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History from the files of The
Mail Tribune 10. 20. 30 and
10 years ago.
10 YEARS AGO
Oct. 26. 1954
fit was Friday)
Fourthreport of smoke or
gas rising from surface of Crater
Lake near Wizard island report
ed W park superintendent E. P.
Leavitt. -
. From Arthur Perry's Ye
Smudge Pot column: Holloween
draws nigh. Friskier 'juveniles
plan to wreak devastation com
parable to the atomic bomb in
Hiroshima.
20 YEARS AGO
Oct. 26, 1935
(It was Saturday!
Medford residents reject bond
Issue to increase water storage
capacity.
Talent residents approve pro
posal to construction sanitary
sewer system and disposal plant;
60 vote for, 5 against
30 YEARS AGO
Oct 26, 1925
(It was Monday)
. Oregon public service commis
sion orders disposal of Medford
Coast railroad, owned by W. S.
Barnum. ' -
State Highway commission
(gearings on proposed Oregon
Caves-Medford route start in
Jacksonville.
40 YEARS A0
Oct 26. 1915 .
(It was Tuesday)
Construction starts on Tiller
cut-off road between Roseburg
and Crater Lake.
From Local and Personal col
umnf City Recorder Elmer T.
Foss will have the ctfy's budget
in readiness for the considera
tion of the budget committee at
its meeting next Friday after
noon, providing for the levy this
fall for the purpose of covering
next year's municipal expenses.
Tentative provision will also be
therein for bond interest and in
cidental expenses pending the
result of the forthcoming elec
tion.
What's the Answer?
Can You Get 4 of the 7?
Cepr. 1955, Editorial Research Report
1. If President ' Eisenhower
xefuses a second nomination
soley because of his health, he
will or won't be the first Presid
ent to do so?
2. Many more 5c cigars are
sold today than 10c ones, or
many more 10c ones, or about
the same nunfiber?
3. The LVdge motor car is
or isn't offering a six-cylinder
model in its 1956 line?
4. If a candidate buys radio
or TV time, the station must
give his opponent time to answer
him free, or at the same rate, or
at any rate it chooses?
5. The Pilgrim Fathers first
landed from the Mayflower in
1620 at Plymouth, what is now
Boston, Provincetown, or Mar
tha's Vineyard island?
6. The Ford Motor Company,
says it's having this year profits
somewhat above or below aver
age, or a net loss, or the high
est profits ever?
7. What American actress out
standing on the stage for many
years originally expected to be
a career pianist?
The Answers 1. Will. 2 About
tame number of each. 3. Is.
4. At the same rate. 5. Province
town. 6. Highest profits ever.
7. Ethel Barrymore.
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MAIL TRIBUNE
Engineers & Scientists
The United States doesn't have enough "engineers,
scientists and technicians.
A lot of people who should know are concerned
about it. The New York Times says:
. . . We live on the threshold of the automation and
atomic-power revolutions, which promise an era of abund
ance such as our ancestors could only dream about . . .
We need scientists, mathematicians and engineers as never
before, yet many teen-agers with the ability "to assume such
roles are simply not being given a chance to get the essen
tial training.
"HEMICAL News, states, "Unless drastic action is
taken, the nation's serious shortage of engineers,
scientists and technicians promises to remain acute
for many years. The situation may become increasing
ly severe as our complex technological civilization
grows more and more dependent upon the services
of these skilled people."
The president of the National Society of Profes
sional Engineers, in 'a letter written not long ago to
newspapers of the nation, declared that the situation,
"if not corrected, will have grave impact on the future
security of our nation." He set forth these points :
1. Only about 25 per cent of our high school students
now study algebra.
' 2. Only about 12 per cent of our high school students
now study geometry.
3. There are many small and even some large high
schools in which students' lack of interest in physics and
chemistry has caused these basic scientific courses to be
, discontinued.
'.
IN Medford High school, we are glad to note, the
basic scientific and mathematics courses, so vital to
future engineers, scientists and technicians, are avail
able. It may be that they are not taken advantage of
as much as might be desirable, '.considering the need.
