MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Or. 11
Wednesday, Nov. II. 1959 11
CLUB
I1EVS
M.Y.H- Club ;
The second meeting of the
M.Y.H. 4-H club was held at
the home of their leader, Phyl
lis Mitchel, on Oct. 23.
The program for the coming
year was planned. The leader
showed some pattern books
and members chose the patr
terns they would like to make
the next project from.
Games wqre played, songs
were sung, and refreshments
were served. After the meet
in a tViA iViomhers went to the
football game.
Georgia Mitchel,
Reporter
Desert Pegasus
- The regular meeting of
the Eagle Point Desert Pe
gasus Horse club was held
Saturday, Nov. 7, at the James
Dunn ranch on the Crater
Lake highway.
The following were elected
a officers for the coming
year: Harlin Stinson, presi
dent; Roxie Windscheffel, vice
president; Barbara Kerrs, sec
retary; Dale Vaughan, report
er; Ron Anderson, song lead
er;, Lucile Burk, game leader.
As spokesman for the club,
Harlin Stinson presented a
trophy to Mr. Dunn in recog
nition of his leadership and
guidance of the club during
the past year. Trophies were
also presented Mrs. Dunn and
Keith Krambeal for their as
sistance to Mr. Dunn.
A skating party date was set
for Saturday, Nov. 28, to
ed. Plans for a Christmas par
ty were discussed and a com
mittee appointed by the presi
dent to make suggestions and
i J A. At-
plans to be presenxea i u
Tmn .1 meeting.
Dale Vaughan,
, Reporter
, -n v;iud -r
A group met recently with
Sarah Robinson, acting chair-
... . AiJ. An a nam fnr
mail, iv v -
a 4-H club. No name could be
decided upon, . so" it will be
taken, up at the next meeting.
Officers were elected. They
are Sarah Robinson, presi
dent; Vanza Jairchild, vice
president; Mary Carol Leav
ens, secretary; Mary na wnr
negie, news reporter; and
Mary Kay Hochstatter, song
and game leader. ' '
Mary Kay Hochstatter gave
a demonstration on parliamen
tary , procedure. The leaders
passed cut enrollment . cards
and books to the girls. Re
freshments were served by
Michelle Ely and Eileen Pull
man. Mary Kay Hochstatter
led a song and. the meeting
was dismissed. '
The next meeting will be in
a -month at Carnegie's. Sarah
gtatter will bring refresh
ments, s
.
Mary Ann uarnegic,
iiuiiniu JUIUVI
Plans Open House
A "hello" Parent Teacher
meeting will be held at How
ard school Thursday, Nov. 12,
in observance ' of National
Education Week. , .
Teachers will be in their
rooms from 7:30 until 8 pjn.
and parents are invited to
visit during that time.-A regu
lar meeting of the Howard
Parent - Teachers association
will be held at 8 p.m. in the
multi-purpose room. , ,
Elliott Becken, assistant
superintendent . of Medford
schools, will speak. A group
from Hedrick Junior High
school will sing.
Refreshments will be served
and child care will be pro
vided in the school gym
nasium. CHINESE TAXED
. In 1857 a tax of $2 per
month was levied on Chinese
for the privilege of mining in
Oregon Territory. The fol
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cense from every Chinese, not
only for mining but for trad
ing, buying and selling goods,
chattels or any property
whatever, for the purpose of
maintaining a livelihood. The
license fee was raised to $4
per month. , . -
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Many Reputable (Correspondence Schools Attract Scores to Education
By LOUIS CASSELS
UPI Correspondent
You don't have to go to
school to get an education.
Abraham Lincoln proved
that! his education stemmed
largely from books which he
read by the fireside of a log
cabin.
Today about 1,500,000
Americans are taking Lin
coln's do-it-yourself route to
an education. They are en
rolled in home study courses
offered by correspondence
schools. "
Some outfits which pose as
correspondence schools are
fraudulent. They take your
money and send you, not a
real home study course, but a
worthless mail order "diplo
ma" or "degree."
But there also are many
Census Data To Flash Rapidly
Through Gadget Called Fosdic
Editor's note: This is the second
of two dispatches on the 1960 census
tellinr what you'll be asKea ana
how the answers will be eannted.
