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Empressive Number of Whites Joined in March Br A. BOBEBT SMITH ! Mail Tribun ; Washington Correspondent Washington - Beyond the ; actual numbers of citizens who converged on Washing ton to march lor jobs and : freedom, the most Impressive 'and significant qualities were J the pervading spirit and the ; number of whites who joined Uhelr Negro brethren. : "I felt like 1 was in church all day long," said a white .'man, Fred T. Haley, president .of a manufacturing firm in Tacorna. "It was a religious experience. It reminded me of my Methodist childhood when we went to revival meetings." Biblical Scan The march on Washington was an Old Testament scene of the children being led through a wilderness seeking the promised state of freedom. But the marchers came with a New Testament spirit of brotherhood, compassion across racial differences, com munion between white and black. Attending a prayer meeting the night before the march In an integrated congregation, one was struck by the voices of the faithful petitioners. Those who were white had composed rational prayers, pe titions of minds which reject discrimination as a sin against a brother. Those who were colored had composed prayers of deep feeling, the petitions of a whole life's suffering. In a later social gathering in a private home where dis cussion focused on the condi tions of servitude and fear Negroes suffer in Mississippi, one was ttruck by the implica tions of the Biblical admoni tion, the Lord helps those who help themselves. How best Page 2A Medford MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 10B3 Opponents Speak In Portland Portland - (DTD - Opponents of the proposed Oregon Dunes National Seashore from Flo rence spoke at the Downtown Lions Club here Friday. Norman Price Jr., execu tive secretary of the Siuslaw Port commission; Howard CampbelL president of t h r. Florence Chamber of Com merce, and Jim Nellson, a past - president of the cham ber, voiced their disapprov al of a park in the Florence area. Price . said existing slate, federal and private agencies were "doing a good job" in San Mateo School Tries By WEBSTER K. NOLAN United Prais International San Mateo, Callf.-njTD - On the surface, Park Elementary school in this quiet San Fran cisco suburb looks and runs like almost any other school In the country. In actual fact, It ranks among the pioneers in an ex periment that may have a far reaching Impact on the educa tional system of the United States. As at any other school, freshly scrubbed youngsters file into their classrooms ev ery morning at 9 o'clock. They listen to .their teachers translate the intricacies of hu man knowledge into the sim ple terms of readin', 'rltcn' and 'rlthmatic. Most of the studuents break Into a dead run for the school yard at the sound of the re cess bell while others chatter I mr-r v -vi EXPERIMENTAL SCHOOL - Students art shown working with blocks jnd numer--4f during t class it Park Elementary can the Negro help himself in Mississippi and elsewhere? Dllemme Outlined Several of those present of cither race posed the dilemma faced by leaders of the non violent revolution which is under way. It is most evident in Mississippi where voters, most of them white, have just elected another arch-sesrega-tionist as governor, after a campaign In which the rivals pledged a hard line on segre gation, The dilemma is this: if the Negro protest remains essen tially non-violent in intent, he stands alone and exposed to crushing forces in Mississippi where the entire political-economical social structure is stacked against any semblance of equality for Negro citizens; and apparently only If vio lence breaks out, as in the University of Mississippi riots over admission of James Mer edith, can he secure protec tion and forceful help from federal authorities who are sympathetic to his cause. Where does this lead? To inevitable violence? To intend ed violence? This dilemma does not hold in most of America, where changes are evident for the benefit of Negroes, even though It often takes demon strations to stimulate such changes. But the white power struc lure of Mississippi is fiercely Intent upon maintaining the status quo of a sharply segre gated culture in which the Negro plays largely a menial, certainly subordinate, role In the economy, and hardly any role In public decislon-mak ing. Students Hindered Much zeal and bodily pur Tribune of Dunes providing recreational oppor tunities among the, lakes, dunes and .woods near Flo rence. ' ' ( "The kind of facilities pro vided now are not the kind the U.S. Park Service would provide if the area became a national park," he said. "Park employers would like to restore the area as much as possible to a wilder ness, with little access ex cept on foot or on horse back," Price declared. Ho added the park service would "eliminate houses and most overnight facilities." with