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SIX MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Monday, November 7, 1955 Time Said Coming When Average Life Will Be Longer Than Now By JOSEPH L. MYLER United Press Correspondent Washington (U.R) People who die these days do so pre maturely. . . The time is coming when hu man beings will live much long er on the average than they do now if they manage to avoid death by accident, natural vio lence or war. That seems to sum up the views of a number of scientists who at recent medical meetings have expressed themselves on the subject of life expectancy. Average Life Now 65 The average American can now expect to live to around 69, or approximately the f biblical span of three score years and 10. American life expectancy is 20 years greater than it was in 1900. It could be extended another 10 years just by applying "all the medical knowledge we now have," according to a paper read in Baltimore last week by Fred erick C. Swartz, Lansing, Mich At another meeting, in Troy, N. Y., Dr. Maurice L. Tainter, Rensselaer, N. Y., said that a life expectancy of 100 years will become a possibility by the end of this century. In Kansas City, Mo., Dr. Rob ert A. Davison, Memphis, Tenn., Dredicted a time when every body will expect to live to 115 or 120. He proclaimed a po tential life expectancy of 140. By and large such forecasts as sume continued advances in treatment of disease, more healthful eating practices, and better care generally of the body and mind. Some researchers hold that aging itself is a disease for which a cure may be found. Dr. Johan Bjorksten of the Bjorksten Re search Foundation, Madison, Wis., believes that aging is a molecular process occurring in the protein structure of body cells. Resists Process He also believes the body pos sesses a mechanism which re sists this process for a while. He contends it is possible that agents may some day be found which will counteract molecular aging. Another investigator of aging, Dr. James W. Papez, Columbus, C, believes that parasitical fun gus organisms in the brain TV Course Provides College Education East Lansing, 'Mich. (U.R) While junior is busy with his homewprk, Michigan parents can continue their college edu cation simply by tuning in the Michigan State University tele vision station. "Telecourse," now in its sixth term of operation, offers both credit and non-credit courses through MSU's "University of the Air" series. A class in "contemporary his tory of Europe and Asia" is beamed over a 15-county central Michigan area for regular uni versity credit by WKAR-TV, the university's ultra-high frequency channel. The half-hour class "meets" three times a week. Two more non-credit courses are offered for entertainment and enlightenment. The 30-min-ute, once-a-week classes are of fered in "introductory physics" and "passing-notes" a program cn the sense and structure of music. The MSU station, on the air since January, 1954, has applied to the Federal CommunicatiQns Commission for a VHF (very high frequency) channel for wrter service to the 2,300,000 persons in its television area. The average life expectancy of a dollar bill is only nine months, according to the U. S. Treasury. Expelled Children' Form Youih Problem Chicago U.R) Some ex pelled school children are al lowed to "run wild," a study by the Illinois Commission on Chil dren and Youth reveals. The commission, an officially appointed group charged with carrying out the recommenda tions of the 1950 White House conference on children and youth, conducted a preliminary survey in six Illinois counties. Mrs. Edwin W. Eisendrath, chairman of the commission, said the results were "shocking." She said that some of the chil dren were called "unmanage able." Some were considered "too disturbed" or too handi capped, physically or mentally, for classroom work. Mrs. Eisendrath added that the schools, of course, cannot keep many of the "outcast chil dren. Some are dangerous to other children or they may dis rupt entire classes. , "But," she continued, "to make no provision for these children and to permit them to run wild without supervision or treatment is inexcusable. "Such children are a breeding ground for delinquency." She said her commission's pre liminary study revealed 385 ui supervised children who had been expelled from school in the six Illinois counties. "You can imagine what the figure must be nationwide," she added. Mrs. Eisendrath said the find ings indicate "the relative fre quency of behavior difficulties with which the schools are un prepared to deal." The Finest Buses! No Local Stops! from MEDFORD No Change of Bus No Extra Fare PORTLAND .... $5.85 SAN FRANCISCO . $6.40 SACRAMENTO... 5.85 FRESNO 7.55 OAKLAND 6.35 SEATTLE 9.15 LOS ANGELES . . . $10.70 There's a Greyhound Agent Near Youl 212 North Bartlett Phone 2-2202 n . . . Flu FeJiral Ta Return Trip 20 less... on Round-Trip Tickets On many trips you'll ride a sensational KIGHVAY TRAVELER or SCENICRUISER nerves, glands, and blood may be the cause of mental disorders and some kinds of hardening of the arteries in the elderly. The' consensus at a recent Elvira, a shapely five-foot-three, weighing 115 pounds, said she loved every minute of it anyway. meeting of the Gerontological Society was that extending the life span is not necessarily the most important goal of science. Equally if not more important is making the later years of life as comfortable, happy and use ful as possible. Brighter Buildings Predicted for Future Chicago (U.R) Building exteriors may come in polka dots, plaids, herringbones and stripes before you know it. An Institutions Magazine arti cle on