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Postmen Using
Psych on Dogs
By ARTHUR ED®ON
AP Newsfeatures Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) — All
over the nation today postmen j
are using psychcology on dogs.
They are not petting dogs, nor
are they running from them. And
when a dog stands snarling be
tween them and the mail box,
they wait patiently for the beast
to approach and sniff them.
They are doing all this, that
is, if they’re following official
suggestions.
'For Post Office department of
ficials figure that a majority of
their carriers have been dog
bitten at least once. So they have
consulted “experts trained in the
actions, psychology and temper
ament of dogs” to see what can
be done about it.
Results Passed On
Edward Landry, post office
safety director, said results of
this study were sent to regional
directors to pass on to carriers
in whatever form they chose.
Victor H. Anderson, safety di
rector in Kansas City, Kan.,
summed them up neatly for car
riers on a single typewritten
page, a copy of which has been
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Leading the discussion will be
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a professional photographer.
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dog hater.
Armed With Mare
Anderson headed the page with
a drawing of a bulldog taking a
bead on a carrier, who fortu
nately is wearing armor and is
armed with a mace. "Dog days
are every day for postal carrier,"
the caption says.
First, about dogs in general.
The experts say dogs smell and
hear excellently, but that their
eyesight is terrible. So when a
postman, toting his pouch, he be
comes blurred and indistinct into
the dog’s vision, it’s no wonder
he's suspicious.
Make Friends
Under the circumstances, thtf
experts say, the best thing to do
is to make friends with him, ar\d
here’s the way it should be done:
1. "Do not pet dogs. Many
dogs resent such familiarity
Let the dog make the advances.
His acquaintances are made by
smell—not by contact."
2. “Do not make quick, sudden
movements ... A dog may bite
in nervousness or fear."
3. “Do not strike at a dog"
since he then thinks it’s okay to
strike back.
4. “Do not run from dogs!’’
5. “If a dog stops you in your
path by snarling at you: I. Stand
still and give him time to smell
you. 2. Talk to him and continue
talking to him as you walk
straight ahead toward your des
tination."
Doing His Duty
6. "Show respect for a dog,”
who only is doing his duty, “and
nine times out of ten, he will, in
turn, respect you.”
But just when a postman might
feel he’s prepared for anything,
including lion taming, the let
down comes.
“It is true,” Anderson con
cedes, “that a few dogs are ac
tually just plain ‘ornery’ and will
not easily make friends with car
riers.”
What happens to the poor post
man who tried to walk and talk
his way past this animal, An
derson doesn’t say. But he might
well have repeated his opening
sentence.
“The experience of postal car
riers with dogs belonging to pa
trons on the routes,” he said,
“has not been a pleasant one.”
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9 Victor P. Morris, dean of
the school of business, will dis
cuss the problem of "Christian
Beliefs ami the College Student"
at Inter-Varsity Christian fel
lowship tonight at 7 p.m. in the
Student Union. Room number
will be posted on the SU direc
tory.
0 Ilillel will meet tonight at 7
in the Student Union, according
to Harry Asch, president. Her
bert Bisno, assistant professor
of sociology, will be the guest
speaker. Anyone interested is in
vited to attend this meeting.
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0 Holy Communion will be
celebrated by Episcopal students
at 7 a.m. Wednesday morning,
Gerlinger hall. Breakfast will be
served.
0 The International Affairs
commission of the YWCA will
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dent Union.
§ Skull and Dagger will meet
today at 4 p.m. in the Student
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am, president.
0 Kwama will meet tonight
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Helen Ruth Johnson, president.
Conference Scheduled
For Air Science Profs
Professors of Air Science ami
AS IV directors from the Ore
gon-Washington region will gnth
cr at the University Thursday
and Friday for the Hecond group
conference of the 1954-55 acad
emic year.
A full slate of discussions and
addresses will be featured at the
session, hosted by the Univer
sity's AFROTC department In
the Student Union. A luncheon is
scheduled for Thursday, with
President Wilson and several
other faculty members attend
ing.
Colonel E. B. Daily will rep
resent the University at the PAS
meeting while Colonel R. B.
Forbes will be the AS IV direc
tor delegate.
Other schools to be represented
include Oregon State college,
Willamette university, the Uni
versity of Portland, the Univer
sity of Washington, College of
Puget Sound and Central Wash
ington College of Education.
Fico officers from the Air
Wilson Talks
About Lincoln
President O. Meredith Wilson
delivered a special "Lincoln Day
Address" at a joint session of the
Oregon state legislature last Fri
day morning.
ThfTleglslature, which dismiss
ed its regular sessions for the
purpose of observing the birth
day of late President Abraham
Lincoln, heard Wilson review
some of Lincoln's policies which
are having effects on government
of today.
Both the Senate and the House
went back into session Friday
afternoon.
University at Maxwell Ale Force
base In Montgomery, Ala., will
be on hand to autst In the dls
ciiHMionH. Kmpha.HlH In the AS IV
portion of the meeting will be
on tho effect* of new course*
Introduced thla year.
The group's flrat meeting was
in September at the University
of Portland.
Physicist Plans
Public Lecture
“Radio Astronomy” Is the title
of a public lecture to be de
livered by Ronald N. Bracewell,
Australian physicist, Thursday
night at 8 in the Dad's lounge.
Bracewell’s lecture will deal
with recent findings by astron
omers which have revealed that
radio waves arc coming from the
sun, moon, milky way and from
other objects in the sky whose
existence have been unsuspected
by astronomers.
The methods enabling astron
omers to probe regions beyond
the range of telescopes will also
be covered by Bracewell.
A graduate of the University
of Sydney, Bracewell has spent
most of the time since his school
days in the development of mic
rowave radar.
He is at present on leave from
the division of radiophysics of
the Commonwealth Scientific
and Industrial Research organ
ization in Australia. During his
leave he has been serving as an
assistant professor of radio as
tronomy at the University of
California.
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