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PAGE 6 D HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON SUNDAY, JUNE 8, 1958 Civ , t;l - ' I iffasvS Take Care Not To Stumble Over The Summer Hazards SINBAD IS NO SAILOR Sinbad, owned by Mr. and Mrs. G. B. Leach, 5033 South Etna Street, is a 3-year-old Siamese cat mother of what is believed to be a record or near record litter of full-blood Siamese kittens. Usually Siamese produce four to five kittens in a litter. These hungry, white fellows with s-nokey paws, noses, ears and tails will be tawny when grown. Sinbad has produced two litters of half-'n-half and two of all Siamese blood in her short life. She winked at the photographer and permitted fondling of h e r kittens that are just getting their eyes opei for a look at the world. Photo by Ellis Lack Of Equipment Hurts Science Field By JERRY BENNETT NEA Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON (NEA) A severe shortage of classroom laboratory equipment in the public schools is blocking elforts to improve science teaching. Thousands of students are hav ing to study complicated chemis try, physics and biology courses in laboratories which lack micro scopes, electricity and even water. Others are missing out on a sound scientific background simply be cause their classrooms aren't big enougn lor mem 10 carry on indi vidual experiments. These conditions are revealed bv olficials of the U.S. Office of Edu cation and the National Education Association. They believe the lack of teaching apparatus is one of the most drastic problems facing edu cation today. "This need restricts the effec tiveness of even our best teachers declares Dr. Lyman Ginger, presi dent 01 the education association. "Instructional equipment can al most rje termed a forgotten need, he says. "The great pressures o the schools to put a roof over the heads of all children have often prevented the adequate equipping of the classrooms that have been constructed. Dr. Ellsworth S. Ohntirn, science specialist for the Office of Edu cation, declares: "Even though we do Improve the quality of teachers, they can'p no a good science leaching job until they have the facilities and equipment that make this p 0 s- siine. He explains that the only way students can etteclively learn sci ence is by conducting laboratory experiments. That's why he's so concerned about schools where as many as 35 pupils have to use one microscope or conduct expert ments with dilapidated, obsolete equipment. Some school labs, he says, don't even have running water. Others don't have any outside areas to Crow plants needed for some ex periments. Dr. Obourn has seen many of Ihcsc conditions himself. Others have been reported lo him by leathers and science department supervisors. The Otfiec of Educa tion is conducting a nationwide school survey lo get a more de lulled picture of the situation. Results of a similar survey in volving 5.000 hiph schools already are being compiled by Ihe educa tion association's research experts. They show that 50 per cent of these schools lack a direct elec trical current in their physics lab oratories. More than 85 "per cent don't have a calculator available lor mathematics instruction. And only one school in five has a graph board in all its math class rooms. Dr. Ginger declares the nation's public high schools need at least !H) million dollars worth of scientific equipment and apparatus before they can do an effective teaching joo. Dr. Obourn, however, believes that a lack of funds is no excuse for schools not stocking their stu dent labs with necessary equip ment. He explains that students and teachers can make a lot of the apparatus themselves. "It would be a good exercise lor pupils to give them the spec lications and have them build the equipment," he says. "In a few- years a science teacher could have a fairly good array of materials.1 He reports that some schools are already using such improvised equipment. Dr. Obourn feels that even teach- ers in rural areas, where the equipment shortage is especially severe, could find valuable items in auto junk yards and radio and TV shops which could be turned into useful apparatus. The Olfice of Education official reveals that in some underdevel oped areas of Southeast Asia, "the entire physics programs are being taught with equipment made in the schools' physics shops." Some equipment, however has lo be purchased. Dr. Obourn says, since it is too complicated fir most students or teachers to make. Commercial manufacturers arc constantly turning out new. low cost, elaborate school apparatus trial keeps pace with the latest scientific advances. Available for classrooms today, for instance, are small diffusion cloud chambers, special gadgets to teach methods for controlling electron motion and high - powered microscope projectors. Packers Study Meat Grading Southern Oregon mn.il nriuwcuipe and nnckers will clnHv tha ri sibility of a pilot meat grading t'lugiam in meir area to obtain information on costs and effec tiveness of a statewide service. This direction was taken at a con ference at State Department of Agriculture headquarters in Salem recently.. Chester T.iechtv nt iv,a Annu lment's animal industry staff pre- siuea at ine conierence and pre sented rough figures on costs per man and Der hour nn sowrni bnu of statewide programs. He ex- piciineu n is aiiucuit to determine the exact costs of such a pro- Biuni as so many tactors are un knownincluding the volume of cattle to be graded, lodging and travel costs for the grader, and Ihe number of plants willing to commit themselves to the pro gram. A slate grading service must be self-sustaining on a fee basis from Ihe plants applying for the serv- Dr. Andrew Taylor Sill, of Ma con. MO.. WAS th fnitn.lu,, f teopathy. By MR. FIX Distributed by NEA Service Summer's the time to refresh your memory on "take care'' rou tines in pursuing your chores around the house and yard. The season adds two hazards to the usual list of potential troubles. In the first place, the general atmosphere of the season is con ducive to a somewhat addlepated approach to things. "Take it easy is the feeling in the air, and acci dents take no holidays. Secondly, you are physically more vulnerable to minor injur ies. The jacket and work gloves of fall and winler have been shucked in favor of 'slacks and an old shirt. There's more of Mr. Handy Man out in the open, ready to be snagged, nicked, bruised and skinned. Specifically: Take special care with tools. Make sure that han dles of garden implements are smooth. If yours are roughed up, sand well and wipe down with linseed oil. Wear inexpensive work gloves when handling any rough chores. So they're hot. So you're pro tected. Use them when - moving such things as concrete block, rough lumber, or what-have-you. Should your hands blister, wear gauze gloves while working, until blisters heal. If you're refinishing metalwork. wear gloves when using steel wool. A pair of gloves kept in the car trunk pay for their keep on the rare occasion when you must change a tire or "get out and get under." If you plan to use a caustic so lution or an acid for any purpose, take no chances. Roll down your sleeves or put on an old jacket. Don rubber gloves and wear goggles. Your chest may be hairy, but a caustic solution that splashes will bite right through the fur, if you're not protected. If you should nick or scrape yourself, take care of the injury right away. 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