3 SECEION- A—Pacz 3 De la Tr HE DALLAS POST Established 1 889 Entered . as second-class: matter at the post office at Dallas, Pa. under the Act of March 3, 1889. Subscription rates: $5.00 a year; $3.00 six months. No subscriptions accepted for less. than six months. Out-of-State subscriptions, $5.50 a year; $3.50 six months or less. Back issues, more than one week old, 15c. Member Audit Bureau of Circulations oe Member Pennsylvania Newspaper Publishers Association oy Member National Editorial Association AY Member . Greater "Weeklies Associates, Inc. Sl Managing Editor and Publisher ...... Myra Z. RISLEY Loditop. i, JEEPERS Social Editor Sports Editor Mgrs. T. M.B. Hicks Mrs. FREDERICK ANDERSON Mrs. Doris MALLIN Tabloid BPdiger... loc. oro CATHERINE GILBERT Advertising “Manager... ..........00.. Louise MARKS The: Post#is sent free to all Back Mountain patients in local hospitals. If you are a’ patient ask your nurse ‘for it. We also send free copies to the Back Mountain boys serving in Vietnam. Send “your boy's name and address in. One-colmun: cuts will be filed for future reference. We will not be responsible for large “cuts.” If your organization wants to pick up its cuts, we will keep them for thirty days. Single copies at a rate of 10c Thursday morning at the follow- ing newstands: Dallas — Town House Restaurant, Daring’s Market, Bill Davis’ Market, Gavy's Market, Sneak-a-Snack, Suburban Rest- aurant, Triple G Farm Store; Shavertown -—— Evans Drug Store, Halls Drug Store, Tom Hill; Trucksville — Cairns Store, Trucks- ville Pharmacy; Snack Shop; Luzerne — Novak's Confectionary; Beaumont —= Stones’ Grocery; Idetown — Caves Market; Harveys Lake — Javers Store, Kochers ‘Store, Tafts Market; Sweet Valley — Adams Grocery; Lehman — Stolaricks Store; Noxen — Scoutens Store, Freemans Store; Shawnese — Puterbaughs Store; Kunkle — Martins Service Station; Outlet . — Bennallacks ‘Store. We will not be responsible for the return of unsolicited manu- scripts, photographs and editorial self-addressed, stamped envelope is enclosed, and in no case will this material be held for more than 30 days. Fernbrook — Bunneys Store; matter unless Horse-Show And BRuction Over, What's Next? Now that the Lehman Horse Show and the Back Mountain Memorial Library Auction have gone down into history, the area can catch its breath and get ready for the next summer festivity. Center Moreland Church Auc- tion is coming up, and the Idetown Horse Show. If you have never attended the Center Moreland Auction, it’s worth it if only for the chicken barbecue. Sometimes there are half-chickens left over after serving of the regular dinner has stopped, and these are worth taking home, still hot from the charcoal grill. Whatever the men use for the barbecue sauce, it’s exactly right, and the end product is succulent and flavorsome. And the aroma that rises from the charcoal] pits is something to dream about on an evening when the heat of the day is beginning to give way to a cool evening breeze. Al] big doings, such as the Horse Show, Library Auc- tion, or the various auctions in the area, means a lot of work for the committee, a lot of fun for the crowd, and a lot of clean-up afterwards. No matter how many trash barrels are located about the grounds, the litter accumu- lates. Tt's like the travelling public leaving behind it chaos in thé service station washrooms. Folks are. messy when nobody is watching. Somebody" has to clean up after any crowd. Summer: time is litter time. x ae Dismaying Gap In Voter Registration It is impossible to force citizens to register or to vote. This is one of the freedoms guaranteed by these United States. If you decline to have anything to do with the government of your country, that is your privilege. But if you so decline, you are partially responsible for the things which you do not like about. your municipal, your county, your state, and your national government. One vote has been known to swing an election. One voice from one person. If you do not exercise your right to vote, yourhave no right to complain about what you get. Registering and voting takes time. Sometimes it seems completely