. But all students are required to take biology, and
all who are enrolled in a college preparatory course
are required to take either physics or chemistry, which
is a sound requirement. For unless a student is "ex
posed" to an introductory science course, how is he to
know that he may find a fascinating life-work in the
field?
THE numbers enrolled here in science courses are
on jiiiuivabivAi undo uic oitiiv-o aic xijv ao pupuiai
as they should be. Out of some 950 students enrolled,
166 are taking geometry, 120, are taking chemistry,
and only 65 (a little more than 6.8 per cent) are en
rolled in physics courses,
than the national average
, And there is, of course, no indication that those
taking these courses will find in them sufficient in
terest to make a career. Oftentimes they are regarded
as useful supplements to a liberal arts course.
But the fact remains that the nation needs many
more than the 19,000 engineering and scientific grad
uates produced in 1954. In Russia, we are informed
that the comparable figure was 50,000 for the same
year, more than 24 times as many.
. .
THE classes are not "snap" courses. They require a
certain mental discipline which is too easy to re
ject at the high school level.
What is the answer?
Is it, as the Eugene Register-Guard suggests in an
editorial, that there should
and fewer elective courses? It may be that students
who are not attracted to such classes at first, would,
upon exposure, find real interest in them.-
Or is the answer, possibly, m making careers m
science and engineering
now are?
We have a feeling the latter is the better sugges
tion. Competition for engineers is so keen at present
that salaries are going sky high. But members of the
profession often complain that once on a job, they are
limited to routine chores which could be as well per
formed by less-qualified technicians.
And the "rewards of the scientists, by and large,
are less than those of the engineers. Except for a rela
tively few. "pure" scientists employed by large1 com
mercial firms, the best bet is with one of the founda
tions 'engaged in scientific research, or with a univer
sity or college. These jobs are not highly paid, as pay
for highly skilled individuals goes.
,,
THERE are signs that more attention is being paid
to the problem. One of the major oil companies
is instituting a fellowship program for high school
science and mathematics teachers. About 60 will be
selected each year to attend summer seminars at
Stanford and Cornell universities. All living expenses,
travel costs, tuition and fees will be paid, plus $500 to
make up for the loss of summer earnings.
In announcing the plan,
to inspire those science
best inspire the scientists and science teachers of to
morrow." THERE'S one other encouraging note, too. We learn
by an upstate paper that the greatest part of the
increase in enrollment at Oregon State college this
year was contributed by
It is to be hoped this trend, if it is a trend, will con
tinue. For on today's threshold of unguessed . won
ders of science, we'll need plenty of smart young men
and women to chart our course. E.A. . .
Minister Runs Video
New York (U.R) The Rev.
Alvin Kershaw, a minister with
ear for jazz, piped a $32,000
tune of his own last night to
earn a possible shot next week
at top money on TV's "The $64,-
000 Question."
Kershaw, pastor of the Holy
Trinity Episcopal Church in Ox
ford, Ohio, danced through a
multiple-part query centering
around Hornman Louis Arm
Wednesday, October 28. 1955
which, however, is better
of less than 5 per cent.
be more required courses
more attractive than they
the company said it "seeks
teachers who, m turn, can
the school of engineering.
Winnings To $32,000
strong on the CBS show to
double his winnings of last
week. He will have until next
Tuesday night to decide whether
to try to redouble his winnings
or bow out with the $32,000.
Another contestant on the
show, Don E. Self, 24, a Texas
physicist who lives in Lake Suc
cess, N.Y., decided to quit after
earning $16,000 in the category,
"mythology."
Matter of Fact ey
THE KING'S CLOTHES
Washington Hypocrisy is an
ugly word. Yet it is really the
only word that properly de
scribes the
Western g o v
ernment's ap
proach to the
Geneva meet
ing of Foreign
Ministers, for
which Secre
tary of State
John Foster
Dulles has just
departed.
