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Show 0 FRIDAY, JUNE 1, 1962 THE BINGHAM BULLETIN of West Jordan PAGE THREE "Bingham from Bingham" Retires from Teaching when the request sheet sent out annually by the Superintendent ar-rived asking if I wanted the same job back and I wrote on that sheet as follows: 1 shall take this opportunity and means of announcing my retire-ment. I shall devote my entire time to Bingham Ranching Enterprises. I do want to thank you person-ally, Superintendent Beckstead, and your board collectively for the ten-ure you have extended to me over the years. James W. Bingham Mrs. Densley, collecting for my party, said she would not have to do that again not for me. She reminded me of the man who said to his neighbor, "Aren't you going to Bill's funeral?" He replied, "Why should I Bill ain't coming to my funeral, is he)" 3. Certification of Secondary sci-ence teachers. 4. State Superintendent's Coor-dinating Committee. At that time, 1 was between wives so these numerous meetings pre-sented no family problems. My name together with that of Willis Savage of Delta, and Millicent Lyons of Granite, was on the course of study in mathematics used in high schools of Utah for a full quarter of a century. One of the facts, of which I am most proud, is my helping to foster, over a dozen years ago a movement to get Clasaroom Teachers on a re-cognized footing in Utah. 1 was President of that fledgling group for two years, pinch hit for the president before me, and for the one who succeeded me. Once, in a classroom teacher but now then, that is really looking ahead, isn't it) Utah, first in consolidation, will finally do more of it, and cut 40 districts back to 20, or ultimately, even to 7. Utah will be one of the first to realize the fallacy of collecting money for federal government, then stand hopefully by, hat in hand, and hope for some of it to come back as Federal Aid to Edu-cation. Utah will put in an income tax, even double the present one, for schools. The people who are opposed to Federal Aid for Educa-tion must then cease to vote "no" on local leeway. Can't carry water on both shouldersl I can see a new declaration of independence, independence from the Federal governmental control. Most revolutions are fostered by teachers and or farmers and I am both. I am toying with the idea of setting a sign at the southeast cor-ner of the 60 acres the ranch house sets on the house place. On this sign I am tempted to emblazen a message which declares that these acres are free of government sub-sidy of any kind that no payment, by government, in kind, is now be-ing received by the owner and op-erator of these acres. However, 1 am glad that our farm problem is one of not one of under produc-tion to the starvation level as is the farm problem of the iron curtain countries. Someone suggested we solve farm problems for both east and west by merely exchanging the farmers. I can look ahead and see the time when Jordan finnHy put its tax levy up as high as the "neighbor to the north" which Jordan had "aped" all these years in other matters. By so putting taxes on a par, the state fund was built up to a point that iordan could go to the state for K.C.C. closed the pit. You see, President Kennedy and his free trade boys finally got barriers down so low that copper could be imported and shipped to Utah for less than it could be produced lo-cally. Jordan did not have to come, hat in hand, to ask for state aid as did Murray when its smelter folded or as did Park City when the mines went way down. This idea of a cor-poration setting up an ideal taxing situation for itself had gone by the board, and state taxes were on a par, state wide. Now, you can all go sit down. From the right of me, the left, and from behind me, sit down! I am particularly thankful for my set-u- p here at B.H.S. My classes have let me teach "the cream of the crop". Only Wednesday, my Inst section of Chemistry included three candidates who were success-ful in that day's student body elec-tions, as well as two who had lost by the narrowest margins. Many who are not here at the moment, sought me out and told me how much they regretted that prior committments were holding them away from this final perform-ance of mine. Some admitted that their limited budget could not stretch this far, but all wished me well. 1 am very grateful to teach along with the likes of you. There is no better faculty assembled under one head in the whole of these United States. 1 am particularly grateful, for that head. To be able to go forward and know that his tower of strength was ever behind me, to know that his standards were high enough so that you did not have to compro-mise your own to carry out school policy these made teaching so much more enjoyable. Some of you might not know how devastating it is to teach when you are not just sure which way public relations may blow you, and you have to shut and bolt your classroom door in order to hold your bit of school up to the standards in scholarship and discipline you deemed neces-sary to hold your sanity. 