish, but the wife makes him take it,” added Mocny. The greedy wife continues to send her husband back to the fish for more wishes. She bullies her husband into asking the magical fish for a cottage, a castle, and a kingship. The wife

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has all she ever wanted only to lose at the end and then find true contentment. “The Fisherman and His Wife” — adapted from one of the more famous fairy tales by Brothers Grimm — is by CT-A veterans Autry Davis, Milton Wallis and David Maxedon. It is set for a onenight performance at the Crossroads Playhouse on Friday night at 7:30 p.m. The 45-minute play is Please see FISHERMAN | 13

Corinth is offering a new tax incentive to promote redevelopment in the central business district area. The Board of Aldermen on Tuesday adopted an ordinance establishing the Corinth Opportunity Redevelopment District, which provides a tax break beginning at a $50,000 investment. Ward 1 Alderman Andrew Labas pushed for the new incentive, which he called an economic development tool. “I’m really excited about this ordinance,” he said. “What we’re trying to promote is private individuals throughout the city to develop and rehab existing structures along Highway 72, along Tate

Street, Wick Street, some of the downtown properties.” It applies to construction of a new privately owned structure or renovations of existing structures in the central business district. With a $50,000 investment, the investor can get a threeyear city ad valorem tax exemption. The exemption increases to five years for a $100,000 investment and seven years for a $150,000 investment. “We can’t forego school district taxes and we can’t forego county taxes, but this is the best that we can do as far as trying to promote individuals to rehab these properties,” said Labas. It is also tied to the “shop Please see BOARD | 2

Corinth theater looking for some voices to present ‘One Shiloh Hill’ BY BOBBY J. SMITH bjsmith@dailycorinthian.com

Corinth’s theater group needs help bringing the Civil War to life through the magic of song. Auditions for the Corinth Theatre-Arts production of “On Shiloh Hill: A Musical Resurrection of the American Civil War” will be held Saturday and Sunday beginning at 2 p.m. at

the Crossroads Playhouse. “Corinth and the surrounding area is rich with acting and musical talent,” said Myra Byrnes, the retired Corinth High School drama teacher who is directing the play. “I look forward to seeing these talented people — including some of my former students — at the auditions this weekend.”

For this production, Byrnes is looking for up to 10 male vocalists and up to six female vocalists ages 16 and up. Audition participants must have a song prepared to showcase their vocal range. Accompaniment is preferred (including a CD of backing music or a musical instrument) but not required. A piano will be available.

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Cast members will be required to attend weeknight rehearsals beginning at 6:30 p.m. for a six-week period leading up to the performance dates. Written by Bill Schustik, “On Shiloh Hill” begins in a present-day mythical attic place. Through period music, memories and images of the past, a troubadour will lead the players

in a resurrection of the longdeparted spirits of those who fought the American Civil War. The players will make their own scenes by gathering props and costumes from the attic’s chests and rafters. “This play was done the last time back in the 1980s,” ex-

On this day in history 150 years ago Union forces are rapidly approaching Nashville, prompting an evacuation of citizens and soldiers. General A.S. Johnston begins to reassemble his scattered Army of Central Kentucky in Murfreesboro, Tenn.

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Activity center The Bishop Activity Center is having the following activity today: Bingo. Senior citizens, age 60 and above, are welcome and encouraged to attend. Daily activities include crafts, jigsaw puzzles, quilting, table games (Dominoes & Rook), washer games and Rolo Golf.

Kossuth Elementary fourth-grade student Arleigh Johnson won first place in the Nonfiction Grades 4-8 category at the Regional Reading Fair in Oxford on Saturday. Arleigh, the daughter of Mark and Beth Johnson, is one of several Alcorn County students who will move on to the state level competition in Jackson on April 18. It will be her second time to compete on the state level. Arleigh won the Second Grade Fiction Individual Category in 2010.

Black History art Several venues in Corinth are hosting the creative vision of a group of black artists throughout February. Most of the work is in place now and will be displayed throughout Black History Month at the Corinth Artist Guild Gallery, Corinth Library, Black History Museum, Alcorn Welcome Center and the Green Mango restaurant.

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Corinth first” concept by requiring that 70 percent of the total cost is incurred in Alcorn County. The board can make an

exception if a substantial amount of the materials or work cannot be obtained in Alcorn County. The ordinance requires compliance with the Historic Preservation Dis-

trict guidelines where applicable and prohibits buildings with metal and cinder block exteriors, among other stipulations. The area is generally between Bunch Street on

the north, Madison on the east, Fillmore Street and U.S. 72 on the south and Fulton Drive on the west, although it also extends west along the highway to Cemetery Drive.

