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iJjrjijntfr (5mttt Gfimffl WO HOW COOHTT'i HfWifAFIl n rwppner ccnaoudatw! February 15. W12 NlWf MM! POIIIIMMI AIIOCIATIOM roiejt rixLXKD Editor and fublU&tf NATION At IOITOIAl ascQtn C RETCH EN PE.VLXND L A-. ' rs JUfOOil cia. Mtwt On Hsi Scioo Ntwspapers (The following article appeared In a mnt Issue of the Oregon School rresa. It was written by Robert L Casebeer. newspaper advisor W Riddle. Oregon MrH school and titled. -What s Wrong With Our MlmeoKraphe4 Taper. Va re print It here with our comment following! King Solomon, the wlswit ancient. onca said. There la nothing new under the un. This article will prove his point Journallatlc practice Is largely conformity to an Ideal. The rules or Journalistic conduct are nearly as Immutable as the Ten Commandments. Any good textbook Hats them piously. Basically, this article Is aaklng only one question: "Since standard Journalistic practice Is Indexed right at the smudgy fingertips of ad visors and editors of mimeograph newspapers, why do they not use It?" Probably half to three quarters of the mimeographed newspapers in the state (This statement Is admittedly slanted.) should never be foisted off on unsuspecting stu dents as NEWSPAPERS. Why? Simply stated this Is the reason: many of these "rags" are poorly edited collections of adolescent tripe concocted from an unwholesome mixture of gossip, psuerto feature material, swiped copy and gimmicks. Real news Is rare. Reporting In depth apparently Is a mystery. The editorial pages are devoid of mo tion and purpose. Feature stories feature the Insignificant and Insipid. Columns lack irnagln atlon. sparkle and urbanity. In fact, several mim eographed papers boast the finest "yellow" or ' "Oregon" Journalism In the world. The pioneer editors specialized In insult and Hbel; apparently the mimeographed papers are trying to continue this sordid specialty. Low quality of the mimeographed papers can be traced to four basic causes. The first Is a Jack of freedom. Too few high school news papers in this state have earned the right to freedom by responsible conduct. Freedom Is not given; freedom Is earned. How many school pa pers can assail school regulations without fear of reprisal or censorship? More Important: how many editors could make such an attack using logic, reason and fact the three tools of the editorial writer? School papers should exist be cause we Americans believe In truth, not because the school administration wants a tool with which to propagandize Its students. If school papers are to be free, can they discuss the major vexations of teenagers-religion, Individuality, politics and morality? pol itics, sex and religion are taboo topics even in some of Oregon's classrooms. However, those are the concerns of a school newspaper's readers. A paper can not refuse to deal with such fun damental problems and still provide balanced news coverage and analysis. A newspaper with out readers Is a monstrosity and is a waste of time, talent and toll. What, then, provides the balance to a school newspaper? The only practical balance is a social conscience on the part of the editor, the staff, and the adviser. The next question logically follows: how does a newspaper adviser get a news staff that has a moral philosophy which Is In basic accord with our society? Right here, the second cause for poor papers lack of Intelligence enters. The cliche, "You can't squeeze blood from a turnip," covers the situation. Intelligent and rational action will never stem from the unintelligent and irrational. The surest way to get a newspaper staff with a socially acceptable conscience is to make sure that only top-notch students take Journalism. Journalism classes should seldom contain students who lack a cumulative "B" average in all subjects. Why? Good students are informed. These are the students who can express them selves. These students have ability and ideas. They are the school leaders. They are the re spected citizens of the school community both by faculty and student body. To quote two slo gans from November 7th's Saturday Review, "Readers are Leaders" and "Writers are Fighters." These are the students Journalism needs. A school paper whose staff Is