Of This and That
By Betha Digree
Don’t forget the rummage sale
that wilt be held at Clark’s Garage
show-room tomorrow . . . The lad
ies of St. James the Fisherman
Episcopal Church have been busily
engaged in collecting items that
might be just what you have been
needing but can’t find . . .
Have you heard that there will
be a Carnival at the National Guard
Armory on Saturday, September
2? St. Mary’s Altar Society of the
Catholic Church are putting it on
... Plan to be there and join in the
fun . . .
A A A
One hears many teenagers be
moaning their lack of facilities for
amusement . . . Magazines feature
articles suggesting various solu
tions . . . Some (fortunately not
all) parents join in the plea that
the community help the boys and
girls fill their idle hours.
The time has come, it seems to
us, to call a halt to the trend toward
wrapping youngsters in cotton, and
making of them spineless, helpless
characters incapable of realizing
that they must contribute as well
as accept.
The following article, submitted
by one of our readers, appears to
contain a logical, sensible answer
to the pathetic, tiresome cry of
“Just nothing to do!” . . .
Always we hear the plaintive
cry of the teenager; What can we
do? . . . Where can we go? The an
swer is GO HOME. Hang the storm
window, paint the woodwork, rake
the leaves, mow the lawn. Shovel
the walk. Wash the car, learn to
cook, scrub the floors. Repair the
sink, build a boat, get a job. Help
the minister, priest, or rabbi, the
Red Cross, the Salvation Army.
Visit the sick, and then when you
are through—and not too tired—
read a book.
Your parents do not owe you en
tertainment. Your city or village
does not owe you recreational fa
cilities. The world does not owe
you a living ... You owe the world
something. You owe it your time
and energy and your talents so that
no one will be at war or in poverty
or sick and lonely again. In plain,
simple words, GROW UP; quit be
ing a cry baby. Get out of your
dream world and develop a back
bone, not a wishbone, and start
acting like a man.
You’re supposed to be mature
enough to accept some of the re
sponsibility your parents have car
ried for years. They have nursed,
protected, helped, appealed,
begged, excused, tolerated, and de
nied themselves needed comforts
so that you could have every bene
fit. This they have done gladly for
you are their dearest treasure. But
now you have no right to expect
them to bow to your every whim
and fancy just because selfish ego
instead of common sense dominates
your personality, thinking and re
quests. In Heaven’s name, GROW
UP and GO HOME.
Nelda Stone, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. William Stone, left for Seattle
Tuesday morning. She will spend a
few days with the John Molletti
family in Kent, Washington, then
go on to Portland, Oregon.
While in Portland she will take
a Junior Red Cross Leader Train
ing course August 20 through Au
gust 26. There she will learn what
part the high school students can
play in the Red Cross program in
their home towns as well as on the
national level.
Nelda will present greetings
from Kodiak Mayor Merrill Coon to
Portland Mayor Sehrunk. In answer
to a request from the Portland Red
Cross, she also took an Alaskan
parka with her, which was loaned
by Emil Kmidsen.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Negovanna
returned Sunday from a vacation
in California. They also visited Tia
juana, Mexico for a short time. The
Negovannas’ were gone three
weeks.
SCHOOL OF TOMORROW?
Team Teaching
Is Bold Approach
Today’s high school: standard
classes of 25 to 35 students meeting
five days a week on v inflexible
schedules, learning isolated subject
matter in 40 to 50 minute periods.
Today’s faculty: subject teachers
who preside alone over this captive
classroom, may teach the same
material to three sections of a class
in a given day, and join forces with
other teachers only when it’s as
sembly program time.
Tomorrow’s high school will
knock down this academic isola
tion in favor of a bold new ap
proach that cuts to the heart of the
learning process—via team teach
ing.
There’ll be two kinds of teach
ers on the team—the specialist, who
will teach subject matter to large
groups of students, not individual
classes; and the general teacher
qualified but with less experience,
who will shine as leader of small
discussion groups.
Teaching Time Cut
According to the special com
mission appointed by the National
As-ociation of School Principals
which concocted this revolutionary
approach, it’s conceivable for a
teacher to have two mornings ab
solutely free for planning. Instead
of teaching about 26 or 27 hours
a week, today’s average, he’ll prob
ably spend only 18 hours a week
with student groups.
As leader of his team, he’ll need
those other hours for research,
building teaching aids, and evalu
ating the results of the, academic
program.
New faces—and new titles—will
be added to the team. A group of
instruction assistants will correct
papers, man libraries, help out on
field trips, and generally relieve
the professional for actual teach
ing.
Routine duties, like keeping rec
ords, handling supplies, and grad
ing objective tests — which now
cut deeply into the classroom teach
er’s day—will be handled by clerks,
and a group of general aides will
take over supervisory duties in
cafeteria and auditorim, and at
school performances — chores us
ually handed to teachers.
With this highly-charged battery
of workers and helpers available,
the ordinary class day will be re
generated. Traditional periods,
marked by bells, will be scrapped.
