Roseburg news-review. (Roseburg, Or.) 1920-1948, January 01, 1923, Image 13

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Newspaper Page Text! . .. ROSEBURQ NEWS REVIEW, MONDAY, JANUARY 1, 1923. PAGE THI "TEF i i t f -v. r jh f :! JHiota Jr carina olffl entirely from our store. All at a modest price. Leave it to us, we can solve your problems of selection. Come in; tell us your plans. We wiU We have the furnishings you require for the entire house, and are at your service in arranging these artistically, comfortably, and correctly, and to suit your individual taste. ij Now you can have a truly beautiful home furnished I arrange the furniture to auit all the details of your house. : I Dining Room Furniture of Pleasing Design I ; T;,- Floor Coverings and Hangings K - I it - ? lhe.ne 81aS?n8 IC "?S " "UB" We have an un- " Jtt III .t! : U i !..! are artistic in aesign ana coior. i i The housewife takes more pride in the equipment of her dining room than the average man realizes. Make this furniture in keeping with these ideas. We have these in the leading period styles, and in the best of plain designs. The patterns of Linoleums shown are suitable for any room in the house. Our Draperies and Curtains are se lected from the best designs that are offered in the country. Beds and Bedding We have an un usual assortment of Blankets, Pillows, Comforters, Spreads and Mattresses, at ' prices that are attractive. Living Rooms Magnetized WW : mm A i - i . :Jiti?al." ll Bed Room Furniture Our bedroom furniture is represented in attractive designs, in enameled and in natural wood tones. When equipped with the springs and mattress we sell, give you the relaxation of perfect sleep. These' Parlor Suites, as well as Rockers, Tables and odd pieces of furniture we offer, will bring joy into your home. A List of Some of the Items We Sell in This Store Are Here Grouped for Your Convenience of Inspection FOR THE KITCHEN Hoosier Cabinets . Aluminum Ware Granite Ware Colonial Stoves Majestic Ranges Refrigerators Pirex Kettles BEDROOM Beds Mattresses Blankets Comforters Pillows Spreads lD're's3er, "l Chiffoniers Vanities Cedar Chests Springs Chairs DINING ROOM Tables Chairs Buffets China Closets Dishes Silverware BATHROOM Towel Bars ' Glass Holders Soap Dishes Linoleum Bath Mats LIVING ROOM Davenports Jahle Runners Davenport Beds Rockers Tables Heatrolas Book Cases 1 Cushions Phonographs Spinet Desks Vases Console Tables FOR THE BUILDER Shades Curtain Rods Coat Hooks Portiere Poles Traverse Rings Picture Chain FOR THE TRAVELER Trunks Suit Cases 1 .Traveling Bags Boston Bags ' McKEAN, DAI BALDWIN COMPLETE HOUSE FURNISHERS ROSEBURG, OREGON THE HOUSE OF PERSONAL SERVICE Roseburg Schools in Need of Adequate Buildings t.i By M. s. HA mm, superintendent of City Schools 1 0: -; i i. v : v , f .'Me. in . r"jiE city of Roseburg will booiI flnfl 1 It necessary to construct nnothvr prhool buildiDg. All Bisns indicate that Roseburg, after a decade of re latively slow growth, has now enter ed upon another period of steady ad vance. It is highly desirable for such a building as may be constructed, to bo in line as fully as possible with the best present day ideas on educa tion. To forecast future growth accurate ly is of course, impossible, but it is possible to get an accurate view of things tin they are, thereby to envis age clearly something of prospective as well as present need.", and thereby build more wisely than would other wise be possible. The following data must be taken into account in settling this problem. In forecasting the future erowtW of the Roseburg publio schools, there are HC03i:'JUHa HIGH SCHOOL two methods: of rjrr-?n,j. Onl t. these is to tase the lorecufi ujn.ni the school census with the iiica that the number of pupils in school will in crease In the same pr.-poi'fon a a will the number in the city. The other is to use actual increase in attendance as tho basis for estimating future In crease. The best single Index of the growth of Roseburg I the annual school cen sus taken lu the fall of each year. Tablet. Roseburg School Census for the Tast Five Years. 12S1 19H . inn 19:2 16 ... 140 ir,T2 An examination of Table 1. shows s considerable increase In the census each year since 191S. If the same In crease in number is maintained for the next four years we aliall havo 2009 children in Roseburg In 1926. The second criterion by which' to Judge prospective growth is the actuul increase in school attendance. Table II, Enrollment of Schools at the Begin cin? of Second Week. Year Hi School Grades Total 1918 193 CSS 791 la 19 2.',0 6S4 90 1920 310 702 1012 1921 317 77 10S4 1922 310 770 1120 At present 357 ' SOS 1209 Same time 1920 317 701 10?I Same time - 1921 127 798 1123 High School Enrollment, 1923 21, 1924-25. 