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Ed students take over classrooms By LARRY CALUSTER Of the Emerald “It’s a nice place to teach, but do I want to live there?" That’s the question a group of University education students asked them selves last week in Condon, Ore. In a unique project, 15 secon dary education students spent five days at Condon High School, about 100 miles southwest of Pendleton. In Condon, the stu dents literally took over the high school to bring their brand of teaching to the Condon students. As partial fulfillment for a teach ing certificate in Oregon, students in Teaching Strategies 314 learn to prepare lesson plans. In the past, students have presented these lessons to fellow class mates. This may be good practice for some, but facing one’s contem poraries doesn’t compare with standing in front of a room full of real live high school students. In an attempt to make the class more meaningful, education Pro fessor Ray Hull modeled the Con don trip after learning of a similar program in Utah. This was the first time any such program has been tried in Oregon. Oregon College of Gancer-causing chemicals gain open hearings WASHINGTON (AP) — The Labor Department, anticipating a barrage of industry protests, today defended its sweeping plan to regulate all potential cancer causing chemicals found at American job sites. The department opened an ex pected two months of public hear ings on the controversial rule by conceoing it has been too slow and haphazard in trying to protect an estimated 1 million workers po tentially exposed to carcinogens on the job. “In the past we have reacted with rule-making initiatives as new reports of scientific study are made public,” the lead-off wit ness, a spokesman for the Labor Department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration, said in prepared testimony. “The process has been slow, it has been interrupted and it has been inconsistent," added Grover Wrenn, director of OSHA's health standards program, which de veloped the proposal. So far, OSHA has issued regu lations limiting worker exposure to less than two dozen of the 1,500 to 2,000 chemicals identified as known or suspected cancer causing agents. Among the chemicals already regulated are asbestos, vinyl chloride, arsenic, benzene and the pesticide DBCP. The proposal establishes for the first time a systematic proce dure for quickly identifying, clas sifying and regulating cancer causing agents that pose a threat to workers’ health. SALE 20'/f co -O'Z off on H)Or ! pure cotton shirts, skirts, and tops for men and women Ana In IMPORTS FROM INDIA 1038 Willamette Street 687-9766 One hell of a positive experience’ education ana Oregon State Uni versity both have expressed in terest in the program’s outcome. After being given the okay by state authorities, Hull wanted to choose a school away from the Willamette Valley. Although most of Oregon’s high schools lie out side the Willamette Valley cor ridor, these schools are rarely in volved in experimental programs with state universities. After a year of planning, the trip was arranged. Following a five hour drive via Redmond, Willow dale, Antelope and Fossil, the University entourage entered Condon. The home of the Condon “Blue Devils” was built in 1965 and ap pears modern in every respect. The 110 students don’t exactly overcrowd the 11 classrooms, nor do they overwhelm the 13 faculty members. Classes range from two to 30 people and average only 10 to 15 students each. For three days, all classes were conducted by University students. An attempt was made to have stu dents teaching in their areas of expertise. Above all, the would-be teachers tried to be innovative. A freshman science class had a presentation on whales. A jour nalism class reported on its view of a “murder” committed when one teacher shot the other with a blank from a starting pistol. No one slept through that class. The three-day respite from the classroom was well used by the actual Condon faculty. Their time was spent attending workshops with University education staff and graduate students. They covered new and better teaching methods and ways to increase school community communication. When the students weren’t teaching, they tasted Condon nightlife. “Condon does have so cial gambling laws allowing black jack and other card games in these nightspots,” one student says. “But if disco fever should strike, the nearest fix is in Port land, three hours away.” If the student teachers involved had a good time, then in the eyes of Principal Armm Freeman, the program was a success. “As a small school adminis trator, I want to cancel the myth that small schools are a dead end place to teach,” he explains. "I firmly believe that the good school and relaxed, small-town atmos phere more than cancels out the negative side of small-town social life. Having once worked in large schools, I’d never go back.” Freeman laments the lack of job applicants, both in quantity and quality. “We just don’t get well-qualified college graduates to apply for jobs here,” Freeman says. Last year there were just three applicants for a grade school posi tion. Of those, one took another job and the second declined it when offered, so they had no choice but to give the job to the third applicant. Nearly all student teachers cal led the experience a good one. Would anyone now be applying to a small school on the basis of this experience? No one could say for sure, but if participant Lad Sal ness reflects the other University students’feelings, the future could hold promise for the small schools. “Now at least we have some thing to base our choice of schools on. Up until now, we only consi dered large schools. 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