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MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1959
No. 210,
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WHOA. BLITZEN! When Old St. Nick
roared into Medford yesterday morning by
helicopter, it was a double thrill for hun
dreds of children on hand to greet him. The
machine stirred up a hurricane of leaves
and debris as it landed in a roped-off area
in Hawthorne park, and when everyone
could open their eyes again Santa had alight
ed and was waving a cherry hello. He was
Anti-American
Mobs, Troops
Clash in Panama
Panama City (UPD - Rock
throwing mobs clashed with
National Guardsmen and U.S.
Infantry troops at the Canal
Zone Saturday night in a
itormy anti-American demon
stration that left a number of
persons injured.
; The Panamanian Guards
men in manj instances were
- backed up -all the way into
Canal Zone property under
presure from demonstrators.
They fired tear gas and used
their rifle butts in an attempt
to restore order. .
Barricade Eractad
' Some demonstrators, mostly
youths, managed to slip past
the guard lines and roam up
and down the wide street
which marks the division be
twen Panamanian and U.S.
property. , However the hasty
construction of barbed wire
barricades cut off the advance
of a majority of the mob.
The barricades and the de
termination of the National
Guardsmen appeared to deter
the demonstrators from at
tempting any major assault on
the canal, such as in the anti
American riots of several
weeks agoJ
WEATHER
FORECAST: Increasing cloudi
ness today with possibly a few
showers this afternoon or eve
ning. Partly cloudy tonight and
Monday with patches of fog
around sunrise. High today SS.
Low tonight Z8. High Monday 52.
Temp.
Highest Saturday 61
Lowest Saturday 29
Our Skies Tonight
Sunset today ....... 4:41 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow 7:19 a.m.
The Moon will he In conjunction
with the Sun (New Moon) 12:46
a.m. tomorrow and will rise
with the Sun.
Also at 4:0 aan. tomorrow the
Moon will ' be in Perigee and
only 221,600 miles away, its
nearest approach to the Earth
this year-
HE'S COMING
"Ml ji Mtviff'
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led through the crowd of excited children
by Medford police and was taken by car to
a point on Main st., where he gave out
some 3,000 candy canes to youngsters.
Bright weather helped make the event an
outstanding success, according to J. J. Mat
terie, chairman of the Jackson county re
tail merchants committee.
(Srasadisrs fie
Hi Yonealla
St. Mary's of Medford and
Yoncalla closed out the Ore
gon high school football sea
son here Saturday night - by
battling to a deadlock for the
state Class B co-championship.
The score was 12 to 12.
. The Crusaders of Medford,
who joined Medford High in
the title ranks, led ,12 to 6 at
halftime but the Eagles fought
across the goal n the third
quarter to tie the game.
First period of the encoun
ter was scoreless. In the sec
ond stanza, St. Mary's took
the ball on its own 15-yard
line and drove to the Yon
calla 46. Then Alex Mete
Christmas Baskets
To Be Prepared
Christmas giving of food
baskets to the needy, a proj
ect of the Jackson County
Inter-Agency Council, will be
handled again this year by a
committee from the Red
Cross, Salvation Army and
Public Welfare agencies.
Headquarters for the Christ
mas Bureau will be at the
Red Cross office, 60 Haw
thorne ave.
In order to avoid duplica
tion of giving, all organiza
tions, service groups, clubs,
churches and individuals are
urged to clear the names of
families for whom they plan
to prepare baskets. Individu
als or organizations wishing
to be given names of needy
families, should call the
Christmas Bureau SPring 2
4405. The information will be
available after Dec. 1.
Those having' a surplus of
apples, nuts, poultry, etc. who
would like to contribute to
ward filling of the baskets,
may call the Christmas Bureau.,
Santa' helicopter hoves into, sight
sliced over right tackle and
scooted away to score. Bob
Evans' conversion kick . was
blocked.
The Eagles then struck the
end zone on a pass play, Orlan
Wiley to Jim Booth, which
carried for 21 yards. Wiley's
run for the bonus was short
with 36 seconds left in the
half. St.; Mary's, got, the kick-
off on its 40-yard line. A pitch
and pass, Bob Evans to Dick
Evans to Roger Hout covered
60 yards for a score with 18
seconds left. Again Bob Evans'
boot was blocked.
In the third quarter the
Eagles moved out from their
40 and in five plays reached
the St. Mary's 24. Ron Revelle
hurled to Wiley for a touch
down Revelle's conversion
pass try to Booth failed. ;
Each team stopped a drive
by the' other in the shadow of
its goal. Yoncalla reached the
Crusader five-yard line in the
first period. The Medford
team reached the Eagle, five
in the folirth.
