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o (From Oregon's Press Oregon's newspapers are, generally, vigorous and well-edited. The following are editorials, articles or column comment from various Oregon papers, quoted either in full or in part, and selected because of their general interest. Their publication does not imply either approval or disapproval on the part of the Mail Tribune of the opinions given. ' SCIHIOOlt MEWS Why Can't Johnny Read? By CHARLES V. STANTON Why can't Johnny read? That question is one cur rently heard from one end of the land to the other, as people find fault with our educational system. Our magazines and news papers are filled with ques tions and answers, the ques tions being, "Why can't John ny read? and the answers being widely varied. But to my mind the answer is quite simple. Perhaps one way of dem onstrating my belief would be through the following story: Johnny and Mary lived on an island. To reach the mainland they must travel by boat. On this particular morning the time had come for depar ture. Seeing it was time to leave, Johnny passed along a row of leafing trees on his way to board the boat, where he waited for the captain who boarded at a nearby home. Johnny stood in the bow of the boat as he waited for Mary. Soon he saw her tripping her way down the path, the bow in her hair casting a brilliant color clearly visible to him as he watched from the bow of the boat. As Mary came aboard, Johnny, from his place in the bow of the boat, made a deep bow of greeting, a bow Mary returned, the bow in her hair bobbing as she bowed. Today was to be a great day. A grand fete was planned on the mainland. It would be no mean feat to remain on their feet all day, Johnny thought. But such is fate, and the ordeal to be meted out to them was one they could meet because they had a strength ening meal of meat sand wiches for their picnic lunch As the boat crossed the wa ter on the way to the far shore, Johnny wondered if it would be right for him to write a book about the rite they were about to witness. Now the boat turned to bear upon the bare spot where , it was to land. It must come close to the shore. Johnny turned to make another bow to Mary, to sig nify their approach to the dock, but as he did so a bough from an overhanging tree knocked him from his place innthe bow of the boat and he was thrown into the water. As he struggled to the sur face, his eye fell upon Mary's bow, as she stood in the bow of the boat to gain a vision of her best beau, knocked into the water by a beaut of a blow from a bough. Lost Art of Listening Children have lost the habit of listening to adult conver sation. A generation ago, the admonition was that children were to be "seen and not heard." Today, they are to be neither seen nor heard. They are shooed off to the tele vision set, to watch the flick ering picture while the grown ups talk. If they aren't told to leave, they do so of their own ac cord because much of what adults have to say isn't inter esting, anyway. In the long ago, of an evening, adult con versation had little competi tion. It didn't have to be en tertaining to hold the young audience. When the grandparents and friends of the family came to call, the children heard their opinions. Their prejudices, complaints, memories were absorbed by little ears, some times absentmindedly, some times intently. Many superstitions and much false information was passed along in this way, but intermingled were the facts, the stories and the credo which makes one family dif ferent from another. Now, we are substituting the facts, stories and even the moral creed as taught by the television set, and it is a poor substitute. Hearing Captain Dudley yell "And be sure to say your prayers" as the ap plause fades from the last car toon is no substitute for hear ing Grandma tell her religious experiences. Seeing adventure stories on the -21-inch tube doesn't have the same .feeling "of personal association as hearing a favor ite uncle tell about a hunting trip. .., . . Children- should be en couraged to enjoy the "live entertainment" of- the front room -instead -of the canned enjoyment of TV, even though Uncle George can't tell a joke nearly as well as Jack Benny can. We weaken our family ties when we move complete ly away from the era when sons learned of past tribal glory by hearing the stories told around the campfire. Oregon Statesman. Architect for Post Office Work Named William H. Seibert, Med ford architect, has been award ed a contract for architectural and engineering work in the post office and federal court house building here, W. A. Holloway, regional commis sion, General Services admin istration, Seattle, has announced. The contract covers archi tect and engineering services prior to general building and mechanical repairs at "the building, Holloway