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EASTERN CLACKAMAS NEWS, THURSDAY, EECEMBER 4 . 1 9 2 4 KINDERGARTEN IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN O R E G O N he is given the stories of each, Notice of School M eeting including Halloween, Thanksgiv Notice is hereby given to the legal voters of School District No. 10S of ing and Christmas, following Clackamas County. State of Oregon, that a School Meeting of said district through the spring until Faster will he held at H. S. Building, on the SOth day of December, 1924, at 7 :30 o'clock in the afternoon for the purpose of discussing the budget hereinafter set out season. He studies the birds in with the levying board, and to vote on the proposition of levying a special season, the trees which include district tax. The total amount of money needed by the said school district during the logging industry; the flowers the fiscal year beginning on June 30, 1924, and ending June 30, 1925, is and animals. He studies the estimated in the following budget and includes the amounts to be received from the county school fund, state school fund, elementary school fund, duties of the postman, the butch special district tax, and all other moneys of the district: er, the baker and in fact a great BUDGET m a n y vocational occupations E S T IM A T E D E X P K N D 1 T C U E S through stories and often visits P erson al Services S a la ry per y e a r T otal to the various places. And most 2. P rin cip a ls. 1 ..............................................................................................t 2.200.00 | 2,200.00 1,800.00 of all he is allowed to develop his 3. T each e rs. 1 ................................................................................................ 1,800.00 1 ............................................................................... 1.350.00 own idea9, he learns to think for 2 .............................................................................................. 1,303,00 2.610.00 2.................................................................................................... 1.260.00 2,520.00 himself and to carry out his plans. 6, ............................................................................................................. 990 00 5.940.00 Through the acquringof habits 4. Ja n ito r s , t .................................................................................................. 1,700.00 1.TM.M C lerk. 1 ......................................................................................................... 150.00 150.00 of obedience, order, self control 5. 7. O ther serv ices .......................................................................................... 350.00 350.00 and Industry from the kindergar T o tal $18,620.00 ten training, a bridge is made llflil Su pplies; which makes his entrance into 1 M 1. aterial F u rn itu re (desks, stove;*. c u rta in s, e t c . ) ............... ..................... $ lftO.ftft the primary grades, where the 2. Supplies (ch alk , era sers, etc.) M anual T ra in in g & Scien ce 1 , 000.00 L ib ra ry hooks ........................................................................................... 150.0ft real mind training begins, a m ich 3. 4 . V lftfi ........................................................................................... 10.0ft more happy event thin when he | f>. Playground equipment ......................................................... 25.00 n ito r 's supplies ................................................................................... 150.00 has to take the l>ng step fr>m C. 7 Ja Fu rI ............................................................................................................... 650.0ft Mother’s arm 5 t> the prima-y 950.00 L i gilt < 111 m i • m i • • 11111111 1111 • 1111 ■ 1111 n 11 l i t n u t • ti 9. Water . , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , l l l l l l l i m i l »»»*»» , , , , , , , , ......... 100.00 grades without this assistance. lft. P ostag e and s ta tio n e r y ........................................................................ 35.00 The kindergarten a3 a part of 9 2,570.04) the public school system is prac (D im tr actio n ! C onstruction ................................................ ....................... tically in its infauey in Oregon, $ 150.09 which was the last state in the T o ta l ................................................................................... $ 150.00 union to pass a kindergarten law. M aintenance an«l R epair«) Building:* and gro u n d s........................................................................ 9 1.500.00 This was brought about by women of Portland who for the T o ta l ................................................................................... 9 1,500.00 past twenty years have interested A ssessm ent* (H lgliw uys, R oads, S tre e ts, B rid g e s): A ssessm ents (H ig h w ays, Hoads, S tre e ts, B r i d g e s ) :......... 9 50.00 themselves in tne establishing of 9 50.00 free.kindergartens. The bill as it Ind ebtedn ess: * now BtandB permits the school 1. Bonded, and in terest th e re o n ......................................................... I 3 1 0 0 .0 0 boards of any district to establish T o ta l ................................................................................... I 3 1 0 0 .0 0 a kindergarten upon the petition in su ran ce of twentv-five parents of child* 9 200.00 ren residing in the district. As T o ta l ................................................................................... 9 200.00 a result of this bill there are M iscellaneous: 9 700.00 five public school kindergarten’s in Oregon; four in Portland and ? 700.00 T o ta l ................................................................................... Km ergenrys one in Powers, Oregon. E m erg en cy ................................................................................................ 9 500.00 Oregon now ranks 35th in the T o ta l ................................................................................... 9 500.00 establishment of kindergartens; T o ta l estim ated am ount o f m oney fo r all California with 600 ranks first purposes during the y e a r ................................... 927,390.0 m and Washington has over iOj ts E S T IM A T E D K E C E I P T S tablished public school kinder From county school fund during th e com ing school y e a r . . . . ? 2,406.00 From sta te school fund during th e com ing school y e a r ........... 142.12 garten. From elem en tary school fund during th e com ing school year 1,792.36 The fact that the women of the Parent - Teac her Association of the state of Oregon, assisted by the State Federation of Worn en’s clubs are directing their best efforts toward a moriificatio of the present kinderparten hit' at the next session of the le^isla ture, has stimulated the interest in this department of our public school system and the question arises, “ What is a kinderparten anyway and why do they want them in the public schools ? ” The very bepinninp of the kin dergarten work in the world, according to most authorities dates back to 1782 when a system of education for the very young, defining an educational policy especially applicable to the ages from four to six and having as its chief merit the fact that edu cation was made a real drawing out, a means toward the unfold i n ' o f the child’s whole nature with a view to free development an 1 action was devised by Fred erick Frobel. From this founda tion has sprung the present kin dergarten system now widely used in the p lblic schools of the U n i t e d S t a t e s a nd Gr e a t Britain. A tfi‘ j»t tinny peop'a have the idea that a kindergarten Is a sort of day nursery where children whose Darents have to work, m y be sent to be entertained for a few hourB in the day. Where they learn to color and cut p etty things from colored pap r, sing little songs and play nice little gemes, which of course is all very tiue. but they have never been informed as to the real constructive program which is outlined and followed day by day in a systematic way just as other departments of education. CHEVROLET ESTABLISHES There is a curriculum for the MANY ASSEMBLY PLANTS kinderg irten which is composed of a variety of subjects and act A plan begun by the Chevrolet ivities selected because of their Motor company in 1922 to cut value in meeting the needs of the down freight costs of shipments by children from four to six years. paralling each of their assembly It includes the study