By LOUIS CASSELS
Washington - (DPD - Some
time next year, your name,
age and address will flash
with almost the speed of light
through a monstrous electron
ic gadget known as the Fosdic.
At that instant, you will be
come a statistic in the 1960
U.S. Census the most mass
ive fact-finding operation ever
undertaken by man.
Counting people, which is
the basic purpose of every
census, is an ancient concern
of governments. China was
doing it more than 5,000 years
ago. The Bible records a very
careful census undertaken by
Moses after he had led the
Children of Israel out of cap
tivity. In 1400 B.C. Pharaoh
Rameses II divided Egypt into
districts and sent enumerators
into each district to conduct a
house-to-house canvass. The
head of each family was en
rolled, along with all mem
bers of his household.
To Use Automation
That is substantially the
technique that the Census Bu
reau will use, beginning next
April 1, to count the approxi
mately 180,000,000 people liv
ing in the United States at
that time.
But once the raw data is
gathered by 160,000 doorbell
ringers, the 1960 census will
cease to bear any resemblance
to Rameses' laborious n?se
work. Automation will take
over.
Individual census takers
will forward their work
sheets to the Census Oper
ations Office at Jefferson ville,
Ind.,where they will be pho
tographed on microfilm. It
will take nearly 1,000 . miles
of microfilm to record the
mountain of data.
To 'Read' Microfilm
The microfilm will be ship
ped to the Census Bureau's
main office at Suitland, Md.
There it will be run through a
new, Rube Goldbergish ma
chine, developed by the U.S.
Bureau of Standards. .-It is
called the Fosdic (Film Op
tical Sensing Device for In
put to Computer.) f
The Fosdic will "read" each
little square of microfilm, and
almost instantaneously trans
late it into a coded tape to be
fed into an electronic digital
computer.
The bureau have five Fos
dics ready to go to work. To
gether fhey will perform a
job that in previous censuses
required the services of 2,000
human card-punch operators. '
Tape prepared by the Fos
dics will be fed into giant Uni
vac 1105 computers, which
No Whistle To Blow
So Men Blow Stacks
Rockport, Maine .- (DPD -Officials
of the Home Port Fish
company here were reported
blowing their stacks because
they couldn't blow their whis
tle. Seems the old locomotive
whistle atop the boiler house,
which had been used for years
to call employees to work, was
stolen by an irritated listener.
The ' four-horned antelope
of India and Burma is the
only wild animal in the world
with four horns.
reputable correspondence
schools which are making an
outstanding contribution to
adult education in America.
Each year they enroll about
750,000 new students ap
proximately the same number
who enter college.
The correspondence school
is a German invention, dating
back to 1856. The first U.S.
correspondence schools were
established- in 1891. Russia
has recently taken up the idea
with enthusiasm. About one
third of Russia's college stu
dents are now pursuing their
studies by mail.
There has been a notable
increase in public acceptance
of correspondence education
in this country, as well, dur
ing the last few years. Since
1955, enrollment in home
will proceed to perform at
incredible speed the massive
mathematical job of counting,
collating and cross-referencing
that turns raw census data
into usable statistics about the
U.S. population.
Final Totals By November
Preliminary population to
tals for counties and cities of
more than 10,000 inhabitants
will be ready for announce
ment by late April or May.
Final official state totals will
be supplied to the President
by November. These totals
determine the apportionment
of seats in the House of Rep
resentatives. The U.S. Con
stitution requires that they be
computed once every 10 years.
The first U.S. Census, in
1790, counted 3,929,214 people
Students Rebel
Over Discipline
At University
Northfield, Vt. - (DPD - Up
per classmen rebelled Tues
day against ' "Communistic"
discipline at Norwich Uni
versity, the nation's oldest
private military college.
An unsigned statement post
ed on a bulletin board in
Harmon Hall said: "Men of
Norwich, Make Up."
It urged them to "stand
fast" against "Communistic"
rules imposed on students. It
said Norwich was being run
"as Russia runs" her schools-.
