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
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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.
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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."
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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.
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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
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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
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