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MAIL TRIBUNE, M.dford, Or. Thursday, April 7, If 10 They'll Do It Every Time -By Jimmy Hatlo IHowe-er, iThl Y ViAUM,;E-DOS7ERS j. , at apart iL,;J J 7" a c&i Foreign Language Department At Medford High Is Reviewed Polaris Missile Developed After Many Fears Hurdled Smith. Assistant School Su- I perintcndent Elliott Becken, and several high school girls who demonstrated the use of tape recorders in the laboratory. Need for Languages Instructors discussed rea sons why foreign languages are taken, the need for them in today's world, and some of the differences in teaching today compared to some years ago when conversational lan guage was minimumized. Becken said the laboratory is a relatively simple type lab designed for a minimum of trouble. It was constructed at a comparatively low Invest ment, he noted, and material used In the booths may be re moved and reused if demand for or use of the lab ever de clines to a point where it is considered not needed. The laboratory is also de signed to add a unit for the in structor to monitor individu al booths and to converse with the student. Such a unit is planned at Crater High school's new foreign language lab, Becken said, and Med- ford school officials plan to have 11 demonstrated to de- Hi.dl.t and Pins Urmlne II it Is practical in The Needles and Pins 4-H l"e 'ocaijao. club met in the home of Mrs. "piainTaciinlcal Asp.cti Victor Hay, Eagle Point, re-,J,fa l-nteiwen ' he Verl cently. Mrs. Margaret Miller . er .cmP"y. Medrord, attended the meeting and con- "I"?1 ,ea tecnnicai aspects of The advent of jet aircraft world diplomacy, and con stantly diminishing travel re strictions in "Iron Curtain" countries have increased the demand for foreign languages in high schools in recent years. Recognizing this demand, the Medford school system has increased its foreign lan guage selection to five and has added facilities to assist students in learning the con versational aspect of the lan guage more readily. Medford High school's for eign language laboratory was explained, and the depart ment was reviewed by mem bers of the staff for school board members and interest ed lay citizens this week. The meeting was one in series of monthly sessions at which the system's curriculum is re viewed. ' Participating in the discus sion were Miss Dorothy Wil son, head of the high school's loreign language department; Mrs. Naomi Van Dyke, Mrs. Edna Stewart, Mrs. Maxlne 4-H Club Hews' sented to be co-leader. Members worked on their sewing for an hour following the business session. Refresh ments were served. Carmen Farlow, Reporter. Needle Crafts Girls Members worked on their head scarves at a meeting of Eagle Point Needle Crafts Girls 4-H club Friday. Pin cushion and needle case ma terial was discussed. The next meeting will be Friday In the High school at 3:15 p.m. Mary Kathryn Sinders, . Reporter. Desert Pegasus Members of the Desert Pegasus 4-H club will meet on April IB at the Dun ranch to practice for coming 4-H events. Dale West, a member, al tended the horse show in Grants Pass April 2. Phillip McGuire became a member at the last meeting. Kathy McGuire, ' Acting Reporter. Culinary Cutiei Miss Norma Hague, counly 4-H club agent, indued food projects made by members of the Culinary Culles 4-11 club at a meeting recently at the Applcgale school. She also gave pointers which will be helpful at the coming fair. Sandy Brewster and Mary Herriott gave a demonstration on making jelly. Plans were made for the second day of testing water of wells In the community, which is the club's community service project. Sandy Brewster, Reporter. Ret Creak Henegades Members of the Keess Creek Renegades 411 club took a lest on the dairy cow at ( recent meeting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Moore. They also finished a judging program and dis cussed planting plains In front of the grade school gym in Eagle Point. Plans were marie for a field trip to Snider'a Dairy, a visit to John Amber's sheep ranch, Ashland, and a club tnur. , Dob Scoble was In charge of the i:anie. " Kay Stephenson, Reporter. me laooraiory, and the pos sibilities for expanding it to include a monitoring system in the future. The Verl Walk- school officials in designing and installing the laboratory. Becken noted that only a few high schools in Oregon offer five foreign languages. A total of 571 students, or 17.5 per cent of the total en rollment in the secondary grades, are taking a foreign language, he noted. Of the total number, 273 are taking Spanish, 12 Rus sian, 44 German, 137 Latin and 105 French. In addition to secondary grade offerings, an