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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1960-06-23, Page 5Br4ingj9Ckets Slow the fall of the capsule as the magi leeMe ett, maneuvering it toward a selected landing area. l..andlng strats, SPtInning 40 feet, pre now extended. Qq the moan, the men diternher!( Fqr eeeleeetien . . NficItItY 4 0 90te, teu000.0ed ceps ile which was. f.01144 earlier, .P!!!...1r.1777-777.•1777'77.-44**4..1.-4;r• .7,14. nret. A.N,P. .Thft, vi»lq4 Arco?.: Ropktoc gq)or9mx ppA glories, ao, modern. pr9grqm. with these. postage} xrarnp„s~ Air- planes, wing.. ov.e.r. 4,4yROpil, landmarks, MAW* f.4194011,0, 4pre,,teli, an epinien peewee the, tong;-term, trendmale;AP-49,416. tkr,14 the, likelihoods tee ifti v.* drove, no, deeper timp, a x.4gyq, conviction that the sports:. start. bPre,.t.4, stay 474. irtferMal#Y. has, become; the keynote., gcr formation, in depth one, has, to turn to -the statisticians. Some advertising specialists have reported a decrease in the proportion of a man's income, which he spends op glotlles; Within: the total drop, certain, - areas are particularly intereele ing. Ties, for instance. The malt of 407 4equired four new epee. 44,0Yeg.n.ir• pf:Bsyporlt.0517.sTileretlfor_e, 11:14, 1741114. "1,r`tel lneCisrtorillgent(; 4*.figbuf*rree, standa at .0i 8. Separate •cellare, have virtually disappeared of C94Sle!spe rate sports oats weren't said. in. the fjrai decade ,Qt the century, but one. American out ,e.e• .five bought a sports' coat in Mee and. new two out of five do, • ee,,evepy year. Tile sales of slacks. have gone up even. inure sharply arid, as one would, expect, men have. decreased their purchaege worof.hie4trncli.p4ili tt:a.zs t4s(c),171.Nmctzte,t:tioostetitistss; sport coats -.and slacks has not gone up. nearly so. much as. the clothing, industry 'figures it Should: have, In the decade from, .0.0: to. 19,08' the rise, in impute.- • 4, the, shift of blue collar workers into, the white-collar Glass 1.4.4 t4e. .ipprpw., in dispos- abla should, according to eee,eerrt$o ter.' P1e-1ed '!cict4wegs4)0et?7 4 pert 1,44040,4y have risen by barer ly half that pouch,. We are sure the .experts have, explanations • for all. this but, we, don't know that we want to hear thene, We. prefer; opr Own. Men, • — and the, wpmen who edoese these,},—have finally. ewe to reco- gnize that the Mae himself is fee More important and attractive than the, stuff he, drapes around„ hitn,—Baltiroore, (Evening) Sun.• •••,,,•• ),?„ *„. • ile,"1-4.Yyp,q(4m,14%*:1$,T9- x7iftt-57(p„vgiect:Mr9.€7,11itTrllt!11, 'Reflex report, eleeee, visiting„ the, U,,$,., he ,c..4,1,ed fot on. e- the 440,01:01,11.: Mg-80V, MAN ON: THE UP FIVE, PER CENT — Red-Ile:ked. Jo. Morrow, 19,, Rot approval of Petveney.e.qt, film con•troot in. tos;.Anaeles. cond• a. $1 00-o-week pay- hike.. :However the court- told protesting. •Mise, Morrow to, *eye. 15, per cent of, her higher pay ineteeet of the previo4 10. per cent. She said she need-. ad: the, extra, money for clothes, The Rocket Descent to the Mewl, 1)094 make teaching fairly fool, P.T9.9f1 The Saturday before school bee gao, all the parents and come of the neighbours came for clean-up morning, bringing a pot-luck lunch, gverybody had a geod time and the school was thoroughly cleaned, windows and all It was amusing, to see the men in their blue jeans and boots and big hats; leeking for all the world like cowboys In a Western, pixing swings and teeter-totters, and Mending the slide. At noon everybody sat on the wide, cement - floored frolot poreh and ate baked beans, salad and frankfurts, while the eter- nal sun poured down. "D-Day" arrived all to soon, My stomach was in its usual first-day-of-school state as .I awaited the two private cars which would bring my 12 chil- dren. 13eth care arrived at once and the children filed in, quietly and politely. There, were six boys and six ghee, The• letteg first grader, nav,er haling" been to school be- fore, came in with his cowboy hat, on and, his new boots thump- ing the hall, floor, He sat down like a miniature adult, with a careless. arm-over-the- back-of -the-cbah attitude. -don't think he said a word out loud all day. I soon discovered that these children are well-trained, They read with pleasure and excite- ment and know how to use ref- erence books. Whenever a new project in social studies or science comes up, they go im- mediately to the school library and look up the information