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Show I immiMWBi) Kent Christensen (left) was the toastmaster at last week's Kiwanis meeting. David Day (center) and Allen Puckett (right) reported on their Boys' State activities in Logan. They reported an informative and enjoyable week. In era of poor math skills, City students test well By Venita Roylance Nebo District students, as a group, consistently score higher than national average in math skills tested in standardized stan-dardized tests, according to Ray Warner of the Nebo District office, in response to questions concerning reports that college freshmen are declining in math competency. com-petency. In a recent interview, Dr. Joe L. Taylor, chairman of the mathematics department at the University of Utah stated he had seen drastic decline in competence in students coming out of high schools in recent years. "The percentage of students receiving low math scores on the ACT more than doubled between bet-ween 1973 and 1978, from 17 percent to 35 percent," he said in an article in the U of U Review, May 1980. The American College Test (ACT) is a standardized stan-dardized examination given to High School students and measures compentency in several areas. The top math score possible is 36, and a score of 15 or below indicates a problem in basic math skills. Any student with such a score has been placed in a "remedial" math class which teaches concepts usually learned in Jr. High and High School. Dr. Taylor indicated in-dicated that nearly 50 percent of U of U math ', students in 1979 were in such classes, tying up the services of teachers who are trained to teach on a much higher level. ; Nebo's Ray Warner said that our district has a I'M Banks Are All the very good math program at all grade levels and that strong math classes are offered in both Jr. and Sr. high schools. Students may take Algebra and Geometry in jr. high and go on to Calculus, Differential Dif-ferential Equations and basic Computer Technology in high school, and about 10-12 percent of students follow this program. This is largely a choice of the students and their parents. State regulations require students to have one unit of math in junior high and one in high school in order to graduate. Any math class will fill the requirements, including Applied Mathematics, Business Mathematics, or Consumer Con-sumer Mathematics. "Many students choose to take the easier courses just to fill the requirement then find they don't have the skills they need for college math," said Mr. Warner. "Counselors work hard to keep kids in the more challenging courses, but they seem to prefer the easy way out. Girls, especially, feel they don't need the math if they want to be a secretary or something like that. They go on to college and fail math, then blame their former teacher." BYU requires any students now enrolling for the first time to pass a math competency evaluation. If he does not pass, he takes a basic math course. If he scored 21 or higher on the ACT, the examination is waived. But Professionals that know their business o Friendly service & concern about YOU Convenience that full-service full-service banking five locations can offer Visit us we're . . . cb&t central bonk &trut we've got what it take FDIC U of U now requires math classes for a degree in any major, and only those with an ACT score of 15 or higher may register for any math class. Those with lower scores will be expected to take basic math classes offered by the local district or to be enrolled in a non-credit remedial class on campus. Ray Warner feels students should be required to take math each year through high school, including a course in twelfth grade to "brush up" on basic skills. He wants parents to assume the responsibility respon-sibility of seeing that their children enroll in such classes and be less willing to let them drop out of a challenging class. He pointed out that even though our high school students tested higher than the national average, the elementary students tested even higher above the national average. Math skills, like any others, can be lost when they are not used, he suggested. ' Although truly an owl, the hawk owl looks more like a hawk, and is active in the daytime. James A. Garfield, our 20th President, could write Latin and Greek at the same time one with his left hand and one with his right. If you're on a picnic check to see that there is sufficient ice left in the cooler to keep left-overs safe and cool till you get home. we offer Local artist displays paintings During July, Central Bank and Trust Company will feature, the oil paintings of Bert Fullmer, Springville resident, in their downtown down-town Provo office at 75 North University Avenue. Born in Springville, Mr. Fullmer graduated from Spanish Fork High School and received his B.S. degree from Brigham Young University in landscape architecture. In 1973, following retirement from a position as City Planner