futile. But as a citizen, it is your concern. It has recently been brought out that there is a dis- maying gap between the number of people in the State of Pennsylvania who are qualified to vote, and the number of such citizens who. have registered and are on the vot- ing lists. To attain citizenship, an alien must pass a rigorous. test, and his application must come before a special Board, An alien must be informed of his rights under the Constitution of the United States. He must be able to prove that he is worthy of citizenship. By reason of birth, you are automatically a citizen when you become twenty-one years of age. You have never had to go through the courts in order to ‘establish citizenship. History and subjects of government may have rolled off you lightly in the course of your high school studies. You may not give a particular whoop about being a citizen. But you are, ‘and you have a responsibility which many an alien envies you. 3 . If you take any action which deprives you of your citizenship, you are poor indeed. A letter from Harrisburg says: “Pennsylvania is suffering a citizenship gap of seri- ous proportions. Since 1960, the total number of persons registered to‘vote has declined by half a million. At the present time, there are approximately two and one half million unregistered, but otherwise vote-eligible persons in the Commonwealth.” * * * That All-Important Postmark A postmark can make the difference between a legal and an illegal piece of mail, depending upon an announced deadline. Material submitted by contestants may be thrown out if the deadline is not met. Payment of bills may incur penalties if the postmark is so dim that it cannot be read. Important mail is subject to question if the date stamped on the envelope does not coincide with the date as given on an envelope. Considering the increased price of first class postage, we think that the Post Offices of the, land might well renew the ink in their cancelling machines. This is no place to practice petty economy. If thé Government wants to cut down anywhere, let it cut down on the junk mail that clutters the mailboxes, addressed to Rural Subscriber or _House-Holder. Does anybody ever open it? - J. * {and his: bride Only Yesterday 1 Happened "30 Years Ago Opposition to school merger wes | stiffening. Even thirty «years ago consolidation was being forced by the State. Nowen was against it, | likewise Beaumont. Schools with | fewer than ten teachers ‘were re- quired to vote. Merger with other districts for all small rural districts | in Luzerne and Wyoming Countics | constituted a problem. Lee Tracy was news in 1938. Lee were planning to | i . oe | spend a few days here: in Shaver- seven years £48 town with his ‘mother, Mrs. W. L. Tracy, before sailing for England. Three-mile swimming ¢évent was coming up at Harveys Lake. The course was between the picnic grounds and Sandy Beach. Practic- ing ‘daily were Irving Roe of Dallas, James Campbell of Wilkes-Barre, and ‘Elwood Davies,” Harveys Lake. The trio were champs, winning the title at Lake Ariel in 1937, Dallas Water Company was in an endurance contest with the weather and the water supply. .. Summer brought on the usual heavy con- | sumption of water, especially on wash-day on Parrish Heights. No- body was about to give up the tradi- tional washday in favor of spreading the load. State owned water com- panies were proposed. Parrish Heights residents were circulating a petition to the PUC. Joseph Polacky, acting Dallas Postmaster, asked residents to clean up their mail-box areas. Sewage plans still flourishing. Atty. Peter Yurchak was hopeful that a joint plant should be estab- lished. Federal Government would finance 45 percent, with 55 percent long term loan at minimum cost over a period ‘of years. Mrs: Helen ‘Santee, of Kobe, Ja- pan, formerly of ‘this area, who left ago, wrote ‘of her ex- periences when her home was used by refugees from a flood. Feature story on St. Therese’s, ! tells of its patterning after an old |! chapel in Viffort, France. Tunkhannock farmer shot. seven coyotes. Roy Freeman found- a ‘den. Marie Vhrel became the bride of Sherman Hefft. Dallas fire truck sank in the mud while = flushing Toby's Creek. Road. roller. ran amok while smoothing gravel on Route 92, roll- cd downhill, and sheared off a kingpin. Remember Baby Snooks? Mount- cd on a toy elephant, she graced the top of the fifth page in the | issue of July 22, 1938. | Rattlesnake season.’ Snake with 15 rattles’ killed by Peter Traver | at Evans Falls. ¥ 20 Years Ago Water rates were t6 go up 25 percent, come October. The Trucksville Firemen's Fair was -going strong, siap box derby a stellar attraction. Letter of appreciation from Miss Frances Dorrance, thanking the | Dallas’ Post for its cooperation in | making the Library Auction a huge | success. | Howard Hendricks, supervising | principal of Lehman Schools, re- | signed in order to accept a similar position in Millersburg. Irem Temple Horse-Show in final planning stage, one of the largest | Horse Shows in the-country. (What | ever happened to the Irem Horse- | Show 29) \ Miss Mary Still, First World War a long illness. 65, nurse, Dallas, a died after ~ Thomas E. Dewey ‘was running | for president. An acid tongued columnist characterized him as look- ing: like the groom on a wedding cake. Free Methodist camp meeting in full swing. Married: Esther V. Purvin to Gil- ford Atherholt. Irene Drechsel to Russell Wilcox. Twelfth Library Auction over. Pix of big Saturday night crowd. pix “of | the tiger-skin rug modelled by Bob | Bachman, its heavy head held up by Burgess Norti Berti. In the back- | ground Joe MacVeigh and William | it—for fifty “cents. | can Legion. Evans. All ‘the kids wanted to buy Thomas Reese headed the Ameri- | Bowden Northrup explained the | ' need for a Luzerne County Home, | blasting the critics. Johnson Miers, Jr., 17, Shaver- town, ‘caught his foot in a rotary mower, was badly injured. On crutches: + | Young couple with baby made news when they hiked from Elmira. Nice feature story “on front page. By whom? Hix, "natch. Edward Biezup, at Nesbitt for | cardigrams, died suddenly. Married: | Elizabeth “Ann . Rowlands to Robert «J. Williams. Joan M. | | Croop to Donald E. Cornell. Janet "Mae Kithcart to Wayne I" DeRemer, THE DALLAS. POST. THURSDAY, JULY 18, 1968 mR PE EEE NENEEE EES EEEEREGN KEEPING POSTED July 10: HARLEM RIOTS staged while Mayor Lindsay was out of New York. On his return, he told the vandals that they were defeating their own ends. One of the instigators was earning $18,000 per year. NO PROGRESS in peace talks in Paris. DeGAULLE accepts Pompadou’s resignation, in- dicates he might be next in line for President. DR. SPOCK sentenced to two years in jail, $5,000 fine. Will appeal. SOVIET TROOPS still in Czechoslovakia after maneuvers. TWO STUDENTS released by Soviet. * * * July 11: AMERICAN EMBASSY threatened in Saigon, guard increased. DEMOCRATIC PARTY might have to reschedule its convention for some city other than Chicago. Phone workers still on strike. Phones needed, 3,200. ROCKY SAYS no percentage in expecting a mili- tary victory, we must rely on able negotiation. GUNMAN LOOSE in New York, kills three, es- capes. Populace lines roofs to enjoy the show. * * * : 12: GUNMAN SURRENDERS in Burlington, N. C. after fleeing New York tenament. WALLACE VOTE seen hurting Republicans, favor- ing Democrats. DIRKSON SUPPORTS LBJ in his appointment of chief justice. RUMOR OF RANSOM for Pueblo and crew said to be unfounded. FLORIDA GOVERNOR Supports Rocky. ¢ * July 13: DEFENSE CHIEF in Viet eo talks. SAIGON AWAITS attacks. Enemy said to try for third time to launch offensive against South Viet- nam’s cities. U.S., RUSSIA to launch flight service Monday. STARVING BIAFRANS seek world aid. * * * July 14: ST. LAWRENCE SEAWAY Wage Pact ap- proved. FRANCE NOTES Bastille Day. SOME PROGRESS reported in Pueblo talks. REP. J. R. POOL, Texas Solon, dies in Houston after flight from Los Angeles. SPORTSMEN SEEN ready to battle gun-control backers. SOVIET TRADE with China at all-time low in 1967. CHURCHMEN EYE Social Issues as World Parley enters final week. POLAND ASKS rebuff for Czechoslovakia. ACCUSED SLAYER of 3 returned to New York. UNIONTOWN HAS flame for Pueblo crewmen. PENNSYLVANIA