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city's main streets in rescue, salvage work.
Small Worlds
k , 3 Around Us
Qjgj By Lynn M. Watkins
Goat Disdain Tin Cans;
Shark Will Eat Anything
In spite of the everlasting
persistence of the statement
and the belief among the un-
informed, goats do not eat
tin cans, olive bottles or sec
tions of metal eave troughs.
They never have, and there
is no chance they ever will.
Of course some of . the
things they do eat and appar
ently enjoy, and which seem
ridiculous to o u r appetities,
are sand-spurs, thistles and
weeds and grass that appear
to have no appeal whatsoever.
But there is a line beyond
which they do not venture.
People who are acquainted
with goat behavior say the
animals are not stupid or as
careless of their diet as their
reputation has pictured them.
But there is a mammal
that comes close to accom
plishing what the goat is re
ported to do in the way of
food extremes, and that crea
ture is the real nitwit of the
sea-the shark. These dumb
jerks have been known to
swallow tin cans, catsup bot
tles, paper, even china plates,
or any other object that car
ries the faintest taint of a
food odor.
Any Object Edible
During times of high ex
citement such as often oc
curs when a group of sharks
is competing with one an
other for food, they even will
gulp down any object they
can get their mouth around.
The fact that an object is
indigestible means nothing to
these scavanger prowlers.
They care not what they eat
as long as they experience a
complete fullness in their
stomach.
It's the sharks unsatisfied
appetites that cause them
their sleepless nights; they
are victims of insomnia, a
normal state of affairs; a way
of life. Their appetites keep
the sharks constantly on the
move throughout- the oceans
of the world.
Sharks have been known
to gulp down huge mouthfuls
of food after their stomachs
have been cut open and the
swallowed food fell out as
fast as it was swallowed.
They seem insensible to pain,
even tearing flesh from their
own bodies or eating their
own tails when pulled in
close to the mouth.
Habitual Glutton
The shark received his rep
utation, such as it is, because
of his desire to gulp his food
in huge mouthfuls and at fre
quent intervals. He is an ha
bitual glutton whose desire
for flesh is never completely (
satisfied. As long as he lives
he will continue to stuff him
self. Hunger is a powerful influ
ence in the lives of all ani
mals, as well as in man him
self. Some of this earth's
creatures have appetites that
know no specialization. Man
and rat are two that will eat
anything-flesh, plant, or at
times minerals.
Most other creatures are
more particular and the goat
is a specialist, too. Offer one
a tin can or an inner tube or
even a hunk of tender, juicy
beefsteak and he will turn up
his nose. He knows what he
wants, and it isn't discarded
bed springs.
(Released by The Register
and Tribune. Syndicate, 1959)
LOSING BATTLE
New York-flJPD-Frank Jak-
sic had a bout with his cup
board and lost. He entered
his kitchen one morning and,
leading with his eye, walked
into a cupboard door which
had hppn left aiar. Angered
by "the sudden pain, he slam
med the door shut. It popped
open again and released a
bowl which broke on his
shoulder. The cut required
five stitches.
Higher Eucafion
Board May Seek
Full Budget OK
Portland-flJPD - The State
Board of Higher Education
has authorized Chancellor
John R. Richards to seek legis
lative approval of its full $20,'
565,000 budget for construc
tion during the next two
years.
The State Department of Fi
nance had slashed all but $2,-
500,000 from the construction
budget request.
Top Priority
Top priority on the build
ing program is a $2,750,000
classroom building at Port
land State.
Dr R. E. Kleinsorge, Board
president, said the building
program was projected six
years ahead and that if it was
delayed "we will never catch
up."
Dr. Richards told educators
that a proposed Senate bill
would cancel Orgeon's present
tutition scholarship system of
tax-supported colleges.
The chancellor said the bill
was submitted to his office
for opinion by the Legislative
Counsel. The measure pro
poses a five-member commis
sion to name students for
scholarshsips and to receive
scholarships funds from priva
ate donors.
System Working Well
At present the state system
of higher education is allow
ed to give scholarships in
form of remission of tuition
fees for 2 per cent of the
institutionss' student bodies.
College heads agreed the sys
tem was working well and
took the position that the
present machinery is adequate
for the tax supported system.
Gov. Mark Hatfield has
said he favors state scholar
ships for students, allowing
them to attend school of
their choice.
Educators said care should
be taken that nothing is done
to jeopardize gifts by private
donors that provide a larger
amount of funds to the state
schools' scholarship program
than comes from tax money.
AF ART COURSE
Colorado S p ri n g s , Colo.
(UPD A fine arts course which
includes painting, sculpture,
music and architecture from
the early Greeks to the pres
ent day is on the curriculum
of the U.S. Air Force acad
emy. More than 40 cadets are
taking the course - a combi
nation of art appreciation and
history with a dash of crea
tive effort by the students
themselves. The cadets begin
the course by learning how to
look at pictures and wind up
with a 1,000-word paper on
some aspect of modern art.
They also model figures in
clay and draw in pencil, ink,
tempera and oils.
LAUNCH NEW ATTACKS
Algiers - (UPD - Algerian
rebels have launched new
attacks against trains, buses
and bridges. The single
casualty reported was a Mos
lem civilian, who suffered a
flesh wound when rebels way
laid a bus near Setif, in east
ern Algeria.
