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s c h o o l s f o r - the inf luence; S t h e
nationalistic military regime. The lan
guage difficulty, however, makes it im
possible for mof l adults' to take any
active part in civic affairs because- they
cannot keep up to date on informa
tion .by reading. In spite of the strong;
family and national unity, there is an
obvious lack of civic and spcial^con-
sciousness. The people were not prepar
ed to read the SwQ^Keharacti^msejf by
and deaf and some, vocational schools.
OnlySabout fjO ^B of the students at-'
fended «¡school beyond the required sixth
grade previous to 1947, according to
the U. S. Education Commission of
Mr. Weaver found? that vocational
guidance involved some’ distinctly dif-
ferent factors than he has dealt w ith in
Oregon. The oldest boy .in the family;
¿f nr/fem^^ ic e . hasMno vocational choice.
He is expected to work with his ..father
and to continue, that occupation. Other
sons may go elsewhere to work? but they
generally follow the family tradition.
Emplbyers. prefer »to hire 13 year olds,
but a new law requires that children
cannot be hired until they are 15, or
14 if they h a ^ completed compulsory
education.
If an employee I leaves his first em
ploy e5®»|j^ receives no recommendation
l|K®othef employers^wi 11 not hire him.
This system practically ^'freezes” a per-
son to one job from childhood.
MacArthur Respected
news;b^ ^ W The.. red^^i^n iofl^hay B
ters to approximately 15 00 has now
it possible*' for mH^M lm d the
daily printed news.
Education Extended
A school set-up known to educators
as the K S '- 3 plan” has been adopted.
This means 6 elementary grades, <a ^ ^ Q s
in junior high school and H in high
schools. Compulsory, education was ex
tended through the Hfyenth grade in
1947, the eighlfl grade in 1-948 and-will
include the ninth glade in 1949. There
are also special schools for- the blind
Mr. Weaver found that General Mac-
A rthur has yhbn the respect of the Jap-
?taqse people, with the exception of a
minority of^ex^leaders of the Japanese
military government; M acArthur ar-
Kapybs at his a headquarters and departs
with formality and ceremony and there
is always a crowd around to see him.
The OSEA offers congratulations to
Glen Weaver for the honor he received
through this assignment to Japan. We
are^^ ^ ^ d'f. to have a'-f ellow-employee
thus recognized for h is'lin e work in
State service.
ff | | | regon has more than 29 million
acres of forest lands, including lake and
stream surf aces, of f ering innumerable
.pljtylands for vacationists, according to
the Oregon State Highway Department
Travel Information Department.
Jumpoff Joe creek in southern Ore
gon was so named when . a pioneer
named Joe. jumped off a bank into a
mountain I stream, presumably,^; for a
ijwim.