of nature, plants with a factory for the Fish- human beings and human activi c r Body Corporation, w h i c h tics or home and community life builds all Chevrolet closed bodies,will be completed by the first of theyear an i some of the products of when the final factory for the Fish human intelligence as literature, er Body Corporation will be in oper music, and art. It furnishes ation at the Tarrytown, N. Y. as through oral expression, manual sembly plant. A factory for the Fisher Body work, drawing, singing, dramatic play, games etc., an avenue thr Corporation to build Chevrolet bod ough which experience isdelined ies is now in operation at six of the seven Chevrolet assembly plants interpreted a n d o r g a n i z e d . The or.c at Tarrytown, N. Y. is the Through each of these forms of last to be completed. activity it satisfies some one or There has been a close connection more of the fumendamental im- between the establishment of Chev pilses of the child and if rightly rolet assembly plants and the grad ual reduction in price of the Chev used in the school contributes its rolet car in the last five years,par peculiar share toward his develop ticularly since the Fisher Body ment and education. Corporation factories have been es Since it is conceded bv noted tablished at each Chevrolet assem bly plant. educators that the child instincts Chevrolet assembly plants were are dominant at the age of four, first established at Flint, Mich., St. which is the age at which the Louis, Mo., Tarrytown, N. Y. and child may enter the kindergarten Oakland, Cal. from 1917 on. In to this department then is en 1923 assembly plants were estab trusted the great responsibility lished by Chevrolet at Janesville Wis., Cincinnati, 0 . and Buffalo, of so balancing self expression N. Y. and plants for the Fisher self repression as to develop a Body Corporation were built at personality in the child that is at these points at." the same time. The the same time self sufficient and year previous, however, Fisher body building plants had been established yet helpful and cooperative. at the Chevrolet assembly plants at The underlying principal in the Flint, Mich., St. Louis,Mo. and regular kindergarten work is Oakland, Cal. true democracy, developing thr During this period has come ough character building, good about a number of reductions in citizenship. The kindergarten | the price of Chevrolet cars, due in great measure to the economies ef child is taught willing service, fccted by such assembly plants, usefulness, appreciation, inde which includes also the building pendence, perseverance, desire, factories. From early in 1920 and aspiration through the tell through 1924, a period of five years, ing of suitable stories, the sing there have been reductions In the ing of songs, the placing of price of the Chevrolet cars, totaling approximately 35 per cent. games, and the working out of In addition to the economies ef- problems and projects with these ffccted and the consequent price re duction, there has also been a facts brought to his attention. The work of the kindergarten j steady marked improvement in the child must, of course, e b ery quality of the Chevrolet cars. New features have been incorpora simple at first, at least until he ted from time to time which added learns that certain things must to the comfort and convenience of be done at certain times, a fact the owner. The new factory for the Fisher which is entirely foreign to him perhaps unless it is that bedtime Body Corporation at Tarrytown, N. Y. has already been completed, and mealtime come at regular equipment will shortly be installed, intervals, and far too often it is and it should he in operation at the found that the modern home has beginning of the year.—From the not imparted even this, and he Chevrolet Motor Company. has been living a haphazard life See Mrs. J. E. Gates for piano along with the rest of his fam inatruction. Price* reasonable. ily. i L 0 . 