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Show THE BEAVER PRESS, BEAVER, UTAH SCANNING of Main Street and the World Quick Agreement in Korea Unlikely; Junior Style Has Crisp Acc en NflrBgjBEMgf Rural Schools Should Base Programs checks 'Jo conclude our current study of the conditions in our rural schools, let us hear an opinion of the late Fannie Wychc Dunn, long time professor of rural education at Columbia university teachers college. The point she males in a booh entitled "The Child in the Rural Environment" is that the 12 million children attending rural schools throughout the nation do not have a school program to fit their needs. but have instead a carbon copy of curriculums developed in and for city schools. Is this a valid contention? The burden of Dr. Dunn's message is that the rural schools should tahc more complete advantage of their rich environmental bachground and the great possibilities for that naturally exist in the fabric of rural life. Slie insisted that rural school programs based on rural life would be no less rich than those of city schools. Surely, this is a thoughtful and constructive point of view that we on Main Street might consider profitably. Here is how Dr. Dunn develops her idea: "Country children have a rich and varied bachground for firsthand experience with natural and physical sciences, in animals, birds, insects, rochs, soils, plant fertilizers, weathering, machinery, and electricity. Certainly science should have an important place early in and throughout the curriculum, if rural children arc to improve environment. "Our rural education program today does not find its basis in the rural environment. City schools have terms, beginning early in September and closing in late June, with long vacations in midwinter. So we shut country school children up in school buildings in June and Seit ember when the outdoors is full of all sorts of educative experiences, and give them a vacation in late. December, which isn't usually as severe as February, and not distinctively abundant in educative outdoor opportunities. "The city school building has been compact and several stories high because ground space is scarce. So we have built tall and compact rural schools. The city school has many pupils, whom it finds convenient to classify in groups of thirty or forty children of all ages or advancement. So we classify the few pupils in many of our rural schools in the same way, and then resort to all sorts of devices to put them together again so we can find time to teach them. "We need to develop a new pattern for every aspect of the rural program involved. The content trill be no less rich than that of city schools; much of it will be identical. Farm children need to hnow about gallons and dozens sooner than city school children. City children need to hnow how to make change sooner than country children." What Dr. Dunn has advocated is not a double standard of education, but a double set of procedures which eventually might lead to a higher, unified standard for the entire nation. ilural education must be distinctive, because the community, the present living, the opportunities for active are all rural," she wrote. "The rural child's demust be rooted in rural velopment i ex-jtressi- on j nine-mont- h sou. "An adequate education program must serve those who will ' :: :: m :; :: spend their lives in the communities in which they were born and 'it )L-il A those who must sech occupation in Wl ctrr j M SCHOOL RURAL f A SCHOOL cities and may go to remote states L .mmmf and other lands." And finally, this challenging RE THEY A statement: CARBON COPY? The country is the seedbed of the nation, for cities do not produce children enough to replace themselves. It is estimated that not more than a fourth of the children born on farms can hope to find their life worli in agriculture. Another fourth may mahe their homes on farms if they find some other part time occupation to supplement farming. Hut half of the rural youth must move cityward, both for the sahe of their own futures and for that of the city and the nation. a I y v perspiration jiff" either bu: just JOB" laer thirs- tjams, the wunoeff, man ask au Fourth ,jje .Unerican i luilt -- oderate NO CONSTIPATION aiigHfilaif1 " AFTER YEARS all-bra- n. regular . . . OF MISERS It not only i really keeps m ie aeth to tl or as n them !d other save enjtiy eating it every like pickle J R. Adler,141020thSt.. Miami Beach, Fla. f. unso- licited letters from ALL-BRA- users. N You, too, may to overeomn constipation due to lack of dieta-bulk if you follow this advice: Er ounce (auOUi. upi oi ensr CIRCLE PATTERN DEPT. v plenty ot water! If not complete! satisfied aftert lOdays.returnemti' n....i r, r: Mich. 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CONTROL FIGHT CONFUSING Enclose 30c In coin for each patover the price control bill, which should by this time be the law of the tern. Add Sc for 1st Class Mall It land, has been a fight of confusion. The house and senate versions of the SUe Pattern No. bill differed in many details. And even one representative, when asked how his amendment to the bill would work, replied he didn't know. Name (Please Print) For the average American, it has been much the same. He has been unable to understand the many details of the bill and the conflicting Street Address or P.O. Box No. viewpoints of the proponents and opponents of price legislation. Only one State City thing he understood: the administration wanted a stiffer price control law, but seemed doomed to defeat. The administration contended that old controls should be extended Sharp Teeth and strengthened. That the old law was inadequate, particularly in I didn't you say Smith, say, of controls food prices, rents and credit. A stronger law was needed in your dog's bark was worse than the face of government defense spending during the coming months. tiis bite? These arguments, however, did not impress congress. Opponents Yes. of the administration argued that the President just urged stronger Then for goodness sake, don't controls as a "power grab". Skillful lobbyists for business interests let him bark. He just bit me. also battled to weaken controls. Just before the final version was due out of. the house-senat- e comPoint of