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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.
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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
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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. A first-aid kit costs lit
tle but pays off in protection, and
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It should contain: adhesive han-
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If any material appears lo he
buried below the skin, or if you
suffer a puncture wound, apply
first aid, of course. But, by all
means, see a doctor as soon as
possible.
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