MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THREE
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MEDFORD
Sunday, Auguit 18, 1957
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SUMMER STUDENTS Five students who graduated from South
ern Oregon college in June are attending summer session at
Mexico City college, Mexico. Left to right are Dick Simonson,
Medford; Mr. and Mrs. Robert Casebeer, Riddle; and Mr. and Mrs.
James Kennett, Bandon. Simonson is employed in the circulation
department of the Mctiford Mail Tribune. The five will return
home later this month.
Legend Does Not Explain
Why Cepheus Pieced in Sky
By FAY BENTLEY
"There are exceptions to
every rule," people often say
and this seems to hold true in
mythology as well as in real
life situations. When Jupiter,
king of the gods, placed a char
acter in the heavens it was usu
ally to honor some outstanding
performance. But King Cepheus,
ruler of the kingdom of Ethiopia,
seems to be "the exception that
proves the rule."
Just why he was honored by
being given a place in the starry
skies, legend does not explain.
In stories he is depicted as a
good king, but no deeds of hero
ism are attributed to his name.
His claim to renown rests upon
the foolish action of his wife,
Cassiopeia, who by vain boasting
placed the entire country of
Ethiopia in danger of destruc
tion. The constellation, C e p heus
the King, has been known from
an early period in spite of the
fact that it is a group of rather
dim stars. It has been mentioned
in the most ancient records of
the Babylonians and Egyptians.
n Identify Constellation!
Some religious groups, who
like to identify the constellations
with incidents and characters
from the Bible, see in Cepheus
a representation of King Solo
mon. To the Chinese it was The
Inner Throne of the Five Em
perors. The Egyptians often pic
tured Cepheus as Cheops, who
built the Great Pyramid.
Cepheus can claim the distinc
tion of being nearer to Polaris
or the North Star than any other
constellation except of course
the Little Dipper of which Po
laris is a part. Also, being so
close (apparently) to the North
Star it never sets but constantly
encircles Polaris and is visible
on any clear night throughout
the year.
Other circum - polar star
groups, in addition to the Little
Dipper and Cepheus, are the
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Great Bear of which the Big Dip- j
per la A pii i, Kaaaivyxzia a v.iidii,
and Draco the Dragon. These
constellations are located in the
northern heavens and, to observ
ers in the northern hemisphere,
appear to move in a huge cir
cle from east to west around the
North Star as the earth turns
on its axis from west to east.
The North Star seems to stand
still.
Ctycle Repeated
Constellations not so far north
as these circum-polar groups rise
in the east, travel across the 1
heavens for approximately six ;
months and finally disappear be-'
neath the western horizon. After
six more months the cycle is
repeated.
Auriga and Perseus are two
star groups that are too far
south of t;4? North Star to be vis
ible during the entire year, but
still far enough north to be
above the horizon more than six
months out of 12.
Cepheus the King is a rather
dim constellation composed of
five stars. It is shaped somewhat
like a kite but to most people
it seems to resemble a church
steeple. Four stars are so placed
as to form a rectangle and the
fifth star completes the likeness
to a steeple.
To find Cepheus, begin with
the Pointers or the two stars
in the Big Dipper opposite the
handle. Trace a line from the
lower Pointer to the upper
Pointer and extend this' imagi
nary line to the North Star. Con
tinue this straight line beyond
Polaris for about half the dis
tance from the Pointers to the
North Star and you will reach
the star which forms the point
of the "church steeple."
By 9 ' p.m. Cepheus will be
very high in the northeastern
sky with the point of the "stee
ple" downward. This is an excel
lent time to locate this star pic-1
ture, but it may be found any I
time of the year on any clear I
night by tracing an imaginary j
line from the Pointers to Polaris
and then on to the point of the
"steeple."
Youih Kills Mother's
45-Year-0ld Friend
Santa Monica, Calif. (IP) A
19-year-old youth has confess
ed to shooting to death his mo
ther's sweetheart, a 45-year-old
advertising executive, as the vic
tim slept in a beach motel'.
Charles L. Guy, son of Mrs.
Nina James Angus, 37, confess
ed to the shooting Friday. His
mother, who identified herself as
a tone-time Dunn, N.C., attorney
and was booked in the murder,
was released.
The youth told police he shot
Guy F. Roberts, representative
of the Morrell company, with a
shotgun early Thursday morn
ing. Mrs. Angus said she had been
living with Roberts and they
planned to be married. The son
resided with William Miles, 49,
cocktail bar pianist with whom
Mrs. Angus had lived for several
years before moving in with
Roberts about a month ago.
WITNESSES ARRESTED
San Juan iTPi The Domini
can Republic has arrested five
more members of the Jehovah's
Witnesses religious sect, bring
ing to 50 the number being held
at Salcedo Fortress in Ciudad
Trujillo, Roy Brandt of Beatrice,
Neb., a leader of the sect, said
today. Brandt, who was one of
10 American missionaries de
ported to Puerto Rico from the
Dominican Republic last week,
said the new prisoners included
one woman.
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