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SCIHIOOlt
MEWS
Why Can't
Johnny Read?
By CHARLES V. STANTON
Why can't Johnny read?
That question is one cur
rently heard from one end
of the land to the other, as
people find fault with our
educational system.
Our magazines and news
papers are filled with ques
tions and answers, the ques
tions being, "Why can't John
ny read? and the answers
being widely varied.
But to my mind the answer
is quite simple.
Perhaps one way of dem
onstrating my belief would
be through the following
story:
Johnny and Mary lived on
an island.
To reach the mainland they
must travel by boat.
On this particular morning
the time had come for depar
ture. Seeing it was time to leave,
Johnny passed along a row
of leafing trees on his way to
board the boat, where he
waited for the captain who
boarded at a nearby home.
Johnny stood in the bow
of the boat as he waited for
Mary.
Soon he saw her tripping
her way down the path, the
bow in her hair casting a
brilliant color clearly visible
to him as he watched from
the bow of the boat.
As Mary came aboard,
Johnny, from his place in the
bow of the boat, made a deep
bow of greeting, a bow Mary
returned, the bow in her hair
bobbing as she bowed.
Today was to be a great
day.
A grand fete was planned
on the mainland. It would be
no mean feat to remain on
their feet all day, Johnny
thought. But such is fate, and
the ordeal to be meted out to
them was one they could meet
because they had a strength
ening meal of meat sand
wiches for their picnic lunch
As the boat crossed the wa
ter on the way to the far
shore, Johnny wondered if it
would be right for him to
write a book about the rite
they were about to witness.
Now the boat turned to
bear upon the bare spot where ,
it was to land. It must come
close to the shore.
Johnny turned to make
another bow to Mary, to sig
nify their approach to the
dock, but as he did so a bough
from an overhanging tree
knocked him from his place
innthe bow of the boat and he
was thrown into the water.
As he struggled to the sur
face, his eye fell upon Mary's
bow, as she stood in the bow
of the boat to gain a vision of
her best beau, knocked into
the water by a beaut of a
blow from a bough.
Lost Art of Listening
Children have lost the habit
of listening to adult conver
sation. A generation ago, the
admonition was that children
were to be "seen and not
heard." Today, they are to be
neither seen nor heard. They
are shooed off to the tele
vision set, to watch the flick
ering picture while the grown
ups talk.
If they aren't told to leave,
they do so of their own ac
cord because much of what
adults have to say isn't inter
esting, anyway. In the long
ago, of an evening, adult con
versation had little competi
tion. It didn't have to be en
tertaining to hold the young
audience.
When the grandparents and
friends of the family came to
call, the children heard their
opinions. Their prejudices,
complaints, memories were
absorbed by little ears, some
times absentmindedly, some
times intently.
Many superstitions and
much false information was
passed along in this way, but
intermingled were the facts,
the stories and the credo
which makes one family dif
ferent from another.
Now, we are substituting
the facts, stories and even the
moral creed as taught by the
television set, and it is a poor
substitute. Hearing Captain
Dudley yell "And be sure to
say your prayers" as the ap
plause fades from the last car
toon is no substitute for hear
ing Grandma tell her religious
experiences.
Seeing adventure stories on
the -21-inch tube doesn't have
the same .feeling "of personal
association as hearing a favor
ite uncle tell about a hunting
trip. .., . .
Children- should be en
couraged to enjoy the "live
entertainment" of- the front
room -instead -of the canned
enjoyment of TV, even though
Uncle George can't tell a joke
nearly as well as Jack Benny
can. We weaken our family
ties when we move complete
ly away from the era when
sons learned of past tribal
glory by hearing the stories
told around the campfire.
Oregon Statesman.
Architect for Post
Office Work Named
William H. Seibert, Med
ford architect, has been award
ed a contract for architectural
and engineering work in the
post office and federal court
house building here, W. A.
Holloway, regional commis
sion, General Services admin
istration, Seattle, has announced.
The contract covers archi
tect and engineering services
prior to general building and
mechanical repairs at "the
building, Holloway said.
Estimated cost of repairs is
$30,000, he added. Plans for
general repair work to the
building have been completed,
and plans for heating plant
and floor work in the building
are expected to be completed
by June 1.
Americans Should Remember
Lincoln's Penitential Prayers
By THE RT
In the Days News
By FRANK JENKINS
Now don't you think that
would be a fine story for one
of our primary readers?
Another question:
How does Johnny EVER
larn to read? Roseburg
sfevw-Rview.
$rm Welcome . . .
