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
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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
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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."
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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.
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