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' ,. . - ...... - , ... - , , . . , . ...... - - Q 0 , 0 Tiipenv. iniibv in. 10R1 MEDFORD MAIL THIBUNE, MEDFORD, ORE, . 5 ; . , . ' iLast Thursday we went lo one of the "Lights on for Education" programs, only to receive a strange greeting. When we showed up in the library of Medford High school, someone said "Oh, dear, we were hoping for another parent and here you turn out to be only a reporter." Since we knew at least half of the assemblage pretty well, and some of them very well, we didn't mind. At that, we should have topd up for our rights and reminded everyone that we are both a parent and a reporter. :As it turned out, we didn't do a very prompt job of re porting on the meeting. For one thing, we went for informs tion for ourselves as much as to report for others, and for another, Friday and Saturday this reporter is a full-time society writer and doesn't have an extra minute for "straight news." In spile of the small attendance five up front and about twice that number in the audience, it turned out to be an extremely interesting session and this reporter parent learned a good deal. Attorney Frank Van Dyke was the first speaker on the panel, and since he has served on a number of education boards and committees, including the important Western Inter-State Commission for Higher Education, what he had to say was impressive. Mr. Van Dyke said Oregon is a progressive state when it comes to education, and that there is Increasing pressure from its citizens for improvement and expansion of higher education facilities. He pointed out that because California has an extensive junior college system, and Oregon does not, large numbers of Oregon students are. going lo our sister state for their first two years of college. Before the time comes when California can' no longer accommodate these students, Oregon better do some thing, he advised. He pointed out that a good junior college can offer further liberal education for the high school graduate, terminal courses for those who want only two years beyond high school and that the idea of an additional two years of public school education is attracting more and more support. . . ; Attorney Van Dyke talked about Oregon Technical in stitute, said it wasn't turning out to be the sort of institution It was originally planned to be, and said "Oregonians better take a long, hard look at what's happening In Klamath Falls and decide if the school is offering what the stale needs." He added that the new Portland State college is growing rapidly, said the community college at Bend is doing a good job and that residents of the Coos Bay area are working towards a junior college for that area. Mr. Van Dyke said in his opinion the graduate program at the University of Oregon and Oregon State college should remain and expand and that the liberal arts courses at other schools should be strengthened. .' Then the Medford attorney gave way to Chester Squires, SOC education professor, Ashland. Mr. S. said that it is the aim of the teaching profession to provide a competent teaoher In every classroom. The five years of higher educa tion now demanded for those who teach on the secondary and. higher levels will soon be extended to elementary teachers, he declared. "No so long ago anyone that was breathing could teach school," said Mr. Squires, wryly. "It's no longer true." A national accrediting agency is being de veloped, standards are rapidly being raised and the teaching profession must assume the responsibility for policing its own ranks, he added. As it is now, the profession has no control over Its own standards, according to the Ashland man. Also on the panel was Mrs. Maxine Smith, (often in these columns as our good friend, Teacher Maxine) a former Oregon Education association president and a member of the state committee which planned the "Lighls On" pro gram. Teacher Maxine talked about education and the wel fare of children and youth. Two areas particularly need attention, she said one being the children of migrant work ers, and the other an expanded program for the retarded child. She added that, contrary to the statement of some, Oregon does need, to pay more attention lo migrant children and instead of being complacent about the 1000 that were enrolled in Oregon schools last year, should hunt out the hundreds more that were missed. . This teacher also said