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EIGHT MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Education Conference Reviewed; Other Problems Discussed Here Friday, April 6, 956 . qtor CommSSOn fO About 80 persons, most of them connected with education, Tuesday night heard a report on the White House Conference on Education, a survey of the need for more teachers, and a panel discussion on how the growing and changing school system can be paid for. Mrs. Victor O'Neil, Klamath Falls, a member of the state board of education and a former school teacher in Medford and Klamath Falls, gave a half-hour report on the White House meet ing, to which she was a delegate Stimulated Interest If nothing else, Mrs. O'Neil said, the state and regional meet ing leading up to the Washing ton conference, stimulated a greater interest in education and its problems than ever before. She gave some of the background of the conclave, which was at tended by 1,600 delegates from throughout the nation, who pre pared their reports through infor mal discussion groups sifting opinions into a "concensus." She pointed out that many of education's problems stem from the lack of money and the low birth rates of the depression years, followed by the war and its manpower, material and fi nancial shortages, and the en suing rapid growth and shift in population. Dr. Elmo Stevenson, president of Southern Oregon college, re porting on teacher supply, point ed out that Oregon schools will need from 1,600 to 1,800 new teachers each year for the next 10 years, and that the school systems will have double their present enrollment in the next 8 to 10 years. Against this, he re ported that only about 400 new teachers entered the state's class rooms last year, and that the out look is only slightly better for the future. Increasing Supply As to the means of increasing the supply, he expanded on the White House conference's find ings that, in order of importance, It will be necessary (1) to in crease the prestige and status of teachers, (2) to provide salaries lor teachers competitive with other demands for "quality man power," and (3) to make the jobs sufficently attractive and chal lenging to stimulate talented young people to enter them. Dr. Bill Sampson, .Southern Oregon college, led off the panel" discussion with a description of "the educational task." He point ed out that there is a natural trend to worry about problems of the present, not those of the future, even when the latter are perfectly obvious. But he showed how increasing school population will be a fact in the future, with enrollment increases ranging from 28 per cent in the primary grades to 60 per cent in secondary schools, and 44 per cent in the colleges all on the basis of children al ready born. Curricula Changes School curricula must change as society changes; Dr. Sampson declared. There must be research in educational methods. Changes which are coming may well make even new school buildings obsolescent, more teachers with different training will be re quired, and the schools must meet public demands for im provement in services, he said. Finally, he stated, teachers must be better prepared than they can now be, for the people want the best possible teachers to instruct their children. He predicted the public would be willing to pay the cost of these thingsoif they are properly pre sentee" to show the real need. Marion B. Winslow, Coos Bay superintendent of schools, gave a review of sources of funds for Oregon's schools, including the original land grants, which now bring in only about 80 cents per STOP SMOKING Scientists proved in clinical tests that with Bantron 4 out of 5 people can stop smoking in 5 days. This formula developed by a leading Ameri can University is safe, non-habit form ing, pleasant to take. Just take one tablet after each meal. You must stop smoking with the very first box ($1.00) or money back. Ask for Bantron Brand Smoking Deterrent Tablets. WESTERN THRIFT 30 r CENTRAL pupil year, despite the fact that they once constituted one-eighteenth of the state's land area; federal government financial aid for vocational training, from forest revenues, and directly to school lunches and to schools where federal activities have caused problems; the basic school support fund, approved by the people in 1946 and since in creased, and, finally, local prop erty taxes. Basic Support Bill Winslow said the basic school support bill is designed to im prove school standards, to en courage better organization and administration, to spread the tax base (easing property taxes), and for equalization, providing sim ilar educational opportunities for poor as well as rich districts. He said many school people are now aiming for 50 per cent support of schools by the state, and if this is done, property tax support could be carried on a state-wide 7 mill levy on an equalized basis: State Sen. Phil Lowry was the last speaker, who pointed out that the legislature, faced with demands for money from all segments of government, must take a realistic look at all demands, and compromise them. Recognize Limitations People must recognize the lim itations, he said, pointing out that demands for state money have grown "by leaps and bounds." with a total budget of some $500,000,000 for the bien nium, much of which is in ear marked funds. The general fund budget is about $200,000,000, he said, about half of which goes for education of all types. The basic problem is the amount of taxes collected by the federal government, which lim its states and local subdivisions in the amounts they can levy. He discussed various state taxes, present and proposed, including the sales tax which Yte indicated may be a partial solution to the need for more state money to respond to the people's demands for more state services, and the need for a more stable tax sys tem. He pointed out that the ban on the emergency clause on tax leg islation effectively ties the hands of the legislature in working out a sound tax program, and results in ' legislation which the legis lators think will be accepted, not what they think is right. Should Remain Free He declared his opposition to earmarking tax money, saying the legislature should remain free to solve the state's problems without artificial limitations. The senator also said that the distribution formula governing the administration of the basic school support fund is inequit able, and is getting more so. Many legislators, Senator Lowry declared, will insist that this be revised before they will consider increasing the fund itself. A brief question and answer period followed the panelists' talks. H. P. Jewett, superintend ent of School District 6C, Cen tral Point," asked, rhetorically, how school people can go about getting their problems and needs across to the "people who pay the bills?" Same Faces He said at meetings such as the one last night one sees "the same faces, time after time," but sel dom do the general run of tax payers come out to find where their money is going, how the job of education is being done, and why there is an increasing need for money to suport the schools. Carl Knudsen, representing the VFW, asked the panel if "nonessentials" could not be eliminated from the schools to save costs. He referred partic ularly to a class in square danc ing. 