SIX MEDFOHD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Wednesday, October 30, 1957
Scientists Doubt Civilization Could Benefit Island Inhabitants
By DELOS SMITH
United Press Science Edilor
New York ? Two scien
tists who looked over the in
habitants of '-one of primitive
tive man's last
stands" on
J.
do not steal from each other.
Something to Learn
"Maybe we have as much to
this earth,
were anything
but certain
that they
could be bene-
f-CV J ; our civiliza
I I tion.
Deios Smith "It must not
bt; forgotten that although they
have no doctor, neither do they
have a policeman," the scien
tists reported.
"Though they have no hospit
al, neither do they have a jail.
"Though they have many
deaths from unnecessary causes,
they have no murders, and even
though they may be hungry and
die of malnutrition, still they
Japanese Ports
Clogged by Strike
Tokyo 't? Striking seamen
clogged the nation's 60 major
ports with close to 100 idle
freighters and tankers Tuesdav
! on the fourth day of the worst
maritime strike in Japanese his
tory. At noon, thp Feripratinn nf
i Shipowners A s s o c i ation an
nounced that 93 ships totaling
, 700,000 gross tons were imobili
! zed by the 84.000-member All-
Japan Seamen's Union striking
for wage raises.
Family
Council
Charlotte R. I'll never be as
happy with another boy.
Mrs. L. R. I think we made
a mistake.
Charlotte R I am 14 years
old and I am miserably unhappy
and it's all because of this propa
ganda against steady dating that
my parents read in the news
papers and magazines.
I'm not pretty and I'm not
DODular. but one bov liked me
In fact he loved me and I loved
him. If I were 19 or 20, people
would take it seriously when I
say that. Now I just get laughed
at. But I know that I was never
so happy in my life as when I
was with Frank. I hated to be
away from him for a minute. I
wanted him always by my side.
If that's not love, I don't know
what it is.
Well, it was all broken up be
cause my parents said it was not
good to have a steady. Frank
said he loved me so much, it was
steady or nothing. I see him now
going out with other girls and I
could just die. I could never be
as happy with another boy. We
did nothing wrong. Why should
it have to be this way?
Mrs. L. R. My husband and
I now are beginning to think we
made a bad mistake in breaking
up this friendship. Frank was a
very nice boy avid Charlotte just
seemed to flower out in the
months she knew him. He took
her to lovely places and she had
so much fun. Now she is terri
bly alone and seems to feel very
left out of everything.
The trouble is that all the
other girls do have steady boy
friends. We made up our minds
not to be influenced by that, but
you can't ignore it. If Charlotte
were more the type that attracts
lots of boys, it would be okay.
But she isn't.
We hate to see her so unhappy.
She says she doesn't even want
to go to school because she must
see Frank with other girls. We
did laugh at her at first, but now
we see she is really suffering. I
talked to Frank's mother about
getting him to call Charlotte and
take her out some time, but she
says she can't do a thing with
him. Once he makes up his mind
about something he won't be
changed.
The Council: The L. R.'s only
mistake was in taking a negative
rather than a positive approach
to this problem. "Do" is always
a better word with teen-agers
and everyone else than "don't."
Instead of smashing this friend
ship, they should have helped
Charlotte to use it as a stepping-
stone toward broadening her so
cial relationships.
Granted, this is a very diffi
cult thing to do, but it can be
done if the cooperation cf other
parents is enlisted. The young
sters will tend to pair off. but if
they are guided into social activ
ities that bring large groups of
them together, there will be
more room for flexibility and
change.
Parents should take the initia
tive in arranging small parlies
that include boys and girls not
all of whom are invited as cou
ples. They should encourage their
teenagers to join clubs that throw
them into contact with groups
of boys and girls. It would be
best to concentrate on the.-e
things and try to slur the whole
question of "steady dating."
Unfortunately, poor Charlotte
was heading for a broken heart
in any case. It sounds as tnouh
Frank was getting out of his
depth in this friendship and
welcomed an issue to break it
up. The L. R.'s will have to be
gentle and somenow give Char
lotte the feeling that she will
;.on attract other boys and be
at least equally happy with
them.
(Copyright 1957. General
Features Corp.)
A dove keeps its bill under
water all the time it is drinking,
taking one long draught like a
horse. Other birds dip their bills
into water and then tilt their
heads back while swallowing
and repeat the process.
learn as to teach by trying to
bring these people into our
sphere of influence."
These people, numbering
around 1500, inhabit Orchid Is
land which has about 18 square
mies and is a dot in the Pacific
50 miles off the coast of For
mosa. The scientists were Drs.
James P. Ward and Hsu Shih
Chu, who reported to their alma
mater, the Harvard School of
public health.
Civilization has persistently
passed Orchid Island. For one
thing, ships can get not closer
than several hundred yards from
the coast. Primitive native ca
noes then remove passengers and
cargo. For another, the island
has no exploitable resources of
any kind.
"The people are small, under
nourished, illiterate and ex
tremely friendly," the scientists
reported. "Their total occupa-
Gambling Devices
Found at Mill City
Albany, Ore. TP Sheriff's
officers called to investigate a
suspected burglary at the Mill
City American Legion club Mon
day night found two slot ma
chines and a blackjack table as
they were checking the building.
They arrested Robert Pratt,
manager of the club, on a charge
of illegal possession of slot ma
chines, and he was fined S75
today in Linn county District
Court here.
tion seems to be to find food;
this consists mostly of fish and
taros," the latter being a plant
cultivated for its edible, starchy
roots.
No Property Owners
"Property is not actually own
ed by . anyone and there seems
to be few disputes which can
not be settled privately. Whole
families live in one-room thatch
ed huts with plank flooring.
Most cooking is done outdoors.
In visiting several of these
homes, we saw no evidence of
furniture of any kind."
The clothing of these happy
people is "whatever is given
them." It used to be more or less
non-existant but in the last few
years it has been "much improv
ed" by missionaries who supplied
the women with dresses and the
men with a few shirts.
"The men still have not adopt
ed the western style of wearing
pants," the scientists said,
"though they will occasionally
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put on a shirt to come to the
magistrate's office."
As public health doctors, they
could only deplore "health facil
ities and apnditlons." Why "thert
are not even partially trained
midwives; child-birth is primi
tive and hazardous!"
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