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SUNDAY. FEBRUARY 26, 1961 14 R Mjrzw A ' EAGLE SCOUT Bill Dames, son of Mr. , and Mrs.' Robert Dames; 33 worm uarneourg rd., was awarded his Eagle Scout badge at Court of Honor Feb. , 4 at Roosevelt .school. Bill, ' a junior at Medford High ' school, is a senior scout In Troop 3 sponsor , cd by Medford Lions- club. He Is active in ; the Boy Scout Order of the Arrow, now serving as vice chief of the order in Crater Lake council. A member of the Tornado swimming, wrestling and debate teams, Bill is also sports reporter on the Medford Hi Times newspaper. Jack Thompson and Larry Schade are Scoutmaster and assistant scout master for Troop 3. Shown with Bill are his parents. (Brainerd photo) SOC Staff Members Attend Symposium At Education Event Ashland - Dr. Richard H, Byrns, professor of English at Southern Oregon- college, ana Dr. Arthur Krelsman, director of general studies, attended a Symposium' on "Experiments -In College Teaching" at the State Conference oh College Teaching, at Corvallls recent ly. '. - . Accompanying Dr. Byrns and Dr. Kreisman were Fran .cis J. Kelly, a member of the psychology staff, and Dr. E. C. McGill,' assistant' to 'the president. The keynote speaker-of-the conference was Dr. Wllbert J. McKeachie,' professor' of psy chology, at the University of Michigan. Dr. McKeachie has been involved in experimenta tion with and testing of new educational tools and methods. His address' dealt with "New Teaching Methods: Panaceas Toast masters Set Speech Contest ' The annual area speech contest sponsored . by toast- masters clubs will be held .at the Mark Antony, hotel,' Ash land, starting at 7 p.m. Satur- day, March 4. : :-i .- Toastmasters from southern Oregon and - northern. -Caii- fornia are expected to partici pate. The -contest-! is-the first in a series to determine the Six speakers- who will com .pete at the International con tention in Seattle. Ronald E. Gordon, member of the host club Medford Toastmasters, will be toast master for the event, assisted by Bill Ross, president, of the Ashland Toastmasters, Vince Armstrong, Medford, is area N governor. - . The trophy for the best speech will be presented by Fred Decker, Corvallis, newly appointed toastmastcr lieuten ant governor. Decker Is chair man of the atmospheric sci ence branch of the science, re: search institute at Oregon State college, Corvallis. 3 Tickets for . the Ashland event may be obtained from any toastmaster. or Placebos?" In general, he contradicted the vast.optimism with which such new tools as television and automated teaching devices are being promoted, Dr. Byrns said , Dr. McKeachie maintained that these tools were being falsely oversold to the public as solutions to the problems which beset education. He cit ed experimental evidence which would lead to the con clusion that in the majority of cases where reliable and valid experimental designs were Imposed, the facts seem to lean consistently toward support of the thesis that the new tools and methods are not as good as traditional class room procedures. He emphasized, however, that the, data was far from conclusive, and that much more experimentation was called for, both with old tech- nlaues and new ideas, Dr. Byrns said. Clifford L. Corlcy, of Ore gon College of Education, de scribed block teaching experi ment' being' carried out at Monmouth which is patterned after the work done at SOC in humanities and ' social sci ence but applied In this case to education, specifically teacher training. Carl M. Stevens, Reed col lege, described a scml-inde- pendent study course in eco nomics where the class peri ods are divided into , two blocks for In-class and out-of-clas? work. The two are fluid ly conceived so that the course may begin with two weeks of work in class, take a week off while the students work out-of-class, come back for a week, dissolve for two weeks, and reconvene for two weeks, and so on. There were also descriptions of an undergraduate research program used as a teaching procedure in the school of pharmacy at OSC, and a gen eral examination device used freshman : composition. A demonstration was given by members of the dental school of a case study method of teaching, Dr. Krelsman re ported. . Television Teaching Is Reviewed at Conference ' Ashland - Among items of Interest to. persons Interested in improving teaching proc esses in Oregon schools as dis cussed in the annual confer ence of College Audio-Visual directors recently at Portland University, were those dealing with television teaching-and the use of teaching machines, according to Laurence E. But ler, director of visual aides center at Southern Oregon college, who represented the college. Butler said some of the con clusions reached about televi sion teaching were: closed cir cuit television teaching should be used mostly for observation and demonstration; pupils be ing televised for observation, are not disturbed by televi sion operations; and that most conferences on television teaching significantly end up In discussions of teaching methods. Important by-products , of television ' teaching ' are: it raises the question of how good Is the' college teacher; it shifts the emphasis from re search arid' writing' to' teach ing; it shows much waste of teaching time; erases barriers between administrators and teachers at the college level; people see what higher edu- Poison Oak? Try a Bottle of ZEMACOl You mult be satisfied or ' your money cheerfully refunded. Get bottle t4k et WttTUH THRIFT cation Is; It is a course of sec ond hand education for many