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Mfferent Teachers for Different Subjects (Urged for Junior Ddighs Portland-OT-James B. Con ant, former president of Har vard University, said here that he believes every child in junior high school should be exposed to different teach ers for different subjects. Conant addressed the 44th annual convention of the Na tional Association of Second ary School Principals. He ex plained ideas he had gathered from a nation-wide study of 125 junior high schools in some 60 communities in 17 states. The study is part of Con ant's continuing examination of American secondary educa tion. Algebra Sooner One major trend Conant found was that an increasing percentage of youth start high school not at the ninth grade but at least by the sev enth grade. The traditional 1-8, 9-12 grade arrangement is apparently being broken up, according to Conant. Conant favors earlier intro duction of algebra, foreign languages and specific sci ences so that some junior high students could take ad vantage of them. The Family Council Editor"! Note: The Family Council consists of a Judge, a psychiatrist, three clergymen, a newspaper editor, a women's editor and two writers. Each article is a summary of an actual ise history. The Council reports on problems that nave been dealt wi fe by responsible agencies and counselors. Evelyn R. Vic is so anti social! Victor R. - It's the parties I can t stand. Evelyn R. - My husband and I have been married ten years and have four children. We are fairly happy except for one basic problem that has plagued us from the begin ning. I am an extrovert and my husband is an introvert. I just love to have loads of friends, visit, do a lot of entertaining I realize that Vic is often too tired to do these things, but he should do them to please me. After all, he gets around among people all day and I'm cooped up in the house with the kids. I don't know what it is about Vic. He doesn't seem to like people. He is very quiet when he's among them. It's too bad because people seem to like him. He is so anti-social! Victor R. - I guess it's just a curse being an introvert. I can't help myself. But I deny that I don't like people. I do like them. That's one reason I can't stand these parties Eve lyn goes for. The people aren't people. Real people must have something better to do than sit around drinking and flirt ing with one another's hus bands and wives. Whenever there is a political discussion everyone gets sore and things nearly come to blows - either that or they say the same old things, agreeing with one an other. I could enjoy myself so much more at home with TV or a book. The Council: Those once popular terms introvert and extrovert have pretty much For Half-Sizes WIT i tr . rrr t Irw III SIZES 14H-24H sVmM At last! A playsuit cut to fit and flatter short, fuller figures. Built-up bodice, wide straps conceal bra one-piece lines slim your figure. Easy sew. Printed Pattern 9149: Half Sizes 14V. 16V4, 18, 20J, 22V4, 24V. Size 164 requires 2 yards 35-inch fabric. Send FIFTY CENTS (coins) for this pattern-add 10 cents for each pattern for first-class mailing. Send to Marian Mar tin. Medford Mail Tribune, Pattern Dept., 232 West 18th St.. New York 11, N. Y. Print plainly NAM E. ADDRESS with SIZE and STYLE NUM BER. JUST OUT! Big. new 1960 Spring and Summer Pattern Catalog in vivid full-color. Over 100 smart styles ... all sizes .... all occasions. Send now! Only 25c gone out of fashion lately. It is taken for granted that we all have mixed tendencies. One inclination or the other may be brought out by cir cumstances or our needs or desires at various times. We think Victor, for exam ple, may be a "mixer" in the best sense of the word. The fact that people like him is a certain sign that he is not hostile to them or anti-social. He seems to crave real con tact with others - of the kind that results in the enlarge ment of his horizons. On the other hand, social butterflies may be so self-centered that true human inter change with them is 'virtual ly impossible. This may be just what Victor complains of in their friends. Each indi vidual in the group is there for ego gratification. That is why they become angry if their ideas are not greeted with applause. That is why there is a need for the dubious gratification of making a suc cessful play for another's hus band or wife. That is why the talk is superficial and boring. Everyone must be careful not to touch someone else's weak or sore spot. We agree that women have a greater need to get out and socialize among adults, but they should also recognize that they should, therefore, take on greater responsibility for the quality of the socia bility. It won't just happen by leaving things to chance or playing the game of keeping up with the Jones's. It is im portant to select a group of people who are ready and able to give and receive in social interchange, and then develop in oneself the art of bringing out what is best in others. (Copyright 1960, General Features Corp.) Grange News Gold Hill Grange New members Mr. and Mrs. Richard Ladd, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Stripling ana Mr. and Mrs. Frank Frezell were accepted into the Gold Hill Grange at a recent meeting. The agriculture committee reported the ban on cattle between California and Ore gon has been lifted. The leg islative committee discussed issues in the coming election, and the education committee explained the new school law on reorganization. A special committee report on the rural fire district was presented. The ways and means committee reported that the dances have been successful. The final commit tee reported that the books are in good order. Master A. A. Walker was elected to a 1-year term as Grange agent, which is re quired by a state law cov ering non-profit organiza tions. The next meeting will be March 3, the Grange's anni versary. The organization will give special recognition to charter members. PAPER COVERAGE Cleveland A single roll of wallpaper will cover about 36 square feet of wall space. He urged principals to pay more attention to the read ing problem in junior highs by remedial training and also to develop a more diversified program for gifted students. In telling educators of jun ior high problems, Conant came out for a seven-period day with 50 minutes in each period. This would put the youths into a six-hour and 53 minute day, counting time for homeroom, lunch, and travel between classes. Homework Mentioned All students should take at least English, social studies, mathematics, science, art, music, physical