laughter In Darkness
New Type GJ Teen-Age Record Party
Brings Comic Strips To Blind Children
By HAROLD SHEEHAN
Newspaper Enterprise Assn.
The world of the blind is often
an oppressive, humorless territory
from which there is no vacation
except in the imagination.
y Feeding the imagination of blind
children is the job taken on by a
group of students at Paterson's
Eastside High School. The means:
newspaper comic strips, a feature
which is a daily highlight in the
lives of millions of sighted per
sons. Joseph T. Frank, director of stu
dent activities and himself blind
for six years, outlined the unique
project- "The kids wanted to do
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OPERATION COMIC STRIP High School students oct
out the "funnies." Background' and introductory music
plus sound effects are added.
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RHSGradsOn
Lewis & Clark
Foreign Tour
Douglas Green and Donnea Sims,
both Lewis and Clark freshmen
from Roseburg, are finding out
what life in a foreign country is
like as they begin their first week
as members of the school's first
group of students participating in
the new independent study pro
gram overseas. Green is in Chile
and Miss Sims is in Japan.
Green and the students heading
for Latin America traveled to El
Paso by bus and continued on to
Mexico City by train. He com
pleted the last lap of his journey
with a flight to Santiago, Chile.
He will be making his home-stay
in Concepcion and conducting his
independent study in Valparaiso.
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
William D. Green.
Miss Sims and 42 other students
left San Francisco aboard the S.S.
President Cleveland and spent one
day in Hawaii before continuing on
to Japan. She will be making her
family home-stay in Ashiya and
studying in Tokyo. She is the
daughter of Mr. Roy 0. Sims.
Canyonville Early Birds
Enroll In Latin Course
High schoolers in Canyonville
are so eager to take Latin, the
first foreign language ever offered
in the system, that they are will
ing to get up an hour or so early
to do it.
According to Mrs. R. E. Proctor,
correspondent, the only time for
the Latin class which was added
after the year's schedule was
made up, was 8 o'clock in the
morning, before the regular school
session. Some 20 students out of a
total of 148 in the six-year high
school have signed up for the
course. Only those in the four up
per high school grades are eligible.
The class, for which regular
credit is given, is taught by spe
cial teacher Mrs. William McKin
ney, wife of the eighth grade math
science teacher. Mrs. McKinney is
a fully-accredited Latin teacher.
OSU Freshmen Eye
Honors Program
More than 100 entering fresh
men are expected to participate in
the School of Science Honors Pro
gram this coming school year at
Oregon State University.
The Honors Program was start
ed three years ago to "enrich edu
cational opportunities for the more
able students and to recognize
scholarly achievement." The num
ber of students in the program
has increased markedly each year.
Under the program, students are
enrolled in honors sections in van-
ous science departments; do extra
work such as special readings
research and seminars; and take
some special' classes during their
four college years. At gradua
tion, they receive diplomas that
indicate honors in their specific
fields.
To be eligible for the honors
program, an entering freshman
must have ranked in the top 20
per cent of his or her graduating
class, have all A or B grades in
science and mathematics courses,
and have the recommendation of
the high school principal or sci
ence teacher.
Sophomores and juniors may ap
ply for the honors program if their
grades are above a B average
and if they want to pursue the
stepped-up study program that
lets students go "faster and far
ther" in their college work. If the
extra study load of the honors pro
gram proves too demanding, stu
dents, may withdraw from the
program at any time and resume
their normal course schedules, Dr.
Anderson explained.
Students are expected to main
tain an overall grade average of
B to continue in the program.
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munity, to help some group in a'
way they had never been helped ,
before.
"So, we came up with Opera-,
tion Comic Strip." '
As a result, about SO teenagers
gather regularly around a record
ing machine at the school. There
they dramatize on tape such fav
vorite comics as "Major Hoople,"
"Out Our Way," "Sweetie P i e,"
"Captain Easy" and "Morty Mee
kle." Sound effects and pre-recorded
lead-in and background
music round out the dramatization.
Operation Comic Strip has con
tinued even through the summer
the teen-agers forsaking trips to
the nearby beaches and parks to
be present each Tuesday and
Thursday.
Director Frank, who lost his
sight through illness, explained
that a completed reel of taped
comic strips runs for 50 minutes,
but each tape requires four hours
of rehearsal time. Serialized com
ics are recorded once each month
to give four weekly episodes onto
one tape.
Frank, who knows only too well
the great gulf which separates the
blind person from the sighted per
son, cautions his "actors" to
make up in sound for what these
blind children can't see.
"All visual expressions have to
be brought out through your
voice," Frank tells his volunteers.
"You have to make your voice
denote excitement, fear or what
ever emotion the comic strip calls
for."
The taped comics are distribu
ted to Paterson's School No. 2,
where blind and handicapped chil
dren are taught, and to the New
Jersy Camp for the Blind, at Mar
cell a.
