Oak Ridge High School: Flag Rules and Innovative Curriculum
A feature on Texas flag etiquette and Oak Ridge High School's progressive education model. It covers flag history and display rules, then details Dr. A H Blankenship’s salary policy, extended teacher contracts, student course flexibility, and vocational pathways including commercial studies, arts, sports, and an atomic power study club shaping graduates for work and college.
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Oak Ridge
Business College
Oak Ridge High School
A. H. Blankenship
Charles Sumner
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Progressive Oak Ridge School System Pioneered by Dr Blankenship
Oak Ridge Tennessee built a progressive school system under Dr A H Blankenship after leaving Columbia University. The town manager charged him with creating a staff of 350 teachers and thirteen schools for about 6000 children by October 1. The system uses testing to tailor education and avoid robotic learning.
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Oak Ridge
Tennessee
A. H. Blankenship
Columbia University
Blankenship
Samuel A. Baxter
Dr. Blankenship
Educational Policies Commission
Radio Sets In U S Homes Reach Forty Million In 1945
American households stockpiled radios with an estimated 34,000,000 sets in 1945. The figure reflects widespread consumer adoption and postwar demand for home entertainment devices.
The Sun invites courtesy of notices and visits
Readers are invited to share visits and items with The Sun as a courteous gesture. The notice requests readers to inform the paper of any item or visit to keep the community informed and connected.
May the mudhens learn to swim like swans
Little lines by Margie B Boswell presents quips on desire guilt error and weather. Poetic musings mix animal imagery with daily human foibles in a light reflective tone.
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Margie B. Boswell
Notice to Creditors H A High Estate San Angelo Texas
Mrs. Nellie M. High as administratrix of the estate of H A High deceased gives notice to all creditors to present claims at the Cactus Hotel San Angelo Texas within the time allowed by law. Letters of administration were received November 24 1947.
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Nellie M. High
Cactus Hotel
San Angelo
Texas
H. A. High
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