Poets' Corner
Conducted by
Arnold Eugene Jenny
Questions
Mounting Pegasus, I silently rode' away;
No wonder, for I bad nothing to say.
My mind was tired, my thoughts were Jaded
With all the wordage through which I had waded.
With Pegasus straining at the reins,
And myself in gestation pains;
Over dale and vale we pranced, '
Where hitherto the sprites had danced.
What is love? What is life? Why are we here?
. Questions no answers yet the answers so near.
Should we stop questioning and Just live
Make mistakes, and ask the Good Lord to forgiveT
Philosophers argue, yet they do not agree;
Is the truth hidden then, for none to see?
Or are the answers so obvious and plain
That we reject them because of our disdain?
, Pegasus was rearing, while I was debating,
The spirit seemed willing, but my mind was still waiting.
.1 could not answer those questions with no end to
What's more, I did not intend to. ,
Carl BJordahl
Medford
Integration
Was there ever a mighty forest of one single kind of trees;
Or a meadow filled with flowers all of the same species?
The lordly oak and stunted pine share the same craggy peak;
The wild rose sheds its fragrance o'er the daisy at its feet:
All praise the same cold, stars at night, and the, same soft
" clouds by day:
They live as one and die as one, as always Is Nature s way.
Thomas W. Graff Jr.
' " V.A.D., White City, Ore. 1
A Hermit's Prayer , -
Purple haze on distant peaks, crimson robes on the near;
Sandstone castles guarding the pass against a world of fear.
Here at the close of day I bow my head and pray:
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' That kindliness and forbearance
. ' , 'Sonnet of
The moon, In dally progress through the sky,
In monthly circuit 'round our larger sphere,
' Each day marks off a measured course on high
As to the east and left we see it veer.
Mark well: in fourteen mgnts see ner complete
. Her fullest orb, from thinnest arc begun,
And likewise In reverse the same repeat;
A fortnight for the task that now is done.
" The poet starts witn notning dui a inougm,
He must express it in a measured line;
The thought may wax, a theme be fully wrought,
In fourteen lines he must the whole confine.
In Luna's course a sonnet we descry,
' , A lofty theme, The Poet of the Sky!
Robert Kroodsma
v Tacoma, Wash.
Mo
'., The world doesn't know .me, it only knows my face;
V My person changes every day, with friends and time
and place;
I always play the proper role: with sober men Im sober,
Full of Joy on holidays and thoughtful when it's oyer.
. l Know me roies i piny yuno uum
I only wish I really knew myself from all the parts I play.
T . -Q,.wn.
IfCllJT UUIUB
Ashland, Ore.
Oerry'l la th. flrrt orlslnal contribution received from a hlrt
ichool Undent. W hope othert will bo lniplred and encouraged
to try their hand. A.BJ. ''. .
This above all: to thine own self be true
And it must follow, as the night the day,
Thou canst not then be false to any man.
Shakespeare
Scottish Benison
May the best ye've seen
Be the worst ye'U ever see;
May a moose ne'er leave yer meal poke
Wi' a tear drop in its e'e;
May yer lum keep blithely reekln
Till yer auld enough tae dee;
May ye aye be Jist as happy
As we wish ye noo tae be.
Anon.
(Mooie mouse; Inm chimney; reekln' Imoklnt)
King Alcohol
To the Editor: Some mar-
ket owners, when asked if
they sell beer and wine, an-
- swer, "Just beer." A neighbor
' was content to drink beer. He
drank enough to get "lit up"
at times-too manyl I remon
strated with him against his
i drinking, but when beer was
advertised on radios, on tele-
- vision, in magazines, in news
papers, and on signboards as
"cheering," "companionable,"
" and "enjoyable," and that no
" table or party is complete
without it; moreover it was
"on easy display in the food
market where he bought his
groceries, and was too alluring
for my weak-willed neighbor,
so he bought it and drank
' It again and again.
Each time it was bought
- and each time of inebriation
" made my neighbor weaker.
" He was well on the way to
abject slavery. I pled with him
to abandon it while he could,
'even told him that divine
grace can help us to do what
we cannot do of our own
'strength. He admitted he
should and wanted to. He
' looked sheepish in my pres-
ence when sober, for he re
membered how he had acted
; when not sober-when he was
' beered, his eyes bleared, his
tongue thick, and bis brain
- muddled.