JeMph Also At no time
since the Sec
ond World War has the gap been
so startling between what the
statesmen have been saying in
public and what they have been
saying among themselves. The
public line, of course, is to be
sweetly optimistic and so to en
courage "the spirit of Geneva."
But in these last weeks, large
gaggles of British, French and
American pol
icy makers
have been la
boring to pre
pare for this
meeting of For
eign Ministers,
which is sup
posed to trans
late the "spirit .
of Geneva" into
practical' ac-.
9
tion, Secretary
Dulles,- British
Stowmrt AJsop
Foreign Minister MacMillan end
France's Antoine Pinay have
met at length in New York. Their
staffs have worked still longer
and harder.
And what has been the theme
of all these busy, almost fevered
conferences? As one highly
placed but somewhat cynical
conferee is reported to have re
marked, the theme has been
"how to put the best face we can
o;i the setbacks we have to ex
pect." There are three main points
on the agenda of the forthcom
ing Anglo - Franco - American
negotiation with the Soviets: cul
tural exchanges between the
East and West blocs; reunifica
tion of Germany; and disarma
ment. Cultural exchanges, no
doubt, will afford a golden op
portunity to show "the spirit of
Geneva" at its best.
But on the two really sub
stantive points, the outlook is a
bit different. On Germany, for
instance, Secretary Dulles re
cently predicted that the Soviets
would be "forced" to let the
two parts of the country come
together again. At Geneva, the
three Western Foreign Ministers
will offer the Soviets a European
security pact, guaranteed by all,
if they will consent to German
reunification with no strings at
tached. ,
IN REALITY, however, the .So
viets have already made it
brutally clear that they have no
intention whatever of permit
ting German reunification, ex
cept with the very bit attached
string of German abandonment
of NATO. There is no known
way to "force" the Soviets to
alter this position. And a lareg
and increasing group of Ameri
can, British and French policy
makers are now haunted by the
nightmare-fear that at some fu
ture time, probably after the
death of Chancellor Adenauer,
the Germans will decide to buy
re-unification by abandoning the
Western alliance.
On the disarmament question,
meanwhile, the American policy
makers have carried the new
Madison Avenue diplomacy to
what could prove to be a most
dangerous extreme. The country
and the world have been led to
believe that the American gov
ernment thinks disarmament will
be easy, if only a sound inspec
tion system can be worked out
first. This impression was enor
mously strengthened, when the
President captured everyone's
Editorial Comment
THE REVIVAL
The research bureau of the
National Council of Churches
cites six principal reasons for
the "religious revival" that we
hear so much about. The six
follow:
1. The high birth rate since
1940.
2. The suburban movement
which has encouraged people to
seek contacts through churches
in new communities.
3. Systematic evangelistic pro
grams in many denominations.
. 4. A change in the "climate
of opinion" respecting organized
religion in many communities.
5. A return of young parents
tc church at the time when their
children start attending the
church school.
6. The international crisis,
whict is believed to have made
many persons more interested
than previously in the resources
of organized religion.
This is very interesting and
should bring no comfort to the
architects of the revival. Of the
six reasons, only No. 3 is a "re
ligious reason." Nos. 1 and 5 are
beyond the control of the church
es. Nos. 2 and 4 are social reas
ons. No. 6 is a selfish reason,
having nothing to do with re
ligion. We'll feel better about
the "revival" when it appears
that the human race has "re
vived" for reasons more compat
ible with religion. Eugene Register-Guard.
Joe and Stewart AIsop
imagination and raised every
one's hopes with his aerial in
spection proposal at the Summit
Meeting.
But in fact, disarmament will
not be easy, even if the Soviets
accept a copper-rivetted inspec
tion system. There is no agreed
Anglo-Franco-American disarm
ament plan. There is not even an
agreed American plan. There is
just a high-level study group,
named by Harold Stassen, whose
members are thrashing around
trying to find a plan.
