TWO MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Engineer Says Girls Left
fAt Science Starting Gate
By WILLARD WILKS
United Press Correspondent
Z Pomona, Calif. (IP! Know
Twhat's missing in this science
race against the Russians?
Glamour spelled W-O-M-
E-N.
Z Mrs. Rebecca H. Sparling,
a woman engineer, points out
"that our girls have been left
"at the starting gate in the
science sweepstakes.'
In Russia, up to 40 per
"cent of the graduating en
gineers are women while in
-the United States the figure
-Is less than one per cent. Says
Mrs. Sparling, a housewife,
mother and metallurgist at
f-jthe Convair Aircraft plant
here.
She blames it on public
Z opinion, old-fashioned educa--tional
policies, and the fact
-that it is harder for a girl to
work her way through col
lege. Another factor, says
-Mrs. Sparling, is the lack of
-information about the science
engineering scholarships
"available for girls. These
-awards go begging because
-there are no takers.
Z The Trouble
As for educational policies,
"Mrs. Sparling said, "many of
our nation's top technical
schools admit only a few
-women as graduate students,
; while most coeducational
schools maintain an enroll
Zment ratio of about two-and--a-half
men to one girl."
She also notes that many
high schools discourage sirls
-irom nigner mam courses.
"In aptitude tests for scien
tific aptitude, about six per
cent of the boys and four' per
" cent of the girls are found to
-be qualified," she said, "but
Jess than one per cent of our
- graduating engineers are
- women.
- "In Russia, students are
"trained entirely on the basis
Z of aptitude rather than sex.
"Russian students don't go to
-school because they have the
money they go to technical
schools only if they have got-
2 ten a high grade in the apti
iture examinations."
- Mrs. Sparling believes the
Z situation in the U. S. may
-change. "I think the Presi
Z dent's Council on Women
SI Power reaches that same con
2j elusion that women are
ur greatest untapped source
ot potential scientists and en-
gineers.
Z Plenty of "Room
- "I also have had some real
ty wonderful letters from
Z some of our outstanding en
Sgineering schools saying they
wished they had more women
-students," Mrs. Sparling said.
Z Public opinion needSydiang
"ing, however.
- "I think the time when a
r woman had to think, 'Will I
choose a career or a family?'
3 is long past," she said. "More
women than ever before are
working and most of the
Swomen I know in engineering
Zare married and have homes !
rand families."
- Mrs. Sparling, whose 19
IGirl Scouts
"Tea Given
- Girl Scout Troop 158 of
McLoughlin Junior High
school, under the leadership
oi ivirs. jviaunce Kitchey, neid
a Juliet Low Tea, February
-11 at Mrs. Harry Peterson's
home.
Z The mothers had a meeting
rwhile the girls talked. Then
-the girls served heart shaped
cupcakes, coffee and punch.
Mrs. Harry Peterson, Mrs.
Z Maurice Ritchey, Mrs. Ruth
Z Dodge, Mrs. Walter Simons,
TMrs. Loyd Johnson, Mrs. Ivol
-Settell, Mrs. Wilmer Warren,
-Mrs. Willard Harwood and
J their daughters attended. Mrs.
-George Milligan and Mrs.
zNorvel Jones were unable to
rbe present, but their daugh
ters attended.
. . Mary Dodge,
:: Troop Scribe. '
Calendar
Calendar notices and news for
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-Tribune must be submitted in
writing and deadline for the Sun
day edition is 1 p.m. Friday. Dead-
Jine ror tne weekly calendar is 9
a.m. ot the day of publication and
for week day news is 5 pjn. the
oay Delora publication.
"Thursday:
Z 6:30 p.m.: Zonta club,
-Girls Community club.
7:30 p.m. Altrusa club,
-home of Mrs. Anne Finley.
Z 8 p.m. Alpha Rho chapter,
ZBeta Sigma Phi, home of Mrs.
3"red Danielson, 500 Barnes
ave.
8 p.m. Hilltoppers Square
Dance club, beginner square
glancing class, at Wagner
rCreek school.
C 8 p.m. Reames chapter,
3rder of the Easter nStar,
Iedford Masonic temple.
3 8 p.m. Phoenix Thursday
3: 1 u b, Phoenix Community
atlubhouse.
rFriday:
11 a.m. Women's Auxi
3iary guild of St. Mark's Epis
copal church, Holy Commun
ion at church; 12:30 . p.m.,
"Parish house.
year-old son is working for a
physics degree at Stanford,
is a member of the Society
of Women Engineers and
head of its national commit
tee to select a recipient of the
$500 Dr. Lillian Moller Gil
breth Scholarship. The award
goes to a junior or senior girl
studying engineering.
