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Show THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1975 PAGE 3 PAUL HARVEY NEWS Adult Bald Eagle Count Up Now Emerging By PAUL HARVEY (c) 175, Los Angelei Timet Todays young people are taller, statistically handsomer, healthier, smarter and more capable than any generation which preceded theirs. Except they cant read or write. A million American teenagers, 12 to 17, cannot read or write at a fourth-grad- e level! - The Illiterate Generation A million American young- sters are illiterate. THEY LEARN a little bit about a lot of things in school, but they are not learning reading, writing and 'rithmetic. So they get to college. They want to be journalists. And they cant even spell. This year 200 students applied for admission to the University of Wisconsins school of journalism and most of them 125 of them were turned away because they did not have even a basic understanding of the English language. They needed only 56 correct answers out of 90-a- nd still couldn't cut it. One of the washouts said, "Why should I have to know about commas and hyphens and stuff like that?" At the University of Illinois, a freshman writes, I could of done better in finals if I wouldn't of broke my leg at exam time. should be construed as cor- rect. trance exams have scored in language skills y year for 12 years, and this year's decline was the steepest yet. Maybe teachers have been spending too much time striking when they should have been teaching. And. lest you run out ot things to worry about, out of this generation's students will come the next generaev-w- Dr. Dwayne Bliss, assistant superintendent for administration in the schools of Corpus Christi, Tex., says discipline problems are worsened by marginal literacy. They cant read and they get bored; they get bored and they get in trouble. The situation is worsening, not improving. High school graduates taking college en ONLY EIGHT per cent of this years Illinois freshmen passed the writing proficiency entrance test. tion's teachers. AD EFFECTIVE OCT. FULLY AUTOMATIC 23, 24, 1 $159.97 that street Jays Chevron 2 West Main, Tremonton w WILSON FRESH $1 25 8 TAltflMES COUNTRY PACK BULK STYLE PORK SAUSAGE U.S. FURTHER DELETERIOUS is the insistence by some At 25 COLLEGES and universities, pinched financially and forced to increase enrollments this year, are waiving freshman writing requirements. So you can get into college, through college and out with a degree and remain functionally illiterate. How do they understand their textbooks? They dont always. Elliott Anderson, professor of English at Northwestern, admits that many teachers do not bother to correct grammar in student essays. 35mm SLR CAMERA 1972. Raptors other than eagles MANY TOPCON have been the most often seen bird in the summer surveys which were begun in Utah Vehicle Inspection Station Division personnel surveyed 55 routes statewide and counted eight adult and one juvenile bald eagles and 45 adult and 18 juvenile golden eagles. The total of 96 eagles was the same as 1974's when one more route was surveyed. In 1973, 119 eagles were seen, while 113 were sighted in 1972. ! bag your teats Universities should not have to teach students to read and write. Part of the problem is grade inflation in high school. Head em up, move em out, pass everybody! Albert Tillman, University of Illinois, blames television. He says children are watching instead of reading. totaled 364. Some 296 sparrow hawks were counted making them the most commonly seen species. They The number of adult bald eagles counted on the annual Utah Division of Wildlife Resources summer survey increased this year over numbers seen in the past. 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