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As We Live By LEARNING BY MISTAKES CAN BE VERY PROFITABLE There is an old saying that you "learn more by your mistakes than by your successes." Within " limits, this is limits, this is ' failures usually hurt a person's pride, if not his body, the un pleasant mem ory of them acts as a brake when he is in a situation Dr. Hurlock where he could have a repetition of 'the name mistake. However, learning to avoid certain things is a negative form of learning and, like all negative learning, is less effective than positive learning. A person may learn what not to do from his mistakes but that does not mean that he will learn what he should do. In fact, there may be little relationship between what he should have done and what he did and. as a result, it would be impossible for him to figure out what he should have done. If learning by one's mistakes Is to be effective, there are two very important conditions that must not be overlooked. Both of t.icse will insure that learning from one"s mistakes will be profitable. Feeling of Inadequacy The first condition is that the failures must not be too severe or too frequent. When a person has one failure after another, the feeling of inadequacy that in variably develops when he has made a serious mistake will quickly develop. Then he will be afraid to try and, as a result. he will have learned only what not to do. Minor mistakes, when they do not occur too frequently, can be valuable lessons. The second condition Is that the person who has made the mistake must understand what he did to cause it and what he might have done to avoid it. This he raay have to have pointed out to him. Constructive criticism Is the type that enables a person to see wnai lay DacK oi ills mis take. It is very different from the destructive sort in which the person's mistakes are discussed and he is told what he should not have done but is left with no suggestions whatsoever as to what he might have done or could do in the future to avoid a repetition of his mistake. LETTERS FROM READERS Shirking Responsibility: "Why do tome people shirk responsi bilities? My husband is one of those people who just won't ac cept any responsibility if he can possibly aroid It." L.T. (A) The person who shirks r iponsibilities is generally one who has never had to assume any responsibility and is. therefore, afraid he will not be able to carry through successfully. Or, he is one who has been expected to assume responsibilities beyond his capacity and has failed so often it has intimidated him. You can easily tell, from knowing something about your husband's childhood experiences whether he shirks responsibil ities through fear or failure due to lack of opportunity to learn to carry responsibility or to having too many responsibilities before he was ready to handle them suc cessfully. Bridesmaid: "I am to be mar ried In June and my husband-to- be has a sister two years younger than I. I do not know her very wen. i nave little In common with her, and she is not very at- tractive. She and her parents m-. . .. . i. TEN YEARS AGO YOU SAID MY CAR WAS EATING OIL AND NEEDED A MOTOR JOB . . . I'M CONVINCED! Could have saved himself ten years of trouble and extra expense if he'd taken our word for it in the first place! Parsons ' DODGE-PLYMOUTH HEADQUARTERS 315 E. 5th Next to Greyhound Phone 3-3687 ELIZABETH HURLOCK, PH.D. hay hinted leTeral timet that she would like ta be one of my bridesmaids. Am I obligated to ask her?" M.L.S. (A) Of course you are not obli- gated to ask your future sister- true. Because in-law to be one of your brides mistakes and i maids hut it would be a smart thing for you to do. It is custom ary to include at least one mem ber of the groom's family in the wedding party. In your case there might be hard feelings on the part of your future in-laws if you did not adhere to this cus tom and it could lead to in-law trouble which you should avoid at any cost. Open House: My teen-age daughter is always bringing boys and girls home from school. They raid the refrigerator and cookie box so I never know what I can count on for the next meal." Mrs. T.J.W. (A) You should be delighted your daughter is so popular that boys and girls want to come to your house. You could easily avoid the problem of food short ages by providing cookies, soft drinks, candy, fruit, popcorn and other foods for them so they would not eat up food you had planned to use for family meals. If they enjoy homemade cakes and cookies, as most teen-agers