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MAIL TRIBUNE, McdforJ, Or.
The Inquiring Mind
This series of articles, on many different subjects,
zesults from work by senior students at the school of
journalism at the University of Oregon. Each is a con
densed version of a full-length thesis written as partial
requirement for graduation at the school.
. EDUCATIONAL
. TELEVISION-II
By Judith Anderson
A feasible solution to the
financial problem of educa
tional television, as well as to
many other administrative and
technical difficulties, has been
; television experiment in Ore-
gon.
Under the direction of Dr,
- Glenn Starlin, coordinator of
" the Oreeon Inter-institutional
Television Experiment, Ore
gon's experimental project has
tied three state colleges and
one private institution togeth
er by a non-commercial tele
vision network. The Univer
sity of Oregon, Oregon State
college, the Oregon College of
Education and Willamette uni-
versity participate in the pro-
oucuon oi televised courses
which are shown simultane
ously on the four campuses,
Oregon s network system,
the first of it's kind in the couri-
ical to the State System of
Higher Education than any
other experimental systems to
date. The initial costs of con
struction and production have
been borne by Fund for the
Advancement of Education al
locations. Costs have been cut
considerably by combining
production facilities and by
the inter-campus sharing of
televised instruction.
Support Withdrawn '
Since the announcement of
the Fund of its withdrawal of
financial support, the State
System of Higher Education
has had to reconsider its plans
for financing the Oregon proj
ect. The only solution seems
to be the allocation of state
funds, collected from state
taxes, for the support of ed
ucational television. A de
cision concerning the financial
problem has not yet been
made by the State System.
The network television sys
tem is still being tested in
Oregon for problems other
than the financial aspect. Dr.
Starlin has voiced his desire
to continue to develop a
"team" approach to teaching
through the inter-institutional
system. Students participating
in the experiment have ex
pressed the feeling that ed
ucation by a team of staff
members at various institu
tions stimulates their desire
for learning by presenting a
diversity of ideas, viewpoints
and opinions that they would
not receive with individual in
struction. Speculate on Future
With Oregon's entrance into
the virgin field of network
television for education, much
speculation has begun among
educators over the future pos
sibilities of such a setup on a
national basis. The directors
of 29 educational television
stations have predicted a total
of 100 stations linked together
in a national live network by
1968. They also predict that
national educational television
programs will reach 80 per
cent of the country's popula
tion by that time.
A national network could
relieve the financial headache
oi educational television as
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Local stations could draw
from a strong, well-financed
national cooperative network
agency a significant part of
their program material, thus
cutting down on their indi
vidual production require
ments.
Probably the most import
ant feature of the proposed
network system it its partial
solution to the ever-present fi
nanical problems. Community
and university stations have
found it practically impossible
to run first-rate stations with
out some help from national
programming services such as
the National Educational Tele
vision network connected with
the National Educational Tele
vision and Radio Center, and
without almost complete fi
nancial support from private
foundations. Since the Fund
has announced its withdrawal
of funds, the states will have
to find some other permanent
source of finances.
Public Funds Needed
The federal and state gov
ernments seem to hold the
only answer to the problem.
Since these governments al
ready support public educa
tion, why shouldn't they aid
in the support of this facet of
education?
These governing bodies
might be more apt to' give
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unconditional support to a
state educational television
system if it received a con
stant flow of top-notch net
work programs. A single ed
ucational television station
used in several colleges would
require less money than if
each college had its own op
eration.
The major difficulty with
the national network is the
problem of having credit
courses aimed at schools
throughout the country with
completely different course re
quirements, grading systems
and bases for giving credit. It
would be virtually impossible
for a central network to grade
hundreds of thousands of pa
pers and tests. It would also
be a tremoundous task to fit
the contents of a. course in
-with the needs of hundreds
of colleges and universities.
Educators have suggested
that the national network take
care of general educational
programs without any class
credit. This would leave each
state free to develop and plan
credit courses according to
their individual needs. The ad
ministrative problems involv
ed with credit courses would
be handled more adequately
by each state rather than on
a nationwide basis.