1 want to acknowledge publicly my thanks at being privileged to teach under your guidance, Mr. Jensen, and to have taught with you when we were on an equal footing. We did put on a spectacular candlelight service or two, didn't we) I have been at B.H.S. almost as many years as I have been at all my other high schools put together. I used to change every four years--was a tramp school teacher have been accused as many teachers are, of being an "old maid" school teacher of either sex or of neither sex, and whether married or un-married still an old maid school teacher. After I get checked in, my junk hauled to the ranch, I'm going to sit in a Kennedy type rocking chair, then after two weeks, I'll start to rock, just a little. VALEDICTORY Now I come to my valedictory. Our earth still rotates round the sun, and the moon orbits the earth. Men of the east and west have or-bited the earth. Much hardware is thrown up into orbit, but we have an atmosphere to protect us. All but the biggest chunks of orbited debris burn in that atmospheric cushion ere they hit Mother Earth again. So carry on. May Buddha continue to smile on you. May the sayings of Confucius bring you content. May the Hindu teachings warm you. May the sayings of Lao Tze guide you to peace. May Zoroaster and his life be an example to you. May the life of Mohammed show you its stark realism. May the love of Jesus, the Christ, abide in you. May God bless you all. And may I aay humbly, but in full sincerity and to each of you I'm not afraid to say it I love you. I love you one and all. And now, Farewell. JAMES W. BINGHAM Following ia a brief summary of James W. Bingham, who this week retired from the teaching profes-sion after thirty-nin- e years of ser-vice in education. He was born in Westmorland, Kansas, just before the turn of the century. Primary and elementary school-ing in Pueblo, Colorado. Attended seventh and eighth gradea in a small rural S grade, one-roo- school built by home-steaders in eastern Colorado. The first year (7th grade) was of five months duration, the second year (8th grade) was much longer 7 months, but passed the county-wid- e 8th grade examinations OK. Freshman High School, Wamego, Kansas, the rail point city which served his birthplace area. Spent his other high school years at Colorado Springs High School where he graduated with high honors. Served two years in the Army. Attended the Utah Agricultural College (A.C.U.), Logan, as it was known then, now U.S.U. winter and summer and graduated in three years. Three 1 years, rath-er than four years. Made Phi Kappa Phi at A.C.U. Taught , at Malad, Idaho, High School one year, Richfield High School one year, Carbon County High School four years. Park City High School four years, Helper Jun-ior High School, one year, Carbon County High School (second tour of duty), four years, Carbon Col-lege High School, five years, and Bingham High School 19 years. Attended many conventions of the National Education Association and the Teacher Education and Professional Standards Commission Conferences just ahead of the an-nual N.E.A. Convention, and Sum-mer conference of the Department of Clasaroom Teachers after the N.E.A. Conventions. For example, Kalamazoo, Mich., T.E.P.S. Cdnference ahead of UEA Convention in Detroit, DeKalb T.E.- P.S. ahead of Chicago NEA, Albany ahead of New York City NEA and Newark Delaware D.C.T. after. Parkland, Wash., T.E.P.S. ahead of Portland, Ore., NEA and so on. Attended seven straight in one stretch of time. LOOKING BACK In looking back over the years I note that I was a director of the Utah Teachers Welfare Association for several years at its inception. I was one of seven directors elected annually. My motion put in the idea that we charge $1.00 per thousand each assessment date whether deaths occurred or not. That gave the U.T.W.A. a reserve in its early days which let it survive the State Insurance Commissioner's ruling that any mutual company had to have a reserve equal to the full amount of its largest policy. Gid-eons and several other mutuals went down and out under that rul-ing. I drove to Salt Lake in the pickup truck which was my vehicle at the time. I lobbied the state delegations from both Carbon and Utah coun-ties on teacher retirement. 1 served on its early board and am named in Dr. Moffatt's book, "A Century of Service" in this connection. 1 was president of the Carbon County Teachers Association two consecutive terms. Mr. Cannon, present Music Supervisor for Jor-dan District was on my executive board and helped us work out a salary sched-ule for Carbon County School Dis-trict. Our data were used by the Utah Education Association when the state went on an annual 12-p-basis. The Mathematics Outline and Study Guide I helped prepare under State Supt. C. N. Jensen was used by Utah High Schools for a quarter of a century. Study Guide in Physics and Che-mistry, Biology and General Sci-ence, which I helped prepare in Summer School Work Shop in 1958, ia still the science outline in the hands of high school teachers in Utah. Retire to his ranching properties in Utah County with Post Office address Spanish Fork, Route Two. These remarks were prepared by Mr. James W. Bingham for presen-tation at a dinner arranged by my colleagues