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,
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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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