do, isn't it worth your time and effort to keep your daughter at home instead of having her at some teen-age hangout? (Copyright 1955, General Features Corp.) Organization Nears Final Stage For SC-T Fire District Shady Cove Differences be tween the Shady Cove-Trail Vol unteer Fire department and the Shady Cove-Trail Rural Fire Pro tection district were explained yesterday by Ed Strother, presi dent of the district board of directors. The board "has the responsi bility of securing and maintain ing the fire fighting equipment and is currently building a fire hall and perparing a petition for legal formation of the district," Strother explained. Members, elected by the peo ple at a mass meeting in Shady Cove "in January, include Stro ther; Mrs. Dick Bartuss, secre tary; Miles Williams, Cecil Kee. Red Wilson, Wayne Ash and Bob Bush. Petition Almost Ready Strother said the petition is almost ready to submit to the county court and that a general meeting should be called in the near future. All assets and ex penses of the district so far have been financed through contri butions. Volunteer firemen are those who have volunteerd to fight fires, with the equipment of the district, under the leadership of Fire Chief Athel Dudley. Tha men serve without pay and raise money through dances and other enterprises, according to Stro ther. Purchases of the group, total ing S376.58, include accident in surance, two gas masks, six coats, 25 auto plates, six helmets, and written technical instructions. Strother added that the com munity is "very fortunate that some men are willing to fight fires for us." Volunteers include Chief Dud ley, Assistant Chief Howard Nutt. Capt. Bud Erickson, Trea- surer Tom Tepper; Secretary Hotors 4k.?:.- ?M '- ,"''" BRR! Spring skiing might be the fad in California's high Sierra but looking at this hardy miss gives us the chilis. It doesn't seem to faze Shirley Lazano of Palo Alto as she poses on ski slope at Dodge Ridge. HAUNTED? . Greenwich, Conn. U.R) Real estate agent Baldwin Hvass complained to police that each time he tried to show a house to prospective buyers, they would disappear after hearing singing in the cellar. The singing, police learned, was done by a Green wich hospital laundry worker who said he liked to sing but couldn't practice in the hospital. He used the cellar of the empty house because it was "comfortable." JOHN LANDY WHIPS OUT MILE IN 3:58.6 CLOCKING Melbourne, Australia (U.R) John Landy whipped around a soft Olympic park track Satur day in three minutes, 58.6 sec onds, just six-tenths of a second over his world mile record. The lanky Australian, strid ing beautifully in a 58.6 second final quarter, put on a sprint in the finish stretch that left spectators cheering. The time of the invitation mile equalled his own Austral ian record for the mile. En route he also equalled his own 1500 meter record of 3:43.2. The time was all the more remarkable because an injured foot had permitted him little chance to train since the Aus tralian championships, the track was not in top shape due to an Argentina Watches Vaccine Outcome Buenos Aires (U.R) Argen tina, stunned by the worst polio outbreak in its history, will be watching anxiously the results of renewed tests of the Salk polio vaccine in the United States. The polio epidemic has taken 100 lives and crippled 2,000 here. It is now sharply on the de cline, with the advent of cooler ! weather and the increasing effec- tiveness of public health meas ; ures. ' Argentines are expressing gratitude to the nearly 20 coun tries that have poured in help to fight the .epidemic, particu ' larly to the United States, which donated $100,000, the services ! of six polio specialists and the majority of the iron lungs used to save the lives of many vic tims. But looking to next year, this ; country is particularly interested ; i in the possibilities of Dr. Jonas j ! Salk's vaccine. j Although Argentina is second ; i only to the United States in the ; : incidence of polio, the vaccine : ; has not been used here. Health Minister Francisco Martinez has j j discussed prospects for use of ! ' the Salk vaccine with the cabinet i I but no plans have been laid , ! down. : Art Hutcheson; and Johnie Mi-v nor, Roy Long, Sheldon Hughes, i j Frank Fagalde, Art Greenley, j j Art Levulett, Charles Chubb, i I Ray Chubb, Floyd Kelley, Al- j bert Andre, Richard Pfeifer, j j Jack Reed. Earl Warren, Earl Sheppard, Eldon Grow, Kenneth , I Paulson, Jim Hopkins, Frank Allen and Tom Quail. Use Mail Tribune Want Ada HASKINS Saw Shop