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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
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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
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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
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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.__
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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. Enrollment was 33,600,000
in 1957-58, which was a 7 9 per
cent increase over 1955 The in
crease in the first eight grades,
including kindergarten, was 5.9
percent and for the grades above
that it was IS percent above the
1955 figures
Other figures show that 1.3S3,-
500 students were graduated from
high school in 1957-58, the staff
of teachers increased 9 8 percent
to 1,331,900, the national average
salary increased 13.6 percent to
$4,721.00 (Oregon average $5,028)
and the current expenditure per
pupil was $340, compared with
Oregon's $404 on an average daily
attendance basis.
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