The End of the World
By J. HUGH PRTJETT
Aitronomr, Extension Division
Oregon Higher Education System
In his younger boyhood days
the writer was kept in a constant
state of fright by those who
could prove "definitely" from
biblical passages that the end of
the world would come within
two or three years. Every un
usually dark cloud made the
boy quake at the thought that
our beautiful earth would be
exploding and burned before
nightfall.
The expectancy of the end of
the world has through the cen
turies instilled both joy and
dread in the minds of mankind.
The early Christians seeming
ly considered it an immediate
and happy event. About A.D.
1100, the widespread belief that
the certain end was right at
hand surely influenced the ex
cesses of the Crusades.
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Many times during the past
century a definite date for this
terrestrial catastrophe has been
assigned, but the old world still
rolls right along through empty
space, sustained by mighty( and
orderly universal processes
which are absolutely uninflu
enced by the errors of human
judgment.
Some have thought that all
earthly life would be poisoned
should we ever pass through the
tail of a comet.. But this has
occurred twice during the past
century (1861 and 1910) without
any noticeable effect. And it is
likely that heads of comets have
struck the earth with only local
ized destruction occurring. An
asteroid impact might be some
what similar. '
It is pretty well agreed that
our moon, after getting farther
from the earth for awhile, will
in the distant future approach
much nearer than now. How
ever, because of tidal forces it
will break up into countless
pieces which will form a lumi
nous ring around our world like
the ring around Saturn. Aside
from the inconvenience of some
of the fragments ' tumbling to
earth, this would cause no gen
eral destruction.
Sun Will Go Out
Assuming the correctness of
the present theory regarding the
source of the sun's heat, old
Sol will not "run out of fuel"
for untold ages yet. But it will
surely finally go out and leave
our solor system with only the
stars as the source of light and
heat.
A source or real destruction
would be the approach of an
other huge sun (a star) from
the depths of space which might
plunge into our sun. The increas
ing brightness of such a star
through the multitudes of gen
erations while it would approach
us, would allow scienists ample
time to predict the end. If our
sun should suddenly flare up as
a nova, all life on the earth
would soon be ended.
Astronomers see the possibil
ity of the earth's destruction
at some future time through
natural occurrences. But there
is no evidence that this is an
event of the near future. If it
takes place at all, it may be a
Sunday, April 17, 1931
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hope's
Heart, my heart, wear
crown
No matter what fate may bring;
Love that died in winter's frown
May live again in spring.
Think, of all that yet is thins.
And of the world so far;
Heart, my heart, do not repine.
Still seek love everywhere.
Heine.
GOT THE REAL STUFF These 74 children in the Garfield School at Garfield, Utah,
have a right to grin. They just learned that when they were innoculated last year
they all got the real Salk anti-polio shots. None were given inactive vaccine.
Is That So?
Is an animal's mind like ours?
Can an angleworm learn any
thing? Can a raccoon think? A
chimpanzee reason?
A human, after all, has a
superior, reasoning mind. He
can employ conscious means to
ward achieving planned ends;
reason in abstractions; with
imagination look forward into
the future; by recalling past ex
periences, guide himself in fu
ture action; comprehend such
imponderables as roundness and
justice.
Certainly these products oe-
speak a reasoning mind out
look, are they not all mature
adult products? i
million or a billion years from
now. from the scientific stand
point no time prediction is pos
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" THE MANHATTAN 21 I y'-j
By Eugena Burnt
Ranger-Naturalist
Let's go back, back say when
we were nine. What then? Was
our comprehension of impon
derable concepts as clear or as
full as it is now? Patently, no.
But make no mistake, there was
an abundance of intelligence,
And at age 9, we were capable
of learning, and fast.
But now, let's lift six years,
and go back to the age of three
Now,, what did we "see" at
three' Certainly the world from
our three-year old view -was
most circumscribed, limited to
the ball we were holding, the
person standing next to us
mother, father, brother Or neigh
bor. But yet, although our con
cept of the realities of life may
have been fuzzy death as an
end, for example, could not be
comprehended yet, at three
years our senses were alive,
some, including eyesight, a good
deal better than now.
Sense Weak at Birth
And before that? Let's go
back even farther, beyond the
vague understandings of hunger,
sleep, security back to the mo
ment we were born. What, then?
Then, even our senses were
weak: although our eyes were
wide-open, yet we were blind
because our vision was not
backed by enough mind to re
port and interpret the images;
our nostrils were unable to re
port what smells went through
them; high notes struck on the
piani meant nothing..
And back before that? As the
human, develops in the womb,
there is a time when he has
gill slits, when he shows a tail
in fact, looks just like a tadpole.
And in that development from
conception to mature adulthood,
the human lives through the be
ginnings of consciousness,- too,
progressing gradually through
awareness, finally attaining the
ability to deal in abstractions
In expressing ourselves, we be
gin by making little whimpers
or protestations and wind up
contemplating an expanding
universe.
Animal's Mind Like Human's
Again, can the angleworm
learn. Can the raccoon think?
The chimpanzee reason?