education, in dustrial art for boys and home economics for girls, accord ing to Conant's ideal pro gram for junior highs. Conant favored a "drastic revision" in physical educa tion training so that at least five periods a week would be devoted to it in the 7th and 8th grades, but he warned of too much emphasis on com petitive sports which he said, was filtering down from the college to high schools to jun ior highs. How about homework? On this touchy subject, Conant Prison Visitor Nabbed by Police Salem -IJPD A Salem wo man visiting her husband in the Marion county jail was arrested Friday with a wo man companion and both wo men were charged with lar ceny. A Linn county warrant charges the two, Nancy Jo Bice and Shirley Joan Man ning, both 20, with taking about $100 from a Lebanon man after he accepted a ride in their car Feb. 7. Bond for the women was set at $1,000 apiece. City Managers Told Of Responsibility Salem (CPD The woman mayor of Richland, Wash., Mrs. E. T. Merrill, told the Northwest City Managers' Convention Friday that com munities have the responsibil ity of educating the public to future needs. She said planners plan for community expansion "but a doubting or foot-dragging pub lic can hamstring a project that will frequently prove its value ten times over within the next decade." The three day conference ended Saturday with a report from David D. Rowlands of Tacoma, on executive board activities of the international city managers' association. Oregon Democrats Select Secretary Portland - (CPD - R. Blaine Whipple, 30, Portland, man ager of Rep. Charles O. Por ter's successful 1958 reelec tion campaign, has been nam ed executive secretary to the state Democratic party. State Chairman Robert S t r a u b, Springfield, said Whipple would devote much of his time to party organiza tion, publicity and public re lations work. Whipple, a former Eugene resident, was on the Univer sity of Oregon school of jour nalism staff during the 1957- 58 school year. EMPTY COMMUTER TRAIN Seoul-fllPB-A commuter train left Seoul's central station one morning last week without a single passenger all because of rush-hour crowds. The tick et-taker was so harrassed by the crowds he forgot 270 pas sengers waiting inside the sta tion and did not open the gate to the loading platform until after the train had pulled out. opined that a seventh grade student ought to be able to handle an hour a day and an eighth grader two hours a day. The recommendations made by Conant are not final and await the conclusion of his report on American Second ary education. Supreme Governor Of Moose to Visit Judge Louis K. Thaler of Ithaca, N.Y., recently elected supreme governor of the Loy al Order of Moose, will visit Medford March 14 to attend initiation ceremonies here. Thaler, who has been prac ticing law since 1927, is a member of the law firm of Thaler and Thaler in Ithaca. He has served as Ithaca's city attorney and was elected spec ial county judge and special surrogate of Tompkins county in 1945. His present term ex pires next year. He joined Ithaca Lodge 666 in 1941 and is a past trustee and past governor of the lodge. He has served as a supreme junior governor, dis trict deputy supreme gover nor, supreme prelate and has been awarded the Pilgrim De gree of Merit for his service to the Moose fraternity. House Farm Leaders Will Hold Hearings Washington - (UPD - House farm leaders plan to open hearings this week in a search for agreement on com plete overhaul of the federal farm program. Beginner Easy! 0 7120 i Elegance made EASY! 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Davis, an attorney for Caryl Chess man, stating that California Gov. Edmund G. Brown could aid his career if the State Supreme court gave him "freedom of action" and he commuted Chessman's sentence: . "He would have the choice of flopping around and get ting no place or of walking into the White House." Eau Claire, Wis. -Sen. Hubert Humphrey, expressing hopes that candidates in presidential primaries will debate the major issues on radio and TV to stir up public interest: , "Major issues cannot be discussed in spot announcements. In fact, you can't even sell soap on a spot announcement." Morrison, Hl.-Edward Schuler, who discovered the as phyxiated bodies of mechanic LeRoy Hensel and Hensel's wife and six children, describing his premonition when he discovered Hensel's door was latched on the inside: "A funny feeling goes through you when something like that occurs. You know you're going to find something inside, and you're pretty sure if s going to be bad and you're afraid really io see-but you look anyway." Hollywood-Beverly Aadland, teen-age "protege" of the late Errol Flynn, stating she was embarrassed because here new suitor fired a pistol to scare her mother away from his home, landing both mother and suitor in jail: "I don't know what got into mother. It won't be good for my career." Servicemen COMPLETES TRAINING Chuck D. McKinley, fire men apprentice, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. McKinley of 124 Newtown st., Medford, graduated Feb. 12 from re cruit training at the Naval Training center, San Diego, Calif. He is spending 14 days leave at the home of his par ents. McKinley will report next to San Diego for a 14 week course of instruction at electrician's mate school in preparation for further school ing in the nuclear field. ENDS TRAINING Joe K. Andrews Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe K. Andrews, Eagle Point, graduated recent ly from recruit training at the Naval Training center, San Diego, Calif. He is now home on leave. Andrews was runnerup for honorman in his recruit company and was one of two men at the center se lected for technical photo in telligence school at Alameda, Calif. INFANTRY TRAINING Three Army privates from Medford are undergoing basic infantry training at Ft. Ord, Calif. They are Eugene F. Cronin, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. Francis Cronin, route 2; Ronald R. Pruitt, son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Pruitt, 629 J St., and Dwight H. Findley Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Dwight H. Findley Sr., route 2. Pruitt and Cronin are grad uates of St. Mary's High school and Findley is a gradu ate of Medford High school and Willamette university. Pruitt and Cronin attended Southern Oregon college. MAIL TRIBUNE, MetffenJ, Or. 9 Mouthy, Fab. 29, I960 A" MEDITERRANEAN CRUISE Robert A. Vinzant, damage controlman second class, son j of Mr. and Mrs. Homer A.! 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