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Show 22 MONDAY, NOVEMBER 25 Utah Coufty. Utah 7 DAILYHERALD| i Quotes in the News Soviet Russia to Try For Diplomatic Recognition For the East Germans (Reg. U.S. Pat. Off.) By UNITED PRFSS BERKELEY, Calif. — Dr. Edward Teller, chief architect of the hydrogen bomb, on Russia's re| cent scientific advances “We have lost a major battle in science — a battle greater than Pearl Harbor." dents work much longer and (Education—First of a Series harder, and receive far more inBy LOUIS CASSELS United Press Staff Correspondent tensive training in science, mathand languages, than WASHINGTON UP) — Two ematics Soviet official American students. years ago, a t President Eisenhower had all of told an eri educator who these facts in mind when he said was visit Russia in his Nov. 14 broadcast that “We're not going to fight a hot war with you. We’re going to lick strengthening U. S. schools fs “the most critical problem’ conyou in the classroom Few Americans v prepared fronting the ‘nation in its race in 1955 to take this Soviet boast with Russia for sgientifie and military supremacy. seriously. The U. S. school system Scientists Echo President despite its ‘‘temporary” shortages The President’s warning since of space and faculty, was widely has been echoed by leading sciregarded then as the best in the world. Russia was credited with entists and educators and by mila few good technical schools but lions of parents who were conits overall educational system was cerned about the state of dur | schools long before Sputnik I and considered rather primitive. | II Complacency Rudely Shaken While everyone seems to agree Three recent developments have shaken rudely such American that America needs better schools, a United Press survey disclosed complacency: 1. Disclosure that Russia is a wide range of views on the kind training far more scientists and of improvements most urgently engineers than the United States. needed. Some critics are calling for Russian schools graduate 60,000 engineers a year to our 34,000; drastic reforms in the content and 8,000 Ph.D.’s in science to our philosophy of American education. They say high school and college 6,000. 2. Sputniks I and II blasted curriculums must be overhauled any notion that Russia is sacrific- | from top to bottom. They would) ing quality for quantity in tech- restore emphasis to solid intellec- | tual achievement and the teaching | nical education. 3. A U. 8. Office of Education of basic subjects—not only math! and science, but also history, geo- | report showed that Russian stu-| graphy, foreign languagés, Eng-| lish grammar and literature. Rear Adm. H. G. Rickover, noted atomic scientist, ta Federation “scholastic standards” must be Approves side criticism. s one of 17 r the anual convention. Ot maj actions ar 1 of a merit s} for sa ‘ish and € nel and adoptem for the de- iment. the low a mimum for game code vio- or parse a lectors of external residue.’ | U. S. and Soviet education.) | | shows Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, wife of the late President, the keys with which he opened the doors of the newB'nai B’rith Building during dedication ceremonies (UP Telephoto) Four Utahns Utah nominees are Dr. Nelson of Russell the University of Utah and Salt Lake General Hospital who developed artificial heart and lungs to be used during surgery and Marion D. Hanks, member of the First Council of Seventy Latter-day Saints Church. Also named were former middle ht boxing champion Gene mer of West Jordan and Roc- co ‘Seiten, former Salt Lake City resident now. a special assistat to President Eisenhower. Announcement of, the nominations was made by Ted Anderson, Salt Lake City, during a Jaycee meeting here. Anderson is national Jaycee vice president in charge of the selections this year. Dr. Nelson was nominated by Gov. George D. Clyde, Fullmer won the vote of the West Jordan Jaycees, Hanks was nominated by Salt Lake atterney Russell C. Harris and Siciliano by Dr. Dick D. Wetzel, a Salt Lake pediatrician The 10 winners will be “an| nounced in Phoenix, Ariz., Jan. 18. 2 for One SALE -IN HOLIDAY DRESS FOR GRACIOUS GIVING! 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Ash for Sunny Brook Kentucky Blended Whiskey! & by Rep. on John the President f ackr E 1 Robert sed { said t ¢ some of them : had delit se secrecy for js which accountable, secrecy extended the: are the to not arg&- becomes unten- CHICAGO ‘illiam Stacey, 24, a profession baby photographer | who has confessed ‘killing the 16SAN. FRANCISCO (UP Westy i mother of a child -e was | ern motorists got some bad news Sunday from the Nationa: Bureau lot of people think | of Casualty Underwriters Motorists will more for auto liability in C fornia and s other Weste FOUR DIE IN FIRE | states next year SUTTON, W. Va. (UP “There is no alternative,’ the Gasobureau said, reporting that in line used acc ally in a coal 1956 companies suffered a loss of heating stove was blamed today 7.9 per cent on auto liability in- for a fire that destroyed a rural surance, or more than 64 million home Sur a mother and three of dollars. en. Police said father The bureau, a rating organiza- | the injured seriously, tossed gasoline instead of kerosene tion with a membership of firms that write c sualty ins r- | into the stove. They said. one of ance, said the increased cost of the youngsters apparently filled settling accident claims is to the can with gas. The only surblame for the increase. ' viving child received minor burns. HOLLYWOOD BEDS YOU GET * zine ; Pemarks Be Increased M. sentence. (D-Calif.) edgement Rates for Car g Men of the Year’’ Professional educators say these criticisms are intemperate and unfair. Most acknowledge a need for some curriculum ‘‘adjustments’’ to increase emphasis on science, mathematics and other basic studies. But they oppose sweeping changes which would upset the | “‘balarice” of American education or deprive students of freedom to SIGNS OF THE TIME choose courses which meet their| CHICAGO (UP)— A Chicagoan individual ‘“‘life needs.” edvertises his car-wash business with a huge sign that reads ‘‘col- | (Next: A detailed comparison of | WASHINGTON Moss gove dinner meetings at whic) ment officials are enabled to make Liability to NIXON, ELEANOR—Vice President Richard M. } sacri patient endurance.” “When se professors lations be e blished as a guide for justices of e peace | The federation also voiced op- | Position to creation of a Dinosaur National Park and asked that the Utah Board of Big Game Control be given authority to designate | the color of deer hunting clothing. must be prepared for er's security that Cutle of busin probably Nominated For Awards are so bemused by thei fe-adjustment” theories of education that they have “‘lost sight of the real functions of a school —to present an organized body of knowledge and teach children to use their minds effectively.” Millions of American youths, Smith, are being taught to fe cars, weave baskets, se mates, and behave grace3 “party’’ when they should be learning to solve quadratic equations, conduct experiments in organic chemistry, n during the group's is dence that the world peaceful, we should make up minds once and for a WASHINGTON — Vice President Richard M. Nixon, warning that | Russia has launched a new political offensive behind its scientific| achievements “Until we have concrete evi- raised sharply at every level of) U.S. education. He contends they have become so lax that the average American college graduate has less real education than a |graduate of European high | schools.” SALT LAKECITY (UP)— Four Mortimer Smith, executive sec- Utah natives, successful in fields PROVO (UP)— The Utah Wildlife Federation Sunday approved retary of the Council for Basic ranging from medicine to prize unanimot the U. S. Fores | Education, said U. S. schools are have been nominated as Ce d by professional educaice’ n on Utah wate »s for the U. S. Junior and urged more rs who turn a deaf ear to all of Commerce's ‘10 Out- Forest Plan | | | |