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: FOURTEEN MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Wednesday, January 22. 1958 trengfhening of American Education Across Board in Proposals by ftlEA Editior'i note: Is the adminis tration'! program of federal aid to education adequate to meet what -President fmenhower calls "our most critical national problem"? -Marion B. Folsom. Secretary of Health. Education and Welfare, In "an article yesterday, contended that it is. The author of the fol lrwine dispatch, executive of the -largest association of educators, -takes a different viewpoint. By DR. WILLIAM G. CARR -Executive Secretary, National Education Association Written for United Press . Washington HP The pro- -posals of the administration and of the National Education lAssociation for school legisla .tlon in the 1958 Congress ihave both close similarities -and sharp differences. The important points of ; agreement are: That better education is ne cessary for the security and -well-being 0f the American rPeople; that school improve- ."raent requires prompt finan cial support by the United states government; that a sub stantial number of federal fel- . lowships and scholarships : should be provided without ; completely prescribing the i fields of study eligible for sach funds; that federal funds should be expanded for testing and counseling serv ices; that state direction of .education should be p r e jerved. - The major difference be tween the two proposals may be stated thus: The administration pro poses very small expenditures to a few selected areas of edu cation. The NEA calls for Strengthening American edu cation right across the board. -1 The absence from the ad ministration program of any funds for school construction is a sharp reversal of previous policy. All through 1956 and most of 1957, Secretary of Health, Education and Wel fare Folsom and Commis sioner of Education Derthick stressed the national class room shortage. President Ei senhower called for school construction funds in three special messages to Congress 1957. On July 26, 1957, the President said he would ask for another school construc tion bill in the next (now cur rent) session of Congress. The severe classroom short age continues. The depart ment of statistics will show a very slight increase in the number of classrooms built. With an administration and Congress under the control of in 1955, 1956, and 1957, as i different political parties, the well as in his speech for the NEA has been willing to work NEA centennial on April 4, 1 for compromise measures Quotes From the News By UNITED PRESS Jackson, Miss. Gov. J. P. Coleman of Mississippi, on the protests about the portrait of a reconstruction governor of the state, Gen. Adelbert Ames of Maine, in the Hall of Gover nors: "It's simply ... a matter of historical interest. A lot of people would like to see the portraits of former controversial senators James K. Vardaman and Theodore G. Bilbo thrown out." Olongapo, Philippines Mrs. Billy R. Rooks, wife of the Shreveport, La., Marine corporal sentenced to six months in the brig for marrying her without his commanding officer's consent, on her plan to appeal his conviction to the president of the U.S. and the Philippines: "I love him. I am certain we will get justice." Athens, Greece A3c Marion Musilli of Benwood, W. Va., on being freed after an Athens court sentenced him to 10 months for the traffic death of a Greek war hero, then de ducted eight months because he had been under detention for that period and allowed him to pay a $50 fine in lieu of the remaining two months: "I am very pleased everything is over, I hope to return to West Virginia soon." New York Rear Adm. Lewis L. Strauss, chairman of the Atomic Energy commission, on the U.S.-Soviet science race: "We are far ahead of the Soviets in nearly all scientific and technical quarters." which, although not adequate, would still be of some assist ance. Now, confronted by new and dramatic evidence of need, the NEA proposes a pro gram which represents more nearly what should now be done as a minimum. The NEA can no longer agree that small sums, short-range pro grams and services in all areas, including science and mathematics, will do the job. In our judgment, a federal de cision to support any particu lar area of instruction carries with it some danger of federal direction of state education policy. On the other hand, general federal support leaves the states free to decide how much stress to place on math ematics, or on science,! or on other areas of instruction. The NEA therefore urges substantial federal undergird ing of the financial structure of public education. The pres ent base, limited largely to revenue from local property taxes or from state taxes can not fairly and efficiently reach the wealth and income of the entire nation. The NEA believes state education agencies should be allowed to allocate federal funds between construction and teachers salaries. Both need help, but there are die tricts where one need out weighs the other. I he JMJtAs proposal is a federal payment to the states of S25 per child rising to $100 per child within five years. This is still only a small square of the total cost of edu cation, so the states and local ities must also continue to exert their own best efforts. ANTI-PRESLEY DISC JOCKEY Because Elvis Presley records give him a "slow burn," Great Scott, a Nashville, Term., disc jock ey retaliates by burning ap proximately 600 rock-'n-roll records in front of Parthe non. He was subseauentlv arrested for disorderly and offensive conduct. 'Ingredients' of Science Talent Show Themselves In Youth, Teacher Says By DOC QUIGG United Press Correspondent New York HP) With so much concern being shown currently about a sense of urgency in developing scien tists, let's examine what it takes in the way of raw ma terial from our stockpile of youth. Just what is science talent? How can you tell if a kid may have it? The answer was sought from Dr. Zachariah Subar- sky, who has taught science since 1929, mostly to students aged 14-15. At present he heads an annex of the Bronx High School of Science. Some 'ingredients' of science xai- ent, he says, shows mem selves this way: Persistent Curiosity An innate and persistent curiositv. What makes tam- mv keep tinkering with elec tric currents? What drives, Alice to the marshes to col- 'Bridge of San Luis Rey i:i j. i 1 t "! : 4 V HURRY! There Is Still Time To Take Advantage of John Cupp's ft On ALL Merchandise In The Store MEW ARRIVALS DABLlf Don't wait! 