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Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjold on his peace mission to the Middle East: "Where there is a will, there is a way and I do know that there is a will (for peace) all through the region to which J am going." . v Chicago Roy Eaton, 52, after his release from prison where he spent 16 years for a $50 robbery he didn't commit: "I feel like a bird just out of a cage. I don't know what to do or what to think." New Orleans Mrs. Richard Feise, who with her husband, was questioned by the Senate Internal Security subcommittee about possible Communist ties: "Do you remember the witches of Salem? I feel very much like a witch from Salem." San Quentin, Calif. Condemned killer Robert O. Pierce, 27, in promising to give a "good show" in the gas chamber today: "It will lake at least two guys to get me in that chair when the time comes, I'm going out fighting, kicking and screaming." Hollywood Swim star Esther Williams on Cairo newspaper reports the Arab league has kept her water ballet show out of Egypt because she contributed money to Israel: "This is utter nonsense, r have never planned to bring a water show to Egypt and can't understand what they are talking about." Sheboygan, Wis. Union official Allen Graskamp urging work ers on strike against the Kohler company, to seek other jobs after two years of living off union strike benefits: "A time has come to dig in for the long haul. We've got to light en our belts." 0 R 51 -76-1 ARIES MAR 22 8-19-22-23 CyA7.77-RA.On rflf v TAURUS APR 21 MAY 21 25-33 76-81-1 33 GEMINI MAY 22 ) JUNE 22 9-14-23-33 55-56-80-85 CANCER ? JUNE 23 JULY 23 4- 5-13-16J 11-49-57 no JULY 24 , AUG 23 3A.45-4A-551 65-72-78 fx VIRGO AUG 24 SEPT 22 1-48-58-63 '68-75-79 89 STAR GAZERO By CLAY R POLLAN JM Your Doily Activity Guide JM According fo the Start. 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I tell him that she uses pretty words because she knows it flat ters him and that this is her clever way of getting him to wait on her. "The more I talk, the less headway I make. How can I bring him to his senses?" Mrs. U. T. (A) You can't bring your son to "his senses" unless he wants you to do so. He is getting pleas ure and personal satisfaction from feeling that he is needed and appreciated. Don't try to take this satisfaction from him. While you may see through the "pretty words" your daugh- i ter-in-law uses as a bribe to get your son to do her work or to wait on her, he does not think of them as such. He feels im portant because he can help her and she is smart enough to play up to that need in your son's life. Time May Come If she demanded things from your son and showed little ap preciation for what he does for her, you would have a right to feel that your son was being imposed upon. As it is, he has no such -feeling. Let him go on ELIZABETH HURLOCK, PH.D. as he is going as long as it gives him happiness. A time may come, after the first thrill of marriage fades, when he will see through his wife's little trick of getting him to wait on her and then he may take a stand against her impo sition. But this is his problem, not yours. He will have to solve it himself without your interfer ence. (Copyright 1956, ' General Features Corp.) Cuban Army Officers Face Trial in Revolt Havana (U.R) Twelve Cuban army and air force of ficers accused of complicity in the "revolutionary conspiracy" rushed here this week go on trial today on charges of con spiracy to revolt, which carries a maximum penalty of six years' imprisonment. Informed quarters said the government has decided to drop charges of treason against the military rebels. Death is the mandatory punishment for trea son under Cuban military law. Col. Ramon Barquin, military attache in Washington, is said to have been the principal leader of the abortive conspiracy. On trial with him are two lieuten ant colonels, two majors, three captains and four lieutenants. The "seal" coat doesn't 'come from a seal at all. It comes fron a fur-bearing sea lion. There are no fur-bearing seals. Laughs of the Day . . . New York U.R) An East Norwalk, Conn., man, wrote the New York Daily News that he had tried another reader's sug gestion that smokers split ciga rette butts and roll the paper into a ball, Army style, to keep the city clean. "Ive been doing it all day and now have "a pocketful of filters left over. Please advise," he said. Chicago OJ.R) John W. Ash ley, 25, lost his freedom and his pants simultaneously in Crimi nal court. He had just been sentenced for looting a home when the homeowner spoke up from the back of the court room, "That man has got on my pants and shirt and I want them back." Officials provided some other clothes and sent Ashley off to jail. Mexico City (U.R) Professor Francisco Lopez, director of Mexico City's beautification pro gram, paid a fine for walking on the grass. Covina, Calif. U.R) Firemen interrupted their noon meal to rush to the scene of a burning panel truck. The sign on the truck read, "Hot Lunches." Cleveland (U.R) Grocer Marion Kaczamarski finally re membered where he had hidden $500 in bills, but it was too late. He had hidden them beneath a bundle of waste paper that had just been collected. Workers at the city incinerator told him he'd have to search through 400 tons of garbage and waste for it. There are about 25 airplanes flying across the Atlantic Ocean at any given moment. Ground-squirrels are not true squirrels and guinea pigs are not pigs. They are rodents. The dog population of the United States is estimated at 22,500,000 and there are 2,300 hospitals to take care of them. 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