composed of scholastic meatheads who never have had an imaginative idea in their lives certainly will not develop it in a one-semester Journalism class. After all, Journalism Is no panacea; it is more like a Pan dora's Box whatever is inside a person will come out. Is It possible that the poor quality of Oregon's mimeographed papers Is simply due to lack of Intellect? The possibility exists! The third reason for poor papers, a lack of trained editors, can be traced to school curric ulum. In the small schools, who generally pub lish mimeographed newspapers, the lack of a trained editorial staff causes much poor quality. If a new editor must be trained every year be cause Journalism is a one year or. even worse, a one semester course (or, even more horrible to consider, an extra-curricular project), quality will automatically dwindle. The adviser's plaint. "But I can't do anything about that." Is merely an excuse. "An excuse," someone has said, "Is the skin of a reason stuffed with a lie." Change is Inevitable in this life. That change, however, need not be for the worse. One way to get a trained editor is to have the present editor train next year's news chief. Perhaps credit can not be given for two years of Journalism. So what? Give with that post voting membership on the student council; give awards, trips to press meets, and scholarship recommendations. The sheer Joy of structuring public opinion and attention, as well as the cr",,on of ; ,ri2s sat rJSs merit enough In themselves. ir" JlurnalUm Is simply win sauce on a good teak. Good editors are not fiund; they are trained. experience ftlU stencil. staff "JJm seldom can I learned In one year; It would urobably take a lifetime. ' The fourth cause for poor W simply Poor direction. Advice is said to be cheap; Sr adSce. though easy to give. Is often poverty Kken! A quick .can of th. mimeographed paper, prove, that poor advice must be plentl fui; Oregon mimeographed Journalism needs ad visors and editors who refuse to accept, much lew print, poor writing. An adviser hol l kind to dish .Hit earned marks of failure when a deadline Is missed Is traitor to his trust Ad visors who let lazy student. , foist off ass gned duties onto their own over burdened shoulders simply because those advisers can not or will not administer a quick verbal kick deserve their fate. However, such hesitant advisers hurt and hinder constructive high school Journalism. In short, an adviser to Journalism's neophytes needs the patience of a saint and the Industry of an inquisitor. Oregon needs Its advisers of mimeo graphed newspapers to become hard boiled. No teacher does a service to his student or to his society when he accepts slip shod work. These then are the four causes for the present plight of Oregon's mimeographed newspapers: a lack of freedom; a lack of first class Intellect; a lack of trained editors; and a lack of patient but demanding advisers. Here are the causes for poor high school Journalism. The cures have been suggested. The future course? Right back to that Journalism textbook. Page? Page one! Mr Casebeer, who, surprisingly, Is editor for a mimeographed "newspaper" offered a sizeable mnnthfiil of comment for consideration. It will draw much further comment for certain, and we are going to be among the first to take the gentleman apart for some of his statements. His is a thought-provoking eirort, wunoui uouui, um he made some statements we think he can't back up primarily because he confined the sub ject of his criticism to too small an area of hlgs school Journalism. Let's take It piece by piece: rirt nf all. he aimed his criticism strictly at mimeographed high school papers. That Is a mistake. There are also "printed" high school papers than can qualify for the same criticism he gave the mimeographed group. There is no corner on slopplness by the mimeo's. Second what the man means by "yellow" or "Oregon" Journalism we Just don't know. The profession as a whole has never canea uregon Journalism yellow In fact, Just the opposite. Take a look at most any California paper (not high school) to prove that point He lists four reasons for poor mimeographed high school papers. No 1 Lack of freedom. Again the writer restricted his comments to too small