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I • THE NYSSA GATE CITY JOURNAL. NYSSA. OREGON° PAGE EIGHT A fourth grant of over a quarter million dollars has been given Oregon State college by the Na tional Science foundation to help spearhead the special U. S. pro- giain Gt training for high school science and mathematics teachers. Receipt of the new grant of $290,300 was announced by Presi. dent A. L. Strand. The grant will be used in 1960- 61 to support a fourth academic- year institute for 48 selected tea chers, drawn from across the na tion. The academic-year institute program was started by NSF in 1956 to help teachers improve their subject matter knowledge, to upgrade science and math train ing in U. S. high schools and to increase the nation’s supply of top quality scientists and teachers. OSC was one of only 16 colleges » Due io the large number of orders on file now, we cannot guarantee delivery of pictures for Christmas on appointments later than Dec. 1. Schoeti'l ☆ portation o 9 • cheaply-produced beef when the domestic produc-1 tion becomes dflficult to market even at a loss. Such a burden-1 some supply is forecast as the na tion’s cattle herd climbs above 100 million head for the first time The beef cattle industry and in history,” McMillan said. many other American businesses “Even though cattle prices have must develop widespread under standing for problems caused tumbled from early spring levels them by excessive imports, the —which even then barely touched executive secretary of the Ameri-1 100 per cent of parity—imports can Nations) Cattlemen’s Associa continue to pour in at record shattering pace,” he declared. tion said recently. “This means that foreign cattle C. W. “Bill" McMillan of Den men with inexpensive labor and ver, Colo., outlined the need for a “reeducation” program for Con- | other costs can continue finding profit in our market after Ameri gress and the administration in a can ranchers and feeders have talk before the annual convention . skidded below th« break-even of the Oregon Cattlemen’s Assoc , level. iation. “Because of the thousands of “Washington is a ‘one-world’ ranching and feeding methods mood and must be shown that th« caused by varying conditions beef cattle industry is in grave •crocs the nation, it is impossible potential danger from heavy im- to accurately establish the actual cost of producing a pound of Supervisors_______________ 191 beef,” McMillan said. He outlined Principals __________ 875 several studies the cattlemen’s Classroom teachers and organisation has instigated "to non-supervisory_______ 14,696 give us a clearer picture of what Total revenue I impact imports have on the do available..................... $201, 392.000 mestic industry at various price Total receipts in year 156,454.000 levels. This should help us secure Federal _$ 5,882.000 3.7« better understanding in Congress Stat«_____ 44,917,000 287« and the administration of th« im- Intermed 5,140,000 3.3« ! portation throat." Local, other ____ 100,576,000 M3« Total non-revenue receipts, bonds, loans, etc__ $ 16,042,000 Total balance on hand start of fiscal year______ 28,978,000 Total expenditures 159,541,000 Klam, and Sse._ $127,172,000 Other programs .. None Capital outlay ____ 29,325,000 Interest debt 3,044,000 Average annual salary, instruction staff $6,00800 Expenditure per pupil, ave. daily attendance . 404 00 Oregon Statistics Beef Industry Listed for School Studies Price, Year of 1957-58 picked to start the training in i 1956 and has been on the select ' list each year since then. Next ' year, 33 colleges will offer the in stitutes for some 1600 teachers. Dr. Stanley E. Williamson, head The U. S. Department of Health, of science education, ’ is director Education and Welfare in circular of the program at OSC. ! No. 605 issued this month gives Each of the high school teachers preliminary statistics on state selected to attend one of the insti school systems for the 1957-58 tutes will receive $3000 plus al school year in package form, cov lowances for dependents, books ering all essential details. All fig and travel. Teachers are enrolled ures are subject to final revision in the graduate school at OSC and but no major changes are ex nine special courses have been pected. organized for them. Oregon Statistics Listed Teachers must have taught at least three years before they are Total state population —.1,743,000 School-age population — 413,000 eligible for the training. Information about the institute School-age percentage program and the colleges giving of total population_____ 23.7 the training will be made avail Total school enrollment— 360,000 able to all U. S. high school sci Kindergarten through ence and mathematics teachers, 8th grad« ____________ 3TT.OOO Williamson said. Interested teach- . Grades » to 12________ 93,000 ers may then apply directly to the Enrollment as p«rcentag« college they wish to attend. Each n.2 of school population _ college selects its assigned num Average ber of teachers. daily attendance-------- 315.09® OSC is the only northwest ADA as percentage school on the list again next year. of enrollment __________ High school graduates__ Males ---------------------- Females __________________ Number of local »57 school districts________ Elementary schools______ 1,043 Secondary schools 371 including junior high. Community or junior colleges__________ 1 Number of one- teacher schools_________ Instructional staff, elementary and 15,742 secondary schools ._r.__ PLEASE NOTE! • J THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26. ltfff ♦ CISC Gels $290,000 For Science-Math Teacher Training |i' 'l‘! __ • • THE NYSSA TAYCEES WILL SELL ONLY BEST QUALITY CHRISTMAS TF THIS HOLIDAY SEASON I 1« Get J© HIGHEST PERSONAL INTEREST plus Í1 ONE STOP « ☆ Read and Use Clasmüed Ads. ☆ Import Problem ☆ ORDER HOW for Thanksgiving Dinner Rolls Dressing Bread Mince and Pumpkin Pies OTHER HOLIDAY SPECIALTIES! «► DEE-LITE BAKERY National Picture Given Nationally, elementary and sec ondary education began its climb at the end of World War II, and has now reached new records in enrollment, teachers and expendi tures. 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