1. Seating space lower floor au ditorium 400 Table III. 2. Present enrollment of High School ...33G 8. 8 As to enter High Hchool in January, 1923 30 4. Seniors to graduate from High Sv hool in June, 1923 Cj E. St tiller; i s remaining in High School for 1923-24 S21 (I. S li s graduating In June 192.1 til) 7. Freshmen entering HI School this year 125 8. Predicted Ili-h School enroll ment 1923-21 4311-4 IS 9. 7 ' to enti-r High School In January 1924 S3 10. Predicted high School enroll ment at the close of 1923-24-440 11. Seniors to graduate from High School in June 1924 - 73 12. Students remaining in High School for 1924-25 3G5 13. 7 B's graduating in June 1924 D8 14. From No.'s 7, 8, 12 and 13 pre- dieted enrollment in High ' School 1924-25 4G5- 85 15. Present size of 6th grade. '99 16. Present slzo of Cth grade 133 Table 111. shows how badly taxed our present High School will be to ac commodate the enrollment next year and the condition thereafter will grow worse. Table IV. Teachers' Load Building Aver. No. I'upila ITnoccup per Teachor led Seats Hlght. - 27 0 Uoso 33 45 llenson 8T H Kullertop. 31 Table IV. shows that our buildings nro becoming congested. Several teachers care for more than 45 pupils. The greatest congestion Is 111 the grades above the third with the ex ception of tho first grade at the Rose where the teacher works In two shifts. If the population cf Roseburg and the school at tendance remain station ary our accommodations aro fairly Sat isfactory but the past four yenrs pro dirt continued growth. Something will of necessity have to be done soon to provide the necessary school facil ities. Two eoumes are open one to construct another grado building In the central part of town to house nil eight classes. This would be unwise; first, because it would afford no re lief to the High School and second ly because a large enough enrollment could not be obtained to Justify a cen tral loratlnn without having most "f the children come from a grout dis tance. This Is true because business houses occupy tho central portion of the town. The other ilternntivo would bo (he construction of a Junior High School to house the 7th, Slh and Sth grades. This would make It possible to relieve tho congestion In all four buildings and at the same time provide a near bv school for the little lolks a J at the present. Tho present High School would become the Junior High or the new building could so be used. It should bo set up on a site with sev eral acres of ground by it for recre ational nnd agricultural purposes. Tho Junior High School has devel opoid with such amazing rapidity In re cent years that "no formal building program a wold be adopted witnout giving the most, careful consideration to this tvpe, of school. 'Jim Junior High Hchool arose as the attempted soluation to certain weaknesses In the plan of organization by which tli eight grades in an elementary school are followed by four grades in the High Si hool. Among these weak nesses are (1) tho lack of closo art! eulatlon between elementary and High Schools (2) the resulting high tier- rentage of pupils who do not enier the High Schools or who drop out during their first year there; (3) the Impossibility of sufficiently recogniz ing individual differences among pu pils in the Inter years of tho elemen tary school work; (4) the expensive duplication of equipment where 7th and Sth grades are handled in every elementary Bcbool. As a. result of faulty articulation be tween tllo elementary and High Schools, more pupils drop out between then and during the first year of the High School than at any other point In the entire school course. There aro Several causes for this hlgh mor tality In the Freshman year of the High School. In the grades the pu pils nro under very close supervi sion and their study in very definitely prescribed bolh as to when nnd what they arc to do. In the High School they aro largely thrown upon their own resources. Tito teachers in the olementaiy schools are normal gradu ate and are trained in methods of teaching and In child phychology. Tho High School toncliors are college grad uates Willi little or no technical edu cational preparation and they tend to stress subject matter. Hence