It seems as if every time
t've picked up a good mag
fzine the past few months, we
hfve seen a large ad, usually
doublepage and in color, in
iviting us to spend our vaca
tion in Cuba. Yet, day after
day, the anti-American in
sults pour out of Havana.
American property is being
damaged or threatened with
expropriation. If we're really
as welcome down there as the
ads say, the actions of the
Cubans, through their govern
ment, sure don't show it.
Prudent Yankees and in
that group we don't include
would-be soldiers of fortune
are likely to find their winter
sunshine in other countries
until Cuba simmers down.
Castro and his ad agency
ought to get together.-Eugene
Register-Guard.
Interchange Cost
On Freeway Given
Ashland-Ashland would
have to pay $250,000 If an
interchange for Highway 99
freeway is built at Oak st.
" This was stated at a meet
ing Wednesday night attend
ed by state highway engineers.
The interchange at Oak st.
would cost that much more
than the proposed one at Val-;
ley View rd., it was ex
plained. Present plans call for inter
changes at Valley View rd.
and Highway 66 and an on-off
ramp at the southern end of
town for the freeway.
Actual location of the free
way in the Ashland area is
not known, and money for
right of way purchases will
not be available until 1962,
it was noted at the meeting.
Smoke Problem Solved
Smog emanating from the
burner at Stockton Box Co.,
Stockton, Calif., has been
eliminated " by a device de
veloped by Walter Hogan. Sr.,
president of California Blow
pipe & Steel Co.
J. Don Layson, engineer for
the local health district charg
ed with enforcing the county's
air pollution ordinance, says
the system is the most suc
cessful he has seen.
Stockton Box had tried
capping it burner with various
screens to catch the major
particles. This helped.
Mr. Hogan replaced the
screens with a roof. - He in
stalled a giant fan which
sucks the fly ash and large
bits into cyclones which re
turns the particles to the incinerator.
Water is injected into the
pipe to create steam from the
hot smoke. The steam is pull
ed through scrubbers where
it condenses. The resulting
black water containing the
smallest particles of soot
drains into a sumpi The re
maining smoke - now steam
is pushed out at ground level
and vanishes almost immedi
ately. At the present time the
temperature of the burner is
controlled manually but an
automatic thermostat has been
ordered. When it is installed
the system will be even more
effective since an even tem
perature will almost always
lead to steam only at the end
of the process.
Mr. Hogan has applied for
a patent. The Lumberman,
Portland.
FLIGHTS PLOTTED
New York -(CPD- A flight
computer that automatically
plots cross - country flight
plans within minutes is help
ing to run one of the nation's
new jet air services. Develop
ed by scientists at Bendix
Aviation Corporation, the
electronic computer selects
the fastest and most comfort
able passenger routes for
United Air Lines flights and
relieves pilots of much paper
computation work.
I think everyone will agree
that Senator Neuberger's
death is a loss to Oregon. He
was in midstream of what
promised to be a most useful
career. Responsibility had so
bered him. Experience had
ripened him. He was standing
at the doorway of what ap
peared to be a long and use
ful and honorable career of
public service.
It can be truthfully said
that the people of Oregon
mourn his untimely death.
In his first term in the U.S.
Senate, he had grown in sta
ture. The public estimate of
his ability and integrity is in
dicated clearly by the fact
that at the hour of his un
timely death, only a few days
before the filing deadline for
the May 20 primary election,
no one had filed to oppose him.
Crater High School
By LaVonne LaFaver
"Irish Spring Time" was
the theme of the annual spring
formal in the cafetorium last
Friday.
Twirp season was in prog
ress last Thursday and Friday;
Thursday was inside-out-back-wards
- clashy - flashy - color -crazy-hat-day,
and Friday was
beatnik day.
Prizes were awarded to
Shirley McAllister and Jan
Williams for Thursday's dress,
and to Eddie Allen and Jua
nita Williams for Friday's
garb. The winners Were an
nounced during the dance Fri
day night.
Also at that time, Senior
Princess Karen Larson was
crowned Queen of the dance.
Queen Karen sat on an imita
tion stump with a background
of ferns and other greenery.
The princesses sat on imita
tion toadstools surrounding
her. The theme was carried
out by the rock walkway at
the entrance, and the green
foliage adorning the entire
room.
The princesses were Senior
Karen Larson; Junior Jerry
Wick; Sophomore Judy Whal
ey; and freshman Marian
Payne.