brighter-hued buildings described the colors that will be used in some structures to go up soon. Jesse Salton, manufacturer of architectural porcelain enam el said the Notre Dame High school at Niles, 111., will use yel low, orchid, green, grey and lav ender. A two-and-a-half-million -dbl-lar school at Ketchikan, Alaska, calls for yellow and light coral trim, deep blue fin-like entranc es and red insulated panels to girdle the structure. A hospital going up at Pottstown, Pa., will have insulated porcelain panels of sandwich construction in an orange shade. The product is fully capable of being fashioned in plaids and polka dots effects, and Salton feels he may get a call for such the way things are going. Large Statue Links Old Campus with New Rochester, N. Y. (U.R) A 37-ton bronze and granite stat ute of the institution's first pres ident form a link between the old and the new at the Univer sity of Rochester. . The statue of Martin Brewer Anderson, who served from 1853 to 1888, was moved recently from the original college campus to its new location across the city on the River Campus. Reloca tion of the figure coincided this fall with the combining of the university's men's and women's colleges, which for 25 years had occupied separate campuses four miles apart. The River Campus construction program cost some 37,000,000. The impressive statue of An derson had stood since 1904 in front of Anderson hall, erected in 1861 as the University of Rochester's first permanent buil ding. This structure and others on the old campus eventually will be disposed of by the university. Four Family Members Engaged in Teaching Sandy Springs, Md. (U.R) The national teacher shortage could be eliminated if more fam ilies were like the Claggets. The schools of Montgomery county (Md.), have four Claggetts teach ing in their classrooms. The teaching Claggetts include Fallin; his wife, Pauline; his sister, Edith, and his niece, Eth el Maxine. They estimate 1ie family total of teaching exper ience is about 30 years. Fallin received his bachelor's degree in education from the Maryland State Teachers college in 1940. He was a basic educa tion instructor in the Army for four years before entering the public school system. Other members of his family followed his lead. As We Live Her Casual Attitude Lost His Affection A girl cannot treat a boy in differently, and then expect him to like her. (Q) '.'I dated a boy for about a year and then, in May, started to go steady with him. He dated another girl he used to go steady with, but I thought he liked me better any way. He went into the serv ice shortly aft erwards a lid asked me to write him ev he was away, I By ELIZABETH HURLOCK, PH.D. should have asked him to come see you so you could tell him in person. The way you handled the matter would give him the impression you were no longer interested in him. It is too late now to win him back, but you can at least set him straight on why you. acted as you did. (Copyright, 1955, General Features Corp.) Dr. Hcrlock eryday. While heard he was in love with the other girl so I stopped writing. He wrote asking why I hadn't ansered his letters. When he was home on leave, he called up and asked the same thing. "I told him I would explain when I saw him but I didn't want to talk about it over the phone. I thought he'd come up to see me, but he's proud and never came. He sounded hurt and even had his boyfriend ask why I didn't write. While he was home, he used to drive past my house with the other girl sitting close to him and honk his horn so I would see him. Now everyone says she has his ring and is going steady with him. Should, I write to him and explain, or forget him?" P.R. (A) I think it would be kinder to explain to this boy why you stopped writing. After all, he was your friend and deserved better treatment from you. Why didn't you tell him, in a letter, that you heard he was in love with another girl, and ask if your friendship with him was a thing of the past? He probably would have laid his cards on the table and told you the truth had you been more honest and straightforward with him. If he wondered and tried to find out why you did not write, you must have meant more to him than you thought. When he telephoned, you Nail Polish Reveals 'Warrior' As Maiden Durango, Mexico (U.R) An Indian girl masquerading as a spear-wielding brave had her war feathers plucked and was sent home after a week of vio lent battles against the "U. S. cavalry." . j Elvira Oropeza, 23, a hand some Tarahumara lass from Chi huahua, was discovered by a slip of her feminine vanity after fool ing the whole cast, of a U.S. movie company filming "Com anche" near here. She forgot and wore nail pol ish to work. The. discovery caus ed a near riot among the 2,500 male warriors. On her eighth day of hand-to-hand warfare, Elvira appeared before a movie camera with her spear, bow and arrow and wear- j ing full war paint complete with nail polish. Despite her protests, the fe male warrior was given the boot amid wild whooping, wolf whist les and strictly masculine obser vations. The crestfallen girl told produ cer Carl Krueger she had always wanted to be in pictures. Volun teering for the "war" seemed like the best way A widespread search was on for the two convicts still at large, William Paul Lee, 42, and Wil liam James, 37. Use Mail Tribune Want Ads Dead line tor Sunday Classified is at noon Saturday. HARD OF HEARING? Today hearing is a Pleasure! IF IF IF IF IF IF You have one of MAICO'S Transistors We have 5 models to choose from. You have trouble in Church, at your Lodga or in groups. o I CAN HELP YOU! 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