Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, March 19, 1961, Image 14

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Newspaper Page Textg SUNDAY. MARCH 19, 1961 MLi,. -jRD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. ORE. . murollmemil!: Imicirease IFactoir inn New School Growth Studies Indicate 1,250 in School in 1968-69 TnrrpaKprl enrollments In St Mary's school in recent years has been the main lacior in determining construction of a new St. Mary's Hign scnooi Present enrollment Is about 757 students, 879 of them in grade school, and 178 in high In 1930. when the present school-was built, en rollment was aau, wun zou in the elementary grades and 70 In hloh Hphnnl. School officials noted that the I860 figure was double that of 1940, and during the m..p norlnH 1950-80. en rollment doubled again. This year alone, 81 additional stu dents enrolled in ai. wary a. Current Growth Studies Current growth studies pro wtH tn tho 1988-69 year in Ur-ntn thnt facilities Will be necessary for a minimum of 1,250 students In the system. The projection was based on the best qualified sources available after enrollment and growth trend studies in the system. Officials noted that the cur rent enrollment is the enroll ment predicted for the 1962 63 school year, and with a possible Influx of people in this area, enrollment figures may be attained before the school year in which they are predicted. The new St. Mary's High enimni hnwnvor. has been de signed to allow addition of classrooms In the future at a minimum cost with the best possible utilization of the ini tial structure. Eight General Classrooms The initial unit, which Is expected to cost an estimated $190,000, will be eight gen eral purpose classrooms, one science and two commercial classrooms, along with ad ministrative facilities, library, and If possible, a multi-purpose unit with facilities for speech and drr-ma instruction and Indoor athletic events. Tntnl sminre footage will be about 23,000 square feet. Architectural plans for the new building are being pre pared by Edson and Pappas, Medford architects. Aprence at the site allows for future expansion of the classroom building, tne con struction of a gymnasium and the future installation of com plete facilities for all outdoor activities. Sources of Financing School officials hope that the cost of tho physical plant will be borne In part by resi dents of the community. Much of the construction funds have been assured by the Archdiocese of Portland. Operational costs after con struction is completed will be assumed by parents of St. Mary's students. St. Mary's officials said that by 1070, the school could save tnxpnycrs of Jackson county up to $500,000 annual ly, based on current per cap ita costs of education. Cost nor student in the nub ile school Is about $350 to $400 annually, whereas the cost per student in the pri vate school is consmeraniy less. The difference per stu dent would be a saving to tax payers, officials noted. Registration in primary grades at St. Mary's Indicate a ffrnrlnntinf? rings nf 100 bv 1970, compared to the 45 stu dents who will be graduated this year. Part of County Growth St. Mary's school has been a part of the growth of Jack son county since It was found ed In 1885 In Jacksonville, when Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary agreed to open a school there at the Invitation of the Rev. F. X. Blnnchct. Fndinr ninnchnt ban hren nnnnintnH In thi Jacksonville parish several years earlier by his uncle, the first Arch hlshnn nf Oreffnn. Tn finnnrn the new school. Father Blanchot collected $2,139 in southern Oregon and northern Callfornin. with this mnnpv. he was able to buy an entire block in Jack sonville, pny the fares of the Sisters from Montreal, and buy a $1,400 pinnn as the new school s first piece of equip ment. School Opanad School vas opened In the renovated county hospital building Sept. 11, 1865, under the dli-ec!lon of Sisters Mary of the Seven Dolors, Mary Febrorilt and Mary Zotlque. At i'i o-id n! Ilia II -jit year, the ft ,) caiad fnr 12 1o:-i'ns rl id'.iu and VA day p ,D'; fit t1":nlng j.ulcl!ng crvad ni t i' m' ory. C-m'.a', I'M, t rd the loir.- p !. Pi mi a' :i :nnol, b i! 1' uamoinUi'iJ .f ll.e talftaat jaraa '.(Hi v and devo tion ul ths ;ir. A.'ier rMj- PLANNED HIGH SCHOOL PLANT-Thls is the architect's drawing of the new St. Mary's High school south of Barnett rd. on Black Oak dr. The building will be constructed on a 24-acre site, and when completed will missing the boarding stu dents, they volunteered to take charge of the smallpox hospital. The Jacksonville board of health at first considered the epidemic not great enough to warrant Imperilling the lives of the community's educators, but eventually their offer had to be accepted. Two Months With Sick Sisters Mary Francis of Assislum and Sister Mary Ed ward spent the next two months visiting and nursing the sick, barred from the company of everyone except the plague-stricken. Until 1908, St. Mary's con tinued at Jacksonville, with an average annual enrollment of 60 to 70 students, In that year, because of the decrease of Jacksonville'! population and the growth of Modford, the academy was moved to Its present location. Its enrollment at the time of tho move was 23 boarders and 93 day students. In its new location, St. Mary s con tinned to grow, and in 1920 had an enrollment of 190 students. Popular Dopartmant One of St, Mary's most pop ular departments Is its music department, which has had a high reputation for many years. Many St. Mary's grad uates have received music and voice scholarships to vari ous colleges throughout the country. Among St. Marys grad uates recently who received