Revolutionary New Approach To English Under Discussion
Eugene A revolutionary
new approach to the teaching
of English grammar is among
the subjects under discussion
during the first Oregon Cur
riculum Study Center Sum
mer Institute at the Univers
ity of Oregon.
first formal step in Project
English, the half-million-dol-iar
project aimed at reassess
ing and rewriting the eurric-
ulum in English language, lit
erature, and written and oral
I composition for grades 7
through 12.
The national, five-year pro-
Thirty junior high choolie " be,"B s"PPrtrt by a
teachers from various com
munities in Oregon make up
the Institute, which is the
Eugene Attorney
To Enter Plea
Portland-ffiPD-Eugene attor
ney Charles L. O. Edwards
has been given until Aug. 2
to prepare motions and enter
a plea on charges of holding
back money and evading taxes
of persons who hired him to
prepare their income tax re
turns. He was indicted by a fed
eral grand jury here last
week.
Edwards appeared in U.S.
District Court with his attor
ney here Wednesday and was
released on his own recog
nizance. He is charged with holding
back more than $10,000 due
the government on returns he
was hired to file, and with
failing to file his own income
tax returns from 1959 through
1961.
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Canningham, England - WPU
-Last Sunday Anglican Vicar
Arthur Moss told his parish
ioners to go right ahead and
interrupt his sermon if they
had any objections to make.
Responding spiritedly to the
invitation, the congregation
filled the church with protest.
Today, after giving the mat
ter thoughtful consideration,
the Rev. Mr. Moss said he
would insist on at least seven
minutes of uninterrupted ser
mon next Sunday.
Education and is headed by
Dr. Albert R. Kitzhaber, pro
fessor of English. The project
was established almost a year
ago with the first months de
voted to administrative and
preparatory work.
At Regular Session
The current Institute is be
ing held during the regular
University Summer Session
which ends Aug. 9.
In addition to the grammar
class, the teachers are attend
ing regular morning lectures
on applied criticism and writ
ten and oral discourse.
The classes are designed to
acquaint teachers, who will be
teaching the new curriculum
in pilot classes, with the lat
est information in their field
so they can handle the ma
terial "with real confidence
and competence," according
to Dr. Kitzhaber.
The course on grammar is
being conducted by Dr.
Wayne A. O'Neil, assistant
professor of English. It is call
ed "transformational gram
mar" and is based on the
theories of Dr. Noam Chom
sky, of the Massachusetts In
stitute of Technology, who
lectured on the Oregon cam
pus last spring.
Combines Aspects
Transformational grammar
combines the best aspects of
traditional grammar teach
ing and structural linguistics
in an effort to give students
deeper insight into the com
plex way in which their lang
uage is put together, accord
ing to Dr. O'Neil.
This approach is new, Dr.
O'Neil said, and there is only
one textbook presently avail
able designed for high school
students.
The Institute participants
come not only from the
Eugene, Springfield, and
Bethel school districts, which
were originally part of Pro
ject English, but from several
other districts which have re
cently agreed to participate.
verton, and Lake Oswego. In i paring textbook material, and (prepared by university facul-
addition, some teachers from
the Medford public schools are
also participating, and the dis
trict may eventually become
a full partner in the project.
The Seattle public schools
have agreed to donate three
of their teachers on a half-
time basis during tnc next
These are Coos Bay, Bea- academic year to help in pre
-Helen Olson, language arts i
supervisor for the Seattle
schools, has become a con
sultant on the project.
The Institute members are
devoting two afternoons a
week to workshop sessions in
which they are analyzing spe
cial reports on various aspects
of English which have been
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HEAT BEATER Jeannette Adair has found a way to beat
the 100 degree temperatures that have been plaguing San
Marcos, Tex., for the past several days. Miss Adair, an under
water performer, packed a picnic basket, then went to the
bottom of the Aquarena pool and had her picnic as fish swim
by for her entertainment. (UPI)
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the English
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national talent was given a cheer
ful accompaniment in 1769,
when AlexandcrCordon in
troduced his remarkable gin
The Gordon's you drink to
day harks back to his origi
nal formula, because
one does not tamper
with gin of such dis
tinctive dryness and
delicate flavour. Try it
soon in a tangy Cin &
Tonic or Tom Collins.
You'll see whyGordon'
is the biggest seller
in England, America,
and the world.
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ly members and others.
From these reports, the
teachers will prepare detailed
outlines for the writing of
textbooks and other curricular
material.
The actual writing of this
material will be done during
the coming academic year by
a group of university pro-
PAGES 1 to 12 I d Rroup o ,he jnstitute par.
ticipants and other public
school teachers, who will be
devoting half-time to the
project.
In addition to 10 university
faculty members, the writing
group will consist of the fol
lowing teachers from the pub
lic school systems: June Robb,
Nellie Luke, and Shirley
Knowlton, Eugene; Grant
Mortenson and Margaret Frey,
Springfield; Lydia Anderson,
Bethel; Eleanor Baker, Coos
Bay; Frank Mazzio, Beaver
ton; Scholastica Murty, Lake
Oswego; and Arthur Lorent
zen, Ruth Wang, and Hardis
Benediktson, Seattle.
Only grades 7 and 8 will
come under scrutiny this year,
with the next two grades to
be studied in next summer's
Institute. The new curriculum
will be introduced as it is de
veloped during the coming
year in pilot classes in the
various participating school
systems, with a full-scale try
out of the material scheduled
for 1964-65.
After testing and revision, !
the new material will be
printed under the auspices of
the U.S. Office of Education I
and made available to any '
school district in the country i
which wishes to adopt it. 1
The Office of Education is ,
now supporting related cur-;
ricular study projects in nine I
other universities and public
school systems in various !
parts of the U.S., although the
University of Oregon's Project ;
English remains the only such j
program in the Western states. '
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