- Committee chairmen were:
general chairman, Connie Mc
Donough; coronation, Joan
Skov; decorations, Jeanette
Purdy and Lynn Malot; tables,
Ellen Ward; invitation, Con
nie Black; refreshments, Bar
bara Walters; entertainment,
Carol Meyers; advertising,
Terri Turner; and clean-up,
Marlena Coffman.
from the group will reign as
queen over the Sportsfair, and
her princesses will model
sports clothing and participate
in the Pear Blossom Festival.
The Queen will be given the
title of "Miss Jackson County"
and be in competition for the
honor of state queen.
Senior class president, Don
Ryan, and a selected commit
tee of John Anhorn, John
Caster, Bob Morris; and Rick
Burns, chose the 11 girls they
felt best qualified. Consider
ing beauty of face and
form, scholarship, personality,
charm, and popularity, the
senior boys with the help of
the male faculty members,
made their choice.
This is the second year the
Crater Lions club has sponsor
ed their Sportsfair in Medford.
PUT-
--'"The moving finger writes,
and having writ moves on, nor
all our piety and wit can lure
it back to cancel hall a line.
So the question that faces us
now is who will replace him
for the remainder of the term
for which he was elected.
It seems- to me the ideal
choice would; be Mrs. Neu-
berger, Senator Neuberger's
widow. Under Oregon law, an
appointee to fill a vacancy
must be of the same political
party as the former incum
bent.
By a curious coincidence,
this law was introduced in
the Oregon legislature by
Senator Neuberger when he
was a member of the state
senate.
Governor Hatfield was a
member of the house of rep
resentatives of the Oregon
legislature when the bill was
introduced, and voted for it.
He has mentioned in the past
the teamwork between Sen
tor and Mrs. Neuberger, re
ferring to it as "representa
tion of Oregon in the congress
by the most able team in
Washington."
THAT leaves the way clear
for him to appoint Mrs.
Neuberger to fill out her hus
band's unexpired term, which
has less than a year to run.
The fact that they have
worked as a team makes her
a logical choice for the inter
im appointment. Mrs. Neuber
ger is thoroughly familiar
with all the duties of the of
fice. With all the personnel.
With all of the current prob
lems. She has been a partner
in the job. She can carry on
from where her husband left
off. It would take anyone else
the remainder of the unex
pired term to learn the ropes
and get the job in hand.
That makes her a natural
choice for the interim appoint
ment. It would, of course, give
her a considerable advantage
in the campaign for election
to a new term. But it would
also give Oregon voters a
good opportunity to study her
and her opponent during the
upcoming campaign.
BESIDES
I find myself ' coming
around to the belief that it
might be a good idea to get
more women into politics. The
men haven't done TOO good a
job. If they had done a BET
TER JOB, we might have
fewer problems to face in
these days.
Announcement
ROBERT J. KEENEY A.I.A.
Architect
Announces the Opening of
New Offices in the
MEDICAL CENTER BUILDING
The spring play, "And
Came the Spring," by Marri
jane and Joseph Hayes, has
been recently cast. The play
is a three-act comedy of a
family situation.
The characters are Midge
Hartman, Dayle Neshiem; Vir
ginia Martman, Dorna Mose;
Eliot Hartman, Bill Chase;
Mrs. Louise Hartman, Alice
Croxton; Mr. Jeffrey Hart
man, Byron Rominger; Edna,
Lynn Malot; Clancy, Lee
Black; Buzz Lindsay, Bob
Gardner; Carolyn Webster,
Linda Cornutt; Keith Nolan,
Glen Cote; Gabby Allen, Mel
ba Tucker; Freddie Nolan,
Wayne Olson; Mrs. Cecelia
Fields, Pat Striplin; Mr. Link
Fields, Bob Garrison; Alan
Fields, Ronald McKey; Mes
senger boy, Tom Richardson;
and Christine Meyers, Joan
Skov.
... The play is under the direc
tion of Richard ; Dickenson,
and assistant directors are
Alison Pinkham and Nancy
Beacham.
The National Test of Fu
tu r e Engineers of America
was given March 7 by Mrs.
Shirley Drysdale.
Approximately 6,000 stu
dents took the test. However,
only 11 from Crater partici
pated. The upper 10 per cent will
go to Chicago for another test
in April.
Our highest three were Jeff
Anhorn, first; John Kuoni,
second; and John Champ,
third. Their ratings were de
termined by the ratio of their
age and the number of prob
lems correct.
Janice Larimer. Diane Paul
sen accompanied the group
on the bongo drums.
Third place was won by a
saxophone trio, Nancy Housel,
Linda Nash, and Janice Tay
lor, playing ."Soft Shoe
Dance".
