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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!
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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
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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.
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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,
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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.
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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. (U.R) Eleven-year-old
Susan Hoke was happy
when a cast was removed from
her fractured leg and she could
go out and play. She fell and
broke her arm.
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Washington (U.R) Calvin
Griffith, president of the Wash
ington Senators, Saturday form
ally signed a temporary starting
pitcher Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Griffith called at the White
House to extend a formal invi
tation to the President to throw
out the ceremonial first ball of
the 1956 major league season
and to give Mr. and Mrs. Eisen
hower season passes.
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