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Insurance companies nix merit rating proposal Young male drivers would still have the highest in s u ra n c e rates of all groups if insurance companies had their way Company spokesmen told Oregon Insurance Com missioner B ill F ritz in Portland Wednesday they are opposed to proposals to e lim in a te age. sex and marital status in figuring auto insurance F ritz is holding a series of state hearings on the possibility of implementing merit rating, using a driver's record as the basis for determining rates. Insurance representatives unanimously m aintained that young male drivers have more accidents and are more expensive to insure than other drivers. If merit rating was in ef fect, adult drivers would pay 9 percent more and senior citizens 15 percent more for premiums than under the present system, a representative from Safeco Insurance in Portland said. But merit rating would reduce premiums for young drivers by 24 to 52 percent, Blake Reed admitted. He testified that the present system is the best way insurance companies have found to keep premiums down for the average driver. Other agents used different statistics that also said merit rating would increase premiums for most drivers. But Ron Wyden, repre sentative of Oregon Legal Services for the Elderly, produced a telegram from the North Carolina deputy insurance commissioner who said rates have not gone up since that state adopted merit rating College reps, students meet at MHCC Students at Mt. Hood Com m unity College w ill meet with representatives of fo u r-year colleges and universities during Transfer Information Week, Nov. 13- 16. Private and public schools are involved in the program. All sessions are scheduled in the MHCC Town & Gown Room unless otherwise in dicated. Oregon State University, Linfield College and Western States Chiropractic College are scheduled Nov. 13. Lewis & Clark College, University of Portland, Warner Pacific | College and the Air Force ROTC are coming Nov. 14. U niv e rs ity of Oregon, Oregon College of Education and Reed and Eastern Oregon State colleges are scheduled Nov. 15 and Portland State, Pacific and Southern Oregon State un iversities are coming Nov. 16. A ir Force ROTC rep resentatives a re also scheduled to talk to students in the MHCC Career Resources Center on Mon day, Wednesday and T h u rs d a y . Students are encouraged to make appointments at the MHCC Counseling Center, but will be accepted on a drop-in basis. North Carolina instituted an “ inexperienced operator” surcharge for any driver with less than two years’ experience. The deputy commissioner said the system has not threatened any insurance company’s business legislation should prohibit basing rates on age, marital status or sex Their plan proposes a three-year limitation on using accidents or citations as a basis for premiums and establishes a discount for senior citizens with good driving records. They also suggest the commissioner be allowed to review each com pany’s merit rating plan The Oregon Student Public Interest Research Group proposed that merit rating ESD sets course in speed reading The Clackamas County Education Service District will hold a speed reading course which guarantees that participants will be able to read at least 1500 words a minute or five times the student’s present reading rate. The class w ill meet Tuesday evenings from 7 to 9:30 p.m. beginning Nov. 14 in the boardroom of the ESD offices in Marian Hall on the Marylhurst Campus between Lake Oswego and West Linn. The classes will run eight weeks from Nov. 14 to Jan 9. For more inform ation contact Rob Luchsinger at C la c k a m a s E d u c a tio n Service District, 635-4341 or 221-0116. Number Eleven in a Series The Way to Win. . Thvr« Nov 9. 1 9 7* (Soc 2) SANDY (O ro.) ROST MHCC picks blue ribbon committee Sydney Sanders has been elected chairman and David King vice chairman of a special blue ribbon com mission on pre-professional education at M t. Hood Community College. The purpose of the com mission is to study in structional efforts of the college and to insure they are in step with the needs of the college d istrict and its students The MHCC Board established the 22-member group to exam ine the philosophy, objectives, and functions of the academic divisions having pre professional or lower division collegiate transfer programs A major objective will be to determine the programs' viability in terms of contemporary needs, time of a v a ila b ility , scope, completeness, structure, support, and space requirem ents, students, faculty, and availab le finances The pre-professions I or lower division college transfer programs allow the MHCC student to complete the first two years of college within the district before transferring to a four-year institution for completion of a bachelor’s degree. About 45 ^percent of the college's annual full-time equivalent enrollment is made up of students taking classes in these programs, according to statistics published by the Oregon C o m m u n ity C o lle g e Assembly. Associate degrees in arts and letters, business, science, and social science are offered in more than 65 pre-professional areas at MHCC A minimum of 90 credit hours must be com pleted for the MHCC associa te degree However, a total of 108 approved credit hours can be transferred from a com munity college to a state four year institution, leaving only 78 credit hours of upper HAW M©@MU By Mike Rothenberger Copyright Dole Carnegie & Associates, Inc. 1967 All Rights Reserved A husky young man climbed the muddy trail up the mountain to a lumber camp. When he arrived at the camp he went to the foreman and applied for a job. The foreman asked. “ Young man, have you ever had any experience cutting trees?” The youth said, “ No sir, I haven’t, but I am very strong and healthy and willing to learn as fast as I can.” The forem an was favorably impressed with the young m an’s eagerness so he told him to get a good night’s rest and report for work early the next morning. When morning came the foreman took the young fellow out to the forest, handed him a shiny new axe and taught him how to fell a tree. Soon the foreman left and the young man began chopping down the trees as fast as he could. When evening came the foreman asked the young fellow how many trees he had cut that day. With a smile of pride on his face the youth answered, “ I cut 50 trees today.” The foreman gave him a nod of approval and went his way. The next night he was asked again for a report on his work and he was ashamed to tell the foreman that he had cut only 43 trees that day. On the third evening he was humiliated to report that he had cut only 35 trees The foreman could not understand the decrease in production so he began to question the young man He asked. “ Are you working as fast as you did on the first day?” The youth replied, “ I ’m working much faster.” The foreman asked, “ Are you swinging the axe as hard?” “ Much harder,” was the earnest reply. Then the foreman said, “ Let me see your axe.” He carefully examined the blade as he drew his fingers across the cutting edge and found that it was very dull. He slowly handed thft implement back to the youth as he asked. “ How many times have you stopped ‘ to sharpen your axe?” The young man quickly replied, “ Sir, I haven’t had time to sharpen my axe, I ’ve been too busy cutting trees.” Sometimes we allow the same to happen to our mental tools. We become so busy with our daily tasks that we forget the vital necessity of keeping our mental skills sharp ( through the process of continuous learning. 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