Furthermore, the country is
utterly unprepared for the pro
found and painful national
choices that will have to be made
if any serious American disarm
ament plan is to be offered. Our
whole defense design is now
built around the nuclear weap
ons, mainly for reasons of econ
omy. Any disarmament plan
worthy of the name must surely
include a prohibition on the use
of nuclear weapons. But even if
Stassen's high-level types rec
ommend it, is this country really
ready to toss Gen.. Curtis LeMay
into the nearest horse-pond and
to begin the extremely costly job
of building a new defense design
from the ground up?
THE British Foreign Office ex
perts have warned the State
Department that the Soviets
may call our bluff, saying in ef
fect: "O.K., e accept in prin
ciple your great President's air
inspection scheme; so now let's
get down to talking about the
real object of this exercise, which
is not inspection but actual dis
armament." . .
. If that happens when we in
fact lack an agreed disarmament
plan, the embarrassment will not
be easy to conceal.' Fortunately,
it seems probable that the Brit
ish are being over-apprehensive.
But the fact . remains that this
whole Geneva business the
Summit Meeting and its present
sequel begins to resemble noth
ing so much as the allegedly
magical clothes ordered by the
silly old king in the nursery
story.
There were really no clothes
at all. But because the clothes
were supposed to be magical,
neither the king nor his couriers
dared to say they did not see
these glorious garments. So His
Majesty went naked, and boasted
of the beauty of his imaginary
costume too, until a child un
trained in the ways of courts
blurted put, "Why, the king has
no clothes on."
(C) 1955, New York Herald
Tribune, Inc.
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To the Editor: This is the saga
of a raccoon tree. A number of
years ago we were doing some
gold prospecting around Nov. 1,
.when a light sprinkle of rain fell,
so took shelter under the nearest
tree; a large oak with broken
branches, and suddenly heard a
growling sound inside the trunk.
After looking up we discovered
a round opening about 15 feet
above the ground. By leaving
some props against the base we
shinnied up in eager anticipation
to see three young "coons" with
black beady eyes. Not being in a
hurry for the day of capture, we
simply did not disturb them.
When .we returned with an axe
some weeks later, all animals
had vanished. How many there
were all told will never be
known for sure,' as -the tree prob
ably was hollow all the way to
the roots. Anyway, we plan to
prospect that area again some
day.
Bert Kissinger,
520 Boardman st.,
SLIPPERY WORDS
"Careful with fire," is good
advice, we know:
"Careful with words," Is ten
times doubly so..
These' lines of Will Carleton
are no exaggeration, as every
writer knows.' No matter how
careful one is with fire, a vag
rant spark sometimes causes
trouble. And so it is with words,
only ten times doubly so.
Recently, this newspaper has
been flooded with letters and
marked clippings of a news story
about a wood carving of the Last
Supper in which one of the
characters was identified as
"Brutus." Some time ago this
page spoke of the "St. James"
version of the Bible.
A contemporary, in a sports
story from Tucson, said the Uni
versity of Arizona had more than
6000 students from "each" of
the 48 states. That would make
it the largest university by far
in the world, with an enrollment
of more than 288,000. Probably
the mail is rolling in at this mo
ment down the street.
We hope there is no glaring
error on this page today that
careful proof reading has failed
tc disclose. If there should be,
we know we shall hear about
it. And that will make us happy.
For if no one finds the errors,
it means we have few readers.
Portland Oregon! an. j
Value of U. N. iii
Fostering World
Understanding Told
The American people could
not invest in a more effective
program for fostering world
wide understanding and peace
than that offered by the United
Nations, Harlan P. Bosworth,
vice-president of California Ore
gon Power company, told the
Medford Rotary club Tuesday.
Speaking at a luncheon meet
ing of the club at the Jackson
hotel, Bosworth read the pre
amble of the League's charter
and pointed out that the annual
cost of membership to every
American is only about 9 cents.
Cost Compared
This modest cost, which adds
up to only 54 cents per person
for UN associated organizations
included and all of its peaceful
endeavors. . is eaual to what
World War II cost for only ten
hours of warfare. Bosworth, who
is chairman of the Medford Ro
tary club's international infor
mation, United Nations and stu
dent exchange committee, spoke
on the tenth anniversary of the
signing of . the United Nations
charter in San Francisco.
