Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 45, Number 183, Decatur, Adams County, 5 August 1947 — Page 2

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TWO WELCH, VA., girls brave a stroll on buckled pavement* after whole aections of the city's streets started sinking due to mysterious shifting of the earth. Huge cracks appeared in several buildings as authorities explained that either an underground river or coal min* ing may be causing the cave-ins. (Intern»tion»l Sourdrhoto)

You have seen the 4-H go And have watched its’ growth. Be sure to attend their Z/ Festival for the Youth. sJ Gay’s Mobil Service 13 & Monroe Phone 318 /y Don't Delay — See (JAY today!

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9 ■ ■* —" ■ ♦ The People’s Voice Thia colama for the ate of oar readers who wish to make suggestions for the general good or discuss questions of interest. Please sign your name to show authenticity. It will not be used if you prefer that it not be. •— . d Old Age Change The Decatur school board at their last meeting In xeasion With Supt. Walter J. Krick, as has been reported. failed to grant a petition Signed by over half a hundred parents. This petition ask.*, in effect, that the parents be given more choice in selecting the time at which their children may enter our public school*. The petition asked that children whose fifth or sixth birthdays occur before January 1. be permitted to enter kindergarten or first grade respectively, this September. The present ruling sets this date at September IS. Ail children who reach the indicated 1 ages by thia date are expected to l>e in school In their respective groups during the following school year under the existing regulation. The petition did not ask that children whose fifth or sixth birthdays occur before January 1, be required to enter their respective school groups this September but that they be permitted to enter if lhe parents consider it wise for them .to start. These children would not be considered truant under the proposed ruling if they entered scho-n the following rather than this September. Objections Raised During the discussion of the petition, the following major objections were raised regarding the proposed change: 1. The new group of children permitted to enter school would lie too young, in the opinion of some. 2. These children would get out of school too young. 3. An extra teacher might have to be employed. Individual Differences Some children are not ready for fir*’ grade activities before their sixth birthday, but some are ready. It is a generally accepted fact among educators and the public that some normal children are more capable of entering the first grade at their third birthday than some other normal children are at their seventh birthday. Clearly, then, some children who are six after September 15 are well able to start their regular school training. The petition would make this earlier training aavvllable to the more mature children in this age group. Individual differences in physical. as well as mental and emotional maturity, may be partially provided for by the change asked by the petition. The child who Is large for his age may be spared considerable ern harassment if he can enter school with a class slightly older than he is. The same holds for mental and emotional maturity. The more mature child may start younger while the less mature may wait until he is slightly older, if the petition is granted by our school board. More Homogeneous Clasaes The suggested change would give the parents an opportunity to help our schools meet one of the biggest problems in mas* education. Providing activity for maximum Politics Make Strange Bedfehows > (Cousin Zeke reporl,n ’ aaain) I Seems like a lot of talkin’ about next year’s election already—so I naked my neighbor what hl* politic* were. "Wai," he said, ''politic* is kinder mixed up Here at our place. I’m a Republican, the old lady is a Democrat. the baby ia wet. and the cow is dry.” Regardless; of politics, the one thing folks do agree on is the unvarying skill; of; preparin’ good — Barbecued Ribs Every Day VICTORY BAR

