Science Looks Deep Into Caverns
Of Mind of Skid Row Alcoholic
By DELOS SMITH
United Press Science Editor
New York BR Science has
looked deep into the dark cav
erns of the mind of "Fred," a
typical skid row alcoholic bum,
andPhere is what science saw.
But first, a word about Fred.
He was 27 years old, not only
unmarried but virginal. His I.Q.
was 130, which is considerably
above average. Of build, he was
tall and wiry. Exteriorly he
seemed quite all right.
Deep in the dark caverns of
his mind, and unknown to its
conscious surface, was the con
viction that he had been de
prived of his masculinity by a
wom identity vague. On the
mind's surface the reflection ol
this was an envy of women. Ex
ample: "Women, if they're foxy,
ran oot thi ffraw in no time that
a man knocks himself out work
ing for." .
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In the depths, he belieyed he
could recover his masculinity
only by "stealing" the mascu
linity of another man. But he
knew he was too helpless to get
away with it, which "undoubt
edly accounts for his avoidance
of criminal acts despite the
raging fury expressed in con
stant fantasies of shooting any
man who bumps into him on
the street, or mowing down skid
row bums with, a machine gun,
and despuite his admiration for
professional killers."
On the surface he was bitterly
aware of being'a.bum and angry
because ' others were aware of
it. Deep down, he was a show
off, with a "self -created image of
father as the audience. Father
was "a powerful man sitting
back, watching to . see. how
wretched and wicked the son
can make himself."
For this, deeply hidden audi
ence of one, Fred was "immers
ing himself in misery and in
evil. Then the father is imagined
as appalled and horrified by his
behavior. Finally, moved to pity,
the father takes him and shields
him. Only the real father is un
willing to act his assigned role
in this little .' plot.' The bewil
dered patient finds that he has
been playing to an empty thea-1
ter."
When Fred first started to
drink heavily in his teens, the
Two Airmen Discover
Similarity in Lives
San Antonio, Tex. (U.R) In
structors at the language school
at Lackland Air Force Base are
convinced that coincidences come
in bunches ': "' . '
. Airman 3c Henrich Hogen
dorf and Airman 2c Heinrich
Marschik noticed the similarity
in their first names when they
joined the school's staff early
this year. Then they discover
ed how far the coincidence goes.
Marschik rwas - born - near
Frankenburg-Eder, Germany;
Hogendorf a few miles away.
Both were-born, on Feb. 3, 1930.
. Hogendorf came to the United
States in 1950 as a cadet ;n the
Dutch Air Force and was assign
ed to Randolph Air Force Base,
also near, San Antonio.'
During the same, period, Mar
schik was studying at University
of Oregon as an exchange jour
nalism student.. Hogendorf re
turned to the United States as
an immigrant in' 1953; Marschik
in 1952, . . '; -;' .
r Both; applied' for .citizenship
on the same day', took their citizenship-'
tests on the same day
and were, both declared U. . S.
citizens at the same time by 4he
same federal judge on July 25..
scientific report on him contin
ued, "it was 'with the idea that
the more you could drink, the
tougher and stronger you would
become.' The intake of alcohol
is equated with the successful
theft of a ' man's virility. The
patient is thereby enabled to per
ceive himself as a strong, self
reliant male."
Acted Out Nightmare
The combination of skid row
and alcohol helped Fred to "act
out" his "nightmare" over and
over again, the "nightmare" be
ing that he was "both irrepar
ably deprived and irreparably
injured."
In his periodic escapes from
skid row, he still suffered "his
loneliness and mental torture"
but nobody knew about it. On
skid row, "he wears his misery
on. his ragged and dirty sleeve.
Father will now surely come to
His aid. . '. but father fails to
charge to the rescue. The patient
is furious. Both alcohol and skid
row further permits the patient
to express his rage against so
ciety, and against, most particu
larly, the father. Fred would
demonstrate before all that he
is the misbegotten child of in
eptitude." The scientific report on Fred
was made by Dr. Stanely Rosen
man of the College of the City
of New York, to the Yale Uni
versity studies of alcohol. Here
tofore, he pointed out, the alco
holic derelict had been studied
in the main from a social view
point. His feeling seemed to be
that it was time for the science
of the mind to make a contribu
tion toward understanding what
makes the derelict tick.
Around Hollywood
By ALINE MOSBY
United Pre si Correspondent
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Urbana; 111. U.R) Hogs
have to be "air-conditioned" if
they are to gain weight properly
during ' hot summer months, a
University of Illinois : animal
science specialist says. ' - - -
G. R. Carlisle reported experi
ments showed that hogs kept at
70 degrees temperatures made
normal, weight gains, requiring
only, about 350 pounds of feed
for each 100 pounds of gained
weight. '
But when the temperature
was 'raised to 100 degrees, the
same hogs almost stopped gain
ing, and they needed nearly four
times as much feed, about 1,400
pounds, to gain 100 pounds of
weight .-
Carlisle suggested farmers
provide about 10 to 12 square
feet 'of shade for each hog and
keep a fresh supply- of water
near the shade and feeders. . -
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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE
I linl M'lhlli
Hollywood (U.R) Lew Ayres
gave up acting two years ago,
and today he unveiled the reason
for ms Jong
absence from
from the
screen a 5V2
one-man movie
on religion. .
