THURSDAY. JULY 7, 1949 .-
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Fact and Fancy
By Ken Hicks
LEARNING THE HARD WAY
In the early days of the communist uprising in China, it
was the fashion to regard the movement not as a "red" re
bellion but as a protest by outraged farmers against govern
ment corruption. American observers wrote books on the sit
uation, walked unseeing into the net of deception spread for
them and, in their mental entanglement, explained convinc
ingly that these people were merely called communists, but
that they were no such thing. They probably didn't even know
what the word meant and, as for any connection with Russia
why, that was the merest moonshine.
Later, when it was very late indeed, the record of Moscow
residence and thorough indoctrination of leaders in the move
ment came to light. The hand of Russia was no longer hidden.
Perhaps many of the rank and file did not know what it was
all about (and perhaps they did) but the ones at the head
knew and knew very jvell. We have been hearing very little
recently in apology for the acts and plans of the "agrarian re
formers". One of the latest bits of evidence, if any were now heeded,
that communism ia communism, in China as well as anywhere
else, comes after the fall of Shanghai, where an American
owned newspaper, the Evening Post and Mercury, has been
taken over by the invaders. Its editor, Randall Gould, is one of
those who thought and said that the rebels from the north
were just a lot of unfortunates who had been put upon and
who were finally objecting, After the seizure, unmistakable
communist methods were promptly brought to bear. The edi
tor was told what to print and what not to print, what the
policy of his paper should be and, both generally and speci
fically, how it should be operated.
. He couldn't quite take that and closed up, intending to de
part, but this, it seems, was not permitted. Instead, he must
make public apology to the employes, which suggests that he
Is quite likely resuming publication as the voice, although the
' unwilling voice, of the local soviet.
So now he knows, but it's a hard way to learn. A good many
thousands of others, white and yellow, have been learning the
hard way, too. We hope that their new-found knowledge may
do the unsovietized world some good. ' ,.
"They don't turn out a finished
product, any more: When they
get out ot college we still have
to teach 'em the fundamentals,''
We have heard more than one
employer make this remark in
recent years, usually mere was
a trace of wonderment involved;
as though the speaker could not
imagine a parent spending sev
eral thousand dollars to send a
boy or girl through college, only
to find the graduate still a neo
phyte In his or her chosen field.
Perhaps the colleges and uni
versities have been somewhat to
blame, due to crowded conditions,
but a recent series of articles in
the Oregonian would seem to lay
much of the responsibility right
back on elementary education.
fhat and the mental attitude of
the post-war young people, who
never have known hard times
and seem to feel that the world
will be handed to them "on a
platter," as it were. , x
!'It is all a part of the general
lulling of both grown-ups and
youngsters into the. belief that
the world owes then) an easy
time." the Oregonian article - of
last Sunday's issue quotes one
prominent educator as saying, "it
isn't surprising they believe there
should be no hard work in get
ting an education."
Time was when the "country
club" idea prevailed: at most of
the nation s institutions of higher
learning, Junior or his sister
provided with a car and a liberal
allowance, of course felt -that
four years of college life could
do a very pleasant interlude to
a "position" at high pay in some
profession or white-collar job.
Things have changed, however.
Today the student who cannot
make passing grades is flunked.
We know several who have
"made the rounds," enrolling first
Bend's Yesterdays
(From The Bulletin Files)
INCREASING THE SUPPLY
' Teachers top the list of women graduates of colleges in
salaries received, announces the president of Eastern Oregon
college at La Grande. This fact, coupled with the state board
of education's new rules concerning the training of elemen
tary teachers in Oregon should bring relief in the teacher
shortage before too many years have passed.
Oddly enough, up to now training for elementary instruc-
tion had to be done in teacher colleges or normal schools. At
the standard colleges and universities, the man or woman who
' sought to quality for a career as an educator could take all
the work in the curriculum and still be unrecognized as pre
pared to teach in the grades. Yes, he could do high school
teaching; he could prepare to do college instructing, but he
could not qualify as an elementary instructor. .
' We have always wondered why such a distinction should
be made. Apparently others wondered also for, in the 1949
session of the Oregon legislature there was enactment provid
ing that training for elementary teaching could be given in
. the more advanced institutions. With this as the enabling pro
vision and with the board's new rules to implement the law
the opportunity for more young people to prepare for the
teaching profession should be greatly increased.