they need, That first day of school was, pretty rugged. It began at 6,30 for me and I was still Working at 8.30 that evening, with some time out for • a breather and meals. My "take-home" pay was, about $11. By the end, of the, week, however, we had evolved, a plan which functions quite smoothly. Grades are combined in social studies, English, and science. Often, too, drill in arithmetic is needed by three or four grades and they drill each other with pleasure. In our pre- sent study of irrigation and the, geology of this area, allgrades are taking part in the project. The, first three grades need the teacher's direction and help in most subjects, but from the /elerth grade up, a ettinimurn oaf direction is needed. Regular in- struction periods in key subjects are given each ade, of course, but they're ontheir own aster at. One of the groat a'drvan- tages of a school of this type is that the ohildren are thrown upon their own resources and must think and act for them- selves. They know their assign- ments and what papers are due, and only an eacassimial remind- er is needed. The school Is organized as a club, with a president, vice-pres- ident, secretary and treasurer. Any decisions about playground rules,, housekeeping jobs, parties, field 'trips, and projects are made by the group, under parliamen- tary procedure. Group discipline is excellent, The weeks fly by, Here in our little oasis of learning we study and watch the mountains and note' the snow showers constant- ly going on up there. Every week the snow creeps closer to our sunny valley, and the tnorn- ings are crisp with frost. Each day's week is important, each day'sework goes on uninterrupted by the outside world. But we are not out of touch. We discuss Khrushchev's visit with President Eisenhower, juvenile delinquen- cy in New York, the situation in. Laos. There is a timelessness and a peace In our valley that I have not found elsewhere. There is time to pursee a subject to its- end; there is time to investigate, to question, to discover. And there is a sense of eafety, What- ever may be going qn over the limeade, it hardly touches us hare, Yet we are not indifferent to the Pecilelems tee the world. These childree are learning now to be good and intelligent citi- zens so that they may go out one day and help solve genie of those probleme,--By Virginia Rae in The Chrietian Science Monitor, 001.410.o.m. :$094),It IA A Valley t, 490 .rettl/y knew when first, .tIteitg.ht of Ping West to teach in a one-room, eight...epee school, but, one clay in. February,. when most teachers despair of making it to .tho end Of the • year, I sat down and wrote to: boards of edneatiOn in. Montana, Colorado .and -Wyoming,. .MY let- ter WO; .ti„red Of my Plush- tined rut,. I want to teed: in 4 coenery echo]: where there are ne supervisors, no interruptions, just a. .chance to teach:, and hope to `.find children who are net spoiled by tee Much of everything, who sv4nt to learn" Ist goes without saying that the boards were a bit Skeptical og my good, intentions and of my willingness to take lii,2„000. drop in salary in order to teach eight glades in a country school, bet the need, for rural teachers is so gegat !Montana, ,fee instance, has 40 vapenclee for every ten- cher applying — that they sent nee' things to fill. out and rep • quested a recent photo, Some, literature also arrived, from the, chambers of commerce The Dude Ranchers' Assopleoe Lion brochure; which was in-. eluded, set me, to, dreaming, wrote to some of the ranchers and, asked if them were, any, peaSibility of living on or near a ranch while teaching, Among the replies, one from Wapiti, Wyoming; soended, geed "Oup teacher, having been here' eight years, is leaving. for geeencoe, pastures. There is. a. vacaney,' the little school by, the, river,". Although later I had literally dozens of offers, -in the. Ogee, states, I settled on; Wa•piti, ber cause of its location, 25, miles, from. the east entrance, to, Yele lo.yeeteme National peek. Two months (and 3e00,0 later, I lound 'v0.14 deleting; uPy to the "little school, by the - :river" on, a hot August horn- Agig with my two. daughters,. aged 9 and 18, mect o.0 two, doge, Here we were. meeting; the ceeek of the school board` and his mother in the yard. of, the. log- eabin ranch-house building that is. the school. We stepped inside, end in a moment, I learned. what a "teacherap" is Bice.. I had toyed with that intriguing term ever