Medford Mail Tribune from Medford, Oregon • Page 55

MEDFORD VATL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OttEGON. SUNDAY. 1.

lySS. PAGE FTVR Jackson Countys' Public Schools Among States Finest $185,000 High School BuildingBuilt in Medford in 1926 CENSUS SHOWS 3276 ENROLLED IN MEDFORD SCHOOLS; INCREASE OF 11 PER CENT DURING 1927 According to tho Medford school these periods, students may holl rensus completed in November last assemblies, rallies, class meetings, there were 327 6 children on the or student council meetings. To roll, representing an increase of encourage. further independent 11 percent over last The 'thinking and nctlng on the part of records for the last four years the student, it is the policy of the show there has been an Increase faculty to turn over to the student in school population of over 4 3 body, acting through the council, percent. In that year, 102o, there the control of all student artivi- were 2 27 7 children of school age ties.

I'rinripnl Conkle serves as living wiihin the district. faculty advisor. During the past five or ii years Ueglnning last year a new nieth-the city schools have enjoyed a od of handling student body fin-rapid, steady growth. The report ances was inaugurated. From the year 1020-21," five years 0H to 15.000 past through the ago, showed 4a total enrollment in hands of the various student body all grades and high school of 1070 organizations during the course of I.

I SrAl b.imiks hsh ks Ln I The Jackson county schools are recognized among the best in Oregon and the northwest. They are keeping pace with the progress of the country in buildings. equipment, teacher nullifications and all modern methods. There are it 1 50 childr en of school age, between four and 20 years, in the 7ti districts, of the county, with an enrollment of ti (MM) and attendance of fi75Q. ThiM is a substantial lncrea.su over last year.

There are over 1 400 students enrolled in the 1 3 stuudard high schools of the county, Medford having (117, and Ashland 3r.il, both showing an increase over 1926. There are 2D4 teachers in the county, an increase of 2f over last year, owing to new and enlarged buildings and increase In attendance. Modern School Hiilldings During the past two or three years, number of new modern buildings have been erect od and equipped in the -citle and rural districts of the county. '-Chief among these is the new I high school building In Medford, Ashland is next with an expenditure of ill 2. mm in construction.

pupils. Fur the year 1026-27, year, representing receipts from ending June, 11)27. there was a to athletics, plays, operettas, the tal enrollment of 2 CSS, an increase 1 school paper. annual, etc. All of 00 percent in the five year per- money collected by these organiza-i iort.

The total enrollment fur the Hons is handled through the prin- present year will not be known, cipnl's office. Ail organizations; until June, 1928. being required to budget their ex-1 Continuous Census 1'niipie Foniure-i enumerators for the, school, has In addition to the regular a n-1 been ma chairman of a of the Girls' League, an organlza-j is held back for any other pupil or, theso schools is very much alike, tion which included all the girls because he is unable to keep The fourth, fifth, and sixth grad- census, which Is t.ikeii coniliiltH-e in tne Wlalrt Associulioli In tctober, a continuous census is having for its object the further-provided for which keeps the Mcl-fioe of continuous census work in up with a given group. The pupils in each grado and subject are divided into three groups, based solely upon their cm are depai lmeutali'ed Idle the lower grades have regular home, ronm teachers. According to the plan In use the I'hoenix spent $40(uoo- adding of the high school.

Miss Maurine Carroll, dean of girls, acts as Its advisor, a nd Miss Ethel Klliott Is president. The purpose of the organization is In maintain a high standard of conduct among the lord school census always tip-to- Ul. hiuli school ntul 1 he school system now ranks pendltures In such a manner that fourth in size in the state; six no deficits will occur at the. end of school buildings ranging from f) to th year. 30 rooms are 'maintained and a i In order to encourage scholar-total of 95 teachers are employed, ship, each six weeks a list of honor It Is governed and Us polices tlir- students is announced in assenib-ected by a board of five members and given as much publicity a elected by the people.

The pros- through the "Hi-Times" enl board is compo.svd of -Km II and through local newspapers. Mohr, chairman, C. A. Hwigart, Plans are now under consideration Howard V. Kcheffel, Or.