Other Editors Say
THE OREGON GRANGE
(Oregon Dally Journal)
If public power and taxes had
been taken off the agenda of the
7(ith annual convention of the
Oregon State grange at Coos Buy,
there would have been little lelL
Taking their cue from Morton
Tompkins, grange muster, the
700 delegates guve greatest em
phasis to advocacy ol CVA, In lino
with the Tompkins program to
mako all Oregon grange mem
bers "apostles of CVA" in 1SH9,
then they gave the rest of their
time to tax matters.
Here is tile record:
CVA approved with only four
dissenting votes; only one dele
gate spoke against it.
First voted to "restore" the
property qualification to all tax
and bond elections, then approved
a substitute resolution that would
require 18 months' residence (in
stead of six) for those voting on
tax and bond proposals.
Shelved national health Insur
ance proposal.
Postponed Indefinitely a reso
lution to eliminate property taxes
lor state purposes.
Beat down by big majority a
tax committee resolution that
would have given grange support
to a "fair and Impartial sales tax
bill to relievo overtaxed farmers."
One Pomona and seven subordi
nate granges favored this resolu
tion and (irangc master Tomp
kins brought the Washington
grange master and lite California
overBeer to the floor to support
his antl sales tax position,
Returned resolution to provide
further stale aid to schools from
state Income and excise tuxes to
committee for further study.
Approved (as first order of bus-
THIRTY YEARS AGO
(July "7. -1919)
Six carrier pigeons released at
East lake this week reached Bend
in about 50 minutes, William
Sproat of the Deschutes national
forest reported today.
Mr. and Mrs. A. A.'Symons ar
rived in Bend Saturday from
Cashmere, Wash., where Mr. Sy
mons has been engaged in the
Jewelry business. He will be
identified with h s brother. Mvron
H. Symons, In the Central Photo
company In Bend.
Prol. W. O. Crosby, geologist,
Is to arrive from the east on July
17 to start his study of the site
of the proposed Benham falls
reservoir.
in one school, then In another,
in an attempt somehow to get
a degree without too much work.
Yet they seem not to have real
ized that "flunking" was due en
tirely to their own lack of effort,
not only in college, but starting
in the grade schools and extend
ing through high school. .
An educator friend of ours
once remarked, concerning high
school students: "We offer them
everything they need, . . . includ
ing mathematics, English and the
sciences , . . for successful en
trance into universities and col
leges. We can't make them ab
sorb It, however. Some students
really work. Others merely exert
enough effort to get passing
grades. Then they are outraged
when they flunk college require
ments." '
For millions of Americans, it
still seems almost unbelievable
that the "honeymoon Is over," In
sofar as making big money with
little effort is concerned. Many
young people never have known
what it means to skimp and save.
Many have not given' a serious
thought to the business of mak
ing a living, after completion of
high school or college careers.
Many adults, too, have grown so
soft during 'the "lush years" that
they no longer know the mean
ing of a very grim word COM
PETITION! yet competition again is here.
Nature's twin laws, supply and
demand and survival of the fit
test, have not been repealed
despite new deal promises ' of
eternal "pie in the sky."
Thus we face the sad fact that
thousands of this year's college
graduates may find themselves
inadequately equipped to meet
the world's challenges. And they
will not find so many bosses will
ing to "teach them" the funda
mentals they should have learned
in school, in exchange for their
services.
Innumerable personal tragedies
will occur, as a result of this dis
illusionment. For the time is at
hand whe only the "cream of
the crop" will find ready assimi
lation into the business and pro
fessional fields. The inefficient,
no matter how many years of
'education'' they have received,
will find themselves left by the
wayside. ,
There should be a lesson In
this, for the boys and girls now
receiving their elementary school
ing. It is: Get the groundwork
now! Don't Just slide through
school, content with passing
grades. Get the fundamentals you
must have to enter college, and
will need still more to complete
your course and get a degree.
' It may seem rough, when the
other kids are having a good
time, but it will pay tremendous
dividends in future years.
Out on the Farm
By Ha 8. Grant
By Ha S. Grant
Julv 7 Even though It's
named for a cat, Calico farm is
a haven for birds. Maybe birds
lust nrefer country life to the
city, like lots of folks we know.