View mittee, observers believed the administration would be thankful for any Aren't your relations pleasant? kind of bill and that it would be signed immediately upon receipt by the Mine are, but his are terrible. White, House. congress Don't bother, dear. I'm veterans administration agree that it has produced benefits the nation will aware of them. It was those feel for a long time to come. Thousands of veterans educational reaped defects that prevented me benefits that they could not have otherwise afforded. getting a much better man Approximately 7,600,000 veterans received training for an average of ou are. 15 months each. They drew $8,700 billion in subsistence. The rest of the $12,400 billion cost went for tuition, fees, equipment, books and counseling. Veterans college enrollment hit its peak in December, 1947, when 1,158,000 dischargees crowded back to the campus. To date, a total of 2,200,000 veterans have studied in institutions of higher learning. But even more 3,300,000 have taken courses below college level in nearly 38 000 grade schools, high schools, vocational, trade, business and correspondence schools. prid The fad in Ple: sew-rit- for As i; i haunt that presen ca :ey'll th ss you Friends ND Complete Women go wild over sensational lipstick that won t off-k- iss eat off-b- ite off! non-sme- VWy ' WAUSA' eSorts of ar NEW YORK, N.Y. 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I1 Actors, tap, 1 tc 20. ant h,.rtoiin. id. - B.J. iced F.) r 50 P Jl X4ri4on Keeps Kffl IVITHQUT fctuati aei dftt Proje ror Fi APPROPRIATION some $172,177,264 automatically set aside by law for use by the depart-mefarm programs. The $751,000,900 in cash is some $34,400,008 more than the amount voted by the house, but Is $69,000 000 below the amount the President requested. The boost in cash came chiefly in a $24,000,000 increase in funds for soil conservation. m "rrinn - 6"ltoBS L7,JT?'?."" JAPANESE TREATY NEAR The possibility of a quick Japanese v,rt peace trcatv bream evident last whAn ttv,;j wiiiLcu oiaics invitrd mivii me 50 nations, including Russia, to join in signing the agreement at a con ' Missinc uvifccmfci i ui ritflltlSCO. .. from th invitation list uvr th wuiuiuuiiui ana xvational ;t governments of China. South Korea, and Italy. rtunougn ;ne Kussians were invited, they are expected to refuse to sign the treaty, which the Soviet has denounced. In all likhhood. however the Russians wiU send delegates to the conference to attack the treaty Senate Group Approves Farm Work Fund of F teber l: Niies near 5tMespoonsslmteimt a VtSSOlVtfG v i wan..tw -- w PRICE WARS END the Ut day, teaspoons alt ' ft""" " Mclean, 3 . -- v, 4T)I RSDSTAR, King Is Assassinated Prince Naif (left), uas appointed regent of Jordan after the tssassmatwn of his father, King Aboullah (right). The shot as he entered mosque in his capital of Amman. In king uas center is King taisal of Iraq. A bill calhng for $751,000,000 in new cash and authorizing $262,000,- 000 in loans for various farm pro grams was approved by the Senate committee. The appropriations group, however, ordered a department of agriculture payroll reduc- tional o' 10 per cent telow President Truman's budget. Besides the cash and loan money. the bill authorizes the spending of sira late While ht ? st better or st: aelon is tim.J ! mer's plen i . i onei ood herries Ur present .... in r SHADOWS OF 1952-The- long shadows of 1952 the presidential election year again fell across the national scene with a speech by Sen. Robert A. Taft. jjiiJjJltiJsV Lijhirtil.iiikito.-.In an address described as the Red General Junior Yoked Style Jump-of- f for his bid for the 1952 GOP General Nam 11, head of ComTaft denomination, presidential munist delegation to peace talks that is per- -' scribed the Korean conflict as "a rUNIOR yoked style in Kaesong, issued demand of or classroom. datetime for feet war useless and expensive brought withdrawal of foreign troops Bright buttons accent the crisp the Truman about by from Korea. contrast, skirt is full cut and of every teen-age- r. Despite the fact he approved intervention in Korea, Taft charged that poung-deligthe United States is involved in a "useless and expensive war." e perfoBesides attacking the administration's foreign policy, Taft promised Pattern No. 8G80 is a pattern for sizes 11. 12. 13, Va14. 16, that the GOP would restore "honesty and integrity to government" after rated 18. Size 12, 3 yards of yard the 1952 election and end "the low moral tone, the dishonesty and the in- tontrast. efficiency" of the Democratic administration. .w. ins": Made with a face cream but. VU. 18 actually loojAmj u oonml No harsh chemicals or irrii.n. wu, M cu- ( j Stays soft and creamy, never J, grainy. . Try aenlle Yodora it,. -'UlUCiCUtCi th Sow's M ODOr la TRAINING PROGRAM OVER Thousands of World War II veterans In the small towns and big towns of the nation received educational benefits under the GI bill that expired last week. And despite the abuses.of the program, educators, and the JAM liPl A home A LONG WAY FROM PEACE As much as the people in the NaUnited the towns of the nation desire peace, the majority approved tion's flat refusal to talk about withdrawal of allied troops from Korea. The UN pointed out, and rightly so, that the question was purely political and could not be discussed at the prelimiary talks. Most observers are inclined to believe the Reds will withdraw their demand that the issue be put on the agenda. If they don't withdraw, it is almost a certainty that truce talks will collapse. Is Even if the sue is solved, however, home towners should realize it will not necessarily-meain Korea. It wil.' a cease-fir- e be merely an agreement on what subjects to discuss in seeking a ceasefire. The issue of withdrawing all foreign troops from Korea will come up PV-.,- . ) again in the main talks. As a result, .: there is only one logical conclusion the home towner can draw; the world 1 f , is a long way from peace. troop-withdraw- On Their Rich, Native Surroundings liilluil 9 C( FTi Yodora . Control Fight Contused Main Street tt PATTERNS CIRCLE SEWING THE WEEK'S NEWS 4 i( fr'f-iYA-.- V MAKES AAfVGcnr iH r?crrtrn 72JCTVC -- G Kquairrtad with 1 l"1 " 'fch On eve. ITaow Star . . . tr. that M S.or savn lim. In ny rip.. r |