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Page Two BACK TO SCHOOL" Thursday* August 20, 1964 New Term Brings Challenges Enrollment Surge s Upward Through All Schools, Colleges ---- •Emphasis Placed on Need of Early Preparation of All Age Groups For Return to Learning Getting an early start on preparing youth to go back to learning for the new term, now just a few weeks away, sudjdenly becomes a much more pressing concern of everyone ; this year, than ever before. Significant changes in the educational environment at all age levels, changes that have developed over the past several years of the nation's "learning explosion," make this imperative. « Foremost among these is the "enrollment explosion," especially as it concerns the teen-agers. In addition to the 40,000,- 000 children returning to elementary and secondary schools, i more than 5,000,000 -- the largest number in history -- will be ' taxing the facilities of colleges and universities, j War Babies Now of College Age j This year's college growth is no surprise. It is spurred by - the children born during the peak year of the post-war baby i boom. They have come of college age, and they are pressing ! for places in institutions of higher learning. More will be clamoring for higher education next year and the year after, . but this is the peak year. This pressure has a tendency to sweep back down the line through the high school group and actually into elementary grades. The reason should be clear. The importance of education was never greater. Opportunity for the inadequately educated diminishes at an accelerating pace. Wise parents start thinking about preparing their children for college no later than the seventh grade, conscious of jthe fact that when the time ; comes there may be room only for the specially qualified, de- ' spite efforts to expand facilities. Other Changes Apparent Other changes now clearly > apparent concern the greater knowledgeability -- call it so- Shop Early To Get Set For School There is a world of assistance available right now to parents and students alike, in preparing for the return to classes. Practically every business firm in the community that can help is prepared to do sotaunediately. See their advertisements which form an important part of this special Back to School and College Section. Watch their continuing advertising from now on. Shop early for best preparation. STRIKE UP THE BAND .... ANOTHER SCHOOL TERM is about to begin, and this picture, selected from among these entered in recent annual Kodak Scholastic Photography Award* contests, as made by Clifton Furedy of West High School, Phoenix, Ariz., captures the joyous spirit of teen-agers active in extra curricular constructive affairs on their return to learning, as they start out for the season's first picture session. More pictures made by the youngsters themselves, have been selected from these annual contests to help illustrate this special section so that parents may see how the teen-agers see themselves. Recommended for All Children ... To Assure Physical Fitness jphistication if you want -- of the very young, and the discovery of their increased capacities for learning. Now they tackle math and foreign languages from the beginning in many schools. The accelerating maturity of teen-agers, many of whom are beginning to see and understand the portents of the future, is another factor. By finding jobs swarms of them have not only earned money for themselves but also have learned something about the importance of education to their futures. The contribution untrained teen-agers are making to unemployment statistics is a straw in the wind. The growth of Junior -- Sometimes called Community -- colleges indicates efforts at helping in this area. All this means that parents may expect greater self assertiveness from these youngsters, as preparations for return to classes proceed. Other changes, in many areas, concern dislocation of Cade schoolers from familiar areas as completion of new schools, and social changes, require that they transfer from the familiar to new and Unfamiliar buildings. Educational Method* There also are changes of educational methods. Experiments that have proved successful are moved into operation in more schools. Many of these put a greater responsibility for learning on the student himself. Such changes are compounded from automation, electronics and newly developed study methods that extend the ability of teachers to devote their skills to more students. Thus the atmosphere for study in the home becomes more and more important; so does the physical health of all learners, as does the availability of school supplies, and finally the suitability of their wardrobes for their careers in the classroom. These are the aspects of preparation for the new school and college terms that can and should be disposed of before the term opens. Not Much Time There may not be as much time left between now and then as you may think. Schools and colleges, generally speaking, start their new term earlier than they used to. Those in charge of the nation's educational facilities -- the school and college administrator, the teachers, and the maintenance crews -- already are at work preparing class- needs, rooms to receive students. Such Physical fitness of youth be comes an ever mounting concern as education makes increasing demands on their energy during an era that