said. Estimated cost of repairs is $30,000, he added. Plans for general repair work to the building have been completed, and plans for heating plant and floor work in the building are expected to be completed by June 1. Americans Should Remember Lincoln's Penitential Prayers By THE RT In the Days News By FRANK JENKINS Now don't you think that would be a fine story for one of our primary readers? Another question: How does Johnny EVER larn to read? Roseburg sfevw-Rview. $rm Welcome . . . It seems as if every time t've picked up a good mag fzine the past few months, we hfve seen a large ad, usually doublepage and in color, in iviting us to spend our vaca tion in Cuba. Yet, day after day, the anti-American in sults pour out of Havana. American property is being damaged or threatened with expropriation. If we're really as welcome down there as the ads say, the actions of the Cubans, through their govern ment, sure don't show it. Prudent Yankees and in that group we don't include would-be soldiers of fortune are likely to find their winter sunshine in other countries until Cuba simmers down. Castro and his ad agency ought to get together.-Eugene Register-Guard. Interchange Cost On Freeway Given Ashland-Ashland would have to pay $250,000 If an interchange for Highway 99 freeway is built at Oak st. " This was stated at a meet ing Wednesday night attend ed by state highway engineers. The interchange at Oak st. would cost that much more than the proposed one at Val-; ley View rd., it was ex plained. Present plans call for inter changes at Valley View rd. and Highway 66 and an on-off ramp at the southern end of town for the freeway. Actual location of the free way in the Ashland area is not known, and money for right of way purchases will not be available until 1962, it was noted at the meeting. Smoke Problem Solved Smog emanating from the burner at Stockton Box Co., Stockton, Calif., has been eliminated " by a device de veloped by Walter Hogan. Sr., president of California Blow pipe & Steel Co. J. Don Layson, engineer for the local health district charg ed with enforcing the county's air pollution ordinance, says the system is the most suc cessful he has seen. Stockton Box had tried capping it burner with various screens to catch the major particles. This helped. Mr. Hogan replaced the screens with a roof. - He in stalled a giant fan which sucks the fly ash and large bits into cyclones which re turns the particles to the incinerator. Water is injected into the pipe to create steam from the hot smoke. The steam is pull ed through scrubbers where it condenses. The resulting black water containing the smallest particles of soot drains into a sumpi The re maining smoke - now steam is pushed out at ground level and vanishes almost immedi ately. At the present time the temperature of the burner is controlled manually but an automatic thermostat has been ordered. When it is installed the system will be even more effective since an even tem perature will almost always lead to steam only at the end of the process. Mr. Hogan has applied for a patent. The Lumberman, Portland. FLIGHTS PLOTTED New York -(CPD- A flight computer that automatically plots cross - country flight plans within minutes is help ing to run one of the nation's new jet air services. Develop ed by scientists at Bendix Aviation Corporation, the electronic computer selects the fastest and most comfort able passenger routes for United Air Lines flights and relieves pilots of much paper computation work. I think everyone will agree that Senator Neuberger's death is a loss to Oregon. He was in midstream of what promised to be a most useful career. Responsibility had so bered him. Experience had ripened him. He was standing at the doorway of what ap peared to be a long and use ful and honorable career of public service. It can be truthfully said that the people of Oregon mourn his untimely death. In his first term in the U.S. Senate, he had grown in sta ture. The public estimate of his ability and integrity is in dicated clearly by the fact that at the hour of his un timely death, only a few days before the filing deadline for the May 20 primary election, no one had filed to oppose him. Crater High School By LaVonne LaFaver "Irish Spring Time" was the theme of the annual spring formal in the cafetorium last Friday. Twirp season was in prog ress last Thursday and Friday; Thursday was inside-out-back-wards - clashy - flashy - color -crazy-hat-day, and Friday was beatnik day. Prizes were awarded to Shirley McAllister and Jan Williams for Thursday's dress, and to Eddie Allen and Jua nita Williams for Friday's garb. The winners Were an nounced during the dance Fri day night. Also at that time, Senior Princess Karen Larson was crowned Queen of the dance. Queen Karen sat on an imita tion stump with a background of ferns and other