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Show Millard County Chronicle Thursday, January 16, 1964 D.US. TJEEEEISJ oi the Week NewsReportsi The Millard County Chronicle D. EL S. me 1 Pubuanad Every Thursday at Delta. Utah By CHRONICLE PUBLISHING COMPANY R. H. (Bob) RIDING INEZ HIDING JOE STEWART .LINO PBESSMAM Entered ts Second Class matter at the Postoffice at Delta, Utah, under the Act ol Congress. March 3. 1879. Subscription Rata: $4.00 a year In advance; Six months. S2.25 Advertising Bates on Bequest NATIONAL EDITORIAL tMMWt iSCKlATIOM ' CUM STAT! District School Board Meets In January Session The regular monthly meeting of the Board of Education was held in the school district offices in Fillmore Fill-more on Wednesday, Jan. 8. All members of the Board and the Superintendent Su-perintendent were present for the meeting. Joyce Scottorn recorded the proceedings. CONSOLIDATION OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS The Board of Education devoted a considerable amount of time to the discussion of the program for consolidation of the elementary schools in the district. Several possible pos-sible consolidation programs were discussed. No definite action on the malter was taken at this time. It was the decision of the Board to hold the matter for discussion in subsequent meetings when future enrollment figures and other pertinent perti-nent data would be available. SCHOOL FACILITIES AT HOLDEN Eugene Stephenson, Bishop of the Holden Ward, met with the Board of Education concerning the use of the Holden Ward Hall by the district for school purposes. The Board requested that Bishop Stephenson and Superintendent Wright meet and work out the details de-tails involving the use of the building build-ing and submit their recommendations recommenda-tions to the Board for consideration at the Felbruary'meeting. LEAMINGTON COMMITTEE A committee consisting of Richard Rich-ard Nielson and Buxton Hanson met with the Board, of Education in regards to the transportation of Leamington students who reside on the western outskirts of the town. The committee requested that several sev-eral students who live approximately approxi-mately one mile from the school building be provided transportation on the Lynndyl bus. The Board ap proved the request with the stipulation stipu-lation that the bus make only one .stop for these children and that this stop for boarding the .bus and unloading be on the regular highway high-way route now traveled by the school bus. BOND LITIGATION Attorney Thorpe Waddingham met with the Board of Education and discussed the pertinent items involved in the current litigation in connection with the school bond issue. Attorney Waddingham was requested, as the legal representative representa-tive of the School District, to continue con-tinue with the necessary action in this case. turn 'jg cm io QU10 ras as For the warmest feeling Put STANDARD HEATING OIL to work while you relax in its clean, safe, all-enveloping warmth. Order today, then forget about the cold. We watch the weather, provide automatic refills for comfort you can count on. Budget plan? Of course, and no extra charge. For any Standard Oil product, call L II. Spsed Riding, 54 So. 3rd West, PI"!: 4551 . OWNEH-PUBLISHEH ASSOCIATE EDITOR APPOINTMENT OF ACTING CLERK Mrs. Joyce Scottorn was appointed appoint-ed as acling clerk of the school district. This position, formerly occupied oc-cupied toy Mrs. Carol Wise, became vacant due to the resignation of Mrs. Wise. Mrs. Barbara Snyder will assist Mrs. Scottorn with the work in the school district office. The next regular meeting of the School Board will be held on Wednesday, Wed-nesday, February 5, 1964. OUR LITERATOR- Narrow-mindedness is a very contageous disease that can spread quickly through an entire city. It corrupts the minds and ideals of people. Jn some cases it is worse than arthritis, polio, cancer, or even heart disease. It affects the mind the way other diseases af- j feet the body. The seed of narrow-mindedness is small like the acorn, tout it can rapidiy grow to be as large as the mighty oak. This disease causes us to view something as either our way or the wrong way, as all white or all black. We neglect the valuable valu-able color tints and shades in the vast in-between (the reasons for and the resons against.) The sun irises and sets every day, but what would