Local photographers are invited to participate in Arts in McNairy’s sixth annual Amateur Photo Contest. The final day for submissions is Friday, April 13 from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. Photos should be dropped off at the UT Martin/Selmer facility in Tennessee just off U.S. 45 North. Photos mailed must be postmarked by Monday, April 9 to: Attention George Souders, c/o AiM Photo Contest, UT Martin/Selmer, 1269 Tennessee Ave., Selmer, Tenn. 38375. Entry forms are available at the photo-center at Wal-Mart in Selmer, Tenn.

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SHAPPLEY: District approved the purchase of 10 external defibrillators CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1

work on her immediately … I’d like to encourage all of you and anyone you want to talk to about it to get certified in CPR. It’s one of the greatest things you can do. Knowing CPR can sometimes make all

the difference.” The Corinth School District Board of Trustees recently approved the purchase of about 10 automated external defibrillators to distribute throughout the school campuses and to go on school trips.

Shappley said defibrillators are “almost magical” under the right conditions. “But they are devices, and you don’t always have the thing with you,” he said. “In a situation like this, if you have to run to the field house or run up to the main building to get

the defibrillator, you don’t have 5 to 8 minutes.” He also offered thanks for the outpouring of community support and prayers. Shappley made the remarks before the Corinth Board of Aldermen on Tuesday.

plained CT-A Managing Director Tommy Ledbetter. “We’re excited to do it again to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Civil War here in Corinth and Shiloh.” All of the play’s prose has been taken directly from letters, memoirs, diaries and other written collections. All of the music, save the invocation, is original to the period. “On Shiloh Hill” will be performed April 13-14 at 7:30 p.m. and April 15 at 2 p.m. at the Corinth Coliseum Civic Center. It is sponsored by the Corinth Area Convention & Visitors Bureau. For more information call 287-2995.

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Deaths Patricia Ann Jones Patricia Ann Jones, 65, of Corinth, died on Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012, at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. Funeral services will be held Friday at 1 p.m. at Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Ronald Wilbanks, Bro. Billy Vess and Bro. Harold Dixon officiating. Burial will be at Forrest Memorial Park. Mrs. Jones was Jones a 1965 graduate of Corinth High School. She was a member of Theo Holiness Church where she was secretary/ treasurer, song leader, Sunday school

Eula Vee Moore IUKA â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Funeral services for Eula Vee Bryant Moore, 95, are set for 11 a.m. Friday at Cutshall Funeral Home Chapel in Iuka with burial at Mt. Joy Cemetery. Ms. Moore died Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2012, at Tishomingo Manor Nursing Home. She was retired from the Iuka Shirt Factory. Survivors include a son, Jimmy Gortney (Wanda) of Iuka; a daughter, Tommie Seymour (Freddie) of Hazel Green, Ala.; five grandchildren, Donna Durham of Iuka, Jack W. Malone Jr. of Huntsville, Ala., Perry Malone of Laceys Spring, Ala., Sally Panter of Hazel Green, Ala., and Glenda Duranceau of Iuka; 22 great-grandchildren; four step-great-grandchildren; 29 great-great-grandchildren; and three step-greatgreat-grandchildren.

teacher and youth leader. She worked at Corinth Manufacturing Co., Patrick Home Center for many years, and was retired from Geartek as a customer service representative. She enjoyed cooking and singing. She is survived by her husband of 41 years, Charles Jones; a son, Eddy Jones (Jamie); a daughter, Becky McClamroch (Clint); her parents, the Rev. Rufus and Dale Stuart Barnes; a sister, Janet Roach (Danny); four grandchildren, Eric Rinehart, Ashley, Austin and Adam McClamroch; sisters-in-law Dorothy Massengill (Joe) and Brenda Dunn (Eddie), both of Corinth; and a host of nieces and nephews. Pallbearers will be J.C. Dixon, Brad Roach, Jeramie Roach, Scott Roach, Chad McClamroch and Brent Smith. Visitation is today from 5 to 8 p.m.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Charlie and Lavallie Rutherford Bryant; two brothers, Lester Bryant and Charlie Bryant Jr.; one granddaughter, Wanda Buford; and one great-grandchild. Bro. Franky Smith will officiate the service. Visitation is today from 6 until 9 p.m.