greenery. The princesses sat on imita tion toadstools surrounding her. The theme was carried out by the rock walkway at the entrance, and the green foliage adorning the entire room. The princesses were Senior Karen Larson; Junior Jerry Wick; Sophomore Judy Whal ey; and freshman Marian Payne. - Committee chairmen were: general chairman, Connie Mc Donough; coronation, Joan Skov; decorations, Jeanette Purdy and Lynn Malot; tables, Ellen Ward; invitation, Con nie Black; refreshments, Bar bara Walters; entertainment, Carol Meyers; advertising, Terri Turner; and clean-up, Marlena Coffman. from the group will reign as queen over the Sportsfair, and her princesses will model sports clothing and participate in the Pear Blossom Festival. The Queen will be given the title of "Miss Jackson County" and be in competition for the honor of state queen. Senior class president, Don Ryan, and a selected commit tee of John Anhorn, John Caster, Bob Morris; and Rick Burns, chose the 11 girls they felt best qualified. Consider ing beauty of face and form, scholarship, personality, charm, and popularity, the senior boys with the help of the male faculty members, made their choice. This is the second year the Crater Lions club has sponsor ed their Sportsfair in Medford. PUT- --'"The moving finger writes, and having writ moves on, nor all our piety and wit can lure it back to cancel hall a line. So the question that faces us now is who will replace him for the remainder of the term for which he was elected. It seems- to me the ideal choice would; be Mrs. Neu- berger, Senator Neuberger's widow. Under Oregon law, an appointee to fill a vacancy must be of the same political party as the former incum bent. By a curious coincidence, this law was introduced in the Oregon legislature by Senator Neuberger when he was a member of the state senate. Governor Hatfield was a member of the house of rep resentatives of the Oregon legislature when the bill was introduced, and voted for it. He has mentioned in the past the teamwork between Sen tor and Mrs. Neuberger, re ferring to it as "representa tion of Oregon in the congress by the most able team in Washington." THAT leaves the way clear for him to appoint Mrs. Neuberger to fill out her hus band's unexpired term, which has less than a year to run. The fact that they have worked as a team makes her a logical choice for the inter im appointment. Mrs. Neuber ger is thoroughly familiar with all the duties of the of fice. With all the personnel. With all of the current prob lems. She has been a partner in the job. She can carry on from where her husband left off. It would take anyone else the remainder of the unex pired term to learn the ropes and get the job in hand. That makes her a natural choice for the interim appoint ment. It would, of course, give her a considerable advantage in the campaign for election to a new term. But it would also give Oregon voters a good opportunity to study her and her opponent during the upcoming campaign. BESIDES I find myself ' coming around to the belief that it might be a good idea to get more women into politics. The men haven't done TOO good a job. If they had done a BET TER JOB, we might have fewer problems to face in these days. Announcement ROBERT J. KEENEY A.I.A. Architect Announces the Opening of New Offices in the MEDICAL CENTER BUILDING The spring play, "And Came the Spring," by Marri jane and Joseph Hayes, has been recently cast. The play is a three-act comedy of a family situation. The characters are Midge Hartman, Dayle Neshiem; Vir ginia Martman, Dorna Mose; Eliot Hartman, Bill Chase; Mrs. Louise Hartman, Alice Croxton; Mr. Jeffrey Hart man, Byron Rominger; Edna, Lynn Malot; Clancy, Lee Black; Buzz Lindsay, Bob Gardner; Carolyn Webster, Linda Cornutt; Keith Nolan, Glen Cote; Gabby Allen, Mel ba Tucker; Freddie Nolan, Wayne Olson; Mrs. Cecelia Fields, Pat Striplin; Mr. Link Fields, Bob Garrison; Alan Fields, Ronald McKey; Mes senger boy, Tom Richardson; and Christine Meyers, Joan Skov. ... The play is under the direc tion of Richard ; Dickenson, and assistant directors are Alison Pinkham and Nancy Beacham. The National Test of Fu tu r e Engineers of America was given March 7 by Mrs. Shirley Drysdale. Approximately 6,000 stu dents took the test. However, only 11 from Crater partici pated. The upper 10 per cent will go to Chicago for another test in April. Our highest three were Jeff Anhorn, first; John Kuoni, second; and John Champ, third. Their ratings were de termined by the ratio of their age and the number of prob lems correct. Janice Larimer. Diane Paul sen accompanied the group on the bongo drums. Third place was won by a saxophone trio, Nancy Housel, Linda Nash, and Janice Tay lor, playing ."Soft Shoe Dance". All of the cast were so well presented and well received that judging was difficult. Other