I was sad when I prayed
for my neighbor, and as I saw
to what degree "the brewer's
big hosses" had trampled and
flattened him. It was getting
him! He didn't regard the
trample as he had! When he
was anesthetized and de-energized,
he didn't realize much
then. When he got into his
casket, and into oblivion he
realized nothing! I saw my
'neighbor in his beers. Now
I saw him in his bier.
- I also weep to realize that
another operates the grocery
market and dispensed the beer
to my erstwhile neighbor that
put him in his bier! He Is
gone! What he has written
he has written. I miss him.
"Just beer" obliterated him.
Do you wonder why I re
may take the place of hate."
Thomas W. Graff Jr. ,
V.A.D., White City, Ore.
the Moon
fuse to honor King Alcohol?
My grandfather on my moth.
er's side died a drunkard! He
was a hard-working man, the
father of five sons and five
daughters, not one of whom
ever touched intoxicating
drink, but he drank up a for
tune! Ultimately alcohol ob
literated him.
H. R. Bulman,
Route 4, Box 316A,
Medford
Friend in Jesus
To the Editor: In answer to
Henry Johnson Jr.'s recent
letter, many think it's not a
sin to drink wine and other
strong drinks. Some follow
John, (Luke Chap. I, v 15). It's
not a sin not to drink or
smoke, and it's not a sin to
drink and smoke within rea
son. Let your conscience be
your guide.
Jesus, who gave his life for
the sinners, drank wine (Mat
threw Chap. II, v. 19). Jesus
did not die for the righteous
(Mark Chap. 2, V. 16, 17). '
We can't force religion on
anyone, or deny them their
God-given right to mistake
God or the devil. Some have
more love than others. When
I see some I think are follow
ing the devil's ways, I search
my self. Whose way was I fol
lowing before I repented?
I have that hope in my
heart that others someday will
change to better ways. What
ever one's religious beliefs
are, they must be beautiful or
else they would not believe
as they do, and at Judgment
Day find things different than
what they believe, they would
not want to enter, and some
there be that won't. If Jesus
had not died for the sinner,
all these men in Matthew
Chap. 1, v. 2 to 16, and all
married men would have gone
Into the lake of fire, even
David the King. What a friend
they had in Jesus. I hope I
may be with them. (Revela
tion, Chap. 7 v. 9 to 17.)
Marshall H. Waggoner
3487 Gerard rd.
Grants Pass, Ore.
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contrary is often the case.
John Dewey
To the Editor: "Man, a child
in understanding of himself,
has placed in his hands physi
cal tools of incalculable pow
er. He plays with them like
a child . . . The instrumental
ity becomes a master and
works fatally . . . not because
It has a will but because man
has not."-John Dewey.
John Dewey, b, Oct. 20,
1859; d. June 1, 1952.
American philosopher and
educator. Educated at the Uni
versity of Vermont and Johns
Hopkins University, Held the
chair of philosophy at the uni
versities of Michigan, Minne
sota,' Chicago and Columbia,
at the last named institution
from 1904. President of the
American Psychologic and
American Philosophic associa
tions. Active in the formation
of the American Association
of University Professors, of
which he was the first presi
dent. One of the leaders of the
pragmatic movement In phi
losophy, following the foot
steps of William James (q.v.)
and Charles Sanders Pierce
(q.v.).
Some of his writings include
Leibnitz's Essays Concerning
the Human Understanding
(1888); The Influence of Dar
win on Philosophy (1910); De
mocracy and Education (1916);
Reconstruction In Philosophy
(1920); Human Nature and
Conduct (1922); Experience
and Nature (1925); Ethics, (a
widely used textbook) (1908);
The Public and Its Problems
(1927); The Quest for Cer
tainty (1929); Individualism,
Old and New (1930); Philoso
phy and Civilization (1931);
Liberalism and Social Action
(1935); Logic: The Theory of
nqulry (1938); Culture and
Freedom (1939); Education To
day (1946); Problems of Man
(1946) ...
Let no man assume I claim
more than passing knowledge
of these bare few listings of
the writings of John Dewy.
