THURSDAY, AUGUST 15, 1968
THE NYSSA GATE CITY JOURNAL, NYSSA, OREGON
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The Gate City Journal
TED M. BRAMMER, Editor and Publisher
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IS MOTHER THE FAULT?
The learned people, government officials, elected officials,
doctors, sociologists, physiologists, psychologists, psy­
chiatrists, and most everyooe else have had their say on
hippies, beatniks, draft card burners, rioters, criminals, and
every other element of the “younger generation.”
So far 1 haven’t read or beard anyone really say out loud
at whom they were really pointing their finger. It seems to
me the whole conversation, written and oral, is one big whammy
at “Mother.” After all, she raised, or as it apparently turns
out, didn’t raise, this generation that is coming in for all
the criticism. And since it is the Mothers of my generation
that seem to be at fault for this colossal catastrophy, I feel
I am entitled to my crack at analyzing the situation.
For one thing, this is the first grown generation that is the
product of the so-called “working mother.” And therein very
possibly, lies a good deal of the fault. 1 have been a working
wife and a non-working wife, and a working mother and non­
working mother, and believe me, any woman who looks you
in the eye and says with a straight face that she is as good
a mother working as if she were not working, is either lying
or should be ashamed of herself. Any woman wbo admits she
couldn’t be a better mother if she had more time to spend at
it, is more to be pitied, I guess, than condemned. We bear
a great deal about the “communications gap” and it is said,
usually, as if it were the fault of the youngsters, instead of
tbe older generation. It is my personal opinion that the com­
munication gap actuaUy begins very early in a youngster’s
life. I think the most important minutes in a school child’s
life, for instance, are the first 15 minutes he is home from
school. That is when be bursts into the house ready to tell
Mother everything that has happened to him that day. If she
is not there, he doesn’t tell her. And unless it was truly trau­
matic or of very special importance, be doesn’t remember
it by the time she comes home from work at 5:00 or 6:00
and even if be does remember, she is probably so busy getting
dinner she hasn't tbe time or energy to listen. And this is
when the communication gap begins. If you have not been there
for him to tell you things when he was five or 10, what makes
you think he will suddenly start making a big point of telling
you everything when he is 15?
I don’t know where one would really place the blame for this
problem. During World War II, great effort was made to get
Mom to leave the bouse and enter war production work. Some
of tbe great minds of this country, either government or in­
dustry and more probably both, figured out that there was a
BACK TO SCHOOL
TEACHER-RATING PLAN!
It’s Your Law!
Wouldn’t This Be Something?”
AND YOUR OLD WILL
BY MERELiCE KUNDRATIS
STAFF WRITER OF THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR
The recommendation that teacher certification in Massa-
chusets be based on classroom performance instead of college
credits now faces tbe arduous road to implementation.
Though it has impressive support, tbe suggested policy change
is a drastic one, and it will have to go through the legislative
process.
Tbe Massachusetts Teachers Association; Sen. Kevin B.
Harrington (D) of Salem, majority leader of the State Senate;
and Commissioner Owen B. Kiernan of the Department of
Education are among key supporters of the suggested change.
No state to date has adopted such an approach.
Nor does any state require regular evaluation of teacher
performances to maintain standards — another of the suggestions
made in a study released recently by tbe Massachusetts Ad­
visory Council on Education.
Tbe council, mindful of the crisis in education across tbe
nation, wanted to know where Massachusetts stands. Its study,
“Teacher Certification and Preparation in Massachusetts,” was
conducted by Dr. J. Lindley Stiles, professor at Northwestern
University and former dean of the School of Education at the
University of Wisconsin. His findings indicate that drastic
changes are needed.
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August 8, 1968
Editor of
The Gate City Journal
Dear Mr. Brammer,
W’e are renewing our sub-
scription to your very splendid
paper, “The Gate C ity Jour­
nal.”
We do appreciate your forth­
right Editorials and pass them
on to our friends, so that they
may enjoy them too.
We hope to return to Nyssa
for your “Thunderegg Days”,
perhaps next year.
The picutres of Succor Creek
Canyon and Leslie Gulch are
so outstanding, in your July 25th
and August 1st issues - Sin­
cerely, Mr. and Mrs. M.
Leveaux.
AUGUST 9 - To Mr. and
Mrs. Carlos Rivera of Nyssa,
a girl, born in Holy Rosary
hospital at Ontario.
AUGUST 11 - To Mr. and
Mrs. Carlos De Valle, Jr., of
Adrian, a five-pound girl,
Norma, born at Malheur Mem­
orial hospital.
AUGUST 11 - To Mr. and
Mrs. Rodolfo Hernandez of
Nyssa, a seven-pound, twelve­
ounce girl, Rosalinda, born at
Malheur Memorial hospital.
Lance Anthony, a five-pound,
13-ounce son was born August
6, 1968 toCharlesF. and Sharon
Binder at Holy Rosary hospi­
tal in Ontario.
The infant joins a 2 1/2-
year-old sister, Michelle. His
grandparents are Mr. and Mrs.
JohnS. (Stan) Newman of Nyssa,
Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Bindert
of Oregon Slope.
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When Smith’s wife died, he
made a new will in which be
left all of his property to his
children in equal shares.
A year later he remarried.
Rather than make a new will
be decided to wait and see bow
this new marriage worked out.
Unfortunately, it failed and John
and bis new wife separated
without any divorce proceedings
being instituted.
Since Smith believed the will
be had made prior to this mar­
riage was still valid, he did
nothing about making a new one.
A short time later he died.
His children offered his will to
probate, but when his separated
widow objected, the will was
rejected.
The Oregon statute provides
that “a will made by any person
is deemed revoked by his or
her subsequent marriage,
divorce, or annulment of mar­
riage, unless the will expressly
declares intention of the testa­
tor that the will shall not be
revoked by such action.