to honor three of us me upon my retirement, also Mr. Hausknecht on his retirement, and Principal Joel P. Jensen on his transfer to the new Hillcrest High School as its first principal. Mr. Toastmaster, fellow workers of Jordan School District, their wives and escorts. This all started 1 have been building representa-tive and faculty representative each year I have been "Bingham from Bingham" except one. As 1 review my professional ac-tivities 1 note that 1 have been to more annual meetings of the N.E.A. than I can count without taking my shoes off. I went to seven straight, and to the meetings of the Teachers Educational and Professional Stand-ards Commissions held prior to the annual Convention of the N.E.A. as Kalamazoo ahead of Detroit, or Parkland, Washington, ahead of Portland, Oregon, or DeKalb ahead of Chicago, or Fort Collins ahead of Denver this year. I,have used a private ceremony at these conven-tions, 1 have spit in both oceans. 1 have "spat" in the Gulf of Mexico, and I have "spitten" in the Miss-issippi River. At one time I was on four differ-ent committees for the State of Utah! 1. Secondary Science Text books. 2. Curriculum study in Chemistry and Physics. planning conference in San Fran-cisco, I sat next to the representa-tive of Classroom Teachers of Cali-fornia, Southern Section. While waiting for an afternoon session to be called to order, 1 casually asked her how many people were dues-payin- g members of the section she represented. She replied, "A few over 32.000." 1 admitted 213 paid up members, some of which were you folks here within the sound of my voice. Your dollar, back there during that year helped to swell our paid up membership to the 2 I 3 that 1 could so proudly represent. I did find that my ideas found rec-ognition in that planning confer-ence, and were put into action that succeeding spring in the Fresno, California, Conference of the De-partment of Classroom Teachers of the National Education Association as it met as the Southwestern Re-gion that next March. 213 to 32,000' plus. Could that be part of the answer to California's leadership in teachers' salaries and teachers' welfare) I now have to leave my interest in Classroom Teachers Organization in your tender care. The Utah State organization of C.R.T. ia now lock-ed in committee a committee of the U.E.A. You will need to get that potentially powerful organiza-tion out of committee and onto the flooi- - Get it out, organize it for-mally at the grassroots level, and help it to solve many of the prob-lems which now beset the teachers of us. If I could live on in your pro-fessional memory as "Mr. Classroom Teacher" that would be the high-est compliment you could pay me. LOOKING FORWARD Now, let us cease to look back-ward. Come here, stand with me, some to the right, some to the left, some of you tall ones behind me. The weight of these years has bent me somewhat, so you can see over. Look over me, don't overlook me I Now look ahead with me. Shut one eye and squint the oth-er and look ahead with me. See ahead there Jordan School Dis-trict finally awakened to the fact that high priced buildings do not necessarily make good schools, but that high priced teachers must staff those high priced buildings. Jordan District finally revised the revenue base, and put much that used to go into Capitol Outlay, over into M&O so teachers could bo paid ade-quately. She, (Jordan District that is, changeable and whimsical as a woman, isn't she)) realized that, in educating all the children of all the people, it did not have to be done in the middle of the day. She finally came to realize that factories, when demand mounted and orders piled up, did not keep building so that workers could be on day shift No, factories put on another shift. So it is, there in the fliture with our high schools. See, that huge new high school is organized so that one set of stu-dents and teachers is ready to go at 7:00 a.m. runs 5 one-ho- class-es, then at 12:00 goes to its audi-torium period, after which buses take them home. The next set of students and teachers, who have their auditorium period over by 12:00 goes on through its 5 one-ho-classes. The buses gather the first group and get them to school for the 7:00 o'clock opener. Then the buses go gather the second group and get them to school by I I .00 for its auditorium period. After the first group's auditorium activity, statis-tical period, buses take first group home or to work; then take the second group home just after 5 :00 o'clock. Modern trends in education tend to require a student to be "on his own" 40 of his school time, do his reading and studying, without the close supervision of baby sitters, naively called teachers. This arrangement would require a self-starti- type of secondary pupil, but she (Jordan District, that is) has not been asleep. Recogniz-ing that delinquency does not sud-denly happen overnight, she has watched delinquent tendencies in the lower grades, and with a system which even held some of the little "holy terrors" in limited restraint, has developed a crop of secondary pupils who can "people" those groups 1 pointed forward to, pre-viously. One principal could handle both groups, with a vice principal over each corps of teachers, one for the first or A.M. group, another vice principal for the second or P.M. group. School would be held with-out interruption. All assemblies would come in the auditorium per-iod, games would be played at night or on Saturday, but school will be held daily, on schedule an invio-late schedule. 