H. K. In connection with the introduction flreen. and N. If.

Franklin. Miss of a National High School Honor Rebecca Mellors is clerk and K. II. society. This society has been ac- date and the school authorities in-' Meilford Loads In 1'uplLs Savings.

nl huildings Howard school ability to progress, fast, average, slow: The fast group finishes the; last two years, the principal of formed of new children arriving' Medford bads every city In Ore- spent rebuilding, enlarging each building has been relieved of wiihin the district. gun from the standpoint of thrift' and modernising its building. This two to three leaching periods audi This Is effected by a cooporatlon; anil savings among pupils, and Is one of the latest school st rue-is expected to devote this time to between the city, schoul office and in the May report at the close off lures erected In the county, has rloser supervision of the work of the I'atron TVueher circles of the i school hist year it ranked 2 7 tic two more rooms than their former other teachers and to do sneeial district. The city is subdivided nil the cities of the Cnited.Meim.it f.i.i i.no gins oi tne nign scnooi. Among W(pk ((f ft ptvon Kt.lilU, in one-fourth the accomplishments of the.

Girls Whh thn(1 lho vroiWt League have linon the adoption henides more and broader work, standards of dress for girls attend- lTne slmv Broup is Hivon one-fourth ing nign scuooi, ruies oi ennouci average uront). Jledrlck is superintendent. cepted In a large number of the fon girls during the school day (m acrount yf the flexibility of the coaching backward pupils who, to small districts, each contain-' States, showing over 32 percent of: Several new buikCiigH hava been Med lord High Schoiil better high schools throughout the and in their social reunions, and The Medford high school is un-; country. In connection with sehol- publishing of a student hand bonk der the able management of 1'rin-1 arship should be mentioned lie -md school directory, To this or- program a pupil may be in a fast are dltticiilUes, keeping up ing out. tew niueks.

cacti or all the pupils In the school system erected, others enlarged and mfidu group in one sul'pect. an average in with their classes, They aNo give1 these districts a resident enuuier-1 maintaining savings accounts. As modern In rural districts, and another, and a slow in a third, special to advanced "tor Is constantly "on Ihe Job." a result of this record the Novem-, new eiiulpnient iulded, hile inore pll-; who may be slated for promo-: Whenever a laiiuly with her' number of educational Thrift teachers been added in between the ages of four and Gazelle, magazine published in eral districts. When one subject or grade is com- pleted another Is taken up without -loss of time. The adoption of the! New Howard School Completed This Year Another adjustment made Is a twenty years, moves into that dis-'New York, gave Medford and hen The Ashland Normal, for pupils met the enumerator calls, lisls the new plan, which has been in use made onditlnned out of a grade in one children and sends the report dt- school system a front page urtloloi One of the most Important uddl-wiih pictures of the local hlghjtions to the educational facilities school, teachers, and students who; of the county was the erection or more subjects.

Hitherto it hiereetly to the central school office, for one and one-half years, has i given an opportunli to raise Hie standards considerably for the two upper groups, and has very tm-i terially cut down failure in th; slow pupils, for the reason that more time is given them and the St. Mary's Academy Has Excellent Courses hen neiewiry either to pass such 1 pupils deficient in such subject, or to cause him to repeat the entire grade because of such failure. ly carefully coor.llna'ing programs of( the Keverai rooms It is now nos-' a. I instruction can be adopted to their' neorlH. Thnt the mini1n like the i sible to avoid such alternatives by new plan is shown by the results promoting the pupil in the subjects! of a questionnaire submitted to in which he has passed and requir-j them by Principal A.

J. Hanby near log him to repeat in the lower; the close of last year. The vote of grade only the subject In which ho I the pnptls was over eleven to one has failed-. Diagnostic and nehi- in favor of the. group system.

evement tests are given regularly This sjime group system has been and higher standards of pupil at-! extended to two departments of the' tainment, particularly In the fun-' renior high school; namely, Kng- damental subjects, are being In- 1 1ih nnA ninthoninticQ nml will IiA'sisted IlllOn. further develnned there in the tic- TcncheiS rmft'sslniial Work. Typical Rural School in Jackson County partments where as A strong feature of the Medford fast ai it can he worked out. school system is the organization of The Junior high school pupil the teachers into course of study maintain a lull fledged student and research groups. Teachers body organization: Helen Wilson is I who nre handling practically the president.

