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Feb. 6, 1970 3 ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH Berkeley Rezoning April 7. They are the council-man-at-large seat formerly held by Earl J. Reeves, who moved from the state, and the seats of Councilman Peter J.

Thorstein-son of the First ward, Melvin Quathem of the Fifth Ward and Nick 1 of the Third Ward. Three men have filed for the councilman-at-large seat: Ronald Taylor, 6532 Alder Avenue, Arthur L. LeBeau 8111 January Avenue, and Joseph C. Betz, 8444 Jacklin Avenue. Congemi and Quathem have filed for re-election and Jack L.

Collins has filed for the seat of Thorsteinson. He is recovering from an automobile accident and has not yet indicated whether he will run. The Berkeley City Council has enacted an ordinance rezcning lots on the southeast corner of Brenton Avenue and Natural Bridge Road. The two lots will be zoned local business after reverting to the city following State High-way Department construction on Natural Bridge. The council heard first reading of a bill that would change the i i a 1 code for the inspection of restaurants and swimming pools to conform with rules of the St.

Louis County Health Department. The county makes health inspections for Berkeley. Four council seats will be filled in the municipal elections Pattonville Filing Persons interested in becoming candidates for the Pattonville Board of Education must file for office. A written statement of candidacy is to be sent to the Administration Building, .115 Harding Avenue, Maryland Heights, Mo. 63042.

The deadline for filing is noon Friday, Feb. 27. Candidates must be citizens of the United States, resident taxpayers of the district, residents of Missouri for one year immediately preceding their election and at least 30 years of age by the election date, April aaW-A' SOUTH COUNTY OR NORTHWEST PLAZA! OPEN 8:30 A.M. TO 9:30 P.M. SOUTH COUNTY, Lindbergh at Lemqy Ferry NORTHWEST PLAZA, Lindbergh at St.

Charles II i i i Louis Dealt, physics teacher at Clayton High School, answering questions from students in the physics laboratory. (Post-Dispatch Photo) Revives Interest In Physics Dynamic Teaching By JOHN R. BROPHY Of the Post-Dispatch Staff Many of today's parents, recalling their own high school days, think of their courses in physics as among the driest and most difficult in the curriculum. So dull and dry, in fact, that the teaching of physics has been fading from the present-day high school scene. In the last decade, student en-r 0 1 1 nationally in such courses has dropped to 17 from 25 per cent of eligible students.

Most attempts to save physics from extinction have run into difficulties, but one shows promise. Louis Deall, a physics teacher at 1 a 1 0 High School, has been able to reverse the trend there and he thinks his method might work on a much broader scale, Federal Grant Apparently the Federal Government thinks so, too, because a $6602 grant was awarded to the school for the project under Title III of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. Regular physics courses still are taught, but the pilot project seems to be the most sought after. "We have 60 students Involved, plus 35 in the regular courses, but we've never had more than 35. "This means that about 14 as opposed to 3 per cent of the student body is taking physics," "But you can learn about the nature of the universe and learn how to see things that we don't always understand.

The way you go about it is important. There are many styles of learning and you have to find the best style for the individual to help him. "The idea is to establish a relationship that helps develop learning in other ways. There is much more discussion and less paper work. In this way, I real ly get to know the student.

It becomes kind of personal. "I think the student has a U. City School Integration Gains chance to live with the subject FIBER GLASS BELTED TIM SALE! EL TIG RE' WITH 2 PLY POLYESTER CORD AND 2 PLY FIBER-GLASS BELT more and find his strength in it." 'Hrrdware Emphasized Emphasis is placed on the use of "hardware" (equipment) in the 0 e. "Equipment in a regular class may be pulled out and used one day or two or three times a year. Now everything is open.

The student can pull out anything," he said. The increased use of equipment costs more, but without free access to it students would not be able to carry out their own investigations. "They can gain much background information just being arourd and working in the laboratory," Deall said. The teacher feels that the laboratory setup in his new physics class would be beneficial in the hard-core poverty school. "From my own experience, I think you get to understand the children who have a different pattern of living," he remarked.

"I don't think they are understood." Deall said that discipline problems were minimal in the riOW 26.44 By RICHARD M. JONES Of the Post-Dispatch Staff Changes over the years In the racially mixed University City public schools have been "all for the better," Miss Margaret Kerr, principal of Jackson Park Elementary School, said recently. Speaking at a meeting of the Parents Association of Central School, in the Ladue District, Miss Kerr reviewed some achievements of the University City schools and said, "I'm proudest of our ability to live and work together in the last seven years, during an influx of black residents." Miss Kerr and Jack A. Kirk-land, a member of the University City Board of Education and candidate for re-election, were panelists in a discussion titled "The University City School Experience Opportunity or Dilemma." Rabbi Alan Bregman of Temple Israel was moderator. Achievement test scores, said Miss Kerr, are "as high as they have ever been." She pointed out that about 91 per cent of the graduating seniors enter colleges and universities.