PROVIDES added protection for those adie, riots. July * * July 15: CLIFFORD x Saigon. BILL AIMED at armed criminals passes 128-57. HOUSE HIKES asthma pension to $100. “REPORTING OF Conventions threatened. STATE GIVES motoregglists 60 days to honor new rules. SECOND NUCLEAR device exploded by France. TAMPA SANITATION workers leave jobs. ACCUSED KING slayer to get hearing today. FORTAS GOES before Senate Group today in Chief Justice post bid. DELAYS MARK inauguration of Moscow-New York Flights. First flight arrives in New York. CONGRESS MAY meet after conventions. = RED SUMMIT Parley closes with “letter” to Czechs. ABC FAILS to block Hughe's offer to buy. MALAYSIA, PHILLIVINES near break. * * “duly 16: RED hoa cuts threat to Saigon. RAY ABANDONS fight against extradition. Al- leged killer of King due in U.S. FORTAS SAYS he advised LB.J on Vietnam ahd civil disorders in the United States. ILLINOIS BELL shuns binding arbitration. Dem- ocrats may move convention. OUTLAW in custody after reion of terror. PLANNED POSTAL strike affecting Canada. WITT CHAMRERLATN backs Nixon's bid. THREE IMPLICATED in sale of gun used to kill Lila Kistler. YORK TO use own forces in disorders. TWO U.S. airport. BILL BACKED by Shafer * New Hope is Controlling Leukemia ..; Leukemia, the form of cancer | with the most fearful reputation | has had some of its sting removed. | Although it remains one of the quickest and surest killers among | the various types of cancer, thanks to significant advances in diagnosis and therapy, a growing number of | | | leukemia victims have passed the | five-year survival period used in | | cancer cases for measuring success | of treatment. | Some long-term survivors of acute | leukemia are reported to be living | and well after as long as 17 years | following diagnosis, according to an | | article in the American Cancer So- ciety’s scientific journal CANCER, | April 1968 issue. The article, by Dr. | Joseph H. Burchenal, of the Me- morial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Cen- ter in New York City contains a | report ‘on 157 long-term acute Jeukemia survivors, 103 of which | are alive, well and with no evidence | of disease 5 to 17 years after diagnosis. Nearly half (48) of the surviving | group have progressed so satis- factorily that treatment ‘for the | disease has been discontinued for | periods of from one to ten years. Of the original group of 157 pa | tients who survived for more than five years, Dr. Burchenal stated that more than 50% should sur- vive for at least 15 years. Until 1947, for ‘a child to be commercial planes arrive at Moscow i 112-78. series of adult and children patients during the period 1926-47 at New According to Dr. Burchenal. of a York's ‘Memorial Hospital, of 150 patients survived more than | a year, and none lived longer than 14 months. The dramatic change in 1947 when research under the direction of Dr. Sidney Farber, of Boston, led to the discovery that remission, or the temporary reverse of the | disease, could be #chieved through the use of drugs. Since that time | more sophisticated drugs have been | | discovered, ‘more effective use has | been ‘made of the earlier drugs, and the development of combination drug therapy have all led to rapidly | expanding capability to control | | acute leukemia. ; The earlier poor survival led many physicians to not even at- tempt elaborate therapy measures, i tending to give as little treatment as possible in order not to ‘prolong the patient's suffering, Dr. Bur- | chenal stated. He added that as a| result of the breakthrough in chem- | otherapyg in 1947, physicians ceased viewing leukemia as a rapidly fatal disease and began treating ‘the dis- | case as one which could be treated with some promise of success. Although ‘he does not minimize | the gravity of leukemia in any pa- tient, Dr. Burchenal reported a | healthy sign of hope for the: future | lin proposing guidelines for the ces- | only 3 | struck with acute leukemia was a | sation of therapy for leukemia . . . | {pane quickly” activated ‘death warrant. Emily 1 Hedden Dies At Carlisle Funeral Will Be Held Today From fhowdens Those of ws who