SIX MEDFOHD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Sunday. April 29, 1958
Hearing Scheduled
On Fare Increases
Oregon Public Utilities com
mission will hold a hearing May
14 in room 720 of the state
ofice building in Portland con
cerning proposed fare increases
by Pacific Greyhound lines.
The company has stated that
present fares do not yield suf
ficient revenue to offset costs
of operations.
Greyhound is asking that all
fares be increased 15 per cent
except 40-ride school commuta
tion fares and commutation fares
published in Tariff PUC Ore.
248. In the latter case, the com
pany asks that minimum fare
be increased from $3.30 to S4.40.
Medical Schools Necessary
To Keep Country Healthy
rdltnr'i note: This li the last of
a trrin of articles prepared In con
nection with Medical Education
Week. April 23-211. on the status of
medical education in the United
States today.
New York Here's what It
takes today to keep the U. S.
healthy:
Some 210,000 doctors; nearly
7.000 hospitals, with a million
and a half beds, admitting 20
million patients a year; about
400,000 nurses; 86,000 dentists;
95.000 pharmacists; and about
300,000 technicians, optometrists
dietitians, medical social work
ers and others.
None of them would function
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now without medical schools,
and none could function in the
future if the supply or quality
of medical education slumped
drastically.
Expand Structure
To prevent a slump, and to ex
pand the nation's health strue
ture, medical schools are de
veloping new patterns of stu
dent selection, new methods of
teaching, new research programs,
and seeking new patterns of fi
nancial support.
American medical schools,
health experts agree, are among
the world's best. Hospital and
equipment facilities are the most
modern. And the death rate,
about 10 per 1,000, is among the
world's lowest.
But statistics, many authori
ties point out, can be mislead
ing, both in human and in eco
nomic terms.
The nation is still losing the
fight against mental illness, at a
cost to taxpayers of $2,000 a
minute. That comes to $1,051,
000,000 a year, the cost of caring
for the 700,000 patients now in
public mental hospitals.
Added to this are the stagger
ing cost, and human loss, repre
sented by alcoholism, drug ad
diction, juvenile delinquency
and broken homes, suicides and
crime.
There are neither enough hos
pital facilities, nor enough psy
chiatrists, nor . enough knowl
edge, nor enough research to be
gin to solve the problem today.
And there are similar prospects
in the case of other diseases, es
pecially those of old age.
Government support for hos
pital construction has been one
answer to the heatlh problem.
Increased government alloca
tions for research also have been
made, and the public's voluntary
contributions to research funds
also are on the rise. The big phil
anthropic foundations important
ing an increasingly important
role.
The Association of American
Medical Colleges has been try
ing to develop some coherent
pattern for medical school support.
Dr. Robert A. Moore, presi
dent of the association said the
group is "seeking a new, four
part pattern of support. First,
from the public, the medical pro
fession and industry; second,
from state and local govern
ments; third, from agencies and
foundations granting research
funds; and fourth, from the fed
eral government." -
Minnesota is usually ahead of
all the states in total tonnage
of its hay crop. Wisconsin is
second and Iowa usually is in a
third place.
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M. O. WALKER
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Walker Appointed
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M. O. Walker has been ap
pointed chief deskman for the
Pacific Telephone company at
its Medford telephone test cen
ter. The job is newly created for
this area, accordine to Tele
phone Manager Jack Creager. It
was necessary by the growth in
telephone service here.
Walker will have responsibil
ity of testing telephone service
for Medford, Ashland, Central
Point, Jacksonville and Gold
Hill.
He has been with the tele
phone company 15 years, start
ing as a draftsman in Portland.
He came to Medford in 1945 as
as installer-repairman and was
senior deskman before his ap
pointment. With his wife, Genevieve, and
two children, Susan and Robert,
Walker lives at 2295 Crestbrook
rd., Medford.
Winston Carl Named
Campaign Officer
State Senator John Merrifield
this week named Wintson W.
Carl, Medford salesman, Jackson
county chairman for Merrifield's
campaign for the Republican
nomination for national commit
teeman.
Carl, a resident of Oregon
since 1927, has lived in Jackson
county for seven years. He was
educated in Portland grade and
high schools and at the Univer
sity of Oregon.
A precinct committeeman, Carl
is past Republican vice-chairman
at large. He is president of the
Jackson county Young Republicans.
He is a member of the Crater
Lions Club, Elks, BPOE, YMCA,
Rogue Valley County club and
the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity.
