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12 The Ntwt-Rrritv, Kowtarj, Orfc Wed. Au. U, Wt ROSEBURG JEWELERS 506 S. E. JACKSON ON THE MAGIC CORNER NEW 'Future' Convention Theme Of National Education Assn. CLEVELAND. Ohio A six-day assessment of American public ed ucation that will guide teachers and administrators in "a science fiction era come true" was held during the National Education Assn. 96th annual convention at Cleveland. In oanel discussions, general ses sions, and specialized meetings, the NEA is pulled together some of the best minds in the country. Fields covered ranged from kindergarten-primary through college ana aauu education. , Among the hundreds of speakers and panel participants were rep resentatives of rural and big-city schools, leaders of experimental projects, parent and civic groups, guidance experts, scientists, gov ernment representatives, and reli gious leaders. Speakers Under the coordinating theme. Our Future Goes to School To day, delegates heard: Dr. James B. Conant. president emeritus oi Harvard university and former ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany, say that most schools could reach sat isfactory academic achievements with a few changes and the ex penditure of more money. Dr. Con ant is currently heading a study of American nign schools. . Dr. Gerald H. Read, recently re turned from an educational inspec tion tour of the UaaK, Poland and Czechoslovakia, report that the Russian system is undergoing a major transition away from the European tradition of educating only an elite group and now faces many of the same problems we have been grappling with over the past 20 years. Dr. Read is profes sor of theoretical foundations of education at Kent (Ohio) State University. Dr. Clifford C. Furnas, chancel lor. University of Buffalo, predicts that within the foreseeable future science will make it possible for almost everyone to lead a good, healthy, interesting and peaceful life.. ..but whether or not we ap proach tne Utopia will depend on the politicians, economists, sociolo gists and average citizens, rather than on the scientists. Dr. George Zuckerman of the New York City Board of Educa tion's Division of Child Welfare describe how New York is "ex perimenting, studying, trying, fumbling, groping, and hoping" with its juvenile delinquency problem. Mrs. James C. Parker, national PTA president, call for an improv ed parent education program and a strengthening oi parent-educator reiauuusnips. JM&A President Lyman V. Gin ger, dean of education, University of Kentucky, forecast that by 1965 America will have almost 11 mil lion students in public high schools aione ana mat elementary school enrollment will be up 15.5 per cent. Problems Discussed Special meetings were devoted to such problems as teacher educa tion and professional standards. salary schedules, professional eth ics, personnel policies, and school- community cooperation. Speakers at general sessions in cluded: Lawrence G. Derthick, u. s. commissioner of education; Governor LeHoy Collins of Florida: ABC newscaster Edward P. Mor gan; Jerald C. Braucr, dean, Fed erated Theological Faculty, Uni versity of Chicago: Mark Schin- nerer, Cleveland superintendent of schools; Virgil M. Handler, presi dent, State University of Iowa; Max Lerner, professor of Ameri can civilization, Brandeis Univer sity; carl B. MuncK, president, iiauonai ocnooi ttoarus Assn. YEARS No Charge for Registration THE ONLY BALL POINT THAT WON'T SKIP On any normal surface PARKER T-BALL JOTTER PEN ONLY $95 ROSEBURG JEWELERS 506 S. E.JACKSON ON THE MAGIC CORNER Booklet Put Out On Wood Schools "Today's Better Schools Are Bunt VI wood," the most compre hensive booklet on wood schools ever developed by any segment of the lumber industry, has just been published by the West Coast Lumbermen's Assn. Designed to provide reliable and factual material for officials in volved in school building programs and architects as well as the av erage citizen who is interested in economical educational facilities. the twelve-page, full-color, booklet will be distributed free of charge. Aware of the critical shortage of classrooms currently existing throughout the nation and the fact that a majority of communities are upernunK ua umueu uuiiuuig uuuk ets, WCLA, after extensive re search, has provided specific in formation on how attractive and durable wood schools can be con structed at lower costs to meet any area s needs. In organizing the material for the booklet, WCLA followed actual school construction projects step by step. As a result, complete picture stories of these projects from start to finish with substan tiating cost and construction data have been included in the publica tion. Other important considera tions in school building plans, such as fire safety and insurance, also are covered. Officials of existing wood schools permitted WCLA to search records and come up, for the first time. with complete maintenance cost figures which refute the miscon ception that wood structure upkeep is exorbitant, technical assistance also is offered with valuable infor mation and sketches of labor and cost saving wood floor systems. The booklet is available by writ ing to the West Coast Lumber men's Assn. at 1410 S.W. Morrison Street, Portland 5, Ore. Improvement In Athletic Field Made By VIRGINIA PROCTOR Besides the major addition of a new baseball field and 'A mile track on the campus near the pri mary building, Canyonville schools