Is 12 -Grade Unit 

 Best For Children? 



(Continued from page 28) 



operation, to get acquainted with the 

 teachers of their youngsters, to meet 

 and talk with the superintendent, prin- 

 cipals, etc. The superintendent or prin- 

 cipal should take this opportunity to 

 explain basic school policy, tell what 

 they are trying to do for the children 

 and enlist the understanding and co- 

 operation of parents in their important 

 partnership undertaking. 



School leaders should always take the 

 patrons into their confidence on impor- 

 tant school issues. Gaining the confi- 

 dence of the people is fundamental to 

 developing a feeling of unity and 

 loyalty within the district. Parents 

 should be encouraged to attend other 

 school functions, perhaps including a 

 father and son banquet and an after- 

 noon tea for the mothers. 



It might add solidarity to a school 

 district to have a joint meeting of all 

 the teaching staff wherein teachers can 

 get better acquainted with one another. 



Then the special teachers as music, 

 speech, art, and physical education in- 

 structors should initiate their programs 

 in each of the grade schools, including 

 remaining one room schools, and see to 

 it that all of the pupils, as nearly as 

 possible, get the same advantages and 

 opportunities. 



Possibility of Junior High 



Some school boards will doubtless 

 see the advisability of transferring the 

 7th and 8th grade pupils out of the 

 elementary schools into a junior high 

 program, thus improving their op- 

 portunities and perhaps relieving the 

 grade teachers or grade school build- 

 ings of over-crowded conditions. This 

 step should discourage drop-outs. 



Many opportunities and possibilities 

 for improving the school program 

 under the unit district will appear to 

 the supierintendent and school board 

 that studies their situation. Not all of 

 the possibilities could or perhaps should 

 be exploited immediately. Gradually over 

 a period of years, local leaders can 

 malce progress as conditions permit. 

 But careful planning should precede all 

 important changes, and local people 

 should be informed of the intended 

 changes and the reasons for them. If 

 the reasons do not justify the changes, 

 perhaps no changes should be made. 



The 12 grade district offers an op- 

 portunity to do a better job if we can 

 eliminate the non-productive costs and 

 efforts and make the new system work. 



Frank Bill, farm editor ol the Bleemington Pantograph for the past 33 years. Is presented 

 a plaque by J. C. Spltler (right) of the University of Illinois, for his "outstanding service 

 to agriculture." Mrs. Bill (center) was presented an orchid. The Bills also were given 

 a four-door Chevrolet sedan by "agricultural interests of central Illinois" in "recognition 

 of his service to agricultural journalism." The honors were given at the McLean County 

 Soil Conservation Field Day program in early September, 



Livestock Prices to 

 Hold Firm in 1949 



(Continued from page 10) 



But even though there may be hay short- 

 ages on some farms, there still should 

 be enough to go around, Russell con- 

 cluded. 



The demand for meat continues strong 

 in the cities despite the very real threat 

 of buyers strikes, the men at the livestock 

 meetings said. This demand will help 

 shore up prices during the months ahead. 



"After all, we are a nation of meat 

 eaters," Howe said. "We like good 

 meat, and we've always been willing to 

 pay the price it takes to get it. Even 

 during the depression." 



Key industries are going full blast. 

 We've had another round of wage in- 

 creases. The federal goverment is spend- 

 ing at the rate of $40 billion annually. 



it looks like boom times ahead for all. 

 Livestock men should share in the gen-- 

 eral prosperity. 



What Will Your Farm 

 Look Like Tomorrow? 



( Continued from page 11) 



needed on all farms. Only the ones are 

 used which are needed in a sound land 

 use plan in which the laws of nature are 

 respected, and nature is helped by the 

 farmer in the conservation of the soil up- 

 on which life depends. This plan is 

 made by the farmer himself, with the 

 assistance of the Soil Conservation Dis- 

 trict farm planner. 



Do you have such a plan on your farm ? 

 If not, talk to your neighbor who does. 

 With the help of your farm adviser and 

 local soil conservationist, you can get 

 started now on a planned program of 

 soil conservation. 



NOTICE 

 ILLINOIS AGRICULTURAL ASSO- 

 CIATION ELECTION OF 

 DELEGATES 



Nofico is hereby given that in 

 connection with the annual meet- 

 ings of all County Farm Bureaus to 

 be held during the month o( Oc- 

 tober, 1948, at the hour and place 

 to be determined by the Board of 

 Directors of each County Farm Bu- 

 reau, the members in good stand- 

 ing of such County Farm Bureau and 

 who are also qualified voting mem- 

 bers of Illinois Agricultural Associa- 

 tion, shall elect a delegate or dele- 

 gates to represent such members of 

 Illinois Agricultural Association and 

 vote on all matters before the next 

 annual meeting, or any special 

 meeting of the Association, includ- 

 ing the election of officers and di- 

 rectors, as provided for in the By- 

 Laws of the association. 



During October, annual meetings 

 will be held in Adams, Hamilton, 

 loDoviess, Madison, Peoria, Pike, 

 Pulaski-Alexander, Stark and Wash- 

 ington Counties. 



Paul E. Mathias, Secretary 



Phone Strike Affects 

 Fruit Exchange 



BECAUSE of the phone strike which 

 tied up the telephones in Carbondale 

 and several other southern Illinois com- 

 munities, the Illinois Fruit Growers 

 Exchange, an affiliated company of the 

 lAA, found it necessary to set up tem- 

 porary sales headquarters in Mount 

 Vernon. The strike hit the Fruit 

 Growers Exchange at the height of the 

 apple harvest. R. S. McBride, manager 

 of the exchange, reports that the south- 

 ern Illinois apple crop this year has 

 been of good quality and excellent size. 





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