"Until Operation Comic Strip
came along," said Joseph Farrell,
principal of School No. 2, "there
was no known source from which
to obtain dramatizations of com
ics. The tapes were a welcome ad
dition to the recreational pro
gram of our Braille students."
Operation Comic Strip has drawn
the attention of the White House
and the Department of Health,
Education and Welfare. Now
Frank hopes to interest other
schools or service groups through
out the country in similar proj
ects. A spirit of quiet satisfaction,
tempered with humility, has grip
ped the pupils working on the
project. This satisfaction is con
stantly bolstered by the receipt of
letters from the beneficiaries of
Operation Comic Strip
Such as a letter from a young
ster at the Marcella Camp for the
Blind, who signed his name simply
"Gordon:"
"Thank you for the tapes. I
liked the comics. Some of the com
ics are funny. We listen to the
tapes on Friday. Even your prac
tice tape was good. Tell the chil
dren I like the tapes very much."
The letter was carefully typed
on a raised-dot Braille typewriter. I
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PREPARED to make their first appearance of the 1962-1963 musical season before dele
gates to the Oregon PTA Convention are members of the Roseburg High School A Cap
pella Choir. The Choir is scheduled to open the Thursday convention session with a
15-minute program. Pictured here on the new Washington Avenue bridge span, the 70
voice group looks forward to another busy and performance-filled year. (Photo by Bob
Leber)
CG Examinations
Set For February
The 87th annual examination for
admission to the U.S. Coast Guard
Academy at New London, Con
necticut, described by President
Kennedy as "second to none of
its sister academies" will be held
February 18 and 19, 1963 in over
ISO cities of the United States, its
possessions and selected cities
abroad.
Appointments as Cadet, United
States Coast Guard, are made
solely on the basis of competitive
examination and prospective adap
tability to military life. There are
no Congressional appointments or
geographical quotas.
An information booklet and ap
plication forms for entering the
Coast Guard Academy may be ob
tained by writing the Command
ant (PTP-2), U.S. Coast Guard,
Washington 25, D.C. The com
pleted application forms must be
returned by January 10, 1963.
Walt Edmonds Working
On McMinnville Paper
Walt Edmonds, Jr., son of Mr.
and Mrs. Walt Edmonds, Sr., of
Roseburg has been named to the
sports staff of the McMinnville
News-Register.
Edmunds will assist veteran
sports editor Paul Durham. H i s
main duty will be reporting on
Yamhill county's seven major high
schools.
The Roseburg man will be a
sophomore at Linfield college this
fall and assistant editor of the Lin
field Review, college newspaper.
This summer Edmonds has done
part time high school sports re
porting for the Roseburg News-RC'
view.
Roseburg Grad Finishes
Medical Tech Course
LaVelle L. Gladwill, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Gladwill
of Bcllflower, Calif., is one of 29 1
students to complete a one-year
course in medical technology at j
the University of Oregon Medical !
School in Portland. !
She attended Roseburg Senior :
High School and graduated from j
the University of Oregon.' I
Miss Gladwill received her pin ;
and certificate Friday at cere-;
monies in the Medical School Auditorium.
PU Enrolled Students
Set All Time Record
The largest freshman class to
enter Pacific University in a de
cade arrived on campus last Sun
day, September 9, announced
Charles E. Trombley, director ef
admissions.
Over 300 freshmen arrived Sun
day for the start of a five day
orientation program. New students
come from 27 American states and
eleven foreign countries.
University officials expect the
enrollment to exceed 900 students
this year, which will be the largest
enrollment in a decade for Pacific
University.
Canyonville Students
Arise Early For Class
Nineteen Canyonville High School
pupils have enrolled in the Latin
class newly added to the school's
curriculum, according to i u p t.
Norman York.
This wouldn't be especially un
usual except that in order to take
this course, the class has to meet
at 7:30 a.m. reports Mrs. R. E,
Proctor, correspondent.
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ROBERT CARRICO, 18 graduate of Roseburg High School
School is shown here with his Grand Champion Lincoln
Female when he exhibited in the Future Farmers of Ameri
ca section at the Oregon Stote Fair this year. He also won
awards for the Chompion Ram and Champion Ewe Lamb
classes in Lincoln sheep. Robert is the son of Mrs. Helen
Corrico, Rt. 1, Roseburg. His vactional agriculture instruc
tor is Curt Loewen.
Newcomers To State
Swell Rolls At Riddle
Enrollment has climbed slowly
at the Riddle schools since open
ing day, reports correspondent
Erma Best.
Total enrollment is currently
listed at 633, including 474 at the
elementary school and 159 at the
high school.
Of the seven students new to
the high school this year, six are
from surrounding areas and one
from Idaho.