elective activity in grades five and six is elementary conversational Spanish, in which 214 stu dents are participating. Ele mentary Spanish is conducted on an elective basis such as band, and oilier extra cur ricular activities. Two Languages Added Two languages were added to the high school curriculum this year. They are Russian and German. Mrs. Stewart said there appears to be no question as to the importance of Russian today. Mrs. Van Dyke, Spanish in structor, and Mrs. Smith, rench and German instruc tor, as well as Mrs. Stewart, indicated that until recently Ihere was public apathy re garding foreign language. Americans, they said, consid ered English the language to be used in world diplomacy and travel. In more recent years, how ever, the picture has changed, and prospective diDlomats Washington, (Science Ser vice) - Polaris, America's trump in the deadly missile game, is no mere missile. It is an enormously complex missile system. The instrument itself is a 30-foot, solid-fueled, submarine-launched rocket that 'can leap out of water and streak 1,500 miles to its target carry ing an atomic warhead. The Polaris system repre sents the work of many prom: Inent men. Rear Adm. Hyman G. Rick over, father of the world's first atomic submarine Naut ilus, saw the atomic submar ine's potential as a missile base capable of remaining sub' merged and hidden for long periods of time in enemy wa ters. Proposal Shelved In 1954, Adm. Hickover for mally proposed a Polaris-like system. But the Nautilus had just been launched and was not yet proved and missiles were unreliable. The Rick over proposal was shelved. Later, the reduction of the size of the megaton bombs and Improvements in missile thrusV and guidance reduced I I objections to the concept of I submarine-launched missiles. In 1955 at Dr. Wernher von B r a u n ' s headquarters in Huntsville, Ala., the Army and Navy joined in work on a 1,500-mile missile. The Navy, however, began to fear liquid fuel missiles were too dan gerous for submarine use. Potentially simpler and safer than liquid-fuel rocket engines, solid-fuel rockets were far from perfected. The solid-fuel rocket was in some ways as fool-proof as a Fourth of July rocket which it resem bles. But thrust per pound of fuel was low. A missile with enough fuel to go 1.500 miles was much too big for sub marine to carry. A chemist whisked out of Optical Device Probes Motors Azusa, Calif., (Science Ser vice) An optical inspection device designed to give a de tailed interior view of the grain bore for solid rocket mo tors has been developed here. It may also be used, in a portable version, to probe pipes, tanks, airplane wings, boilers, or any type of irreg ular enclosure presenting hard-to-gcl-at interiors. Developed by Aerojet-Gen eral corporation here, the op tical grain checker can in- spect an opening down to two inches In diameter. It features a safe external light source, a mirror that is driven along a slotted optical tube, and a specially designed telescope that magnifies the Image of tne grain reflected by the mir ror. The checker can be fitted with a camera for detailed photographs of possible cracks. er company cooperated with and travelers are becomine aware that they will be bet ter received in a foreign coun try if they at least show they tried to learn the language previously. The instructors also point ed out thai foreign languages are important because of their contribution to the Eng lish language. Mrs. Stewart noted that more than 50 per cent of the English words are derived from Latin, and Ger man, French and Spanish have contributed numerous words. The Russian language is contributing more regular ly, they noted. The importance of foreign languages in relation to art, music, literature and travel was noted. Navy Seeks Men For Nuclear Program High school graduates should consider the opportun ities offered by enlistment In Navy's high school nuclear field program, Chief Murray J. Emmerich, local recruting officer, said today. The nuclear field program Is available to qualified young men and comprises approxim ately three years of formal schooling. Young men Inlercsled in the (icld of the future" should consult Chief Emmer ich for delails, he said. ,""! Pclni Ranchers e Eagle Point Handlers ', Livestock club met al the ;c Point vocational egri cv oral building recently. The meeting wa called to order by Mike Higday. The 4-11 club pledge was led by Brian Dowell. The roll call was taken and there were 15 members present and 4 vis itors present. There was no old -or new business so Mike Higday showed the club "Modern Swine Worm Control." Mrs. Burrill served refresh ments after the