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Every student of Medford High school must take mathematics in order ' R?lif'yg- , ' ' ' '
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to use a slide rule. Robert Steele (at left) is a junior and Stephen Hoag JM3WW0 t?. ' JP
is a senior. Algebra is started in the ninth grade of junior high school 'MSk- 1 " ' '
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MEDFORD. OREGON, SUNDAY. JANUARY 19, 1958
Spotlight on Medford School
By OLIVE STARCHER ?
Recenf world events have turned the national spotlight on our schools, already ffie
center of controversy. Legislators want to know if there is actually a lack of scientists and
qualified technicians and leaders in industry ask if the schools are fulfilling their propel
function in turning out men and women trained to carry on the nation's commerce and
business. Some citizens wonder if our schools and colleges are developing the country's
potential leadership to full advantage, others worry lest the pressure and tensions at
world events bring about hasty decisions on education which will be regretted in yean
to come.
In an effort to answer some of these questions on a local level, The Mail Tribune fo
day publishes the first of a series of three pages of pictures taken at Medford High school
Administrators of the city's public schools, school beard members and teachers believe that
the system has been and is now successful in offering a well-rounded education to its stu
dents and has maintained a proper balance between the academic, general and activity
programs in high schools. The pictures are augmented with articles explaining different
phases of the senior high school program.
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Pictured in a physics class are Jon Thompson (at left) who
plans to major in engineering, and Jim Corum, who will con
tinue in science at college. Superior students, both qualified
in the national Merit Scholarship program. Four out of 7,500
qualifying seniors throughout the nation were from Medford.
Students enrolled In the college preparatory course In Medford High school
must take a laboratory science and shown here in the midst of a chemical
experiment which will determine the percentage of pure silver in a silver-copper
alloy are Clark Barker and Jackie Creager. Both are juniors and both plan to
attend college. About 40 students are enrolled in two sections of chemistry. In
answer to critics who say high schools do not teach enough science it can be
said that a system can only offer science it cannot force a student to take
more than the minimum requirement for graduation.
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If enrolled In the college preparatory course, Medford High school students must have
two units of a foreign language. Spanish, French and Latin are offered; both Spanish
ond Latin may be started in junior high school. Among those enrolled in Spanish are
David Ryan and Linda Wicker, both sophomores, and they are shown with the record
player used extensively in the class. A total of 176 students are enrolled in three sections
of second-year Spanish this term, and there is one third-year section.
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To encourage discussion, students in Mrs. JoAnne Smith's social studies classes sometimes arrange their desks in a
circle around the room with the huge map of the world as a background. All students are required to take one year
each of United States History and American Government, and Problems. In the class is Karen Sloniger, (second
from right) one of the four seniors qualifying in the National Merit Scholarship program. History majors are
encouraged to take World Geography, World History, and such courses as economics and sociology in addition.
Five years of work is offered in this field. The program of classes at senior high school begins at 8:25 a.m.
and closes at 3 p.m., with all extra-curricular activities coming at the end of the day. This keeps the academic
program free from interruptions and distractions; club meetings, athletic practices, assemblies, etc., are held
after 3 p.m.
Absolutely essential to every citizen is a thorough knowledge of how to write and speak the language
of his country. Medford High school students are all required to take English all four years, culminating
instruction given throughout the grades. In English classes students learn proper use of the library and
pictured here in the school library are (left to right) Lelani Kunkel, Inger Palmquist and Sandra Buxton,
the latter one of the school's Merit Scholarship students. These students are at work on term papers;
each student must write at least one, advanced students write two, the term paper being considered
. a scholastic tool.
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