However, she noted that the admissions policy of the Junior College District is enabling University City High School- to maintain that high percentage. said Deall, who was presented last month with the first American Association of Physics Teachers innovative teaching award. "I've been working on this for 10 years," Deall said. "Nobody, has ever done this." Deall's apparent success lies in the fact that unscheduled time is available for students to pursue projects that interest them. A student who enters the course can take all four years of high school to finish it, or he-may be graduated with only parts of it completed.

The main difference between Deall's approach and that of the regular course is that there are no schedules to follow, no book to complete and no lectures. Work At Own Pace Students work independently at their own pace and move on when they demonstrate their knowledge on a particular topic. They have free access to equipment, something that had never been allowed before. Initially, the student is given specific instructions on what to do and how to do it, but as he advances he goes it alone, learning to guide his own investigations into the nature of the universe. There are no formal classes, so a student, after finishing a unit, might stay away from the laboratory for a week or more because of other classroom or extracurricular When a student is in (he laboratory, he.

can seek the help of Deall or an advanced student should he need it. Close Relationship It is at this point that the teaching method differs from, the standard technique. Deall feels the only way a teacher can get through to the student is by establishing a close relationship with him. In effect, the new approach creates an environment to fit the student. The regular courses require the student to meet the class environment.

Deall feels the student can learn much faster and better in his pilot course simply because the student understands a unit before moving to another topic, thus eliminating educational gaps that might prove a handicap later in the course. "The regular lecture-type classes do not allow you to establish a real relationship with students," said Deall. "You find that nobody is listening. Associated With Pain "The trouble with physics is that it has been associated with a i he commented. "They (students) think of physics as being associated with atom bombs or pollution and this has caused some of the decline.

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Kirkland "Will nation survive?" Acknowledging that racial prejudice exists in University City, Miss Kerr reproached those who are liberals "in word rather than deed" and asserted that "nothing was ever accomplished in America by running away from a (difficult) situation." She said that children at Jackson Park School were meeting such a situation by "playing successfully, working .1... .311 1 dll. U'l hi UIH.K' Size E78-I4 F78-I4 Fed. tax 2.35 2.55 Reg. 32.95 34.95..

F78-I5 34.95 2.61 flOW 33.44 plus fed. tax and old tire Restaurant Chain Grows new class. 1 "To sharpen people up ycu have to show the kids what they can do and know," he said. He considers standard courses too uniform and comprehensive. Tests Should Be Spur Deall feels strongly that testing should motivate a student, rather than show up his weaknesses.

He said he could devise a test for anyone to show what he did not know. His aim is to emphasize what the student does know in order to stimulate his interest and effort. "How do you prepare a test to impress the student to do tasks that are feasible and pleasurable?" he asked. "I think that testing is important. You can take a student who is doing badly and by showing him what he knows help him to succeed.

An individual has to feel he is worthy. "Physics is just not a lot of gadgets. Students can see how to solve problems that show Whitewall tubeless Size Reg. G78-I4 36.95 H78-I4 38.95 78-14 40.95 G78-I5 36.95 H78-I5 38.95 900-15 40.95 Fed. tax 2.67 2.93 2.88 2.77 2.98 ..2.90 IJOW 35.44 successfully.

About 17 per cent of the 0 0 1 's enrollment is black. "Support from home and family, devotion and skill of teachers these things we have at Jackson Park and intend to keep," said Miss Kirkland, an assistant professor of social work at St. Louis University, said that in the University City junior and senior high schools there is a "mixed" rather than an "integrated" stu-dent population (currently 39 per cent 1 a k). "You'll find separation of the races in groups walking and eating together and in dating," he said, adding that with real integration there would be "greater freedom to move and choose." He said that real integration at all levels in the University City Schools was possible if not inevitable. That possibility, he asserted, could only be realized if grade centers for children throughout University City replace the present of neighborhood schools for kindergarten through fifth grade.

Turning to general attitudes about race and education, Kirkland said that isolation of white students from black students was contributing to a "polarization of opinion that is "threatening to rip this nation apart. "Do we want a society that has respect and compassion for all of its people or (one) that barricades itself?" he asked and then added, "What we're really talking about is whether this nation will sur- Kirkland pointed to difficulties a by the flight of whites to the suburbs and then 1 0 outlying communities. He said that "as people become more distant from each other, myths, fears and stereotypes vive." become rampant. How to gain a perspective on, a closeness to their fellow men these things they never learn. "It's possible to find in suburbia education systems that are excellent for reading, writing and arithmetic" but lacking in broad social experience, he said.

"The problem is a he (the suburban pupil) may be able to do well in academia while lacking the capacity to interact with others and confront life. In other words, he is getting half an education." During a question-and-answer period after their presentations, Kirkland and Miss Kerr commented to the effect that many black pupils entering the junior and senior1' high schools in University, City were not prepared to meet their relatively high academic standards. Both agreed that academic adjustment at the primary level had been easier. Barry Commoner To Address AAUW Barry Commoner, professor cf plant physiology at Washington University, will speak on "Crisis in the Environment" at a joint meeting of the St. Louis, Ferguson-Florissant and Creve Cceur-West County Branches of the American Association of University Women.