► development of each individual In i a class In which wide variation in individual ability exists is a very serious problem to evtry teacher. Home of the worst extermo* can be avoided by allowing more choice in determining when a child shall start to school. Near the change of semesters is, over the nation, the moat general time set for determining school entrance and was the time used by Decatur public schools before the kindergarten became a part of our system. Kindergarten is an excellent, progressive addition to our public education, and is a great credit to Decatur. Children who have had this preliminary training ' for entering regular school surely are capable of starting first grade at a little earlier age rather than at the later age now in effect. More Schooling Required The ever increasing complexity and technical development of this age is requiring, and will continue to require, more and more training before our youth can enter society in a useful capacity. The Increasing mechanisation will require an increasing proportion of skilled workers and professional people. This mean* more years spent In training. Twelve years of schooling is practically a minimum for today and sixteen to twenty years is required in the professional careers. Surely none of these will be too young when they finish school! Krick indicated that last spring he could have placed twenty-five more graduates in jobs If he had had them. Certainly these are not getting ont too young to be of value to society. Service to Society It may not. on the surface, seem like a serious matter to leave a child out of school one year after he is capable of starting. If this were one year of service to society by a physician, a clergyman, a teacher, or any of the profession*. It would be recognised a* a serious loss. It Is altogether probable that such loss to society may he suffered if children capable of entering school are denied the opportunity until they are one year older. All worthy parent* desire the fellowship of their children in the home, hut it i* unfair, both to the child and to society, to delsy his preparation for service even one year when he is capable of starting. Share In Choice The present ruling leaves very little choice to the parent* in determining when their children Khould enter school. The ability of parents to judge the maturity of their own children is sometimes underestimated. Ry the time a child reaches school age, parents usually have a fairly accurate estimation of hl* general health, his physical development, and. to some extent, of hi* emotional and mental maturity. The more extreme cases are practically always recognized by their parents and could be entered In school accordinglngly, if the new ruling asked in the petition were granted. January 1 is near the middle of the school year and would bring the average of the first grade during the entire school year nearer to six years. Under the present ruling some children are seven during nearly all of their first grade year. Even though some of these children are considerably above average in maturity for their age they cannot enter Decatur schools any earlier. The proposed ruling would make it possible to correct this condition. Under it. no child would be seven years old during more than one half of his first grade year unless his parents wished it to be go. Parents Responsible The responsibility for the training of our youth rests primarily with the home — the parent*. Our schools and school officials are employed to assist in thi* Important task. They appreciate your honest opinions to aid them in serving our community to the best of their ability. It is your duty to register with them your opinion on this question The present regulation appears to be both unwise and unnecessary regimentation. We cannot expect more freedom if we do not ask for it. Contact Supt. Krick and the city school board giving your preference in this matter together with your reason*. Do it Now. Interested Parents o— —— I Hugh Tate is Named Hartford Principal • Berne. Ind., Aug. 5 — Hugh Tate, of Weils county, is the new principal at Hartford township hlgn school. Ralph Millar, township trustee* said today. Tate has been teaching for 22 years and succeeds Merritt H. Beck, who, resigned. Mr. Tate was formerly principal of the Kirkland township consolidated school and taught in the schools of Wells, Henry and Steuben counties. Other Hartford high achooi teachers for next year are Hugh Cobb, Herman Neuensch wander, Fred Johns, Sybilla Sprungrr and Mrs. Houston Mrs. Houston, of Muncio. succeed* Hilda Morehouse, of Ossian, a* Homo ooftabmico teacher.

| Rest Rooms Are Open Nights Os Festival Both rest rooms In the county courthouse will remain open day and night for the youth festival, it was announced today following a meeting of the county commissioner*. The rooms will be open Tuesday through Friday nights. A man will he employed to act a* watchman at the men’s rest room* during the festival, it wa* stated. 0 SIZZLING CITIZENS (CoiHlaard zrom Vasr 1) It was 115 at Yuma, Ari*.: 109 at Pierre, 8. D.; 103 at Phoenix, Ari*.; 103 at Bismarck. N. D.. and at Memphis, Tenn.; 102 at Little Rock. Ark., and at Minneapolis. Minn.; 101 at Omaha. Neb., and St. Louis, Mo., and 100 at Atlanta. Fresno, Chicago, Rome, (la. and Kansas City, Mo. The corn crop in the north central states was endangered by the soaring temperatures. Crop experts said the corn, now entering the Critical tassellng and silking stage, needs rain badly. Continued hot weather without rain will cut crop prospects sharp ly. the experts said. No appreciable rain has fallen in lowa or Illinois for more than a week Most of lowa needs rain Roll-soaking shower* have been lacking for more than a month. Concern for the crop was reflect ed sharply in com bidding foi September delivery on the Chi engo board of trade yesterday Future prices rose to 12.22% s bushel, the highest ever paid. Hot Hoosiers Indianapolis. Aug. 5-(UP)-Nc relief from the hot weather hefor< late tomorrow and Thursday wai promised sweltering Hoosiers to day. The weather bureau at Indiana polls said temperatures would con

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tinue hot and humid today, tonight and tomorrow with scattered thun durshowers and cooler breezes in the northwest portion of the state y tomorrow afternoon and evening. y Thfs small break was io be follow lt ed with a cool air mas* passing a over Indiana from the northwest I- Thursday. Meanwhile, stores of cases of y heat prostration were reported II over the state, with 17 in Indianan polls alone. e At Evansville, where the hottest temperatures were recorded since June 1944. waterworks department official* asked citizens to conserve the city’s water supply. "If the hot weather continue*, the situation will really get seri

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i out," **« Evansville waterworks' superintendent Hilbert LMne. I laiine asked major Industrie* to • utilize private well* to conserve . the city supply ami the park de- ’ partmant discontinued sprinkling I grass pints nnd flower bed*. I The 93 degree marg recorded in Indianapolis yesterday was onlv [ one degree below the capital city's I all-time record. W« other imthori-l . ue* said that mark might be reached or even broken today. budgets H'MtlaeeO frem Page IV 4 cents; total 11.29; amount to be I raised. 131.377. St. Mary’s levies Hot listed: AI aMMUWjILSUB

Setyei s>. I and 74e Se&afct Stone | will be tftootd etft day I TVedite&laq for the funeral and in ’ respectful memory of ‘ our founder and president, i CHALMER C. SCHAFER I

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