happen if we didn't have all those valuable hours between the time it rises and sets? Narrow-mindedness paralyzes our brain and leaves us helplessly groping in a vast arena of our own opinions. We can see nothing beyond be-yond ourselves, and slave aimlessly, aimless-ly, missing that one redeeming power shades of gray (those partially part-ially true statements). At a theater we have become accustomed ac-customed to seeing color movies and are disappointed if we can see only black and white. Shouldn't we not feel the same disappointment in ourselves when we begin to slip into this vast dimly-lighted arena where we can feel only the driving I pressure of black and white that l tiny world of "You're wrong; I'm right"? I If we wait too long before summoning sum-moning help against this disease. i it can spread through the rest of the system causing permanent loss of color discernment total absence of tolerance. Science is finding new cures constantly con-stantly for diseases of the physical body, but only we ourselves can. fight narrow-mindedness, that two- valued thinking, that atrophying fatal disease of the mind. Judy Kaye Jeffery From the Office Of the Principal STUDENT HANDBOOK For many years it has been the desire of the administration to prepare pre-pare for and make available to the sltidents of Delta High School a student handbook wherein can be found guide lines for conduct, graduation procedure, and, in general, gen-eral, suggestions for helping to make each school year more enjoyable en-joyable and more successful for each student registered. We are hopeful of shaving this handbook available for the students shortly after the midterm. There are many times that we need to refer to policies governing our school, and I feel that students perhaps would not do some of the things they do if they were aware of the policies of the school. May I give you an example: a policy regarding the off-campus rarf''mr ' " i nafir rmiiiiW f mt"in ROSS BISHOP The teen this week is a tremendous tremen-dous enthusiast about sports and math. He lives in Sutherland is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Grant Bishop and is next to the youngest young-est in the family, having three sis'.ers and two brothers. This personality per-sonality is Ross Bishop. ,As mentioned, Ross is a perpetual perpet-ual enthusiast about sports this is eas ly understood since he comes from a long line of such . He is a very active participant in many of them. He is a skilled ice skater and he was on the D.HJ5. football team both last year and this. Of all the sports, Ross's favorite is Baseball. He was one of the D.H.S. ball team members last year and he was also a member of the LDS ball team that represented th's region re-gion in the "All Church" conference play off. Since Ross has earned his letter in athletics, he is a member of the Let'.erman Club. He has also represented re-presented the school in our D.H.S. Band and just recently Ross was on the Christmas Committee that planned and outlined our D.H.S. Chrislmas Party. Hailing from Sutherland Ross naturally lives on a farm. He likes the year-round work the farm provides pro-vides and the type of life it offers 'but as a vocation he has chosen differently. He plans to put his skill and liking for mathematics to work for h'm after graduation and get his degree in engineering at U.S.U. Ross has been preparing himself well for this field as his class schedule Trig., Shop, Physics, Phy-sics, Chem. II, American Problems, English 12, and Athletics Indicates. Indi-cates. Also Ross has a 3.6 grade average which shows he can handle his chosen vocation. Aside from Math and competitive competi-tive sports, Ross enjoys the field sport of hunting. As in athletics, he has one favorite and that is deer hunting. Every fall finds him very eagerly pursuing a deer. He also likes to hunt rabbits and try his luck with the fish. Ross, a serious student who be-lieves: be-lieves: in doing the work expected of him, has a smile for everyone. Good Luck Ross. Laura Moody athletic contests. The policy states that bus transportation will be used for the convenience of the students, and it is hoped that each student will appreciate the effort and expense our district goes to to make the accommodation available. avail-able. There are many policies that cover our activities here at school, and it will be