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TH E BEAVER PRESS Thursday, January 4, 1979 "" ry.y" Do You "hi Around Town By Know?r 7 John Gnnn mm Marge JACOB HAMBLIN'S PRAYER. Jacob Hamblin, sent to head the company of L.D.S. Scouts who came to Dixie to make peace with the Indians, had located his fortress on the banks of the Santa Clara Creek. The Indians had become friendly and were trying to apply the farming methods of irrigation taught by the Pioneers. But long seasons of drought had discouraged both the white folks and the Indians. They must have rain to mature the crops or they would have a famine. The Indians became demanding. If the white men knew how to contact the Great Spirit, let them do it, at once, before they all starved. They grew morose and ugly. It was a sorry and dangerous time for little band of Pioneers. Finally the Indians said, "How soon rain?" "Heap soon," said Jacob Hamblin under impulse. "Very well," answered the Chiefton. "We send our medicine man to high pine valleys to make smoke. You pray to your great spirit. We see who will first bring the rain and save the people." Jacob realized the was desperate. He walked alone up the banks of the Hamblin situation Santa Clara Creek, sought out a shelter of oak brush and, kneeling down on the bare, parched sand, he bared his head and prayed humbly for rain. He was so humble and still so fearful of what might happen if rain did not come "heap soon," even as he had promised. Suddenly from out of a clear sky three large drops of rain fell on his head. "Rain in three days," he told the Indians when he returned. Reading, Writing and Arithmetic What ever happened to the three R's in education? Curtis Van Alfen, dean of the Brigham Young University College of Education, says they are still around and, in fact, have been expanded to five 'Riting, 'Rithmetic, the aRts and Resources." Dr. Van Alfen said a number of prominent educators will discuss this new direction in education in the college's fourth annual midyear conference Jan. 26 at BYU. Conference theme is, "The Basics Readdressed: The R's in Five Dimensions." Dr. John I. Goodland, dean of the Graduate School at the Los University of California, Angeles, and director of the UCLA University Elementary School, is the keynote speaker for the one-dasymposium which is expected to attract more than 1,500 participants from throughout the West. Dr. Walter J. Talbot, Utah State Superintendent of Public Instruction, will also be a featured at the symposium, according to Dr. Norman Hyatt, conference chairman. He will discuss "Resources." Other noted speakers include Dr. Charles H. Madsen, Jr., professor of psychology at Florida State University, and Elder Carlos E. Asay of the LDS Church First Quorum of the Seventy, Dr. Hyatt said. The conference is sponsored by the College of Education and the Division of Continuing Education and is open to teachers, administrators, students and anyone interested in educational patterns and programs in today's world, he noted. Other speakers and their topic s are: Dr. Delva Daines, BYU professor of elementary education, "Reading"; Dr. Robert K. Thomas, BYU academic vice president, "Riting"; Dr. Eliot Butler, dean of the BYU College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, "Rithmetic"; and Dr. Lael J. Woodbury, dean of the BYU College of Fine Arts and Communications, "Arts." "Individuals wishing to participate in the conference should submit their registrations as far in advance as possible," Dr. Hyatt said. "We ae offering credit both at the undergraduate and graduate level for those interested." Further information can be obtained by contacting Dr. Bert Gividcn, 242 Clark Building, BYU, Provo, Utah 84602, phone [phone], ext. 4786. Bel" , the smoke of the medicine man's fires , r ,t-- began to blow toward the sky. But sure enough on the third day the rains drove him out of the mountains. The Indians around Santa Clara almost worshipped Jacob Hamblin, the close kin of the Great Spirit, they thought, who could command the rain to come in three days and it would come. The crops were saved and the people would have food. -- From Life of Jacob Hamblin Selected from Files of D.U.P. light-year- BHSMenu MONDAY, Jan. 8 Pizza Vegetable Stix Buttered Corn Crisp Pt. Milk TUESDAY, Jan. 9 Hoagie Sandwich French Fries Purple Plums Lemonaid Peanuts or Raisins i Pt. Milk WEDNESDAY, Jan. 10 Bowl of Chili Bread Stix wButter Fruited Jello Pickled Beets Pt. Milk Cran-appl- e 'j 'j IT '' n I I 1 Jehovah's Witness Meeting Schedule v Tuesday Theocratic School p.m., Thursday Service Meeting p.m., Thursday Public Talk - Donkey Watch Your Friends Ride A Donkey! Thursday, January 11, 1979 7:30 p.m. B.H.S. Gym - 8:30 to 9:30 10:00 to 10:50 a.m., Sunday Watchtower Study - 10:50 to 12:00 a.m., Sunday LOCATIONS OF MEETINGS Book Study John Riggs Home 295 South 300 East, Beaver All other meetings are in Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witness, Beaver, Utah. BEAVER Juniors vs Sophomores Seniors vs Faculty ADMISSION; Adults: in advance $1.50 at gate $2.00 BY Kids: in advance $1.50 at gate $2.00 LETTERMAN'S CLUB p.m., 7:30 to 8:30 Competency Testing Utah high school seniors will soon be required to demonstrate minimum competency in several basic subjects before they can receive a high school diploma. Educators at the University of Utah say the competency testing should have positive results in the long run, but they believe there will be