: 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
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By WILLIAM EWALD
United Press Correspondent
New York (IB What to
say about the CBS-TV produc
tion of "The Bridge of San
Luis Rey" Tuesday night?
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-
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