meeting. The next meeting will be April 11 In the Eagle Point vocational agricultural building. Anyone interested In joining the club is invited. Frances Huffman, Reporter. Weathermen Want Storms for Tiros Washington (Science Ser vice) - Meteorologists hope for bad weather for Tiros 1. the weather satellite launched recently. They hope the sat ellite will provide photo graphs of cloud patterns In volved In the birth or growth of storm fronts or hurricanes. PhotoRraphs might provide clues that would enable me teorologists t o understand weather disturbances better and eventually to Diediot them belter. Meteorologists in Ihe meteorological satellite section of the weather bureau will be responsible for the an alysis and interpretation of the cloud data. They have worked closely Willi the Na tional Aeronautics and Space administration in the Tiros development. POISON SOURCE St. Louis - About one-third of the world annual supply of commercial arsenic is pro duced in the United Stales. Solar Cells Get Better; Cost Drops Chicago, (Science Services- Silicon solar cells for conver- j ting light directly into elec tricity now have a conversion efficiency of 14 per cent. When announced in 1954 by their inventors at the Bell Telephone laboratories, the cells' efficiency was only six per cent. The American Power con ference here was told that 1 with 100 per cent efficiency, cells covering an area 300 miles long and 20 miles wide could produce enough elec tricity for the whole world. Dr. C. A. Escoffery of Interna tional Rectifier corporation, El Segundo, Calif., said that solar cells already cost less per kilowatt hour .than flash light batteries, and costs will continue to fall. "The main economic prob lem Is now one of reducing the cost of storage-battery sys tems," Dr. Escoffery said. The battery systems are needed to store the electricity for use when needed. Grange Notes Upper AppUgat Grange A short business meeting was held by the Upper Apple Kale Grange recently. A pot luck dinner preceeded the meeting. Many families of the community attended. Mason Anderson was ap pointed Grange insurance ag ent taking Edward Finley's place. Finley recently resign ed. The Grange voted to again sponsor a 4-H scholarship for summer school in Corvallis. The Red Cross was granted permission for the use of the hall on Saturday for their tal ent show. After the meeting the even ing was spent in visiting and dancing. The music was fur nished by Mr. and Mrs. John Betlencourt and George Fra go. The next meeting will be held April 8. Lake Creek C. C. Haggard, director of safety for the California Ore gon Power company, will be a guest speaker of Lake Creek Grange Friday, April R, at 8 p.m. All persons in the com munity are invited. Haggard will present a film on rescue breathing. Los Angcles-dlPD-Comrdlan Bob Hope received the Free doms foundation at Valley Forge Award Tuesday. f& 1 CftXKtGt 1 ' til Germany after World War II, Dr. Karl Klager, attacked the problem for Aerojet-General Corporation of Azusa, Calif., a subcontractor of the Lock heed Missiles and Space Divi sion, which then . had . the Navy's prime contract for Po laris development. Dr. Klager's team not only Increased thrust per pound, it also hit on a crucial (and top secret) system of cutting off tne thrust at just the right time. This cut-off must be exactly timed if the missile is to be at proper altitude and on proper course to begin the long, unguided glide to its target. Polaris was taking shape as a compact missile about 30 feet long. Through its solid fuel, a star-shaped hole was cast to afford a longer burn ing surface and improve the missile's performance. A syn thetic material from which foam found rubber la made waa.fire might destroy a whole to bind the fuel to- tub and its crew gether. i Meanwhile, the Massachu setts Institute of Technology and General Electric Com pany worked on the guidance system. A missile computer was developed into which tar get and navigational data are fed just befort the missile is lanuched. To supply the missile's "brain" with precise informa tion on the submarine's pos ition, a new navigational sys tem had to be devised. Underwater launching also posed problems. The Navy did not want the missile to ignite until the missile was away from the submarine. A mis- A compressed air system waa devised. It can shoot the missile 50 to 100 feet into the air from a submarine far be low the surface of the ocean. Then the missile engine ig nites. - Today, the system seems ready. Beginning next fall a U.S. Polaris submarine with 16 Polaris missiles should be sailing at all times. 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