Football Scores
, Wake Forest 43, South
Carolina 20
Alabama 10. Auburn 0
Noire Dame IS. Southern
California 6
Baylor 23, Rice 21
Texas Christian 19, South
ern Methodist 0
Mississippi 42. Mississippi
State 0 ,
Oiiihoma 17. Oklahoma
State 7
Coloado 15. Air Force
Academy 7-
UCLA 21, Utah 6
Navy 43.' Army 12 ;
Vanderbilt 14. Tennessee 0
Georgia 21. Georgia Tech
14
' Florida 23, Miami (Fla.) 14
Clemson 56.' Furman 3
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Red Educators
Reject Concept
fl 1. Q. Tests
(Editor's note: This Is another in
a series of articles prepared by
Medford'; school school superin
tendent following his recent three
week trip to Russia. The series
deals with Russia's "Seven Year
Plan," . and is based on Soviet
books, magazine articles, and per
sonal interviews with the minis
ters of education of the Russian and
likranian republics, the deputy
mayor of Moscow and the mayor
of Tbilisi.)
By
DR. LEONARD MAYFIELD
Medford School
Superintendent
The educators we visited in
the Soviet made it clear that
they rejected the concept of
I.Q. tests and questioned the
need for concern about in
dividual differences. Never
theless, certain provisions
were made for individual dif
ferences even though they
would not admit it.
There are schools for the
"defectives" - the blind, deaf,
and retarded. In addition,
some schools in large cities
specialize by. providing ad
vanced training in music, bal
let, circus, and foreign lan
guages. ,T here are schools
where - boys and girls may
study such foreign languages
as English from the fifth
grade on; others where Chi
nese, French or German is
taught.
Pupils are placed in these
schools early in their school
ing. We were told that an ex
perimental school is selecting
second and third grade stu
dents who have demonstrated
their ability in languages, and
enrolling them in foreign lan
guages. The basic curriculum, with
its academic mathematics
science emphasis, is studied
by all pupils regardless of the
type of school they may be in.
No provision is made in the
system for commercial sub
jects such as typing -and short-
Miner Buried in
Gold Hill Cave-in
Gold Hill-A search party
of about 30 sheriffs deputies
and volunteers were climbing
up to an old gold mine near
Gold Hill last night to dig out
the victim of a cave-in. ; v
Walter (Woody) Woodfin,
about 56, one of three partners
working the mine, is believed
to be dead, a member of the
search party said last night.
Harry Thornbrue, a ranch
foreman living near the mine,
said the cavein occurred about
6:30 pan. yesterday.
Willard J. Du charm was in
a cabin near the mine, one of
the partners, when Woodfin
was buried under two truck
loads of rock. Ducharm left
the cabin to check on Wood
fin and discovered the cave
in. He had warned Woodfin
of the danger, it was reported.
The third partner fis Oliver
Beekman, it was reported.
Renewed Attacks on .
Quemoy, Matsu Seen
Tokyo - (D?D - Communist
China Saturday raised the pos
sibility of a renewed attack on
the Nationalist held offshope
islands of Quemoy and Matsu
to coincide with the Asian
visit of President Eisenhower.
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hand. These are taught In
special schools and colleges.
Pupils Treated Alike
All pupils in a given class
are treated alike, and all class
es are heterogeneous. Certain
schools have their labor class
es in the ' "light industry,"
others m "heavy industry,"
etc. This is determined gen
erally by the basic industry
of the area. Most pupils go to
work in the local industry and
generally little or no provision
is made for those who might
prefer another, industry.
The Pioneer Palace, Circles
and Houses of Culture play an
important role in providing
for what we in America call
extracurricular subjects and
activities. These organizations
also provide for practical
laboratory experiences in cer
tain areas such as astronomy,
botany, zoology, music, art,
etc. " A few pioneer palaces
have extensive and advanced
equipment for study in astron
omy, botany and meteorology,
for example.
In one palace we saw a
complete "planetarium" with
Russia's "sputnik." This en
tire project, which was most
impressive, was constructed
by students under supervision
of a college science instructor.
It is doubtful that many of
our colleges in America have
any project as complete as
this..
No Special Classes
The most outstanding point
to our group was that the
Soviets, so concerned with
science, did not provide spec
ial classes within a school, or
special schools for those "gift
ed" or interested . in science,
and that science research was
primarily carried out in Pio
neer Palaces outside the form-:
al school. This paint-was
carefully checked in all
schools visited and by ques
tions to teacher groups.)