Annetta Davis IUKA â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Funeral services for Annetta Davis, 92, are set for 12 noon Saturday at Jones Chapel CME Church with burial at Shady Grove Cemetery. Ms. Davis died Saturday, Feb. 18, 2012, at Tishomingo Manor. Born July 24, 1919, she was retired from Tishomingo County Hospital and was a member of Jones Chapel CME Church. Survivors include two sons, the Rev. William C. Davis (Corene) of Cincinnati, Ohio, and Sterling

E. Davis (Bobbie) of East Orange, N.J., and three grandchildren, William Davis Jr. (Megan) of Toledo, Ohio, Shondell Davis (Wanda) of Newark, N.J., and Jeremy D. Davis (Anhelrea) of Toledo, Ohio. She was preceded in death by her parents, Harvey Davis and Lillie Mae Cager Davis. Pastor Anita Keith will officiate the service. Visitation begins at 11 a.m. Saturday. Patterson Memorial Chapel is in charge of arrangements.

Vance Shumpert BOONEVILLE â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Funeral services for Vance Shumpert, 88, are set for 3:30 p.m. Saturday at Oak Hill Baptist Church with burial at Oak Hill Cemetery. Mr. Shumpert died Sunday, Feb. 19, 2012, at Baptist Hospital in Booneville. Born Oct. 5, 1923,

and 11 a.m. until service on Friday at Memorial Funeral Home. Memorial contributions can be made to Theo Holiness Church Youth Fund, P.O. Box 1101, Corinth, MS 38835. For online condolences: memorialcorinth.com

Sue Ross Funeral services for Sue Ross are set for 3 p.m. Friday at Memorial Funeral Home with G.W. Childs officiating. Burial will be at Forest Memorial Park. Sue went to be with her Lord on Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012, at Mississippi Care Center after a lengthy battle with Alzheimerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s disease. She was born Sept. 28, 1940, in Tippah County. Sue retired from Corinth Gas & Water Department and was a member of the Bighe attended Booneville School a n d served in the U . S . Navy. Shumpert H e worked at Eaton Axle in Cleveland, Ohio, and attended Oak Hill Baptist Church. Survivors include children Jaunace Watkins, Tommie Rogers, Ronald Shumpert and Reginald Shumpert, and siblings Robert Cleophas, Leola Agnew, John Wesley, Dorothy McGaha, Velma Jones, Hattie Anderson, Pearl Barnett, Howard Shumpert and Willie G. Shumpert. He was preceded in death by his wife, Mary E. Shumpert; two children, Erron P. Grant and Jannie Shumpert; his parents, Will Shumpert and Emma Shumpert; four

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The sentencing comes approximately two weeks after the third defendant in the case, 43-year-old Anthony Branch, pleaded guilty to the same charges and was sentenced to a total of 12 years in prison.

In June 2009, Branch, Miller and Young broke into the neighboring homes of the woman and her father, tied them up and forced them at gunpoint to drive into town to cash a check. The daughter was able to escape from the vehicle and alert

bank employees. The suspects then fled the scene and were arrested in April 2010 by the Prentiss County Sheriffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Department following a lengthy investigation. At the time of Miller

and Youngâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pleas in 2010, both agreed to cooperate with any prosecution of their co-defendant, Branch, and their sentencing in the case was deferred until after the resolution of Branchâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s case.

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siblings, Joseph Shumpert, Odis Shumpert, Callie Ramsey and Jessie Hasting; and one granddaughter, Sherita Rogers. The Rev. Huston Owens will officiate the service. Visitation is Friday from 5 until 7 p.m. at the church. Patterson Memorial Chapel is in charge of arrangements.

Gladys Wilbanks WALNUT â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Funeral services for Gladys May Sanders Wilbanks, 72, are set for 2 p.m. Friday at Christ Temple Apostolic Church in Walnut with burial at Community Pentecostal Church Cemetery. Mrs. Wilbanks died Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012, at Magnolia Regional Health Center in Corinth. Born Feb. 10, 1940, she was a member of Grace Apostolic Church in Middleton, Tenn. Survivors include her

husband of 55 years, Joseph Wilbanks of Walnut; four children, Travis Wilbanks (Lisa) of Pocahontas, Tenn., Larry Wilbanks (Donna), Tammy Veach (Larry) and Angela Wilbanks, all of Walnut; two sisters, Helen Cook of Holly Springs and Carolyn Wilbanks of Corinth; one brother, Tommy Sanders (Tina) of Corinth; 15 grandchildren; and 20 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by one daughter, Debra Hodge; a stepson, David Wilbanks; her parents, Riley and Annie West Sanders; two sisters, Mary Aline Sanders and Louise Barnette; one brother, James Sanders; and one grandchild, Kevin Wilbanks. Bro. J.C. Hall and Bro. Travis Wilbanks. Visitation begins at 6 p.m. today at the church. McBride Funeral Home of Ripley is in charge of arrangements.

