WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 3, 1960
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, ORE.
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t NEW JUNIOR HIGH - This shows a section
" of the new junior hih school in Ashland,
which students will us for the first time
j this fall. The building, which replaces the
former structure condemned by the state
fire marshal, is being constructed to facili
tate about 1,000 students, but about 650
sfcidents are expected to enroll this fa'60
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School Safety Patrol Gives
Valuable Service at Streets
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Developing the reading hab
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When school starts next
month members of the Med
ford Safety Patrol will again
take their respective positions
at school crosswalks on the
busy streets and thorough
fares of the city.
The Safety Patrol provides
a valuable, but oftgn thank
less, service to the commu-
Tour times each ciy, rain
or shine, members guide their
classmates across the hazard
ous streets of the city, doing
their part to make the trip
to and from school as safe as
possible fo school-age chil
dftn. Medford Police Captain
Clyde C. Fichtner, who serves
as police advisor to the patrol,
is justly proud of the recgol
it has compiled. In the 12
yeers that tee patrol has been
on duty in Medfono there has
not been one accident at a
patrol-manned school cross
ing. Run by District
The Safety Patrol is organ
ized and run by the Medford
school district jn cooperation
wjth the police department
and state department of mo
tor vehicles'. A member of the
school faculty serves as super
visor to the patrol in each
school.
Patrol members are drawn
from both boys and girls in
the fifth and sixth grades.
They arc selected on the basis
o f scholastic responsibility
and an aptiide for leader
ship. Last year there were
265 of these youths serving
on school Safety Patrols in
the Medford school district.
Patrols range in size from 10
to 20 members depending on
the size of the school.
Captain Fichtner praises
the patrol as being "a valu
able supplement to police ef
forts in regulating pedestrian
traffic in and about the school
area." He points out that these
patrol members are on duty
"rairi or shine" and because
of their volunteer duties they
often miss many of the school
activity periods.
Valuable Experience
Serving on the Safety Pa
trol is a valuable experience
to the members themselves,
Fichtner believes, because
they "learn a sense of leader
ship and responsibility that
follows .hem all through life.
He added tl at in supervising
others they are learning them
selves. GWhen a student is selected
to serve on a Safety Patrol
he signs a pledge in which he
promises to "to work for the
safety of the pimils of the
schools . . .", andr "to do my
part in helping reduce the
number of accidents during
(the school) year."
Captain Fichtner helps to
swear igy each patrol member
at a school assembly in the
fall of each year and to point
out to them their duties and
responsibilities.
Have Right of Way
He points out that patrol
officers "are "not to direct
vehicular traffic, but are to
direct children in the safe
crossing of streets or high
ways." He adds, however, that
pedestrians always have the
rig?it of way over vehicular
trafiic when in a crosswalk.
Where there are tratlic
lights at a school crossing,
the patrol goes by me rights
when allowing children to
cross the streets. Where there
are none, patrol members rely
on their own judgment as to
when it is safe to allow chil
dren to cross.
Patrol members are easily
spotted because they wear
yellow belts and helmets
which have been provided
them by the department of
motor vehicles. o
In rain the members wear
rain coats and caps which
have been donated by the
local PTA group.
In addition, the palrol is
equipped with safety flags to
use where there are no traffic
lights.
Fichtner points out that
there has been some question
lately as to whether or not
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Extensively Read Children Are Better
cabulahes, and are generally
morOalert to things around
It is a well-known fact that
children yho read extensive
ly after school hours are bet
ter scholars, have larger vo-
them
It is just as for a child
to read a children's classla
as a comic book, and they pro
vide far more in worthwhile
ideas and lasting pleasure.
Parents should encourage
children to this end.
safety patrols are a proper
responsibility of the schools.
Several cities, notably Klam-H
am rails and Koseburg in
Oregon, have abandoned their I
patrols for this reason, he !
said.
No specific statute has ever j
been enacted in Oregon which ;
provides for the establishment ;
of safety patrols, he observes, j
although some consideration j
is now being given as to the
advisability of such lcgisla- '
tion.
Authority for safety patrols
now comes from a law em
powering the Stale Board of
Education to prescribe rules
and regulations for the gen
eral government of public
schools, he noted.
Wording of Law
This law reads: "Teachers
shall exercise watchful care
and oversight over the con
duct and habits of pupils, not
only during school hours, but
also at recess and intermis
sion, and shall have the power
to punish the pupils for any
misconduct oiy the way to or
from school."
A 1948 ruling of the stale
attorney general said that a
safety patrol " within the
scope," of the law, Fichtner
points out.
The captain said he has
heard of no move to disband
Medford's Safety Patrol, and
said he does not think there
will be any because, "we are
blessed with far-sighlwl peo
ple," in the school system,
Fichtner i.e of the opinion
that the value of Safety
Patrols often goes unnoticed
He encourages PTA groups
and others to show their ap
preciation for the patrol by
honoring them with special
activities in the individual (I
schools.
Self-Instruction'
Machines on Way
Into Classrooms
Washington, D.C. All this
talk about teaching machines
and other mechanical mons
ters in the classroom leaves
the average mother feeling a
little faint.
The mental picture of her
child learning reading or
arithmetic or French from a
"teacher" who looks more like.
Univac than a teacher Is far
from reassuring. She wonders
if all education will be he-
humanized in the next few
years. .
The answer, according to
the National Education associ
ation, is no.
Successful Service
It fcs true that teaching or
self-instruction machines are
on their way to the modern
child's classroom. Highly suc
cessful in arnjed services
leaching units, they are now
in , production for general
classroom teaching.
The Denartment of Audio-
Visual Instruction of the NEX
ecntly published a bibliogra
phy which reveals that there
are now 25 dffferent machines
in actual use. Thirteen compa
nies are manufacturing the
machines, and more than 13
research and education groups
are developing programs for
the machines.
According to the specialists,
however, the teaching maT
chine, far from making teach
ing less personnel, will make
it more so. The machines
leave the teacher free for the
more creative aspects of
teaching including more in
dividual attention to students
'and more conferences with
their pft'ents.
Do More Effectively
A machine, after all, can
not hold discussions, debates.
cctduct demonstrations, or
diagnose a student's adjust
ment or learning problems.
ThesS are the thJfigs only a
real teacher car? do and can
do more effectively, when she
is backstopped by a machine
to take care of some of the
repetitive or mechanical drill
wOk which is a necessary
part of all learning,
Although mother may nev
er have to talk to a teaching
machine, she wii; want to be
able 10 talk about them.
Most machines have two
windows which the stifjlent
facesQThe study problem or
question appears in one win
dow. The student punches out
his answer. The machine then
indicates whether or not
answer is correct.
May Not Proceed
The student may not pro
ceed to the next item until
th2 correct rSponse is given.
The machine, unlike most hu
man beings, has eternal pa
tience, and can repeat an ex
planation over and over with
out signs of irritation.
Among other advantages to
automated learning, say some
of the experts, are these: the
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speed; difficult tasks or ma
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into easy progressive teps;
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known to the student and he
can correct them; the student
becomes an active, rather than
passive observer he, and he
alone must provide answers
when he's face-to-face with
the machine.
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