will have completed a number of smaller improvements before school opens this fall, according to aupi. u. J. monger. The new athletic field, which has been laid out in conjunction with last year's new football field, will provide the basis for increased athletics for both the school and the town when eomotatcd. It will also mean a grassy playground for tne tour primary grades there. A double mat semi-blacktop drive to the primary buildinp also to be completed this summer, will el iminate the dust hazard of increas ed traffic. Doors in the gymnasium and the shop are being repaired and paint ed; shelves where needed and ad ditional storage bins in the science lab, all built by the shop, are be- lne oainted. and the hull in lh high school has been sanded and rennislied. One maior purchase is mads for the science lab each vear this year's addition is a new vacuum pump replacing one that was un usable. Other needed supplies have been purchased for the sci ence department. Opening Set At Roberts Creek Thirteen students, the same num bcr as last year, are expected to enroll in the Roberts Creek School Sept. 2. Mrs. Merle 11. Doerintt serves as instructor for the school district which includes grades one through eight. Mrs. Gene Fox will be a new board director, replacing Mrs. Pearl Kruse, Mrs. Fox was elect ed to the board during the annual school elections in May. ELEGANT 'CORDS' Corduroy is becoming increas ingly difficult to distinguish from other, more expensive fabrics. It is appearing in many printed pat terns as well as iridescent colors. Enrollment Set i For Aua.27ln Camas Valley New students in the Camas Val ley School District will register Aug. 27. An estimated 50 students will enroll in the high school. The total district enrollment will be approxi mately the same as last year, be tween 175 and 185, J. Clyde Akey, school superintendent, said. Three new teachers have joined the district. All teachers will re port Aug. 27. Office practice and international relations, two new elective subjects, will be offered high school students this coming semester. Sports will be in for it's share of the spot light this coming term also. The coaches C. Jones and Bert Irwin will have several re turning lettcrmen for football, but six lettcrmen were in last year's graduating class. School Activities The high school will have about 14 students, the largest senior class in several years, Mrs. William L. Banks, News - Review correspond ent, reports. About 15 first graders are expected to enroll. For the first time in Camas Val ley High School history, cheer leaders were elected at the close of the school semester. It was felt the early election would permit the leaders a little more time to work out yell routines and to have their costumes ready by the start of football season. Elected cheer leaders were Linda Parrett, Wy oma Pasco and LeAnn Moody. In other school activities during the coming year, the school annual "The Camagon" will be edited by Wyoma Pasco and the school paper "The Digger" will be edited by Linda Parrett. Student body officers have also been elected. They are, Jim Ham mitt, President; Wyoma Pasco, vice president; Sharon Zulegar, secretary, and Linda Parrett, treasurer. 1 1 I If I J MIKE MURPHY will edit the Orange R. Roseburg High School newspaper, next year. He will be the first junior in the history of the school to hold the positon. junior To Edit Roseburg Paper For the first time in the records of Roseburg High School, a junior will serve as editor of the school paper, Orange R, when school opens. Ho is Mike Murphy. He suc ceeds Corienne Coxey, who grad uated last June. Other members of the new staff are: Larry Crain, assistant editor; Shirleen Cottrell, news editor; Jerry Healy, feature edilor; Wendy Bingham, assistant feature editor; Lynn Baxter, sports editor; Gerry Flink, business man ager, and Penny Evans, advertis ing manager. The new staff consisting of five juniors and three seniors was vot ed on by the last staff and journal ism class, F. L. Morcy, Orange R advisor, said. I in minaiiT'"'"- i n. t4 TED SOHN ( , . . new president Roseburg High Officers Named Ted Sohn. son of Mr. and Mrs. rFred Sohn, 1116 SE Terrace St., will serve as KoseDurg High School student body president for the 1958-59 school year. The new student body president is a senior. Last year, he served as president of his class and was a member of the student council. He was also assistant editor of the "Orange R, Roseburg High s school paper. Other new officers are Jeremy Halliday, vice president; James McGhehcy, junior vice president: Nancy Stewart, secretary, and Sally Meyers, treasurer. Wayne Hutchinson has been named busi ness manager for the Associated Student Body, and Richard Peter son was elected sergeant-at-arms. Carol Fray will fill the position of chaplain during the coming school year. Football season is fast approach ing and with it the advent of yells and cheers. Six girls and three boys will lead the Roseburg High School rooters. They are Barbara Brown, JoAnn Freeman, Annette Lehman, Sue Meredith, Mary Ralston, Sandy Ulam, David For rest, Boo hcott and Gary handers Sanders was named yell king. AI ternatcs are Carol Fray and Pat r romdahl. Roseburg Youth Selected As Linfield Club Officer LINFIELD COLLEGE ' Robert Rains, son of Richard R. Rains, Box 252, Roseburg, has been elected vice president of the Sociology-Psychology club at Lin field college, McMinnville. The club holds meetings period