Most critics seem in full
agreement that a national net
work would solve most of the
problems of educational tele
vision so far insoluble. With
Oregon's experiment the net
work has been initially tested.
The final results of this ex
periment will be indicative of
the future success or failure
of the network for educa
tional television.
With the article above,
the Mail Tribune concludes
publication of this series,
all prepared by senior stu
dents in journalism at the
University of Oregon, and
based on senior theses. If a
similar series is available
next year, consideration
will be given lo its use in
the Mail Tribune.
Oregon Cities Try
To Improve Records
Oregon cities will strive
this week end to improve their
holiday safety record, Chief of
Police Charles P. Champlin
said.
He said three of the five
Oregon fatalities over the re
cent Memorial Day week end
occurred in cities. Despite the
fact that numerous city cele
brations are planned through
out the state Champlin said,
he hopes to see the cities go
death-free over the Fourth of
July.
"The key to a safe week
end, especially for those who
may be going to large com
munity celebrations, is pa
tience," he said.
"If you encounter long
lines of traffic or have
trouble trying to get into the
stream of traffic from a park
ing area, just remember that
it's better to be a little late
getting home than not to get
home at all."
He also pointed out that
drivers who insist on cele
brating the holiday with
"liquid spirits" could be head
ed for more than one kind of
trouble-either an accident or
an arrest for driving while
intoxicated.
"Neither is a fitting climax
to a holiday week end," he
concluded.
Enrollment Figures
Announced for 50C
Ashland - Enrollment at
Southern Oregon college for
summer session has reached
650, according to Mrs. Mabel
W. Winston, registrar.
Enrollment for the preced
ing summer on a comparable
date was 539 with the peak
figure at 704.
There are 401 women and
249 men students so far of
which 391 are in elementary
and 182 in secondary education.
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Thunderstorms
By United Press International
Cool Canadian air brought
relief to millions of heat
weary easterners today and
triggered - violent thunder
storms as it fought to replace
a hot, muggy blanket that
covered Dixie.
The Weather Bureau said
the cool air mass, stil moving
slowly, would shove south
ward through Virginia. Ken
tucky and Tennessee today. It
also was expected to develop
in New England.
To Warm Up Again
But weathermen warned
that the weather would warm
up again from the Rockies
and Central Plains to the
western Great Lakes.
The clash between the cool
and hot air Wednesday spawn
ed, turbulent weather from
Iowa and Texas to the Atlan
tic Coast.
A tornado demolished a
house and a trailer camp of
fice and ripped the roofs from
two homes at Selma, Ala. Two
persons were injured, one
critically, and damage was
estimated at $25,000 or more.
Lightning Fatal
A North Carolina farmer
was killed by lightning as he
stood beside his tobacco barn.
At least nine deaths were
blamed on the weather since
last week end.
Gail, a town in west Texas,
got a seven-inch drenching
and Lamesa, Tex., reported
four inches in one part of
town and a mere inch a few
miles away.,
Heavy rains touched off
flooding in Iowa lowlands, but
no serious damage was antici
pated. Errol Flynn To
Answer Wife's Suit
Hollywood (UPD Actor Er
rol Flynn, who last year esti
mated his wealth at about
four million dollars, has 20
more days to answer a sep
arate maintenance suit filed
by his wife.
"Errol forced me to take
this action because he did not
live up to his agreement to
support our daughter, Ar-
nella, 6, and myself," said Pa
trice Wymore, 29.
She said Flynn was served
with a summons in New York
Wednesday ordering him to
agree to a date for a court ap
pearance within 21 days of
the day of the serving. The
suit was filed in New York
but revealed here by Miss
Wymore.
George Liberace
Sued for Divorce
Riverside, Calif .-(DPD-George
Liberace, brother of the smil
ing pianist, was charged with
extreme mental cruelty in a
divorce action filed Wednes
day by his wife of seven years.
