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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 11, 1963)
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" a ,it ' t $s Chiloquin Students Start Full Year In New Building CWLOQl'l.V The Chiloquinjnew ones at the grade school Grade School and High School Subjects this year that the stu will reopen their doois Sept. 4. dents wiil be able to receive will New teachers at the high be the same with no new ones school will be Leland Witt, who added to the curriculum. is now going to school at Oregon The oid high school was founded State, and will teach English and in l'J27 and the students moved journalism. Donald Cleaves, who into tlie rew high school just about three months before school is now going to school at Albu querque, N.M., will teach Lng lish and speech. This year Chilo quin will have tuo new prin cipals. William Pohil is coming from Bly, where he has been principal for six years. He re ceived his Bachelor and Masters Degree from Oregon State. At the grade school. Ait Mallard is coming from Peterson School where he has been principal for the past several years. On opening day, Chiloquin ex pects approximately 200 students with the junior class this year heing the largest with 47 stu dents. There will' be 13 teachers on the staff with only two new ones at the high school and no CHEERLEADERS Chiloquin High School's B string athletes will be cheered this year by these four girls, shown, Heft to right, ara Elizabeth Schultz, Lynda rreid, Connie Wampler and Linda da Stanley, School In District Of Columbia Provides Hew Concept In Education if 'I1 yeaM617 doctor of philosophy degrees! He I don Um dodo,. 0f education degrees WASHINGTON (UPI) - Three vears ago, a new elementary seuool opened Its doors within1 View ot the U.S. Capitol. vlt was a curious Bchool. There weren't enough students to put In it; But there it was, the Amidon School. Congress had appropriated mon ey for the 25-room school to serve an urban redevelopment area But when the school was ready for use ill September. 1960, tlio, redevelopment wasn't. It became a matter of arithme tic. There were only 14B elemen tary pupils in the area. They had been attending a nearby school slated for abandonment. Theso 141) children were the only customers for the Amidon School, which had a capacity of eon. tr. Carl F. Hanson, superin tendent of schools in the District nf Columbia, was quick to recog nize the unusual , situation. He had been waiting for a chance like this. In his many years as an edu cator, he had beared one question time and again: "How can the quality of edu cation be improved?" Hansen thought he knew. The Amidon School, brand new with practically no one to put In it, was his opportunity to find out 11 lie was right. The superintendent felt that ed ucation was not preparing stu dents to meet the "new, unpre dictable and immensely complex problems which thev will face. "In other words," he wrote In a book on the school, "in education we have to repair a leaky rood and at the same time rebuild weak foundations. I believe that the new Amidon concept is a demonstra bly successful step toward theso goals. '. Little Red Schoollunise JVhat Is the Amidon concept To many, it was a return to tho 31s of the little red schoolhouse In; a way, that's exactly what it was. Only a soupedup version, Under the Amidon plan, as it became known, emphasis Is on basic subjects: Reading, writing, arithmetic, spelling, science, history. In the Amidon cl.issroom, the teacher runs the show. You never! will hear a teacher ask. "What will we learn today, children' Teacher prescribes. Amidon school isn't easy. First graders have homework. Students walk in the corridors in-singlo file. They may not talk There are 400 students eating lunch at one time in the cafe teria. They may not talk. Discipline is important, not so much for discipline's sake but be cause a teacher can t teach as. effectively if students are unat tentive. Tlie principal is Dr. Dorothy L. Johnson, a professional, courteous and thorough. "'We believe that children have not been challenged enough in the pwt," slie said. "Wo felt they could do better." Although 6J per cent of the 640 students are Negro, there is no racial problem. Amidon starts at the kindergar ten level and runs through the sixth grade. One of the most im portant subjects in each of these levels is phonetics. "We found In the beginning that the children weren't listening to OSU Passes 40,000 Mark In Degrees OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY The number of degrees con ferred by Oregon State Universi ty has passed the 40,000 mark and a degree report prepared by Eva Blackwell. assistant regis trar, points up the dramatic growth of higher education in recent years. Two - thirds of the 40.2G8 de grees conferred by OSU since 1870 have come in the past 2o years, Miss Blackwell notes. And two-thirds of all masters and doctor's degrees awarded dur ing the 93 years have been con ferred in the last 10 years. Two-thirds plus of all degrees over the years have gone to men also, she points out, but women graduates are now gaming ground each year. A breakdown of the 40,268 de gree total shows 34,695 bachelors r1nniAAff A HAA rr 'i r t n i r rfnrtKAn iuav.net at Hsu uuu 1 ana sa,a nin a sm.ie, i aon m doctor of education degr, Know wuciiicr 1 am going l0 pass M profes5ional engineering de- enjuycu ucing in your . and B9 honorarv dcerees. The degrees have been con- uas out hist year. This past sum mer the lawn has been seeded and some very kind hearted citi zens of the community have had the football field leveled and seed ed down, and the city is taking care of the watering. The school hopes to be able to have tlie field ready (or games by