The Independent-News, Volume 87, Number 33, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 15 August 1963 — Page 16

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— THE INDEPENDENT-NEWS — Aug. 15, 1663

Teachers Attend Leadership Conference Seven hundred t-acncis who t ike lending roles in their profession have I <•< n in French Lick tor the jiast four days, attend* mg the 1963 Dadtrship Conference of the Indiana State Teachtrs Association. The L’adersiup Conftience is an annual in-servo e training activity which interested and qualified teachers attend on their own time and st their own expense The program consists of intensive study sessions and lectures by nationally known authorities on se’ected pha of elUra t ion. Tills year the pres mg problems are 11) ; rocedun s by which thm h^rs and school board., < an reach agreements; (2) development of standards of competence and professional conduct foi t 'a< hers and (3)1 study of <> new concept of invoking sanctions where arbitrary policies have a bad effect on local si hool< Special interest centered on sa’arv negotiations and the application of sanctions, because of current developments in other states where teachers are currently refusing to sign contracts b■cause of substandard conditions. Dr. Allan M West of the NE A staff in Washington, D. C., recommended that local school boards should formally adopt written procedures for the negotiation of contracts with representatives of the classroom teach-

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ers in tehir own school systems Dr Jo eph Nygaard, of But h i University, who spoke bn teachers’ economic status said "beginning leat hers in Indiana still rank below beginning accountants, engineers, sales personnel, and even tho.*’ hired to fill general business positions The gap gets wider ami wider as years of experience add on This aspect of the salary structure for teachers is one of the most damaging with respect to attracting and holding competent people in the profession.” Dr. Don Davis executive secretary of the National Commi - sion on Teacher Education and Professional Standards (TEPSI, warned the teachers that if they are to attain true professional status, they must police their own ranks and set up machinery to eliminate the incompetent and unethical Dr. Harry Rivlin, Dean of Teacher Education. City University of New York, national authority on the problems of the city and suburban schools, told the Conference that "new patterns of teacher education must be devi-cd for urban schoos.” He said city schools should make wid ’r use of the team teaching pattern, listing its advantages as (li pooling the resources of city schools, universities, and other institutions, (2) reducing the nonteaching harden the teacher shoulders in the traditional classroom. and (3) encouraging master teachers by opening avenues of promotion that do not lead

away from th • classroom. The problems of the disadvantaged child, which result in early school dropouts and juvenile delinqency, were spotlighted by the final speaker, Dr. Jame-. Russell, of Washington, D C., secretary of the American Association of School Administratorj. We must bring hope to these hopeless children he told the teachers. This can be done by early recognition of their problems- by remedial teaching at every level and by adequate guidance and psychological services. All these sendees cost money, but they do not cost as much as the other things that must bo done if this kind of school service is not provided. American citie < today spend more on crime and relief than an education. Modern Highways VS Accidents Indiana’s new Interstate highways are making death take a detour. The 355 miles of these divided land routes now in use are proving three times safer than the old roads they replaced. At tho same time,, they are carrying 30 percent more traffic. Year-long traffic studies were made on 86 miles of the new thruways 1-65 from Jeffersonville to Seymour. 1-74 from southeast of Indianapolis to Shelbyville, and 1-65 from Ind. 334 to north of Lebanon. The results were surprising, even to safety experts who had predicted them, inure was a dramatic decline’ in incidents injuries and deaths, compared with similar 12-month statistics on parallel sections of old U.S. Highways 31. 421 and 52. Fatalities were down 79 per cent, from and there were 143 fewer persons injured. These three Interstate sections alone Were responsible for preventing more than 400 accidents in a year's tune. The life-saving dividends of Indiana’s expanded road building program can't be over-emphasiz-ed, says James D. Adams, president of Indiana Highways for Survival and a former state highway chairman. Driver education and adequate policing will always be important, he said, but their effectiveness is greatly diminished as long as outmoded highways exist which make sate driving virtually impossible. There are now 2.2 million cars, trucks and buses being driven 22 5 billion miles annually on Hoosier highways. Providing modern roads and streets for this steadily increasing volume of traffic Is the best and most positive means of cheeking the traffic death toll. It's the smooth talking man who makes it rough for others. BOYBR“ Qr I Y° ur kome can T hF I pow many imw""B portant questions about insurance protection’ Am I liable on my emptv lot? Do I insure for lull house purchase price? How do I cover workmen while I’m building? How can I protect nay ptortgjgc if I die or become disabled? Do 1 cancel nay insurance as ^oon as I sell? They’re all important questions and the answers vary according to individual shuations. |et us help answer them for you. HIATT Insurance Agency Phone 586 3621

NOTICE TO BIDDERS Notice is hereby given that the ' Board of Trustees of the Polk- 1 Lincoln Metropolitan School District, Marshall-St. Joseph and LaPorte Counties, Indiana, at a special meeting, August 29, at 7:00 P. m. in the office of the Superintendent of Schools, Tyner, Indiana will receive and open bids for the following- < Gasoline for the school owned school buses, the driver training cars and mowers used by the Polk-Lincoln Metropolitan School District between September 1, 196.': to August 31, 1961. Said gasoline shall be of Regular Grade” and pumped into the tanks in each community as needed

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The Board r.-serves tlie right to reject any and 'or all bids. P( )I J<-LINCOLN METROPOLITAN SCHOOL DLsWRICT Caroll E. Zartman, Pres. C. M. Alwine, Secretary G. Frank Evert, Treasurer CRAPPIE SHOT Here’s a hot one for live bait crappie fishermen. Instead of weighting the line the regular way (which destroys minnow's natural action), put a BB shot in the minnows mouth. Then hook minnow through both lipa. (Seals In the shot, get it?) Minnow can’t swallow the 88, hook won’t let It out. The gaaser is that the minnow can mvlm around with just enough difficulty so a big crappie thinks he's got an easy meal.