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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 14, 1958)
FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 14, 1958 HftRALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON PAGE THIRTEEN MARLYS ALBERT, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Victor P. Al bert, 607 Prescott Street, will be one of the contest ants in the Klamath County Junior Chamber of Commerce- Junior Miss Oregon Contest of I9S8, which will be held in the Mills School auditorium Tuesday, ' Feb ruary 18, at 7:30 p.m. A senior at Klamath Union Hiqh School, Mariys, 17, is 5 feet 9'! and weighs 140 pounds. She will sing as her part in the talent portion of the contest and if she wins one of the national scholar ships in Mobile, Alabama, will attend the University of Oregon and major in art. Views On Special Instruction For Superior Students Vary By JOHN' GUERNSEY I should be adequately slatted be , , ,. ifore any move is undertaken to Members of the Klamath Falls establish further instruction in the school boards recently expressed field of special education. mixed thoughts about the advisa bility of establishing special in- sanction for students of unusual ability within the city school system. Special Education Supervisor Forrest Hawley outlined the func tioning of the special instruction programs now being practiced in Portland and Salem at a recent meeting of the boards. Hawley had previously recommended that simi lar special instruction be under taken within the Klamath Falls systems in the immediate future. Although not outrjghtly opposing the institution of such classes at some time in the future, Board Member Wyatt Padgett said he feels 'that all the present classes Merrill Lions ' Visit Lakeview Padgett said there is a shortage of capable teachers, that adminis trators have in the past complained that they "arc having to drag the bottom of the barrel to adequate ly staff the schools with teachers, and that all available teaching per sonnel should be used for regular class, instruction and not put into other special education fields lo serve only a minority ot students. Board Member George Flitcraft expressed the thought that the edu cational system might better serve the slow, the normal and the ex ceptional students if the class sizes were retained at their present 25-30 level by employing all available teachers in the fields of regular class instruction. Educators in recent years have contended that it may be neces sary to expand the class sizes to 35 students due to existing teacher shortages. Flitcraft contends that all the students could receive more MERRILL Ten Merrill Lions , individual attention in smaller Club members, including Robert i classes. Meeting Held By Gun Club ClIEMLTT - The Chemult Gun Club held its annual business meet ing and election of officers on the evening of February 10 in the rec reation room of the Wheel Cafe with Grant Damon, president, pre siding. Officers elected for the coming year were Cecil Palmer, president; George Epperson, vice president; Lloyd Hauptman, secretary-treasurer, and Lyle Andrews, field cap tain. The new officers, who act as the trophy committee, will as sist business houses, which have do nated trophies, in setting suitable rules for shooters. Several fine trophies have been promised. There will be a business meeting Monday, March 10, at 8 p.m. Audie Williams, Monte Herman and Hope Brader were appointed for a social committee. The club voted to shoot with the Bend and Redmond clubs for the Journal Trap Shoot which will be gin in March. Trotman and Don Crawford, club president and secretary respec tively, visited the Lakeview Lions Club on Thursday, February 6. A dinner meeting was held at Van's Cafe in Lakeview. An excellent program pertaining to antelope management was pre sented by the Lakeview club. The Merrill club presented a 10 pound sack of potatoes and com plimentary balloons from the Po tato Festival to each of the Lake view Lions Club members. The Merrill Lions had intended to take home the Leo the Lion trophy from Lakeview. However, it was reported that the Dorris Lions Club had gained possession of the trophy three months earlier. Superintendent Arnold Gralapp said the expanding enrollments have occasioned a teacher shortage and that there are not enough teachers to go around. He added that the belief of educators and industrialists on a nationwide ba sii is that we are not fully de veloping the exceptional students because they are being held back at an age when they should be stimulated. He added that the potential of an exceptional student cannot be fully developed in the larger class es when the exceptional student is made to progress no more rapidly than the normal student. In presenting the program, Hawley said the cost would be about $12,000 annually for the ele mentary system. The amount wcuta inciuae ine salaries oi iwu teachers, in addition to teaching supplies and other miscellaneous expenses. If the program were ex panded into the high school level, the cost would be approximately $4,000 more. Of the present city school en rollments, it was estimated by Hawley that about 50 students would qualify for the exceptional student instruction. In the grade schools, the pro gram would provide for special in struction for students displaying unusual promise in the fields of mu sic, graphic arts, math, creative writing, dramatics, creative dance, mechanics and social leadership. The program would be applied to the fourth, fifth and sixth year students, and the home room pe riod would be the center for di versified instruction. Hawley pointed out that the students would attend all regularly prescribed classes with other students, but that the homeroom activity and some special interest classes would give exceptionally capable children an opportunity to meet with oth ers of similar interests and capabi lities. They would at the same time be able to receive special instruc tion from teachers particularly qualified to teach in given fields Hawley added that the parents of students in the Portland and Salem systems feel that the spe cial instruction has stimulated in-, terest in their children, that the children have initiated new and constructive activities, and that the special instruction should be con tinued, He added that 84 per cent of the teachers queried are highly in favor of the program as a means of developing special talents. When applied at the high school level, seminars and special classes permit the exceptional students to advance and study beyond the pace maintained in a regular class. As explained . by Hawley, a student with exceptional aptitude in the fieMs ot science, mathematics. or other studies could be complet ing college level studies prior to high school graduation. The exceptional students would thereby, complete the other high school courses in regular classes, MISPLACED IMPORTANCE LONDON (UP) Embarrassed Army authorities admitted today that Derek Partridge, 22, whose picture has been circulating throughout Britain on recruiting posters labeled "The Important Man," served in the Air Force. DANCE Stjy E?ed lanm Derrif, California ilto! Music By PEE WEE STIDHAM and the Butte Valley Rangers No increan in admission prices Dancing 9 till 1 90c Person but would be able to extend them-1 selves in chosen fields by attend-j ing the seminars and special classes. The exceptional students would be determined by the results of egular achievement and intelli gence tests, by the observations ot teachers and principals, and by the interest and capability displayed by a student. 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