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Reforms should help, not hurt Inside the Capitol building in Jackson, the message is clear: There’s a new sheriff in town and his cowboy hat is red with a tiny elephant emblazoned on the front. With full control over the House and the Senate, Mississippi Republicans have begun working on changing the way state government works. We welcome their enthusiasm and their plans to provide a more open, transparent state government. Citizens from all walks of life and political affiliations can agree that more open government is best. But as the new sheriff’s office takes over, we urge them to also make sure changes are needed and actually improve the situation rather than cause more problems. The newest internal rules change the House and Senate adopted may be a good example of the latter, at least if you listen to a few of the former sheriff’s regime — Democrats. The rule requires any legislator wishing to increase state spending on a program to clearly identify where equal spending cuts can occur elsewhere. That sounds like a not-so-bad way to get spending in check, but since the way things have normally been done in Jackson involves half the budget bills starting life in the Senate and another in the House, it may be recipe for disaster. One Democratic lawmaker said the House isn’t allowed to amend bills in the Senate, and vice versa. That means a senator, for example, could not suggest cutting anything in from an agency whose budget is being considered in the House. Let’s be cautious to make sure the new sheriff doesn’t shoot himself in the foot while drawing his “reform revolver” from its holster. — The Natchez Democrat

Letter to the Editor Job creation: Myth or fact? To the editor: If Daily Corinthian syndicated columnist Cal Thomas is going to use underemployed and people who stop looking for work to describe the real economic picture of the nation under President Obama then let’s do the same for Mississippi. What is our real rate of unemployment using the same measure? According to the Mississippi Economic Policy Center, Mississippi’s underemployment rate for 2010 was 17.6% and is currently 16.4%. After eight years of Haley Barbour and Phil Bryant, we have gone from a 5.6% unemployment rate under Ronnie Musgrove to an unemployment rate of 10.4% under Haley Barbour and Phil Bryant. I thought they were bringing and keeping jobs in our state. Boy, was I wrong. James H. Parker Brandon

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Prayer for today Thank you for bringing us the possibility of a future with hope, Lord. Come into our heart and heal us today. Amen.

A verse to share Our Father in heaven . . ., Your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. — Matthew 6:10 (NIV)

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Liberals’ black history lacks whole story black empowerment. Black History When examples to Month honors the the contrary are preachievements of Afsented to them, they rican Americans often call white Rethroughout history publicans disparagand that is a good ing names and vilify thing. Unfortunately, Cal Black Republicans as a reliance on family Thomas insufficiently black. and faith, which alThe Republican lowed many African Columnist Party, not the DemoAmericans to survive cratic Party, West the horrors of Reconstruction, racial injustice asserted, has consistently and violent acts of discrimi- fought for individual freenation, has become a casu- dom over the last 150 years. alty of the modern welfare He said Democratic “handstate, which has contributed outs” to the poor have reto the destruction of family sulted in a “modern form cohesion, supplanted faith of slavery.” Republicans, he in God with faith in govern- said, “reject the idea of the ment and fashioned many safety net becoming a hamAfrican-Americans into a mock.” West noted that followDemocratic voting bloc that has not improved the lot of ing Republican Abraham Emancipation the impoverished among Lincoln’s Proclamation, Republicans them. While African-American supported the 13th, 14th history is important, the and 15th Amendments to way it is most often present- the Constitution, which ed through a liberal political ended slavery, provided for lens skews the contribu- equal protection under the tions and examples of Afri- law and gave voting rights can Americans who do not to blacks. West added, “It was the toe the liberal line. One especially sees this in the civil Republican-controlled 39th rights establishment’s re- Congress that established sponse to Justice Clarence the Buffalo Soldiers,” an Thomas and more recently African-American regiment of the U.S. Army, and that to Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.) West took to the floor it was President Ulysses S. of the House last week to Grant who signed into law praise what he called the the Civil Rights Act of 1875. Republican Party’s contri- Republican Calvin Coolidge butions to civil rights. It is a spoke out in favor of civil history practically unknown rights. The late Republican among many African Amer- Congressman Jack Kemp “enterprise icans, who have been taught promoted that Republicans are rac- zones” in depressed urban ist and care nothing about neighborhoods.

