Music is Manly Science,
Bandmaster Demonstrates
New York flJ.R) A mathe
matical equation becomes a mu
sical composition when band
master and composer Paul La
Valle starts demonstrating how
music is a manly science as well
as a fine art.
As conductor of the Cities
Service Band of America and the
nation's leading bandmaster, La
Valle talks each year to thou
sands of young people who are
taking part in the biggest revival
of the brass band in history.
He explains the revival as part
of "the nostalgic era" in Amer
ica today, as compared to the
Jazz era of the Twenties and the
iwing era that followed the de
pression. The musical mathematics La
Valle explains as a sure fire fas
cination to students who regard
practicing an instrument as "sis
sy" compared to following the
footsteps of Albert Einstein.
"There are eight million young
people playing in school bands
in this country," LaValle said
with obvious satisfaction. 'This
Is the highest figure in history.
Anything that can be done to en
courage more to take part is
worthwhile!
Besides getting musical train
ing, those students have a won
derful hobby to keep them busy
after school. The teenagers who
join those hysterical stage door
mobs for romantic singers or
who become juvenile delin
quents are the ones who have
nothing to do when school it
out."
With that he began writing a
series of figures on a pad in his
Rockefeller Center office, which
Is filled with stacks of band mu
sic and pictures of student bands
LaValle has conducted in almost
every state. - ,
"Bach was one of the world's
greatest mathematicians," the
bandmaster commented. "The ba
sis of any art is mathematics. In
fact, the study of the universe
is based on mathematics."
He finished writing the alge
braic ratio of four to three, then
quickly drew a musical scale to
show how the series of numbers
in the ratio could be translated
into musical rhythm.
The numbers first became a
rhythm, then were used to meas
ure up the scale in semi-tones to
make the melody. When he was
finished, LaValle then quickly
hummed the melody.
"I don't say that music is com
posed this way, explamed the
musicians, who has composed
much music himself, by the un
mathematical method. "But it is
possible to create very interest
ing effects this way."
LaValle's own compositions
are extremely varied, includmg
"Symphonic Rhumba"; "U. S
Overture"; "Band of America
March," and a musical satire
called "Concerto Piquante for
Licorice Stick." The latter was
composed while he was conduct
ing the "Chamber Music bociety
Seven Communicable
Disease Cases Listed
Only seven cases of communi
cable disease were reported to
the Jackson county health de
partment for the week ending
June 28, according to the de
partment's weekly bulletin.
The cases reported, all of
which were in Medford, includ
ed six of german measles, and
one of trench mouth.
Medford
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THE WORLD'S LARGEST Three queens of the sea find themselves docked side by side in New York's
North River. Representing the maritime prides of three nations, the vessels (bottom to top): Queen
Mary, England's largest ship; the Liberte, France's biggest, and America's newest and largest, the
United States. The United States will start her maiden voyage across the Atlantic July 3.
A Nichols' Worth of
Comment On This and That
BY HARMAN W. NICHOLS
United Press Feature Write
Washington U.R) A smart 1 back it goes, and she'll give you
Harmon Nichols
photographer who claimed to
know a lot about mathematics
spent about an
hour trying to
figure out the
cube root of
357,911.
Shakuntala
Devi, a mathe
matical wizard
from India,
took one look
at the big fig
ure and said:
"That's easy,
Mister. The an
swer is 71."
The 21-year-old Indian girl
has just returned from a tour of
Europe where she astonished
many minds with her genius
The other day, before she held
her first press conference in this
country, she stumped university
mathematics experts in the
Washington area.
She extracted cube roots of
eight and 10 numbers in less
than a second, and performed
unusual multiplication feats
all without pencil or paper.
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the year no matter how far
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the day of the week.
Before she left India for a
two-year trip through Europe,
she had finished her sophomore
year in college. She specialized
in physics, chemistry, and math
ematics. She failed in English,
twice.
Shakuntala discovered she
could handle figures and that
she had a photographic memory
when she was 5A years old.
The "smart" newspaper men,
most of whom can't add up an
expense account, tried in vain
to stump the girl with high
figures.
When she was in Britain, the
British Broadcasting Company
put her on a television show.
The interviewer, one Leslie
Mitchell, asked her to give the
roots of a number of figures,
which she did accurately.
The RBC had figured out
some dandies for her. She pro
tested a couple on the ground?
that the' answers figured' "' out
laboriously in advance "by"6read-
casting "experts" were not cor
rect. They weren't, either..-.
Later the BBC admitted that
its math men had gotten most
of their figures from a reckoner.
These were correct. The ones
they thought up were wrong.
U. S. Budget Different Story
She has no trouble juggling
figures, but she was a little puz
zled when a reporter asked her
if she thought she could balance
the United States budget.
She said she wouldn't like to
tackle anything that difficult.
"I'll stick to the roots," she
added.
"How about a decontrolled
grocery, bill?'' another reporter
asked her.
"I can't figure out my own
bank account," she confessed.
The 20th root of a 42-digit
figure is just play for the girl
from India. But she has a few
failings.
She can't remember her tele
phone number, or the number of
her hotel room.
Excavation Reveals
New Indian Culture
Mexico City (U.R) Exeava
tion for a water system has led
to the discovery of a new Teoti
huacan Indian culture, entirely
separate from the ancient Toltec
temples and pyramids north of
here at San Juan Teotihuacan.
The Mexican national school
of anthropology said the "im
portant discovery" has been
made in one of Mexico City's
residential suburbs and Indicates
the Toltec Indians at one time
inhabited the lower lake region
which engulfed the present site
of this capital.
A small shrine and several
small buildings were uncovered
In the underground parts of the
structures 30 bodies and Toltec
pottery were found. .
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Many 4-H Members
Eligible for Camp
All 4-H club members in
Jackson county who have their
work up to date are eligible to
attend the club's summer camp
Greyback which will be held
from July 28 to August 2, ac
cording to County 4-H Agent,
R. H. Cate Jr.
Cards have been sent out to
members, according to Cate, and
must be filled out and returned
to the county agent's office by
July 16. He pointed out that
the camp is primarily geared
for club members in the nine to
14 years age bracket.
Camp activities this year will
include swimming, hiking, na
tural crafts, cookouts, a sleepout
and other activities, the agent
pointed out.
The camp is located 10 miles
southeast of Cave Junction on
the Oregon Caves highway.
County Road Oiling
Delayed, To Resume
Light oiling of Jackson county
roads, which has been held up
by rainy weather for a week,
was resumed yesterday, -according
to County Engineer Paul
Rynning. The work is expected
to be completed by tonight.
Heavy oiling will be started
right after the Fourth of July,
the engineer added. Work has
been continuing, despite the
rain, on the ditching and grad
ing of the Old Stage road from
Scenic drive to near Gold Hill,
he said.
Giant Burro Derby
To Feature Jubilee
Jacksonville A feature of
the annual Jacksonville Gold
Rush Jubilee, scheduled for Aug
ust 2 and 3, will be a "Giant
Burro-derby," Ed Rooney, who
is in charge of the event, stated
today.
Special prizes will be awarded
to winners of running, harness
and packing races, Rooney said.
He urged owners of pack or
stock animals to enter the event
well in advance of the start of
the jubliee. .
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publican Party farm council
meeting of the eastern half of
the first congressional district
was adjourned quickly here
when only one man showed up.
He was Paar Young of Nehawka,
Neb., which isn't in the district.
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izen; must be at least 35 years of
age and a resident of the United
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