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It was certainly a drama more finely dire'cted, pro duced and to a certain ex tent, acted than the average TV offering. But it was dis appointing, too. Thorton Wilder's "Bridge of San Luis Rey" contains a strong narrative. It is a novel whose concern is love, the love of mother for daughter, of brother for brother, of man for woman. It is a novel about the need for love. "If we are able to love," says one character sensitively played by Eva La Gallienne, "then we have not failed." Failed to Explore This, of course, is the crux of the matter. But I am afraid this is an area the CBS-TV play never really succeeded in exploring. Instead, the viewer was faced with a tele scoping of a series of lives that touched, crossed, inter twined. It was a drama that skimmed over the surface of each life, never digging deep ly enough to give the drama depth or meaning. Most of the principal play ers Miss La Gallienne, Theodore Bikel, Kurt Kasz nar gave performances that illuminated their thin roles. Vivica Lindfors started in an almost hysterically high key, but leveled off ,midway and went on to turn out a portrait on the credit side.' However, Judith Anderson, who had a center role, was unsatisfactory, playing her part in a iru-nner that seemed neither deeply felt nor deeply understood. She succeeded only in conveying the fatuity of her character, never the character's capacity for love, a love thwarted and untapped. Some key scenes never caught fire: A. scene in wnicn miss Lindfors comes to humble herself in- a mocking way be fore Miss Anderson, but in stead is confronted with a breakdown by Miss Anderson in which Miss Anderson humbles herself. It should have shot sparks, but merely thumped. ' A scene in which a brother dies which should have leaned heavily upon words and visual images, but instead was smothered in a heavy overlayer of music, a music which did not rein force the - scene, but steam rollered it. The climactic scene in which the bridge breaks, hurl ing five people to death. The scene had no real feeling of terror, no feeling of yawning space. It was quite obviously just a studio bridge and it was impossible to feel any in volvement in the make-be- j lieve catastrophe. j In spite of all this, I would Meeting Slated to AM Clubs 0 IMIIIW T Gold Hill Women in the r- ii tt:ii ire intpr- VjOia Jim area wnu ested in becoming leaders for 4-H serving have been invited to a meeting in the cafeteria at Hanby school Thursday, Jan. 23, at 2 p.m., according to Mrs,. Ferd Jones. She said sewing clubs will be organized at that time. Youngsters interested in 4-H sewing projects,' also have been invited to attend. GUIDES AVAILABLE Portland Ralph C. Gran- quist, district director of the Internal Revenue service, Portland, has reminded area residents that there is a 35 cent charge for the service's 1958 edition of Your Federal Income Tax. The guide is available from the district of fice at 827 HE Oregon st., Portland. like to backtrack a little and say again that it was a drama notched above most TV fare. And I would add that I would rather watch a partially suc cessful "Bridge of San Luis Rey" than any of the slick mash that passes too often for TV drama these days. . lect specimens? In some, this drive soon fades; in others it ripens and persists. Ability to spot an incon gruity or inconsistency. "Why is this window coated with frost, and the other one not?" Once having sootted the incongruity, the ability fo con sider explanations for it that can be tested. The tendency to think in quantitative terms. "For in stance, in describing a mixing operation, one youngster may tell you merely,-. 'I use more of this than I do of this.' Another will give you the exact number of drops he uses." Mechanical Ability Valuable A high degree of me chanical - mindedness; manual dexterity, manipulative -ability. The mechanical devices and gadgets of scientists, in cluding such ancient ones as the telescope and the ther mometer, have been invalu able. The Bronx High School of Science has about 2,500 stu dents. They must take an en trance examination stressing arithmetic ability, reading comprehension, and interest in science. A fundamental American problem now, he said, is to es tablish the idea of seeking an understanding of nature for its own sake "this goes un der the fancy name of basic research." Eight Photographs Donated to Library A series of eight framed, enlarged photographs of northwestern scenes has been donated to the Gold Hill li brary by artist-photographer Bob Routh. Three of the scenes are photographs of Lithia park in Ashland. One was taken in Rogue River gorge, and two are marine subjects photo graphed at Crescent City, Calif. Two winter scenes will be added in the near future, according to Mrs. Jewel Routh, Gold Hill librarian. Visitors "to the Gold Hill library have commented on the beauty of composition and the fineness of the photo grapher's work in enlarging the photographs as well as upon loveliness of the scenes represented. Their presence adds another touch to the ren ovation and redecoration of the library, a project of the Gold Hill city council and in- 4. - 1 - -1 i teres iea residents. ERRED Southport, England (ffl-r-Ada Fisher, told by doctors when she was 16 that she had little time to live, celebrated her 101st birthday yesterday. HFC has made loans promptly for 80 years Borrow confidently from HFC Since Grandfather's day HFC has been making prompt loans, in pri vacy, to people who need money for all kinds of good reasons. At House hold you can borrow up to $1500, get one-day service and take up to . 24 months to repay at the terms you choose. OUSEHOLD FINANCE 128 E. 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