0 . K. building. tf As the holiday season advances E s tim a te o f probable unexpended b alan ce a t end o f cu rren t y e ar .......................................................................................................... E stim ated am ount to be received from all o th er sources du rin g th e com ing school y e a r .................................................. In fo rn a re : 2«n).oo 200.00 » » 408.00 » 700.00 » » 50.00 203.03 » 700.00 » 253.03 9 T otftl ........... M iscellaneou s! T o ta l Em ergen cy • » $ « i » 100.00 100.00 » 9 150.00 150.00 » 150.00 6 115.00 61.00 190.00 369.00 » 225.98 » 225.DS $ 734.06 9 1,228.69 921.042.ss »: 926.199.43 395.00 t Totnl (tram i Totnl 500.00 500.00 ....» .........------ »27 .390.00 »2 3,683.76 » 500.00 «26 .299.00 »20.36I.TS 924.264.00 I. Wm. Dale, do hereby certify that the above estimate of expenditures for the year 1924-1925 was prepared by me and that the expenditures and budget allowance for six months of the current year and the expenditures for the three fiscal years next preceding the current year as shown above have been compiled frum the records in my charge and are true and correct thereof. _______________________________ WM. DALE, District Clerk. Where U. S. Farm Products Go *0>W*U rjff*n*ATRgssuen «4 u «* iaa J ( )\ /] ess s * * « ^ o R a 000 lu . '7T -, r 7 * f) Ik | Products of the American farm go to every civilized country of the world. Out of the United States each year la sent approximately one-lmlf of the total cotton crop, one-fourth of the yield of the wheat fields, one-fifth of the porkers and huge quantities of corn and tobacco, dried fruits and other products of field and feed lot. | The accompanying chart, prepared liy the Sears-Hoehuck Agricultural Foundation, allows where the principal exports go. i In the United Kingdom more of America's farm exports are consumed than In any other nation. The United Kingdom uses more American cotton than any other country, her annual consumption averaging around 1,580,910 bales. Germany Is In the market for nlmost as much cotton, using 1,011,014 pounds last year. The United Kingdom is the first market for American wheat and flour, tobacco, corn sirup and condensed milk. She also takes large qunn- , titles of dried fruits, oil cake, ment, meat products and corn. Buying Power of the Farmer 2,739.88 5,830.36 T o tal estim ated receip ts, not including proposed t a x . . »13.2tn.72 R E C A P T 1f L A T IO N T o ta l estim ated exp enses fo r th e y e a r ......................................... »27.3Dn.nn T o ta l estim ated re ce ip ts not Including proposed t a x ......... »13J16.T2 913,210.72 614.179.2" B a la n c e , am ount to be raised by d istrict t a x ............. D ated th is 25th day o f N ovem ber, 1924. W M . D A L E . D is tric t C lerk. A. G. A M ES, C h airm an A tte s t: Hoard of D irectors. ORIGINAL ESTIMATE AM) ACCOUNTING SHEET. School District No. HIS. This original estimate shown in parallel columns the unit costs of the several services, material and supplies lor the three fiscal years next preced ing the current year, the detail expenditures for the last one of said three pro ceding fiscal years and the budget allowances and expenditures for six mouths of the current year. ("S ix months of the current year” means six months of the last school year). I J.£V Expen d itu res and budget allow an ce for rix m onth« of ia st school year. E x p en d itu res for th ree fiscal y e a rs n ex t preceding last school y e ar. T3 3 -*■ c£i * v . I I EM — U U Ü iel « r. 5 V 2.-ti Ï-2 i i " ii' glktj X £ « ? X 3 ¥ 1 IS 2* j j * 11 * b ' £ ci C ** A*-1 2 i l l « 9 T otal ......... 6 200.044 9 673.12 190.00 50.00 102.4)5 !« (iS & M- P erson al Her vice i 3.900.00 3.399.97 2. P rin c ip a ls ................ $ 2,200.0«) $ 3.599.97 1.800.00 3,29*4.91 3. T each e rs, m e n . . . . ? 1,350.00 9 3,299.91 9,075.440 1.500.00 T ea ch e rs, m en . . . . $ 1,800.00 $10,330.00 1.400.00 T ea ch e rs, w o m a n ..$ 1.20ft .00 1,400.0t) » 1,$4)3.00 2.800.00 9 1.26(4.00 5.400.00 9 1,305.00 S ix a t 9990................ $ 5,940.00 1.750.00 9 1.846.00 4. Ja n ito r s .....................9 1.7oo.oo 9 1 » o .o o 150.0«) 5. C lerk ........................... 9 150 no 1544.00 7. O ther se rv ic e s......... 9 1544.4)0 544.00 1 »omestic S c ien ce . .9 200.00 T o ta l ........................ $18,610.00 $19,179.91 9 JO.3440.00 917,619.91 $17,8741.70 M aterial anti Supplies! 1. F u rn itu re 1410.00 9 721.56 $ (desks, e t c . ) . . . . 9 2. Supplies. (ch a lk , etc. ) . . . . $ 1.4)00.00 10.50 150.00 3. L ib ra ry l» o o k s ....9 144 00 4. F la g s . * Man. T r. 9 5. P laygrou nd 25.00 equipm ent ......... 