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LEAD CHEERS These three white-jweatered girls will lead cheers for Chiloquin
High Schoool's A string athletic teams this year. Shown in the midst of a cheer are,
left to right, Micki Wolff, Robin Sensenbach and Donna Kircher. A fourth cheerlead
er, Margie Kirkpatriclc, is not shown.
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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
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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.
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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-
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out of humans. They said chimps
at the zoo learned how to ice
skale in onlv 15 minutes. They
can also roller skate.
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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.
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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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