Most assuredly, like humans,
they can learn, think, and rea
son. But any given animal's
mind is like the human's provid
ing you place him in the same
relative stage of development
from conception to death.
When the babe is held by its
mother while adults are convers
ing about the new super-hydro
gen bomb, 6,000 times as potent
as the one which ' annihilated
Hiroshima, is it filled with dread?
No. No more than the tadpole
which doesn't know to squirm
as the kingfisher dives upon it.
Certainly, the far, far away
thoughts of adulthood are not
the thoughts of childhood and
the thoughts of a child are not
the thoughts of animals, either.
Can Find Way Through Maze
Animals, however lowly in the
scale, can learn. A worm patient
ly . trained, can find its way
through a simple maze. A cock
roach, completely against its in
stincts, can be taught to prefer
light to darkness. A cat doesn't
sit on a hot stove twice.
To be sure, between the rac
coon and the man there is a
difference the 'coon may have
the cunning to outwit a smart
dog, but yet the racoon is ignor
ant of the meaning of justice
strictly, this is a product of a
mature human being, whose mind
has developed far and beyond
that of raccoon.
Admittedly, in the raccoon
there is not enough mind to do
calculus but there is enough
mind to lure a dog away from
her brood and into the water
where she can drown him; or
putting mussels on a sun-baked
rock to make them open their
shells.
In the angleworm, mind flick
ers feeble and small; in chim
panzee it has grown to a much
greater quickness; in human, it
has progressed where it deals
with imponderable concepts. But
whether worm, raccoon chim
panzee or human there is
Not so long ago a color psy
chologist said if a secretary wore
a red dress it would stimulate
her brain. Make her quicker on
the trigger mentally. Now
another expert on the same sub
ject claims black typewriters
are depressing. That they slow
up a secretary and decrease her
endurance. He suggests brighter
colors for typewriters and favors
yellow. Keep this in mind, mis
ter. If your girl Friday seems a
trifle slow mentally and lacking
in speed as a typist, buy her a
few red dresses and a yellow
colored typewriter.
Asking
Queries from clients. Q. What
are the seven buildings in New
York City which are sixty sto
ries in height or higher? A. I
asked four Manhattan taxi driv
ers this question and none could
answer it completely. A. 1 Em
pire State. 2 Chrysler. 3 Ci
ties Service (60 Wall Street). 4.
Bank 'Of Manhattan. 5
R.C.A. 6 Woolworth. 7 Num
ber 500 Fifth Avenue.
So they Say
For those born under Virgo
(August 23-September 22) the
lucky color is purple; lucky day,
Wednesday; lucky number, five.
So if you are a Virgo, all you
have to do is to put on a purple
necktie, go out to the track on
Wednesday and play five and
five in the daily double. Or, so
say the stargazers.
Passing By
Mae West. Last of the Brook
lyn bonfires. With the aid of
platform- shoes Mae achieves an
illusion of height on the ,stage
and screen but she is really only
about five feet. Also, though she
specializes in portraying sexy
sirens, she leads a spinster-like
existence in her private life. She
neither drinks, smokes nor stays
out late. As to her brief matri
monial alliance of years ago
with a man named Frank Wal
lace, she once . said: "It was a
kissless marriage. I am still a
spinster."
Briefly
Ovid, author of "The Art of
Love," maintained that no wom
an really understands love until
she is 35. Balzac agreed with
him. . . . Get it right. The first
man to be styled "Public Enemy
Number One" was John Dillin
ger The term "Public Enemy" as
applied to criminals was ong
inated by the great Chicago
legal light, Frank Joseph
Loesch.
Sidelight
Not everybody can wink with
By E. V. Durling
FstturM Syndicate, lac)
both eyes. That is, wink first
with the left eye and then with
the right eye. Try it. If you can
do it you are a Grade A winker.
. . . The longest name in the
Bible is Makershalalhaschbaz,
and if you don't know in what
chapter it appears, your Sunday
school teacher should blush for
your ignorance.
Lot Letters
Before you were married,
how did your wife start off her
letters to you? How about now?
I am referring to salutations
such as "darling," "beloved
one," "honey bunch," etc. A
reader of this column, a United
States Marine, once told me he
received a letter from his girl
friend beginning, "my daring,
divine, devastating, delightful,
darling dream man." And that
the letter concluded, "your itsy
bitsy cuddling cutie."
mind mind in the growing,
from feeblest beginnings to con
cepts without end.
(Copyright, 1953,
by Eugene Burns)
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Teachers Set Meeting
Last regular meeting of Jack
son County Classroom Teachers
association will be held as a
dinner session at Eagle Point on
Monday, April 18, at 6 p.m.
Speaker will be Miss Mary
Bowman, state director of physi
cal education for girls. There
will be a demonstration by Eagle
Point High school girls under
the direction of their instructor.
Miss Lilah Hartzoz.
Reports on the Oregon Edu
cation association convention
will be given and other business
transacted.
Anyone who has not made
reservations for the dinner are
asked to do so early Monday by
telephoning 2-4424, the office of
the county school superintendent.
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