The meeting will be on Monday, Feb. 16, at 8 p.m. in Room 213 in Rebstock Hall on the Washington University campus. Friends are welcome. For fur-t information call Mrs.

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We're interested in family business," he said. In the case of the Skinker and I a location, many residents and some businessmen in the area object because of the establishments the new restaurant will force from the neighborhood. The building now on the site houses a family Chinese restaurant, a small book store, and hi the home of City Players, an experimental theatrical company, as well as a chiropractor's office, a barber shop and two apartments. A typewriter store that was in the building has moved to another location The remaining tenants are expected to be out by summer. John Kirby, who runs a nearby art gallery at 6250 Delmar, remarked: "I don't think its the type of thing that should be here.

It's not worth loosing the restaurant, the book store and the city players. "We're trying to build a cul-tural area here. But it just seems these big companies have all the money and when an area gets depressed they come in and put in a filling station or one of these gaudy operations to bring in more cars, when what we need is foot traffic." (There is one filling station at Skinker and Delmar, and another is soon to be built.) The Jack in the Box promoters, however, see it differently. "That building has outlived its usefulness. It's economically obsolete.

If it hadn't of been us, the owner would have sold it to someone else. These are forces that they can't stop and we can't stop. There's got to be change. "We think good food at moderate prices is needed to make a neighborhood. The country is experiencing a revolution in food service.

There may be a noisy minority that objects to what we're doing but it's the silent majority that buys our fool." "I'll bet the residents of Par-view (the subdivision adjoining the Skinker-Delmar site) will be in there thick and heavy once the restaurant gets built," ha said. 4 FROM PAGE ONE said. "It's a shame. I'm afraid people will be riding into our street and litter will become a real problem." Foodmaker spokesmen admit that the problem of litter is one that concerns them. "We realize that it can be a serious problem.

Our a u-rants are designed so- that no litter is likely to be thrown on our lot, because people don't eat there. We prepare food to be picked up and taken home. "Unfortunately, we don't have any more control over the people who throw things from their car than a brewery has over people that throw away beer cans" "As a as disturbances at our restaurants, we just haven't had any police problems to speak of. In other cities where we have been operating for a longer period, we've gotten letters of commendation from the police department," he said. Police Commander Approves Capt, James Reddick, commander of the Deer Street District in St.

Louis, said that he thought Jack in the Box was "one of the greatest things in the world." ''Because they get their food and get out of there, that nates die crowds. I wish some of the others were more like that," he said. An officer in another district said that although there had been congregations of students ami an occasional call for poltee at a Jack in the Box restaurant at Taylor and Natural Bridge avenues, there did not appear to be a pattern of trouble. A former teacher at a nearby school complained, however, that large after-school crowds of students frequently led to incidents that might have been prevented had more supervision been provided by the restaurant. Foodmaker spokesmen said that frequent visits by supervisors are made to check on how restaurants are operated.

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It is only for private passenger cars or passenger station waqons. USE PENNEYS TIME PAYMENT PLAN A developer's proposal to re-subdivide an 83-acre tract that straddles the St. John border with Bel-Ridge has been approved by the St. John zoning and planning committee and is under study in Bel-Ridge. TTie tract, which once belonged to the Terminal Railroad Association, is the proposed site of a St.

Louis County incinerator. The County has been prevented from building the incinerator because of suits filed by -residents of the area. The matter is now pending before the Missouri Supreme Court. Ronald J. Behle, general manager for Don Roth Development told the Post-Dispatch that the firm hoped to develop the area in keeping with the light industrial zoning which now applies to the property.

"There are still a lot of question marks" concerning the future of the property, he said, because of the incinerator suit and because the western edge of the site is in line with the proposed route of the Inner Belt Expressway. He said plans to resubdivide the tract involved creating 46 lots with an average size of two acres, with some lots as small as an acre and the largest between six and seven acres. The firm has no specific plans for development at this time, but, Behle noted that the tract would be i a 1 for an industrial park or warehousing operations. Only eight acres of the property are in St. John.

Final approval of the resubdivision request is expected at a future meeting of the St. John Board. The St. John trustees authorized expenditure of about $350 to send John Klein, chairman pro tern of the board, and his wife to Washington, D.C., to represent the village at the National Congress on Beautifica-tion Feb. 22-24.

The village is to be presented with an award for its participation in a national Clean-Up, Paint-up, Fix-up campaign. The trustees authorized a pension plan for full-time village employes. The plan would be financed by a 4 per cent contribution from the employes and a 5 per cent contribution from the village. The plan would take effect March 1. Auditions For Play The Drama Department of Maryville College will hold auditions for two male roles in "A Delicate Balance" on Monday at 7:00 p.m.

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