eilBCRrS" What Young People Think"
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Suppose it came down to this:
You have a chance to improve
your grades but you always had
heard the brainy students were
least popular with the opposite sex.
Would you forego the opportun
ity? If your're a teen-aged boy,
chances are you would; but if you
are a girl, you probably would dig
into the books.
This was one of the surprising
discoveries we made in questioning
more than 1.200 teen-agers across
the country about the relationship
between popularity and grades.
Surprising because it seems to
upset a popular notion that girls
are more concerned than boys
about being popular with the op
posite sex, that boys place more
emphasis than girls on being popu
lar with their own sex. Our survey
indicates the reverse is true.
When we asked simply whether
getting superior grades was more
important than being well liked
generally 58 per cent of the boys
answered yes and 60 per cent of
the girls answered no.
But when we phrased the ques
tion in a slightly different man
ner, aiming it specifically at popu
larity with the opposite sex, the
attitudes of the boys and girls were
reversed. We asked:
"If you thought that showing ex
cellence in school work was hurt'
ing your popularity with the op
posite sex, would you try less for
good grades?
Girls Nearly Unanimous
To this Question 81 per cent of
the boys, compared with only 4
per cent of the girls, said they
would. Conversely, 94 per cent of
the girls and only 11 per cent of
the boys said they wouldn't forego
heir academic excellence even at
the expense of losing their popularity.
Moreover, the girls seemed more
Girl $ Fancy
Turns To Grades!
The prettier the girls; the harder it is to concentrate!
probable course of action; only 2
per cent of the girls compared with
8 per cent of the boys said they
didn't know for sure what they
would do.
Obviously teen - agers consider
popularity important, but not as
important perhaps as some might
believe.
For instance, 81 per cent felt they
would get better grades if they
tried harder, but only 60 per cent
said they would try harder if they
thought better grades would make
them more popular.
In the matter of general popular
ity. Fam Dermit, 18, of Whittier,
Calif,, summed up the feeling of
most of the girls. "Good grades
are lonely companions," she said
"if you don't have friends." '
Kenneth Ray Goosey, 14, of
Louisville, Ky., spoke for the ma
jority of the boys: You are
positive than the boys on their in school to learn, not to make
friends."
But when it came to popularity
with the opposite sex, the over
whelming majority of the girls
about 19 out of 20 felt as did Car
ol Hiller, 17, of Lincoln, Neb. "If
you're going to be well liked" she
said "you'll be well liked no mat
ter what your grades are."
To confirm this reversal of popu
lar belief, we asked the students to
specify whether they would rather
be a good student, a good athlete,
popular with their own sex, popu
lar with the opposite sex, or an
especially dutiful son or daughter.
Top Ambition: Grades :
Only 6 per cent of the girls com
pared with 15 per cent of the boys
gave popularity with the opposite
sex as their first choice. In fact,
the same number of boys selected
popularity with girls as selected
success in athletics.
On the other hand, 24 per cent of
the girls compared with only 8 per
cent of the boys felt it most de
sirable to be popular with their
own sex. Though one girl, 16-year-old
Carol Taylor of Ridgewood,
N.J., gave a somewhat devious
reason:
"I would rather be popular with
girls because you can meet boys
through girls, but if only the boys
like you the girls will hate you.
The multiple choice also showed
36 per cent of the boys and 32 per
cent of the girls would rather be
exceptionally good students, and
that 18 per cent of the girls and 14
per cent of the boys felt being a
dutiful son or daughter was most
important.
Questions Asked
Do you think getting superior
grades is more important than be
ing well liked?
If you thought that showing ex
cellence in school work was hurt
ing your popularity with the oppo
site sex would you try less for
good grades?
If you could make the choice,
which of these would you rather
be considered; an exceptionally
good student, an exceptionally good
athlete, an unusually popular per
son with friends of your own sex,
an unusually popular person with
friends of the opposite sex, an ex
ceptionally dutiful son or daughter.
Do you think you would get bet
ter grades if you tried harder?
Would you try harder if you
thought better grades would make
you more popular?
Among the 18 per cent of the
girls (and 13 per cent of the bovs)
who refused to select any of the
categories was 16-year-old Lynne
rriedman of New York. She told
why in these words of moderation:
"I wouldn't want to be unusual
ly popular with either sex," she
said, "Just well liked by both, an
average student and a good dauglv
ter."
Mineral Club Hears
Visitors To Turkey
Mrs. Ella Hutchins told an In
teresting story of her visit with
her son, Larry Hutchins, and his
family in lsman, Turkey, at the
recent meeting of the Umpqua
Mineral Club, reports Mary Weik
um, correspondent.
Other features of the program
included a talk by Vorn Whitten
burg on the March birthstone, the
aquamarine. He discussed types
most valuable for color and per
fection and showed specimens. Fa
ceted stones on display were cut
by Milo Godfrey.
Theo Bond displayed a group of
volcanic bombs and wood casts
caused by the flow of lava.
Classes for exhibitors and judges
of mineral shows will be held at
the Crater Park Museum, Central
l'oint, April 28 and 29, it was re
ported. These are sponsored by the
Northwest Federation. Helen Rice
will be 'he instructor. Classes will
start at 8:30 Saturday morning.