a group. No 2 Lack of first class intellect. Mister, if you think all the brains are in the big schools you'd better take another look. No 3 Lack of trained editors. Here he has a point, but he doesn't offer an answer. No one question that a staff (or Journalism class) of say, 150 can better prepare a crew for next year than can a class of 15, but the small class doesn't have as large a field to cover either, and no com munity can govern its own size. If you're small, you have to live with It and do the best that can be clone. We know that at Heppner high school, and no doubt many others, as much pre training is done as is possible, but when a handful of interested youngsters have to do the whole Job, no one can specialize as might be done in a larger school. No 4 Lack of patient but demanding ad visers. We know that in many cases a smaller school must put a teacher into a newspaper ad vising position for which he or she may not be strictly adapted, but with present pressures from taxpayers to cut every school budget corner, a lot of schools are doing the best they can. To speak for our own case, Heppner is among the fortunate in having a truly "dedicated" per son to oversee tho publication of its high school paper. True, it Is not her sole job, but the tax payers wouldn't hold still for a minute if an attempt was made to make It such. Neither is such a position justified In a school of our size. Mr Casebeer seems to think that a high school Journalist should be a "professional" in his outlook and his ability. He seems to forget that a high school paper is just the beginning of a journalists entry into the field of news papering. A college graduate isn't necessarily a professional either only time and experience will do the Job. The job of a high school Journal Ism teacher is to give a youngster his first look at writing and journalism not to make him a finished product in a couple of years. Not even colleges can do that. j Mr Casebeer admittedly prepared his paper for a certain group, but he could well have con- j si.lprrtl that all do not fall into the same pattern. Heppners High's Hehlsch Is a mimeographed paper, and it has received awards for numerous excellent articles and overall quality. It Is not j the biggest nor the best high school paper in Oregon, but by the same token it is a long ways t from the bottom of the pile. To condemn it as one j of a group is a serious mistake that won't be( taken lightly around the journalism room. And,' it shouldn't be. j THIRTY YEARS AGO rteoi the HIM ef tha Cetettt Tin rbruory !?. It30 Tt k.Mik Wutm. women's lo- ral book study ilub. m-t Tut-- day evening at the noma w Alva J rwa. A small party of fflrruW imt at the Bt Man home Wed nesday evening of Ut week U a game of bridge. Tk prwnt were. Mr and Mr Roy UruIUn. Mr and Mrs M K Cotter, Mr and Mrs Carl Brown and Mr and Mrs Mason. CUIr Cox of Heppner, a fresh man at Oregon State Cullege. has been appointed as a com mittee member for the rook dance to be held April 11. Saturday. March 15 was def Initely et as "Charter Night", by the Heppner Lions club at Hs regular luncheon Monday noon. Mr and Mrs Albert Bowker have returned to Heppner after spending the winter visiting In the east and In California. trench tdlo which holds a big percentage of the first cutting of alfalfa at the Krcbs ranch. This is the third year that the insllago has been fed and each year they become more enthused with Its possibility. Eighteen hundred tons were put up this year and all the Krebs Ilka the ease of preserving the first crop which generally gets rained up on or otherwise loses quality If put into hay. While they have not been abl to utilize the en tire 1800 tons, several are buying ensilage from them including John Campbell and Van Schoi ack Brothers who are feeding the ensilage to sheep. Kreb's feed three rounds of alfalfa ensilage per head per day and are happy with tho shape of their ewes ana their milking ability. Dick thinks that this vear's ensilage Is the best yet and attributes It to a good packing Job to do away with air pockets which promote spoilage. The silo being 23 feet deep packs a little firmer than shallower silos and an indica tion of the good Job Is shown when it is found to weigh CO pounds