next year's football season. The schedule for the coming term has been changed and there will be a new sign-up day for the students to be announced later by the high school principal. Textbook Aid Practice Could Trigger Battle PAGE (A HERALD AND NEWS, Klamath Fills, Oregon Sunday, August II, 1KI but I class The Amidon plan embodies a the words," Dr. Johnson s a i d. lrack method. Bright, average and Now, our language instruction is 6I0W "earners are put. into sepa- i75 per cent phonetics." System Works According to the results, the system works. Most of the chil di en in kindergarten can read, and read well, Dr. Johnson gives most of the credit to tlie teachers. The teachers here all have Ihrco things in common: They like children; they believe they can learn; and they show infinite patience with them." Superintendent Hansen agrees. He said the most important qual ity a teacher can possess is the gilt ot caring. Every Amidon student took standard, -national achievement tests at the end of each of tho school's three years. The results from this year's testing arc not complete, but here are the 1961 and 1902 results: In 1901. 76 per cent of the stu dents scored above the national average, 6 per cent equalled it and 18 per cent scored below In 1962, 96 per cent were above. 2 ior cent equal and 2 per cent below. But Principal Johnson feels that even more important were the re sults of tests based on what was expected of the students, knowing each one s abilities and talents Tho report card: In 1961, 74 per cent scored hich- er than was expected. That fig ure climbed to 87 per cent the following year. Parents Happy The results at home were equiv alent. Parents say their children are happy to bo challenged. In turn, the parents are happy. Mere are some representative remarks from the children: Amidon." a sixth trader said. "is some swell school! We have to work hard but I like it. You know, I never liked school he. lore. Another sixth grader told his teacher, "We plaved a lot last year tat another schooli. It was fun but we didn't learn much. Now we hardly ever play but we are Having tun just the same. And there was tho fourth grad er who shook hands with hi rate classrooms, A specific period of time is al lotted for every subject in the curriculum. There is room for iin agination but a teacher can't. spend 90 minutes on one subject when she should be devoting only 45 minutes to it. If this happened. something else would be neglected. With the exception of reading. every subject Is taught to the class as a whole. The Amidon plan is designed to utilize the best of the old and new in education," said Hansen. ii is simply ine togica union between what has been discovered about the way people learn and the content to he learned. It not a return to the horse and buggy days, although much oood education was available in those days. Said Hansen, "The decade ofl the '60s, should tell the story of; the success of this type of edu cation lor children today." said a six-year-old to her teach er last term: "I like homework. When can we have some more?" ANNOUNCES DRIVE 1 18 BELGRADE UPI - Yugoslav Premier Pctar Stambolic Saturday announced a new national fund drive to help rebuild the earth-quake-shattered city of Skopje. The premier thanked tlie many countries that sent or olfcred aid and said Yugoslavia was seeking foreign capital for the rebuilding of tlie once-model citv. ferred on 28.352 men and 11,018 women, the report shows. A total of 898 students have received two degrees from OSU. Despite record enrollments each year now, the record for the larg est graduating class still belongs to the veteran packed class of 1930. That year, 1,968 degrees were conferred. Last year, 1.835 degrees were conferred and the 1950 record will probably be passed next June, university officials expect OSU, which is Oregon's oldest state-supported institution of high er learning, conferred Its first three degrees in 1870. It was not until 1888 that the graduating class numbered more than 10 and the number of degrees conferred from 1870 to 1900 totaled only 349 the lirst masters degrees were given in 1906, one to a graduate of Allahabad University, India, who had come to OSU for ad vanced study, Third baseman Eddie Math ews of the Milwaukee Braves holds the National League record of having had nine seasons which lie hit 30 or more home runs. iwut 'V I T I I PROVIDENCE, R. 1. 'UPI I A controversial "textbook aid law" quietly being implemented in this tiny state could explode into another major court battle over church-state separation. The law requires local school boards to loan textbooks on math ematics, science and modern for eign languages to parochial and private school pupils upon their request. Proponents say the law, passed by a Democratic-controlled Gen eral Assembly and signed by a Republican governor, will help prevent the use of sub-standard texts. Opponents say it's just an Midland Grange Holds Meeting Members of the Midland Grange met for a regular busi ness meeting Wednesday, Aug. 7, and an application for transfer from tlie juvenile to the subordi nate grange was presented by Mike Schncyder. Alice Hoover, Home Econom ics Committee chairman, re ported on the grange picnic and made iplans for the Pomona din ner slated at the Midland Grange Hail, Aug. 10. The iMidland Juveniles are making plans for a roller skat ing party on Aug. 12, at 7:30 p.m. at the grange hall. During the meeting an invita tion was read to all grangers and friends for the 25th silver wedding anniversary party for Sir. and Mrs. Francis Flowers at the Mid land Grange Hall, Aug. 17. start ing with a 6:30 dinner and a re ception and dance to follow. Jerry Sayles thanked the grange for its help during the 4-H Dairy Club meeting and