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EIGHT MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Sunday, January 19, 1958
High School Answers Critics
Do the schools of the Unit-1 reading is kept from the sixth
ed States meet the nation's grade on through high school.
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The tide of international
events has focused widespread
attention on the schools of
this country, and many critics
are saying that schools have
failed to properly educate
the nation"s youth, particu-
Related subjects in the Eng
lish department are debate,
drama, journalism and public
speaking.
History Requirmenls
All students are required to
take one year each of U.S.
history and American govern-
larly in science and the re-ment and problems; history
lated academic fields
Administrators and officials
of the Medford public school
system believe that they have
not failed in the task of giv
ing the city's children a well
rounded education, even
though the task is an enor
mous and complex one. To
give a cross-section view of
the city's school system. The
Mail Tribune today publishes
the first of a three-part series
on Medford High school. Be
cause major emphasis is
placed on the academic phase
of the senior high school pro
gram, this phase is covered
in today's front-page pictures
and accompanying article.
Aims and Purposes
The of. ice of Superintend
ent Leonard Mayfield and the
personnel of the school are
giving complete cooperation
in the endeavor. A statement
of the aims and purposes of
Medford High school was pre
pared, and reads as follows:
t "Medford Senior High
school has a definite respon
sibility to its individual stu
dents, to its community and
state, and to the nation as
a whole. As the last school
that m?ny students attend,
Medford Senior High school
must help prepare these stu
dents for rapid assumption
of adult duties and activities
as apt workers, informed citi
zens, veil-adjusted and social
ly competent individuals, and
responsible homemakers and
parents. For the student who
will continue his formal edu
cation at higher levels, the
senior high school has the
task of determining that his
academic preparations are
complete, that his school pro
gram ha challenged his best
efforts, that he too has the
personal balance and judg
ment required in new aca
demic and social fields, and
as vith all students that he
has been guided to make the
most of his opportunities,
abilities, and interests. This
applies to the mental, moral,
and physical capacities of each
student.
"The Medford school sys
tem cares for individual dif
ferences with a wide variety
of learning opportunities.
Major emphasis in the high
schoo" is placed on the basic
subject areas of English,
mathematic, science, social
studies, and foreign lan
guages. Other subject areas
are not neglected as an ex
tensive offering of general
and vocational courses is pro
vided as in industrial arts,
home-making and commerce.
All student non-credit cours
es, dramatics, and other such
events are.scheduled after the
academic school day.
Does Its Part '.
"In these times of interna
tional tension and national
uncertainty, Medford Senior
High school will endeavor to
do its part in meeting the
challenge of our times. Our
endeavors are directed to
wards engendering those
qualities of mind and spirit
which will enable young peo
ple to fulfill the great poten
tial of our democratic ideals."
All students enrolled in the
college preparatory course
must take English in the
ninth grade and all the three
years of senior high school.
All seniors in English must
write a term paper advance
students write two, one on a
topic of their own choosing.
In English literature the
course includes two Shake
spearean plays, work on com
position and in vocabulary.
The students must read at
least eight books a school
year and the reports on these
are given "conference style"
with the student and teacher
discussing the book together.
As a help in judging each stu
dent's work, a record of his
majors are encouraged also
to take world geography,
world history, economics and
sociology. In the history, gov
ernment and geography class
es, each class has one period
a week devoted to current
events. Copies of the nation's
best magazines and newspa
pers are available to all stu
dents, and these are delivered
to the classes by cart for use I In the science field, all col-
during the current event stud-j lege preparatory students
ies. imust have one year of either
Movies and other visual chemistry or physics; science
aids are also employed to majors are required to take
brinz the class members i all three laboratory sciences.
closer to world events and ! biology, chemistry and phys-
figures. lcs- ueneral science in the
In mathematics they must ninth grade rounds out the
take one year of algebra and four years now offered. Since
geometry; mathematics ma- advanced physics is being
jors or those who plan to con
tinue in any scientific field
are encouraged to take the
full four years of mathemat
ics, including second-year al
gebra, solid geometry and
trigonometry. Next year the
school plans to give a fifth
semester of advanced math
ematics which will carry
students into college algebra.
IP GE i P (3D SB B IT I
The clamour about U.S. schools which has been mount
ing for the past several years broke into a scream after the
Soviet Sputniks were successfully launched, and much of
what has been written and said throws more heat than light.
An oft-repeated statement is that the nation hasn't enough
scientists and technicians, and that our schools have been
remiss in not educating young people in these fields. We
hear, too, that the teachers don't make the students work
hard enough, and that our school systems have "gone soft."
