
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: TUESDAY, March 31, 1992                   TAG: 9203310411
SECTION: EDITORIAL                    PAGE: A-6   EDITION: METRO 
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BOOK ISSUE: ADMINISTRATORS SHUN THE HEAT

"THE FLOATPLANE Notebooks" is doomed to sink in Carroll County. J.B. Lineberry has risen to power and is basking in his 15 minutes of fame. Others are backing off in awe and genuflecting at his rage.

Lineberry has simply developed his own flag-burning method and, not surprisingly, the heat is too intense for administrators to stand near Goldwasser. Better that she be their contribution to the flame.

The decision has moved into the realm of politics and big business and out of touch with education and students. Once again, the person best trained and educated to make the decision about the appropriateness of a literary work is the least heard by the cowards that be. These are the folks who turn up their radios to avoid listening to the noise from the engine.

Nothing new in this attitude. Needn't expect the results to be anything but a sinking. But the next time the Japanese remind us of our faltering approach to education, just bow a bit from the waist and mutter "Ah, so." GREGORY O'BRYAN STUART

by CNB