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EUGENE REGISTER-GUARD, Sunday. Jan. 21. 1962 Page 7A Vietnamese War Doesn't Alter Siesta By MALCOLM W. BROWNE Of the AuocUted Preii SAIGON I The grinding, cruel war gripping South Viet Nam has changed many features of life in the republic but it has scarcely touched the mid day siesta. Soldiers still put down their arms for a snooze, farmers lay aside their watering pots, mer chants close and streets are al most deserted as the nation goes to sleep more completely even than most Latin American coun tries. The Communist Viet Cong it self apparently still believes in I the healthful value of mid-day : sleep. j A recent intelligence report: on training activities of Unit company operating in the Me kong River delta showed, for example, that the rebels there turn in for a nap at 12:30 p.m. Even Reds Rest Austere in its training, the Communist unit takes only an hour for its siesta, and returns to work with a rousing half hour round of Communist songs. But the siesta itself is fundamental. Essential services in Saigon and the other big towns con tinue, of course, and fighting men never completely relax. But between noon and 3 p. m. most of the nation is in sus pended animation. Part of the persistence of the siesta pattern here results from South Viet Nam's enervating, tropical climate. This month, while most of the northern hemisphere was shiver ing under an unusually severe and general cold wave, midday temperatures in Saigon remain ed in the 80s and a blazing sun continued to blister the skins of the unwary. But the siesta also is a matter of national tradition here, and almost as immutable as the coni cal straw hats worn in the fields here for centuries. Often Annoyed Newly-arrived foreigners, mili tary men, government officials, businessmen, and tourists are often annoyed to find they can accomplish virtually nothing during siesta. Many complain that a valuable part of the work ing day is wasted. A Vietnamese government worker said: "Work is Impos sible in the heat of the day. We work at other times. Besides, none of us would have energy to work in the afternoon with out the refreshing siesta first. This is something your Western influence can never change nor should it." Most citizens take to their beds, but when beds are not available, anything will do. Taxi and cycle drivers curl up on the seats of their vehicles, street peddlers stretch out on door steps, children sleep in their sleeping mothers' arms, and some citizens even sleep draped over the seats of their parked motor scooters. The sidewalks themselves are strewn with sleeping forms. Even the most energetic for eigners who live and work in air conditioned rooms eventual ly give up fighting the big lull. Most admit they have grown to like the custom. A career diplo mat from one of ttie bustling, cold weather countries put it this way: "I used to hate this siesta thing myself, and resented the idea of working hard while i everyone else was sleeping. Iti seemed especially pointless in a ! nation at war. But I learned ! that there are reasons for it,! and I stopped carping. Then I got to like it. Frankly, I don't like the idea of having to give it up when I return home." j UO Faculty Plans Portland Concerts j Faculty members of the Uni-1 versity of Oregon School of Music will present a series of four concerts in Portland in : February and March. The Faculty Artist Series is being sponsored by the Univer-j sity of Oregon and the Portland Center of the State System of! Higher Education's General Ex-! tension Division. The Portland programs will . be given in the Lloyd Center! auditorium at 4 p.m. on Febru ary 11 and 25 and March 11 and 25. Among the university faculty members to be featured in the series are harpsichordist John Hamilton and violinist Lawrence Maves. Both musicians play with the Woodwind Baroque Players, the group presenting the Feb. 11 performance. Maves is also a member of the University Trio which performs on Feb. 25 and March 25. Hamilton is scheduled to handle the March 11 per formance. Further Information on the aeries may be obtained from the Portland Center's informa tion office, 1633 S W. Park Portland. Register-Guard Want Ada Bring Fast Itesulta REG. T1DI I- I ANT 11 54x54 I MDLC L.J I n Fringed Edge 57' 1.00 St SCREWDRIVERS 1.44 REG. 1.69 REG Tl I MR I CDC DECORATED 12-ox. QQe I UVIDLEIW GIFT BOX OF FOUR 77 5lcG Layer Cake Pan 21 299e REG. n A ti r A i rr a DM I n JvALCb) counseler H.Df 6.95 G.E. HEATING PAD 2.99 CADDY SET 'JSfSSUl 2.39 3RE?2,GOLF BALLS SfflSL,399c REG. 1 9.45 2.49 Hot Water Bottle "ISiS 1.33 SsLady Sunbeam tfoSr 6.99 Reg. r i n r t-t crersnarp run jer . 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