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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1976
Page
2
A Chanute High School graduate argues the Chanute Plan works, noting apathy is common, values depend on home, and nine modules replace six daily classes. He cites Chanute students scoring above national ACT averages as evidence against traditional systems.
Tim Ericson’s commencement address critiques the Chanute Plan, provoking mixed reactions about appropriateness. The letter urges an open review by a joint committee to salvage effective plan elements and address administration, curriculum, and extracurricular policies for Chanute High School.
A reader defends the Chanute Plan to start early in grade school and emphasizes learning as a joyful innate process. The plan’s two tenets are wider course choice and nine week terms allowing students to switch if a class is dull or a mismatch with the teacher.
A reader compares old and new education plans, praising some teachers like Russell Kern in chemistry and arguing for evaluating the Chanute Plan by surveying 1974 75 classes. The writer notes varied homework and student interest, stressing the value of inspiring educators and seeking objective outcomes. Psalm reference ends the note.
The Chanute Tribune 85th year No 52 lists daily publication with six holiday exceptions and carrier or mail rates. It notes Fred M Harris as president and Mike Harris as general manager, Keith Wright as managing editor, and UPI exclusive local news rights. The paper is a member of the Audit Bureau of Circulations.
Washington reports millions of American workers face exposure to deadly substances on the job. Cutbacks hinder health monitoring, with estimates of occupational diseases and deaths rising as doctors struggle to diagnose and report cases.
Washington veteran Speaker Carl Albert declares retirement as sweeping leadership changes loom for next year. Potential successors include Thomas ONeill for House leader, Robert Byrd and Edmund Muskie for Senate, with other candidates across both parties in play.
A 13-year-old boy named Richard Stanley drowned at the Melvern Reservoir park area in Osage County. Family members found him in two to three feet of water after he was reported missing during a family picnic. He was the son of Mr and Mrs John Irey of Waverly Kansas.
A proposed U S Department of Agriculture program would aid direct farmer to consumer sales with road side stands and health regulation guides. Sen John Tower and Sen Hubert Humphrey back rival bills funding five pilot projects to test large scale direct marketing, backed by Consumer Federation of America, while USDA critics and farm groups voice caution.
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