that there is need for betler educa tion! facilities for children at Fairvlew home and that more teachers need to be trained for this work. Mrs. S. touched on legislation needed In Ihe field of con trolling the distribution of obscene literature, for highway safety rules, for a program to emphasize leaching about the culture of other countries, for youth employment studies and for recodification of Oregon laws dealing with children and youth. , Mrs. Lenore Zappel, MHS drama teacher, kept the ball rolling with Introductions and DeVcre Taylor, speech teacher, aparked a lively discussion period by asking if Oregon had any real philosophy of education a blue print, or "Is education Just growing In Oregon, like Topsy?" Someone maybe it was Mr. Van Dyke asked "Are we spending too much money on highway construction and too little on education?" , From time lo time we hear a parent complain thai teach ers don't "just teach" any more that they exercise too much control over the public school system, Of course, last Thursday was just one instance, but of the 15 people at this meeting, where there was much lo be learned about our school needs, 12 were either teachers, or Ihe wives or hus bands of teachers. Of the oilier three, two were parents or we presume they were and the last was Ihe parent-reporter. O.S, Mademoiselle magazine's I960 Merit Award winners, honored for signal achieve ment during the past year: (1) Patricia Bath, scientist: (2) Lynn Seymour, dancer; (3) Jane Powell Rosenthal, archaeologist; (4) Eliza beth Seal, actress; (5) Wilma Rudolph, ath lete; (6) Susan Greenburg.i photographer; (7) Lee Bontecou, sculptress; (8) Julie Isles, fashion designer; (9) Elaine May, critic; (10) Helen Jean Rogers, television producer. Teen-Age Scientist Is Named One of 4 Year's Young Women' New York, N. Y. - Patricia Bath, a Hunter college fresh man, who has been absorbed in science since childhood, is the youngest of today's win ners of a 1960 Merit Award from Mademoiselle magazine she has just turned 18. For the 18th successive year awards were presented to ten young women under 30 "who have already distinguished themselves in their fields and are expected to achieve even greater honors," according to Betsy Talbot Blackwell, Ma demoiselle's editor-in-chief. Cancer research became Pa tricia Bath's field when she was chosen while slill in high school to participate in a sum mer science training program at Harlem hospital. There she studied the effects of strepto mycin residue on bacteria. The results, indicating that cancer is a general tearing- down rather than a local building-up process, were cor related with studies by an other teen-ager, Arnold Lent- nck, and presented last fall lo the Fifth International Con gress of Nutrition. Her work has opened up new and po tentially fruitful avenues to the understanding and treat ment of cancer. The achievements of the other "young women -of the year" (as they are featured in January Mamcmoiselle) range from headline perform ance in sports and the lively arts lo signal accomplishment in archaeology, photography, fashion, sculpture, They are: L,ynn beymour, a 21-year-old Canadian, who has be come the newest and fastest rising star of the Royal Ballet. When the Sadler's Wells com pany (later Ihe Royal Ballet) came through her native Van couver on lour in 1953, she successfully auditioned for their school, studied for two years, then joined the louring company. During these travels her Odetle - Odile in Swan Lake made a deep impression on all who saw it. She re turned lo London, no longer a cygnet but a swan, Her American debut last fall prompted one critic to say lhat her "inborn grace and fluency" reminded him of Da nilova and Alonso. Jane Powell Rosenthal, a museum curator and field ar chaeologist who specializes in pre-Columbian American cul tures. After a trip to the Mid dle East during her junior year at Skidmore, she decided to make archaeology her career, learned field techniques at the University of Arizona, later dug for remains of Neander thal man in Israel. In 1950, as assistant curator of Primi tive Art and New World Cul- MATERNITY DRESSES Rayons " Wools Silks & Cotton Tweeds Velvet Daytime Dresses Some One of a Kind Come Early for Best Selections Sum g la 20 tures at the Brooklyn Museum she prepared a much-praised exhibit, "Ancient Art for the Americas." The Ford Founda tion awarded her a fellowship