helpful, we hope, to have this available for each student stu-dent to use these guide ines in their conduct and their activities here at school. One, I'm sure, that we need to talk about a great deal concerns the order In our assemblies. It reads, "All students are requested to, first, enter and leave the auditorium audi-torium quietly. Two, be peaceful, and courteous to all persons taking tak-ing part on the stage. Three, not to whistle, shout, or stamp feet." These are all little courtesies that if practiced will male our school a much better place to be. All of these are directed to improve im-prove our school, to develop a fine school spirit, and to make a better academic atmosphere. We trust that the students will accept this handbook in the spirit that it is presented, that they wiH study it, that they will put into practice the policy and suggestions found in it. STANDARD HEATIXS OILS Delta High is trying a new concept con-cept in teach ng this year. Principal Princi-pal Bennett had previously studied about programmed learning and decided it was worth trying. So with the permission of Supt. Golden Gold-en P. Wright, Temac was installed in o the D.H.S. Math Department. As the students reg'stered and found out more about Temac, they were generally enthusiastic no more homework for Math!! The classes offered under Temac are Basic Math; Plane Geometry; j Algebra I and II; Trig; Seis, Func tions, and Inequalities; Solid Geometry; Geo-metry; Analytical Trig and Introduction Intro-duction to Calculus. There are about 66 students involved in-volved In th's program under Mr. Jacdbson. Half of these students use the books first period. Then the other half get the same books second sec-ond period, making it inconvenient for the students to take them home to work on. The student works at his own rate, so the responsibility of learning learn-ing is placed entirely on the student. stu-dent. If the student is well self-disciplined, self-disciplined, it is possible that he can gd through two or maybe even three courses in one year. Al. hough Delta High needs improved im-proved facilit'es to get full benefit from Temac, Mr. Jacobson and Principal Bennett are well pleased with the way the students have progressed under such a program. Despite the hard work involved for him, Md. Jacobson still has this to say about Temac: "I am well pleased. I think it's a better way for a student to get more math in H gh School than he could in any other way. "It has presented a number of new problems to the siaff and the administration acquiring books, making up tests, and getting them scored. "I haven't been able to counsel the students as much as I would like. "We have learned a lot this year about the program. Many things we will use other th'ngs we will change because of this experience. "As the half year approaches, many of our Trig students have completed the course and are now ready to start the course in Sets, Functions and Inequalities. "We feel that they are getting a lot of good sound math and the interesting part is that they know what they are doing." Principal Bennett is very happy with Temac and the way the stu-, dents have progressed. Here he ex-' plains the philosophy behind Programmed Pro-grammed Learning: "Temac is a short term for programmed pro-grammed learning which our high school has installed as a teaching! procedure. "The philosophy back of programmed pro-grammed learning is that students are placed on their own under the direction of a teacher for individual study and consequent learning. In general, students may travel ai their own speeds. They may cheat or they may put in extra time in order to go faster. They are their Tigers Waliop Rabbits, 65-44 A once-beaten Milford team posed too much of a problem for the Deltans last Friday at Milford. The Rabbits fell to a tough Milford Mil-ford clan 65-44 and extended their league win-loss record to an unattractive un-attractive 0-2. At game start the Rabbits fell apart. Milford seemed unstoppable as ace Doug Fowles led the Milford bunch to an 8-0 edge in the opening open-ing minutes of the first quarter. However, Delta rallied their forces, and Bud Bailey dropped through 3 needed baskets and started the You say you're just plain sick and tired of spending another dreary winter in that car you've got now? You say you'd like a very, very good buy? You're exactly the