difficulties to overcome and pitfalls to avoid as the program is phased in. "A number of school districts are already feeling the time pinch." says Dr. Raymond J. Rodrigues, associate professor of graduation will make schools more responsible for providing remedial instruction for students who don't measure up, and it may have a positive motivating effect on students who haven't put forth much effort to learn. "But, it could also increase the dropout rate for students who don't make the grade," Peterson says. Kauchak says mechanisms should be developed for individual districts to share experiences with the testing program, so various districts can profit from the experiences of others. "I hope these tests will incorporate some written and performance requirements," Rodrigues adds. "Multiple choice tests simply cannot do an adequate job of determining whether a student can write reasonably well or perform certain math or science functions." He says those skills can be tested best by having students actually demonstrate their ability, but he admits that kind of testing is more difficult to evaluate. If competency testing of high school seniors becomes an integral part of a school system's total evaluation program, it can have a positive results and help students overcome learning deficiencies, the educators say. But if it becomes the only test and replaces other means of evaluation like periodic quizzes, parent-teachconferences, and regular writing projects, it will be a disservice to students, teachers and parents who need a number of yardsticks to continually measure progress. education. The target date for implemenHIGH SCHOOL tation is 1980, but Rodrigues says the State Board of Education has NEWS indicated a willingness to consiBYTONI MARSHALL der time extensions for districts that will not have the tests ready Saturday, December 30th, the to administer to juniors this year. Beaver Basketball team traveled "Without a year for remedial to Dugway. The J.V. team instruction, there could be probdefeated them 52 to 26. Scoring lems if some diplomas are for Beaver were: Jess Cox 2, Burt withheld in 1980," he says. "It Myers 16, David Eyre 8, Craig could have a negative effect and Blackner 6, Brian Morgan 12, set students up for repeated Mark Fuller 4, Don Roberts 2, failure." ScottYardley2. Dr. Donald Kauchak, assistant The Varsity team won 50 to 49. professor of education, says it Scoring were Chad Dalton 8, would be ideal if the tests could Shane Blackner 10, Mike Smith 2, be administered and validated Kelly Smith 4, Rick Carter 8, over a period of several years Sheb Yardley 2. Bruce Carter 6, before they become a diploma Mark Yardley 8, Mark Marshall It's always difficult requirement. 2. to construct a fair and accurate The wrestlers traveled to North test, especially when you're trySevier Saturday to compete in a ing to measure how well a student tournament. Placing for Beaver can apply what he's learned over were Leif Condie, take 4th; Milt an entire school career," says Smith, 3rd; Duane Henrie and Kauchak. "Since time limitations Mark Brown, take 2nd. The rule out prior validation, I would Beaver High Wrestlers will take studies will hope that follow-uon the Gunnison Bulldogs this be done with to find out graduates Thursday here at 7 p.m. They will if the tests are really accurate in compete in a tournament at measuring minimum competency Hurricane this Saturday. levels." The Beaver Basketball team Actually, competency testing is will travel to North Sevier this The National Wildlife Federaan process that should Friday and they will play Milford occur at every grade level tion is calling on federal and state here Saturday. agencies as well as bird clubs and throughout the year in all classThe G.A.A. will sponsor a rooms other outdoor groups to essist in says Kenneth D. Peterson, dance after the game Saturday. an evaluation expert in the its first nationwide bald eagle The G.A.A. Basketball team Graduate School of Education. count. plays Parowan here. The game "There are many ways by which The survey, which is planned starts at 7 p.m. teachers assess pupil performas an annual census, will be They will play Milford here on ance, but the results seem to conducted during the last three the 10th. receive less attention than a weeks of January under the The National Schools Assembly test required for graduaauspices of NWF's Raptor Inforsingle will be held on the 10th. mation Center. That period was tion." Competency testing related to chosen because eagle movements are at a minimum at that time of the year, according to William S. GET VOI R COPY OF Clark, director of the Raptor Information Center. That period was chosen because eagle moveis ments are at a minimum at that time of the year, according to er p Eagle Census Planned REPAIR CORNER Christmas over! Everything broken? TV Repair our Specialty BEAVER P.RLSS OFFICE Bicycle Repair Small or Large Appliance Repair DAVID $15 E.