in Los Angeles, he and his wife moved to Springville. Involved in city affairs, Mr. Fullmer is vice president of Kiwanis, member of the Springville Shade Tree Commission, and newly elected president of the Board of Trustees for the Springville Museum of Art. In 1975, Mr. Fullmer began oil painting and since that time he has participated in several Utah art shows, winning many awards. The public is invited to attend Mr. Fullmer's showing, free of charge, during regular banking hours, Monday Friday, 9:30 a.m. - 6 p.m. and on Saturdays from 9 1. Elder Robert Ralphs, son of Lee W. Ralphs, has been called to serve an LDS mission to Korea Seoul West. He enters the Missionary Training Center, July 3. "One of the greatest pains to human nature is the pain of a new idea." Walter Bagehot The world's oldest living things are bristlecone pines in California, estimated to be 4,600 years old. Same Tuly 3, 1980 Western artists exhibit at museum An elite group of nationally-famous western artists will exhibit their painting and sculpture at the Springville Museum in July. The first "Utah Annual Western Exhibit" opens Thursday, July 3, and continues through Sunday, Sun-day, July 27, in Springville. Museum Director Timothy Rose said he feels the exhibit is truly "an idea whose time has come." "Some of the finest western artists in the United States are from Utah, but, at present, they are not well-known here, probably because the market for their work is primarily outside the state," he explained. The exhibitors in this year's show include: painters Michael Coleman, William Whitaker, Valoy Eaton, Gary Kapp, and LeConte Stewart; and sculptors Grant Speed, Edward Fraughton, Clark Bronson and Avard Fairbanks. In addition to the western painting and sculpture, selected Navajo rugs from the Judge Willis W. Ritter Collection, loaned by the Utah Museum of Fine Arts, will be on display. The Springville Museum's collection of western painting and Indian bronzes by Cyrus Dallin will also be featured. Rose said a celebrity reception at the museum is scheduled for mid-July 41 1 EAST 400 SOUTH SPRINGVILLE, UTAH 489-9975 6 A.M. TO 1 1 P.M. DAILY ittftMimffi: but final plans are still being made. A special collector's quality poster reproducing the work of painter Michael Coleman (one of the exhibitors) will also be available at the museum, he said. "We hope to see this show become a major annual event, and also to publish a special edition poster by a different western artist each year," Rose said. The Springville Museum of Art, one of Utah's major fine arts museums, is located in Springville, 50 miles south of Salt Lake City. Hours are: Tuesday, 10 a.m.-9 p.m.; Wednesday through Saturday, 10 a.m.- 5 p.m.; Sunday, 2-5 p.m.; and closed Monday. Applications available, July 1 is the first day to apply for all big-game restricted permits, including in-cluding anterless deer permits, cow and bull elk restricted permits, antelope, an-telope, moose, desert bighorn sheep and buffalo permits. Please check the big-game big-game hunting proclamation for com-plete com-plete details. Proclamations are available this week at all Division of Wildlife Resources offices and most sporting goods stores. Applications for special permits may be received at any Division office Page Nine Bert Fullmer shows painting currently on exhibit at Trust. through July 31. However, Division officers of-ficers suggest early application to avoid long lines in Division offices and possible mail delays as the July 31 deadline approaches. A drawing will be held August 15. Archery, Muzzleloader and Open Bull Elk Permit Sales Dates: Open bull elk July 21 to August 8 Division offices only. Archery deer July 16 to end of season (September (Sep-tember 1) Division offices and authorized license agents throughout the state. Archery elk July 21 -August 15 Division 10 LB. 50 LB. 15 LB. offices only. (Drawing for 150 hunter's choice permits, August 5. Hunters who purchase a permit before August 1 will be eligible for the drawing). Muzzleloader September Sep-tember 2 - October 17 Division offices only. UPLAND GAME SEASONS The general season for all upland game (except mourning dove and band-tailed band-tailed pigeon) will open September 20, as set by the Wildlife Board at a recent meeting in Price. The seasons, regulations and bag limits are similar to the ICE SIZES CUBE CRUSHED CUBE CRUSHED BLOCK WE ALSO SELL AAERCHANDIZERS Section Two Provo's Central Bank and July 1 1979 season (please refer to proclamation available July 13.) Sharp-tailed grouse hunting will be closed in Utah during 1980, due to low populations of the grouse. New fees for obtaining a duplicate of a fishing or hunting license have recently been set by the Wildlife Board. The new cost of a duplicate license is half the cost of the original license, not to exceed $25. The cost of a duplicate combination license is $11.50, $5.25 for a duplicate adult fishing license and $5.00 for a duplicate |