In High School pupils come in contect with a different t pe of teaching and with different disciplinary condition. In ndditlnn they pass from membership In a small group where they are thor oughly understood to membership in a group so large that It may seem to them Hint they are lost sight or. Some of thciu are not prepared to use wisely the grratrr freedom of action permitted In the High School. The Junior High School Is a sctiooi Intended to' be Intermediate in sub ject mailer. It inkea pupils at th? be ginning of tho seventh grndo and graduates Hum into the senior High School at the end of tho ninth grade. It aecuiloms pupils to work under several Instructors Instead of one or two; to promotion by suliject instead of by grade; to work on their own In itiative rather than by slrlct direction. The Junior High School economizes tlmo by enabling strong nunils to be gin one or mot" High School subjects while still tailing grado work. The purposes of the elementary achool is to put the tools of knowledge Into the hands nt the child. Thi re Is universal agreement among educators that eight yoHrs Is unnecessarily long for the purpose, especialiy In tho enso of the morn capable pupils. Pupils who fall must now complete) nil (he work of luo grade even though they passed in a majority of the subjects. In thn Jun ior High School, Finco promotion h by subject each pupil goes ahead In all subjects In which he passes re gardless of failure and repetition of work In other subject -1. The Junior High School makes posihle a betti r reearrnit ion of indi vidual differences and rapacities by permitting at certain iimnmit of rhoi"e as to work caiili d. As compared with their abiliiy In advance the most cap able pupils In every els s aro thu most retarded or- held from where they ought to be. Tho larger number of nuDils in the Junior High School makes nossibln a better arlantlon ii the work to Individual interests, needl anti capabilities. The Junior High School gives bel ter opportunity for educational an vocational guidanco because of till wide range of academic and practlcJ arts subjects It offers. The Junior High School gives an or portunlty for better recognition of th changes In child nature duo to adole cense. Hotter teaching results from th Junior High School organization b cause teachers may specialize In th teaching of one subject as In th High School. Teachers are relieve from the ineffective and discouragin attempt to teach all upper grado aul jects. lletter teaching naturally pn duces bettor scholarship. The Junioi High School not only reduces failur and Indifference In Its three grade but also In the later senior HlgS School work. The Junior High School has the advantage that comes froi tho election of courses In line Wit pupils Interests nnd attitudes. The problems of discipline are muc reduced in the Junior High Schoo More responsibility is placed upon th child and he Is nllowed more fre ilmn In self-direction. More opportur Itles for leadership and the exerci; of initiative are open to fifth an Bixth grade pupils In the elementar schools, when the seventh and eight grade pupils aro removed and f; more opportunity of this kind is opi to ninth grade pupils than when the nre tho beginners in the four yen high school. Tho Junior High School Is growln v iih pxlrc-ma rapidity throughout tl t'nited States and may now be said t havo passed the experimental stag In 429 out of 9"0 cities in the cou try with a population of more th: 8O00, the Junior High School w; seven times as great In 1919-20 8S was in 1913-14. The Junior Hig School In the readjustment of scho work which It represents has the u .millions support of leading educato mo country over. Something of tho holding power i tho Junior High School is Indicati by the experience of Somervill Mass., where tiSO out of 897 8A's In tl Junior High School entered tho nin grade. Of 700 who graduated fro thn ninth grade, 624 entered tho St lor High School. Nearly all the disadvantages of t' Junior illgh School center about ( I he lack of hachcrs properly imbu with the Junior High School point view and (2) the added cost. As tlr goes on of course the first point be overcome as the schools of e: cation will train teachers for tl work. Thn added cost In wholly duo added service and Is not. inherent the Junler High School Idea. In oil' words if Roseburg were content have classes as large, and teache buildings and equipment of the Bfii kind now tolerated In "even'h a (Continued on page 14.)