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^ Yff V,»^SV**7 £»"*^ f®^^T¥7|5^5* •fhursday; July 27, 1944 ?ii -------------- - - ' *•-; p "• <wip «WH"WIIF» THE McHinrSY PLAINDIAIEX Washington Di92St» U. S. School System Faces | Greatest Crisis in History f elective Service Auxiliary Branches Make ty Draft on Teaching Personnel; Higher Wages Necessary. SPRING GROVE Ja m 'm0<: ; By ' BAUJtHAGE ^ Wms Analyst and Commentator, vit-'. m (B m •Ml (# It •t* IfrNU Service, Union Trust Building Washington, D. C. Recently, the fate of the Churchill government hung on school teach- ; ;#rs' salaries. The opposition threatlehed to defeat a government-spon- 'Xsored measure because it didn't pro- Vide for making women teachers' •claries equal to men's. The opposition finally yielded for the sal» of harmony but the issue is not dead. :ff.4 Today a report outlining what are : jifescribed as "revolutionary changes raise the social status of teachers ® Great Britain and make their I profession attractive" is before Parliament. , „ jAny informed Englishman admits Vffcat the American public school sys- "tem offers far more to the general public than the British system. At the same time, our own school system faces one of the greatest arises in its history and, likewise, some of the greatest changes. One jtfmple reason for the crisis can be stated in a sentence: American •chools have lost 200,000 competent, well-prepared teachers since Pearl Harbor. „ . Selective service and voluntary enlistment have made a heavy draft ori the men, and you have no idea J*ow many WACs and WAVES, Maipnes and SPARS stepped out of the schoolroom into their natty uniforms. * Of course, high wages in industry lured many a teacher fromthe three Rs, too. And why not? The average teacher's salary is only about $1.550 a year. This year 44,000 teachers were ffaid less than $260 a year. That . Wouldn't buy slacks and "old fashfbneds" "for a new-fashioned lady war-worker. Two hundred fifty-four thousand teachers received under a hundred dollars a month. My figures are from the Journal of the National ' Education association. "Already many classrooms have been closed," says this periodical, "and thousands of others are so overcrowded that effective teaching is impossible." If these trends Continue muah longer, the magazine predicts, education wifi be cut off v«t its source right at a time when ' it has a tremendous job ahead reeducating a generation which has keen subjected to highly abnormal Surroundings and educating another Which will have to help recreate a formal,' if a somewhat . altered, world. Higher Salaries Needwd In this country, as in England, the first step in the solution of the jfiiroblem is higher salaries, the next f$ better working conditions, the third is an active campaign to at- : tract young people to the profession. But before these steps are accomf lished, an interim effort is necesary, and it has already begun-- •n organized effort urging capable tiigh school seniors to prepare for , the teaching profession. "Many state groups have begun campaigns of various kinds, Jmd the National Education association, itself, has appropriated $8,500 vlfbr this purpose. Hundreds of thousands of pamphlets and leaflets ^ave been prepared and distributed. Realizing that those attractive posters of girls in uniforms had a lot to do with recruiting women for the 1 armed services, one of the artists Who helped lure private, sergeant lir lieutenant Smith out of the school bouse, has been hired to try to lure |ier back when the war is over, or Attract her young civilian sister. I haven't seen one of these posters yet, but I hope they do -the job, for the task ahead for the teacher and the' opportunities that the profession will offer are both bound to expand tremendously due to the situation which will follow the war. This will spring from two causes, fhe first is a part of a universal i'lemand which is already being ^eard abroad as well as at home, when~any group, formal or informal, gets together to talk over postwar conditions. Plenty of ridicule is hurled by the so-called hard-headed citizens at the postwar planners y/hose name is legion. But congress has already learned that there is one brass-tacks phase of war-planning »that can't be labelled as amiable day-dreaming and ignored. That is exemplified in the so-called "GI bill of rights"which includes the "billion ^dollar program" for education for returning veterans,.. Educational Demand* The bill will pass congress and will be signed. The soldier, far (By Mrs. Charles Freund) A iar^ crowd attended the chicken dinner and carnival held on St. Peter'3 parish grounds on Sunday. In spite of the rain, over 900 dinners we'e served and people from neighboring towps and various localities were present throughout the day. The special prizes were won by Martin iNimsgern and George W. May. I Mrs. Carl Utesch and Mr. and Mrs. :Ray Meisner and son of Walworth were visitors in the Chafles Behreris home on Sunday. » Private A1 Schmeltzer* of Camp Crowder. Missouri, is spending several •weeks at hishome here. I Mr. and Mrs. John Sanborn, daugh- continuous jter, Harriet, of Chicago spent the week-end with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Mike Huff. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Brit*: and Twice Told Tal«t household goods having been moved < visit to the residence of E. J. Hanly and Mrs out last week by George Meyers, Jr. j on Sunday night, and get away with The butter market was declared some $15 in monev. * bouquet Joel 'Wheeler for a left at our resiednce firm at 17 cents on the Elgin board of trade. The recent and copious rains have been a great boon to the oat and | corn crops. One farmer states that ! he can sit on the fence and See the crops grow. v.-. Page Seven fijWB z re*- We are under obligations to Revt cently. FUjTT YEARS AGO •JWEN*TY YEARS AGO JfteWyr Myers had the misfortune to run a rusty nail into his foot oh Saturday last,, which < will'lay him up ' for a few days. ® • Peter Engeln, who works for C. R. Huber, at the bakery, was thrown from a horse on Monday, his horse stepping on his lace, cutting tand bruising it quite badly. „ The last cement, which gives a John P. "Smith, the jeweler, has cement jroad between treating the front of his store Sherm..a n s, .h ill, west of this citv, to, . . , ... . the city of wW,o od, s.to c.k , was p• o* ured,!, to a coat of paint, and it presents t d on Monday ievening of this week. tasty appearance; E. Perkins is doing the work. The village authorities have put in a new force pump, near the city TTie portable Scliool building, erect-; daughters of Rock Island, the Frank ed here und^r" the direction of the more vt)cal than he has ever been Prosser family of Chicago and Seaman community high school board two hall, and no water for sprinkling before, ancL representing the great- and Mrs. Harry Britz and daughter years ago. and which, since that purposes can be obtained more rapidest group of voters with a single- spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. WH- time has served to, care for the jy^- much valuable timesaved. ness of purpose on the subject of liam Britz and attended the carnival crowded condition of the school • • ' •-- "GI rights" that congress has ever at St. Peter's church. ; building,.,is. no mpre, structure h$y- . SIXTY YJBARS AGO " faced, is going to get what he wants, i Misses Catherine-Gerasch and Lor-|»ng been razed on Tuesday. , ^ 1.-• -5 And the demand fpr greater edu- raine Michaels of* -HcHeniy f-were 1 ; The grade schpol building^ fs' nowh<«Me jhow occupied by Rev. cational opportunities will not be week-end guests tn the Charles undergoing some changes in antlci- PoVers. and owned by Amos Whitlimited to the veteran. , jFreund home. pation of the opening of the fall ing, which is situated near the. steam-! Careful estimates indicate' that, [ Mrs." Nicholas Schmltt, Hilary term. All of the partitions which! boat landing, has been sold to Ma-; postwar education gchmitz, Mr. and MvCfoseph Schmidt were put in two years ago to accom- i thias Weber. Consideration $1,450.; and children and Mrs. Elizabeth modate the overflow, have again been I Married--In Woodstock recently, Brisch, daughter, Virginia, of Chicago; removed, thus reverting all the \ bv Rev. Geo. K. Hoover, Mr. Charles j | Experience Counts! ":Y ' * ". r\. ^ When persons g«t lick they go to a trwued physi cian, when they need advice about legal matter? they seek a lawyer with a reputation for knowing the law. The same rule should apply when one has trouble with his car or truck. See to it that the repair is made by trained mechanics. This garage bears that imitation. CENTRAL GARAGE FEED J. SMITH, Prop. x Phone 200-J Towing 'Y y.c.; Johnsburg program for veterans, non-veter?ns and their children, the present personnel will have to be increased 50 per cent. This, of course, includes besides teachers, administrators, librarians, clerks, nurses, janitors and bus drivers, nearly a million and a half persons. These figures give you an indication of the num- Bpent the week-end at their summer: rooms to their original size, which is B. Hubbard to Miss Effie F. Tilton, home here. 'certain to work out to very good ad-1all of McHenry. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Rauen of Chi-; vantage to the students as well as cago visited Mrs. John Kattner 6n j the teachers. Sunday. Herbie Wagner. Bobby Gabe. Billy , THIRTY YEARS AGO ber of persons who will be drawn Kattner and Tommy Freund enjoyed into the profession and its allied ac- swimming at Twin Lakes on Monday John F. Claxton, one of the town's I tivities if the plana go through. afternoon. most progressive farmers, has in- The second reason why we can The sad news Of the death stalled a Sharpies milking machine expect a stimulation in the whole ;Private Eugene Clark came as a great and js now familiarizing himself field of education is because tRere shock to the many friends of the John with the working parts of this wonis a very strong feeling that the op- Clark family, who were former r'esi- derful machine. portunities for learning must be dents. Funeral services were held \n, Butter on the "Elgin board of trade greatly broadened. As a result of "Waukegan and burial with military j Monday sold at 26 cents per pound. SLOCUM LAKE the social changes preceding and honors was at St. Peter's cemetery., during the, war, the strong voice of j the common man has been raised, j demanding that cultural as well as ! economic benefits be more widely 1 distributed. The thoughtful educators realize that a wider background of knowledge must be furnished to everyone, that technical and profes-. sional courses must be grounded on a firmer base of general knowledge. Already there is a feeling of reaction against the emphasis which the war has placed on purely material subjects, on a purely technical or scientific education. This is bound to call for a greater share of what .might be called spiritual culture. And at the other end of the , Stephen H. Freund is the possessor pf a new six-passenger Partin-Palmer automobile, purchase*! through the McHenry agent, G. A. Stilling. Mr. and Mrs. Eel. Hayes are now located at McHenry, he having been given the Fox lake region as his territory as game warden. learn that burglars made •Mtf FORTY YEARS AGO (By Mrs. Harry ?«iatthcws> Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Lade of Wilmette visited at the home of Mr. and Mrs., W. L. Spafford Sunday. / ! Mr. and Mrs. Hugh ,parks »*"M John Stroner's block on llain daughter. Jacqueline and Mrs. Ella' 8treet has been* greatly imjproved Parks of Park Ridge were visitors wjt^ the judicious use of a paint Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. ^rush. ° • W. E. Brooks. Frank Rothermel is now occupying Mrs. J. L. Allen and Mrs. Emma ^ new house on River street, his Otten of Roseville were callers Monspectrum, also a demand for train-*'^ay home and ^rs, i ing in health and physical develop- Hansen. Mrs. Allen hav ng so ( ment. home at Roseville left Tuesday morn- Educators themselves have their ing to join her husband, Lieutenant troubles from within as well as from John Alien at Philadelphia. without. Of late, there has been Mr. and Mrs. Axel Nerstrom and son. LeROy of North Chicago were Sunday dinner and supper guests at Help chicks and young birds grow and devel-[ op. Give them TONAX in their mash. Especially after an attack of any disease. And as a tonic and conditioner. Contains mild astringents to help relieve Enteritis; also blood building elements. Tonax helps control intestinal parasites. It provides trace minerals and reliable stimulants. For layers texx Inexpensive and convenient. 2-lb. can enough for 400 chicks for • month, 75c Bolger's Drug Store Green Street •* McHenry Por Track and Passenger Cars FIRESTONE TIRES AND TUBES We have a complete stock pf both passenger and truck tires. _ .:.-V You can now have your tires retreaded without an OBA order. Bfring them in. TIRE AND TUBE VULCANIZING Trade in your old battery on a new FIRESTONE. We allow $2.00 for your old one. OFFICIAL TIRE INSPECTION STATION MAIN ST., WEST M HENRY PHONE 294 'pressure by> certain groups, like the National Association of Manufac turersr anxious to see that nothing the Blomgren-Lusk home. is taught thatynight endanger what they define as the '^free enterprise" system, although not all businessmen agree en what free enterprise is or that Jthey like it too free. There havy also been many conflicts within and among institutions j of higher learning, like the one in my own alma mater, the University of Chicago, \ where President kusk home Hutchins and his followers want to get back to "first principles" with an emphasis on the philosophers; and others lean toward a more utilitarian training. The so-called "experimental" colleges like Antioch, stressing individual development j and social responsibility, do not i agree with Hytchins nor even j among themselves. But it would j seem that the trend of the times j agrees with the recent edict of a well- j known educator who said that con- ' cern with the development of the j individual and concern with society must be the twin goals of education. In any case, it is clear that never before in our history have school teacher and the Mrs. Ray Sanden of Island Lake and an aunt, Mrs. Brown of Chicago were dinner guests last Wednesday at the Blomgren-Lusk home. Mr. and Mrs. John Blomgren were callers at Grayslake last Wednesday. Paul Larsen of Des Plaines was a dinner guest Monday at the Blomgren- Mrs. Harry Matthews and Mrs. W. L. Spafford visited at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Smith at Libertytille last Wednesday. Mrs. Smith is confined to her home with a fractured ankle. McCULLOM LAKE a'64 question • • • been offered such a challenge Never before has the proverb which says "wisdom is the principle thing, .therefore, get wisdom" been more widely heeded; never has the rest of the abjuration of King Solomon been more important: "and with all thy ,^getting, »u^d«xstanding." ' .