& GAIL BELL 433-505- 1 Compiled by VtM H. Riggs Hatch. Uiah . I To have (Please phone after 5 p.m.) 115E.400N. The History of Hatch, Utah at the We'll fix it! a copy mailed to you. "HIV. Beaver This name is highly approprig- not even ligh- t- can escape from black holes, making them invisible. Even more astounding, these bewildering are in effect heavenly vacuum cleaners that madly devour everything they meet. They are bottomless pits into which atomic particles, dust, and giant suns all disappear without a trace. They are rips in the very fabric of space and time, places laws of where nature simply do not apply. These facts have caused the greatest crisis ever faced by physics. Never before did scientists think that matter could be so fleeting. In the face of what has happened and still is happening in space, the thought of matter going down a cosmic drain stretches the mind. It is totally at odds with common sense, a cynic, might say. Scientists say that there may be more than a million black holes in our galaxy alone. On the surface,' that seems to be a claim. Even through the most powerful telescope, no one has see- n- or ever will see-- - black holes. Thus, for the time being at least, these inkblots of space are mere mathematical products of mental invention. If Einstein's theory is correct, black holes are the natural consequences of the death of giant stars. Most of the matter contained in such a dying star begins falling in toward the center. If conditions are right, the matter crushes together with such enormous force that it literally compresses itself out of existence. If there is anything that remains after such a catastrophic collapse, perhaps we had better leave it to the philosophers and theologians to give us answers to where it goes. have ways of Astronomers knowing black holes exist even if they can't be seen. I will not go into that phase. Many people at present are stricken with black hole fever. The parcels of nothingness are a favorite topic on the lecture circuit. They bring out large crowds on planetarium shows. At one time black holes suggested only the legendary hellish cell in Calcutta in which Brittish prisoners were held by an 18th century 1978. This 1978 census, the Nation's 21st farm census in a series that started in 1840, will update data most recently obtained in 1975 for 1974 operations. Information will be sought on all agricultural operations. With report forms for the 1978 Indian Nawab (deputy governor). On the lighter side, black holes also appear in slogans, on T shirts and bumper stickers (Black are out of sight!) and are the subject of banter by Johnny Carson and other TV talk shows. Much more could be said about the mysterious holes, but for now, let us hope the future will clarify and bring to light more pertinent information concerning "Black census drastically reduced from the 22 pages of the last census, most agricultural operators will e form in the receive a mail, and about 20 percent will four-pag- e version. The receive, a overall time required by farmers to complete the form has been reduced by more than The census will continue to monitor trends in domestic ownership and control of land. The last census showed a five-yegain in the number of U.S. corporate farms from 22,000 to 29,000; the amount of acreage they farmed rose from 80 to 97 million acres, and the value of five-pag- . one-thir- their farm products rose from $6 billion to $14 billion. Stressing that publication of its data will be accomplished more speedily in this census, Bureau officials are setting October 1979 as the beginning data issuance-deadlinfor more than 3,000 individual counties. Farm operators who do not receive a form during the first week of January should request one from the Bureau of the Census, 1201 East 10th Street, Jeffersonville, Indiana 47132. Tell the advertiser you saw It in The Beaver Press. COUPON F Bring this coupon lor one FREE ENTRANCE! New DISCO in Cedar City 9 p.m. to Midnight Open Fridays & Saturdays Cover Charge: Adults 2.50; Students (with ID) 2.00 Holes." GAME ROOM Tell the advertiser you saw it in The Beaver Press. Expires Jan. 15, 1979 SOFT DRINKS LARGE DANCING ROOM 600 N. 100 E. non-objec- ts BOB CROSBY'S SPONSORED Book Study - 7:30 to 8:30 ancients called Cygnus (the Swan) a cosmic beast of such enormous gravity that it appears to be tugging, stretching and, indeed, gobbling up its giant companion, a massive star more than twenty times the size of the sun. It is a huge, great monster-ou- s big nothing. In the catchy phrase of Physicist John Wheeler, it is a black hole in space. The 1978 Census of Agriculture gets underway this week with the mailing of report forms to all farms and ranches in the 50 States, the Bureau of the Census, U. S. Department of Commerce, announced today. Farmers and ranchers are being asked to report on their agricultural operations during ate. Nothin- THURSDAY.Jan.il Oven Fried Chicken or Turkey Cranberry Sauce Potatoes & Gravy Buttered Peas Carrot Stix Rolls wButter & Peanut Butter Vj Pt. Milk FRIDAY, Jan. 12 Baked Macaroni & Cheese Green Salad wChoice of dressing Applesauce Bread & Butter & Peanut Butter Cookie Vi Pt. Milk y speaker -- Up high in the pine valleys BLACK HOLES Some time ago Arlo Messinger s sent me a pamphlet about a mysterious phenomenon taking place in the heavens designated at Black Holes. Examining the material 1 found it to be baffling, strange and exciting. Even the astronomers are disturbed, because for centuries they thought the universe as quiet, serene and essentially unchanging. Now it is known to be the scene of incredible violence--o- f exploding galaxies and stars, marvelous energetic celestial objects, from s four to ten billion distant, that are powerful sources of radio energy. At present, astronomers have found in the distant heavens, among a group of stars that the Agriculture Census Begins This Week Mrv Efkl H. RiKK Hatch. 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