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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, ORE.
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 8, 1980
Phoenix High School Adding
Four Classrooms for Students
Phoenix - several new
classrooms, more gymnasium
facilities, a new program of
handicrafts, additional science
equipment, and t w o , n e w
school buses have been pro
vided In the Phoenix school
district, according to educa
tion spokesmen.
In preparation for & com
bined Phoenix-Talent High
school of about 330 students
this fall, an addition of four
classrooms and a music room
is being constructed at Phoe
nix High school this summer.
Two more general class
rooms are being provided by
partitioning the former music
room and a large classroom,
making a total addition of
six high school classrooms
and a new music room to the
plant.
Administration Office
An administration office is
being added to the north end
of the building and the pres
ent administrative offices- are
being remodeled into a larger
unit with more' floor space.
More lockers have been
purchased to accommodate
additional students as well as
new gym baskets and racks
in the high school, and the
junior high school in Talent.
At the high school, one
room is being renovated' for
use as an additional science
room, wth added biology and
general science laboratory
equipment. A number of mi
croscopes and other science
equipment has been ordered
through provisions of the Na
tional Defense Education act,
under which the federal gov
ernment matches on an equal
basis with the school district
the cost of all such items.
Tennis Courii
On the physical education
field two doubles tennis
courts are being constructed,
and are expected to be com
plete and ready for use some
time this summer. At Talent
Junior High school three out
door basketball courts and a
volleyball court are being
constructed.
New cloakrooms and lock
er facilities are being expand
ed to care for seventh and
eighth graders entering the
junior high. A new floor Is
bring installed In the Talen
gym, the gym basket room Is
being remodeled and provid
ed with new baskets and
racks. Dressing rooms will be
redecorated.
Because a new program of
handicrafts will be Introduced
at the junior high school, the
shop areu is to be remodeled.
Equipment and supplies for
teaching leather work, plas-
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CUTTING BLOCK A workman is shown above cutting
block which will be used in the addition to Phoenix High
school. The addition Is expected to handle students who for
merly attended Talent High school, which will be used as a
junior high school in the consolidated district. Other renova
tions' also have been done this summer In preparation for
school opening.
tics, and ceramics have been
ordered. Pat Lynch will in
struct the course.
Present plans include a
class in homemaklng which
may be offered to Interested
eighth grade girls.' The for
mer Talent High school home-
making equipment will be
utilized. ' '
Both cafeterias in the Phoe
nix and Talent grade schools
have been redecorated, " and
a new sack lunch room is pro
vided in the Talent grade
school.
Two new 66-passenger bus
es, one pusher type and one
conventional type, have been
purchased and will be de
livered In mid-August, accord
ing to school officials.
Three Teachers Contribute Total of 87 Years Service
Three Medford teachers are
among those who will not re
turn to school this fall.
The three, Mrs. Ruth Gray,
Miss Louise Basford and Le
land (Cap) Mentzer, retired
at the end of last year, after
contributing a total of 87
years service to the Medford
school district.
All three received -high
praise by Leonard B. May
field, Medford school super
intendent. .
Mrs. Gray, science teacher
at Medford High school, join
ed the Medford school staff
in 1945, and has taught con
tinuously to the present time.
She now joins her husband,
Frank H. Gray, manager for
many years at Western Union,
in retirement.
"Mrs. Gray has carried a
very heavy and important
load in the teaching of science
during the war years," Dr.
Mayfleld said. Although she
originally planned to help out
during the shortage only, she
continued to teach because of
her Interest and enthusiasm
for young people." ,
While a member of the
staff she served on numerous
committees relating to courses
of study and professional ad
vancement. Miss Louise Basford joined
the Medford school system at
the Invitation of E. H. Hed
rick in 1928 as a primary
teacher. Because of her inter
est in research and special
education, she was transfer
red, to a position of elementary
supervisor and handled the
special education department
of the Medford public schools.
She filled this position con
tinuously except for a few
months leave of absence. Her
work has been devoted to
special education and research
Construction in
District 6C to Be
Ready at Opening
Central Point- Building
plans within School District
6C involve new classrooms
and facilities at Jewett ele
mentary school, the Central
Point elementary and Junior
High, the Patrick school at
Gold Hill, plus minor changes
to place the district in com
pliance with state require
ments. .
At Jewett elementary, eight
classrooms have been added.
Six are to be used to accom
modate some 180 third grad
ers; one for a library; and one
for a special education or re
medial room. The audio-visual
facilities now sharing the li
brary will be expanded when
JEWETT ADDITION Included In the
school additions in district 6C, which in
cludes Central Point, Gold Hill and Sams
Valley, is this addition to Jewett school.
The addtion is expected to be ready this
fall to handle an increased number of stu
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Visual Defects ;
Hinder Students
When a child with a visual
problem competes with others
he may rind that he cannot
keep up with them. Today
too many children struggle
through the six or seven
grades before it Is realized
that he does not "see proper
ly." Recent studies have shown
that out of the 30 per cent of
grade school children who
have vision problems, half
have hidden visual defects not
easily recognized by parents
or teachers.
About 20 per cent of the
more than three million chil
dren entering first grade this
fall, about 600,000 children,
will have some visual defect.
The so-called non-achieving
child frequently is thought to
be disinterested, or simply not
bright enough, when, In many
cases, the problem may be
one of faulty, vision.