One of the men who scoffs at the idea of not enough
scientists is Kurt Stehling, director of rockets propulsion
for Project Vanguard. Mr. Stehling, on leave from Princeton
university and a director of the American Rocket society,
recently wrote in The New Republic that this country is
not backward in basic research or lack of spending for
scientific education. "Our scientific research output per
year is vast, and our engineering and science schools and
our libraries are bulging," said the director. "We graduate
each year legions of trained fact-gatherers. Yet the Russians
are beating us because they are not burdened with as much
fat as is our technical and educational empire, heavy as
it is with duplication, research projects going on to eternity
and wastage of scientific manpower in many industries. The
inevitably few good people in our research institutions are
tied up with administrative tangles or in huckstering for
government contracts."
Dr. Stehling contrasts the American system, where "in
dustrial scientists are at the mercy of a capricious manage
ment which has to satisfy stockholders" with the Russian
system where "Soviet scientists are not allowed to indulge
in the luxury of unnecessary paperwork and duplicated pro
jects for the simple reason that their country is too poor
to support such a burden." These last words were quoted
from Professor Sedov, member of the Russian Academy of
Sciences.
And how about schools not making the students work
hard enough? One administrator in the Medford system said
the other day that for every parent who urges the school
to make the courses harder and "pour it on" the youngsters
a little more, there are a score who complain that Johnny
and Susan are working too hard that the schools nowadays
expect too much.
"Campus Paradox" in the Wall Street Journal not long
ago brought another situation to iight. The Journal sent
out a group of reporters to gather facts about college and
university enrollments. These reporters came back and said
enrollments are falling off .and that some schools, particular
ly small liberal arts colleges and big privately endowed uni
versities, are complaining that they have room for thousands
of additional students. This situation isn't universal, the
article said, and figures from the Office of Education are
expected to show a slight increase in student population this
year.
New York university, Emory University of Atlanta, Wash
ington university, St. Louis, Loyola university, Chicago, and
the University of Texas at Austin were among the colleges
which reported decreased enrollments. Various reasons were
given for this; "conflicting forces" in. the nation are said
to make planning difficult.
Private institutions were criticized for making tuition
too high, the increase of junior colleges was noted, and
the inefficiency of some institutions was scored.
Some schools were said to be recruiting freshmen just
as others recruit promising football players. "If you want
good students, you have to go out and find them" said the
president of Central college, Fayette, Mo. Recently eight
southeastern colleges, including Tulane, Stetson and Vander
bilt, set up an informal scholarship pool to east competi
tion. Some institutions admitted that they are permitting
high school seniors from the bottom third of their classes
to enroll.
The Wall Street Journal also quoted many college and
university heads to the effect that the "no show" student
is getting to be a bigger and bigger problem. High school
seniors, afraid that they may not get into a school, put
in their applications to as many as 30 separate institutions.
This is giving rise to the practice of requiring a. stiff admis
sion fee.
As far as Medford schools are concerned, responsible
citizens believe that the system is an excellent one and
that from an overall standpoint, students are offered a
better education here than in many other cities with com
parable or better resources. Comparative tests have proven
this, also.
Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Beck, newcomers to the Gold Hill
area, did a good deed last Wednesday by trucking Mrs.
Beck's marimba in to Medford in order that she could play
for a meeting of the Philharmonic Society guild. The big
musical instrument not only had been brought from way up
Sardine creek, but when the two arrived at the Country
club in Medford, they found that the meeting was upstairs.
The Becks, who moved to Jackson county last fall from
southern California, are enthusiastic about ranch life and
about southern Oregon. "I was born in California and lived
there all my life," said Mrs. Beck, "and I don't regret leav
ing it one bit. They can have it. I'll take southern Oregon."
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Additional Experiments
Because of the criticism
that high school and college
students are not encouraged
to do enough creative work,
plans have been made for ad
ditional laboratory space in
the new addition to the school
plant. There students who
wish may carry additional ex
periments and work not call
ed for in the regular courses.
At least two years of a for
eign language are required in
the college preparatory divi
sion, and language majors
take three years of one lan
guage or two years each of
two separate languages. Four
years of Latin, three years of
Spanish and two of French
are offered.
It has also been the policy
of the Medford school system
to encourage and provide for
the students with special abil
ities and interests, especially
in the academic areas. Ad
vanced work groups are or
ganized in English, social stud
ies, mathematics and science.
This program provides for
broadened content, method of
approach and rate of work.