Or maybe we're more observant
out here than we've ever been
before. We spend so much time
looking out the picture windows
at the mountain view that we're
Just bound to see some of the
things in the foreground.
The front yard is Indented with
several depressions, and when we
Irrigate, they fill witn water ana
make excellent bird baths. The
feathered friends visit us m
large numbers, and the variety
of species represented is surpris
ing. Besides the more familiar
birds, there are several kinds we
haven't observed closely enough
to identify.
The meadow larks are among
the most interestine of the birds.
Their call is the most musical of
all birdsongs, we think, and they
are such prim looking little crea
tures one wouldn t suspect inai
they're prima donnas. They walk
along swiftly with short, mincing
steps, stopping often to listen for
the stir ot insects.
The robin-sized bird with bright
yellow breast and black cravat
is especially handsome in flight,
when Its white outer tail feath
ers are conspicuous.
The wild canaries are numer
ous, too. There are lots of rob
ins, blackDlrds, starlings, oiue
birds, even orioles. Must make a
mental note to ask. the library for
for a book of Audubon colored
prints, so we can call our other
plumed visitors Dy name.
Forger Receives
2-Year Sentence
Roy H. Weaser, 30, of Shevlin,
yesterday began serving a two
vear sentence in the Oregon state
Denltentiarv on a charge of forg
ery. He was taken to the prison
by deputy sheriff Marry jonnson.
Weaser pleaded guilty to the
charge and was sentenced this
past week by R. S. Hamilton, Des
chutes county circuit court Judge.
He admitted passing several forg
ed checks at local grocery stores.
At the time of his arrest tnis past
week, Weaser was on probation
from Pendleton on a charge oi od
taining money under false pretenses.
BEES GOING NORTH
Davis, Cal. ttli The California
bee Industry will be buzzing with
activity this spring, with more
than a million being shipped to
northern United States and Can
ada. ' Severe winters in the north
prevent bee-keepers from operat
ing on a year-around basis.
grownd like Topsy" basis.
Favored saving as much ot the
salmon industry as possible with
out interfering with power, flood
control and irrigation develop
ment. Hit big retail corporations that
"evade taxes" by transferring
storo properties to dummy cor
porations. Reaffirmed approval of the
graduated income tax as the most i
equitable. j
Voted to purge 22 members of :
194!) slate legislature who voted
for a bill to tighten the .state in-1
llmtivo and rcicrondum laws. ,
Voted against legalization of
shit machines.
Only one strictly agricultural
problem snared the attention of
delegates, that is, the ltiannan
farm program, and on this, again
taking lompklns' lead, tney
straddled, favoring parts of the
Bi annim plan, parts of the Aiken
plan.
The Oregon stale grange has
some 32,000 incmlxTs. it is thus
the largest farm organisation in
Oregon, dedicated since lHV'J to
the improvement of agricultural
technology and of the economic
and social status of its members.
The 32,000 members must judge
ii'oiii the record whether evi
dence of basic objectives was
missing at the annual convention
at Coos Bay In the year 1949.
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THIS EVENING
(THURSDAY I'.YTiNIXG)
and FRIDAY
Tlie most opportune snl! of famous CUSI OMADK
I UIS! I ires nrc 'way, 'way down! Selcil from it
now ntlvuiK ed style collcclion. Buy on our lay-nwuy
or lime -pay plan.
POOR I Alt.M COMING BACK?
(Oregon Statesman
Is the "poor farm" coming
back? II seems to bo, under oilier
names. Deschutes county Infirm
ary, Intended, so ve mulct stand,
tor the inhnn aged. Douglas
lnessi resolution condemning I'a- county Is going to build a county
cific Power & Light company for
requesting lower rates lor I he
Dalles I where there Is a public
versUR private power fight i than
for Hood River, Pendleton and
Astoria.
Reaffirmed position against any
changes In state Initiative and
referendum law, after 'lompklns
advocated program to "get" legis
lators who favored such amend
ments,
home for indigents
'I here Is reason for these devel
opments. Aged people are often
wnnoin proper Homes. liven, with
welfare grunts they have difficul
ty In getting good ureomir-.nilrt-lions
within reach of their allow
ances. These Institutions are plan
ned to provide decent shelter, i
wnoiesome mod and. If necessary,
nursing cure. They have a definiie
place.
U't t'. hope there may never be
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