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School Dropout Rate Declared Serious Problem
By GAY PAULEY
UPI Woman! Editor
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linn of those teen-agers who
will enroll in high school this
fall will nev-
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er be gradu
ated. The dec
ade of the
1960's alone is
e x pected to
produce 7 . 5
million school
dropouts
"D top outs
m& si are every'
Gy Pauley one's con
cern," says one woman writ
ing on the subject. "Unless
America cares enough about
its schools to invest in preven
tive programs, taxpayers will
be paying more heavily than
ever for the treatment of de
linquents, the support to un
employables, and the care of
those who sink into a state i
which they cannot fend for
themselves."
Mrs. Edith G. Neisser, Chi
cago, a free-lance writer on
family relations and child
guidance, discusses the num
bers, the causes and the pre
vention of this mass exodus
from school in the newest
publication of the Public Af
fairs committee, a non-profit
educational organization
founded in 19.15. (The title of
the work published today;
"School Failures and Drop
outs, prepared in cooperation
with the American Personnel
and Guidance association.
Nationally, she said, more
than 30 per cent of students
leave school before gradua
tion.
High In South
In Virginia, South Carolina
Georgia, Mississippi and Ken
tucky, the rate is about 30
per cent. "But considering
that New Jersey and Massa
chusetts have cut their drop
out rate to 26 per cent, Min
ncsota to 21 per cent, Call
fornia tn 20, and Wisconsin
to 18, one cannot dismiss the
higher rates as inevitable,
she said.
"Since at least one fifth of
these early leavers have
marked mental ability, a
shoulder - shrugging 'good
riddance' is not the answer either."
Mrs. Neisser says dropouts
mean that we are sending into
the labor market an ever-Increasing
number of unskilled
workers, while jobs for the
unskilled are decreasing
sharply because of automa
tion, mechanization and sci
entific advances.
She said the unemployment
rate among dropouts is dou
ble that of the general pop
ulation, they are out of work
longer, dropouts are the hard
core of those who do the most
menial and routine tasks year
after year, and finally, 85
per cent of the relief clients
to take Cook County, III.,
as an example have not
completed high schools.
Mrs. Neisser said leaving
school is nearly always a
symptom or symbol of a prob
lem which has been building
over a long period.
"The way to dropping nut
is paved with failures, she
wrote.
Reading Problem!
Particularly significant Is
failure to learn tn read;
three times as many poor
readers as good ones drop
out.
Other causes:
Family instability and
the shifting population of big
city slums, where 75 to 80
per cent of the high school
boys and girls are "disadvan
taged Negroes, Puerto Ricans,
Catholic Daughters,
Knights of Columbus
Plan Picnic Today
Catholic Daughters of
America, Court St. Mary, and
Knights of Columbus will
sponsor the annual family pic
nic today at Jackson Hot
springs. Activities will begin
at noon.
Mrs. George Davy, grand
regent, 123 Lincoln street,
was hostess for an informal
yard parly for Catholic mem
bers and friends, recently.
Helping Mrs. Davy were Mrs.
Clement Joyer, Mrs. Elie Nou-
guier, Mrs. Harvey Humphrey
and Mrs. Bert Buffington. En
tertainment included card
games with Mrs. Richard Pru-
itt In charge of prizes.
Siskiyou District
To Hold Session
Siskiyou district of the
Oregon Federation of Garden
clubs will hold an executive
board and officers meetings
t the Jackson county court
house auditorium from 10
m. to 8 p.m., Thursday, Au
gust 22.
The executive hoard meet
ing will he in the morning
nd the officers' training ses
sion in the afternoon.
Those attending are asked
tn bring a sack lunch and
their own drink.
Mexicans, or southern white
mountain people.
"Socially inherited"
dropouts where the child's
parents have had a scant edu
cation. A survey made in Iowa
showed 70 per cent of the ear
ly leavers had fathers who
did not finish high school.
"A consuming desire for
ready money for dates or a
car . , .an inability to keep up
with the Jonses, buy the
school ring, pay the class dues,
purchase the tickets for games
and proms that student public
opinion demands."
Entering the armed serv
ices, being needed at home, or
having been expelled from
school, although the percent
ages in these categories are
extremely low.
Up To Parents
What can be done? Parents,
schools and the community
all must take action, says Mrs.
Neisser. She said parents
could help set up resistance
to leaving school by dosing
the children with "emotional
vitamins" self-confidence
and self - respect, and by pro
viding a home atmosphere
"where allowances are made
for individual strengths and
weaknesses."
Encourage rather than pun
ish, she advised parents. Not
to be used is the approach,
"why don't you bring home
decent grades the way your
sister or your cousin or the
girl next door does?"
Mrs. Neisser said many
cities have set up programs,
often starting in the early
grades, to spot unusual abili
ty and to reach those who are
not making progress with
their studies. And in commu
nities from Rhode Island to
California, plans to keep
young people in school in
clude work - study combina
tions which start in junior
high or high school.
"Often it happens that at
work a youngster for the first
time sees why it is important
to be ahle to read, to spell,
to do arithmetic, and tn write
a paragraph correctly," she
said.
From Riverside
Ashland - Miss Jeannctte
Smilh, Riverside, Calif., is
visiting with Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Davis, 67 Scenic drive,
enjoying the Shakespearean
festival events and renewing
acquaintances with friends
she knew while on the faculty
of Southern Oregon college.
These five women who grew up together
in Blair, Nebr., were together recently for
the first lime in SO years. They held a re
union at the home of Mrs. Fred Rankin, 18
Richmond avenue, Madford. Shown at they
talked together before dinner one evening
Five Former Ncbraskans
Meet After Fifty Years
are (left to right) Mrs, John Haiti, Paso
Robles, Calif.: Mrs. Ethel Stewart, Seattle.
