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6A MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford. Oregon, Sunday, November 23, 1 938 Clubs to Hold Dinner Session A joint meeting of the Med ford Toastmasters and Toastr mistresses clubs will be held Monday, November 24, at 6:45 p.m. at the Girls Community club. Dinner will be served. Toastmistress for the eve ning will be Mrs. Clarence Wilson, and speech evaluator, John Weisel, Mrs. Clarence Rolls will speak on "Feathers on the Floor," Mrs. Thomas Eall on "A Biography," Doug las Roach, "Destiny Now," and Dan Hull, "The Impor tance of being Feminine." Derby Extension Unit Holds Recent Meeting Derby-Mrs. Elbert Hefley and Mrs. Charles Hayes were project leaders for the lesson on "improving ourselves as hostesses" at the recent meet ing of the Derby Home Exten sion unit at the home of Mrs. Truman Collins. Table decorations and serv ices suitable for various types of entertaining were showw by colored slides. Announced at the meeting was the December 12 date for aturkey dinner anjl baked food sale at the Derby gymnasium. MILITARY BALL Saturday, December 6th 7:30 p.m. ROGUE VALLEY COUNTRY CLUB Former, Present or Retired Officers of the Armed Forces are Invited to Attend 0 Tickets may be purchased at Swem's 0 Recruitment, Adequate Training Of Teachers Said Major Problem "Challenges to Education in the Space Age" were dis cussed by a panel of teachers at a meeting of the Medford branch, American Association of University Women last Wednesday evening. Recruit ment and adequate training of capable young people to become the nation's teachers emerged as the number one challenge. Mrs. Paul R. Smith, moderator, pointed out that until this requirement is met, none of the other goals of education could be at tained. Mrs. Robert Butler cited the fact that with the school popu lation's rapid increase there will undoubtedly be a short age of at least 135,000 quali fied teachers next year. This lack will have to be met by using teachers with less than certification standard train ing. She stated that colleges as well as lower schools face this dilemma. Many with doc torate degrees are going into business, leaving the colleges to draw from high school fac ulties to supply their own. The long range solution sought for the problem is to raise training requirements for teachers at all levels, thereby improving their sta tus and making the profession more attractive to students choosing vocations. Oregon is already moving forward in this matter, it was said. Mrs. Smith emphasized that educational associations, con trary to public belief, are working harder for the rais ing of standards than of salar ies. She noted, however, that a well-fed teacher can do a better job. Problem ox Gifted Mrs. Wallace Haskins, in dealing with the subject of the "Gifted Child", brought out the two types of gifted chil dren: those of unusually high general intelligence and those with special talents in certain fields. She said that the esti mated 600,000 to 1,000,000 gifted children in the United Shop Early for Christmas fejfffafft- at Spedal Savings! MEDFORD Mlf ' ""PS f mm mvj s& : .v, ;t. MX,: "5 SPECIAL PURCHASE Heirloom Type Spread (1.) A touch of Early American Elegance. Made by BATES. Pride of Virginia pattern. Pre-shrunk Completely washable reversible. Full and Twin sizes. Antique white. Snow white, and pink. REG. 16.98. 12.98 EA. 1. 9 w. a SPECIAL PURCHASE Corduroy Throw Pillows (2). Square with button center. Full 14 inch size. Filled with shredded foam rubber. Always re tains shape. Large assortment of new decorator colors. REG. 1.79. 1 00 EA. SPECIAL PURCHASE Moulded Foam Corduroy Throw Pillows (3.) Removable zipper opening cover. Large gener ous size. 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The best approach to this is considered to be to look for the talents in all children and try to develop them. "Frills in Education" was presented by Mrs. Ray Fris bie. She reported that in ques tioning Medford taxpayers, both parents and otherwise, the amazing revelation was how little many of them knew about what the schools are doing. However, the following were mentioned as "frills" by some people: athletics, espe cially football ("which takes so much time", they said), yell leader groups, musical per formances or organizations outside of school, radio pro grams, driver training, PTA, dramatics, school parties of various kinds, clubs, cooking classes for boys, "life adjust ment" classes, short-sighted building programs that result in elegance rather than ade quate space. More analysis is admittedly needed to determine what things are really "frills", Mrs. Frisbie said. , It is suggested that parents can help in re lieving the time demands on the children by helping them be more selective in taking on activities. As to the cost of "frills". Mrs. Smith observed that "until we spend as much on education as we do on li quor, tobacco and beauty shops we should be sparing in our complaints about the cost of education." Accomplishments Noted In conclusion, , Miss Cathe rine Fonken touched on ac complishments of .the Medford school system. The close prox imity to Southern Oregon col lege has made teacher recruit ment less of a problem than average, she said. Medford students at all levels have rated well toward the top and far above average in tests given on a nation-wide scale. Medford High school gradua tion requirements are higher than the state average. Med ford has special classes for re tarded and handicapped chil dren. Children with above- average ability are given an enriched and somewhat ac celerated program. Hostesses were Miss Anna May, Mrs. Herbert Seitz, Mrs Jack Lewis, Mrs. Clarence Mathison and Mrs. Edward Gordon. Date for the next AAUW meeting is Saturday after noon, December 6. The chil dren's play "Rumpelstiltskin" will have two performances on Wednesday afternoon, De cember 10. Tickets will be available at the schools. Pythian Sisters Planning Events Pythian club will meet on Tuesday, November 25, at 8 pjn. at the home of Mrs. Ed ward Bostwick, 3273 Biddle road. Mrs. Rae Jack will as sist. Members are asked to bring their own sack lunch, Pythian Sisters met last Tuesday evening for roll call, reobligation, the report of the nominating committee and the report of the grand represen tative, Mrs. Don Ross. Initiation and election of officers will be on the sched ule for the next meeting. A birthday party is also being planned. Members are remind' ed to bring their silverware coupons. 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