calls on them for less and less exercise of their bodies. Most obvious example is the amount of walking the children are called upon to do. Grade schoolers are bussed to class or are taken in car pools. This is a far cry from the days when dad or granddad trudged miles. Schools everywhere have adopted vigorous programs aimed at keeping the children fit through formal exercise and play. But parents, too, have a responsibility here, even though many schools provide for physical examinations of their pupils. Best Time -- Now What better time for parents to insist upon a check-up by the family physician than during the few weeks before classes resume for the season. Similarly, though many schools offer eye examinations, parents no doubt would be happier to have dad's or mother's eye doctors check on their young and prescribe for their an examination Is a must for those who already are wearing glasses. A new prescription may be necessary. Third, but no less important to the youngsters, is the dental examination which is preventative in nature. The dentist may do nothing more than clean the youngster's teeth; but this still makes it worthwhile. Can Be Prevented Time lost from classroom, work because of any preventable ailments," is time that is difficult to retrieve. Examinations can help prevent this. Among other suggestions for parents, to help make sure the youngsters are fit, is to prescribe chores Involving physical exertion on a regular daily schedule. Recommended is the substitution of the bicycle for the car pool in every Instance where sufficient self reliance has been developed in the youngster to assure safety in traffic. Cycling is almost as good a physical exercise as Is walking. BUSINESS HELPS More and more private funds are going into the support of education, as business takes the lead in pointing up the need for young people to take over the tasks of tomorrow. Alert ASF T© Safety The kiuch discussed "population explosion" plus national "affluence" combine to prompt school and police authorities to re-emphasize the responsibility of motorists for the safety of all the children in traffic as a new school term approaches. The "population explosion" has carried school enrollments to astronomical heights at all levels of education. This means that more youngsters than ever before will be on the streets and highways. The national affluence has vastly increased car ownership, bringing many new and comparatively Inexperienced drivers into the scene. No small portion of these new drivers are "school children" in their own right -- teenagers who have acquired licenses to drive one of the family cars, and many who have acquired cars of their own. More New Schools Not only will there be more school children in the streets and more cars in traffic; many children and many motorists will be traversing compara-* tively unfamiliar routes to newly constructed school buildings. This In itself adds complexity to the problem of traffic safety for school children. ^Special "School's Open -- Drive Carefully" signs will, of course, amplify the permanently erected "School Zone" signs which frequently proclaim lowered speed limits and other safety measures ma a matter of law. Special "Crossing Guards" win be stationed at strategic intersections to supplement police department school traffic assignments. School safety patrols, made up of white belted youngsters from among the ranks of the school children themselves, will be at work on the safe side of the curb in greater numbers than ever. Instruction in traffic safety, especially for the very young, will continue to be an important part of their classroom work. So will high school classes in safe driving for teen-agers. Motorist** Cooperation Nevertheless, without cooperation of the individual motorist, the full measure of traffic safety cannot be assured the children, say the authorities. No matter how carefully guarded, the sheer thoughtless impetuosity of little children all too frequently creates the emergency that must be met by the car driver. Motoriets, in addition to be* lng aware of the need for oxtra (Continued © For Parents and Students. This Special Section is brought to you by thit newtpaper with the cooperation of authorities in the field of education onrf the merchants of this community, to serve as a handbook of information in preparation for the coming school year. Many of its special features icill be of unique interest So high school lads and lasses and especially to those looking forward to a college career as well as those already enrolled in institutes of higher learning. Featured articles were prepared for this Issue by the Hag of Metro Associated Services, Inc., on the basis of extensive research and interviews with authorities in ail pertinent areas Notable among the important organisations which furnished ^formation are the National Education Asc®e$atlloF3e Oka V. 3, Office of Education, Educational Foundatimmo and fi&jir «*• perts, College Entrance and College PlacemcmH toapa. The co-operation of local school, health, traffic safety and cipic organisations also was enlisted by this nawspapar. The aim has been 8o present a broad picture of the ppeg<rC3$ tng made in the fieSd ©/ education -- toward the puroc&t of excellence for our future ciiimns -- and to help all e» children take proper advantage of expanding faciUtim msd opportunities being made available to them.