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
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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 "
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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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