The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1942-08-28
PUBLIC SCHOOLS EXPAND
CURRICULUM IN About WAR
EFFORT; CLASSES START MONDAY

The opening of the public schools
mex, Monday will he marked by sever
al changes i'll the curriculum ana edu-
catiCDal adjustments to meet require
ment the war program. Every effort
will IL made to maintain schools is
nearly normal ~ possible but many
adjustments will be inevitable and
these changes are likely tO increase
III extent through the duration.
one of the most pressing problems
will L. that of maintaining health at
a very nigh level Not only must young
men bt made physically fit and tough
ened e. meet the call of their country
wher It comes but ii is necessary To
keep every student i'll excellent health
as Il sound basis for morale. There
will IL great restrictions i'll physicians
services i'll every city and there must
be Intelligent care of health and care
full observance of all rules set by the
Board Of Health. in order that others
may te protected and epidemicS avoid
ed.
Gr-.ier emphasis will therefore he
made IA the teaching of hygiene, ply
steal education, aud public health. Ev-
cry student will be required To pass
Red Cross first aid tests before gradu-
alton. Competitive sports will be EN-
phasiZed more widely as ii toughening
process. Formal gym work will also
be given more extensively.
There will be additional COURSES Of
fered II aerOdynamicS for those who
expect 20 enter some branch of the air
forces and for others interested i'll or
der L. make young America more air
minded. This program, begun III sum
mer ScnoOl, is organized at the express
request Of the federal government. The
course beginning Monday will be
taught ny l.. :. Beach, who received
special instruction in this work ut the
University of Michigan in courses or
ganiZed under direction of the govern
ment this summer.
The excessive demand for CONNER
cial workers has made extension of
this curriculum necessary. Again the
government has asked that emphasis
be given to this field. 1t is probable
that night courses will be offered I'M
der governmental subsidy To prepare
adults for governmental service All
tipping courses have been organized OIL
an individual progress basis.
Shop and vocational work shows a
definite surge toward metal trades.
The metal shop will be under the dir
ectiOn IF Percy Howell, who laugh,
machine shop defense training classes
and taught part time in student trade
classes last year. Mr.. Howell will be IL
full time member of the staff this year
and will direct all machine shop work
and supervise defense training
Courses in advanced chemistry will
be offered TO regular high school stu
dents 10 prepare them for control lab
-oratOry testing in chemical plants.
This work will also be offered in the
evening for adults.
There will be a continuation of
courses in cooperation with the Office
of Civilian Defense and Red Cross. in
air raid wardens, messengers, stretch
er bearers, first aid and other activ-
ties
Defense courses in machine shop
and in blue print reading will continue
for defense workers throughout every
hour Of the late afternoon, nights,
Saturdays and Sundays. The restric-
ton of all welding rod for government
al purposes will cut out all welding
classes both for students and defense
workers. No classes can be conducted
except ON heavy duty machines of 200
amperes or over and for persons who
will go at once into heavy duty weld
Ing. The minimum equipment requires
eight machines of this type. They can
not be obtained from machinery houses
or the government. 1t diScOntinueS all
student participation in this trade for
the duration, since all who elect it
must be Il years months Of age at
least at the opening Of the course in
order tn be Is when the course Is COM
pleted three months later. Very few
students have reached this age in
school. The number OF demands for
defense training greatly exceeds the
facilities for training. Every effort is
being made TO extend the shops but
machines are almost impossible to Oh
tain. Many women are now being
trained for shop work.
There is a great shortage of teach
ers In the state due to attraction TO
defense plants and induction of men
into the Army. Detroit claims no
shortage, but Detroit already paving
the highest salaries for teachers. has
increased the salaries a flat 10 per
cent. The result has been to draw
teachers from other systems at the
expense Of these systems. Wyandotte
lost over II teachers TO Detroit this
year because of this and because they
can teach there after marriage even
though their husbands are not in ser
vice. In the same way Wyandotte and
other cities in the metropolitan area
have attracted teachers from other
parts Of the state.
The teacher turnover in some schools
OF the state has run from 80 10 100
per cent and many schools are without
a full staff. The turnover in WAN
dOtte has been the largest in MANY
years being over Is per cent Losses
have been due to teachers going 10
Detroit and to being married The in
discriminate Induction Of shop. matbe
MATES and science men into service
will stop the education program in
these fields. This result will be very
serious in the training Of young men
for future service.
Parents can cooperate in the educa-
.tionsl defense program by seeing that