Regional
Roundup
By Clev Twitchell
Regional Editor
School District 6C Teacher
Evaluation Plan Explained
We don't get a great many
news items from the Tiller
Drew area, but when we do
get them, they usually have a
folksy sound to them. We es
pecially liked the following
which we received Saturday:
"Mrs. Frank Gurtler, nee
Dian Zimmerman, won sec
ond place in a twist contest
according to a letter received
by her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Joe Zimmerman.
"She won in a contest at the
dog races at Anchorage,
Alaska. Altogether she and
her husband won seven dol
lars, six cans of soup and a
cake in various contests. Mrs.
Gurtler also sponsored a girl
who came in second in a snow
shoe race. The girl won fifteen
dollars."
Fry To Speak
We asked a couple of weeks
ago if anyone would be in
terested in hearing Daniel W.
Fry, the missile engineer who
said he rode aboard an extra
t e r r e s t rial spacecraft. Re
sponse was sufficient to indi
cate that it would be worth
while to set up such an ap
pearance in Medford. It has
been arranged for Thursday
night, March 21, starting at
7:30 p.m. in the little theatre
at Hedrick Junior High
school, 1501 North Jackson st.
We wanted this lecture to
be open to the public on a no
admission charge basis, and
we are happy to report that
it will be so. Everyone is in
vited - especialy students, in
asmuch as we received re
ports that our Jan. 6 article
about Dr. Fry was discussed
and taken apart in a number
of science classes around the
valley.1
Fry is also speaking Satur
day night, March 16 at 8 p.m.
in Grants Pass, at the Barn
stormers theatre, 112 N.E.
Evelyn ave. That one is also
a public talk, with no admis
sion charge but a donation ap
preciated. His Grants Pass
subject will be "The Curve of
Development," a discussion of
his theory concerning the pat
tern discernable of the de
velopment of all h u m i
beings. His subject at the Med
ford talk will be "Spacecraft
and Space Travel, a discus
sion of the subject of life on
other planets, including his
own reported experiences.
Tidbits
It took a letter from a read
er in Rogue River to get us
to notice a mistake we made
in the piece about the Mt.
Shasta legends a week ago
Sunday. The story reported
that the book "A Dweller on
Two Planets" was published
in "1186.' Upon second
thought, we wonder if any
one was printing books in
north America that year. We
Intended the date to read
"1886," although our Rogue
River friend says it was
1881 . . .
A notice in the Grants Pass
Courier reports the Randolph
Collier tunnel is now sched
uled to be dedicated July 20.
It originally was supposed to
nave taken place last fall.
By MARY KELL
Mail T'ibunt Correspondent
Hiring of teachers tomor
row will conclude the annual
teacher evaluation program
in school district 6C, accord
ing to Superintendent Charles
A. Meyer. The district com
posed of Sams Valley, Cen
tral Point and Gold Hill has
more than 2,600 pupils and
129 teachers other than prin
cipals. High school students
in the district 6 area attend
Crater High school at Central
Point.
District principals and re
spective schools are: Arthur
L. Straus, Crater High;
George A. Johns, Central
Point Junior high school;
John McCoy, Central Point
elementary school; William
Brewster, Jewett elementary
school in Central Point; Gil
bert A. Mack, Patrick and
Hanby elementary schools in
Gold Hill; and Charles Flint,
Jr., Sams Valley elementary
SECTION B PAGES 1 to 8
MEDFORDtJyTRIBUNE
MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, MARCH 11. 1963
Smocks Describe
Life In Australia
By MARY COLLEY I
Central Point In Australia
a woman s place is in the
home, according to Mrs. John
Smock, who was co-speaker
with her husband in a talk
sponsored by the Central
Point Home Extension Unit
in the Crater High multi-purpose
room Thursday evening.
'As viewed through Amer
ican eyes, work outside the
home, even on a part-time
basis, is almost a physical im
possibility. Washing is. done
In a 'copper' (large wash tub).
The clothes are boiled and
then wrung by hand. The
wringer washer is the more
modern type, and we saw one
automatic washer and dryer.
Few women have ironing
boards. Ironing is done on the
kitchen table. I never could
figure how little girls' pleated
skirts were done," Mrs. Smock
said.
"Cooking is a chore as froz
en and canned goods are lux
ury items. Supermarkets are
few and far between. One
must go to the green-grocer
for fresh fruits and vegeta
bles, the grocer for staple
items, the bakery for bread
and the chemist for any drug
needs."
"Central heating Is a lux
ury. Fireplaces or wood burn
ing stoves are in the living
room and kitchen, but all
other rooms are unheated."