9 6. Ja n ito r 's 150.00 1117 supplies ................ 9 569.50 •>50.00 7. Fu el ........................ $ 33 J 56 350.00 8. L ig h t ........................ 9 100.00 9. W a te r ...................... 9 100.00 10. P ostag e and 102.80 35.00 statio n e ry ............ $ 1.920.19 T o ta l ....................... $ 2,570.00 C oa«traetlo at « -•"Cl C; T. >. $16.283.02 200.00 25.00 75.00 560.00 34)0.440 100.440 56 33 4 «2.4H) 277.12 100 .00 35.00 1.735.00 9 1.650.62 9 1,866.99 9 2.935.52 150.0*) 150.00 M a la tea a a re aa«t R epair« B u ild ings anil 50.00 grounds . . . . , . , . $ 1,600.00 « 1,176.31 I Bu ild ings and $ 500.0# ground* . . . . . . . . Bu ild ings and $ 718.16 9 150.00 grounds . . . . Bu ild ings and 9 7500 grounds . . . . Bu ild ings and I <M»AA ground.* . . . . . . » I . SAo.no I 1.8 »*.»« $ I.175.AA T o tal ......... t< w »a a ib The purchasing power of farm commodities continues to rise. Latest esti mates show Hn average of 4.H points higher for the first eleven months of this year than during the corresponding months of 1023, nceordlng to n report of the Sears-Hoehuck Agricultural Foundation, based on the new Index numbers of farm prices prepared by tbe United States Department of Agriculture. Farm prices show a combined value of 134 on November 1, 10'24, as com pared with 100 in 1013. This combined Index number Includes 30 farm com modities which represent more than 00 per cent of the value of products sold by farms, the Foundation points out. Using August, 1001), to .Tilly, 1014, ns 100, tlie purchasing power of these products stood at N7 on November 1 of this year. In 1018 the purchasing power w h s KSt, decreasing to 00 In 1021. In 191KJ It rose to 74 and by 1023 the average stood at 73. During the first eleven months of tills year the purchasing power of farm commodities averaged 82.3 as compared with 77.5 In the same period a year ago. Advances In grain, which averages about 22 per cent of the total vnlu* Of farm products sold, and in price of ment animals, which averages 27 per cent, have been the largest factors In the Increase of the farmer’s purchasing power since 1021. The grain farmer received during the early part of this year prices about 10 per rent above the pre-war five-year average. This had risen to 30 per cent Increase by July. At the same time the general price level of commodities the fnrnier has to buy ranges 30 to 80 per cent above the 1013 level. 9 4844.69 9 219 68 I I 20.30 720.«; I 101.75 I « a I 1» 2« t l .» * t iH ls k w s »«. R «a.l>. Stree t«. R rM »»»it t S AM T o ta l .................... I la A e M e d a e ««: *•■•*• I. Hooded, and in terest t h e r e o n . . . . ! 7.1 AA.no Î W arran t, and In ternat thereon . . . . T e la i .................. I » 1*» I Î.1AB AA I *A.n* X» 17 I » 17 I Mina« • » 1 * 1 .1 tt It Is condition nnd quality rnther than weight that deride whether a steer la to be placed In the b e e f cattle classification. Within the rlasa It is condi tion and quullty that largely determine the amount o f profit that goes to the shipper. Choice to prime steers bring from 75 cents to $5.75 per hundred weight over the common light stock, according to a study made of lightweight steers coming to the Chicago market by the Henro-Roebuck Agricultural Foun dation. The bulk of the shipments are classified under the grades of prime steers, 1,200 to l.tWO pounds; choice steers, 1.150 to 1.000 pounds; good steer*, 1,150 to 1,000 pounds: medium steers, 1,100 to 1.4«»l pounds, nnd common rough steers, (am to 1,200 pounds. These are the classifications of tha United Ststss Bureau of Markets. I’rime beef steers sre the Ideal type, combining exceptional breeding and thorough finishing. Short neck and short legs, smooth flesh and well filled, bulging briskets sre prerequisite*. • Prime beef steer* are rare, even »teera good enough to grade a* choice are few. They show most of the characteris tics of the prime grade, good breeding and long feeding, smooth flesh and thick fat. tin the block the quality *t>-*r will show a good proportion of red meat covered with a modest amount of smooth white fat. Tha lean, while firm of texture, will be mellow to the touch. The carcass should carry down full to the hock, being hlfhly marbled with bright lean of a fine grain.