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. . Traffic was
tied up for three hours when: it
house, being moved to a new
location, became stuck on a
bridge.
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