per cubic foot compared to ordinary silage which packs In about 50 pounds normally. We also visited with Dick a bout alfalfa varieties knowing that he has compared a number of them. Seedings of Banger, La honton and Oristan have been made over the past few years. Dick prefers the Oristan because of Its general growth habits and fine quality, leafy hay. While there has been no great acreage Kc4-d I- Od.un t U.e cwuMy. ,hrr re rr.sny field Mcti trm.t U U W t' MUt ftlutily. Oi.e of the Hi l me a OrLtan I th lenfth U life of -K The Columbia Empire JMlod IletrforJ A-il"n announce It annual show and sale to be held a:ln thl year at the fair ground, at Walla Walla. Ingtun. The date are Marth 1 and 2. The show will be March J1 with the sale at 10: 30 A M on March 2. There will be 112 head In tie ! with 67 range bull In pen. There will be herd bull and replacement heifer. Those who will exhibit and sell IH.Ili-d Hereford from Morrow county are Jack Sumner and Kirk and Robinson. Heppner: Burnett Hereford Ranch. Board man. For those who might wish further particulars we have a catalog of the show and sale at this office which gives a listing of all animal for sale with ex tended pedigree. Kirk and Rob Inson. Heppner 19 top bulls and 3 cows consigned; Jack Sumner has two bulls while Barnett Hereford ranch have 9 bulls and one cow. The horticultural department at Oregon State College has re cently announced that they have available some hardy nut trees for testing. They arc edible type chestnuts and butternuts. They are available this spring without charge for testing for adaptation to this area. If anyone is inter ested we would be glad to pro vide one tree or more of each depending upon the demand on a first come flrst serve basis. Last week we commented on the Milton Freewater beef trial field day which will be held at the community building in that town on Monday. February' 29. The meeting will get underway at 10:3o with the morning pro gram consisting of reports on the effect of antibiotics and tranquil izers in feedlots; results of ra tions on small weaner steers alfalfa pellets versus long alfal fa hav versus pcavlne silage with high level grain; pelleted grain versus rolled grain, pel iivt alfalfa hav versus long al falfa hay and two levels of wheat versus barley. A report on materials used for parasite con trol will also be a part of the morning's program. Durini? the noon luncheon W Walt Kennlck, meats researcher, OSC will speak. The afternoon will consist of a round up re nnrt on the beef trial research Including levels of grain for prof itable beef feeding, values oi various roughages for wintering and fattening weaner steers, har mnnp imnlantation results for wintering and fattening weaner srt.wn QAItTTt tlMCS. Tt.utdaT. fluarT It 0 .ten, lalue of sarlu pMetn ouve and rUlon In rfor mance of caltl on similar ,.l,un. The afternoon will alo ftstur a panel dUculon and question and anrr peskert of the day will be Dr W C. Brown. lr David England. Ur J C Miller fruin Oregon State ... it.. i a .n.t N.,rtun Taylor, coun- ty extension agent, wu wow might be Interested In the pro gram are Invited to ride with me. I will be leaving shortly after 8 A M. Wheat rancher in Morrow county will be very much In terested In the result of the eraln management study carried on during the WM-59 crop yca by eight ranchers In various ..niiis In the county In cooperation with this office and the farm extension m"K department at Oregon State Col lege. Reviewing the results Mon day evening, the farmers carry ing out the study thoroughly reviewed the summarized re ports. As soon as the study Is put into an easy readable form, mlmeogrnphed copies will be a vallable for Morrow county ranchers. This is the last of the list of vegetable varieties that we have K.n nuhllshlne in this news column over the past few weeks. Spinach: Fall pianteu: r.any hybrid 7 (Savoy). Dixie Market (Savoy), Hybrid 4 anu nyonu 8 if available. Spring planted:, American (Savoy), Bloomsdale long standing (Savoy), Viroflay (smooth leaf), Califlay (smooth leaf). Over wintered: Old Dom-1 In ion jUvc), S.,u4h- Zucvhlid. Caserta. efly Prvllftc Mrstjhtneck. tally summer Ciookne k lacMrsl. Coco (Continued an I) Notice of Candidacy I heieby announce my candi dacy to succeed myelf fir the office Sheriff of Morrow Coun- i . u tt lit fhak of Morrow County at the Primary election. May J. iw. CJ. R Bauman (Pd. Adv.) STAR THEATER Tburs- FiU Sat. Fsb. 25. 