in 1960, enabling her to main tain her own dig in the south of Mexico. Elizabeth Seal, a slightly kooky 26-year-old English girl who arrived in New York this fall to become Broadway's newest star. As Irma la Douce, the fresh-faced darling of Pi- galle, she melted the hearts of the critics. Before her de but here she was Irma in Lon don. When a broken ankle ended an earlier dream of a career in ballet, she cut a lively caper on a chorus line. Ten years after her first mu sical she is an international star who "can act . . . can sing . . . can dance like a whirlwind. Wilma Rudolph, who sprint ed her way through the 1960 Olympics to become not only the first American woman ever to win three gold medals but the only track or field athlete of either sex to earn that many in Rome. Crippled until she was seven, she took up basketball to strengthen her legs and had become a high school star before it was plain that she was an in credibly speedy runner. Now at Tennessee Agricultural and Industrial State college, Nash ville;, planning to teach, she keeps up an interest in crip pled children. Her dignity. poise and fine sportsmanship have earned her world-wide affection and respect. Susan Greenburg, who ex plores with a sensitive dis passionate and witty camera the world of the young today. A graduate of Sarah Law rence and Yale's School of Fine Arts, she has caught thousands of elusive moments in life on American campuses, has followed students to jazz festivals, gone on the road with Hie beats, photographed the angrics in England, dope addicts in slums, pocls in their pads, painters in coffee houses. She's now in Africa, photographing wild game for a Paramount movie and inci dentally doubling for the star in action shots. Lee Bontecou, sculptress, who is considered to be one of the most exciting and origi nal newcomers to the art world by museums and pri vate collectors alike. Born in Providence, R. I,, she studied at New York's Art Students League, spent 1957 and 1958 in Italy on a Fullbright, won an award for her bronze bird sculptures and hud her first one-man show in 1959. She then turned to a radical form of abstraction: canvas and steel construction that "ere ates a disturbing and eerie poetry of space. Julie Islos who designs sim ple clothes in an unerring tasle thai has no price tag She learned her craft by ab sorbing everything in sight while she worked in public relations for a designer and as a fashion coordinator. To learn how to design sports wear herself, she went to its best source, Italy; watched, studied, practiced; then did a' collection for an Italian fabric designer that she sold to American stores. For two years she has done collections for Mr. Mort Sportswear that are remarkable for their strong sense of fabric and color. Elaine May whose rumina tive satire on every species of human folly is a marvel. When she and her partner (now husband) Mike Nichols go into the realm of political comment they are the fun niest and deadliest of critics. They met at the University of Chicago where, in an im- provisational theatre, they be gan their extemporaneous deadpan play with phrases and ideas. In 1957 they came to New York, obscure and broke; within weeks they were being hailed locally, then via television nationally. Their opening on Broadway last fall was a roaring success. Helen Jean Rogers who as a producer in ABC Televi sion's Special Projects depart ment has seen more of the world in its more violent mo ments than she ever reckoned She left an instructorship in political theory at Harvard lo enter television because she wanted a more active life. She has since dodged bullets in Poland, Bolivia and Cuba; ridden elephants and walked with Gandhi's spiritual suc cessor in India; interviewed the King of Nepal, and Castro (not to mention serving as his interpreter at a Washing ton news conference); has just returned from Africa . and, who knows, may be the first woman on the moon. WAC Sergeant To Visit Medford A Women's Army corps sergeant, Alberla A. Wurth, will be in Medford Thursday, January 12, to interview young women interested in joining the corps. Sgt. Wurth will be at the United Slates Army recruiting station al the Post Office building. To be eligible, women must be high school graduates and single. Choice of career fields as sures the applicant specialized schooling or on-the-job train ing in clerical, procedures medical and