Loh ta Jones and Hilly same work are grouped together i Hagen vice presidents, and Kath- under the leadership of a depart-j erine Stearns, secretary. ment head, or a capable princlpnt. A Girls' league with 230 girls During the past two years Medford Minder the guidance of Miss Ksther teachers have done much course of A'anC'amp is also a flourishing part study, diagnostic testing and roof junior high life. The students, search work that is not only invat-1 also find time to carry on various uable to the local Hyslein, but has student body activities, such as nth-, attracted state ide attenloti. 1 i M' fk ri letlcs, glee clubs, orchestra, girls The' aritnmetin course or stutiy.

league and literary work. adopted for use In all schools of i The football team of the school, the, s'ate or Oregon was written by coached by Hay Henderson, mnd i Medford 'teacher. Under Cho lead-ja splendid record this year. Thir-i f.hlfo Ruth T'. a teen players won their letters, nnd'j group- of high1 school teacerit pro- during the whole season-no bnyjdueei.

within Iho last two -years, warn barred from playing because of; what hnH been pronounced hy ex- low grades. In the face of the' perls aw the hest and most thor- standards required hy the school oughly worked out high school this record is a little unusifal in Kngllsh course of study in the en- junior high school football circles, tire country. It forms the basis, Four Klemcntary ScIkkiN this year, of the work in that sub- I i ii9.fr ii In addition to the high and juu-I Jecl. in the Medford high for high schools, the district KUUo Wide Survey of Kpcllltux WH1.0 tno ndded to 'helped td make tho showing pou I tains four elementary in audition to mis work uewign-t each housing 'grades one to six. ed -primarily for the local system lt they do not put slide.

In (ho high school 100 perct nt of Washington has 360 pupils enroll- Medford teachers handled a state! 1,1 "PPearance at school with I ed. eleven teachers are employed wide survey and study of the sub-in a few days the attendunee of- iho attnlents deposit in Uielr with Kaymond D. Cornwell asfject of spelling in which over is sent to investigate. The lugs accountH eadi week, and have prlneipnl. Jackson school has 000 pupils, 400 adult business men, I severa 1 nuto tamps In and around maintained their average for nearly cipal P.

H. Conkle and an efficient, work of the If. K. V. (Ihe Ills- giinizuuon is uue muen of me eleven teachers, an enrollment of U.OO high school seniors, and 825 the city are canvassed each a year.

In thtf five other schools week for children who should be in averages from 73 to 100 percent of credit lor placing tne high school 315 pupils, w. Oustin is prlu- 1 teachers were tested In that subject, on a par with the best in ijneoln school's enrollment 1 1 he results tabulated and studied. school. 1 the pupils bank weekly. The operation of this plan hnsj Tho puplltt of the school system gone far to help solve the problem In Ichh than two years had to their ft 295 with eight teachers, and 1 The mnln object of the study principal.

Miss Ora Cox. The were to measure the present profl- corps of 30 teachers, two of whom torV. Economics, Civics Associa- devote part time to supervision of, tion) organized by Victor Set her, grade work. Since the beginning membership listed to those pupils of the year in September thi.s:' extr'1 in any one of the sub-j school enrolled a total of H2a stud-; jcets mentioned. Tiiis organization ents.

In January the enrollment is an active factor in encouraging will he Increased by the admission higher scholastic standing. A stu-. credit a total savings account of Koosevelt school In addition to city ciency of the pupils of all HChoonor getting the transient child ini transient child in country. New Type Junior High The Medford junior high school is the only one of Its kind in the state, having an entirely flexible group system of classification in Kaeh pupil's account pupils, also has children from dis-'crades in Oregon In the subject, to 'school, and Ileitis the school office $12, 10, triets 90, and 102, ho are compare the spelling the eighth to know of the drift of children Is nn individual one, In his own transported to the school In busses. grades with that of modern busi-j within the district and greully aids name.