"Part of a housewife's job
is to keep her family supplied
with hand knit sweaters be
cause homes, schools and
churches are so poorly heat
ed. Women knit everywhere
on buses, trams, while visit
ing, football games. The only
place we did not see them
knitting was in church."
"TV is very popular. How
ever, many Australians get
their concept of the American
way of life from programs
such as 'The Untouchables'.
For the most part, though,
Australians are genuinely in
terested in all they can learn
first hand about the United
States."
Mr. Smock told of the dif
ference in school systems. He
stressed the politeness of his
students, who stood when he
entered the classroom and
greeted him with "Good morn
ing, Mr. Smock."
One comparsion he made
was between the social life.
through the schools, of stu
dents in Australia and in the
United States. At Union High
in Melbourne, where he
taught, there were three
school sponsored dances in the
year, one at the end of each
term.
Mr. Smock taught Austral
ian History while there and
said that he had to study
nights but always managed to
stay a few pages ahead of his
students.
"A tea break is the custom
for both teachers and students
in Australian . schools," he
said.
Mr. Smock told of the
school uniforms which are re
quired in Australia. Mrs.
Smock wore one, which
consisted of a green jumper
and jacket, tan shirt, brown
tie and green tarn. The girls
are not allowed to use lipstick
or hair spray.
The Smocks now live in
Medford where he is a Med'
ford High teacher. Mrs.
Smock teaches at Hedrick
Junior High. Both formerly
taught in Central Point.
Before the meeting Mr. and
Mrs. Smock were dinner
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Wil
liam Colley.
school in Sams Valley.
The principals and their fac
ulty members have been busy
the past few weeks with prin
cipal teacher conferences,
which are concerned with
pointing out strengths, correct
ing weaknesses and evaluat
ing the classroom teaching cli
mates of individual rooms.
The goal of the administra
tion is for a continuous eval
uation process. In this way
teaching itself can become an
inservice or learning process
each day a teacher is in the
classroom, Meyer stated.
He said the goal of continu
ous self - improvement in
teaching techniques, class-
room organization and currio
ulum improvement can be
come a reality if teachers and
principals accept the respon
sibility of everyday evaluation.
Problems that arise can be
solved quickly, new ideas can
be incorporated with old tried
and tested methods and the
general school program can
become more meaningful and
worthwhile with continuous
constructive evaluation.
The teacher evaluation
sheet prepared by the admin
istration has two primary
functions:
It is a basis for complying
with the Oregon law and
school board policy of requir
ing teacher recommendations
for reelections on or before
March IS each year, and is an
objective means of assisting
teachers to improve through
recognizing strengths and
weaknesses as observed by ad'
ministrators.
The district 6 'teacher eval
uation sheet' is composed of
selected and generally accept
ed desirable teacher qualities
and attributes.
Meyer said that in order
that more uniform interpret
tion can be placed on the
points listed, each one is
'spelled out' or defined completely.
Each teacher evaluates him'
self and records the evalua
tion forms provided. The
check sheets are reconsidered
by the principals during the
teacher - principal conference
prior to passing them on to
the district superintendent for
individual recommendation to
the school board.
Evaluated are personal
qualities, such as appearance
and personality; professional
qualities, such as judgment
and loyalty; school manage
ment and organization qual
tics, such as care of room and
influence with pupils;
teaching effectiveness quali
ties, such as presentation of
lessons and maintenance of
high academic standards.
County Teachers
Set Executive Meet
The executive meeting of
the Jackson County Class
room Teachers association
will be held in the confer
ence room of the Jackson
county court house annex
Tuesday at 6:30 p.m.
President John Kuchlcr
urges all of the building rep
resentatives of all locals to
attend as they are automati
cally part of the DCT execu
tive board.
The president would also
like to have all people who
attended the Northwest Re
gional DCT conference the
week end of Feb. 28 to be
present for this executive
meeting.
Regional
News
Crater Activities
Listed lor Week
Numerous activities are tak
ing place this week at Crater
High school according to Don
Miller, activities director.
National Merit Scholarship
tests were given Saturday to
the Junior class.
Monday, at 7:30 p.m., the
Jackson County Teenage Traf
fic Safety council will meet in
the library at Crater. Plans
will be made for a county
wide conference. Officers of
the Council are Dave Force,
president; Jim Ricks, vice
president; Barbara Schatz,
secretary treasurer, all of
Crater.
Voter registration will take
place Wednesday in prepara
tion for the election of repre
sentatives for Student Gov
ernment day in April.
National Actuary tests will
be given during first and sec
ond periods, Thursday.
The girls invitational for
mal, sponsored by the Girls
League will be held Friday.