asked tlie grangers to -promote group discussions on state gov ernment and also send letters to the lawmakers to keep grange views before the congressman. A no-host dessert was served at the close of the meeting by H.E.C. chairman Alice Hoover, and Kathryn Smith. The next reg ular meeting will be held Aug 21, at 8 p.m. in the grange hall. Leona Hiatt Service Held LAKEVIEW Leona L. Hitt, 68, died Aug. 6 in Lakeview and fu neral services were held at the Ouslev-Ostcrman Chapel at p.m. Friday, with the Rev. Elwyn ficials lesche officiating. Interment was in Sunset Park Cemetery. She was born March 31, 1895. Her husband, James Ross Hiatt, died in 1944. Surviving are four sons, Loren of Atlicna. Chester of Redmond. Milo of Milton-Frecwater, and Lester of Lakeview; three daugh ters, Norma Hild of Lakeview, Ora Robinson of Salmon, Idaho, Ruby Peterson of Klamath Falls; three brothers, Clyde, John and Leo Jorgensen of Idaho; two sis ters. Reva Campbell of Boise. Idaho, and Marinlha U n g e r. Canada: 13 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. excuse to start public support of private education. In Rhode Island, where 60 per cent of the state's 900,000 popu lation is Roman Catholic, the law was drawn with the hope it would avoid the constitutional clash by specifying that the loan is to the individual child and not to the private or parochial school Plan Court Battles This "child benefit" theory was upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court in cases involving textbook aid to non-public schools in Louisiana and the use of public funds for parochial school pupil bus trans portation in New Jersey, Several Protestant church con ferences have proposed starting "war chests" to finance a court battle in Rhode Island. But so far no action has been taken. An organization called Protest ants and other Americans United for Separation of Church and State (POAU) said it will raise tho constitutionality issue if it finds the law to be "actionable." Meanwhile, main support for a court test comes from the Ameri can Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) which said it will not initiate any action but will support any group or individual taxpaer who does. The ACLU said it cannot deter mine what form its support will take until it sees how local school boards handle the law, passed last February. Some of the state's 39 cities and towns have now begun taking requests for books in prep aration for the opening of school in September. Students Request Books Here's how the textbook law- works: First the books (non-sec tarian) must be on an approved list drawn up by the state com missioner of education. Students then submit requests for textbooks to their local school board and the orders are sent to publishing houses. Each commu nity finances the cost of the books it loans and the state reimburses the communities from 25 to 50 per cent under the regular aid to education program. Commissioner of Education Wil liam P. Robinson Jr. recently is sued the approved textbook list toi tlie local boards. The 650 titles, most on the secondary school level, were selected by a com mittee made up of several public school superintendents, an in structor in religion at Brown Uni versity and a State Department of Education official. The committee compiled the list from titles suggested and ap- 2 proved by local public school of- ( KAI.L-DEROI.L ST. LOUIS-Zuo officials think two chimps have made monkeys out of humans. They said chimps at the zoo learned how to ice skale in onlv 15 minutes. They can also roller skate. IBi BR,NG' W FAMILY B roasted Chicken Spaghetti Pizza Pie Try Our New French Fried Ravic'i Eat 'Em Here or Orders To Go. LUCCA CAFE Ph. TU 4-3276 2354 S. 6th '111 , ii. .. jrf, s 1 us wr wrr-- j 1 NEW SCHOOL The new Chiloquin High School this fall opens its doors for its first full year of instruction. The school was completed last spring and was used for about three months before school ended for the year. Durinq the summer, the lawn has been seeded and shrubs from all parts of the country have been planted. w . ..... . . CHILOQUIN PEP CLUB The Chiloquin High School Pep Club this year is composed of 26 girls and is .being advised by Janet Clarke. Gathered for the club picture are front row, left to right, Barbara Miller, Diana Wright, Barbara -Nicholson, Donna Kircher, Diane Hass, Wilma Renti, Marjoria Kirkpatrick, Robin Sensenbach; second row: Linda Chastellanas, Carol Bauman, Gwen Fitzpatrick, Linda Stanley, Margo Freez er, Linda VanWormer, Joyce Fulton, Carol Ohlund, Cheryl Ohlund; third row: Connie Wampler, Pricilla Carson, Bobbie Winston, Judith Fulton, Mary Parazoo, Elizabeth Shultz, Linda Freid, Carol Rodgers and Clare Sutton. Timber Blowdown Staggers Slate MOUNT SHASTA - The emerg ency harvesting of timber blown dow n by last October's windstorm has resulted in a staggered school schedule in the Siskiyou Union High School District this year. Four high schools Butte Val ley, Fort Jones, Happy Camp and Weed will open their doors for students Sept. 3 and close June 2, 19K4. Two others McCloud and .Mount Shasta will open Sept. 10 and close June 8, 1964. The variance in schedules re sults from the emergency harv-! est of tlie timber. The school dis trict said that because of the harvest, employes of the McCloud River Lumber Co. will not have vacations until the last week of August and the first week of Sept. The late opening of McCloud and Mount Sliasta school will al low students to vacation with their families free from school commitments. Football practice at all schools will not be held before Aug. 20, although football equipment may be distributed and physical exam ination may be given before this date. 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