Freshman awards, Mrs.
Sparling explained, are much
easier to obtain and "there
have been quite a few cases
of really brilliant girls who
had to quit school as juniors
or seniors because they could
not get financial support."
1
State President
Visits Auxiliary
In Rogue River -
Rogue River The state
president of the Lions Auxil
iary of Oregon, Mrs. Fayette
Thompson, Eugene, was a
special guest at a dinner meet
ing held in the Grange hall,
Feb. 18. Other guests were
Mrs. Charles Thompson, Dis
trict E director, and Mrs.
George Peterson, president of
the Coos Bay auxiliary, both
of Coos Bay. We also had as
guests, Mrs. Wayne Reich
stein and Mrs. George E. Ner
ton, from the Talent Auxil
iary, and Mrs. O. Hammitt,
Rogue River. Mrs. Thompson
spoke on "Lionism and World
Peace."
Tables were decorated in
spring colors, using yellow
daffodils, green place mats,
and yellow napkins.
The annual spring board
meeting has been set for April
9 at Sutherlin. Plans have
been made for several Rogue
River members to attend this
meeting.
The sight conservation
chairman,- Mrs. Betty Bam
forth, reported that eye
glasses had been recently pur
chased for a local child.
Mrs. Walter Kasworm' rep
resented the auxiliary recent
ly at a meeting of the Rogue
River Flood Control board,
and gave an interesting re
port. The club voted to pre
sent the board a check for this
work in the community. Past
presidents were honored. Cor
sages were presented to Mrs.
Carl Dick, Mrs. Howard Mil
ler, Mrs. F. G. Petrie and
Mrs. Larry Sheehan. Mrs.
Harold Sander and Mrs. Rob
ert Pinkel, also past presi
dents, were unable to attend.
Plans for a rummage and
cooked food sale were an
nounced for the last part of
March.
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Thursday, February 27, 1958
Mamie's Visit
Spotlights
Plush Resort
By B. J. McFARLAND
United Press Correspondent
Phoenix (IP Elizabeth
Arden's Maine Chance resort,
where privacy is as important
as the beauty and health
treatments for some of Amer
ica's more famed and weal
thy women, is getting a little
public exposure ' now that
Mamie Eisenhower is a guest.
Chances are the ordinary
working girl will never enjoy
the plush, yet vigorous, life
of this resort.
The prices are a little steep
for the average pocketbook,
about $400 to $700 a week.
Even the first lady is on
"the cuff," as a special guest
of Mrs. Elizabeth Arden Gra
ham, the cosmetics manufac
turer, who owns and operates
the resort.
Mamie isn't going in for
some of the "more vigorous
exercises and treatments of
the resort," said Sybil Ames,
the hostess, who is known by
the guests as "Amesie."
Rest and Sunshine
"But, she is taking some of
the treatments, including the
less vigorous massages, exer
cises, and a balanced diet,
added the hostess.
The main reason she is here
is to rest and get some sun
shine.
Local people best describe
the effectiveness of the re
sort by telling the story about
"the Chicago industrialist who
sent his wife, who was getting
a little too hippy and grey,
out for a treatment. He got
back a slim, young lady he
didn't recognize."
In higher society, the treat
ments are described as "the
regime of rest, diet and beauty
which takes tension lines off
faces and extra avoirdupois
from weary figures."
The layout of Maine Chance
is a little breath-taking,
even to those accustomed to
such surroundings.
The cottage Mrs. Eisenhow
er is staying in once was the
winter home, of H. Donald
Campbell, a prominent New
York businessman- It has nine
rooms.
The cottage snuggles
against the foot of Camelback
mountain, which is shaped
like a sleeping camel. The
grounds are beautiful garden
ed and are shrouded in palms.
The cottage was especially
redecorated for Mamie.
All, in all, it could be de
scribed as a place fit for a
president's wife.
Swing in' Pairs
To Hold Dance
Swingin' Pairs Square
Dance club wil hold a dance
at the Square Corral at Camp
White starting at 8:30 p.m.
Saturday. Douglas Fosbury
will call.
Potluck refreshments will
be served and all square
dancers are invited.
Dinner
Pocahontas lodge has
planned a potluck dinner Fri
day, February 28, at Redman
hall at 6:30 p.m. A business
meeting will follow at 8 p.m.,
and a card party will close the
evening's program.
Members are privileged to
take guests for the dinner and
card party.
