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EVERYBODY READS every school day from 12:20 p.m. until 12:45 p.m.
in Middle School. Pure pleasure is the goal.
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By JAN DANFORD
At 12:20 p.m. each day,
Monday through Friday, a hush
falls over Middle School.
Silence walks the halls and the
stillness of the classrooms is
broken only by the whispering
of a turned page.
Recreational reading period
is in progress. For a dedicated
25 minutes no footsteps echo in
the building and not one single
voice is raised.
The project, casually called
"pleasure reading," is formally
known as USSR -- Un-
interrupted Sustained Silent
Reading. Statistics quoted in
publications and by teachers
who have attended reading
conferences indicate that read-
ing skills are considerably
increased by participation in
this program.
Each Middle School teacher
In
Tax revenue
is reported
supervises approximately 25
students during the reading
period. The person in charge
will neither talk nor pace the
floor to shatter the achieved
tranquillity. No tests will be
given and no reports required.
The only goal is enjoyment.
Everyone reads -- students,
teachers, administrators and
non-certificated personnel.
It has been undeniably
demonstrated that recreational
reading conducted in the rooms
of those who do not necessarily
specialize in language arts
tends to encourage the habit in
students who might otherwise
never learn the joys to be found
in books. A sports-minded,
reading-hating pupil may
benefit nobly by the sight of the
much admired coach immersed
in a book.
Any type of reading
material, within reason, is
acceptable. Magazines and
paperbacks are not only
condoned but welcomed, and
racks of publications are
available in the classrooms for
the few who fail to bring their
own books.
In USSR young people
sprout wings to soar through
the world of words.
The City of Shelton has
received $34,213.92 and Mason
County $25,394.82 from the half
cent sales tax for May and June
the State Department of Revenue
announced this week.
The state share of the money
from Mason County was $907.75.
The total amount of the tax
collected in the county was
$60,516.49 for the two months,
the department said.
So far this year, the city has
received $124,945.77, the county
$87,931.79 and the state
$3,241.80, a total of
$216,119.36, the department
said.
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U.S.S.R. stands for Uninterrupted Sustained Silent Reading. The program is
designed to acquaint students with the recreation to be found in books.
SHS forensics team
plans for
activities
Senior Karen Kramer, 1975
state AA champion in ex-
pository speaking, leads an
experienced group of Shelton
High School students com-
peting on the 1975-76 forensics
team.
Coach Bonnie Rice said
Kramer will also compete in
interpretive reading and ora-
tory this year.
Juniors Allen VanCleve and
Dan Brown, both of whom
competed in individual events
in the state meet last year,
return to form a debate team.
VanCleve will see duty in
extemporaneous speaking and
oratory as well as debate.
Brown will also compete in
those events.
Junior Gerrit Shilman and
sophomore Steve Brady, two
returnees from 1974-75, form
another debate team. Brady
will also be in expository and
oratory competition.
Sophomore Hal Studer, a
returnee, sophomore Herb Van
Cleve and freshman Tim
Radzykewycz form another
team. Studer's extra duties will
include oratory; VanCleve will
add oratory and extemporan-
eous speaking; Radzykewycz
will also be in interpretive
reading.
Three more sophomores,
Kevin Mercer, Chris Danielson
and Jim Pettyjohn, form
another debate team. Mercer is
back with experience from last
year. He competed in individual
events at state last year and will
be in interpretive reading and
extemporaneous speaking this
season. Danielson will compete
in interpretive reading as well
as debate; Pettyjohn will be in
interpretive reading and im-
promptu speaking.
Other new members of the
team are senior Oliver Chap-
man (expository), senior Rich-
ard Baillie (oratory), sophomore
Christine Fearn (interpretive
reading), and sophomore Ste-
phanie Brady (interpretive
reading, oratory).
This year's debate topic is,
"That the development and
allocation of world energy
resources should be controlled
by an international body."
The season gets underway
in November at a meet for
experienced people at Lower
Columbia College. A novice
tourney will be I held in mid-
November, then the league
competition starts in December
and continues through January.
Subdistrict, district and state
competition follow league.
The forensics team now
meets once each day during the
lunch hour.
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th Service Asso-
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