their friends In the cor ridors. At the end of the day, as at any other school, the chalky smell of blackboard dust hangs heavy In the class rooms. The difference between Park Elementary and slmost every other school in the country Is that there is no first, second, third or fourth grade. And there are no such things as roport cards, no such thing as passing or failiing. Park, together with several i convinced all parties that the other selected educational in-j idea was workable. Last year, stitutinns in the country, is ; the first three grades were eli putting into day-to-day prac-1 initiated. As a measure of the tlce a bold concept In modern i project's success, the fourth teaching: the non graded 1 school "The teachers set up this system themselves." Principal Charles Echlernacht said. "It i was three years In the plan-1 nlng stage and we put It Into1 school In San taken tarller licipalion in the current social revolution - the sit-ins, free dom rides, knccl-ins and the rest - have come from stu dents. But in Mississippi a student in any of the state supported Negro colleges is Instantly expelled for partici pation in such protests. As a result, numbers of them are doing without an education, which is what they most des perately need to compete in the Job market and realize long range economic gains, where job discrimination has been reduced. Only scant progress has been made in getting Missis sippi Negroes registered to vote. With 2 million residents, half in either race, there are only 25,000 Negro voters. Some counties, where more blacks than whites live, have no Negroes at all on voting lists. All voters must pay the $2 annual poll tax two years run ning to vote, but this require ment will be struck down by a new constitutional amend ment. Nevertheless, citizens who can't get past the regis trar can't vote, nor can they hope to change the structure which works against them. A good many northern whites, judging by the Gallup poll, disapprove of demonstra tions such as the march on Washington; and yet most whites favor protection of the Negroes' rights. Perhaps this illustrates what Rabbi Joachim Prinz, president of the American Jewish Congress, meant when he warned that the most ur gent and shameful problem we face is not bigotry but silence on the part of the majority of citizens. He per sonally experienced this trag ic condition of mass silence In Nazi Germany when a Jew ish minority was being ter rorized without protest from the non-Jewish majority. If while America becomes a nation of silent on-lookcrs, the oppressed Negro Is bound to resolve his dilemma by re sorting to violence, distasteful as it is to his religious con victions. The religious spirit of the March on Washington will be transformed into the ugly ne cessities of hand-to-hand com bat, Mississippi, and some oth er places,, could become bloody battlegrounds, ulti mately occupied by federal soldiers to Insure that all cit izens' constitutional rights are protected. The March on Washington was to say, wilh dignity and peaceful purpose, that the time to fulfill that promise is NOW. If Congress, and the white Americans who weren't In the march, didn't get the message or remain unresponsive, there Is a dark hour ahead for all of us. effect last fall for the first time." The suggestion to eliminate grades raised more than a few eyebrows among the neighbor hood parents, most of whom took a dim view of a project that proposed to involve their children in an unusual exper iment. Monthly Confarancat But a series of monthly conferences between teachers with education experts, soon j grade will be dropped this fall when school reopens The experiment breaks some of the most hallowed tradl- lions of American education for the sake of one Idea: To let the studuent advance in Mateo. Calif . In this picture this month. (UP1) V1,, . asy I CURRICULUM CENTER - Dr. John Moldstad, of the University of Indiana, Bloomington, Ind., last week pho tographed two newly hired teacher-aides In the Medford school system for a film strip which will be shown na tionally depicting outstanding curriculum materials cen OOP Starts State Drive Portland - (UPIl - Republican party leaders said Friday they have begun an all-out drive to gain control of the Oregon House of Representatives in 1005 and the Senate two years later. The campaign is bolstered by a recently subscribed $25, 000 fund and the efforts of State Rep. Robert Packwood, a Portland attorney. State Chairman Phil Roth said the money will be car marked for tne legislative campaign, even though it goes into the State Central commit tee's general fund. Packwood will spend most of his time after the 1065 pri maries in the field helping Republican candidates organ ize their campaigns, Roth said. The slate chairman said the new campaign is based on the success of one he and Secre tary of State Howell Appling Jr. organized in 1062 with only $4,500. The