Mrs. Jayne Liberace sought
$1,135 monthly temporary al
imony in her superior court
suit as well as an equitable
distribution of community
property. She also asked for
an injunction against sale of
any of her husband's holdings
George performed with his
famous pianist brother for
several years before they had
a fallout. The wife of the vio
linist-conductor estimated he
now earns about $1,000
week from musical engage
ments and returns from busi
ness holdings.
Search Continues
For Florence Man
Florence (UPD The official
search for Elbert Straight, 76,
reported missing by his fam
ily Monday afternoon, was
called off Wednesday but
state police said a private
search by relatives and
friends continued.
Straight vanished when he
set out for a walk from his
son's home in the rugged Ca
nary road area south of here.
Up to 100 searchers with
bloodhounds looked in dense
underbrush and woods for
Straight and several planes
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Albert B. Sabin (right), Cincinnati, is awarded 1959 How
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Chicago by Dr. Lowell T. Coggeshall, dean of Biological
Sciences Division. New vaccine uses live polio viruses.
Khrushchev Talked
Tough To Harriman
-Washington (UPD - Soviet
Premier Nikita S. Khrush
chev talked rough and tough
to former Gov. Averill Harri
man of New York in their re
cent discussion of the Berlin
situation.
Harriman reported Khrush
chev's remarks to the State
Department which, in turn,
gave President Eisenhower a
fill-in.
Harriman's report empha
sized the stern language
which the Soviet chief used
in laying down the Soviet
position on Berlin and other
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A high official said today,
however, that the actual sub
stance of Khrushchev's re
marks disclosed nothing that
he or Soviet Foreign Minister
Andrei Gromyko had not said
earlier at one time or another
since Russia whipped up the
Berlin crisis last Nov. 22.
" The official said there was
absolutely no feeling on the
part of Secretary of State
Christian A. Herter or his
top aides that Krushchev's
Armstrong Visits
Rome Nightspot
Rome - (UPD - "Ambassador
Satch" had cocktails with the
ambassador Wednesday night
and. then went out on the
town, growling his way
through a Roman nightspot
until almost three this morn
ing. For a man who wag strick
en just 10 days ago with what
doctors described as virus
pneumonia, jazz -king Louis
(Satchmo) Armstrong showed
a constitution as solid as any
high note on his golden trum
pet. It was after midnight when
he arrived at Bricktop's, a
nightspot on Rome's glittering
Via Veneto, from a cocktail
party at the villa of U. S. Am
bassador James D. Zellerbach.
It was just 10 minutes be
fore three in the morning
when he climbed out of the
basement club, after having
run through two vocals and
kept up a gravel-voiced ex
change with his wife, his doc
tor, nurse and valet and a
handful of local belles.
It was less than a week ago
that Armstrong suffered what
doctors called the second
"crisis" of an attack of virus
pneumonia in a hospital in the
hilltown of Spoleto about two
hours drive from Rome. He
was first reported stricken
June 23.
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talk to Harriman represented
any stiffening of Soviet pol
icy. They acknowledged that
Harriman apparently was tak
en somewhat aback by the
blunt and course language
used by Khrushchev, but they
said this did not alter the fact
that the Soviet Premier simp
ly restated old positions.
Officials here said they did
not think the Harriman inter
view with Khrushchev, held
June 23, altered Russian
American relations to any
extent. It merely confirmed
the opinion of Herter and his
aides that the Soviet position
is very rigid and not likely to
produce any agreement on
Berlin.
Canada Selects
American Plane
For NATO Defense
Ottawa-(UPD-Canada will re
place its eight NATO Sabrejet
squadrons with an American
supersonic aircraft, the Lock
heed F104G; Defense Minister
George Pearkes announced to
day.
Pearkes told the Commons
that negotiations were under
way with the Lockheed Corp.,
Burbank, Calif., to have the
airframe and powerful J79
engine of the replacement
plane, built in Canada. ,
Pearkes said it would be
"some two years" before the
new plane was in operational
service.