dental, commun ications, photography, stenog raphy and supply fields. Ihe earlier a young woman ap plies, the belter are her chances for obtaining her choice of career field, Sgt Wurth slates. Further infor mation may be obtained by calling Sgt. Warren M. Long, SPring 2-5022. Social Events Women's News Opera Cast Announced Final rehearsals are under way this week for the fairy opera, ' 'Hansel and Gretel" which the Philharmonic Soci ety of Southern Oregon will present this week end. The first performance will be Sat urday, January 14, at 8 p.m., and the second Sunday after noon at three o'clock. Sylvia DeVoss will sing the role of Gretel, and Lois Utter back, Fresno, Calif., Hansel. Sue Boe will be heard as the mother, and Maynard Hadley will sing the role of the fath er. Violet Hunter will be the witch, Julie Gandt is cast as the Dew Fairy and Diana Hunter as the Sandman. The chorus of children who are brought back to life in the last act of the opera will be pupils of Ray Lewis, vocal instructor at McLoughlin Jun ior High school. Angels who watch over Hansel and Gretel will be pupils from the Col leen Hope Dance studio, and Miss Hope is the choreographer. Richard D. Werner, director of the Philharmonic orchestra, is rehearsing the orchestra and Bruno Pellegrini has been coaching the principals. The Philharmonic guild will serve refreshments between acts. Tickets are on sale at schools and the box office. Bethel To Hold Dinner, Dance A number of coming events are on the schedule of Bethel 69, International Order of Job's Daughters. The bethel will hold a din ner dance at Rogue Valley Country club January 13 from 7 to 11:30 p.m. Tickets may be purchased from the line officers, or the bethel guard ian. Mrs. John F. North, be fore the dance. Installation of officers and choir will be held Saturday, January 21, at the Masonic temple at 7:30 p.m. The public is invited to attend. Practice for installation will be held that morning at 9:30 o'clock. All officers and choir mem bers are lo attend. It is stated that a committee will be at the temple Thursday, January 19, from 6:30 until 9 p.m. to issue robes. At the last meeting Fred Purdin, representing the Scot tish Rite Masons, sponsoring body of Bethel 69, newest in the valley, was escorted and honored. Also honored were L. R. Manning, associate grand patron for Oregon; Mrs. C. D. Elhart, past grand guardian and Mrs. W. K. Suit, grand guide. Judy Fogelquisl, Annette Flinn and Leslie Carpenler were initiated. Proficiency c e r t i f i calcs were presented lo 18 mem bers. A total of 22 members have now passed the test. Sunshine Girls To Hold Party Pythian Sunshine Girls, Talisman Rosebud council, will meet Thursday, January 12, at 7 p.m. Because of the fog on De cember 22, the council's meet ing and Christmas party was postponed. The party will be held Thursday after a short bust ness meeting. Members are to bring gifts not exceeding 35 cents in cost for exchange. Applcgate - Recent visitors in the Mason Anderson home were Willard Parsons and Ed ward Lillquist of northern Idaho. The men are uncles of Mrs. Anderson. Reg. $12.95 to $25 SHOP MONDAY .... & FRIDAY 10 TILL 9 MID-WINTER MM ON ALL HANDBAGS 3 OFF ALL LEATHER ENTIRE HANDBAG STOCK O BAGS lU--,,! hl.TOMIittlrW.lJiH Calendar Parents Group Starts Project Hornbrook - A plan lo land scape and beautify the west side of the Hornbrook school yard was under discussion as a yearly project when the Parents' club held their first meeting of the new year at the schoolhouse Jan. 5. The meeting was conducted by the president, Mrs. George Smith, with two teachers, Mrs. Ruth Cummins and Miss Phyllis Bird as hostesses. A kitchen shower for the bene fit of the school kitchen will be held at the next meeting on February 2, when the hostesses will be Mrs. Morris Wood and Mrs. James Dicki son. Mrs. Ruth Cummins' third and fourth grade room, won the room count. A visitor at Thursday's meeting was Miss Marilyn Bruns, new Siskiyou county school nurse, who ad dressed the group briefly, and answered health questions pertaining to children. Club Plans Hobby Show Talent - Talent Federated Women's club, a member of the Oregon Federation of Women's clubs, will sponsor a hobby show Saturday, Jan uary 28, from 2 to 8 p.m. at the Talent City hall. Anyone wishing to display a hobby is asked to phone KEystone 5-1045 or KEystone 5-2770 for information. Mrs. Charles Tuggle and Mrs. John Baldwin have been appointed co-chairman. There will be no admission charge. Ribbons will be awarded. A silver tea, food sale and bazaar are planned by the club to be held during the show. Cal.ndar nonuea and: news tor the society section of The Mali Tribune must be submitted In writing and deadline lor the bun day edition t 1 p m Friday Dead line for the weekly calendar 19 0 a m of the day of publication and for week day news is 5 p.m. uw dav before publication- Tuesday: 6:30 p.m.