Republican George W. Bush, West said, “signed an omnibus bill that included a voucher program for school children...,” establishing school choice in Washington, D.C. President Obama announced there would be no new funding for the program in his current budget, even though it’s enormously popular with poor AfricanAmerican parents, who see school choice as fundamental to their child’s success. Apparently, the president favors teachers’ unions over poor schoolchildren. More history: The Ku Klux Klan was founded by a group of Southern Democrats; white Democratic politicians in the South tried to derail civil rights legislation; white Alabama Governor George C. Wallace stood in a schoolhouse door to keep African-American students out; the late West Virginia Democratic Senator Robert Byrd was a former member of the KKK. Byrd eventually recanted his racist beliefs, but late in life still used the phrase “white n----r” in an interview. West’s point is that those Democrats who claim to care so much for African Americans have done them a disservice by perpetuating the myth of Republican racism and addicting too many of them to a government check instead of liberating them through education and strong families. According to a study by

The Heritage Foundation, published in Investor’s Business Daily, “The American public’s dependence on the federal government shot up 23 percent in just two years under President Obama, with 67 million now relying on some federal program.” That involves money for housing, health, welfare, education and other programs that were “traditionally provided to needy people by local organizations and families.” Of course, African Americans are not the only group represented in this number — there are poor Hispanics, poor whites, etc. And certainly not all vote Democratic. The fact is, more and more Americans are finding themselves relying on government. In many cases, they would work if there was work to be had; they would succeed if the road to success were a viable option. The question for African Americans, however, particularly during Black History Month, is not about history at all. The question is: “Are you better off than you were 40 years ago?” By any objective measure, the answer for too many is “no.” That was West’s point. No wonder the liberal establishment wants to redistrict him out of Congress. Readers may e-mail Cal Thomas at tmseditors@tribune.com.

Academic hypocrisy on job market for Ph.D.s demic market and It is fascinating discovered that there to see people accuswas a chronic overing others of things supply of people that they themselves trained to be historiare doing, especially ans. There were not when their own sins nearly enough acaare worse. Thomas demic posts available Academics love Sowell for people who had to say that busispent years acquirnesses are not paying Columnist ing Ph.D.s in history, enough to people who and the few openwork for them. But where in business are there ings that there were for new people who are paid abso- Ph.D.s paid the kind of salalutely nothing for strenuous ries you could get for doing work that involves risks to work requiring a lot less education. their health? My own pay as a beginIn academia, that situation is common. It is called ning instructor in economcollege football. How often ics was not high but it was have you watched a big- certainly higher than that time college football game for beginning historians. Now, 50 years later, there without seeing someone limping off the field or be- is a long feature article in the Feb. 17th issue of The ing carried off the field? College athletes are not Chronicle of Higher Eduto be paid because this is an cation on the chronic oversupply of historians. Worse “amateur” sport. But football coaches are yet, leading university hisnot only paid, they are often tory departments are repaid higher salaries than sisting demands they keep the presidents of their own track of what happens to universities. Some make their students after they get over a million dollars a year. their Ph.D.s — and inform Academics also like to ac- prospective Ph.D.s of what cuse businesses of consum- the market is like. If any business operated er fraud. There is indeed fraud in this way, selling customers business, as in every other something that was very aspect of human life — in- costly in time and money, and which the sellers knew cluding academia. When my academic ca- in advance was almost cerreer began, half a century tain to disappoint their academics ago, I read up on the aca- expectations,

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would be bursting with indignation — and demanding full disclosure to the customers, if not criminal prosecutions. But The Chronicle of Higher Education reports “faculty resistance” to collecting and publishing information on what happens to a university’s history Ph.D.s after they leave the ivy-covered walls with high hopes and low prospects. At a number of big-name universities — Northwestern, Brown and the University of North Carolina’s flagship campus at Chapel Hill — at least one-fourth of their 2010 history Ph.D.s are either unemployed or their fate is unknown. At Brown University, for example, 38 percent of their 2010 Ph.D.s are in that category, compared to only 25 percent who have tenuretrack appointments. For people not familiar with academia, a tenuretrack appointment does not mean that the appointee has tenure, but only that the job is one where a tenure decision will have to be made at some point under the “up or out system.” At leading universities, far more are put out than move up. There are also faculty appointments that are strictly for the time being — lecturers, adjunct professors or

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visiting professors. Half the 2010 Ph.D.s from Duke University and the University of Pennsylvania have these kinds of appointments, which essentially lead nowhere. They are sometimes called “gypsy faculty.” Finally, there are Ph.D.s who are on postdoctoral fellowships, often at the expense of the taxpayers. They are paid to continue on campus, essentially as students, after getting their doctorates. More than onefourth of the 2010 Ph.D.s from Rutgers, Johns Hopkins and Harvard are in this category. At least these universities release such statistics. A history professor at Rutgers University who has studied such things says: “If you look at some of the numbers published on department Web sites, they range from dishonest to incompetent.” But apparently many academics are too busy pursuing moral crusades in society at large to look into such things on their own ivy-covered campuses. Thomas Sowell is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305. His website is www.tsowell.com.

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