person we've been looking for. SEE YOUR LOCAL AUTHORIZED PACE o o own director concerning their work habits. "The interesting thing about the : work in our school is that our students stu-dents have assumed this responsibility responsi-bility of being honest with themselves, them-selves, of working diligently,' of testing themselves, of not leaving one concept until it is thoroughly learned; and, as a result, rapid strides and accomplishments have been realized. I "I am very excited over this program pro-gram and thrilled with the things it has taught our students. No longer do we have to coax students to work they do it because they want to. It is easy to cheat, but no one cheats. They are honest with themselves. We have established estab-lished the philosophy through this program that we are here to learn and not waste time. If for no other reason than this principle, Temac is worth all we spent for it." Laura Hansen and Margo Nielson Rabbits off. The first quarter ended finding the Tigers lead dwindling, as they led 13-10. The second quarter was relatively even with tooth teams staying pretty much together, and at half time the Rabbits Rab-bits found themselves a mere 2 points behind the Tigers. The last half was a losing proposition propo-sition for the Rabbits. They started off slowly and ended slower. Mil-ford's Mil-ford's lead started to lengthen and things started looking bad for Delta Del-ta going into the final quarter trailing 45-39. Last period was merely a formality as Milford stretched their lead to 51-40 with 5 minutes left. Five playing minutes min-utes later, the buzzer ended it all with Milford still climbing at 65-44. .J Ik f k "". 1 i:;s;; I , Sli; ... but it's stUI MATH ! DELTA 10 23 39 44 MILFORD 13 25 45 65 G T F P B. Bailey 5 5 4 14 R. Bailey 4 10 8 C. Greathouse 0 4 2 2 S. Hales 2 4 3 7 R. Caliister 2 6 3 7 R. Anderson 0 2 11 K. Turner 0 0 0 0 D. Knight 0 0 0 0 W. Nielson 12 13 D. Davis 10 0 2 L, Bliss 0 0 0 0 15 24 14 44 MMW Oti ,!F JUL 00 REALLY. 2 BUICK DEALER. AUTHORIZED BUICK DEALERS MOTOR COMPANY, ItV, a new Wrestling Matches Friday and Monday nights the Delta High grapplers again had sweeping victories over their opponents. op-ponents. They defeated Cedar Friday Fri-day with a score of 58-0 and Lehi Monday 36-8. Below is a list of the Delta scorings scor-ings for both nights: CEDAR . Pins Raymond Adams Von Caliister Jerry Caliister Ronald Baker Wayne Taylor Richard Mecham Mark Crafts Decisions Randall Allen Forfei s To Keith Jeffery Neil Cailister Dennis Whicker Lee Grygla LEHI Pins Neil Caliister Jerry Cailister Decisions Richard Mecham Randall Allen Von Cailister Ranymond Adams Wayne Taylor Ronald Baker Ties Mark Crafts Lee Grygla Keith Jeffery Dennis Whicker This Friday Delta will host as Millard comes over to defend their unbeaten record against Delta's. The matches are being held in the Palomar at 7:30. This will be an outstanding evening, so everyone attend. Janice Bishop and Anita McCall CflflOE m TO THE mm m wm. Let's get together soon, during our Buick Sports Car Rally which is your chance to drive a sporty Skylark, Wildcat or Riviera. Have a sporting good time of it! IN THIS AREA: 324 V. Main, Delta, Utah method . "New" Student After two years away from Delta, Rex Warnick, a tall brown-eyed, brown-haired senior is again a-mong a-mong us. Rex attended school during dur-ing his sophomore and junior years at South High in Salt Lake City, and the first half of his senior year was spent at Granger High. Rex is the son of former Delta residents, Mr. and Mrs. Golden Warnick who now live in Granger! He is staying in Oas"s with his grandmother, Mrs. Cassie Johnson. Much of his spare time is occupied occu-pied with his favorite hobby, hunting. hunt-ing. He also likes sports especially football, which he played while at Granger High. Rex has great plans for his future. fu-ture. After graduation he plans to further his education at the University Univer-sity of Uhat where he will major in Civil Engineering. He is preparing prepar-ing himself for college with the following class . schedule: Shop, American Problems, Commercial Math, Vo. Ag., Biology II, English 12, and Athletics. Rex has this to say of Delta High: "I think it's a really neat school. It has real good teachers and the kids are really nice." Welcome home, Rex. Margo Nielson 7,500 Bead It In The CHRONICLE u IJ1Iltl" ' v |