Everyone's Talking About the
ROGUE VALLEY MANOR
A MODERN RETIREMENT HOME t
Your Are Cordially Invited to Attend a
Public Meeting Without Obligation at the
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
8th and Holly - Medford
FRIDAY NIGHT - FEB. 28TH AT 7-20 P..M.
Civic Leaders Mel Hogan and George Flannagan
and
Executive Director Walter Higgins
Will Discuss in Complete Detail
THE VIRTUES
Pear Sunburst Salad is a "something different" salad.
Use 3 ripe Bosc, Anjou or Cornice pears, 1 cup diced celery ,
1 cup tokay grapes, halved and seeded, V2 cup salted pea
nuts, salad dressing, maraschino cherry and lettuce. Wash
pears, set one aside. Halve, core and dice remaining two
pears. Combine with celery, grapes and nuts. Mix with
enough salad dressing to moisten. Heap into lettuce lined
salad bowl. Slice remaining pear in eighths, arrange in sun
burst pattern on top with maraschino cherry in center.
Serves 4-6.
Tall Girls Still
Though He May Be Shorter
By GAY PAULEY
United Press Women's Editor
New York OP Our tall
girj population keeps stretch
ing upward. But today's
statuesque types seem well
adjusted to the fact they're
dubbed "beanpole" or "tiny"
and just about every day are
asked by some shortie, "How's
the weather up there?"
And height is no deterrent
to catching a man, although
most of them have to stoop
to conquer.
"The loveliest roses have
the longest stems," said one
tall girl who was one of 600
female amazons answering a
Lane Bryant questionnaire.
"I'd rather be tall than fat
it's the lesser of two evils,"
said another.
"In a crowded elevator, the
air is better," a third com
mented. The company, which
specializes in clothes for tall
girls five feet, seven inches
and up also held a tall girl,
jingle-writing contest year
with the winner just an
nounced. Mrs. James M. Taylor Jr.
of Berwyn, Pa., gets a free
trip to' the Caribbean for
writing the best last line. She
is five feet, 10 inches tall, a
little woman compared with
some of the other contestants,
whose height ranged up to
six feet, three inches.
Lane Bryant said that to
day, eight per cent of the
female U. S. population rates
as a tall girl, five feet, eight
inches and up, although she
was virtually non - existent
three generations ago. Just
why the growth is a matter
for debate whether some
gland gets awfully active or
whether it's better food and
all the vitamins the modern
miss gets.
Today's tall girl does not
always like to date a shorter
man "although I don't mind,
if he doesn't," said one. But
the chances are she will marry
one.
: The questionnaire showed
most of the women are well
adjusted to their height. To
the question, "How's the
world treating you?", 93 per
cent answered "very well."
OF LIVING IN THE ROGUE VALLEY MANOR
Catch Men
My
husband can always
find me
in a crowd," said
one. '
"I don't get claustrophO'
bia." said another. ,
One girl said her height was
a hlessine because I can
straddle large puddles since
most Sir Walters are dead."
Some Complaints
. Oh. there are some com
plaints. Some of the girls
questioned were fed up with
people commenting, "My, but
vou're tall . . . how tall are
you?" '
"Now, I ask them how short
they are," said one girl
Another griped because it
wasn't enough to be told she
was "built like a horse." But
she was also expected to
"work like one." Some com
plained about futniture too
low, ceilings too close to their
scalps, not enough room for
long legs in theater seats.
"Roomettes and upper
berths are to short. I bump
my head getting on . and off
an airplane. I can't wear a hat
with a feather on a bus, or I
sweep the roof," said Jane
Russell is six feet and 14-inch
"I fold up for all modes of
transportation," said Mrs
G. W. Einfeldt, of Pomona
Calif. "At my destination, 1
have a medic straighten me
out."
. But Mrs. Einfeldt, an artist
for Walt Disney Studios, said
her heieht. "six feet, two
inches in nylons," helped her
catch a husband
"His comment was, 'Tall, or
nothing a'tall," she said.
Her husband is six feet, six
inches. ;
f-
Happy Harvesters
Announce Dance
Central Point Happy Har
vesters will hold a square
dance Saturday, March 1, in
Central Point Legion hall.
The dance, which will start
at 8:30 p.m., will feature an
old-fashioned cake walk.
J. D. Lubbers and William
Harvey will call; guest callers
will be welcomed.
Those attending are asked
to take potluck refreshments.
Italian Specialty
Is Good Lenten Meal
New York (IP) For a
thrifty but delicious Lenten
meal, here's an Italian snerial-
ty linguini with clam sauce.