MACHINE SHARPENING Chain, Circle and Hand Saws Lawn Mowers and Tools 1736 No. Riverside Phone 2-8236 Lupher Heads Field In Zone Trapshooting Harry Lupher, Drain, broke j 100-straight at 16 yards and cracked 240 birds out of 250 pos sible yesterday to lead shooters Saturday in the opening day ac tivities of the southern zone trapshoot at Medford Gun club. The shoot continues today with 16-yard, handicap and dou bles events. Sixteen-yard gun ning is to start at 9 a.m. This shoot is a Pacific International Trapshooting registered affair. Gordon Miller, Drain, and John Simpson, Portland, also shattered 100 birds in 16-yard rivalry yesterday and their scor es this morning will decide the outcome of yesterday Class AA conflict. Lupher's 100 was in Class A. Culbertion in B Paul Culbertson, Medford, MedforivTribune SIPdDMTTS Crater High Sweeps Pair 16-0, 11-0 From Phoenix Central Point Crater high swept a pair of week end Rogue League baseball scuffles from Phoenix with some stellar work by its pitchers and some heavy slugging. A 15-strikeout one-hitter was turned in by Crater Pitcher Fred Herrmann Friday as the Comets won 16 to 0. And the Central Point nine won again on Satur day 11 to 0 as Wayne Allen, a freshman, tossed two hit ball and recorded nine strikeotus. Harold Lefler got three hits in three times up for Crater on Saturday while Herrmann swat ted three for four and Allen two for three. Neil Green rapped two for four. Allen, Lefler and Allen Gosnell doubled and Herr- overnight rain and the competi tion was poor. The surprise of the day, be sides Landy's feat, was John Murray who finished second with the time of 4:06.8. Geoff Warren dropped out af ter setting a fast pace with a 2:02 half mile. Warren led the first quarter mile with a 59 second pace. He was five yards ahead of Landy at the half mile point when he dropped out. Then Landy began to draw away from the field. Clarke tried desperately for a while to hang on but the pace was too fast. Landy completed three fourths of a mile in three min utes flat and then picked up the pace. the new OLD STAGE took Class B with 99 and Lloyd Hauptman, Chemult, was next with 98. Vern Solomon, Win chester, nabbed the Class C tro phy with 97 and Carl Vogtsberg er, Springfield, tabulated 95 for next high. Lewis Biden, Med ford, with 93 was Class D win ner while W. E. Willett, Grants Pass, won a shoot-off with Char les Martini, Klamath Falls, for runner-up after each recorded 84s. Miller busted 49 to top Class I doubles and Forrest Solomon, Winchester,- followed with 45. Tom Mehl, Glendale, was victor in Class II with 43 and E. D. Graham broke 42. Harold Wooley, Drain, headed handicappers with 97 and Mar tin Clogston, Medford, was a shade behind with 96. mann three-baggered. The Comets got four of their runs in the second inning on an error, two walks, Lefler's double and a single by Herrmann. The other big frame was the fourth with three runs. Bob Fowler, Lefler and Green singled and Herrmann tripled. All Ouis Strikeouts In Herrmann's stellar per formance on Friday action was called off after five innings because of the Comet margin. All of the Phoenix outs in the tangle were strikeouts by the Comet tosser. , Only 18 men batted and only three got on base against him. In addition to the one safety Herrmann walked one batter and he hit the other with a pitch. Crater tagged Jack Thomp son, the Phoenix thrower, for 12 hits and seven Pirate mis plays aided the Comet run making. Big inning for the Cen tral Pointers was the third with seven markers. Four were tabu lated in the fourth. Four hits, three walks and two errors fig ured in the third frame splurge. Five Crater batters slapped two hits. John Shama had two for three, including a double. Harold Lefler and Neil Green each got a triple in two for four. Bob Fowler also hit two for four and Wayne Allen two for five. LIXESCORE: (Friday Game) Crater 217 4216 12 0 Phoenix 000 00. 0 1 7 Hermann and Lefler, Campbell 15); Thompson and D. Dahl. (Satudray Game) Phoenix 000 000 0 0 2 1 Crater 240 302 x 11 14 0 Yorton and Mccarty; Allen and Lefler. MOBILE H FIELD-TESTED, PROVEN TO PROTECT YOUR PEARS, PEACHES, GRAPES, NUT OR VEGETABLE CROPS FROM FROST DAMAGE . . . INQUIRE NOW! ROAD - CALL GEORGE GREEN Sunday, April 8, 1958 Portland U. Pilots Wallop COP Nine 11-2 Stockton, Calif. !U.P Port land University's touring base ball team walloped College of Pacific 11-2 Friday behind the three-hit' pitching of right hander Bill Wiitala. NEW CAST Goshen, Ind. 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