people; it stimulates college teachers to use audio-visual materials; it makes better teachers of those who have to do it; it acts as a valid in service device; and it up grades teaching at the upper division level. Other agenda items, Butler said, included statistics on the number of Oregon's higher ability secondary graduates who are college bound. Of this group, 30 per cent were In tending to go to college, and 30 per cent were not planning to attend college. ( Sixty-four per cent of the non-college bound are girls and 10 per cent of the state's lower ability high school stu dents are college bound. Dr. Trost To Read Paper at Meeting Ashland-National recogni tion for his outstanding work in the field of combating and controlling juvenile d e 1 1 n- quency has been extended to Dr. Frederick J. Trost of the Southern Oregon college so cial science division. Dr. Trost has been invited to read a paper, "A Social Group Worker and Delin quent High School Students; a Study of Relationships," at the National Conference on Social Welfare May 19 in Chicago. Co-author of the paper is Francis J.' Kelly' of the SOC psychology staff, who has been working, with Dr. Trost since 1957. , Dr. Trost has also been in vited to appear as a member of a special panel on juvenile delinquency which will fea ture four outstanding national authorities in the field: Dr. Martha Lewis, Dr. Guido Tardi, Dr. Russell Hogrefe, and Dr. Trost. Last year,- Dr. Trost was invited to read papers before the National Conference of the American Sociological as sociation in New York, and for the Northwest .Council on Family Relations in Portland. Seman To Review Reader Aid Plan At OEA Meeting Portland - Robert Seman head of the English depart ment at Medford High school. will review the use of reader aids in the school's English composition program at the annual Oregon Education as sociation research conference Friday, March 3, at Portland State college. In the reader aid program qualified laymen, most of tliem housewives, are retain ed to read composition papers and grade them. They work closely with the instructor during the school year. With the use of reader aids more attention is given to actual composition work in English classes. Theme of Conference Theme for the conference, which is being coordinated by Henry Osibov, OEA research director, is "Developments on the Frontier of Education in Oregon Today." Several ex perimental programs and re search under way in Oregon education will be reviewed. Dr. Roy Lieuallen, presi dent of Oregon College of Ed ucation, will present a moti vation project being conduct ed at OCE; Dr. Richard Boyd. research director, Portland public schools, will outline a proposed Oregon Education Research council; and new ed ucational media for home teaching will be presented by Dr. Lester Beck and Dr. Alam Bingham, Portland State col lege. Osibov will present a sum mary of experimental proj ects under way in Oregon schools today, and two stud ies of the University of Ore gon, Oregon school study council, will be presented. . If a person would go back 31 generations, he would dis cover that he had 4,294,967 ancestors. White House Conference Is Discussed at Local Meeting Julia Johnson, executive sec- retary of the Oregon State Council on Aging, Salem, spoke Thursday afternoon in the Red Cross building before an overflow audience, Her unscheduled appear ance at the annual meeting of the Jackson county group came because of an accident Tuesday in Salem when Mrs Marshall Cornett, the announ ced speaker suffered a brok en hip. ' A comprehensive report of the White . House Conference on Aging was the basis for Miss Johnson's talk, and for the discussion period that fol lowed. Denying many of the charges that the national con ference had been "rigged or stacked," she traced its back ground and plans, telling of the state preparations, partic ularly in Oregon. . : According to the speaker, this state has one of- the out- Couple Hurt When Car Strikes Tree A Medford couple sustained minor injuries Thursday when a car in which they were riding went out of control and hit a tree at the Rogue vaney country club. Sustaining minor injuries in the crash were John Wil liam Crawford, 70, of 317 Ef- fie St., and Edna Crawford, 67, of the same address. Po lice said the couple refused medical aid at the scene of the . accident, but their in- juries were not believed to be 'serious. Police said the accident oc curred about 8:35 a.m. when a car operated by Crawford went out of control while going west on Hillcrest rd., and hit a tree on country club property. Crawford was cited for operating a vehicle on an instruction permit without be ing accompanied by a licensed driver. - The " car sustained front end damage. . standing councils, and was recognized lor its efficient pro gramming and general organi zation. Preliminary work be gan last April, Miss Johnson said, when the Oregon confer ence brought together some 700 representatives, Prior to that time four dis trict meetings had been held to work on recommendations for state council approval From these grass-roots ideas came the proposals that were carried to the Washington con ference in January. Oregon's 17 delegates, who were appointed by Gov. Mark Hatfield, represented a cross section of interests and had no political bias. The delegation went uninstructed and each representative was given am ple opportunity for participa tion in the workshop sessions and discussion groups from which conference r e p o r ts were made at the plenary meeting. "The Oregon delegates were satisfied' "that" reebmmenda