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...moving forces behind the states involvement in the case is Frederick G. Benton, a member of the antiquities commission who has represented the state in court free of charge. "Benton has always been there to always make the law come down as hard as possible on Charrier." Brain observes Benton has blocked settlement with Charrier, preferring instead to press his case in the courts...
...amateur archeologist himself. Benton explains that he wants to discourage future relic-hunters from destroying archeological information "We're not going to reward anyone who goes out and finds a treasure of the United States and digs it up himself," he says. "What we're talking about is a crude digger who has no respect: the net result is he probably destroys more than he saves," Benton adds...
Charrier contends that Benton's vigorous prosecution of the state's case will wind up hurting the cause of professional archeology. In the future, relic-hunters may avoid officials entirely and sell their finds piece-by-piece on the open market, he says. "Several sites may be found and nobody's going to find out about it--not LSU [Louisiana State University], not Harvard, not anybody...
Charrier is bitter about Benton's no-compromise position in the case and considers himself the badgered underdog in the battle for the relics "Fred Benton has nothing better to do than pick on a little man," he claims...
...cold truth is that the kind of inspired teachers who can transform an English class at Lincoln Park High or a kindergarten in Benton Harbor are in woefully short supply. Warns John Goodlad, former dean of the u.c.L.A. graduate school of education and author of A Place Called School: Prospects for the Future: "The proposed curricular changes, if not accompanied by substantial improvements in pedagogy, could increase the high school dropout rate...