Instead, the school will be organ
ized around three kinds of activi
ties: large-group instruction (per
haps 100 students at a time); sem
inar study (a type of student
teacher bull session where terms
and concepts are analyzed in lively
discussion); and individual study
(each student cut loose from or
ganized classes for solo study in or
out of the school).
No Stereotyped Curriculum
Now that English 1 no longer
meets at 9 five days a week, the
matter of deciding how much Eng
lish, and what size groups falls in
the laps of the faculty. They build
the curriculum themselves, rather
than having a curriculum imposed
on them. Experience and tested re
sults determine when and how the
subject matter should be altered
or stepped up.
Why is such a dramatic overhaul
proposed by the commission?
Today’s high school students
don’t learn, they merely memorize,
say the commission members. Dis
cussion is a rarity in a classroom.
The teacher declaims, the class
recites.
The new approach should teach
a student to think and to solve
problems, to relate the knowledge
he’s acquired, and to find the rea
sons behind the facts.
Will it cost more to staff such a
high school with team teachers and
assistants?
The commission says no. By par
celling out non-professional duties
to non-teachers, often on a part
time, pay-by-the-hour basis, money
is saved to pay teacher specialists
a better-than-average salary. Fewer
professional teachers will be need
ed under the new system, too.
Girl Scout Leader
Honored At Party
Members of Girl Scout Troop 21,
in town, honored Mrs. J. L. How
ard with a surprise going away
party at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Charles H. Coker on Monday eve
ning, August 14. Mrs. Howard has
been the adult leader for troop 21
for several years and will leave
very soon for Fallin, Nevada where
she and Lt. Cmdr. Howard and
family will spend their next tour
of duty. Lt. Cmdr. Howard is the
Administrative Officer on the
Naval Station.
During the evening the members
of Troop 21 presented Mrs. Howard
with a hand-painted Alaska Flag.
She also received a folder of ap
preciation from Mrs. Norman Sut
liff, chairman of the Community
Committee for her outstanding
work with and for the girls of this
community. A bronze statuette
was given to Mrs. Howard for work
with the troop. She has been very
active in the summer camping pro
gram for this troop and this sum
mer, Girl Scouts from other troops
in town attended camp held at Is
land Lake under the leadership of
Mrs. Howard. Mrs. Howard has
given a great deal of time and ef
fort to the Girl Scout program in
Kodiak.
Calling during the evening were
members of the Girl Scout com
mittees and friends: Mr. and Mrs.
Alva Thompson, Mr. and Mrs. Pe
ter Ramaglia, Rev. and Mrs. Lewis
E. White, Mr. Robert Acheson, Mrs.
Lloyd Cannon, Mrs. Norman Sut
liff, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Daniels,
Cmdr. J. L. Howard and Mr. C. H.
Coker.
Refreshments were served by the
members of Troop 21.
Silver Wedding
Anniversary For
Al Naughtons’
Twenty-five years of marriage
were celebrated by Mr. and Mrs.
Albert Naughton at a Silver wed
ding anniversary party held at the
Elks Club on Saturday evening.
Albert, who was born at Katalla,
Alaska, and Dora, originally from
Afognak, Alaska, were married in
Kodiak on August 11, 1936. They
have made their home here since
their marriage.
Approximately one-h undred
friends of the couple were present
to extend their best wishes to the
Naughtons.” A buffet supper was
served, followed by dancing.
Rena Corgatelli
Vacations Here
Miss Rena Corgatelli, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Barney Corgatelli,
Sr., arrived home Tuesday morning
to spend her vacation with her
parents.
Miss Corgatelli plans to remain
here for six weeks, then she will
return to Seattle to resume her
studies at Seattle University.
School Opening Date Set For Sept 5
Kodiak public schools will open
September 5. An increase in en
rollment over that of last year will
force the Board to reopen the
Down Town school building. At
least three classrooms are to be
used in the Down Town building
if enrollment reaches the figure
expected.
All grades from kindergarten
through high school will be en
rolled on Monday, August 28 in
the Main building. The doors will
be open from 9 till 12, and again
from 1 till 4 on that day. A regular
run of the school bus will begin
at 9 o’clock on the Navy Base and
return to the Base when those high
Griffin Memorial
Hospital Notes
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A daughter, Linda Ann, weighing
7 lbs. 15 ozs., was born on August
17 to Patricia and Jerry Johnson.
Many people buying homes make
part of the down payment with Sav
ings Bonds put away for that pur
pose. That’s a good example for
newlyweds to follow.
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school students have compietea en
rolling.
A general faculty meeting will be
held Saturday morning, September
2, at 10 o’clock in the high school
library.
BARBER
Bob Schumacher should be com
mended for his alertness. Last
week a car parked in front of
the Bank, with a small child in
t, started rolling away from the
curb. Bob dashed out of his shop
and
CHASED
down the street after it. Luckily,
he caught the car before it
struck another vehicle parked
in front of PNA.
A
-nother 10 seconds and there
would have been another acci
dent on our streets. It was sure
a close shave for the owner, and
it points out a good rule: Don’t
.eave children in unattended
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