knew Emily Hedden, sister of Raymon Hedden of Loyalyille,.were saddened by her death early Tuesday morning. Though she had lived in Carlisle for thirty years where she was head of the commercial department in the high school, her heart was in the Back Mountain area where she had made” hundreds of friends on her long “holiday visits and her ily. Born in Newport Township, she was «a graduiite ‘of the township high school, Class of 1926, Beaver College, Class of 1930, re- ceiving her B. S. degree.” She re- ceived her master’s degrée at Penn State University. = She was’ a mem- summer Vieationg with Ray's fam- | and of ber ‘of Second Presbyterian Chuich, | arlisle, “~dnd + ‘Pennsylvania State and National Education Association. Emily was: also a... member of the: Carlisle Hospital Auxiliary, Delta Ti Epsilon, honorary. business- education fraternity and the Penn- sylvania and . National Business Associations. “Surviving are brothers, and: Norwood A. Heddén, College. Funeral © services will be con- ducted at’ the Snowden Funeral Home, 140 North Main treet. Shavertown, Friday 11:30. Interment. will: port Cemetery, where ‘her and mother lie. Rev. James Ferguson. nastor of her “own church will officiate. Friends may call Thursday, 7to 9. Sa foly Valve In Reply to Mrs. Robert Flemings ! Letter: July 16, 1968 Raymon State be in New- father | To the Editor, No, Mrs. Fleming, I do not agree with you. The other evening my. car was among the many’ autos queued up lat our town's “family” drive-in morning at theater to'sce the movie which you | and Parents’ Magazine have unani- | | mously ‘condemned. In truth, the movie was dreary and cheap. Even a bit boring. Obviously “it is not my intention in writing ‘to ‘defend the movie's virtues, = which," admittedly, negligible. | However, it is important to note that T was not forced to go to the theater. At no time during the eve- are |’ ning did 1 ‘become so entangled in | my-car’s seat belts that it was im- the exits blocked by the manage- | ment to prevent my departure. possible for me to leave. Nor ete In choosing to go to the movie, | | and in deciding to stay, IT was exer- | cising a right purportedly granted adults in this country, the right to select. © Yet you, or a committee you micht ‘establish fo detérmine what | is Decent and Good and Beautiful, | would deny me this privilege. I protest! I protest! I - For you see, I fear the attempts of ‘any individual or group to cen- | sor what I may see or read far watching a smutty film or reading a trashy novel.’ | ingly determined to undermine my | freedom to” chosse, T feel it is my respons bility and duty to jealously guard this right. Sincerely, (Mrs.) Shawn Murphy Lake-Lehman Board Approves Kindergarten Transportation One-Way The Lake-Lehman School District of Education has approved | Wndoigarton transportation one- wiy on the following routes for the school year 1968-69: Route 1 ~~ Norris Glen area, | Chase Corners, Chase Manor, Route 99 to Smith Pond, Smith Pond Road, Follies Road, Fieldcrest area, protest! more than I fear the results of | In a society which seems increas- |'tin, written by Richard J. Jones. Huntsville Corners, Huntsville Road. | (Kindergarten session will be held Jackson Elementary School School District will transport chil- | | Gren to shcool and parents will | pick them up at noon.) Qak Hill, (Kindergarten Huntsville Nursery. sessions will be in the morning at the |e e I scales. | oan | PENNSYLVANIA From— Pillar To Post... by HIX There are twelve families around .the Back Mountain who are entitled tc an acute case of the screaming meemies after the Library Auction . . . that is, unless the mice make good their escape from those cardboard cartons. : n The Auction annually specifies; in a hopeful sort of a fashion, NO KITTENS will be accepted for sale over the auction block. Puppies, yes; parakeets and canaries, yes; lambs, yes; ponies, yes. 4 But no kittens. ’ ¥ ap A little girl lovingly clutching a small kitten, takes it home. She wants to dress it in her doll clothes and “trundle it around the block in her doll carriage. Tt is warm and affectionate, showing its pleasure by