Mrs. Mona Bartels also spoke
briefly on the forthcoming Jun
ior Service League follies. Nov.
2 and 3, for the benefit of that
organization's hard of hearing
kindergarten. -. The principal
speaker for the dav was En?ene
Ricker, manager of the Camp
white VA Domiciliary.
Missing 13-Year-0ld
Located by Police
A 13-year-old Medford boy for
whom police had . been search
ing since about 8:45 p.m.. Mon
day was found about 2:15 p.m.
yesterday by Officer Berle
Stephens.
The boy was found headed
south on South Riverside ave.
pulling a wagon which contain
ed a sleeping bag and food.
Police said that the youth had
run away from his South Peach
st. home and had last been seen
about 4 p.m. Thursday. In addi
tion to the sleeping I bag the
youth had also left home with
camping equipment, according
to the police report. '
McNary, Ore.. (U.R), A
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Serious Greek Crisis
Appears Headed Off
By Action of King
By CHARLES M. McCANN
United Press Correspondent
King Paul of Greece seems to
have headed off a possibly seri
ous political crisis by appointing
Constantin
Karamanlis- as
premier.
Paul has
been accused
more than
once of over
stepping his
powers and
interfering in
Greek politics.
It happened
once back in
cnarirs urumi ivoi wnen tne
late Field Marshal Alexander
Papagos quit as commander in
chief of the armea forces.
Papagos accused the king of
weakening the army by giving
his court favorites high posts.
Papagos entered politics and
as head of a new "Greek Rally"
party won a landslide victory in
the 1952 election. He became
premier.
The king overstepped his
powers again after Papagos died
on Oct. 4. '
He passed over the two lead
ing candidates for the prime
ministry and gave Karmanlis the
job. '
As a constitutional monarch.
the king should have chosen a
man who was recommended to
him by the Greek rally.
The party's choice probably
would have been Foreign Min
ister Stephan Stephanopoulos or
Defense Minister Panayotis Ka-
nellopoulos, both vice premiers
under Papagos. Both were open
rivals for the post.
Karamanlis, though he had
made an excellent record as min
ister of communications and pub
lic works, was just one of sev
eral party leaders.
Dispatches from Athens seem
to agree, however, that in nam
ing him premier the king may at
least have postponed a crisis
which would have thrown
Greece back into the state of tur
moil which existed before Papa
gos took office.
Karamanlis has started out
well.
The day after the king ap
pointed him, there was serious
anti-Greek riots in Turkey over
Greece's claim to the island of
Cyprus. This incident might
have had serious results.
But Karamanlis kept his head.
The incident was ended Monday
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when a Turkish cabinet minister
ceremonially raised the Greek
flag to the staff of a new Greek
consulate at Izmir, which a mob
had wrecked. The Turkish army
paid military honors. '
Pro-Western Reputation -'
Karamanlis has the reputation
of being pro-Western. He -has
said that despite the bitterness
in Greece over the Cyprus issue,
the country will remain loyal to
its alliances with the North At
lantic ' Treaty Organization na
tions.
Trouble still may come in
Greece. National elections,
which were to have been held
next November, have been ad
vanced to next ApriL It probably
will be a bitter campaign. But
opposition parties appear to be
weakening in their demand,
made after Papagos' death, for
an immediate election at a time
of confusion.
Karamanlis is 48, a lawyer,
a dark and handsome six-footer.
He made himself popular by
carrying out an ambitious highway-building
program as minis
ter of public works.
He may be only a caretaker
premier, but he seems to be a
good choice.
SPEAKER '
Ashland Dr. Roy W.- Mc
Neal, Southern Oregon college
professor of geography, will
speak at the annual meeting of
the Southern Oregon Bankers
association Thursday evening,
Nov. 27 at 6:30 p.m. on "Relative
Values." The meeting and ban
quet will be held in the Medford
hotel.
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