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High School Senior Girls Surpass Coeds in Srength Stanford You may come p with your own reasons for it, but tests at the Stanford r Department of Physical Ther apy have indicated that high school senior girls are gen erally stronger than college women. These are the findings of Professor Marian Williams, Ph. D., associate professor of physical therapy at the Stan ford Medical center. Professor Williams is en gaged in research directed to w a r d evaluating human strength and determining norms of physical perform ance. Her work promises to have widespread clinical value as a comparative measure in cases of certain . patients whose medical problems have left them at a less than nor mal performance level. Professor Williams work may also soon become a mea sure of disability and recov ery from polio and other performance-affecting afflictions. Machine Used The research was carried out with a "dynamometer" perfected for Miss Williams at Wayne State University. The "dynamometer" is a simple ring-type meter for measuring amount of tension or "pull". Major muscle groups were tested through a range of an gular positions for each muscle. Once the norms are de veloped and perfected there may be a use for both Miss Williams settles and apparatus in testing the effects of re laxants and other drugs on strength and performance. Preliminary reports from the studies have produced in formation not generally ap preciated about muscle growth and development. They tell of some muscles whose strength increase ap pears to continue with age, to young adulthood, whole that Of some others hits z plateau early in life. The studies have been con ducted only on subjects rang ing from sixth graders to col lege students. Additional stu dies are contemplated over a wider age range. Factors Noted Professor Williams points out that factors other than strength abilities can have a decided effect on perform ance. "On a given day, at a given time", she emphasizes, "psychological or neurologi cal factors may affect one's performance". Extensive test ing, it is expected, will help to eliminate the effects of these factors in compiling the tables of norms. Once completed, it is ex pected additional uses will be found for Miss Williams work. Physical education classes may well use the tests 'as a measure of development and an indication of needed training. In a rather far fetched way," it has been sug gested that athletic squads can be compared on the basis of her studies. "However," Professor Wil liams points out, "we are pri marily interested in clinical applications and I'd rather Km Terrence O'Flaheriy (at right) radio and television editor of the San Francisco Chronicle, was in the valley last week to attend performances of the Oregon Shakespearean festival in Ashland. The editor, pictured here with his host, Robertson E. Collins is West coast representative for the Peabody Award committee, and has also served on the Sylvania Award committee. Mr. Collins is a former member of the board of the Shakespearean festival. Proper Clothin Saves Garmen Corvallis - Plan storage for children's clothes this fall as carefully as you plan their back-to-school wardrobes. With proper storage, you can add months to the life of the clothes, they'll look neat er, and mother can be spared daily pick-ups, advise a team of extension home economists somebody else developed uses for these tests in other respects." Jorgensen's Urges You To See The Chin Up Club aotique SHOffl AND SALE MEDFORD ARMORY September 2 and 3 NOON TO 9:00 P.M. Help a Good Cause Profits from the show will be used by the club to pur chase hospital beds, wheel chairs, crutches and other equipment for loan, without charge, to temporarily dis abled persons, whether or not they , are club members. Dis tribution of the club's equip ment is handled by the Salva tion Army. o & Head Off The Heat With 9 . RmX TTfPTl? t. .,. m m m mm ' Tht nicest way to beat the fall heat spell is Jor gensen's luscious, cooling FIESTA ICE CREAM -of course! Enjoy it in your favorite flavor at your favorite fountain or take home a colorful Fiesta, carton for desserts and snacks. Ifs doubly GOOD with NUTRIMIX, that exclusive nutrient, added. You're sure of the BEST when you ask for "Jorgensen's." g Storage ts, and Time at Oregon State college. Bernice Strawn, home man agement specialist, and Mary Routh, clothing specialist, of fer these suggestions for stor ing outdoor wraps and other school outfits. First, provide a place for the youngsters to remove and hang their outdoor wraps when they first enter the house. Place a table or coun ter and stool right by the door so they can park their books and sit down to remove overshoes. Convert extra space under the hall stairs, an unused cor ner, or a small area behind the back door into closet space for the youngsters. Fas ten a row of hooks within easy reach for coats. Hangers probably look neater to moth ers but small youngsters find them hard to handle, home economists comment. -Use Clothespins Fasten a row of wooden clothespins to the side of the closet about a foot above the floor to hang rain boots. Line the floor underneath with plastic to catch "drip." Boots may also be placed on a slot ted wood rack over a plastic pan. Build two . shelves above coats, one about a foot deep for caps, : and another below about 9 inches deep for mit tens. 7 : To store little girls' school separates and boys' slacks and shirts, two clothes poles instead of one are suggested spacesavers. Place one above the other. On one, hang short garments such as blouses and shirts, and use the other for skirts, trousers or longer out fits. . Reserve some of the closet area for hanging party dresses, suits, coats, bathrobes and other full-length gar ments. Use hangers to prevent wrinkling. ' School Clothes Monoy Savers Are Suggested New York - (UPD - If the bud get is too slim to provide a whole new wardrobe for back-to-schoolers in your house, try these money-saving tips. Don't throw our slightly out grown clothes. v Let down the hem of a too-short dress and cover the crease with rows of embroidery or rick-rack. Add a pocket with the same de signs. Make a jumper out of a dress. Remove the sleeves and cut out the neckline, making it lower in front. Bind arm holes and neckline with a plain color on a plaid dress, embroidery on a solid-color dress. An ; outgrown blouse, too short to tuck into a skirt, makes an ideal dickey for the jumper. , A summer cotton can be dyed a darker color and worn as a "transitional" cotton. An outgrown spring coat can become a jacket. Cut off at the hipline and finish with a new hem. A princess coat makes a good fitted jacket, and a box coat a full jacket. If there are pockets, cut be low them, adding shallower pocket linings if necessary. With the left-over material, add cuffs if sleeves are too short. Use the left-over fabric from a coat for a matching beret or beanie. . 0'IE DAY SERVICE If HMded In at 10 ewt at S . OPEN A.M. te P.M. Close Saturdays" 1 :30 .m. Med ford Cleaners SP 2-6501 34 N. HOLLY FREE Pickup and Delivery Women Marrying Earlier And Have Larger Families New York -(Science Serv ice More women are marry ing at an earlier age and hav ing larger families than they did 20 years ago, statistics re leased here show. There were 41,500,000 mar ried women in March of 1958. This is 3,750,000 more than there were in 1950 and 11, 333,000 more than in 1940, Metropolitan Life Insurance company figures reveal. The rise has occurred main ly in younger women - those 18 or 19 years of age are marrying at the rate of one in three as compared to one in five in 1940. Among the 20 to 24 age group, two-thirds are married as against only half 20 years ago. The birth rate has shot up too. In 1940 there were 125.9 births per 1,000 married wom en aged J 5 to 44, while in 1956 this figure rose to 158.8 per 1,000 married women. Larger families are becom ing quite common, statisti cians point out. The birth rate for third and fourth children more than doubled between 1940 and 1956. The rate for a fifth child almost doubled also. Furthermore, seven of every 10 babies are born to mothers under 30 years of age. Nearly one-third of these American wives, or 13,000,000 were in the labor force in March, 1958. Reflecting the tendency of wives to seek Cool touch: dissolve lime gelatin in hot water and add 2 tablespoons of fresh lime or lemon juice and some finely chopped mint. 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