All of the cast were so well
presented and well received
that judging was difficult.
Other students taking part,
making the assembly out
standing were Dickie Free
man, Reed Harris and Jim
Snodgrass, Catherine Watson,
Sue Gifford, Nicki Ober, Mike
McDonald, Hedy Ripfl, Mar
garet Doolen, Roland Gangs
tee, Liz Darneille, dance
group, Cindy Anderson. Ann
Jensen combo, Mike Barnes
group and Lani Jennings who
sang a ballad that she had
also composed.
REV. JOHN J.
the precept of the church that
WRIGHT
Catholic Bishop of Pittsburgh
Written for UPI
When Abraham Lincoln was
confronted with a crisis in
the unity of our nation, he
pleaded not for platitudinous,
self-righteous prayers, but for
strictly penitential prayers
such as those which the
church asks during the Lenten
season.
He used the word "peniten
tial" and made it clear that he
Miss Judy Foreman, winner
of the Americanism essay in
the annual contest sponsored
by the American Legion aux
iliary, read her winning paper
Tuesday evening at a meeting
of. the group where she was
also presented with her cash
prize and the American Le
gion medal.
Mac Pebble Pups were tak
en on a tour of the Medford
weather bureau station where
they were, shown all the inter
esting kinds of equipment and
maps which help to determine
the data gathered by the bu
reau. They found out how the
weatherman tries to predict
what is going to happen so
that people can go on talking
about the most controversial
subject of all the weather.
understood how the communi
ty, publicly, as well as individ
uals, privately, must pray in
a spirit of penance, if God's
wrath is to be averted from
our nation as well as our per
sons.
In a year in which partisan
and sectarian tensions threat
en so seriously our national
unity and when the moral
prestige of America is so
gravely questioned in the
world community, we Ameri
cans should remember the
plea of Lincoln and observe
our prayers be penitential, not
complacent, during a lenten
season which may be historic
for our country.
MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Or. C
Sunday, March 13, 1960 A
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IS THIS YOU?
Barre, Vt. (LTD "The well
adjusted person is realistic,
wholeheartedly committed to
his values and goals and satis
fied with the type of person
he is," according to one psy
chologist. Dr. Arthur Chick
ering of Goddard college said
that "the well-adjusted person
values his goals enough to
risk failure and if he fails he
still feels he is worthy person."
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Last Thursday, March 10.
the National Mathematics Ac
tuaries test was given by Mrs.
Drysdale to all her advanced
mathematics students several
students from Algebra I and
students from plane geometry
who were recommended by
Robert Bayley. A total of 63
students from Crater participated.
High score was achieved by
Jeff Anhorn; second, Ray No-
vosad; and Bill Anhorn, third.
It is a test given annually
throughout the United States.
On March 8, the Education
al Development test was giv
en, on an optional basis, for
all freshmen and sophomores.
Many of the sophomores
took the test last year, but re
peated it this year to find
their amount of advancement.
However, the main purpose of
the test was to determine their
suitability for college.
Crater's annual basketball
banquet was held March 9 in
the Pioneer Room of the Jack
son hotel.
Several trophies were hand
ed out for marks of achieve
ment. They were to Chuck
Turner, most valuable player
and rebound award; Dennis
Edwards, sportsmanship; Earl
Cooper, field goal percentage;
and Dave Sharp, free throw
percentage. .
The basketball banquet is
an annual project sponsored
by the Comettes.
Karen Larson and Patti
Straus have been chosen as the
two candidates for Sportsfair
Queen.
Along with representatives
from other school districts,
they will be judged by mem
bers of the Lions club. One
A national school assembly
was given for the student body
and faculty of Crater High
Friday, March 11.
William John Roy, Pan Am
erican james, comedian, im
pressionist and ventriloquist,
entertained. ,
McLoughlin Junior High
By Martha Mast,
Sue Williams
Baton twirling, music solos,
dance numbers, and panto
mime were some of the talent
shown' at the all-school as
sembly Friday, March 11,
when the variety show was
presented to students at Mc
Loughlin Junior High school.
Elizabeth Clark was master
of ceremonies for the hour
long stage show. The Honey
buns, a song and dance group
featuring Marthanne Good
win, Vicki Ingram, Dixie Tay
lor, and Jack Barr, won first
place. Second place was won
by the Star Dusters singing
"The Big Hurt" featuring
Pam Jones as soloist with a
chorus background of Cheryl
Vessey, Barbara Champion,
Monte Noble, Martha Bullard,
Christina Buckmaster, and
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