2. 27 Lawless Eighties Action film with Buster Crabbe. PLUS Return Of The Fly Vincent Price. Brett llalsey. John Sutton. Sun- Mon.. Tues- Feb. 28. 29 Walt Disney's Third Man On The Mountain With Michael Rennle. James MacArthur, Janet Munro. Sun day at -l. b ana n THE SKY IS THE LIMIT! latt y thr wr mor outo octldnt, mor lawiultt ond hlghr damoflti owardtd Inc fht Invtnfion of lh motor car. Whoi'i th oniwar, thtn, to yowr pronol iolrney In caw mijforluno hodt your way? Incroai llmlti In your policy ond b dad iur lt' In good company. Wo can b htlpfuL C. A. RUGGLES INSURANCE AGENCY PHONE 6-9625 HEPPNER. OREGON BOX 611 BECAUSE THEY IMEt IME! 3 Compare this list of Chevy advances with the features or dinary trucks are still talking about. You'll see why Chevy trucks get more work done in a day... why they go extra thousands of miles before trade-in time. These Sturdi-Bilt Sixties aren't just new, they're a full scale revolution! With independent front sus pension there's a brand-new, smoother, easier handling feel behind tho wheel. 6'S SWORN TO SAVE Chevy's 6-cylinder engines are set to squeeze extra miles out of every drop of fuel. They're long famous for low fuel consumption, high performance. SHORT STROKE V8'S Power-packed for peak per formance, Chevy's husky V88 make child's play out of the toughest hauls. They have a mind tuned to econ omy, too, that keeps costs down, profits up. TORSION-SPRING RIDE Each front wheel, suspended independently of the other, is free to step individually over bumps. And shockproof torsion springs up front soak up the jars and jolts before they reach the body. With three rugged new tailored-to-the-truck rear suspensions to further reduce road shocks, Chevy gives you the smooth est truck ride you've ever felt. NO SHIMMY, NO WHEEL FIGHT Drive a '60 Chevy. Just once. Right away you'll no tice the absence of I-beam shimmy and wheel fight com mon on ordinary trucks. SLICK NEW SUBURBAN CARRYALLS These handsome new handy haulers "double in brass" can transport eight passen gers or up to 950 lbs. of pay load. Rear and center seats are easy to remove and re place when necessary. For work or for pleasure, these double-duty beauties are best for both! NEW DOLLAR-SAVING PRICES Chevrolet's low prices make big truck news for '60. They mean money in your pocket on model after model. Step Vans, 4-Wheel Drives, many light-duty models with auto matic transmissions all are lower priced. Also, prices have been reduced on all optional V8's. SEE YOUR DEALER It could be the most impor tant visit you make in '60. When you've seen these new Chevies, you'll agree they're the world's most advanced trucks. Then drive one and find out why. CABS FOR BIG GUYS Big guys get a bigger break in a Chevy cab. There's plenty of space inside to stretch out and relax; more room for hats and hips, more room for wide shoulders and long legs. There's horizon wide visibility through a windshield with 26 more glass area; a new see-at-a-glance instrument panel. Cabs are safer, too, up to 6791- more rigid. 1960 STURDI-BILT CHEVROLET TRUCKS County Agent's News Br N C ANDERSON We were happy to have several calls after last week's news col umn calling an error in the col umn to our attention. These calls Indicated that there are some that read the news and are well informed to catch errors. The error which should be corrected is that certain insecticides should not bo used on cattle within 30 days of slaughter ra ther than 3 days. The 30 days gives ample time tn the residual spray to disappear. Dick Krcbs, Cecil rancher. called at the office a few days a;o to get recommendations for a seeding mixture for an irri gated pasture. He will seed elta fesque orchard grass and alfalfa as will a number of ranchers who have visited the office re cently on this same matter. While Pick was in the office, we tcok the opportunity to visit with him about the highly suocessTul See your local authorized Chevrolet dealer for fast delivery, favorable deals! FULL ETON CHEVROLET COMPANY run PHONE S-9921 HEPPNEK. OREGON