Kefauver Aftacks
Administration
Spokane 'U.R . Sen. Estes
Kefauver charged Friday night,
that business has grown bigger
and farmers have grown poorer
under a Republican administra
tion which has "replaced cam
paign promises with excuses."
The Tennessee Democrat,
seeking his party's presidential
nomination, told a dinner au
dience voters have been putting
Democrats in office "from the
very first chance they had"
I after the Republican victory in
1952 and would elect a Demo
crat president this fall.
He said the' administration had
failed in its promises to farmers
and labor, little business fail
ures are increasing, and "not a
single kilowatt" has been de
veloped under the administra
tion's "partnership" program for
hydroelectric power.
Sheets to Pacific
Thermo-Nuclear Tests
Salem (U.R) Arthur M.
Sheets, Oregon Civil Defense di
rector, will join observers for
the forthcoming mid - Pacific
atomic tests.
Col. Sheets is one of about 15
civilians, representing Civil De- j
fense and other agencies at the j
thermo-nuclear tests. i
Only other Oregonian making !
the trip is Jack Lowe, Portland j
CD director, who is representing '
Mayor Fred L. Peterson.
The tests, being held on Eni-i
wetok and Bikini islands, will
include ground or tower -"shots" j
of test devices, air drops and
missile firings of' operational
weapons, and the firing of proto
types of production models.
Sheets and Lowe will be flown
from Honolulu to the islands of
Kwajalein, and will travel from
there to the test area by ship.
Big Dipper Is Conspicuous
Part of Famous Star Group
leg is nearly vertical and the
other is bent as if The Bear is
taking a step. Two faint stars in
line with the top stars of the cup
and opposite the handle form
the head and shoulder of this
creature. Only one front leg, a
broken line of faint stars point
ing upward from the shoulder,
is visible.
Many are the stories that have
been told about this well-known
star figure. Some Indian tribes
said the bowl was a stretcher for
carrying the sick; the first star
in the handle was the medicine
man; Mizar was the medicine
man's wife and Alcor her tiny
papoose. The last star in the
handle was a dog owned by the
medicine man's wife.
The Iroquois Indians saidthat
a group of braves were stalking
a bear on a holy day, when a
giant captured and killed all but
three of the hunters. The men
and the bear were then placed
in the sky, where the bear
formed the cup and the three
warriors the stars in the handle
of the Dipper.
According to the Basques of
the Pyrenees, the Saviour, tired
and weary, was walking along
the shore of Lake Galilee.
"Would you like to ride?"
asked a farmer driving by, not
knowing that he was helping the
Christ. For this kind act, the
farmer and his wagon were
transported to the heavens,
where they may fje seen on any
clear night.
By FAY VAN SCHOIACK
"Arthur's slow wain iti
course doth roll,
"In utter darkness,
round the pole,"
So wrote Sir Walter Scott in
in "The Lay of the Last Min
strel." The "slow wain" is none other
than the Big Dipper which forms
the conspicuous part of the Great
Bear or Ursa Major, and is one
of the oldest and most famous
of all star figures.
'Charles' Wain'
In Great Britain it is often
referred to as "Charles' Wain."
"Thor's Wagon," the Scandi
navians named it, while to the
Greeks and Romans it repre
sented a plow with oxen. Early
Egyptians saw the hind quarter
of an animal in these seven stars;
hence, the term, "Bull's Thigh."
Chinese names for the Big Dip
per are the "Divinity of the
North," "Corn Measure," and
"The Ladle."
Do you recall the Old Testa
ment story of the 40 children
who mocked the prophet, Eli
jah? In Hebrew,' tradition, the
"slow wain" sometimes repre
sents the bear that killed the
children and at other times the
chariot which carried the proph
et to Heaven.
The "Corn Measure" is a most
interesting star group. Have you
noticed the little extra star above
the middle star in the handle?
Given clear skies, the moonless
evenings during the first week
of May will offer an excellent
opportunity for observation of
Mizar and its little companion,
Alcor. These names, given by
the Arabs, mean horse and rider.
Most people with good eyesight
can see tiny Alcor with the
naked eye, but binoculars may
be an aid to some.