Wash.: Mrs. Harley Dickey. Yakima. Wash.:
Mrs. Rankin and Mrs. Frank De Temple.
San Diego, Calif.
Five women who grew up
together, living a few blocks
from each other in Blair,
Nebr., where they were child
hood, school and college
friends, were together for the
first time in 50 years recently
in Medford.
They met at the home of
Mrs. Fred Rankin, 18 Rich
mond avenue. Attending were
Mrs. John Raitt, Paso Robles,
Calif., a retired teacher; Miss
Ethel Stewart, Omaha, Nebr.,
who spent the summer in Se
attle, also a retired teacher;
Mrs. Harley Dickey, Yakima,
and Mrs. Frank DeTemple,
San Diego.
Others present were Robert
Raitt, who with his mother
are en route to Alaska, and
Mr. Dickey. Mr. DeTemple,
alsn from Blair, was unable
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to attend but talked with the
group by long distance.
Since the five women now
live on the west coast, the
reunion had been in the plan
ning stage for several years.
Three of the guests had never
been in Oregon before, so the
group toured Jacksonville,
Ashland and the Rogue val
ley. Mrs. Dickey brought with
her pictures of the group in
earlier years as well as a
diary she had kept as a teen
ager. August 8 the group attend
ed a luncheon at the Rogue
Valley Country club and that
evening attended a barbecue
dinner at the Rankin home.
Mrs. DeTemple and Miss
Stewart remained in Medford
through August 12, atlcnding
the art exhibit in Lithia park
in Ashland.
Riverside Bridge
Club Scores Told
Twenty-eight players com
peted in the Riverside Bridge
club play recently.
In the north-south position,
Mrs. J. J. Dougherty and A.
Gilhousen were first with 93
points. Mrs. B. B. Hughes and
Mrs. Glen Fabrirk were sec
ond with Rfi points, and Mrs.
George B. Dean and Mrs. Del
Clifford were third, 85'.4
points.
Winning first In the east
west position were Mrs. R. C.
Smoot and Mrs. G. B. Tor
gerson with 05 points, second
were Mrs. A. K. Trout and
R. T. Meegan, RS1 points,
and third, Mrs. B. L. Marten
and James Morgan, 88
points.
Many Visitors
At Barnes' Home
O'Brien - Guests at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Jack
Barnes, Lone Mountain road,
this week were Mrs. Barnes'
son, Harold Smcdley, his wife
and children, Timmy and
Tammy. Sacramento.
Fay West, Mrs. Barnes" fa
ther, Sacramento, Mrs. Irene
Win and Warren Win, Gait,
Calif., Mrs. Bert Vipond and
children, Crescent City, were
also among the visitors at the
Barnes' home.
Mr. and Mrs. Norman West,
Sacramento, Mrs. Barnes'
brother and sister-in-law, were
also recent guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Barnes.
Arrive
Talent Mr. and Mrs. Ray
Taylor, Bishop, Calif., have
arrived to visit Mr. Taylor's
parents. Mr. and Mrs. H. A.
I Taylor: his brother and wife,
I Mr. and Mrs. Edward Taylor,
j Talent, and the couple's
I daughter and family, Mr. and
i Mrs. Don Coghill and chil
j dren, Ashland,
same dale.
Townsend Club
To Make Plans
For Meeting
Plans to attend a Fourth
district council meeting Sun
day, September 8 at Cottage
Grove, will be made at the
next meeting of the Mt. Pitt
chapter, Townsend club,
Thursday, August 22.
The meeting will be at the
home of Mrs. Charles Hum
phrey, 429 South Grape street
Medford. A potluck luncheon
will be served at 12 noon.
Mt. Pitt chapter will ob
serve Founders day, Septem
ber 30.
Yreka Pythians Meet
At Robinson Home
Yreka - Pylhian Sisters
held their outdoor meeting
recently in the garden of the
Jim Robinson home, Lange
way.
After a meeting at the
IOOF hall, the Knights of
Pythias joined them for refreshments.
Chairman of the refresh
ment committee was Mrs. Jim
Robinson, assisted by Mrs.
Vayne Ralston and Mrs.
Clarence Robinson.
The next meeting is sched
uled at the Orlo Davis home
in Little Shasta.
Benefit Club
Sets Picnic Date
Security Benefit club mem
bers will meet Sunday, August
25 at noon at TouVelle park,
for a family picnic. Members
are asked to obtain their tick
ets for the evpnt.
Sixty members and guests
met for luncheon and dancing
at the Pythian hall last week.
Members are reminded to
give the name of their bene
ficiary to (he membership
chairman, James Bishop.
The club meets on Wednes
days at the Pythian hall from
11 a.m. to 4 p.m. with lunch
at 12 noon. Any person inter
ested is invited.
California
Family Leaves
O'Brien Mrs. Charles A.
Clark and children, San Di
ego, Calif., left recently aft
er a visit with Mrs. Clark's
parents, Mr .and Mrs. David
Wilson, Shadowrroft lake.
The Clark childcn, Shelley
and Mclinria, had spent two
weeks with their grandpar
ents, during which time they
visited the Kerbyville mu
seum, Lake Selmac and the
Oregon caves.
Relatives Visit
Talent Home
Talent -Mr. and Mrs. Lna
land Brittson and nephew,
and Mrs. Prudence Stutts
ford and her aunt. Mrs. Bes
sie Claw-son, a 1 1 Fresno.
Calif., are guests at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Granvil
Brillson.
Mr. Loaland Brittson and
Mrs. Sluttsford are Mr. Gran
vil Britlson's brother and
sister.
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