He was author of "How We
Think" (one of my favorites).
along with the essay "Morals
and Conduct" from his book,
"Human Nature and Con
duct." These two alone merit
the serious study of thinking
people. In all the writings
with which I am acquainted,
however, I find no reference
to, and I quote, "fantastic self-
choosing plans", un-quote, by
the author of the communica
tion headed "It's The Teach
ers", M.T. May 10, 1961.
Who is J. W. Shirley?
Lee E. Carson,
Star Route, Box 60,
Prospect, Ore.
Inverted Values
To the Editor: As Bruno
Bettelheim, in his book "The
Informed Heart," so succinctly
put It: "We are in great haste
to send and receive messages
from outer space. But so hectic
and often so tedious are our
days, that many of us have
nothing of importance to com
municate to those Close to
us."
Now that we have shot our
first man into space, although
it was a few miles short of
the moon, our problems are
all solved. We can forget all
about the cold war, high taxes,
unemployment and other
minor problems.
When Einstein came up
with his formula E-mc2 and
ushered in the atomic age, we
thought that a great advance
had been made, but all that
we did was to open up a Pan
dora's box of future trouble
There are some laws of nature
that we had better leave un
discovered. At least until we
are civilized enough to use
them properly. But there is
always the scientists' compul
sion to go that "one step
furtner."
Supposing we, or the Rus
sians, finally do reach the
moon-what then? How Is this
going to contribute to a bet
ter life here On earth? I would
advise the first space-traveler
going to the moon to carry
a big lunch, a few atomic
bombs and lots of ammunl
tion, to blast the local in
habitants, if any, off the face
of the earth-I mean the moon
It would hardly do for the
"superior" white race to get
mixed up with the local peo
ple, however much further
they might be advanced than
we are.
With all the vaunted intel
lectual advancement of the
human race, they can still
take off on some particularly
screw-ball tangents.
Any statesman who, with
superior persuasion, could re
solve all the tensions of the
cold war,, would not get near
the approbation of official
Washington and the people of
the country as did Shepard
for his short ride into space.
There seems to be an inver
sion of values, as of a people I
"who knows the price of
everything but not the value'
of anything."
I don't belittle what Com
mander Shepard or the sclen-!
lists did, but let's not lose
our perspective. If I could see j
some ultimate GOOD in it, l
i j . ; 1 1
wuuiu even pieuBe iu wiic
thing, now when person gets
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fed up and can't live in our
Futilitarian society any more,
he can always blast off and
go to some other planet-and
good riddance.
Carl Bjordahl,
P.O. Box 343,
Medford
Terse Verse
To the Editor: This belated
tribute to the high quality of
verse In the Poets' Corner of
the Mail Tribune has been
crowded out by seemingly
more important happenings of
the day. So it is being redone.
We feel the Poets' Corner is
well deserving ' of a place,
with credit to E.A. for find
ing same. Also, much credit
to Poetry Editor Jenny, in
cluding sympathy for the fine
material he must have to turn
down for want of space. But
what is printed, much of it
rates a place with that of the
Browning team, others, includ
ing our own Markham made
famous with his "Man With
The Hoe," like Riley's, "When
The Frost Is On The Pump
kin." But Markham's "Man With
The Hoe" left me a bit offish,
not but what it was timely and
well done. For many of my
happiest moments are with my
weiiworn noe. For what can
be more deeply satisfying than
lusty growing greenery that
promises harvest to be enjoy
ed and shared with family
and friends. More than that,
my representation of Mark
ham's opus must be good,
from tattered work clothes,
vacant slanting browish broth
er to the ox, so objected to
by my protesting dear wife,
who like many others keeps
us husbands from reverting
to caveman status.
Fearing the foUowlng verse
would not rate the serious
level of that in the Poets'
Corner, and knowing E.A. gets
quite a fling in such sort of
thing, we conclude with what
we think is a timely contribu
tion in a birthday card greet
ing to my grandson, finishing
a stretch with the whirly
blrds "over-there":
Dear Pat:
You're sure in luck,
ol' husky buck,
in learnin' 'bou,t air-choppers
that can erupt
to lift things up-
tnat goes for helicopter.