At the elementary school the in
crease of 12 since opening day in-,
eludes local late cnrolles and one
each from North Carolina and
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Eugene Concert Series
Membership Now Open
Memberships for the Eugene
University Civic Music Associa
tion may be obtained from Mrs.
Paul B. Hult of Dillard or Mrs.
W. L. Heup in Roseburg at 612
NE Polk St.
Memberships are for at least
six concerts during the 1962-63 sea
son. One performance. Helen
Hayes and Maurice Evans in an
evening of theatrj entitled, "As
We Like It," has already been
contracted. Under the policy of
the association no tickets to in
dividual concerts are available
and no memberships are sold aft
er tho close of the drive on Sept.
29, according to Mrs. Heup.
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OSU Announces New Pupil
Individual Program Plans
Two special periods of counsel- vising conferences.
ing and testing nave been ar
ranged for new students entering
Oregon State University this fall
to assure individual attention for
the increasing numbers of new
freshmen and transfer students.
The program for new students
started Sept. 12 and will run
through Sept. 20 and 21 when reg
istration is scheduled. Classes will
start Sept. 24.
Placement tests will be given
twice for entering students who
have not taken them earlier. Re
sults of the tests, which cover
scholastic aptitude, English com
position, and mathematics, help
advisers place students in proper
levels of work in various subject
fields.
Additional periods for letting stu
dents plan class schedules with
facilty advisers are planned Sept.
14, 15 and 19.
The extended program provides
time for each student to be given
individual help and attention even
though the OSU enrollment will be
at an all-time high this fall, Dean
Poling pointed out;
All new students will be expect
ed to attend a general assembly
Sept. 19 at 8 a.m. (DST) in the
Coliseum. Campus tours are plan
ned that day also along with ad-
County Graduates Get
OSU Two-Thirds Tuition
Seven Douglas County area stu
dents have been awarded partial
tuition scholarships for the coming
school year at Oregon State Uni
versity. They were among thoso selected
for State Scholarships, given to
help top Oregon students in their
university studios and administer
ed by tho State Scholarship Com
mittee. The study grants pay $66
a quarter, two-thirds of tho term's
tuition and foes.
Students receiving scholarships
include Joan Donnelly, Carolyn
Kay Edwards, Nancy Grass. Isaac
R. Onlsen, and Elizabeth L. Yundt,
Kosemirg: Murgaret L. Moodv,
Camas Valley and John W. New- costuming
tun, Winston.
On Sept. 20, the traditional New
Student Convocation will be held
at which new students recite the
Oregon State Creed a pledge of
devotion and high performance to
the institution. . An OSU "Mom,"
Mrs. Martin Blakely of Portland,
a long-time alumni leader, will be
the speaker.
Churches of Corvallis will hold
their welcome parties the night of
Sept. 21. OSU's first football game
of the year is scheduled Sept. 22
against lowa state in Portland.
'Pygmalion7
First Oakland
Drama Play
Oakland High School has an
nounced that its first drama nro-
duction of the year, "Pygmalion,"
will be given Nov. 15 and 16 at 8
p.m. in the high school auditorium.
Pygmalion will begin a season
of plays which will include the
"Diary of Anne Frank," "Night
Must Fall," "Androcles and The
Lion" and an experimental chil-
drens show.
Sharon Cole, senior, and Pacific
University drama award winner,
will play the role of Lizi Doolittle.
Doug Kellum has been assigned to
the role of Henry Higgins and Rich
ard Hoppe will portray Colonel
Pickering.
Other cast members include Di
ane Peterson, Carol McCollough,
Eric Swalwell, Mary Etta Alley,
Dorothea Shepherd, Patsy Hunter,
Kerney Manlcy, Jo Ann Gardner,
Bill Fredericks, Jim Crager, Jill
Lytle, Susan Monett, Joyce Terry,
Gail Finnell, Arlena Karlengor,
Donna Karlengor, Kathy Stearns,
Cathy Curran, Marilyn Budd, Joan
Archer, Bruce Stuwo, Teddy Ger
mond, Marty Hakanson, Tom Fu
gate and Rosa Vara.
Barbara Fichett is in charge of
tstuminc and Rarhnrn nnrUnn
I will serve as stage manager.
Measuring
the audience
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number of curtain calls spends most of his time looking for work,
The successful performer recognizes that only effective efforts build responsive
audiences. He seeks applause.
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area. The validity of this circulation audience and the applause readers give us
is registered by the Audit Bureau of Circulations.
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as how much they pay to receive copies, how many copies they buy, where
they live, and how their copies are delivered.
As a member of this independent circulation auditing organization, we recog
nize the power of reader confidence that they have chosen, to be a member
of this paying audience of their own volition, and that they will continue to do
so only as long as we effectively serve them.
For advertisers, the significant differences between counting the audience
and measuring the applause is reader response.
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