Kleinsorge To Leave Education Board in March
HARD TIMES Hedy Lamarr, one-time glamor-queen of
Hollywood, is suing her estranged husband, W. Howard
Lee, for $51,000, claiming that he is $9000 behind in sup
port payments. Miss Lamarr says she has been sick for
the past year and is experiencing financial difficulties.
Earlier this year her son was seriously hurt when
knocked off his bicycle in an accident.
The Family Council
Editor's note: The Fniil Council consists ot a judge, a psychiatrist,
throe clergymen, a newspaper editor a women's editor and two writers.
Each article is a summary nf an actual report. The Family Council does
not give advice; it merely reports on problems that have been dealt
with by responsible agencies and counselors.
Ralph E. I am 16 and I've
already had enough hard
knocks to last a lifetime. My
father died when I was five
and my mother had to go to
work to support us. She left
me in the care of my big sis
ter who was only 15 at that
time.
I have gotten into trouble
at school and recently I was
arrested with a group of oth
er kids for destroying some
public property. I didn't real
ly do anything but I was with
the group. I got off easy and
I think I learned my lesson
A social worker visited my
mother and recommended
that I go to live with my sis
ter, who is now married and
has two children of her own
My sister is okay, but 1
can't stand my brother-in
law. He is against me from
the word go. It certainly
won't do me any good to be
stuck with him. My mother
ought to realize that.
Mrs. K.E. I realize that
haven't done right by Ralph
and I want to make up for it
My daughter always told me
that I shouldn't have gone
out to work, and it would
have been better to rely on
charity. But I didn t see
things that way. I wanted to
do a little better for the chil
dren and now I am paying
the price.
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Cora says she will be glad
to take Ralph into her home
now and she claims her hus
band is willing, but he says
he won't stand for any non
sense and if Ralph doesn't
obey he's going to give him
a rough time.
Ralph has cried and begged
to remain with me. He has
had things hard enough. He
threatens to run away if
send him to live with Cora
He says it's bad enough he
hasn t any father and now
I'll be deserting him. I don't
want to do any more harm
than I've already done.
The Council Ralph sounds
like a pretty shrewd article,
but he is not the proper judge
of where he ought to live.
This youngster is remark
ably apt at playing on his
mother's guilt feelings and
has developed the very bad
habit of thinking of himself
as a morst unfortunate boy,
He believes that all his mis
takes is excusable on this
ground and that he is not
called upon to make any ac
tive effort toward setting
himself on the right track.
It is certainly a misfortune
to lose a father early in life
and to be placed under super
vision of an immature girl,
but the possibility was open
for Ralph to create something
good out of a bad situation.
The fact that a trained so
cial worker thinks that
Ralph's sister's home would
be a better place for him is a
reasonable indication that
Ralph needs something he is
not getting, with his mother
We suspect that the some
thing" is cool common sense
and firm discipline. . Ralph is
in terror that he will not be
able to wheedle and whine
on the ground of his "hard
knocks" in front of his broth-
er-inlaw.
Nobody can predict how
the situation will work out,
but if this brother-in-law is
not abusive, we has a notion
he was made to order for
Ralph's case. The boy will
probably wind up hero-wor
shipping him. Some young
sters need "understanding'
but when a 16-year-old boy
sees himseii as a piuaoie
abused creature, it is reason
able to suspect he has had an
overdose of that kind of thing
and needs the bracing air of
tougher treatment.
(Copyright 1959, General
Features Corp.)
Pentagon Approves
Hawaii Statehood
Washineton-fUPD-The Penta
gon today voiced its approval
of statehood for the strategic
Hawaiian Islands.
Rear Adm. Kenmore M. Mc-
Manes, Chief of Naval Opera
tions for administration, said
in testimony prepared for the
House Interior and Insular Af
fairs Committee that the pend
ing legislation appeared to
safeguard military interests in
the new state.
MacARTHUR HONORED
New York -(UPD- Ninety-six
former comrades-in-arms gath
ered Monday night to pay
homage to General of the
Army Douglas MacArthur on
his 79th birthday.
BIKE RACER DIES
Detroit - (UPD - George D.
Grant, bicycle racer and a pio
Portland -(UPD- The State
Board of Higher Education
Monday paid tribute to Dr. R.
E. Kleinsorge, Silverton, who
announced he would retire
from the board at the end of
his term in March.
Kleinsorge is currently
president of the board and has
been a member since 1941
when he was appointed by ex
Gov. Charles A. Sprague.
The board decided that de
spite the possible fate of its
hoped-for $20 million build
ing budget that a third Port
land State college classroom
building would remain at the
top of its priority list.
To Consider OSC Request
Chancellor John R. Rich
ards indicated that the board
would consider seriously be
fore the end of the year Ore
gon State's request for some
kind of a liberal arts major.
The board did give OSC ap
proval of six hours addition in
each of two courses, English
and history, but refused addi
tion of two others in fields of
Russian history and Latin
American affairs on grounds
they should wait until a ma
jor decision on OSC curricu
lum is made.
The board ordered prelim
inary planning for proposed
buildings including a dormi
tory at OSC, addition to the
Memorial Union at OSC, stud
ent health service building at
OSC, married housing units at
Oregon, addition to Student
Union building at Oregon,
and remodeling' of Susanna
Homes hall at Southern Oregon.
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