Since present Russian scien
tific discoveries and exploits
have been' achieved for the
most part by older men and
women, the present education
program cannot be given
for them.
Motivation lo Learn
The basic motivation to
learn in the Soviet appears to
be the society itself. Teachers
seem to be unable to grasp
the thought that some pupils
might voluntarily reject
study. Posters, films, news
papers, and radio stress the
need for an educated people.
All age groups are attending
all kinds of classes.
Stipends (scholarships) are
given to university and in
stitute students. Juniors and
seniors receive a 25 per cent
increase if they qualify with
high grades. Only the student
who has mastered. his basic
10-year program and has had
work experience is likely to
pass the exams for entrance
into the university. In ad
dition, there are national com
petitive exams in s u b j e c t
areas where high financial re
wards are presented to the
winners. 1 ' .
Within the school there are
rewards pins, honor bulletin
boards, and oral grading. It
was also reported that pupils
bring i "social" pressure on
each other for good grades.
foowd get blast of air as
SIS-BOOM-BA! The Medford Rally Girls kicked up a
storm for some of tne zi.uuu
take the i state high school
Medford Cops State
Grid Championship
Multnomah Stadium, Port
land - The slender margin of
a conversion tally gave Med
ford High school the Oregon
Class A-l football champion
ship here Friday night.
Ken Durkee returned a Jef
ferson punt 77 yards in ' the
second quarter for Medford's
touchdown.. Skip Bennett ran
the extra point. - The ; Demo
crats" cameback in. the fourth
period to score' on a pass
play which went for 66 yards,
Mel Renfro to Herb Wash
burn. Medford defenders
stopped Harvey Jackson short
of the goal on the conversion
try.
The Medford victory
snuffed Jefferson's bid for a
third straight, championship
and snapped its three-year
winning streak at 34 straight.
The Black Tornado, wrapping
Former Sen. Holman
Succumbs
Eugene (DPD-Former Oregon
Senator Rufus C. Holman died
here Friday at the home of
his stepson, Eugene Attorney
Ernest Lundeen.
Holman, 82, a Republican,
served as U. S. Senator from
Oregon from Jan. 3, 1939, to
Jan. 3, 1945.
Holman had been under ob-
Ike Urged To Issue
More Rocket Orders
Washington -(UPD President
Eisenhower was urged Satur
day to issue immediate orders
to prepare at least "three or
four more Atlas-Able rockets
for launching toward the
moon early next year..
machine lands.
l
tans wno waicnea meaiora
football championship from
up its season with 12 wins and
no losses and capturing the
first state football title for
Medford since 1944, avenged
a 21 to 7 loss to Jefferson in
the 1958 state final.. . .
Defense played a key role
for the southern Oregon team
which stopped the Democrats
once- after they reached the
Medford 14-yard line. : The
Black Tornado allbwedRen
fro, . Jefferson's . star break
away back, only two long
gains." Medford got to' the Jef
ferson two-yard line in a
late offensive drive."
The' Democrats had the
rushing and passing edge.v-
The Friday score was the
closest game this fall for ei
ther school. Each has run
roughshod over most 1 of its
foes. ' . v .
(Details on page 10)
in Eugene
servation for some time at a
Portland, hospital last Febru
ary for a heart condition.
Lane County Coroner Fred
Buell said death may have
been due to a heart attack, or
to a fall suffered, when the
former Senator opened the
door to the basement, appar
ently mistaking it for theioor
to a closet, and fell some 10
steps to the basement floor. '
Holman had gone to Eugene
to spend the Thanksgiving
holiday with his stepson and
daughter-in-law. Mr. and Mrs.
Lundeen had gone out, and
on their return, Mrs. Lundeen
heard a groan from the base
ment and found Holman
there. She called her doctor,
but the former Senator was
dead on the doctor's arrival.
"Merry Christmas to all
Jefferson at Portland's Multnomah stadium Friday night t
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A WORRIED COACH Medford Coach Fred Spiegelberg
surveys action from the sidelines during the first half of
the' state championship football game at Portland Friday
night. - ' (UPI Telephoto)
Antarctic Nuclear Test
Washington-(UPD-The 12-na
tion antarctic treaty confer
ence Saturday reached almost
final .agreement to ban all
nuclear explosions in. Antarc
tica. The tentative agreement
would not forbid the use of
. . (UPI Telephoto)
Agreement Near
atomic recators for such pur
poses as electrical power and
melting ice for water.
Washington (UPD Vice
Adm. Thomas R. Cooley, re
tired, died Saturday in Quan
tico, Va., the Navy announced.
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