since I had begun correspondence" with western entnenunities. ...They nearly all furnish. teecheregee for their teachers.. ' Ours is a one-rocen with adjoining modern bath. It has. a pine-paneled, leleehen unit, along one well with electria leteve. and refrigerator and .cabie Teets above and below the, sink. # divan. and chair convert Into beds, so that by day the . room le a charming living, men. It is all furnished, except for linen and dishes. Oppesite the teacher'e room is the school illoraity, a very well-equipped little room, and the classroom is at the rear of the building. The, latest chrome- and-formica furniture, fteoree scent lighting, and - a waxed hardwood Hoer make this room et pleasant and efficient work- shop, - This tiny community of ean- ehers is able to provide an ex- cellent school. for its children en a budget of around 1110,000. a year, with no, visible strain on its: pocketbook. It is true that the, teacher is paid under $4,000. but she has the teacherage rent- free with all utlities paid; and she has incomparable scenery, eager students, and plenty of weekend leisure. Our things were soon unpack- ed and we were left to settle ourselves. I couldn't stay in" doors. The mountains on, either side of the highway were blue and inviting and seelleed only a few minutes away. The, sage- bruen-covared, slopes, were dry arid brown but the irrigated fields by the river were a lush, green. To, us born and bred Neotr gnglanders used to the closed- in, gentle landscapes Of the. East, this western, spaciousnese and ruggedness were almost overwhelming, Scheel was to begin on Au- gust 31, so I spent the next two weeks. planning work for eight grades in 10 subjects! It seemed hopeless to try to acquaint my- self with the subject matter which ranged from reading readiness to eighth - grade science. I don't suppose I ever shall Teel well-prepared in all subjects for all grades, but fortunately the modern text- Ail etteectant father, in a state of acute jitters, was pacing the waiting r Qom in a hospital. Slumped in a clean, was a some- what decrepit, but eeasoned, pa- ter-families whose wife was awaiting the arrival Of her seventh Child, "Thie is our lint baby," so' the an dogs one ilgow long does ono haVe to Wait before , .1" AnsWerell the eeperiencecl fa- ther; "That depencli on whether she's in a POPP '414rd or vale Ttoom..0 Renfro to EcIrth tkE4Eitellt5IONt: ee- Four-yea's-old ,litieeatt• OVeetetih is ti6"60t to• lose the beet eat, in the hoUie. foOtba,11 Dante. 11e WoOt, Ordered Cif hit iintSy.ladith. tohrnet an0 Cetet :fiterdati brothers, of Istenhuti 'Turkey, in. tied do adveetieement in a I newspaper' fat' bridal~' " preferably tW itia *hose father has a• large endegh to adeOiniliodate teeth eetiPlee af- ter Marriage:0' • - pl.to,i1ECT NOVA Sxperts predict that human, beings. will land. on the moon.within,the. next 10 more. A rocket for this mission. has alieady 'been nard National” Aeronautics and Space 'Adtnakiistrq, • tion,-NOVA—a giant 200 times awe pool fuj• than Vanguard: Preliminary wetele: on it is • - already. unelerbeny. The.. fell 0,W ift.91 story is.. based: on; an article, by, Milton W. ttosect ondi it, C. Schwenk, which 'appeared lit'Attioricon Rocket Soctety4 publication, "Astronautics," r i gooris ta piatio sa kind in the Nal otIttd,e titek • pF ' .,11 91' Between Two, Wort e • eel. - e erA eletie t , w ete e -„, As the six 1.4-million-pound-thruet meters,. of its first stage ignite, Nova rises ponderously toward the heave0. Some 13S seconds later, at afi miles, the first Stele ;INN off and the Secand fires, Three min- utes later, the third. coasting in space, between earth end moon, the p asseOgeR sate cinyq for the 60.- hour flight 9‘Ver !eye! of cap,egle holds coaches and con- trols; upper !eye' feed mid ether gent, 1,49,Sgal - 4/04" 54,4.1 4-4:;:k• -I' e" "t As capsule-nears the mean,' control lets rotate it to pgint away from the eprface, eeent'ere .00,03$0-ko tc, '414 m: k • • to fano, ths fifth. otAil. too -Int. K TIN 'four 10 1. th ild Wild' as a latiiithisitt „Stand. aid . . 30,(iiiraleof, a peraeltei.e epent cad lowers the Ont.Msith' to the sea where ships 6,11tit its . *41 r *S. e' ” ' 'X ,,,,,0 :Nt ' , - ,„,,,..,•o1,Ak .,,,sfizo ,s ,I," • 1•',\,, Sit h i c. ' h :"11 h -s'fft l'- • x 1, ours oter, qs ot esters t e eat st &mato ono? e optu el iurfacit glows fro p friction. Piefxs of its puke ottell 44tn ofte ........ crirryina, away the !rot.