present $25, 000 fund was raised by dona lion from individual party members. Independence, Ore. - NPI) -The large wooden structure housing the Independence laundry was destroyed by fire early Saturday. Non - Graded Plan knowledge at his own rate of speed. It brings to an end the age-old concept that a student must complete a specified amount of work within a specified time. The system at Park works like this: In place of grades, there are 14 "levels of accomplish ment." To progress through a level, a student must com plete a specified amount of fast or as slowly as his learn-1 ing capacity permits No Pressure on Pupil ! The teachers emphasize that ' : there is no pressure nn the I ! student to finish a level by ! a certain time. I The youngster who moves .slowly may skip some of the j levels. The youngster who j shows an unusually fast rate 1 of progression is phtrnd in ; ' levels where the subject mat-! ter is more specialized, more j enriched, but not considered j necessary for the so-called av- j erage student. In this way. the slowr stu dent misses not!,, us essential to his education and still re. mains with his own ace group. And the fasier student is giv en the benefit of fuller learn ing opportunities. "So far." Echternai'ht said "we haven't had a single ; adverse comment from any of Hie parents " Ntari Completion When a child Is nearing the completion of a level, his teacher Invites the parents to ttie school to discuss the youngster s accomplishments, or lark of accomplishments. "This." Echlernacht points ; out, "Is one of the biggest advantages to the system. 1 regular conferences '' "Of course,'' he adds, "it's harder on the teachers" who must pay closer attention to each student, ' But it seems to tie better for the students themselves. 1 think they like it. What's more, it offers them more diversion " Park, which has about 17(1 students under the program, i Governor, Family Visit State Fair Salem - (UPD - Oregon's governor made short shift of his official duties Friday, and spent the afternoon hauling his two children around the stale fair in a bright red wa gon. Gov. and Mrs, Mark Hat field exclaimed over displays looked at exhibits, and pam pered their children, Marko 3, and Elizabeth 4, as did thousands of other families. Noontime official ceremo nies were held at the south entrance of the floral gar dens. Speeches were follow ed by a ribbon cutting to symbolize the opening of the grounds for the nine-day 1963 extiavaganza. Hatfield told a crowd of several hundred on hand for the ceremonies that the fair represented "Oregon on re view." TWO KILLED Malin, Ore. -0IPP- Two Ma tin men were killed in a two- car collision at the intersec tion of two Klamath county roads 2'j miles 'east of here Friday night. The victims were Harvey Eagleton, 27, and James Rogers, 90. is one of a handful of Cali fornia schools engaged in the non-graded experiment. Se lected schools in Massachuctts, Georgia, Wisconsin, Oregon and Florida are also working on similar projects. Taking -Mora Intartit Professional educators are taking more interest in the experiments with an eye to the possibility that the un graded school may be the il of the fu Dr Max Rafferty, superin tendent of public instruction for California, says: "We are looking upon these experi ments with great interest. It will tnke a little time to evaluate them but the prin ciple of the hoi'-gradfd school appears to" he n sound educa tional theory. It shows great promise." Dr. John Goodlad,-formerly of Harvard and now pro fessor of education at the Uni. versity of California at Los Angeles, comments: "Grading is the 'ball and chain' tha holds back progress in jchooV by forcing teachers, adminis trators and parents to think of education consisting of small, self contained units with their own upper and low er limits.'' Echlernacht points out that fast students are not held buck by the regimentation of grades. If these students can learn more, he says they move to levels where they are taught more. Furthermore, he says the ungraded system with its heavy emphasis on attention to the Individual, offers extra opportunities for youngsters whose cultural background may be meager. "It will work anywhere." he concludes, "If people have open minds " BABY BEDS 'r RINT At A to Z Rentals III N. iM-i.d. 779-1474 "Wt rnf mit trvthtnV ters. The Jacks'on county curriculum materials center at the courthouse has been visited a number of times by educators from other states and the information gained here was used to establish other curriculum materials centers. Glancing at the overcast skies, the governor comment ed: "I hope we will have need ,for the sunshades erected to replace the trees blown dov.n by last October's storm." Mrs. Hatfield was present ed roses by Portland rose fes tival queen Linda Jackson, who admitted "this is my first visit to a stale fair." 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