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Features For Crowing Girls Incorporated In New Coats Mothers need not fret about the one-year fashion of girls' coats. Classic or high style, good wool coats have been sensibly designed with expandable grow features. This year's coat is planned to fit a growing girl next year. The straighter chemise and flared trapeze silhouettes have been a boon to designers of chil drens' coats. By skipping waist lines and lowering belts, these coats need not be discarded next year. Less-fitted lines are comfort able and promise to fit for more than one season. Makers of classic "boy" coats have also kept abreast of the need of clothes that grow with the child. By incorporating a com pletely finished extra hem, moth ers can lengthen a coat two inches by simply pulling a thread. Movable buttons and adjustable belts are also features of the class ic coat, providing important "ex tras" in the purchase of a good wool coat. The wearable qualities of all wool are a prime consideration when planning children's ward robes. Warm wool coatings with good linings and inter-linings of wool are important for cold weath er wear. It has been shown ' that fewer colds and winter illness re sult when a child is warmly dress ed for school and play. Wool coats are a wise selection. Warmth, wearability, a natural re sistance to wrinkling and damp ness assure protection. Newly de veloped style features provide sat- Canyonville Sets Education Changes Several administrative changes will be made in the Canyonville schools to comply with State De partment of Education recom mendations. The changes do not involve a change in personnel, Mrs. Virginia Proctor, News-Review correspond ent, reports. To provide a full time principal for the elementary school, two teachers will devote half a day to fulfilling their new duties as principal. Bill Marsters, eighth grade teacher, will serve as administra tor of the upper elementary grades from five through eight. Mr. George Brinkworth, first grade teacher, will serve similarly in grades one through four. Mrs. La Verne Fuller, half-time remedial teacher in the primary building, will take Brinkworth's first grade during the short after noon period. GET YOUR NEW mm Sizes From 28" yaist .'. AT 3.75 mm 518 S. E. Jackson, OR 3-7026 isfaclion. making children's coats of wool a lasting investment. Green 1st Graders Participate In First District Field Trip Fifth grade children at Green School embarked upon a venture unique in the history of the Rose burg School District. Before school was dismissed for the summer children in Marvin C. Quick's class took an overnight out-of-town field trip. It was the first such overnight trip in the history of the district, Quick said. The field trip consisted of a two day trip to the Florence-Waldport area on the Oregon Coast. Plans for the trip were made long before the actual venture. During spring vacation Quick made a prelimi nary trip to the places the class visited and made an itinerary which included arrival and depar ture times of all- stops. Final Details Next, a parent conference was held and final details concerning transportation and food were com pleted. Parents drove their oa cars and assisted in supervising the children. They were Mrs. Shir ley Sullivan, Mrs. Margery Fox, Mrs. Lauralee Quick, Eugene Cox, Russell Nelson and Quick. An overnight stop was made at the Cape Perpetua Forest Camp. There, the students heard Ranger Williaip Ronayne discuss the objec tives of the national forests. He conducted the group on a tour through the ranger station and let the children talk over a short wave radio. District Approval "Extended field trips of this type offer many opportunities and first band experiences. The trip had val ue and added to the breadth and deep understanding of the phases of the regular school curriculum. The Roseburg School District does not provide for such extended trips but the authorities commend par ents, patrons and the teacher for their personal interest in the young people and in the program in volved," Supf. M. C. Deller said. Dillard Schools List Activities Seniors and juniors at Douglas High School will register Aug. 26 and sophomores and freshmen, Aug. 27. Following is the tentative calen dar for the Dillard Schools. August 28- 29 Teachers inservice September 2 First day of school October 20 Tentative, county institute November 11 Legal holiday December 23-29 Christmas holiday January 1-2 New Year holiday March 16-20 Spring vacation May 29 Last day of school. REUNION SCHEDULED Persons who graduated from Glide schools between 1935 and 1945 inclusive will attend a reunion Sunday at Susan Creek State Park on the North Umpqua River. A