Salem, Oregon, Wednesday, February 20, 1957
THE CAPITAL JOURNAE
Section" T Patre 3
AO MORE THRASHINGS
Salem Schools Frown on
Strict Discipline Principle
By FRED ZIMMERMAN
Capital Journal Writer
The theory that the disobedient
upil should be given a thrash
ng no longer has a place in the
disciplinary procedures of the mo
dern school and as a consequence
the hickory switch, the leather
strap or the wooden ruler have
given way to psychology.
At least this is true in the Salem
schools, where there does not ap
pear to be any argument as to the
better method of controlling the
youngster who may dispute the
authority of the teacher or the
principal.
No Corporal Punishment
Dr. George B. Martin, assistant
superintendent of Salem schools,
shook his head in a negative man
ner when asked about corporal
punishment. "Educational heads
abandoned Uiat system long ago,"
he remarked. He added that if a
classroom teacher is unable to
FIRE MARSHAL ALERTED
Governor Asks Rest
Homes Safety Study
Gov. Holmes Tuesday asked
state Fire Marshal Bobert B. Tay
lor to reassess regulations affect
ing old peoples homes.
The Governor said he wants to
prevent an occurrence like the
death of 71 residents of a home
for the aged at Warrenton, Mo.,
last Sunday.
'He directed Taylor to "make
a re-study of safeguard standards
for homes where aged and crip
pled are housed in Oregon."
E. A. Taylor, deputy state fire
marshal, said there are 181 nurs
ing homes and 97 homes for the
aged in Oregon.
"We inspect them once a year.
They can't get their licenses to
operate from the state Board of
Health until they get clearance
from us," he said.
"We are better off than many
other states," he continued, "but
we're scared to death all the time.
"There will have to be people
Tight Money
Has Averted
Overbuilding
SPOKANE Wl The govern
ment's "tight money" policy may
have been an aid in disguise by
preventing overbuilding last year,
the Western Retail Lumbermen's
Assn. convention was told Tues
day. Miner H. Baker, a vice presi
dent and economist of the Seattle
Firat National Bank, said the rela
tively high interest rates "are go
ing to be with ns for a while and
It'i quite possible the peak hasn't
been reached.'.'
"If credit had not limited hom
ing construction during the last
year we undoubtedly would have
been overbuilt by now," Baker
added.
Some 600 to 700 lumber dealers
from the four Pacific Northwest
stales are attending the three-day
convention.
killed until the public demands
that those places be made safe."
Taylor said the trouble is that
most of these homes are on old.
large family dwellings. He added
that sprinkling systems are need
ed. "While there is much to be de
sired," he said, "we have suc
ceeded in closing open stairways,
elevator shafts and dumbwaiters."
EUGENE Wl An ordinance
ordering strict safety require
ments at nursing homes goes into
effect here next month.
It is the only one of Us kind
in the state and sets up fire safety
requirements more stringent than
those of the state fire marshal's
office.
Two recent tragic fires in old
people's homes in other parts of
the country, the most recent
claiming more than 70 lives in
Missouri, centered attention here
on the ordinance.
Fire Marshal Lester Barkers
said that with approach -of the
date when the ordinance will be
effective on March 293 of 11
nursing homes in the city are
complying with all provisions of
it. Other homes have spent vary
ing amounts of money to come
up to some of the standards. Op
erators of three of the homes,
Barkers said, haven't gone be
yond the "talking stage" on remodeling.
Bill Seeks Extension
Of McKenzie Highway
The Lane County legislative
delegation Introduced a bill Tues
day to extend the McKenzie High
way from Eugene to the coast. The
route now rum only from Eugene
across the Cascades to The Dalles
California Highway.
The extension would designate
route F as tne Highway, too.
This route is , the shortest way
from Eugene to the coast.
In effect, route "F" would be
come part of the state highway
system under the bill.
control any particular pupil, the
latter is sent to the principal for
a conference.
If the principal is unable to get
results, then the parents are called
into the picture for a general dis
cussion. Sometimes, said Dr. Mar
tin, the father and mother admit
their failure in their efforts to
bring up their offspring according
to law and order and then they
suggest "you spank him."
This the school heads refuse to
do, considering the woodshed
method of handling unruly boys
and girls is still the prerogative
of the home.
While the school principal has
certain rules which he must fol
low, in addition he must have a
thorough understanding of human
nature, be a psychologist of no
mean accomplishments and a dip
lomat in addition to being a disciplinarian.
Pupil Recently Expelled
What happens to a pupil who
has been expelled from school?
This question came up after the
school board had seen fit to back
up a high school principal's rec
ommendation that one of his stu
dents be fired. It hadn't happened
before for a number of years.
Dr. Martin explained that there
is no law that would prevent the
expelled youth from entering an
other school. "However, he would
be compelled to pay tuition," he
added.
Dr. Martin said that Salem is
fortunate in that it has family life
at its best. There are no racial
problems to complicate the situa
tion and no large industries that
have a tendency to upset the eco
nomic balance in times of stress.
AU of these things tend to stabi
lize educational processes from
the disciplinary angle, even though
they do not provide classrooms for
an expanding population.
Rock Crushes
Dam Worker
BAKER to A large rock,
being used as fill for the Idaho
Power Co.'s Brownlee Dam on the
Snake River, fatally crushed Law
rence D. Nixon, 64, of Cambridge,
Idaho, Tuesday.
Coroner Tad Beatty made the
identification and Sheriff Dclmar
Dixon said the victim was in
charge of trucks bringing the fill
for the dam project.
MRS. TED NICHOL ILL
AUMSVTLLE Special) - Mrs.
Ted Nichol of Aumsville is under
going treatment in (he Santiam
Memorial Hospital at Stayton.
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