The minister indicated the
F104G would replace only the
eight 'Sabre squadrons. There
was no mention of replacing
the four CF100 squadrons
which make up the remainder
of the country's NATO air
force.
The minister said the Lock
heed plane was selected from
more than 20 British, Ameri
can and European aircraft
which had been considered.
Consideration had also been
given to modifying existing
Canadian aircraft, but this
was impractical, he said.
The replacement plane is
an advanced version of the
F104 now used by the U. S.
Air Force. The plane also has
been selected by West Ger
many for its air force.
Officials said the plane had
a top speed of about 1,400
miles per hour.
TURNS SELF IN
Nashville, Tenn.-(UPD-James
Corley, 54, broke out of state
prison, stole a car and turned
on the radio. He heard a re
port of his escape, stopped the
car and telephone deputy
warden W. S. Neil to come
get him. Neil did.
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Grazing Act Claimed
Outdated; Revision
Of Laws Suggested
Portland -(UPD-The Western
Association of Game and Fish
Commissioners charged Wed
nesday that the Taylor graz
ing act and other laws under
which the Bureau of Land
Management operates are out
dated. The charge was made
at the closing session of the
association's three-day annual
conference at the Multnomah
hotel in Portland.
Revision of the act and oth
er laws relating to the con
servation and multiple - use
Bakersfield Feels
Rolling Earthquake
Bakersfield, Calif. (UPD A
rolling earthquake rumbled
through this inland farming
area Wednesday rattling win
dows and dishes without ap
parently causing any damage.
Police said many residents
telephoned, reporting the four
successive temblors as a roll
ing motion. One police officer
said he failed to feel the quake
but heard it. He said it sound
ed like a sonic boom.
Dr. C. F. Richter of the
Caltech Seismological Labora
tory in Pasadena, Calif., said
the strongest shock was re
corded at 4:48 p.m., with an
intensity of 4.7, strong enough
to cause minor damage.
The quake was centered
about 100 miles north of Pasa
dena in the Bakersfield area,
he said.
BAN PINBALL MACHINES
Rome (UPD - The govern
ment clamped a nationwide
ban on pinball machines
Wednesday. The action was
unpopular in many areas but
no incidents were reported.
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management of public lands
was recommended in a resolu
tion passed by the association.
Over-Grazing Charged
The resolution charged over-grazing,
range trespass, soil
erosion, inadequate fire pro
tection and other land abuses.
It also claimed the Bureau of
Land Management is under
financed and under-staffed for
its task of managing and pro
tecting the public land re
sources. '
Ross L. Leffler, assistant
secretary of the interior, call
ed for establishment of a fish
sanctuary and anadromous
fish-such as salmon and steel-
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Leffler said in a letter pre
sented to the association the
sanctuary is critically needed
to save the runs of salmon and
steelhead in the Columbia
river.
Leffler, who was unable to
attend the meeting, said in his
letter that the marked im
provement of fish passage fa
cilities at dams on the Colum
bia and Snake rivers will be
of little, avail if the fish are
not assured of continued good
spawning and rearing condi
tions in the Snake river basin.
Road Improvement Urged
In an additional resolution
passed by the association, the
commissioners asked highway
departments and the U. S. Bu
reau of Public Roads to make
every effort to improve ac
cess to recreational areas in
the western states under the
federal limited access high
way system program.
Harold Crane, director of
the Utah Fish and Game De
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dent of the association for the
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Portland-(UPD-The Air Force
reported that a crashing noise
that rattled many homes here
and to the south Wednesday
night might have been a sonic
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Col. Younger Pitts, Port
land airbase commander, said
several jet planes were up for
a night exercise about the
time of the boom, 8:30 p.m.,
and one of them might have
created a sonic blast.
Pitts said the jets were all
above 30,000 feet No damage
was reported.
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officials promised to treat
them as political prisoners
rather than common crimin
als. The change of status per
mitted the strikers certain
privileges, such as the right
to receive Red Cross parcels.
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