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Show Universal Microfilm Corp. 141 Picrpont Ave. PRESS TIME By George During the parent - teacher conferences held just after the report cards were given out at the High School, and shortly thereafter, I began to hear discussions concerning the Language Arts program that is being tried at the school. The comments ranged all the way from those which were very much in favor of the program to those who felt that the youngsters were being used for testing purposes and were suffering from that use. During the past month I have tried to find out what I could about the program and its affect on the students. I have talked to a number of the students who are taking part in the program and this morning (Tuesday) I was invited to watch the program in action at the school. In talking to the students I found that the biggest source of both praise and condemnation for the program was the fact that the students are given a maximum amount of freedom to set their own pace and work on their own weaknesses. If the student wants to take advantage of the program, he or she is able to work as rapidly as possible or as slowly as is necessary to gain understanding of the subject. As they study a chapter and feel they are ready to go on, they are tested as to whether they do indeed understand the work, and if the test shows a lack of understanding, they must go back and restudy the text and take the test again. They are encouraged to program their own work and assume all the responsibility they can. It seems to me that this is the point where the controversy arises. Under this program the student who has geared himself to doing just enough to get by and has made a game of trying to outwit the instructor suddenly finds that the only person he can outwit is himself In addition, some of the students have found it difficult to program their own work and, in the beginning at least, spent a considerable amount of time in more or less aimless wondering, if not physical wondering, at least mental. I am happy to be able to say that as of this morning, at least while I was there, the physical wandering had come to a stop and those students who were moving around at least appeared to have an objective in that they were going someplace. I don't believe that merely visiting with a few students or visiting the class and talking with the Instructors has made me a proper judge of this program, but I will admit that I was very much impressed with the program and I believe it can be very valuable in our schools, especially after the instructors have had more experience in using it. As I look back on the time . I spent in school it is hard for me to see how we can expect the teachers of today to give a broader education than we were given. It seems to me that I was kept fairly busy and that there was very little time that was wasted. Yet, when I really think about it I can recall a number of times when I sat at a desk, waited and fidgeted, while the teacher explained and something that I There were understood. already times when the rest of the class undoubtedly had to sit and wait while the poor teacher tried to find an opening through the bone under my scalp so that I could go on with the class. English should have been the easiest subject in school for me. I was lucky in that the language was spoken at home in .the most approved manner and I could usually hear a sentence and I would know whether it was Tight or not and if not right, what was wrong. Because of that home training, I didn't really learn to work but rather got Into the habit of doing just enough to get by. Then one day the teacher wrote a sentence on the black board and then drew a line under it and proceeded to take the sentence all in pieces and place it on little bits and dabs of lines till I was sure she had lost. track of her marbles. Within a very short time some of the students were at the board drawing lines and writing words on the bits and dabs of lines and just going along in great fashion while I held my peace watting for the day when they forgot their geometry and came back to the writing of themes and such. To this day I haven't the fog- giest notion of how you go about Sines diagraming a sentence. business th newspaper entering I find that I would very much like to be able to take a sentence apart when it doesn't sound Just so and see what is wrong and how to correct It but I can only start over and try to say It another way. Had I been going to a school with a program such as this Language Arts program, the teacher could have taken I wmm Single Copy 10c $3.00 a Tear in Beaver County Other BEAVER, UTAH. $4.M THURSDAY, DEC. 24, Volume 59 No. S3 1964 Wildlife Federtion Funeral Services For Reports On Progress For Park At Minersville Reservoir Mrs. Thora Beeson On Wednesday evening, Dec. the Utah State Parks Commission, represented by Alden Hayward and Ted Tuttle met with the County Commissioners ai.'d representatives of the Mil-for- d Wildlife Protective Federation, the Beaver Wildlife Federation and the Yellow Mountain Water Users represented by Mr. Stan McKnight and Clarence Gillins and a representative of the Utah Power and Light Co., to work out plans to try to complete by July 1st of this coming year, the following installations at the State Park at Minersville Reservoir. 