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EIGHT MEDFCRD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUfci TuMday. January 21. 1958 Records Broken In Circulation For Library Here The Medford Public Li brary's record of 1012 vol umes as the largest single day's circulation in its history was broken Saturday, Jan. 18, when 1105 books were checked out to library pa trons. Mrs. Wilma Eubanks re ported 640 books were bor rowed from the adult circula tion department, and Mrs. Nora McKay had a tally of 465 books checked out from the junior department. In each department the number of volumes of fiction checked out exceeded the number of non-fiction books by about one hundred. Books of fact totalling 178 were bor rowed by children as com pared with 287 story books. Adult readers selected 276 volumes of non-fiction and 363 novels. The most popular classes of non-fiction appeared to be those of science and tech nology. Sixty books in these subjects went to junior read ers and 71 to adults. Travel and biography ranked next. Considerable interest was shown in books on social sub jects as well. A great deal of activity in the fine arts de partment of the adult divi sion. Adult readers checked out 16 books on religious subjects. Increased, registration of new borrowers in all library agencies indicates that library circulation figures will con tinue to mount. Revival Spirit About Education Seen To JBe developing in America r.auor t note: Nearly evervon seems to cree that strengthening America's educational svstem is one of the most urgent problems facing the nation in the current technolog ical race with Russia. But what role should the federal government plav? The administration plans are out lined in the following special dis patch written for the United Press by Marion B. Folsom, the cabinet member who is the government's authority in this field. The executive secretary of the National Education Association which thinks the administration program is inadequate, will present another point of view Wednesday. By MARION FCLSOM Secretary ef Health. Educa tion and Welfare Written for United Press Washington W There are increasing signs that America is developing a revival spirit about education. I can't recall a time when there has been as much pub lic discussion of the needs of our schools and colleges and what they are teaching and how. Almost every day I read or hear about another city or state or civic group which has taken some specific forward step or has launched a study to plan a course of action. At any time, education should be everybody's busi ness. In this age of ever-increasing complexity and per il, education increasingly re quires more and more public interest and support if free dom is to survive. I believe more people are coming to realize, too, that the federal government has some responsibilities in edu cation today that it did not have, or that at any rate were not so pressing, in less peril ous periods of the past. Reaction, Pro and Con For example, some of those who opposed the school con struction proposals of the last three years members of Congress, newspapers, busi nessmen and others have in dicated a favorable reaction to the administration's new education proposals. There are some, of course, who say the program is not "big enough and bold enough." They would spend 5 or 10 or even 20 times more in federal funds. And there are still some who say that the proposed billion dollars for new or expanded educa tion programs over the next four years is just exactly a billion dollars too much they don't want the federal government to lift a finger. What is the basic premise for our proposals? We believe education is pri marily the responsibility of local, state, or independent sources of support. This has been America's sound policy for 150 years. At the same time, we be lieve the federal government should encourage these local, state, and independent agen cies to meet more fully some of the educational problems which are especially impor tant to national security. We don't see how, in today's cir cumstances, the federal gov ernment can afford to take a know-nothing, do-nothing ap proach to the national securi ty aspects of education. One problem that needs in creased attention is this: Probably more than 200,000 young people of high poten tial ability stop their educa tion each year somewhere be low the college level. Tragic Waste of Talent They drop out of high school, or don't go to college, because of lack of incentive or lack of money. The urgen cy of our times requires a greater effort to reduce this tragic waste of critically needed talent. The administration's pro posals would help meet this problem in three ways: First, we would provide support for state and local testing programs to identify the potential, abilities of stu dents at an early stage. Such testing programs are now Quotes From the News By UNITED PRESS New York Mrs. Virginia Huston, 35, of Bellingham, Wash., on her arrival in New York, in a wheelchair, to re ceive an award as polio mother of the year: "Life (after the polio attack) isn't much different it just takes me longer." New York Ma. Gen. Claire L. Chennault. 67, wartime commander of the Flying Tigers, fighting lung cancer that threatens his life, on his aspirations: "I'd like to go to the moon, just to satisfy myself, but I'm afraid I was born 50 years too soon." Minneapolis Presidential Assistant Sherman Adams, on the long-range missile program under the Democratic Tru man administration: "It was as dead as the proverbial dodo." New York Actress Paulette Goddard, on bussing in pub lic after an airport embrace with her fiance, novelist Erich Maria Remarque: "I never kiss in public There's no reason to." Chicago President Eisenhower, in a departure from his prepared text at the GOP rally Monday night, on reorgani zation of the Defense department:' "In this, I intend to participate personally until the job is done." quite spotty and inadequate. Second, we would support state and local action to im prove counseling programs so that those identified as having great potential ability could be encouraged to stay in school, work hard in basic academic subjects, and pre pare for college. Studies show that students who have such counseling services generally ' ao much better scholastically than those who don't, and are more likely to go to col lege. Third, as a further incen tive to potentially able stu dents who lack financial means, we would like to pro vide federal scholarships tied closely to the testing and counseling programs. Al though a large number of scholarships are now offered, most of these are relatively small, and do not really make the difference between an able students going to college or not going to college. We are proposing about 40,000 federal scholarships over four years. The amount would vary according to financial need and would range up to $1,000. State agencies would select the -recipients on the basis of ability and need, and the students themselves would select their own course of study and their college or university. A second major goal of our proposal is to expand and im prove the teaching of science and mathematics in the pub lic schools. While we must be most careful to avoid too mucn empnasis on any one Placement Plans Tc Be Explained Eugene The "Advanced Placement" program of the University of Oregon will be explained to the members of the Oregon Association of Secondary School Principals at their annual winter confer ence on the campus Jan. 31 and Feb. 1. The program as designed enables "gifted" high school students to speed up their education process by taking college level work while still in high school Dean Robert D. Clark of the liberal arts college will discuss the pro gram at the conference. C. H. Simpson, principal of Athena high school and presi dent of the association, will preside at the conference. Rex Putman, state superin tendent of public instruction, and W. A. Burton, professor emeritus of education, Har vard university, will speak at the conference. field of education at the ex pense of others, it is clear that science and math are not now receiving the attention needed. We would be foolish to ignore the fact that these subjects are plainly critical to our national security today. . The proposal would allo cate $110 million the first year to state and local school systems to help them meet this urgent national need. They could use these funds to employ additional qualified science or math teachers, buy needed laboratory equipment or other materials, establish or improve special units in state education agencies to foster science and math in structions and supplement salaries of science and math teachers. The state and local officials would decide how best to use these funds In their own school systems. A third goal is to increase the supply of college teachers and professors. This is a focal need because these teachers train most of the leaders statesmen, teachers, scientists, and many others on whom our national security may well depend. There are al ready serious shortages of college teachers and yet en rollments in higher education are expected to double in the next 10 years. Our proposal would pro vide about 1,000 fellowships the first year, and about 1,500 a year for the next three years, to encourage more stu dents to go Into graduate school and prepare for college teaching careers. Family Funeral Fund Plan ... 1. Pays funeral bills whenever death occurs. 2. Pays immediately in cash no delay no red tape. . 3. Persons ages 1 to 80 eligible to apply. 4. You may qualify without medical examination. 5. Covers one or all members of family. 6. Costs only a few cents a day.. For FREE INFORMATION Write: HOMESTEADERS LIFE CO. P.O. Box 861, Eugene, Oregon R. K. Wilson, Rep. 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