Brig. Gen. Ernest N. Har
mon, Norwich president for
whom the hall was named,
said the cadets were "all wet"
and dismissed it as "just a
little fracas." .
Marched To Lunch
About 500 upper classmen
refused to attend reveille or
breakfast. However, they
marched in customary fashion
to lunch in the dining hall.
There appeared to be 'no
leadership among the cadets,
protesting a ban on fraterni
ties, reduction in class cuts
allowed upper classmen, and
general "militarism." Stu
dents also protested censor
ship of the student newspaper
and alleged gagging of faculty
members.
Harmon said the protest
arose from the fraternity ban
and from general stiffening of
discipline.
No Muscular Dystrophy
Campaign Scheduled
.No local march for muscu
lar dystrophy will be made
this year, according to Mrs.
Albert C. Gould, vice presi
dent of the association here.
She said that a limited num
ber of volunteers had mailed
a few contribution envelopes
but not everyone was reached.
Those wishing to contribute
may mail their contribution
to Muscular Dystrophy, in
care of the local postmaster,
Medford, or to John Duffy,
treasurer, 1104 East Ninth St.,
Medford.
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carpet looks like new. 3 spacious
bedrooms, large tiled bath and.
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$16,000 -$1600 Down.
study courses has increased
about 50 per cent.
About 20 per cent of the
students are enrolled in cours
es offered by such public in
stitutions as state universities
and thVarmed forces. The rest
patronize some 500 private
correspondence schools.
Accredited List Available
How can a potential student
tell which schools are relia
ble? One simple way is to ob
tain a list of accredited
schools from the National
Home Study Council, 1420
New York ave. Northwest,
Washington, D.C.
The council was formed in
1926 to enforce high ethical
and educational standards in
correspondence schools. Its ac
crediting commission, which
includes such notable Ameri-
in the new republic - and that
was about all the information
it gathered. It was not until
1850 that census-takers began
to list every inhabitant by
name and to gather data
about age, sex, color, place of
birth, marital status and so
forth.
That 1850 census, by the
way, included some pretty
forthright questions, such as:
"Are you a pauper?" and
"Are there any idiots in this
household?"
Next year's census taker
will be just as nosy, but in a
nicer way. He'll seek, from
every fourth household, de
tailed information cn earn
ings, employment, education
al status and such matters as
how people get to and from
work.
When all of this data has
been chewed by Fosdic and
digested by Univac, it will
comprise the largest compila
tion of social and economic
data in the nation's history
a real gold mine of facts for
business firms, government
agencies, social scientists and
feature writers to explore for
the next 10 years. ,
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ROGUE VALLEY
cans as Dr. John W. Stude
baker, former U.S. Commis
sioner of Education, and Dr
Herold C. Hunt, professor of
education at Harvard, is offi
cially recognized by the U.S.
Office of Education. The 58
schools which are members
of the council enroll about 60
per cent of all correspondence
students.
xniormation about corre
spondence courses offered by
universities can be obtained
from the National Security
Extension Association, Bloom
ington, Ind.
Most Are Men
About three-fourths of the
students who sign up for cor
respondence courses are men.
The majority are high school
graduates who want to de
velop vocational skills that
will help them get better jobs
or earn bigger incomes.
Although young men pre
dominate, there has been a
steady growth in correspon
dence study by men who are
nearing retirement age, and
who want to learn either a
hobby or a part-time job to
supplement their pension.
You can study almost any
conceivable subject, from art
to zoology, by correspon
dence. Courses in radio and
television repair are current
ly the most popular. Account
ing is another perennial fa
vorite'; One fourth of the na
tion's certified public account
ants are graduates of corres
pondence schools.
Religious Courses Attract
Next to vocational courses,
religious courses attract the
largest number of students.
This has been true, according
to school officials, for many
years. -
The cost of a home study
course varies with the com;
plexity of the subject. A one
or two year course in TV re
pair may cost from $200 to
$300. A four to eight year
course leading toward a pro
fessional engineer's license
may tost up to $1,000.
Many educators used to turn
up their noses at correspon
dence schools. But this pos
ture is rapidly going out of
fashion. The best U.S. col
leges and universities are cur-
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