1 also see ahead there when the Superintendent of Jordan School District finally stood with the teach-ers in a salary discussion, finally took his place as the champion of the educators within his district &MEMBER" From An Old Timer, Jackson, Mich.: I remember back in the days when it was fashionable to pay respects to elders and to ladies. Nowadays, neither seems to be too much in style. Time was when a lady stepped onto a streetcar, every man sit-ting would rise to his feet and offer her a seat. Now, all men do when a woman boards a bus is to look the other way unless, of course, she is young and pretty. That's a different story. A pretty girl usually is offered a seat. An old lady, who really needs to sit down, is often ignored. Kids? You can still find some with proper manners and respect for their elders but too many of them are rude, arrogant and I've heard all the arguments and excuses. They say, "If a woman wants to work and com-pete with men for jobs, then she gives up some privileges." How so? Unless a woman is doing ille-gal or immoral work, she is no less the lady because she works for a paycheck as well as she works in her own home. And the kids. Parents will say you can't expect them to act like the kids of yesterday, that times are different. We are just as obli-gated, in this space age, to teach and to train our children as were our ancestors In the horse and bue?y days. (Srnd rentrlbstlsns Is this seisms In The Old Timer, Cemmsnltr Press Srrvtre. Box M, Franktsrl, Kentseky.) CSsj2fV'? ' v' v V? 4 ' y - . ''.:. a I fSlit S V I '- - Tin tr trlllilHI '""'-- ' 'V iViSi-'-a h-- ff I -- ft l. s sT .t 1 ) Tj laiBs ssjpihs s.Ofit-t.C- tf !. 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The stories have been pre-pared by the Utah Tourist and Pub-licity Council. Each week a different sector will be featured.) The opening of fishing sea-son June 2 will be an ideal time for Utahns to get out and see some of the magnificent scenery of the Beehive State. ' While enroute to and from your favorite fishing spot this season, make it a point to stop and visit our National Parks and Monuments, state parks and other scenic attractions. Fishing, combined with auto-mobile touring, helps citizens enjoy and appreciate their noma state more. Anglers at Panguitch Lake, Navajo Lake, Mammoth Creek, Asay Creek and other spots in Garfield, Iron, Kane and Wash-ington Counties, for example, are only a short drive away from the many scenic wonders of southwestern Utah, includ-ing Bryce Canyon, Zion Na tional Park, Cedar Breaks Na-tional Monument, Dixie State Park and others. Fishermen going to Fish Lake, the Fremont River, Boulder Mountain and other lakes and streams on the Aquarius Plateau should take a little extra time to visit Wayne Wonderland, Capitol Reef, Goblin Valley and other points on State Highway 24. The opening of fishing sea-son could be an excellent time to treat your family and see Utah. While dad fishes, Mom and the kids can enjoy the scenery and the wonderful Utah outdoors. And for the fisherman and family who do not like to "rough it" at camp-grounds, there are many fine lodges, motels and cabins with-in easy access of fishing spots. Fishing in Provo and Amer-ican Fork Canyons, Heber Valley and lakes and streams of the Wasatch Front also af-fords the wise angler an excel lent opportunity to travel over the Alpine Loop, visiting Tim-panog- os Cave, Heber, Wasatch State Park, Midway and other mountain communities. No matter how the fish are biting ... no matter how full the creel, don't be too intent on fishing that you miss the scenic splendor around you. In northern Utah, Bear Lake, Logan River, Hyrum Reser-voir, Ogden River, Weber River and Blacksmith Fork fishermen will be close to the many points of interest in Box Elder, Cache, Morgan and Weber Counties. Uintah Basin fishermen will have opportunity to visit Dino-saur National Monument, the Fieldhouse of Natural History in Vernal, Flaming Gorge Dam and other scenic spots. With more than 180,000 anglers expected to clog the highways of Utah on the open- - jng, the smart fisherman will drive with caution while trav-eling to and from his favorite lake, reservoir or stream. What's Goin' On in Utah: June 1 Vernal, Uintah Basin Livestock Show. June 2 Logan, Annual Cache Valley Dairy Fes-tival. June 2 Vernal, Horse Show (Uintah Basin Livestock Show). June 2 Fishing Season opens. June 6-- 8 Price, American Institute of Mechanical Engineers National Con-vention. June 7 Provo, Planetar-ium Lecture, "The Hea-vens Declare the Glory of God," at BYU Sum-merha- ys Planetarium. June 0 Vernal, State American Legion Con-vention. Tor further Information contact D. James Cannon, director. Utah Tourist and Publicity Council. 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