For the sauce, cook 2 tahlp.
spoons chopped green pepper
in 2 tablespoons butter or
margarine until tender. Blend
in 2 tablespoons flour, add
liquid from one lOVi-ounre
can minced clams, and cook
over low heat, stirring con
stantly, until sauce thickens.
Add drained clams, one 1-
pound can tomatoes, 2 table
spoons chopped chives, 1 tea
spoon Worcestershire sauce
and salt and pepper to taste.
Serve over 1 nound lin
guini ' (or thin spaghetti)
which has been cooked until
tender in 4-6 quarts of boil
ing water with 2 tablespoons
salt added.
Makes 6-8 portions.
4
CLUB
-mi NEWS
Phoenix Horse Club
The 4-H Horse club met at
the home of Mr Bernie
Hughes. s
The topic decided for the
4-H Hysterical History was
the future. A planning com
mittee was chosen for the
Friendship Follies, deciding
the routine and smoothing
out details.
The eager members met
at the Buffingtons. The ride
went over the Buffington's
land' and the foothills. It was
about three hours long.
Next meeting will be at
Sharon O'Connor's on March
5.
Eloise Harbert,
Reporter
Grean Bean Treat
Tere's a Blue Lake relish
treat you'll not soon forget:
To V cup cream whipped,
add 3 tablespoons lemon
juice, 2 tablespoons horse
radish, 1 tablespoon instant
minced onion, salt and pepper
to. taste. Add 2 cups Blue
Lake beans which have mari
nated in wine vinegar for sev
eral hours. Serve cold. Deli
cious with roast pork
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College Sponsors
Students' Tour
Monmouth The Grand
Tour The traditional con
tinental excursion once con
sidered an essential part of a
complete education is serv
ing as the model for the
seventh annual tour sponsored
by Oregon College of Educa
tion, "The Grand Tour of Eu
rope: Its Geography and Re
lated Culture" according to
tour director Charles J.
Noxon, assistant professor of
social science at OCE.
Highlight of this year's 15
nation tour will be a visit to
the 1958 World's Fair in Brus
sels. Other features on the
itinerary include: a Shake
spearean play at Stratford,
England; a boat trip on the
Rhine; a bull fight in Barce
lona; and a gondola ride on
the Grand Canal in Venice.
Some tour members will be
enrolled for five hours of col
lege credit, with others go
ing on a non-credit basis. Ship
board lectures will be held
daily to provide all members
with background information
on the countries to be visited.
Enrollment in the group is
restricted to 20 persons.
Turkey By the Meal
Coming in Packages
Lincoln, Neb. (IP) Home
economists at the Nebraska
Experiment Station may give
us packaged "turkey by the
meal" soon'.
Researchers are testing the
process of cutting up whole
turkeys and dividing them
into five meal-sized portions
of white and dark meat. The
meat then is packaged and
quick frozen.
Each turkey is divided to
fill five packages: Two with.
a drumstick, and a boneless
breast; two with a boneless
thigh, breast fillets, and a
meaty section of wing; and
one with the back, wing
tips, neck, thigh bones, keel
and breast bones, and giblets
The fifth package makes tur
key soup stock.
The study is aimed at help
ing homemakers serve tur
key without cooking an en
tire bird at one time.
SECOND FLOOR
Art Masterpiece
At Boston Museum
Boston (IP) The Boston
Museum of Fine Arts has ac
quired what it describes as
"the masterpiece of American
primitive portrait painting of
the 19th century. '
It is a large group portrait
of the family of one Joseph
Moore of Ware, Mass. Moore
was a silk hat manufacturer
in the winter and a traveling
dentist in the summer.
The painting was commis
sioned about 1840 The can
vas, according to family tra
dition, was by Erastus Salis
bury Field, but this cannot be
substantiated.
Stir a little Spring into
your cooking by using new
moisture-free onion for ease,
convenience and good flavor,
Instant minced onion adds
mild zest to salads, sandwich
fillings, fish, cheese or egg
entrees or to any dish that
calls for raw onion.
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Chicago 4PI A child devel
opment specialist says chil
dren need some privacy.
"Farents may not always
think so, but children like
some time to be alone in a
place of their own and not
just when adults are having
a party," said Pat Robinson
of the University of Illinois.
The ideal arrangement is
for each child to have his
own room, but many families
do not have the space to
spare, she said. In this case,
Miss Robinson suggests giving
the youngsters an area of
their own.
"Whether it's a room or an
area, it should be as private
as possible. Children need a
place where they can be quiet
or noisy, undisturbed and un
disturbing," she said.
To vary pancakes, add
about M cup well-drained,
crushed pineapple and a dash
of ground cloves to the batter
just before cooking.
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