tions of the White House Con ference will provide basis for constructive w o r k," Miss Johnson said. Commenting on her impres- Dr. Cameron Talks On Plant Anatomy . ADDroximatelv 4n nprsnns heard Dr. H... R. Cameron, Corvallis. talk on nlant in. atomy and its relation to wa ter intake, at the second ses sion of the plant growth short course being1 held bv ennntv extension service at the coun ty courthouse. The courses. nfferpH raph Thursday from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. M. N.. Westwodd will speak on photosynthesis and meta bolism at the March 7. kps- sion.: This class will be held at the exhibit building at the fairgrounds. . . The fourth class will ho nn mineral nutrition and will be conducted by O. C. Compton. sions, the speaker declared that "a certain philosophy per meated the entire conference: the philosophy that first re sponsibility lies with the indi vidual, then his family and community, and after that the state, and finally. .the federal government. Miss Johnson outlined some of the problems which were studied by the 3,000 represen tatives. Need for changing attitudes toward age; the in creasing life span; retirement plans; housing for the elderly, and most controversial of all medical care, were covered in the national sessions. - "Youth is glorified today, the speaker commented. "Age is slurred. Advertising is slant ed toward the aging skin, the tired blood, old cars. We need a change of attitude. Do not segregate age groups. Plan for a total community," she said Specifically mentioned dur ing the discussion period were housing, leisure time activi ties, community organizations, and civic group participation, as well as needed legislation for health insurance. Frank Glonning, chairman of the Rogue Valley Council on Aging, conducted the meet ing at which annual reports were given by committee heads. William Hoxie. chair man of the housing commit tee, told in some detail of the surveys made and conferenc es held in Jackson county aim ed at developing low cost housing through use of Public Housing Administration funds which could be made avail able if the county housing au thority were re-activated. Preceding the meeting an hour of orchestral music and singing was directed by Ed ward Root. It was announced that a benefit tea to raise mon ey for a Senior Center will be held between 1 and 5bclock this afternoon at'601 East Jackson st. Members . of the Center's advanced art class and their teacher, Mrs. Vic-i toria Staley, will host the event. ..-.s i Charge Dismissed Against Local Man Alan J). Gill, Talent, was arrested by sheriff's deputies last week on a nine-year old warrant charging grand lar ceny. However, - the man who signed the complaint against him was killed in an auto accident shortly after the al leged crime was committed. Charges against Gill were dis missed in district court since the complaining witness . is dead. , Gill said he worked in some riding stables at Lake of the Woods in 1951. However, on September, 1951, the proprie tor owed him $82 in wages which he was unable to pay. Gill said he took a saddle and a rifle from the stables op erator in his presence. He agreed to hold both items for 30 days, then if not paid would, sell them. Gill said he sold the rifle in Cali fornia at the end of that pe riod, and the saddle was held in Talent. Committee Expresses I Concern Over Pollution Salem-The fruit and vege table committee of the Ore gon Farm Bureau meeting here last week, expressed con cern over the possibility of contamination of agricultural crops from industrial poisons. The committee, headed by Gordon Walker, Independ ence, voted to support Senate Bill 40 which is aimed at giving the state sanitary au thority in , controlling pollu tion which may effect grow ing crops. HELP US! We need clothing, shoes, dishes, furniture, and bedding. We Pick Up. HELP OTHERS! , ". The Salvation Army ' - 30 N. Holly ' SPring 3-7335 EXCLUSIVE FRANCHISE Proven Business Now Avaiable for Medford Northwest's largest and most successful Fin ishing & Modeling Schools have available .. , highly desirable franchise for Medford area, to qualified person. Satisfactory background and capital most important. This is a proven business, with eminent opportunity for substan tial returns on investment. - . - . FRANCHISE INCLUDES: ' 1. Complete training at Portland School, Including your personnel. . 2. Complete Sales Methods and Training. - 3.. Complete training manuals and material for - students.. "'. ! '-' : - . 4. Promotion-Advertising Program. , ' 5. 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Holmes, 180 White Oak dr., and Jackson county, is sought by the high way department the reloca tion, construction, improve ment and maintenance of Highway 99 freeway. The land s true value is list ed as $15,000 Guard Army Advisor Gets Reassignment Ashland - National Guard Army Advisor Capt. Woodie B. Martin has received re assignment orders to Hahau, Germany. He had served as advisor to the Second Gun Battalion, 249th Artillery, here for the past 2i years. Captain Martin has spent 26 years In the service and plans to retire and return to Ashland in four years. He and his wife have made their home at ' 130 Hargadine st. He is scheduled to leave on March 6. vr "Mobilheat" America's Largest Selling - Heating Oil m MEDFORD FUEL CO. Court & McAndrewi Tel. SP 2-21 1 1 We Are Proud That- XT : 9 : . : . I r : ' v . F : ' . ... ; jpr i " !"' I: .-:.' " Xs. '' - ' e9?'m-. ."...' . . " i1 . tl!H4,'aE!WWik Sam fnrmlU t i r bet i i W v. 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