potluck dinner is scheduled for 1 p.m. New Grading System Set In Roseburg Assistant Supt. Arthur Judd an nounced this week that a more lib eral plan of reporting the pupil progress in grades one, two and three has been adopted for the coming year by the Roseburg dis trict. A committee of primary teach ers working with Judd has approv ed a plan for parent - teacher con ferences in place of report cards. Under the new plan the child will receive but one report card for the year, this report card to be at me end of the year for promo tion purposes. The rest of the re porting will be taken care of by a minimum of two conferences be tween each parent and the teacher. The first conference will be held at approximately the end of the first nine weeks with the next con ference scheduled any time with in the next IS weeks. A new card to replace the pres ent card will De worked out for the final - report as it is felt the present competitive five point grad ing system does not correlate with conference type reporting. It is felt that the new system enable the teacher and parent to better understand and work with the child and will, also, eliminate the undesirable aspect of the com paring of grades at the end of each nine weeks. Merlyn Conklin Elected By Douglas Pep Club Merlyn Conklin has been elected president of the Douglas High School Pep Club for the 1958 59 school year. Other new officers are Mary Ann Johnson, vice president; Sally Erbe, secretary; Audry Jennings, treasurer; and Pat McLennan, his torian. Advisors for the organization are Mrs. Hubert Thoreson and Mrs. John Holtman. Here's Teacher Who Enjoys Job Because Dr. T. D, Fitzgarald roves to teach, he doesn't mind WO-milo commuting trip. ' One (vary two weeks. Or. Fitzgarald travels from Alliance, Nib., to Omaha to spend a day tiaching in the Crtighton Uni versity department of preventa tive modicino and public health which ho formerly hoadod. Ho returns to Alliance that night. "I've been doing this linct 1953," Dr. Fitigarald says. "It's voluntary arrangement." Roseburg High Orders Movies Students at Roseburg High School will probably be glad to hear that more movies than ever before have been ordered for viewing during the coming year. The biology and social studies classes have the greatest number of movies on the agenda. Audio visual facilities and equipment at the shcool includes two aid rooms and three projectors. A limited number of students take the au dio - visual class which is under the guidance of Dale Lindsey, spe cial teacher in charge of audio visual aids. Sweaters, Not Diamonds Listed As Girl's Friend Sweaters for fall are the most exciting looking in years. And sweaters not diamonds are a school girl's best friends. This year sweaters make real news in long, loose lines, bulky knits, fringed details, soft, silky blends, dressmaker detailing and, of course, lots of color. Most of them are easily hand washable and others take a spin in the automatic washer with equal ease. Newest developments in wool blends, hi-bulk synthetics, etc. help them keep their shape and color. Sweaters are a must for every gal's school entrance requirements. Wed. Aug. 13, 1958 Tho Nwt-Rovlow, Roseburg, Org. 5 Educational System Difficult To Compare To make general comparisons between the European and Ameri can educations systems is difficult because each is based on a dif ferent concept of education. The European systems are for the intellectual elite where tough testing programs tend to favor children from upper social , and economic classes, according to the editors of Changing Times mag azine. The American educational system, on the other hand, is gear ed to educating every child. The only fair comparison be tween the two systems, say the editors, is with our bright students who may attend our best colleses or make honor societies. In that rcase, they say U.S. students com pare very well. At the profession al level, training here is as good as it is abroad, often much better. Witness the fact that we enroll more foreign students than Europe does Americans over 40,000 a year. At the age of 16, less than 20 per cent of European youths are in school, while in the U.S. some 70 per cent are studying. At the ages of 18 to 20, about 25 per cent of our boys and girls are in school. In Europe, fewer than 10 per cent are receiving academic training. Given Exam As early as the age of 10 or 11, the European youth takes a tough national exam. If he does well he is permitted to attend an academic high school where he prepares for the university. If he doesn't, he takes a general course, perhaps a vocational course, and then drops out of school at about 15. Youngsters who do get into the academic high schools