• , (By Marie McKim) Mrs. Washburn is expecting her daughter, Jane (Mrs. Nelson) and two young daughters from Calif., in the near future. Her soldier husband' the has been Rationed there for some professor time. Irma nas not seen either of the children, afi they were born in Cali-f* fornia. Mrs. Bayle's sister and son of Washington, D. C., are spending a month with her before continuing to California. Corp. Tech. Joe Wood of Texas, is enjoying a 7-day furlough with his family, the Woods and A. J. Thompsons. Steven Huska, F. 2-c, is going out around the last of the month expects o be back about the middle oj August. Dick Nimitz, F. 2-c spent the weekend with his family, He looks and FORTY ACRES ANB A JEEP It never rains but it pours. With the sheep in the -meadpw. the cows in the corn, and even the scarecrow alone and forlorn for w&nt of manpower to help out: the department of agriculture now feels fine. sends out the warning that after the Mr. and Mrs. J. Hagedbrn and war there won't be enough farms daughters, Agnes and Delores, also in the country to hold all the people Rose's mother, and two other nieces, who will be crying for 40 acre$. and Clara, spent a week at "tfce cottage recently. What causes washing machines to break down? / a jeep. " Officials say that five million warworkers alone, a lot of whom don't know a spade from d club, may try to get their living from the soil wher. peace comes. v : B R I E F S by Baukhage Germans suffering from pre-invasion jitters have been advised to take cold foot baths or cold showers to calm their raging nerves. (There may'be no hot water.) • • • More than 60,000 men are needed for lumbering and pulpwood jobs before next fall if 1944 requirements are to be met, according to tfie War Manpower, commission. According to WFA, an estimated , 4,000,000 extra farm workers will bp needed this year; a-bout 1,200.0(K> will be boys and girls under 18 years of age and. about 800,000 will be women. ' -i- / Y. In Ontario aione there are more' than 30 million tons of ssiJt deposits, enough to supply the entire world; for 100.000 yeais. - " ' Mrs. Tena Combs of Chicago spent the week-end with her sister, Mrs, R. Bruellieide. Ross Bayle of the navy had a chance to see his wjfe on the train recently while he and a number of sailors were iu Chicago on their way to a new location. His wife. Kay, reports tie is the picture of health now after having been ill for so long. . . * - -- ' y , Pots Cnce Classed Wity Gems . During the reign of England's Edward III in the 14th century the royal household's iron- utensils were • classed among its jewels.. Visible Color Yellow is the, most visible color the spectrum Divide Holdings la Rumania laws of inheritance allow holdings to be divided from generation to generation, tending to fnake tracts smaller and smaller. Land is held in part by the state, ! |>y the village commune, by the indi- ; VidUal. Many farms are scaled j to the dimensions of American ; garden*. * *, Reed Grazing Burning over reed forage delays the grazing season about two week*, reduces the carrying capacity of the pastures, and causes the reeds to be more easily killed by grazing. y \ T o o t h C a v i t i e s Of "American youth entering the armed services, 98 out of eyery 100 have cavities in their teeth, with some 18-year-olds having as many-as a dozen. ^ Indian Imprint on Farm Output It is estimated that four-sevenths of the agricultural propuctioh of the JUiTited States, measured ip^a^m value, comes from plants orig^iaily domesticated by the Indians. a & Answer* • • Recent surreys reveal that overloading causes more washing machine breakdowns than any other reason ! \ 'V It's ea*y to avert a breakdown due to overloading: Feed More Crops will feed more people than will meat and other livestock products produced from them. An acre of land in corn would produce grain to feed a person 635 days. This amount of corn, fed to hogs, would produce enough pork to feed a person only 125 days. In addition the production of pork would much .additional labor. < : ' • Do not fill the tub of your washer It is important that in order not to overload your washer you follow the manufacturer s recommendations. Most washers have a water line indicated. This line shows the depth the water should be itjttr the clothes have been put in the tub. For btlpful hints ** tit am smd au* •/ tltctrii appliamas +sk ftr ymr frtt npj tf WARTIME IDEAS POR rtoMEMAKEKS - BULLETIN NO. 3 *t ytur Itcsi Puihc Strticr Sf*rt, . FfJ&VlCTOHT buy PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF NORTHERN ILLINOIS Zl (.1 ,