Largest Time-Piece
The largest time-piece we have
is the Big Dipper! It is actually a
huge clock hand on a 24-hour
dial, but the "hand" moves back
wards and is not in the same po
sition each night at the same
hour. On May 5, at 8 p.m., the
cup will be upside-down and
very high in the center of the
northern sky. This same position
will be attained at 7:56 p.m. on
May 6, as each night a given
point is reached approximately
four minutes earlier than the
night before. By observation,
anyone can soon learn to use
this celestial clock.
The Big Dipper is not a con
stellation. It is a sky figure com
posed of the seven brightest stars
in the constellation Ursa Major
or the Great Bear, and forms th
body and tail of that mythical
beast. The legs and forepart of
the animal are represented by
dim stars which are often ob
scured by clouds or haze, though
all or part of the stars in The
Dipper are visible.
Easy to Locate
During the month of May it is
easy to locate all the stars in
Ursa Major. By 8 p.m. on May 1,
"Thor's Wagon" will ride up
side down high in the northern
heavens, slightly east of the
meridian.
Extending upward from the
star near the handle, and in the
bottom of the cup, the hind legs
of the Great Bear reach to the State college, Areata, Calif.; and
zenith or middle of the sky. One Dr. William Swettman, Salem
Several Jackson
County Schools In
SOC Music Contests
Several Jackson county music
groups were among those per
forming at Southern Oregon col
lege Friday at the annual music
contests sponsored by the South
ern Oregon Musical Education
association. .
Oscar C. Bjorlie, head of the
SOC music department and
chairman of the event, reported
more than 2,600 Oregon junior
and high school music students
participated in the contests.
Bands, orchestras and chorus
es in various divisions were
rated by judges by a point-scoring
system.
Jackson county music groups
represented in the competition
were McLaughlin Junior High
band no. 2; Jacksonville Junior
High chorus; St. Mary's High
band; Central Point Junior High
band; Jacksoville High band,
Medford Junior High orchestra.
Medford High boys' chorus;
Jacksonville High chorus; Med
ford High girls' chorus; Crater
High chorus; Eagle Point High
band; Medford High choir; Med
ford High band; and Phoenix
grade school band.
Judges were Sam Smith, Clark
college, Vancouver, Wash.; Char
les W. Lawrence, University of
Washington, Seattle; R. B. Walls,
Oregon State college, Corvallis;
Frank Arnardi,. Tacoma public
schools; Dan Backman, Humbolt
In County Schools
ROGUE RIVER HIGH
Mailings for Cancer drive so
licitations have been completed.
Work of addressing and stuffing
envelopes was done by members
of typewriting classes.
Business education students
were guests of the Robertson
School of Business of Medford,
April 16. They had a chance to
see the latest in office machines
and equipment and to see busi
ness classes being conducted.
Those making the trip were
Janice Smith, Judy Farrar, Dar
lene Nelson, Lois Biles, Janet
Robinson and Oliva DeVore.
They were accompanied on the
trip by Mr. and Mrs. Cal Mar
ceau. Marcia Ann Thayer has been
appointed as treasurer of the
Rogue River High School Stu
dent Body for the school year
1956-57.
Oregon state civil service
tests were administered at the
High school last week to busi
ness education students inter
ested in working for the state.
Both the stenographic and cler
ical tests were given. They were
taken by Lois Biles, Janet Robin
son, Judy Farrar, Janice Smith,
Irene Bringmann, and Dorothy
Boucher.
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A. S. TAYLOR
Accept Poiitnon
Dr. Taylor to Teach
In N. Y. This Summer
Ashland Dr. Arthur S. Tay
lor, chairman of the social sci
ence division at Southern Oregon
college, has accepted a teaching
position for the summer at the
State University Teachers col
lege at Oneonta, N. Y. He will
teach graduate courses in cultur
al anthopology and in social
problems.
Co-author of the social science
textbook used throughout sev
eral schools throughout the
United States, Dr. Taylor has
also written a number of maga
zine, book, and educational
journal articles in the field. He
is active in the Oregon Histori
cal society and has taken an in
terest in the history of southern
Oregon as a geographical and po
litical entity."
He formerly taught summer
sessions at the University of Ore-
Mount Aconcagua in Argen
tina is 22,834 feet above sea
level and is said to be the high
est point in all of the western
hemisphere.
gon, Portland State college, the
University of Southern Cali
fornia, and at New York State
university.
Dr. Taylor will leave with his
family in the middle cf June and
will return to his teaching duties
at Southern Oregon college in
the fall of 1956.
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Portland (U.R) Bids will be
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i Most of the tracts, ranging from
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