music or voice scholarships are Carol Robinson, who Is now In her second year at Marylhurst college, Portland, on a renewed scholarship; Donald MacPhcrson, who is at Portland university; and Jerry Flakus, who is attend ing Southern Oregon college Sonjn Peterson, who at tended St. Mary's music de partment classes, received a pinno scholarship to Willa mette university and Is now studying at Julliards school of music In New York City, and Diane Franklin, who also at tended music classes at St, Mary's, Is attending Oregon State university on an organ scholarship. Stlactod to Sing Last week, Rick Carrara and Frederick Burlch were selected as top choral stu dents to sing in tho all North west chorus at the Music Edu cation National convention in Spokane, Wash. Another graduate of St. Mary's school is Dr. Wendell Clausen, who Is a professor at Harvard unlvorslty, Cam bridge, Mass. Dr. Clausen was graduated from St. Mary s in 1941, from the University of Washington and (he Univer sity of Chicago, and taught at Amherst, Mass., college be fore going to Harvard. St. Mary's Is recognized as a standard college prepara tory school, and Is accredited by the stato department of education and the Northwest Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools. Preparation of Wills Discussed at Meeting Walter D. Nunley, Medford attorney and former district attorney for Jackson county, spoke at the monthly lunch eon meeting of Memorial Counselors of Hlllcrost Me morial park. They met Fri day at the Medford hotel. Nunley discussed the prep aration of wills and the ad minis (ration of decedents' cilntes. lie stressed the de sirability of each person pre paring a last will and testa ment. Cost should range from a minimum of $15 recom mended by tho Oregon Stato Car for a simple will, up to SJO for complex documents, In said. SJ tvttmttft , ,1,1. t.'N. t - 4. inrn-n-' -"' ', i , niiffliraiajM,w PRESENT SCHOOL BUILDING-When the new St. Mary's High school is completed for tion on Black Oak dr., the ( ' . SECOND BUILDING-Thls building In Jack sonville Is the second home of St. Mary's school. The picture was taken In the 188()'s. The school was started In Jacksonville by . . -pTYI 1 l E "In ii re g p b . Mi, m m .ns 13 U II f J i - " .. I. -. " n It FIRST MEDFORD BUILDING- St. Mary's torn down to make way for the present moved Into this building at the school's structure. Enrollment In St. Mary s at that present site In 1908. This building later was time was 23 boarders and 93 day students. classes this fall at its loca present building will be used 'J -" -fan mmrvfp n pi loppkilii Include general classrooms, administrative offices, and facilities for in door and outdoor sports activities. Edson and Pappas, Medford, are the architects. as an elementary school only. Construction of the new high school is expected to start about May 1, and will be mini mum facilities for opening this fall. n oft tho Rev. F. X. Blanchet, who collected funds for financing the academy in southern Oregon and northern California. Filing Necessary For Tax Refunds Refund payments of federal income taxes withheld from wages are not automatic, but are paid only upon filing of a proper federal individual in come tax return, A. G. Erick son, district director of the In ternal Revnue Service, Satur day reminded Oregon taxpay ers. "We find frequent cases where people apparently be lieve that the mere fact their tax was withheld in an amount greater than their owed taxes, will, on its face, get them their proper refund," Erickson noted. "Everyone whose income was $600 or more during 1960 must file a return." "Students or other young people who worked part of the year must also file a return, if such income was under $600, to secure receipt of a refund check," he added. Older married couples are still unaware they are entitled to file jointly and obtain worthwhile tax savings, Erick son pointed out. They appar ently began the payment of federal Income taxes several years ago when joint returns were not allowed in all states. "For all tax-filers," Erick son reminded, "the filing dead line this year is Monday, April 17, because April 15 falls on Saturday. Those taxpayers en titled to a refund would do well to file as soon as pos sible." Physicist Positions Open at Puget Sound Examination for physicists to fill federal civil service positions in the Puget Sound Naval shipyard's acoustic range have been announced. The range is a facility for scientific investigation of sound generated by ships and submarines. Physicists inter ested In work there should contact the local employment office or the Industrial Rela tions office at the shipyard, Bremerton, Wash. Positions are also open for A C maintenance officer (pilot) (air reserve technician). Additional information may bo obtained from the post office. STATE BORDERS Nashville - Tennessee and Missouri each are trurhed by borders of eight other states. The WeeK in Hoover Brought into Dispute of Subversion in Humbolt College By United Press International FBI Director J, Edgar Hoo ver was brought into a dispute over whether California As semblyman Louis Francis (R San Mateo) has evidence of subversion in Humboldt State college. Assemblyman William A. Munnell, majority leader in the lower chamber, asked Hoover to Initiate an FBI In vestigation of the charges to see if Francis could "substan tiate" them. Munnell, a Montebello Dem crat, wrote Hoover that Fran cis had claimed to have "sub stantial evidence accumulated over a long period of time that there are subversives In Hum boldt State. "Assemblyman Francis has cast a dark shadow over every college, instructor, student and institution of higher learning in California," Mun nell wrote