For your sky-hook
has surely took '
a place in west coast loggln',
so square away.
you're makin' hay;
we need what's In your nogginl
The real know-how
of where and how
to save tree - lands
scarrln',
from
by donk and "cat"
and all like that
is prior more than warin',
Tho' we admit
it makes a hit
when 'copters soar the drinkln'
to pluck space-men
to where and when
and lessen World War
brinkin'. , Gramps
F. J. Clifford,
Route 2, Box 200F,
Central Point, Ore. -
A Good Teacher
To the Editor: American
beliefs, principles and atti
tudes are threatened today as
never before. If we lose these
freedoms, who will suffer for
our children? If we lose it
will be because we did not
care enough, because we were
not alert enough. Do we have
loyalty in the heads of all our
schools?
With all my heart I love
this nation. I grew up on a
640 -acre .wheat farm, the
coldest spot in Texas, with
icicles in the corners of my
eyes. I would reach this lit
tle country school, when I
looked at the U.S. flag I
knew heaven knew me and
happiness blossomed. On
reaching the eight?- grade I
learned a new love for the
American flag. Our school
hired a German teacher,
schooled in London, England
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This man loved freedom.
He taught it with all his soul.
Ycu could taste his words.
O, God for good teachers. He
was the happiest man I've
ever known. Often as he
stood, bell in hand, he sang
until time to ring the bell. To
the top student he gave the
honor of raising the flag each
morning. The two low stu
dents he gave the job of low
ering and folding, as he stood
near, letting them know what
the flag stood for. He often
put tears. In that task.
wnen you think of your
child's teacher, keep in mind
that mold will surely frame
the child s future thinking.
A habit of mind that seems
Inborn often stems from the
child's early school days and
a successful teacher.
My only brother, buried at
sea with full military honors,
wrote me from his ship.
Well, I have the flag tattooed
on my right arm. O, Buddy,
remember our school days."
This teacher lived and
boarded with my parents,
Uur love for him, that of a
second father. He had re
moved from German to Eng
lish by typewriter, these
hunting fables, 33 in number,
Each time I get hungry for
childhood I read some of them
and think of a teacher,
splendid man.
Meet a good book a page
at a time and when you have
ended, keep the clean and
good; with a breath of kind
ness blow the rest from you.
Grady Conner
723 West Jackson st,
Medford.
State Competition
To the Editor: This is to
call your attention to a seri
ous problem which threatens
the business life of each mem
ber of our automobile dealers
association.
Supposed you faced compe
tition from someone who
doesn't pay any taxes: no
income tax, no federal, no
state, no county, no city, no
taxes at all;
doesnt pay a business
license;
doesn t pay auto license
or title fees;
doesn t pay for repairs,
uses "free" labor;
has special discount buy
ing privileges;
uses the biggest and new
est showplace in town at a
special low price; '
blankets the town with
TV, radio and newspaper ad
vertising and publicity;
takes all that can be
taken quickly and then moves
on.
Suppose someone like this
moved into your, town and
started taking your business
away from you? You'd want
something done about it . .
and so do we!
We want the State to get
out of the used car business.
Yes, it's the State of Ore
gon ... or someone in tne
state administration . . . mak
ing use of these advantages
to build a really big business
selling state-owned cars and
trucks, . . . many hundreds,
worth many thousands of dol
lars , . . and many of these
are 1960 cars with useful
years still ahead.
As businessmen, we are
taxed by the State, we are li
censed, we are bonded, and
we are overwhelmed with
paperwork and State require
ments. We pay tribute in
many ways to the State.
As citizens, whose business
lives are threatened by this
monstrous, unfair competi
tion, we ask that you see to
it that the State gets out of
the used car business.
Seeking redress,
Sidney L. Bryant
W. R. Daskalos
Reuben Roth
R. D. Lyons
Ernest J. Bislo
Officers and directors
Oregon Independent
Automobile Dealers
Assn.
S38 N.E. Union ave.
Portland 12, Ore.
111 E. 8th St.
Never Look Back
To the Editor: Sunday, May
7, the Senior Center Orchestra
drove out to Rev. and Mrs.
Del E. Millard's lovely home
for potluck luncheon, and met
several other very nice guests.
I ve played several old-time
tunes, and listened to piano
music by Mrs. Millard and
organ music by Genevieve Mc-
Corkle. Those two playing to
gether made beautiful music.
