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Small Worlds
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plpfe By Lynn M. Watkins j
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SCHOOL DAYS BEGIN
AT SEARS
In Most of our Invention
Nature Did U Better
It's a little embarrassing
sometimes to look around us
at manmade inventions and
realize that these ideas we
ere so proud of have been in
' use by most of Nature's sub
jects for untold ages, and in
. the majority of instances Na
ture has done It better.
The electric light, one of
our greatest accomplishments,
: Is a poor substitute for the
"cold light" of the firefly and
i many deep sea creatures,
i Those animals use what man
! Medical Schools
Have Trouble
Gelling Students
By LeHOY POPE
Uniitd Press International
New York (UPD The bust'
ess of being a doctor is bet
ter today than it ever was -yet
medical schools are hav
ing trouble getting enough
students, medical experts re
port. ;.' Moreover, hundreds of
','towns are begging medical so
cieties and welfare founda
tions to help them get a doctor
to locate in their communities.
SThey offer financial help and
'promise him a lucrative prac
tice. Many a small town doc
.ioT nets $25,000 a year, and
the profession is about the
highest paid in the land.
The doctor shortage, which
has been getting worse ever
since 1950, became more acute
this summer when a crack
down by various medical and
hospital associations forced
4,000 u n licensed European
and Asiatic internes and resi
dents off hospital staffs.
: These foreign-trained doc
tors failed in examinations
last spring to show sufficient
professional qualifications or
knowledge of English to keep
their jobs. : Another 5,000
foreign-trained doctors passed
the examinations.
: But the crackdown may
keep 1,500 to 3,0u0 foreign
doctors from coming to the
United States in the next year.
Couple this with the fact that
American medical schools are
getting one - third fewer ap
plicants for admission than
they did in 1950 while the
population has gone way up,
and the experts said, the doc
tor shortage assumes alarm
ing proportions. It is made
even worse, say the medical
society spokesmen, by the
fact that the average Ameri
can goes to see the doctor
twice as much as his parents
did.
The American Medical as
sociation alone got Just under
1,000 requests last year froia
communities asking help in
getting a doctor. Other medi
cal societies got such requests
although certainly not so
many as the AMA. Dr. Walter
Wiggins of the AMA says a
small town has virtually no
chance of attracting a doctor
nowadays unless local groups
help financially to set him up
In practice.
Farm organizations and
some big corporations have
Jtaken an interest in the mat
ter. Scars, Roebuck and Co.,
for example, has helped a
number of communities to get
doctors.
. The strangest thing is to
find the medical schools,
which only a decade ago were
desperately expanding facili
ties to make room for quali
fied applicants clamoring to
get in, now advertising for
students.
!. Applications actually drop
ped from 22,279 in 1950 to
15,172 in 1958. Money is the
biggest reason. It costs an
average of $47,000 to educate
a general practitioner and
$64,000 to educate a special
ist. That is not all out of
pocket expense to the young
doctor and his parents - but
the cash outlay over 10 to 12
years may be $20,000 Just for
e CP. Then he must set up in
practice.
i Next, too many youngsters
think they can't make it. They
Imagine medical schools won't
look at an application from
anything less than an A-minus
student. Fact is 65 per cent
of all medical students come
from the "B" ranks and 16
per cent were only "C" stu
dents as undergraduates - yet
many of these make gopd doc
tors, medical school records
show.
; The medical profession's
"constant fear is that the doc
tor shortage will lead to gov
ernment controlled socialized
Incdicinc. They hope to sec
jthe scholarship approach, fi
nanced by government and
justness jointly, used to solve
jhe doctor shortage with the
Scholarship-aided doctors be
coming private professional
men instead of government
enjplpyes.
has never been able to dup
licate actual light without
heat.
The bat, the only mammal
In the world that can fly,
something that man will nev
er be able to do, uses a "ra
dar" system. It is part of
the standard equipment of
every bat.
By Jet
The octopus has always
traveled by jet propulsion.
The wasps have been making
paper and pottery since the
world was young. They also
used transparent substances
for windows. Spiders have
been floating through the air
on balloons of silk long before
we got off the ground. And,
too, they gave us the idea for
guy-wires.
Sound waves to transmit
signals are old stuff to the
woodpecker who discovered
a long time ago how to use
a sounding board in order to
send a message over a greater
distance. The rabbit does the
same thing by thumping his
hind feet on the ground.
All the resources of modern
industry struggle constantly
to make a good insulation ma
terial. But if you think care
fully about it for just a mo
ment, you will realize that fur
or feathers are about the most
efficient insulators known.
Man's much advertised imita
tions are taking a terrific
beating; none of them has
even come close.
Diet, Too
Diet is another subject on
which we have spent much
time and money. Sometimes
we think we know all about it;
that we can prescribe foods
for special wants and needs.
But in this field, too, we are
behind a long way as proved
by that mysterious substance
called "royal Jelly," made
and used by bees.
This "stuff," administered
in a way understood only by
these insects, can Increase the
number of bees, the growth
and even the sex of the ones
being fed the mixture. And
this feeding goes on in a hive
that is "air-conditioned" by
the insects themselves.
The lowly termite, as well
as the ants, bees and wasps,
have perfected an organized
society and a government of
"thought control" and brnln
washing that makes dictators'
experiments look like a "last
year's bird's nest."
There are hundreds of other
examples equally startling. So,
if at times you feel like throw
ing out your chest and patting
yourself on the back with a
"look-what-we-can-do" expres
sion, better look around you.
Nature probably did It first
and better. Looks as if we are
just a bunch of "copy-cats."
(Released by The Register and
Tribune Syndicate. 1960)
Builder Perfects
Boat Control Item
Morrllton, Ark.-IUPD-Edson
P. Williams, a boat manufac
turer, has moved his trade
one step nearer automation.
He has perfected a push
button device to guide a boat
by remote control.
Williams gave thought to
the unlucky mamber of a
boating party who spent most
of his time clutching the
steering wheel to the exclu
sion of his fishing.
The device permits the op
erator to hold a little black
box in his lap, push buttons
to control direction of the
boat, and still have time to
fish.
Williams now Is concen
trating on what he thinks
will be the ultimate in boat
automation-voice control. He
says he is certain that he
can perfect voice command
eventually.
"It will be just like calling
your dog," he said.
API Suggests
Children Help
New York-IUPD-What to do
with children on a long mo
tor trip?
The American' Petroleum
Institute suggests giving them
responsibility to keep them
contented on long road jour
neys. Have one of them take
charge of the road map and
call off turns at the right
places. Have another start
looking for a pleasant place
to stop now and then.
If these aren't feasible,
start a game. Have them see
how quickly they can spot
license plates from all 50
states or get the primary
colors in license plates.
A little planning can make
a rreat difference in the en
J'ment of the trlp-for both
parents and children.
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