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Show 2 from &. The Herald 'Journal William K Wehh aid the sard, whose admixMons are about gates bebeved the matter sug- - refused jlutions the delegates further study U was the only one of 35 res i 'a adopt. evenly divided between public and private s; bool bos, and jYale, of v.hose students about 55 per cent come from private preparatory sthools On the whole, said these thiee of. iters, Lojs from schools show better initial prepar-- ! ation for college and usual, y do bet'er for the first semester or two But after that the pun'ic school tojs tend to catch up to and outstrip the private school bovs Of the 29 students elected to Phi Beta Kappa, national honorary scholastic fraternity, at Colgate this year, 25 came from public high schools and 4 came fiom private s hoots; at Harvard the ratio was 17 to 7. and at Yale it was 45 to 34. This speaks a cl! for the public high schools, though it mu-- t be remembeted j THOTS AND THINGS t- - Under-Ag- e t f rs 1 Driving VE HAD THE FLEASURE yesterday of meeting with a few parents at the junior high school and talking over the subject of juveniles and automobllrs. PTA program chairman for parents day, Dr. Alison Thome, explained that in many families the problem of teen-ag- e dm mg has become rather serious. Youngsters under the age of 16 want especially on certain to drive cars unlawful for under-16eis It occasions. to drive, since the state dries not drivissue driving licenses to would-bers until they are at least 16. Furthormoi e, there have come many complaints about careless or show-of- f , I X . I;. ( Local Parents Consider Problem Of TTar-- i plbilr high schools; t. private I u: - yil rs driving by older THEY SHOULD BE HAPPY Thomas Lopeman and his family have every reason to be happy a geologist confirmed the claim that theres uranium on Lopemans farm in Peoria, III. Things have been rough for the family (14 children) but they hope therell be better things ahead after the government inspects and approves teen-ager- s. the find. SOME OF THE PARENTS at the meeting made this point: My boy comes to us and wants to take the car. We tell him he can't, for it Is against the law to drive unless he has an operator's license, and he cant get one . of those until hes 16. under 16 are taking kids He replies that lots of other does so 'Joe and car. Bill, and Ed and has one, the family I? all drive. cant Frank. They Why THE LARGER VIEW d be very fussv about admissions. ALL IN ALL, it seems safe to say that our public schools are going as good a job and perhaps a bette job than they did a generation ago. KtA the task ia a much bigger orje today. NRA Refusal Public Schools Probably Do A The parents emphasized that our very society is based upon order and discipline and statutes; if we dont support them, confusion results, and soon a breakdown of our entire social fabric. The law states that juveniles under 16 must not operate motor vehicles autos, trucks and scooters. The law encourages parents to teach their children the fundamentals Belter All-Arou- of good driving before the youngsters reach 16 but the writing arithmetic? . just as V'v 4 OFFICERS TO WHOM WE had talked prior to the meeting all acknowledged that pressure of companions habits, regarding driving, Is unfair to the youngster who is trying to uphold the driving law, and whose parents ask him to ''IS t0(Jays PU P i ' 14 uYf Do 1 r - jrvl casting, auto- driving, band, and athletics, at the expense of English, history, r. Nielsen languages and math? THESE AND many other questions are being asked today by w i rlcd parents and by some educators in many parts of the country. And there is a minority group of vociferous critics who say that the schools are failing in their job. The questions are all to the good. Honest questions about our schools and intelligent criticism should be welcomed by any educator. But snap judgments based on hearsay should be avoided like the plague. Our nation has 30 million youngsters in grammar and high school. The job of educating them for today's world Is a complex one. Whatever improvements can be made In our schools and everyone will admit that they are not perfect must be made gradually and through the combined qfforts of intelligent, sympathetic citizens and professional educators. I THINK THE answers to the questions stated above would be a combination of yes and no. And the answer would surely not be the same for every school In every part of the country. AN INTERESTING attempt was made in Cleveland, Ohio, a few years ago at comparing the achievement of modern-da- y pupils with that of school kids of a hundred years ago. Someone found copies of a special test given in 1843 to the 40 best pupils in the Cleveland schools. Scores made by the kids of 1848 were also found, and the ages of the pupils who took the test. It was decided to give the same test to 40 of the brightest kids from four Cleveland junior high schools in do so. Said Sheriff Malmberg: "There are a lot of youngsters under 16 driving in the county. We are doing our best to solve the pi ollem. The fundamental blame rests with parents who let their children drive, who buy them motor scooters, and even (a few) help underage boys purchase cars. child to take the family car, or "To allow his under-1- 6 means one of his that a parent Is encouraging to buy own, law. A the for parent actually is contributing to disrespect the delinquency of his minor. "If parents would get together and agree not to let their children drive cars to school, in defiance of statutes, they could help eliminate many juvenile delinquency troubles. A car at school encourages sluffing of classes, lalllgagging around after school, driving carelessly