For example, a child who
cannot make both eyes work
together is handicapped in
reading and drawing, this
problem is termed binocular
coordination, the ability to
use both eyes to get a single
Image.
A school child's vision
should be examined yearly, In
this way visual problems can
be found and corrected.
It is cautioned that many
parents do not include visual
care for children in preparing
them for school and school
work; they simply do not
realize their children could
need visual care.
Educators Expect
TV Use to Grow
Educators expect educa
tional TV to grow tremend
ously. They feel television
will go a long way toward
improving the quality of in
struction. It is one project, they say,
which will help overcome the
s,taff and space shortages in
many schools as student en
rollment continues to grow
in the next decade.
Television courses have
been added to the curriculum
of many colleges throughout
the country.
Students enrolled in these
classes do their own "produc
tion" In studies with profes
sional equipment.
Maps make useful and col
orful wall decorations for a
child's room.
the library is moved.
Additional rest room facili
ties, storage space, and 2,500
square feet of covered .walk
way to be used for physical
education and play area, will
also be ready for use.
Long-Range Plans
, Although long-range plans
are to make Jewett a 1 to 6
elementary unit, the present
change calls for leaving it as
a primary unit to relieve over
crowded conditions at the
Central Point elementary and
Junior High site. Last year
there were some 50 students
at the Central Point school.
Building plans at the CPJH
include the conversion of the
present library room to a cafe
teria. The main floor of the
present library building is to
be a dining area, and the
stage areas will be converted
into a larger kitchen.
Plans at the Margaret E.
Patrick school, Gold Hill, in
clude four additional class
rooms, three of which will
house fourth and fifth grade
pupils and the fourth for a
library., A multi-purpose
room, complete with stage
and cafeteria kitchen, will be
used in various ways.
The removal of the fourth
and fifth grades to Patrick
will give Hanby a room to
hold the extra eighth graders
which will be necessary in the
1980-61 school year, according
to school officials.
A bond issue for $295,000,
to finance construction was
approved by district voters
Feb. 4.
during the last few years.
The Medford system was
one of the first, if not the
first, in the state to Include
a program for the physically
and mentally handicapped
children of school age, Dr.
Mayfield said.
Personally Interested
"Miss Basford became per
sonally interested In this pro
gram and has given generous
ly of her time far beyond the schools.
sent her advance copies of
their publications to analyze
and evaluate. She has long
been recognized as one of the
leading authorities of the state
in this area of education."
Write Course of Study
Among other duties, Miss
Basford has personally been
responsible for ihe writing
and editing of the courses of
study for the elementary
call of duty," he said. "For
many years she spent a major
portion of her evenings, week
ends and vacation time as
sisting those of the communi
ty who were physically and
mentally handicapped.".
"She did not stop at pro
viding an educational pro
gram for these young people,
but contributed her personal
funds toward x-rays and end--of-the
year parties for them.
Later the Kiwanis club con
tributed to the Christmas
parties for this group which
are said to be one of the high
lights of their lives."
Dr. Mayfield said that "Miss
Basford's ability to analyze
textbooks has brought both
her and the Medford system
recognition in this area. Jfext
book companies have often
Miss Basford inaugurated
a system of administering na
tional authorities and school
board members to evaluate
the Medford program in terms
of national norms and results.
Through her analysis of
scpres, the Medford system
has' been able to attain one
of the highest ranks in the
state and nation," Dr. May
field said.'
Miss Basford now plans on
doing considerable traveling
with her two sisters who re
side in Portland and Salem.
Immediate plans call for a
visit to the Hawaiian Islands,
where in spite of her retire
ment she plans on observing
various phases of their school
program.
Regular Attendance
Leland (Cap) Mentzer has
not missed a single day of
teaching due to Illness or
other personal reasons during
his 40 years with the Med
ford schools.
It has -been said that his
contributions to students car
ry far beyond the academic
and practical lessons of wood
working and mechanical and
architectural drawing. "He
has helped build 'men' out of
his 'boys'."
(Cap) spent much of his
youth in Pendleton, Ore.,
graduating from that high
school in June, 1915, and
from the Industrial engineer
ing department at Oregon Ag
ricultural college In June,
1919. .
Teaches at Albany
. After teaching one year at
Albany High school, he was
hired by Superintendent 'Wil
liam Davenport to teach man
ual arts at Medford high
school and in the seventh
grade in the two grade
schools.
During the 40 years that
Cap has been In Medford, he
has worked in five different
shops. The first was at. the
old high school (no longer
existent) on Bartlett st. From
1926 to 31 he was In the '
shop at the present .McLough?'
lln Junior High building. ; .
The years of 1931-39 were" -spent
under the stage of the'
present high school several
years under such damp con
ditions that duckboards had:
to be built for the students
to stand on to be dry. In:.
1940, a new wing was built '
on the high school for draw- '
Ing, woodwork' and metal",
work, and in 1959 a complete
new Industrial arts addition
was constructed.
Practical Work
Cap has always been a
strong advocate of keeping
his class work practical and
useful to those enrolled.
Throughout these years, in
addition to regular work, his
classes have constructed sev
eral sets of portable bleach-
ers, two six-room houses, num
erous three-room houses and
garages, a great deal of ath
letic and school room equip- -ment
for Boy Scout camps,
and' in particular the school
district office's prize the
seven foot by 11 foot pear--shaped
solid oak table, around
which the local school board
and administration staff meet.
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