a humming purr. So what happens ? Her mother screams, “Get that wretched little thing outahere, RIGHT NOW! it back to the Auction: You KNOW you can’t have a kitten.” The little girl, weeping desolate tears, takes the kitten back to the Auction. It seems simpler to just put it down on ‘the ground than to hand it back to the auctioneer. And hy ¥ that time, the auc- tioneer is not the same man. He is a perfect stranger, and he has never seen Half starved, it hangs around the barn for awhile, disappears. : That's why we don’t take kittens at the Auction. But nothing has ever been said about mice, The subject has somehow never come up. Mud turtles have not been banned, cither, snakes nor rattlers. It has seemed unnecessary to make any sort of a ruling on off-beat livestock. %) The twelve mice which went over. the auction lock Saturday afternoon, a job lot, and supposedly all of one litter, made several small children happy. What happened when ‘they took them home, will probably go down in the annals of Auction history. o> The boy who bid them in for fifty cents made a nice piece of change out of the transaction. He promptly. sold them off for a quarter apiece. Somebody ought to keep an eye on that lad. He's headed for big business. It’s not often that an investment shows such astonishing returns, and on the same afternoon. They were very nice little mice, They ranged in- size very small albino with pink eyes. to a large medel in: seal brown. They all had the same extraordinary length of tail. They ranged around in various cardboard baxes looking for food. and nibbling gently at an exploring finger. The albino curled up and went to sleep in my hand. The seal brown iob took a walk up my arm, but was perfectly docile at being plucked from his (her ?) perch and returned to the carton, Remembering the spinning mice which used to stop traffic reg- ularly when displayed in the pet shon window on Bromfield Street in Boston, I suggested a large fishbowl. for a house. Fishbowls have the advantage of having no foothold for an. exploring. mouse. Spinning mice ‘eat birdseed and sip daintily at the microscopic container of water. They are probably the stupidest creatures alive. unable to navigate in a straight line because of some physiological defect in the inner ear. They don’t mind ‘drowning themselves in their water dish. A few drops at the bottom, renewed daily, is all they can stand. They shuck the insides out of a bird seed, leaving behind it the husk. They chase round and round the fishbowl, leaping over the water dish. and when worn out with their efforts, they quiver them- selves to sleep, usually in the seed dish. They are very small, much smaller than even the albinc mouse which peered out: of pink eyes at an inquisitive finger on Saturday. Some mother is probably. having a fit, Bocuse 3 is. reasonable to suppose that at least one mouse got away. dragging his | tail behind him (her) and making for the dark cavern under the radiator. At least you can usually find a kitten if it ‘gets away. will wreathe itself around your ankles, mewing plaintively for food. <A mouse vanishes as silently as a wraith, ‘and ‘you never can tell where he Take the kitten. and then nor m a (she) will turn up next. i ‘I hope the parents were kind about the whole thing. Women aren't really afraid of mice. They iust yield to astonish- ment when something goes flitting across the floor. It is the surprise = element. They don’t need to worry about a'mouse running up their skirts. There was a dav some seventv vears:ago when skirts might have offered a hunted little beastie a dark refuge, but no more. Any mouse that could reach ‘the mcdem-day skirt should have A for achievement, or even for honest effort: ° * LE Fvaluation Of Westmoreland Elementary School Made In May The Lehman Horse Show and the. Library Auction side- tracked an interesting report on the May evaluation of West- moreland Elementary School, one which is now beirg pre- sented in a letter to Elomentary Supervisor William A. Aus- The letter follows: Tt was indeed a pleasure for Miss Patricia Campbell and me to have participated in the PSSC evaluation at the