1. The acquiring of a permit to dig a well for cullinary water to be used by those using the Park. The State Engineer has refused to issue this permit because the well would be so near the reservoir that he feels the well would be pumping Res ervoir water. The State Parks Commission is now in the process of trying to buy some water from the Yellow Mountain Irrigation Co. which could be transferred to a well and then pumped for use of the park. 2. The Utah Power and Light Co. agreed to work out an agree ment with the Parks Service to run power from Melvin Brad-shaw- 's old farm to the Park Area. 3. Modern rest rooms are to be built in the vicinity of the parking area. The above installations will cost about $20,000 with the help of the County and other interested persons may give. The Park3 Commission is hoping to have money appropriated during the coming three years to finish this project. It is in the plans to plant about 400 trees in the Park arm, ml tmblom will be installed. Mr. Hayward stated that when completed this will be one of the finest State Parks in Utah. The boat ramp was finished in October of this year. It has been extended into the wat er on the lower end and up to the parking area on the top end, making it several hundred feet long. 4 To those of you who have boats and pay boat fees, this is where your fee money is being spent. We who have worked witli the Utah State Parks Commission the past few years really f f 16, time and I would have been forced to take time and together perhaps we. could have found a way to get my attention and I would have learned and been able to understand that small bit of knowledge. To meet the demands of the world the youngsters who grad- uate in the coming years are going to have to know more about more things than we did. The schools are trying to find ways of meeting this need and all of us are going to be effected because of the cost. Each of us is going to be taxed to help pay that cost so it appears to me we had best start giving real thought tp how we can get the most for our money. During my short time I have seen three different teachers who left the profession, not because they were being underpaid, but rather because they Ju3t plain had enough. They had had enough of people saying they were over paid and under worked; they had had all they could hold of people who felt they knew more about how to maintain discipline and run a class yet whose children were the ones who disrupted the class by playing games to see how much time they could waste at the cost of the entire group; they had had all they could stand of kids saying that their parents and others said should be ashamed to accept their money on pay day. In short, they had had enough of being treated like second class citizens on the one hand while being expected to carry on all the extra work connected with church programs and etc. These teachers were good teachers and went into better paying jobs in industry You and I paid part of the cost of training those people as teachers and it cost us when they left. Next time you feel that you must cut loose on the schools, think for a minute and perhaps take time to find out if you know what you are talking about. t.y Funeral services were held for Mrs. Thora Beeson December 21, 1964 at 1 p.m. in the Beaver Second Ward Chapel under the direction of Bishop's Counselor Rex Carter. Prayer at the home was given by Keith Warby. Prelude and postlude music was played by Janet Smith. Opening prayer was by Gilbert Gale. The Second Ward Relief Society Singing Mothers sang, '0 My Father," directed by Roberta Stoker and accompanied by Peggy Ruesch. Three tributes, one written by the Stake Relief Society, one written by Mabel Smith, ward President, and one written by Mae C. White who was Them's Teacher Companion Visiting were read by Stake President Lucille A. Murdock. The tributes included mention of Thoras many activities In the church and especially her willing service in the Relief Society as Social Science Teacher and director of the work meetings. Her talents were varied and included art, reading, drama and she was a dedicated wife and mother, teacher and a fine neighbor. The obituary was given by A. Carlos Murdock. Mrs. Beeson taught school off and on through her life. She was a willing helper when people needed help and nursed during the Flu epidemic in 1918. Except for a few years when the Beeson family lived in Delta, they have made their home in Beaver. A vocal duet was sung by Sherman and Clara Carter, 'Whis pering Hope". They were accompanied by Janet Smith. Bishop Paul Nielson gave a talk. Nell Smith sang "Goin Home" accompanied by Clara Carter. Thanks from the family was expressed by Counselor Rex Carter. CHRISTMAS I) GREETINGS We bring you glad tidings, wishing you a happy holiday season. Merry