and recklessly to show off. "Cooperation of parents must be secured if we are to solve the juvenile traffic problem. If parents encourage children to defy the law, they are driving the first wedge into the childs respect for law and order." Or words to that effect. TROOPER ED PITCHER of the state highway patrol made similar observations, but the last issue he carried a step further. If a parent allows his child to drive under-age- , he Is Inferring that the boy can shut his eyes to law. The boy may carry this defiance of law a few steps further break speed laws, disregard stop signs, and so on. Then ultimately this disrespect for parental authority and the father and mother may find that they planted the seed, or assisted In its planting, that resulted in their child's defiance of public law and family authority. Trooper Pitcher noted also that if some parents allow children to drive, they make it tough for their under-ag- e other parents because of the youths complaint: Johnnys dad lets him take the car. Why cant I? Reducing the age limit to 14 or 12, for driver licensing, would not be good, for children under 16 are not ready to handle a car physically, emotionally or mentally. Some teens are our best drivers," Trooper Pitcher said. "But in general, the under-1- 6 boy or girl is under a great handicap in operating an instrument that has the lethal possibilities of an auto." Ho spend too much time on fudge- - U B Mr JUT NaPORTLAND. Ore. V-- Tlie tional Reclamation Association refused yesterday to approve a resolution reaffirming the administration's power partnership development policy. eastern universities for an opinDelegates to the NRAs 23rd ion on this subject: Colgate, a annual convention tabled a resolution favoring the partnership small independent school which policy advocated by President gets 60 per cent of its students Eisenhower. Secretary - manager Job Today nd BY M. I,. NIELSEN ARE OUR PUBLIC schools today as good as the schools of a generaUon ago? Did the school kids in Ameiica a hundred years ago learn more . ' ' history, geogra- phy, read i n g. and , child must not be behind the wheel. Operating a motor scooter when not of age is serious law violation as driving a car. that the three universities mentioned above are institutions and as such can privately-endowe- e F zee Turkey Purchase Over $109 4 . Regular 199.95 16.00 Down. Handsome Lawson-stjle- 11.00 Month divan bed covered d with Jacquard frieze in green or gray. All hardwood constructed frame rigidly Joined. Stabilizer bar Harmony House 1947. THE 1848 CHILDREN range from age 10 to 19. nine of them being 15 or over. The 1947 students were 12 to 14 and were in the eighth grade a placement that was considered comparable to that of the earlier group. Well continue the teen-ag- e The examination included ten driving discussion tomorrow. questions each on dcfinitition of words, mental arithmetic, written arithmetic, American history, grammar, and geography. The 1848 kids won handily In grammar and geography and were slishtly better in American history, but the students of 1947 made a better over-a- ll score, showing themselves superior in Ril CHICAGO, Sewell L. j and defeat the raiding parties definitions of words, mental arith81, and his youthful rival, ing organized. metic and written arithmetic. financier Louis E. Wolfson, took Wolfson and Avery have been Actually the over-al- l score for off the wraps today in their bat-- ! open antagonists since last sum !hetvo groups was very close: tie to control the Montgomery mer when the Florida financier 38 5 per cent for the 1843 kids and 39 8 per cent for the kids of Ward mail order empire. publicity launched a campaign to 1947. Wolfson, 42, issued a statement w in enough proxies to wrest conA LOT OF OTHER cities In the from his Miami, Fla., headquart- trol of Montgomery Ward from country have given similar tests, ers calling Avery a philosopher Averys grasp. though most of them don't reach Three-Wa- y of gloom and doom and chalStraggle back as far as the Cleveland the three-waof veteran y chairman lenging It became a struggle exam. And in every case it has y Wards to a debate this week when Fred Saigh, form- been found that todays grade before the firms stockholders. er owner of the St. Louis Card- school children score as high as, Wolfsons blast was in answer inals, said he, too, was bidding and yester-dav- s generally than, higher to a precedent breaking new s for control, kids on comparative tests j conference called by Avery here Wolfson, in a detailed attack wih the exception of two sub on Wednesday. released early today, charged jects. The pupils of 20 or 33 or-Avery called Wolfsons tactics Avery with gambling the future hundred yegrs ago beat the and of Montgomery Ward and the In- modern kids all hollow in "savage, rotten, crooked spellvowed his management will "use vestment of 68.000 shareholders and geography. Something ing every legitimate means to resist on a depression. should be done about that. SpellAvery, he said, has clearly de- ing is atwajs important, and a fined his philosophy of gloom deeent knowledge of geography and doom against mine of faith is more important today by far in the future prosperity of our na- than it was a hundred years ago. tion. IT SHOULD BE noted, howHe charged that Averys de- ever. that then and now tests fense of his refusal to expand and of this type dont take into his frequent dismissal of top account a lot of things pupils executives are actually an ad- learn these days which were not mission of the charges I have in the curriculum in 1S90. 1900, made. or even in 1920. And some of these Wolfson announced he would new courses are valuable. 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