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TWELVE MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Bandar. March II. 1132 ' PLEAD FOR PRESIDENTS PROGRAM Administration leaders, left to right, Mutual Security Di?ee I tor W. Averell Harriman, Secy, of State Dean Ach ison, Def. Secy. Robert A. Lovett and Gen. Omar Bradley, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, gathir together before a joint congressional committer to plead for no cuts in President Truman's $7,900,000, XX) mutual security program. Harriman, the leacoff 4 witness, said that any cut "would gravely impair our own security." School Census Analysis Shows Educational Level, Occupation of of 4 to 19 Year-Olds An analysis of data from the 1951 school census, completed this week by Miss Louise Basford of the city schools, shows a num ber of significant trends in the Medford school system The census reveals that there are 5.463 children from 4 through 19 years of age in District 49 This total is up 5.9 per cent from that of the 1950 census and shows a more rapid growth in the district's school-age popula tion than that of the previous year. The figures compiled by Miss Basford show the following breakdown of children attend ing school as compared with a year ago, Pre-school children make up 16.2 per cent of the 5,463 total this year and were 13.2 per cent of the 1950 total. Elerrentary pupils comprise 37.9 per cent of the total this year and 40 per cent last year. The number of junior high school students amounts to 15.2 per cent of this year's total and 15.7 last year. Senior high school students make up 12.6 per cent this year and 12.9 in 1950-1951. The total attending public schools is 65.7 per cent on this census, compared with 68.6 per cent last year, and private schools, which include St. Mary's grade and high schools and Rogue River academy, give in struction to 5.8 per cent of the total this year, compared with 5.2 per cent on the last census. College. Armed Forces Those in colleges or the armed forces on the 1951-1952 and 1950-1951 census total 4.1 per cent and 4.6 per cent. One and seven-tenths per cent are outside the school district, but attend ing school this year, compared with 1.6 per cent last census. The total attending school, or in the armed forces, this census is 77.3 per cent, and was 80 per cent in 1950, the analysis shows. Of those not attending school .6 per cent have less than an eighth grade education this year and .5 per cent last year. Two and seven-tenths per cent this year have an eighth grade, but less than a high school, edu cation, compared with 2.8 per cent last census. Those not at tending school who have been graduated from high school com prise 3.2 per cent of the total on the current census and 3.4 per cent of the 1050-1951 enu meration. More Pre-Schoolers According to Miss Basford, the outstanding points of this year s census are marked in crease in the pre-school groups and the low per cent in groups classed out of school For example, in the pre-school group, the number of four-year- olds has increased from 333 in the 1949-1950 census to 521 this year. The number of five-year-olds is now 410, compared with 376 in 1949-1950. These two age groups are up sharply from the present six and seven-year-old groups and show that next year's first grade class will be prob ably larger than this year s. The present four-year-olds may make up the largest first grade class in hisjtory here two years from now. - An analysis of what Miss Bas ford calls "pivotal age groups" shows how children are being retained in school. One hundred per cent of the 10-year-olds on the census are in school, 99.4 per cent of the 11-year-olds, 99.7 per cent of the 12 and 13-year- olds, 99.3 per cent of the 14- year-olds and 98.7 per cent of the 15-year-olds. Miss Basford states that the holding power of a school sys tem is sometimes judged by the number of 16-year-olds still in school. Of this year's 16-year-old group, 92 per cent are at tending school, compared with 91.4 per cent last year. Of the remaining eight per cent of the 16-year-olds, only one-fourth have less than an eighth grade education, about the same number dropped from school while they were in senior high school and half dropped while in junior high school. These out-of -school . 16-year-olds, total 25 and include 12 who are married. The others in clude boys who find it neces sary to help parents or other relatives financially, and a few cases with low school ability. The 17-year-old group in cludes 68. per cent who are still in high school, 10 per cent who are in the armed forces or taking higher education and eight per cent who have mar ried. About O per cent have an eighth grade or high scliool edu cation. Only two per cent have less than an eighth grade edu cation. Eighteen-year-olds include 14 per cent in colleges or univer sities and only 13 per -cent still in high school. Five per cent are in teacher training institu tions. About 12 per cent are in the armed forces. Of those not attending school or in the armed forces, 32 per cent have gradu ated from high school and an other 17.8 per cent have an eighth grade education. . Fifty two or 20 per cent of the total number of 18-year-olds, are mar ried. Of the 19-year-ol'ds, 48 per, cent are still in school or in the armed forces. Two per cent are in high school, 12 per cent in colleges or universities, nine per cent are taking teacher training, 11 per cent are in the army or air force, eight per cent are in the navy and .8 per cent are in the marine corps. Of the 52 per cent of 19-year olds not in school, 29 per cent are high school graduates, 10 per cent dropped out of school while in high school and 11 per cent completed the eighth grade but dropped from school before the 10th grade. Only Z.5 per cent of the 19-year-olds left school with less than an eighth New Contracts Awarded By Highway Commission Portland UJ9 The way was clear today for more than $1 million of the new highway construction in Oregon after the state highway commission awarded contracts at its meeting here yesterday. Scattered projects on the Pa cific Highway accounted for a big part of the money. 4 Sutro Heights, in San Fran cisco, once a renowned fash ionable gathering place, is. now a public park. grade education. Twenty-eight and three-ter-ths per cent of the group are married. Of the total census group, in cluding all ages enumerated, on ly 6.5 per cent are out of school this year as contrasted with 20 years ago, in 1931-1932, when 15.7 per cent were not attend ing school. Revenge Slayer Given Sentence Everett (U.R) Elvin Leroy Englebretson, 48-year-old hair dresser, was sentenced to life imprisonment Friday for the revenge-slaying of Mrs. Lucille Shadinger. A Snohomish County Superior Court jury convicted Englebret son of first degree murder last month but did not recommend the death penalty. Defense Attorney B. Gray Warner filed an oral motion for a new trial on the grounds hear say was introduced in Englebret son's trial. However, Judge Tom Stiger denied the motion. Mrs. Shadinger was slain by gunfire the night of Oct. 11, 1951, as she sat in the kitchen of her Everett home reading a newspaper. Real Estate Brokers Schedule Exams Here Salem (U.R) Examinations for real estate brokers and sales men will be held starting next week, Al J. Crose, state real estate commissioner said today. The first will be held at Klam ath Falls Wednesday, March 19 and some 220 salesmen and 25 brokers are eligible to appear. The real estate broker's law provides that the real estate board conduct these examina tions at least every 60 days. Cities and dates of the exami nations are : Klamath Falls, March 19. Medford, March 20. Eugene, March 22. Salem, March 24, and Portland, March 25. Bats are mammals, not birds. They have fur and well-developed teeth. Belmont, Mass. U.E" Mrs.' Arthur Tinkham keeps a beehive in her parlor sun window "for the entertainment of guests." She has a dozen other hives in her backyard and says honey has just about- banished , the sugar bowl from her home. HOUSE BLOCKS BRIDGE ., . Chaplin, Conn. (U.R) There's no place like home but a bridge is no place for it. . 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