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MEDFOHD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 22. 1962 Modern Education Developed During Current Century School bells will soon be I basis. calling an estimated 50-mil lion students back to school Over a million youngsters will be enrolling into classes for the lirst time, and the balance of this number will go to primary, intermediate and high school classes around the nation. Again school reopening focuses attention on increased enrollments, shortage of properly trained faculty and lack of proper school housing. Although these problerns have been rectified in many communities, others are stiil facing them. Since our nation's begin nings education has been an important facet of the Ameri can way of life. . The foundations of the modern American education al systems were laid by the Calvinist Puritans of New England. In 1642 the legisla ture of the Massachusetts Bay colony, faithful to the Protes tant principle, that everyone should be able to read the Bible passed a law requir ing all parents, in towns with in jurisdiction, to give their children an elementary edu cation. Law Declares Schools And so throughout our early history, more and more schools were established by local law. As the frontiers moved westward, settlers created their own schools for their children. Although . early schools were set up by church groups, which also controlled them - by the end of the American Revolution these schools were made independ ent of the churches. By the nineteenth century, a system of decentralized control, compulsory, popular educa tion was set up. Several attempts to estab lish a national system of edu cation over the years were unsuccessful since the decen tralized control of schools was well-established through out the country When the tenth amend ment to the U. S. Constitu tion was adopted giving the Individual states all powers not reserved by the federal government, the foundation was laid to establish stale controlled school systems. In turn, the state system; evolved into units of state, county and later, city school systems. Free System New The free public school sys tem as we know it now, actually evolved in the twen tieth century. In most states up to the Civil War and for several decades thereafter: parents paid for their children's schooling. Children of pau pers were given free educa tion, but wholly on a charity The concept too was changed by the end of the nineteenth century when states required local admin istrations to tax themselves for the full support of public schools and all children with in the school area. The system we know now came into being in the twen tieth century. A far cry from its humble beginnings in the early days of the colonies, support for our free public school systems come from local property taxes (two thirds) with the balance be ing made up of monies con tributed by the state (from taxes) from permanent state school funds and som.. feder al aid. Enrollments Grow As enrollments continue to grow in all types of schools round the country, the prob lem facing school systems is not all economic. Never in the history of the nation has . there been so much awareness of the im portance of learning, not only for the individual but also with relation to the im mediate future of our civilization. Today the curriculum of schools faces scrutiny and in ventory as science education, humanities, languages as new frontiers opened up by the space age are creating far greater demands for knowledge and skill than ever before. The average citizen has found many channels open for intelligent discussion and activities concerning the bet terment of the school systems and their curricula. Children as well as adults are imbued with this revitali zation of serious interest in education. A growing pride in scholastic standing appears to be ' developing even among the children in' elementary schools. JETLINER CRASHES - Spectators stand at the edge of Janeiro Tuesday. Thirteen of the 104 persons aboard the Guanabara Bay behind a pair of wheels and part of the Europe-bound jetliner were killed and nine were listed fuselage of the Panair do Brasil DC8 which crashed and as missing. (UPI) burned after takeoff from International Airport at Rio de Firm Executive For Longer, Wider Beds New York-UJPIl-"Eighty per cent of today's married cou ples sleep in cribs," accord ing to John W. Hubbell, vice president of a bedding manu facturing firm. Hubbell said four of every five American couples sleep on a standard size double bed which is 54 inches wide, al lowing each spouse 27 inches of sleeping space, or the width of a baby crib. He suggested beds up to 21 inches wider and five inches longer than standard double beds. About one - half the states observe 10 or more legal holi days each year. Highway workers of many states are under some form of civil service. Wcs JEWELER 9 So. Central Ave. Phone 772-9392 WATCH" their faces light up-lS Timeiy presents for him or fieri Value prietd! 1 ladies' 17-jewel watch. Soak chm wriSt-MM. mm Men's precision watch. Sec ond hand. 17 jewels. ure - -T4 w Men's wa'ei-jnd ihock wtf styte. 17-el. Cumed. ladies' diamond ba'itj will. 21 ewls. UK. Up $25.00 for Toer Old Wfffefcf Wei Pearson . . . Your Keepsake Diamond Dealer f i Shell Basket Aids In Kennedy Decor Stanford, Calif.-illPII-A tor toise-shell wastebasket, given Mrs. Leland Stanford by Mrs. Ulysses H. 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