and stay the full time receive the rough equival ent of an American high school academic course plus two years of college. But the going is rocky, and a great many drop out in Eng lans, some 80 per cent. At the age of 17 or 18, European students who have survived take another stiff national exam. Any one who fails cannot go to the uni versity and is also shut off from the best government and executive jobs. European schools do work the children hard, the editors say. A French 10-year-old, for instance, puts in about 45 hours a week on school and homework. Youngsters are drilled endlessly on basic sub jects. Students going to college seem to have better academic back grounds than the average Ameri can undergraduate. But, keep these differences in mind, say the edit ors, when you are comparing the; systems. European students get stronger doses of traditional subjects. Oursi get a better grounding in the social sciences economics, political science, sociology, psychology. I Relations between teacher and students are easier in America. Eu ropean schools are more formal and discipline in lower grades is tougher. U.S. As Good We train our children more con scientiously than Europeans do in nonacademic things how to un derstand and get along with peo ple, how to take an active part in the political and economic world in which they live. Our students can develop special talents through extracurricular activities such as student government, dramatics, publications. Although the European educa tional standards are high, it doesn't automatically follow that their school systems are better than ours. There is no doubt that our schools need improvement, say the editors, and could pick up a few pointers from the Europeans. But quite a few people over there are, dissatisfied with their schools, too. As for tha Russian educational system, that is something else again. Everyone hears how effici ent the Russian schooling is sup posed to be. But remember that all USSR students take rigid national exams in order to pass the fourth, seventh and tenth grades. Above the secondary level, the govern ment fixes quotas for enrollment in various fields and assigns grad uates to jobs in induslsy. Political supervision and indoc trination permeate all schooling. Boys get regular military instruc tion. Tenth graders practice with live ammunition. School and home assignments are so heavy that physicians complain ed publicly that students were suf fering from "chronic overexhaus-lion." -'mi lW SELECTED to attend Girls State in Salem eorly this summer were left to right, Judi Cos telloe of Douglas High, Linda McCormock of Glide High; Nancy Furlong of Glendala and Sally Hill of Roseburg. They were sent to the event by th Umpqua Post of the Ameri can Legion Auxiliary. Reading Speed At 6th Grade Level, Says NY Expert PHILADELPHIA W - The aver age American can t read a bit faster now than he could in the sixth grade, an expert in the field laid today. When he finishes grade school the average child can read about 200 words a minute. And there he stays. Dr. Nila Banton Smith, director of the reading clinic at New York University, said in an interview that reading courses should be re quired right through the 121 ti grade. Students should be reading at least 600 words per minute at graduation, sne said, exceptionally gifted students could boost that rate to 1,000 words. At NYU, most of Dr. Smith's students are business executives. "In 14 two-hour sessions we are usually able to treble their read ing speed," she said. "They not only learn to read faster, they learn to understand what thev're reading. The same thing could be done, and should be done, for all our high school students." Dr. Smith, here for the annual convention of elementary school principals, doesn t teel that much more can or should be done in the first six grades. "Pressure to increase reading speed probably would be bad for grade school children," she said. "But it seems silly to teach read ing through the first six erades. and think that those skills are go ing to ne enough for high school and college work." Sub-Teen Fashions at SWICKS LAY AWAY NOW! Reversible Skirts Chemise Skirts Chemise Jumpers Plaid Capri Slacks' Plaid Jamaica Shorts Blouses To Match Skirts Orion Sweaters DRESSES SLIPS BRASSIERES CAR COATS The French Congo, which was the official name of the French colonies in Equatorial Africa, is 1 now renamed A.E.K. (I'Afriaue Equatoriale f'raneaise). I TOTS TO TEENS 632 S. t. Jackson Free Delivery Phone OR 3-5056 BACK IT'S EASY TO SHOP FOR TO -SCHOOL NO MONEY DOWN o PAY AS LITTLE AS 50c WEEK EES Trade-in Allowa WHEN YOU PURCHASE A NEW For Your Old Watch. 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