ically to discuss sociological and psychological problems. Often they will invife authorities in those fields to be guest speakers. Most of the members of the club are sociology or psychology majors or minors. YELL LEADERS SELECTED Karen Weaver as yell queen will lead a bevy of six yell leaders selected from a slate of 18 candi dates at Glide High School. Others selected for the 1957-58 rally squad are vcima f armer, lilenda, Kittle man, Marijean McClure, Linda McCormack and Posy Magncss. New Teachers Announced At Canyonville By VIRGINIA PROCTOR New teachers and changes in the teaching staff were announced this week by Omer J. Monger, who will be superintendent of Canyonville schools for the ninth consecutive year in 1958-59. Tamara E. Moller of Kenmore, N. D., who received her degree from Minot State Teachers' Col lege at Minot, N. D., in 1956, will iiu uie vacancy in me sixin graue at Canyonville. Tom Burke, former eighth grade teacher, has been advanced to teach high school English, radio speech and social studies, replac ing Miss Shirley Anne Brusoe who has accepted the post of Dean of Girls at Oregon Technical Institute, Klamath Falls. Maurice (Mickey) Middleton will replace Paul Halsor, who has ac cepted the post of coach at North Salem high school, and will be as sistant football coach and head basketball coach, will teach gen eral science, shop and boys' phys ical education. - Richard Mann, graduate of Rid dle high school and Southern Ore gon College of Education, will re place Burke in the eighth grade as well as handling grade school athletics. Mrs. Lillian Riepe, for mer substitute teacher in the Can yonville schools, will replace Mrs. David Barnhart in the sixth grade. Mrs. Helen Snuffer of Hermiston has been hired to replace Mrs. Verna Croskrey in the third grade. John Hakanson, high school princi pal and teacher, will teach one remedial class a day in the high school. Assessor Lists Amount Needed To Run Schools Rainwear Styles Bright, Colorful Rain is not an uncommon sight in Oregon. Students will set out for school in any weather dressed brightly, comfortably arid smartly in fashionable, new rainwear. Gals particularly, will turn their backs on rainy days in cute coats that stress such "derriere" detail as low-placed belts, low-placed pleats, button detailing, blousing, gathers ai.d bowsall in the back. Specially processed, water repel lent jerseys, poplins, knits and plastics take on sunny moods in bold plaids; bright reds, blues and greens as well as in classic whites, novelty prints and traditional hucd rainwear. FTA PREXY NAMED Judi Costelloe is n'e'x't year's president of the Douglas High School Future Teachers of Amer ica. Other new officers elected are' Dian Davidson, vice president; Beverly Butts, secretary; Juanita Danchok, treasurer; and Ruby Ann Vance, song leader. Miss Laura Grubbs is faculty advisor. School levies for the next tax rolls, certified by the various school district boards, total $5, 609,820, County Assessor Morris C. Bowker announced recently. A total of 5.34 million dollars in tax money will be required dur ing the coming 1958-59 school year to run Douglas County's 26 school districts. 'However the 55,609,820 has been reduced by $255,696 from the stale property tax relief provision in basic school fund apportionment,' Bowker explained. Levies required to meet this bill will be ud S45.953 from last year. Millage rates will be calculated to raise these amounts when valua tions are determined about the first ot August,"unless the Stale Tax Commission orders a change in timber values," the assessor re ported. Mcve Requires Revise He said that any change ordered bv the commission in timber valua tion will require from two to three weeks to revise all timber assess ments and determine school dis trict valuations. Largest net levy for any district will be required for Roseburg which has set up a 1958-59 budget of $1,578,992. Deducting the rural school offset of $677,681 and state offset of $76,802, levies on property Myrtle Creek Hires Nine New Teachers Nine new teachers have been hired by the Myrtle Creek School Board. New personnel, grade they will teach and where they came from are: Geraldine Lee, first, from Glendale; Katherine Johnson, fifth, Hibbing, Minn.; Leota Sander, seventh, Crescent City, and Jtob ert E. Lee, eighth, Glendale. Two new instructors will open the doors at the Tri-City School when school starts next month. They are Evelyn Boggs, second, Myrtle Creek, and Gayle Okonek, fourth, formerly from Myrtle Creek. She has been teaching in Germany for the past year. There will be three new teachers at Mvrtle Creek Hish School. They are: Keith Cariveau, industrial arts, of Bismark. N.D.; Boyd Devin. language arts, of Eugene, and Dorothy Anderson, home economics, of Myrtle Creek. Announcement will be made soon about three other vacancies to be filled. The vacancies are for sixth and seventh grade teachers and a high school mathematics teacher, Mrs. Ruth Evans, News-Revicw dorrespondent, reports. FASHION TAKES A 'BOW Bows "bow into" the fashion picture from every direction. .Al most no coat, dress, blouse or play set is without at least one.' Bows are in every size . . . front and back . . . along or with many, many more. NEW PRINTSI Remember the antique carpet bags? Now those lovely tapestry type prints appear on cottons that make delightful dresses far lh young lady. M FIRST DAY OF Hnni ? 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