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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1963
Page
13
Hooten unveils a futuristic 11 month school year with longer classes Saturday and evening sessions and a non graded program from 1st through 12th grade at the University School. The system mixes trimester terms and aims to remove barriers to learning.
A Florida State University partnership shapes University School as a nongraded program with three 75 day terms to align with the university trimester system. Students pursue mixed grade work at their own pace, with potential acceleration and college courses for exceptional students.
Mr and Mrs Clarence Hill and Ed McMillian plus Howard Dutton and Patsy Berra visited J W Duttons last week. The Gillespies visited Pines Rest Home and Mrs Speake saw her father C E Layman a former Black Chandler patient. Joyce Lowery, injured in a car wreck, will transfer to Decatur General with her mother Mrs Vivian Lowery. Mrs Amos Hogan has the flu. The Pruitt Free family plans to move back to their Decatur home.
A Morgan County reader questions the county school bus barn cost and urges smarter funding and school consolidation. Roy Henderson thanks the protest committee. Another letter promotes Laurie Reaves’s book Lo The Poor Innocents about race and faith. Rhonda Vickery suggests a stronger Fourth of July celebration.
Southern Bell Telephone Company undertakes a massive refund ordered by the Alabama Public Service Commission for 1954 to 1962. Computers handle bulk processing to issue about 25 000 checks daily, aiming to finish current subscribers in about two months, with many refunds smaller than maximums.
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