These exceptional students are
encouraged to do a good deal
of original thinking and plan
ning and to be more self-directed
in their study and
work. They are encouraged
and challenged to work up to
their highest potentiality.
College Preparations
Students preparing for col
lege may also obtain addi
tional instruction during the
summer months. Evening
classes are held for students
planning on taking examina
tions for scholarships such as
the National Merit scholar
ships, the competitive exam
inations for the military acad
emies, college board tests and
others. Work is offered in
mathematics, science and
English.
In September evening meet
ings are held for students
planning to enter college that
month. This program is to be
expanded, and students are
being asked to- provide infor
mation and criticism by way
oi questionnaires to be re
turned after a period in college.
Remedial reading and re
view work are also provided
ior nign school seniors. Every
senior must complete satis
factorily a review of English
and mathematic fundamentals
before graduating. Follow-up
ituaies nave proven these re
views helpful to both the col
lege student and those seek
ing jobs.
The remedial reading has a
two-fold purpose; special
wont ior students with seri
ous reading handicaps, and
special help for the student
who only needs to speed up
own reading rate.
The high school library is
open every school day from
8 a.m. to 5 p.m. for students
who need to do research
work, check out books, use
the magazine and newspaper
ines, etc. ihis year four small
i-umciciiLc looms were con
sturcted in the library for
students to use when they
neea to study together,
Testing Results
, Proof that the Medford
school system is efficient and
is adequately training the
city's children comes from the
high results scored in tests
and surveys. Last spring Med
ford schools participated in a
nation-wide testing survey
conducted by Science Re
search, associates. The tests
given were the widely used
high school test b a 1 1 e r y
known as the Iowa Tests of
Educational D e v e 1 o pment.
Students in grade 9 through
12 took the test battery, made
up of nine tests in separate
subject matter areas. The tests
were returned to the Univer
sity of Iowa for scoring by
Univac. National norms were
computed from the results
which were received from 254
participating school systems.
With the middle score for
all 254 school systems deter
mined as the 50th percentile,
Medford ranked near the top.
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Girl Scout Troop 176 held
an investiture ceremony Jan
uary 15 at 4 p.m. at the home
of the troop leader, Mrs. C.V
Monia, 711 King stree.
The ceremony was preceded
by the entrance of the Girl
Scouts followed by Mrs. Mo
nia, who opened the cere
mony. She was assisted by
Mrs. R. A. Anderson, assistant
leader, who lighted the first
three large candles, explain
ing the meaning of each. The
ten remaining candles were
lighted by Girl Scouts, who
recited the law pertaining to
each candle.
Girl Scouts participating in
the candle lighting ceremony
were Sylvia Coggins, Carrol
Monia, Mikelynn Boughner,
Suzie Lund, Dollie Freeman,
Mary Sue Emerson, Dawn
Sybrant and Kathy Stelling
werf. Between the lighting of
each candle, the Girl Scouts
joined in singing appropriate
songs, accompanied by Miss
Anne Matthews at the piano.
Following the lighting of
the candles, Mrs. Anderson
presented Cynthia Hoots with
her Girl Scout pin, and to
Mrs. Monia a Girl Scout pin
for completion of her lead
er's course.
A guest at the ceremony
was Mrs. V. Lobdell, neigh
borhood chairman. Troop
Committee members present
were were Mrs. C. E. Coggins,
Mrs. G. Stellingwerf, Mrs.
E. Sybrant and Mrs. Morris
Boughner.
Refreshments were served
by Dollie Freeman and Suzie
Lund.
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In comparison with the aver
age composite school system
score of 50, Medford rated in
the 93rd percentile in the sen
ior class; 85th percentile in
the junior class; 70th percen
tile in the sophomore cless
and 87th percentile in the
9th grade. In the instance of
the middle score of 93 for all
seniors of last year's class,
the score means that half the
seniors rated 93 and the bal
ance ranged below as against
an average score of 50 for all
254 school systems.
In referenct to today's em
phasis, Medford's seniors of
1957 ranked very .high, with
average scores of 97 in nat
ural science and of 95 in the
reading and comprehending
of science materials.
On the basis of such tests,
it can be said that the Med
ford school system ranks con
sistently a m o n g the best
throughout the nation.
Help Yourself To Happiness
This column is one of a series on marriage and family problems
which appears weekly in this paper. It presents problems of everyday
living and attempts to bring you the most expert opinion in this
area. By combining clinical experience, research, and homespun prac
ticality, we hope to assist you to help yourself to happiness.