Pupils are In most ull cases which poupils may advance as fast i The school has enrolled SCO imp nf about 75 to iO freshmen, bring- dent must be up in all his class ing the total to about the 7 U0 work before he is permitted to par-mark. ticipate in various activities. The school offers full four years' Ono of the outstanding features ness men and adults nnd to biggest In making adjustments to meet, the adding to their accounts by regular w'ays and means through which thej housing situation. small weekly deposits. The Jack- as he is aide In any or all sub- lis.

Miss Sara Van Meter is the teaching of the subject may he im- Mrs. II. H. Itryant, who directs- son County Ituilding and Loan As Jeets, depending wholly upon their principal the first building of tho Southern Oregon State Normal school at Ashland in 1925 at a cost of $175,000. The people Of Ashland rioiaated the site of 2 3 acres.

Just east of the city. There Ih an enrollment of over 3f0 and the attendanea Increases with each session. J. A. C'huicii 11 1, ex-state superintendent, is president, ably assisted hy a splendid faculty.

Pupils Oinvvyetl Buss1! He vera! rural schools have rt in-continued school service, temporarily, and are conveying their pupils, as an experiment, to adjoining schools hy busses, and thereby reducing -the annual school expenditure in their respective districts. Hinkiyou. and Vulley View schools In the south part of the county have Joined their financial forces with nnd convey thott: pupils to the Ashland schools. Tito Kenwood and Dewey schools convey pu pi Is to Cert ra 1 1 'oi nt, Cra ter Lake school to Itutto Falls, Flounce Hock to Prospect, i Hiberty school In tho Roguo Itlver district conveys high school pupils to Central Point high school, he Wlmer school in the Kvans creek dlsirlct is conveying high school to the Kogue Kiver district. Other districts urn doing the same.

the work for the Patron Teacher' soelation is the depository. work in each of the classical, set-1 of the fall term has been the work own efforts and ability No pupil I The organization of each of proved in the state. Medford High School's 1927 Football Squad Rated as Oregon's Finest Eleven "7 rm i 9 2 ra 5 entitle, commercial, vocational, aim: home making courses. The vocational and trades courses, designed to take care of boys and girls who! will probably not be able to pursue their education farther than thej high school, are being particularly1 These courses are the agriculture and farm median-1 ics course under O. D.

shop work in which the building trades are taught by A. Mentzer. The hoys of these courses have con-' structed much of their present quarters, a bicycle shed, two gar- ages, and are now planning the; erection of a five-room house on 1 a lot near the high school. Home making courses for girls are under the direction of Miss Maurice Carroll and Mis. Wilson; Walt.

Here the girls are not only! taught to make their own but practically every phase of home planning, jnanageinent, and operation are studied. In addition the j.irls of the 'cooking classes conduct a caf-Meria at which from to 12." people are accommodated daily. The commercial department handled by Mi s. K. C.

Jerome. Le-; land Knox, and Miss Grace Moo-! berry accommodated about 1 hoys and girls whose interests lie' in thnt field. In the belief that various organizations, class. athletic, literary, student hody. have a distinct value and should be encou rawed, a period of 3." minutes three days, a week ard set aside, and during' The schools In the county which have heretofore consolidated out-j lying districts with their schools and are operating busses are Gold 'Illll three htisseH, Kvans Valley i three busses, Prospect two busses.

Creek, Mount Pitt, and Heese Creek schools one bug each. Teachers Standards I As to teacher standards, Jackson county is affected hy the lift to-! ward normal school training and 'the abolishing of tho teacher I training classes in high schools. 1 Hut more than this is the fine I spirit shown toward improvement i through attendance at summer i schools, and. their assistance In 'every way to. help organization Jf 44ilpm with their Work to better conditions.

Parent Teacher nnd Other llcps One of the greatest influences Back row Herman New- Front row, left to right McDonald, Oemmcr, Staehr, Jack Hughes, Bernard Hughes, Morgan and Biden. The two In ths center of the picture, back, are Swaneon and Downey, lin, Archer Van Ausaale, Meta, Day, Bowerman, 0, Newlln, Prock Oarnett, Green, Frederick! Coach Calllaon, and Moore. (Continued on rate. Seven).