Because Smith’s will did not
specifically say a later
marriage would not revoke it,
LETTER
TO EDITOR
Mr. and Mrs. E. L. McCrady,
Janice and Mrs. Don Bullard
and children were Aug. 4 over­
night visitors in the home of
Mrs. McCrady’s sister, Mr.
and Mrs. Del Bloedel at Mil­
waukie, Ore. A family picnic NYSSANS ATTEND
Indictments focus mainly on the lack of quality education
was held, with the Bloedel’s
in the state’s schools.
daughters, Mr. and Mrs. Allan LAW-McCRADY RITES
Massachusetts does not have enough teachers.
Johnson; Mr. and Mrs. Herb
The commonwealth has many unqualified personnel manning
COMING EVENTS?
Gascon and their families
Mr. and Mrs. E. L. McCrady;
classrooms.
present.
their daughters.Janiceand
Too few teachers in the state have had special training to
t
Mrs. Don Bullard, Alan and
fit them for teaching posts in urban areas.
the cultural and psychological differences of various types of
Kristi, left August 1 to attend
TODAY - and August 16-17
The finger of guilt is pointed at teacher preparation. As students.”
the wedding of their son, Malheur fair at county fair
stated in the report:
The accusation is made in the study that new teachers are Michael to Miss Lynne Arlene grounds in Ontario.
‘‘Of all teachers employed — both new and experienced -- 36
AUGUST 18-2 p.m. Adrian
percent were reported poorly prepared to deal effectively with prepared to work only with suburban children, with all the Law of Portland. The bride is
implied cultural advantages, and not with rural or inner- a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. high school 1967-68picnicparty
city children.
Ridgely Law of Springfield, Ore. at the school park.
AUGUST 19 - 9:30 a.m. ‘PTA
The rites were performed
great untapped labor force in women if they could just be
INTERNSHIPS URGED
August 3, 1968 in the First School of Information’ at Weese
coaxed out of the house. And they were right. There was.
Christian church at Corbett, building on Treasure Valley
And this labor force is now a real factor in our economy.
To improve teacher preparation and certification, Dr. Stiles Ore.
Community college campus.
And we are reaping the benefits. We are turning out a great recommends the following:
The newlyweds are presently
AUGUST 20 through 22 . -
national product. And we are also turning out confused, in-
A teaching staff which would include professionals in allied
secure kids. We are still being told about the “unfulfilled fields, interns in training, and “para-professionals” as well residing in Nyssa during the Nyssa high school registration
harvest season. They will be
AUGUST 22 - 10:30 a.m.
woman,” the “Feminine Mystique,” etc. And we are still
as educational specialists and fully qualified teachingpersonnel. leaving in September for Eugene Senior Citizens’ meeting at Dr.
being told how much of the work in Russia is being done by
Certification based on the quality of demonstrated performance where Michael will complete John E. Long home.
women. Since when do we have to pattern ourselves after Russia?
rather than on the quantity of course credits. It is even con­ his major to become a certi­
SEPT. 1 - 12:30 p.m. Owyhee
I couldn't care less if Russian women have to sweep the streets.
ceivable that noncollege graduates could thus qualify to teach. fied public accountant at the Pioneer picnic in Nyssa South
I just feel sorry for them. Surely we can do better. If I were
Standards developed by teachers themselves to test con­ University of Oregon.
Park.
going to give one piece of advice to a young girl getting married
tinuing competence, to place teachers at different levels of
today, it would be to stay home and raise the family. How
performance, and to protect against experienced teachers’
long does it take to raise a family? I suppose 20 years would losing touch with new methods and materials.
cover the raising of the average family. With a life expectancy
Alternate ways to qualify for certification. These could include
of 72 or more, surely you can give 20 years to raising your
approved ways for training institutions to judge a student’s knowl­
children. If you can’t, surely you can at least stay home until
edge of subject matter and ability to perform; or examiniations
they have finished grade school. And don’t just have your child­ including performance tests which would be administered either
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ren. Raise them. Turn them into law abiding, respectful, by institutions or state credential committees; or evaluation
responsible citizens. We have tried the "great experiment” by a team of teachers and educators.
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and it just didn’t work. This is the richest country on earth.
Four levels of licneses to be regularly renewed: internship
Regular Is Still 29.9
There is really something wrong with our society if we can’t
licenses for trainees, renewed annually; associate-teacher
afford to have our mothers stay home and take care of their
licenses for beginning or returning teachers, renewed every
families. - KtS (Ed’s Note: KtS is “Katie" Simpson, wife of
three years; professional licenses for those able to handle an
Weiser American publisher James Simpson, and the editorial
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assignment without supervision; and specialists’ licenses, both
was carried in the Monday, August 12, edition of the paper.) to be renewed every seven years.
Cost of the proposed commission’s activities and staff is
estimated at $44,000 and should be requested in the state board’s
IN APPRECIATION September 15, 1968, budget to become effective January 1, 1969,
the study suggests.
BOYS’ AND MEN'S
MEN’S SIZES
marriage
the will was deemed revoked
by the marriage. His second
wife shared in the estate under
the distribution laws. The law
allows her to share because of
the over-riding-public policy
directing that widows shall be
provided for.
Any time a person marries be
should no longer rely on a prior
will. It is wise to check with
the lawyer wbo drew the first
will. A new will may be neces­
sary.
(Oregon la*7ers offer this
column as a public service. No
person should apply or inter­
pret any law without the aid of
an attorney who is completely
advised of the facts involved.
Even a slight variance in fact
may change the application of
the law.)
PH. 372-2266
18 No. Second
Nyssa, Oregon