Text Book Encourages Reading
By GAY PAULEY
United Press Correspondent
New York W Educators
often are so concerned with the
books children read they forget
the children, says Charles J.
Calitri, an education consultant.
As a result, Calitri said, the
child regards reading as a chore
rather than as a source of en
joyment. He feels compelled to
search for what the author put
into the book instead of discov
ering what he, the reader, can
get out of it.
Calitri believes educators
should direct their attention to
the children's desires and in
terests. The education consultant and
Frank Jennings, executive di
rector of the Library Club of
America, have put this idea to
work in their next text book,
"Stories."
Involves Reader
They said their book is aimed
directly at young people. It is de
signed for use as the focal point
for classroom discussion in
which the teacher urges the stu
dents to give their own reac
tions to the stories.
"The reader must honestly
and freely express what he feels
and what he thinks, for in this
double involvement he may best
approach that kind of under
standing which marks the begin
ning of maturity," Calitri said.
He said most high school liter
ature courses are the same as
studies in mathematics and
icience. The teacher has the an
swer in his own book and tries
to lead his students to those an
swers only.
"As a result," he said, "the
students are told what they must
think about each story.
Only Classroom Task
"In many instances," Calitri
said, "when there are questions
at the end of each story, the
students read the questions first
and then the story
reading
only to answer the Questions."
In an interview, Calitri sai eft
that with the text books used
today, it is no wonder that many
of our children stop reading to
watch television when their
homework assignments are com
pleted. "There is no incentive for the
student to read beyond the de
mands of the teacher," he said.
"The short story or the novel
remains a classroom task, and an
uninviting one at best," he said.
Calitri explained that modern
teaching demands that the stu
dent be emotionally and intel
lectually involved in his reading
and that the most important
question to be asked during the
classroom discussion is, "what
does this story mean to you?"
"If it doesn't mean anything
but work, both the book and the
teacher have failed," he said.
Apricot Dessert Topping
New York W Here's an
easy topping for ice cream, cakes
or, puddings. Combine 1 cup of
finely chopped or crushed apri
cots with 3 tablespoons of sugar
and bring to a boil. Add V2 cup
of fresh orange juice blended
with Hi teaspoons of cornstarch
and cook until the mixture is
thick enough to spoon over des
sert. 4
Honey will enhance the flavor
and the eye appeal of servings of
your garden "vegetables. Glaze
carrots, beets, onions, etc., with
honey by adding Vi cup honey
and 4 tablespoons butter to the
vegetable after it is cooked.
Then turn the vegetable until
it is richly glazed and appeal
ingly shiny.
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Sweater Guards
New in Jewelry
By UNITED PRESS
New jewels for the sweater
set small guards which fast
en on both sides of a cardigan
neckline to hold it 'on the
shoulders. Chains come with
jeweled clips in the shape of
beetles, flowers cr bars.
Bright velvet berets are the
first sign of fall in some parts
of the nation. Worn with end-of-summer
cottons and black
silks, the little side-tilted hats
give a fall costume touch in
emerald, lipstick red and royal
blue.
Leather is a fancy - dress item
in designer Samuel Roberts' col
lection. He shows an extrava
gant white evening gown with
matching leather theater coat
studded with rhinestones.
Elasticized boots step out in
Paris fashions. Andre Perugia
has designed a boot with a low
heel to go with tweed suits and
shaggy fake fur coats.
Every woman's wardrobe pan
ecea, the "little black dress,"
can be startling when worn with
exotic hats and big, gaudy jew
elry. Chokers, thick ropes or
bibs are eye-catchers. So are
large, artistic earrings. Or set
off black with a vivid scarf in
turquoise, kelly green or orange.
Dr. Arthur Taylor
To Speak for Club
College Women's club of the
Rogue River Valley will meet
Saturday, October 12, at 2 p.m.
at the home of Mrs. G. O. Taylor,
1334 Reddy avenue.
Dr. Arthur Taylor of South
ern Oregon college will speak
on "Current Affairs of the World
and Nations."
Does your family eye the table
and say, "Lettuce again!" or
"Not cabbage today, too?" Then
ifs time to serve these leafy
vegetables with this sweet-sour
dressing: Dice four slices bacon
and brown. Remove bacon to
bowl. Add Vi cup honey, 13
cup vinegar, 1 teaspoon salt and
dash of pepper to bacon fat.
Heat to boiling. Add browned
bacon and pour over lettuce or
cooked cabbage.
Sunday, October 6,. 1957
MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE NINE
Celery Seed Dressing
Entice the family to continue
to eat those wholesome salads of
seasopal fruits" or vegetables.
Prepare this simple honey celery
seed dressing: Mix one teaspoon
dry mustard, one 'teaspoon salt,
'z teaspoon paprika in mixing
bowl. Add Vi cup Honey and
blend well. Add one cup salad
oil and M cup vinegar alternate
ly, beating well with rotary egg
beater after each addition. Add
one teaspoon grated onion and
one tablespoon celery seed.
Yield: About 1 23 cups dressing.
Poach leftover egg yolks until
they're firm. Cool and put them
through a sieve for use in salads,
and canapes or as soup garnishes.
Honey Frosting
Match the simplicity of your
favorite cake mix with this
simple to prepare but tasty frost
ing: Beat one egg white with a
dash of salt until stiff enough to
hold up in peaks, but not dry.
Then pour V2 cup Honey in a
fine stream over the egg white,
and beat constantly until frost
ing holds its shape.
Sweet And Sour
New York (IP) Carrots take
on a zesty flavor when prepared
this way. Cook the pared carrots
until they're tender, then toss in
3 tablespoons of prepared mus
tard, mixed with 1 tablespoon of
lemon juice, a dash of brown
sugar, and 2 tablespoons of but
ter or margarine. Reheat just be
fore serving.
Circus Sandwich
For children's parties, for the
school lunch box, or for snack
timevat home, catch the young
sters' eye with circus sand
wiches. Prepare Honey-peanut
nutter (equal parts of Honey
butter and peanut butter) and
Honey-raisin filling, equal parts
of Honey butter, cream cheese,
and chopped seedless raisins)
and spread between thin slices
of various kinds of bread cut
into animal shapes with your
cookie cutters.
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Honey Butter
Do it yourself! Make your own
honey butter, delicious for sand
wiches, hot breads, crackers,
pancakes, or waffles. Simply
beat together equal parts of
honey and butter, and store the
mix in your refrigerator. (
Grade-school boys follow
campus-hero brothers in fash
ion this fall. In the best Ivy
League tradition, youngsters'
suits, coats and slacks are dark
and conservative. Touches of
color appear in button-down col
lar sport shirts, sweaters and
caps.
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New Salad Dressing
Do you want a deliriously dif
ferent dressing to make your
fresh fruit salads appeal to your
family's appetite even on fre
quent serving? Just mix together
equal parts of honey and lemon
juice and store in a covered jar
in your refrigerator until
needed.
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