Neighbors Help Put
Out Fire at Drew
Drew - While no one was
home Wednesday afternoon a
fire started on the roof of the
Richard Bonney home. Bou
ncy, a log trucker, saw the
blaze as he was going past
with a load of logs. With the
help of friends and neighbor
ly people who stopped, he got
the fire extinguished, but not
before it had burned an eight
food span of roof.
Mrs. Bonney, who had lock'
ed the house and gone to a
neighbors, said no one, includ'
ing the insurance adjuster,
could see how Mr. Bonney
was able to get the fire put
out with the start it had.
White City Scouts Hold
Craft Instruction Series
White City Boy Scouts
in Troop 49 started a scries
of scout craft instruction at
their meeting Tuesday even
ing. Under the instruction of
Eldon Frances of the Eagle
Point Grade school, the boys
learned botany Tuesday eve-
Regional Calendar
Evans Valley - The date
of the Evans Valley P T A
meeting this month has been
changed from March 19 to
Wednesday, March 13, at 8
p.m. at the Evans Valley
school. The change has been
made because the original
meeting date falls during
spring vacation.
Gold Hill - Wednesday,
12:30 p.m. coffee hour; 1 p.m.
business session, Woman's So
ciety of Gold Hill Community
Methodist church at the
church.
Jacksonville - Thursday,
12:30 p.m., Adarel Social club
will meet at the Jacksonville
Masonic hall.
Prospect - Tuesday, 8 p.m.,
Prospect Art club wil meet at
home of Mrs. Emmit Tucker
Sr. Mrs. Archie McKillop will
talk on a new method of
undcrpainting and talent
painting. All members are
asked to bring works for dis
play at Riverview cafe in
Shady Cove.
Eagle Point Tuesday,
7:30 p.m.. Eagle Point High
School PTSA will meet in
multi-purpose room of high
school.
Eagle Point Tuesday, 7
p.m., Boy Scout Troop 48,
community building.
White City Tuesday, 7:30
p.m.. Boy Scout Troop 49
White City Realty office-
Jackson Jones will lecture on
zoology.
ning and will go into zoology
with Jackson Jones next
Tuesday, March 12th.
The week-end of March 16-
17 the boys will put into prac
tice what they have learned
by going on a nature outing
with their scoutmaster, James
Bunker at Gypsy Springs.
Aobut 13 boys in Troop 49
helped distribute Redwood
trees to residents in the White
City area and subdivisions ad
joining White City.
Charles Coon is the asssisl-
ant scoutmaster for troop 49
and James Smith is commit
tee chairman. Troop 49 meets
in the . White City Realty
Building on Tuesday evenings
at 7:30 p.m. and all boys elev
en years of age and older are
invited to attend.
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Gold Hill The first class
in a 20-hour course on fire
fighting training sponsored
by the department 01 voca
tional education, Salem, will
be given in Gold Hill Wednes
day at 7:30 p.m. at the fire
hall.
The course will be geared
to the equipment and man-
nower available in the city.
It was stressed that all men,
whether or not they are mem
bers of the regular volun
teer fire department, are
urged to attend. Other inter
ested persons are invited.
Expense of the course will
be shared by the city and
state. It is approved by the
fire rating bureau, fire mar
shal's office, fire underwriters
association and Oregon tire
Fighters association.
Bob Swindler, a member ot
the Medford Fire department
for 1 1 years, who has a teach
ing certificate from the state
vocational department, will
be the instructor. Swindler is
a former resident of Gold Hill
having attended the old high
school.
Swindler said the first class
will be concerned with in
struction in use of gas masks,
breathing and apparatus. As
the classes progress actual ex
perience will be taught in
ventilation practices;
and extinguishment of flam
mable liquid fires; salvage,
pump operation and fog
streams.
Movies and visual aids will
be presented. Plans are being
made to take men receiving
training here through the
smoke chamber in Medford,
during the second class ses
sion which is set for Wednes
day, March 27, he said .
Swindler and Vernon Rit
chie, captain from the Med
ford Fire department will
answer questions during a 30
minute interval prior to the
first session, Wednesday
night, from 7 to 7:30. Ritchie
is the co-ordinator for state
vocational education fire
training programs in Jackson
and Josephine counties.
Radiological Class
Planned at Yreka
Yrcka - A class in radio
logical monitoring will be giv
en starting Monday at Yrcka
High school under the College
of the Sisklyous evening divi
sion, it was announced.
Warren Doty, Yrcka, will
instruct the class with instru
ments provided by the stale
disaster office. Registration
will be held in room six in the
new Yreka High school build
ing at 7 p.m. and will be open
attack to any interested persons.
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