Ayres scrap
ed to get her
his own earn
ings, bid good
bye to the diz-
Aline Mosby zy whirl of
Cinema City and began an eight
month tour of 17 countries.
He took only a 16mm camera
and one assistant. They accomp
lished the staggering feat of a
film documentary on the world's
great religions, excepting Christ
ianity. Ayres collected so much
material he wound up with three
movies, totaling 0V2 hours, and
a book, "Artars of Asia." He's
taking the films on tour around
the country, beginning with San
Francisco Oct. 31, as his "con
tribution to peace."
Production Previewed
While his fellow actors were
discussing their latest movie suc
cesses over late steaks the other
night, Ayres proudly previewed
his production for film execu
tives. Now, he said excitedly,
"There's talk of the films play
ing in theaters.
Lew stood quietly watching
his friends file into the projec
tion roonv and looked unlike a
oheman movie maker.. In recent
years the one-time star of the
"Dr. Kildare" . series has been
devoted to religion and art.
"I made this film because I
hoped it would add a grain, a
little contribution, to our under
standing of our Asiatic neigh
bors, and; that is so imporant
Eow,"i lie 'explained. j ' '
"I feel people should know
more about. Oriental religions
because religion is such a factor
in Oriental thinking. These films
show the religions, the ideals
of a' billion , arid half persons.
That's three-fourths of the
world's population.".. j
Ayres filmed "authentic music
and religous chants." He ap
pears in the three movies when
he interviewed religious leaders.
Editing the films took him a
year.
And when will he return to
acting?
"Oh no, I have too much to
do," he said. "I've given up
acting for the time being. Next
year I'll do a film on Christian
anity and that will be a two
year project. You can' eliminate
any sect or denomination."
Microscopic Drill
Pierces Human Hair
Schenectady, N. Y. (U.R)
General Electric Co. instrument
makers have gone one better
than' the old bromide about
splitting hairs.
They can drill holes in hair
and then thread wire through
the holes. . .
For this highly delicate task,
GE's general engineering labora
tory uses a one-mil drill .001
inch and too small to be seen
by the naked eye. It could be
snapped or bent by accidental
contact even with a piece of
paper tissue.
A microscope and a steady
hand are needed to thread the
minute hole made by the drill.
The instrument makers have suc
ceeded in lacing one-mill wire,
one-thousandth of an inch in
diameter, through a strand of
nylon stocking, even smaller
than human hair, the company
said.
Douglas fir plywood plants in
California, Oregon and Washing
ton have an annual .combined
capacity of 3 V2 billion. ; square
feet of 3 8th inch thick' ply
wood. .
More than 40,000,000 visits to
national : forests were - made by
recreationalists- in all States in
the Union last year.
Tutsday. October 18, 1955
MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THRU
Back Stairs: Stopover at Washington?
By WARREN DUFFEE
Denver (U.R) Backstairs at
the Denver White House:
It hasn't been checked out with
President Eisenhower yet, but he
may stop "off in Washington for
three or four days en route to his
Gettysburg, Pa. farm from Den
ver. His doctors are aware that a
six-hour flight, even in the plush
Columbine, can have a fatiguing
effect.
For that reason,' they are giv
ing serious thought, to landing
the Chief Executive in Washing
ton first. That way they ; could
give him some rest . before he
takes the long automobile ride
from an airport near Gettysburg
to his farrn
Among the hundreds of gifts
that poured in for the President's
65th birthday was a mink bow
tie. A New York furrier sent it.
Taciturn Sherman Adams, the
granite-faced presidential assist
ant who bosses the White House
staff, has his own private nick
name for White House Press Sec
retary James C. Hagerty.
It's "Shamrock."
Although Hagerty's bulldog
face looks like the map of Ire
land itself, he isn't an out-and-out
Irishman.
. Most people think he is, how
ever, and he's long since given
up trying to explain that he's
really only part Irish; that much
of his ancestry is from North
Ireland at that, and that he's an
Episcopalian
Adams has a reputation as a
stern, hard worker. But he en
joys a sort of awesome respect
among the White House staff.
After he arrived to take over
operations at the temporary
White House, one staff member
was asked if his early-to-work
habits meant any change in
routine.
"No, we don't have to come
to work any earlier," was the
reply, "but we have to be on
time."
' . Despite . his reputation for,
sternness, the former New
Hampshire governor knows how
to relax in his off hours in his
own way. -
H puts on nondescript loung
ing clothes, gets behind the
wheel of a big maroon White
House Cadillac, and drives
through the picturesque canyons
of the nearby Rockies.
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