Readers are invited to present their problems. All queries will
receive individual attention and should be accompanied by a stamped
self-addressed envelope directed to Mary Harris Setfert, M.A., Depart
ment of Education, The American Institute of Family Relations, 5287
Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles 27, California.
John Robert Powers, well
known director of a model
agency. A wife's charm af
fects even her husband's
business. A friendly atmos
phere, a gracious hostess
these are indeed assets when
a man entertains his business
associates or superiors. .
Charm is a difficult quality
to define. According to the
business man, it is neatness,
attractiveness of appearance,
plus tact and courtesy. To an
artist, it is "personality," as
reflected in the face radiat
ing friendship and happiness.
To the poet, it is warmth of
thought and feeling, grace of
word and movement. To the
scientist, it is clear thought,
orderliness, and honesty. To
the humanitarian, it is altru
ism, unselfishness and patience.
The Man With the Charming
Wife
"Everybody likes to visit
the Browns. Jack is a darn
nice guy and Jill well,
she's tops. She's the kind of
wife every man wants to
marry and the kind of girl
every woman wants to me."
The wise wife strives to
make her home and herself
charming to her husband and
his friends. The friends-be-fore-marriage,
the business
associates, the boss all these
she welcomes with a genuine
and outgoing friendliness
which will aid and strengthen
her partner in his relation
ships with them. Thee harm
with which she captivated her
man before marriage will not
end with the wedding, but
will continue to envelop her
partner and include not only
him but also his chosen
associates.
There is never an age, a
situation, nor a state where
charm is not an asset, says
LAMB a la PROVENCALE
French restaurants have a
way with lamb that makes it
taste extra special. They roast
it at about 325 degrees and al
low about 30 minutes roasting
time per pound. About an
hour before the time is up,
they sprinkle it with a mix
ture of 1 clove of garlic pul
verized with 1 teaspoon of
salt, Ji cup of finely chopped
parsley, Vz cube of butter or
margarine and 1 cup of fine
bread crumbs, and then let it
finish roasting. The crumbs
toast, the garlic permeates and
all's well with the lamb.
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many of these qualities as
possible, making them a part
of her own" thinking and feel
ing, until they become an in
tegral part of herself, her
"charm".
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Rose accents red, white and
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ELIMINATE FATIGUE
According to medical re
search there are two kinds of
fatigue: physiological and psy
chological. Physiological fac
tors include hard work and
trying enviornemnt. Boredom,
monotony, irritability, pres
sures and general attitude
make up the psychological
factors. There are many new
pharmaceutical agents avail
able to combat fatigue, but,
according to Margaret Spader,
home service editor of the Gas
Appliance Manufacturers asso
ciation, a cup of hot tea is as
good an agent as has been of
fered. Start the New Year by
taking a few minutes every
day to sit down and refresh
yourself with a stimulating
beverage, a snack of food, or,
food for thought.
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"Did your polio shot
hurt, Jackie?"
What is pain? Is it the quick prick of a
needle ... or the slow breaking of a heart?
If you've ever seen a child ... or a mother
or a father . . . for whom the Salk vaccine
came too late, then you know true pain.
Because you know how it feels to have
your heart torn, piece by piece, from your
body.
Imagine, then, how you'd feel if you were
to see or be a polio victim who could have
had the Salk vaccine . . . and didnjt.
It's almost unbelievable that this could
happen . . . yet last summer's statistics
show that perhaps it already has . . .
In 1956, polio cases were reported down
47 from 1955 . . . and down 59 from
the five-year average for 1951-1955. And
eases dropped most sharply in the group
which had received the most vaccine. This
was the group of children, 5-9 years of
age, first allowed to have the limited vac
cine. But, tragically enough, not all these
eligible children were permitted by their
parents to have the vaccine.
Can we afford to let another polio season
go by without giving onr children and
ourselves-the protection of the Salk vac
cine? For, bad as it is to see a little one
struck down by this disease, it is just as
heartbreaking to see a mother taken from
her family by polio or a father left
helpless and unable to provide for his
family.
Polio, it must be remembered, ia not ex
clusively a children's disease. Although it
strikes more often in the lower age
groups, it hits hardest among young
adults. That's why everyone under 40
years of age should be vaccinated.
So get your shots now today and take
the whole family with you.
No, your polio shot won't hurt compared
to how your heart will ache if you neglect
to have your family vaccinated . . . and
then polio strikes.
DON'T PRESS YOUR LUCK. H takes 8
months and 3 injections for maximum
polio protection. START YOUR SHOTS
NOW. And protect the whole family.
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