The next meeting will be Thurs
day, April 12, at St. George's
Episcopal Parish Hall and will be
gin with a potluck dinner at 6:30
p.m. Each member is asked to
bring his own table service. Dr.
H. E. Church will talk on his re
cent trip to the eastern part of the
United States, and Mr. McGee
will speak of diamonds and dia
mond cutting. Diamond is the April
birthstone. Anyone interested is in
vited to attend.
Thur., April 12, 1962 The News-Revievr, Roseburj, Or. 5
Visitors In Drain Participate
In Family Reunion Recently
By JO CARDIE
Louise Goe, who is taking nurs-
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three children of Orleans. Calif.
visited last week In Drain at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Keen-
ey.
Tuesday evening the group at
tended a family reunion at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Lynn Pe
tersen at Camp Creek. The Rev.
and Mrs. Warren Cornelius of lie
Minnville joined them. Mrs. Keen-
ey, Mrs. Shaw, Mrs. Petersen and
Mrs. Cornelius are sisters, and this
is the first time they have been
together for a number of years.
Vacationers Return
Mr. and Mrs. Don Davis recent
ly vacationed in California, going
as far as San Jose and returning
by way of Gold Beach to visit rela
tives. Mrs. Robert Ward left for Okla
homa after receiving word her un
cle, James Landor, was seriously
hurt in a fall from a windmill.
Bob Whipple of Drain and Eu
gene Miller of Arcada, Calif., are
visiting this week at the home of
Bob s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jim
Whipple. Both boys attend Willam
ette University.
Mr. and Mrs. Forrest Johnson
and Skip were weekend visitors
with Johnson s aunt, Emma Peter
sen, in Portland, and a nephew
and niece, Mr. and Mrs. Ernie
Gray, in Vancouver. While there
Mr. and Mrs. Johnson bowled in
the All-Coast Tournament.
hospital. She is reported improving.
Debra and Jo Ann Faulkner of
Portland visited for two weeks re
cently at the home of their grand
mother, sirs. A. M. oogan.
Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Turemtn of
Portland and Steven McBride of
Vale were houseguests at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. J. Q. Carlile.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Haldeman and
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Cox visited Sun
day with Haldeman's mother and
sister, Mrs. Susan Haldeman and
Alice, in Portland.
Lee Ferguson of Mountain Home.
Idaho, transacted business in this
area while visiting at the noma of
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Keeney.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Evans of Rig
gins, Idaho, visited at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Norval Evans for a
week recently. The two couples
went to the coast for fishing and
agate hunting.
Mr. and Mrs. Ray McCorraack of
Monmouth visited last week at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Grant Me
Cormack. Ray McCormack attends
Oregon College of Education, and
Mrs. McCormack teaches school at
Independence.
Houseguests this week at the
Richard Clearman home are his
sisters, Esther Knudtzon of Wenat
chee, Wash., and Delia Livingston
of Palo Alto, Calif.
PROUD PAPA Princeton (left), comforts his mate. Lady, after she gave birth to twin
tiger cubs recently at the Portland Zoo.
American Newspaper Publishers
Open Annual Convention April 23
NEW YORK (AP) At noon on
Feb. 16, 1887, at Powers' Hotel in
Rochester, N. Y., William H.
Brearly of the Detroit Evening
News opened a meeting of 45 oth
er daily newspaper publishers and
managers with these words:
"We have a little plan to sug
gest That was the beginning of the
American Newspaper Publishers
Association, the influential daily
newspaper trade association that
holds its 75th anniversary conven
tion here April 23-26.
From its modest start, the
ANPA has grown until today it
has more than 845 daily newpaper
memoers in the United States and
Canada. Its membership repre
sents more than 50 per cent of
the total U. S. daily newspaper
circulation, and 94.8 per cent of
total Sunday circulation.
The association's by laws say:
"The objects of this association
are the protection of the members
from irresponsible customers; the
gathering and disseminating among
its member of news of value to
them; and the rendering to each
other of such other assistance as
may be within their power."
Apropos of the simile "as up-to-date
as today's newspaper." a
highlight of the convention will be
a demonstration of how the news
paper business may use the com
munications satellites in the future.
A news story will be transmit
ted at 1.000 words a minute from
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model of the communications sat
ellite "Telstar" suspended over
the stage. The copy then will be
relayed to a receiving station, all
located in the hotel's grand ball
room. The domonstration will accom
pany a speech by E. J. McNcely,
president of the American Tele
phone and Telegraph Co., on "new
developments in communication."
Telstar is the experimental com
munications satellite developed by
AT & T. Scheduled to be launched
in late spring from Cape Canaver
al, it is 34'A inches in diameter
and is designed to provide 600
voice channels or equivalent
for worldwide communication.
Also on the program is an ad
dress by Edward W. Barrett, dean
of the Columbia University Grad
uate School of Journalism. His sub
ject, "The Next Generation in
Journalism."
The ANPA serves as a clearing
house of information for answers
to publishing problems. It main
tains a research laboratory dedi
cated to improving daily newspa
per production and guiding manu
facturers toward more efficient
methods and equipment for pro
ducing the daily newspaper' Of tomorrow.
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