Christmas! I - r ' . "M""K1 ""010 : ', ""M"l"""' )jttj vj 'v1 Closing prayer was by Clyde Messinger. Burial was in the Mountain View Cemetery and the grave was dedicated by Walter Joseph By Vilda Pall bearers were Dick Man-zion- e, Frank Beeson, Jr., Val Gene Beeson, Richard Beeson, Omni Cartwright and Norman Rich. I saw the Christ Child in His lowly manger bed, And the Star shown just as brightly as the story always said. Last night I dreamed I heard the Angels, and I saw them through the mists The flowers were cared for by Mrs. Beeson's friends and neighbors under the direction by Eleanor Beeson. As they sang 'Peace unto all men' and the Star their glory kissed. dreamed I saw the shepherds as they knelt in humble praise To Him, their loved Messiah, I felt their trodden spirits raise; I dreamed I saw the Wise Men, as they offered gold and myrrh, I dreamed I saw His Mother mild and glory shown 'bout her. 1 As The church, the town, her friends and neighbors will miss Thora's efficient and willing services. She was a doer and gave of her talents freely. I stood and watched this scene unfold and wished that for my part Mrs. Thora Rich Beeson, 67, died Friday at 5:30 a.m. in the Valley View Hospital after a heart attack a week ago. She was born April 9, 1897, in Monroe, Sevier County, to John James and Florence Golding Rich. She married Percy E. Beeson August 4, 1919 in Wellington, Carbon County, later solemnized in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. He died November 28, The whole wide world could see it with compassion in their hearts, I knew if this were possible, and all could feel the love That I felt in such abundance being poured down from above, Each soul would be cleansed of hatred, of envy and of greed, That all would love his brother no matter what his creed. And now with Christmas here again I pray at this Holy time That all the world may have a dream as wonderful as mine. That That That This 1962. all may feel at peace within and share it with each other. Nations, whether greap or small, bequeath calm as the Holy Mother. they, who are the leaders, with open hearts recieve gentle, peaceful, tranquil love, that is theirs, who but believe. appreciate their altitude and cooperation in getting this park in our area. The County Commissioners and Wildlife Clubs hope that we may have this continued cooperation. The Beaver Wildlife Federation also would like to express their appreciation to the Utah State Department of Fish and Game for their work in the purchase of 2000 acre feet of water from the Yellow Mountain Irrigation Co., which will be stored in the Minersville Reservoir. The Department paid $110 per acre foot for this water, or a total of $220,000. By the fall of 1967 tha Irrigation Co. has to have that water in the reservoir where it will be held to insure against the loss of fish. That water will also be sufficient to Insure the value of the lake for water skiing also. Legion And Auxiliary Christmas Party The American Legion and the Ladies Auxiliary held their annual Christmas party on Wednesday, Dec. 16th, at the Center. Joyce Joseph. Auxiliary President" presided over the evening's entertainment. A lovely turkey diner was served to 150 persons. Prayer on the food was given by Mor-reWarr. After the banquet, the time was turned over to Shirley Morris, program chairman. Gilbert Yardley was Master of Ceremonies and announced the fol- lowing numbers. Vocal, solo by Jill Hollings-hea- d accompanied by Marge Ann Bradshaw. Fay Harris gave a reading. The Mello-Tonsang a number. They were accompanied by Janet Smith. A chance number was performed by Mary Margaret Baldwin, Marge Ann Bradshaw, Elizabeth Messinger, Susan Yardley, Krlstine Farrer, Colleen Willdcn Marilyn White and Kathy Wat Com-muni- Call 2891 or 5537 and let us send The Beaver Press with a gift card from you. Woodhouse played a trumpet solo accompanied by Shirley Morrl.s Gloria and Larry Morris sang a duet. Christmas Carols were sung by the group led by Carol Kes-le- r with Shirley Morris at the piano. The closing prayer was offered by Phyllis Warr. She is survived by one daught er, Mrs. Ross (Norma) Fazzio; and two sons, Eslin and Von, all of Provo; 10 grandchildren; one brother, Rulon Rich, Murray and two sisters, Mrs. Elda Morgan, Price; and Mrs. Tressie Sun Valley, California. n, HOLIDAY CALENDAR ll es Forgotten Someone? ty son. Tony They were both active in the church and Mrs. Beeson was a member of the Beaver Stake Relief Society Board at the time of her death. She was also the chairman of the Beaver County Cancer Society. She taught school for many years and work ed as a substitute teacher in the Beaver schools after her retirement. Dec. 27 Patrick Yardley Farewell Testimonial Ward Chapel 7 p.m. First-Thir- d Dec. 28 Beaver vs Harlem Stars School Gym 8:00 p.m. High Dec. 28 Sewing Club Christmas Party Dec. 31 Legion New Years Eve Dance (National Guard Armory) Dec. 31 B and M Study Club Christmas Party All-Sta- rs Phone the dates for your parties or activities and we will add thern to this list. r. us at 2891 |