students taking part, making the assembly out standing were Dickie Free man, Reed Harris and Jim Snodgrass, Catherine Watson, Sue Gifford, Nicki Ober, Mike McDonald, Hedy Ripfl, Mar garet Doolen, Roland Gangs tee, Liz Darneille, dance group, Cindy Anderson. Ann Jensen combo, Mike Barnes group and Lani Jennings who sang a ballad that she had also composed. REV. JOHN J. the precept of the church that WRIGHT Catholic Bishop of Pittsburgh Written for UPI When Abraham Lincoln was confronted with a crisis in the unity of our nation, he pleaded not for platitudinous, self-righteous prayers, but for strictly penitential prayers such as those which the church asks during the Lenten season. He used the word "peniten tial" and made it clear that he Miss Judy Foreman, winner of the Americanism essay in the annual contest sponsored by the American Legion aux iliary, read her winning paper Tuesday evening at a meeting of. the group where she was also presented with her cash prize and the American Le gion medal. Mac Pebble Pups were tak en on a tour of the Medford weather bureau station where they were, shown all the inter esting kinds of equipment and maps which help to determine the data gathered by the bu reau. They found out how the weatherman tries to predict what is going to happen so that people can go on talking about the most controversial subject of all the weather. understood how the communi ty, publicly, as well as individ uals, privately, must pray in a spirit of penance, if God's wrath is to be averted from our nation as well as our per sons. In a year in which partisan and sectarian tensions threat en so seriously our national unity and when the moral prestige of America is so gravely questioned in the world community, we Ameri cans should remember the plea of Lincoln and observe our prayers be penitential, not complacent, during a lenten season which may be historic for our country. MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Or. C Sunday, March 13, 1960 A : r TREES FROM SEKDS Most elm tree varieties can be grown from seed. IS THIS YOU? Barre, Vt. (LTD "The well adjusted person is realistic, wholeheartedly committed to his values and goals and satis fied with the type of person he is," according to one psy chologist. Dr. Arthur Chick ering of Goddard college said that "the well-adjusted person values his goals enough to risk failure and if he fails he still feels he is worthy person." GPENE8 SOOfl Q a. SOMETHING : REW O V WATCH THIS SPACE Last Thursday, March 10. the National Mathematics Ac tuaries test was given by Mrs. Drysdale to all her advanced mathematics students several students from Algebra I and students from plane geometry who were recommended by Robert Bayley. A total of 63 students from Crater participated. High score was achieved by Jeff Anhorn; second, Ray No- vosad; and Bill Anhorn, third. It is a test given annually throughout the United States. On March 8, the Education al Development test was giv en, on an optional basis, for all freshmen and sophomores. Many of the sophomores took the test last year, but re peated it this year to find their amount of advancement. However, the main purpose of the test was to determine their suitability for college. Crater's annual basketball banquet was held March 9 in the Pioneer Room of the Jack son hotel. Several trophies were hand ed out for marks of achieve ment. They were to Chuck Turner, most valuable player and rebound award; Dennis Edwards, sportsmanship; Earl Cooper, field goal percentage; and Dave Sharp, free throw percentage. . The basketball banquet is an annual project sponsored by the Comettes. Karen Larson and Patti Straus have been chosen as the two candidates for Sportsfair Queen. Along with representatives from other school districts, they will be judged by mem bers of the Lions club. One A national school assembly was given for the student body and faculty of Crater High Friday, March 11. William John Roy, Pan Am erican james, comedian, im pressionist and ventriloquist, entertained. , McLoughlin Junior High By Martha Mast, Sue Williams Baton twirling, music solos, dance numbers, and panto mime were some of the talent shown' at the all-school as sembly Friday, March 11, when the variety show was presented to students at Mc Loughlin Junior High school. Elizabeth Clark was master of ceremonies for the hour long stage show. The Honey buns, a song and dance group featuring Marthanne Good win, Vicki Ingram, Dixie Tay lor, and Jack Barr, won first place. Second place was won by the Star Dusters singing "The Big Hurt" featuring Pam Jones as soloist with a chorus background of Cheryl Vessey, Barbara Champion, Monte Noble, Martha Bullard, Christina Buckmaster, and GET GASH FAST! Cone to V Aw3 pmnMCt Ltt "Honojland" , where yon can charge money! 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