-Medford Board of Realtors and the Women's Council, Dardanelles. 7:30 p.m.-Bethel 55, Mason ic temple. 7-:tn n.m. -Night lighters Home Extension unit, home of Mrs. C. L. Walters, 855 Beau i lane. 7:30 n.m.-Royal Neighbors of America, Knights of Pyth ias hall. 7:30 p.m.-Women's Associa tion ot First fresoyicnaii church circles: Candlelight- Vesper, with Mrs. John Hatch, 944 Whitman ave. 7:45 D.m.-W i 1 s o n Park Home Extension unit, home of Mrs. Oliver Smeltz, 1049 In grid st. 8 p.m.-Nevita chapter, Or der of Eastern Star, ucnirai Point Masonic temple. 8 p.m.-Pythian club of the Pythian Sisters, home of Mrs. Harry Bryant, 1312 Keaay ave. 8 p.m.-Roguette circle, Mili tary Order of Lady augs, VFW hall. . 8 p.m.-Women's Guild of Zion Lutheran church, church fireplace room. Wednesday: 10:30 a.m.-Medford Home Extension club, Santo hall. 11 a.m.-Medford Townsend club, Walker's Dreamland, 415'z East Main st. 12 n o o n-Mislleloe club Girls Community club. 12:30 p.m.-Chapter AA of PEO Sisterhood, home of Mrs Oscar Heyerman, 125 Winema Way. 12:30 p.m.-Women of Ro tary, with Mrs. R. A. Naumes, 620 Oakdale ave. 1 p.m.-Little Garden' club, home of Mrs. Walter Mar quess, 889 Morrison ave. 1:30 p.m.-Oak Grove Neigh borhood club, home of Mrs. E. G. Trowbridge, 3237 Jackson ville highway. 1:30 p.m. - Table Rock La dies club, home of Mrs. Ever ett Brown. Town&nd Club Starts "Write" McdfcMl Townsend club plans to oegin iu "write." The club is ouseiv ig a "write to your congress man" week and members aia all being urged to pen a let ter urging congressmen to work for the club's old-aga pension plan. The Medford club and aux iliary meet each Wednesday at 12 noon at Walker's Dreamland, 415'a East Mam street. A potluck luncheon is held, and visitors are wel come. Last week the auxiliary membership chairman, Mrs. Pearl Austin, reported two new members, and four visi tors attended the session. Dancing followed the busi ness session. Musicians wera Mrs. Ellen Townsend, Aslv land; Woody Murphy and Eu gene Edwards of Ihe Jack son Creek orchestra. Valley View Unit To Hold Meeting Mrs. H. B. Chapman and Mrs. Paul Creel will lead dis cussion on "Understanding People" with emphasis put on family life and guiding the adolescent, at a Valley View Extension Unit meeting Fri day, January 13. The meeting will be at tha Valley View schoolhouse at 10:30 a.m. followed by a pol itick luncheon. Table servica is required. The meeting is open to everyone interested. Past Presidents To Hold Meeting Mrs. Primo Ciardi will ba hostess for a meeting of past presidents of the Ladies' aux iliary, Crater Lake aerie, Fra ternal Order of Eagles, Fri day, January 13. It will ba held at her home, 40 Quince street, at 1:30 p.m. A business meeting will fol low dessert. Medford Lady Lions Announce Meeting . Medford Lady Lions will meet at the home of Mrs. John Henson, 2000 Wester lund drive, Wednesday, Janu ary 11 at 7:30 p.m. I In half Ihe time it lakes to heat a frozen dinner, you can please a family with this delicious casserole! And that's the beauty of serving Walla Walla peas. All "Fancy" grade, they're better than you can buy fresh or frozen. Yel they're pre-cooked and ready to serve. Takes two minutes to heat them as a dinner vegetable. Use 'em this instant in casseroles or salads. Just ask for Walla Walla peas, please. Walla Walla 1 5-m inn te casserole awn a t ;HM can Wall Walla Fancy pea 24 cups water 1 U'j oti nee l pmkn-e dehydrated onion soup mix 1 teaspoon Worcestershire Mtire I cups prc-coofcerf rice 1 can i7 ounce) solid park tuna, drained 2 tablespoons chopped pimento Rrtn u-nltr tr ftni. add onmn temp mix. rirrmirthirt iuirt. tier and tuna tbrnktn tntn hitt-mjrd piri Simmer 'an lrw htat or 10 minute Arid drnwd Walla Walla jwm and pimento. Hrai for & more minute. Il llj Try thrte other drHrimit HW( walla Walm Aparneu, bfi !tr in the Snrthneit. Walla mila Wallcfranning Co., Walla Walla, Washington J 3-. 0