Hoover. Adopts Attitude Francis, informed of the Munnell action, adopted a wait and see attitude. He was asked if he would turn the in formation over to Hoover. "I'll see what Mr. Hoover does," he replied. "I'll cooper ate with the FBI In any way, as I have In the past." A reporter asked: "How have you cooperated In the past?" "I can't reveal that," Fran cis replied. Francis had told an Assem bly committee last week that he had evidence of -subversives in Humboldt county and "this is particularly true of the public schools." He said later that the evidence for this charge was an anonymous let ter from a person who signed himself "a Eurekian patriot." Attack on Francis Meanwhile, an attack on Francis came from Sens. Hugh M. Burns, majority leader, and John F. McCarthy, minor ity leader-both members of the State Senate Permanent Fact -Finding committee on Un-American Activites. Burns is chairman of the committee. They expressed concern over what they called "irre sponsible statements" about the senate committee and said that members of the Assembly had been quoted as stating that "our committee has not been active." "This has been one of the busiest two-year periods in the committee's existence," Burns and McCarthy said in a joint statement. They said the com In which season are newspapers read most frequently? one of a ANSWER; THERE'S PRACTICAUY , can rely s e r i e s rain or 5 r California mittee report for the two years is just being completed. Elsewhere, there were these developments: Crashi A B52 jet bomber carrying a nuclear weapon crashed In flames in a grain field about 40 miles north of Sacramento after Its eight crewmen parachuted, Air Force officials said there was no danger of a nuclear ex plosion. They sealed off the area and sent In decontamina tion workers to eliminate any possible danger from radia tion. None of the crewmen was Injuried seriously. MSgt. Lawrence T. Glllham of Beale Air Force base, Marysville, was killed when the Air Force truck he was driving crashed en route to the scene. Honesty: Douglas William Johnson, confused by all the publicity over his honesty, asked for more time to decide what kind of a reward to ac cept for finding $240,000 in cash and returning the un marked bills to an armored car service company. The 50-year-old unemployed Los An geles janitor telephoned to Brink s. Inc., and said he could not yet make up his mind. The Brink company had offered him a $90 a week job as a guard and a university scholarship for his 16-year-old son. Football - The National As sociation of Intercollegiate Athletics voted unanimously to move its annual national championship football game from St. Petersburg, Fla., to Sacramento. NAIA executive secretary A. O. Duer said the decision was based partially on the racial discrimination against Negro athletes in Flor ida. Equally Important in the decision, he said, was the small stadium provided for the game in St. Petersburg. Duer said this year's football game would be known as the Camellia bowl and would be played In Sacramento's Huahes stadium. Population -Call fornla's population will pass that of New York state on Aug. 27; 1963, according to Carl Zac chrlsson, director of the Cali fornia Economic Development agency. He said statisticians had figured out this target date, adding "the governor of New York has been warned." Nixon - Richard M. Nixon returned to the private prac tice of law for the first time in 20 years, and got off on the right foot with his Los Ange CHANGE AT ALL! An analysis of newspaper circula tion over a three-year period showed that the newspaper habit is constant throughout the year. There is no "off" season for the newspaper habit, either in size of audi ence or in amount of rendincr. Therefnrn. dvnrtiaora on their audience always being present-come shine, come cold weather or MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE les firm by arriving for work promptly at 9 a.m. The former Vice President joined the firm as "counsel," rather than as a partner, to give himself mora time for political activities. Wafer Pollution Research Pushed For Norfhwest A bill to establish a federal regional water pollution con trol research laboratory in the Pacific Northwest Is being pushed by Congressman Wal ter Norblad (R-Ore.). Urging prompt and favor able action by the House com mittee on interstate and for eign commerce, Norblad wrote, "This area Is a sep arate, topographical, geologi cal, meteorological and geo graphical region and its water needs and problems are dif ferent than In other regions. The majority of the popula tion obtains its water from the rivers. "The Pacific Northwest is dependent on wood producls, food processing, textile, light metal, rare earth metal and chemical industries. These ab sorb large volumes of hiah quality water. Without the basic resource of water, such industries could not exist." "The value of the rivers, lakes, reservoirs, and the coastal area for fishing, boat ing, swimming and family camping is unmatched in any r e g i o n," the congressman pointed out. "Increased agri cultural irrigation presents new problems for the area. Pollution's impact on fish and wildlife, acquatic resources and recreation pose unique problems." Research necessary to find solutions to the water pollu tion control problems of tho Pacific Northwest cannot ef fectively or economically he carried on In a laboratory lo cated in another region, Nor blad said. The development of practical means of meeting these specific water pollution control problems can no long er be delayed. RIVER CANYON St. Louis - An underwater canyon below the lower Miss issippi river Is about five miles wide and 600 feet in depth. NO SEASONAL hot.