Westmoreland Elementary School on May 2, 1968. Although a more detailed, formal report will follow, I convey the basic results of the visit- ing team’s observations to you. As far as the evaluation instru- ment is concerned, Westmoreland Elementary School showed an ad- mirablé vating on all six of the The ranges of the average on the scales went from 6.0 to 6.75. ahove the average of that is considered a “good” rating. The details of this will follow in the | later report. What is most noteworthy, as a Route 2 — Idetown Corners, 42nd | consensus of the visiting team of Street, Oak Drive, Lower Circle of | teachers, was the apparent high | gpirit and morale of the teachers held in the morning at the Lehman- | Jackson Elementary School. The | School District will transport chil- dren to school and parents will pick them up at noon.) Route 3 Broadway, Bloomingdale, | Lake, Village of Sweet Grassy Pond Road, Mooretown via Routes 177 and 29 to Kupstas’ Store, Payne's Store, Bear Outlet Road to Lehman-Jackson Elementary School. Mooretown ., aren, Sylvan (Kindergarten = sessions will Valley, | Hollow, | | of your school. It is a most enviable characteristic and probably the most basic key to the attainment | of those educational objectives that we zll value They showed ‘a vital concern for all pupils. This positive atitude seems to have permeated the pupils, for they in: turn showed enthusiasm, were poised and cre- ative, and seemed to appreciate and | | respect things that are in it. The concern | their classroom and the for children as it is manifested in | your guidance program in the ele- | mentary be | held in the afternoon at the Leh- | man-Jackson Elementary School. The School District will children to school and parents will i (Continued to 4 A) and ‘has been free of+disease. for at when the patient has been under | least four years. weptment tor m Terst s seven years, | transport | schools shows positive foresight, although further improve- ments and refinement in :this area should be considered. The transition and special education classes are indeed a positive amplification of | this active concern for the needs | and problems of all youngsters. The remedial reading program is ‘techniques ‘in “use, am using this means to. 5 9 with attractive displays .to arouse, and encourage interest. The special education class scemed to be well organizgfywith an individual approach. There seems to be an ample sup- ply “of audiovisual aids and evnin- ment. The quality of the art work seems to be high as evidenced by te many fine displays. The students were courteous; well mannered, and ceemed to be neat, clean, and well dressed. Good ‘teacher supervision was ‘evident. with discipline annwroaching an effective balance -- neither loose nor too rigid. The class sizes were good in most cases. At the closing meeting with vour faculty on May 2. I reviewed these commendations. T would alen like to mention again several of the mora pertinent recommendations. First, although the building is old, it seems to be sound, well main- tained, with the classrooms attract- ive in: general. However, everv nook and crannv seems to be utilized. There is little question that the school is overcrowded. Certain spe- cial areas need to be vrovided. such as better accommecdations for re- medial reading, the transition class- es, instrumental music, orc ggoace faculty materials center, gu®iance, and some regular classrooms. A central library is also recommended, although the supply of classroom supplementary materials seemed ad- . equate. Better lighting facilities are alsp needed, particularly in the hall- ways. ) 3 The number of teachers and stu- dents requires a full-time principal for the building. 1 was astounded another favorable educational mod- ification. It showed a variety of! upon learning that the vrincipal of | such a. "large school also has teaching (Continued On 4—A) ag 8h on stem fac var Ter den par bee ran lege Col has oth was of | syly Tea coll Sta mel Lor tar} in Che and Sta in stru can Mis Pro anc his aw: by the Me tor! of in doc Un ing den “Nat
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