Our Senior Center pianist.
Maud Arnold, being absent,
Mr.'Roy Swelger, a profession
al pianist, formerly from Hol
lywood, now retired, consent
ed to play with us.
Later we listened to an ex
ceptionally fine sermon by
Rev. Del Millard, who also
has composed words and mu
sic for more than a 150
hymns. Mrs. Millard read sev
eral of her own poems.
i wish all the Tribune read
ers could sea their lovely
Chapel and the big slice of
Heaven the Millard's have for
home.
There are trees and flowers
all over the place. A wide
porch, fish pond, patio, an
other pond where ducks play,
and a very Jovely view across
green meadows and a glimpse
of the Rogue river.
That is a real show place
and the Mlllards love visitors,
I've drove past Eagle Point
on Crater Lake road, and a
short distance past the sign
that reads "Butte Falls Junc
tion."
Then we turned left where
the church sign showed the
way. That was Hammel Road.
Another sign told us to turn
to the right and In all my
long life I've never seen
prettier sight than we found
at the end of the line.
At the New Age church we
heard the story of Lot's wife,
From It we gleaned a thought:
Never to look back. The yes-
teraays are gone. Forget 'em
and look ahead. Each day a
new page to live. What a
blessing, isn't it?
Pearl Spackman,
Box 33,
Jacksonville, Ore.
Years In the Past
To the Editor: A letter in
the Communications recently
about finding a tooth in Bear
creek brings to my memory
a big bone found back of
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I remember the bone; it was
five Inches thick and five feet
long with a ball Joint on one
end and a hinge on the other.
It was on the front porch
of Captain Rowlens' house
that still stands on East Main
St., across from Crater Lake
ave. He said he was sending
It to a museum.
In 1907 I was working in
an orchard on the side of
Roxy Ann, and one of the Cot
trel boys took Mr. Allen and
myself to a petrified log there
that was about four feet ex
posed to view and about two
feet thick. I hope it hasn't
been destroyed.
I wonder how many years
ago this valley was under the
sea.
On the Griffen creek hills
very often while splitting
sandstone for fireplaces we
would find impressions of
leaves and small pieces of
sticks, and the leaves looked
like oak, also there is a bro
ken up oyster bed on top of
one of the hills on Dark Hol
low road and I used various
pieces in some of the rock
walls that I built.
In regard to the cesspool
the city found not long ago,
It was built by my father in
1905 and at that time was
called a septic tank and was
In good working order. One
of the Influential citizens test
ed it and said It was a good
one.
Having lived in Rogue Riv
er valley since 1894, it is al
ways Interesting to read about
these things.
Ernest W .Pheister
1345 Brookdale Rd.
Medford.
The M-T's Help
To the Editor: The First
District, member of the Ore
gon Federation of Women's
Clubs, wish to thank the Med
ford Mail Tribune for the
space given them for publi
city, for the clubs in First
District.
Much 'credit is due Mrs.
Bren Starcher for her splen
did cooperation with the vari
ous clubs, which made the
district have such a success
ful year.
We are happy to say you
helped us give several
scholarships In the state, to
boys and girls who are des-
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That's Mom
To the Editor:
Unlike great soldiers
Moms won t fade away,
They're here to stay.
Unless it would be to wash
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Mrs. Irma Henderson,
729 Dakota ave.,
Medford
Man In Orbit
To the Editor: Some of our
educators are saying that our
other scientific achievements
are of greater ultimate bene
fit to mankind, than getting
a man into space would be.
The trouble with them Is that
they are not politicians or
salesmen - they cannot sell
a bill of goods.
It is of the utmost impor
tance that our country get a
man into orbital flight, and
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whether Russia is faking or
not does not alter the fact
that her prestige has risen
markedly. It was as though
two educational systems,
theirs and ours, were on trial,
with theirs winning by a big
margin.
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ONIY
162M
Floating
Sickle Bar
"Wo sell every
Bloomin' thing"
217 W. 6th SP 3-5339
94
eej. yd.
Inittlled
S01 I. Jatkwn St.
sp 3-tttt mil prkinOj
I Medford Srwetlnf Cmter
One Men. A Prl. Til t:00