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V MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OBEGON ; . 10 B THURSDAY, APRIL 12. 1982 BUera's Prod-... Why IPay i? Mm YOUR CHOICE -ft; - r m' s , --. VV " 9 r - - .1 . f i GETTING WELL - Francis Mike, 3, an Eskimo boy from Alaska, wears his parka as he plays with blocks, well on his way to recovery after a delicate open-heart operation at Presbyterian Medical Center in San Francisco. Francis underwent surgery for a defect in the inner wall of his i n-i nni hnoniial nprsnnnpl said he was a good patient, except for his reluctance to part with his parka and mukluks. (UPI) The Family Council Editor'! Note: The Family Council consist of Indue, a piyclils trlit, three clergymen, three editors and a woman'! editor. Each article li a uir.mary oj an actual case hlitory. The Council report! on proh lemi that have been deal', with by responsible aienclei and counielori. (Copyright by General Feature! Corp.) Irwin F. - Why can't I have a summer of just doing noth ing at all? Mr. H. F. - He'll get tired of hanging around, or get into trouble. Irwin F. - Here comes sum mer and I've managed to per suade my parents that, at 16, I'm too old for the camp I've been attending the past few years. But now we keep argu ing about how I should spend the time. I'd like to know how it feels to Just do plain nothing. All it will mean to Dad is con tinuing my allowance, and that's a big saving over what camp would cost. There's no point in my going to summer school. My marks are hiRii mostly A's. They're proof of how hard I work each term and why I really deserve a rest. I've never had a chance to loaf, to get up when I feel like it and spend some time doing as I wish. Mr. H. F. - There's an old saying, "The Devil finds mis chief for idle hands." Irwin's idea of spending the summer doing what he "feels like" may lead him to feel like do ing things that are' bad for him, things he'll regret. I can understand his desire to know how it feels to be a hobo - a halleluja-bum - be cause by nature he's like me, a serious hard-worker. That's now I know he'd quickly grow tired of a vacation with out any schedules or responsi bilities. A few days, even a couple of weeks, of sitting around and dreaming up things to do would be enough, He'd keep crazy hours, too, and his health would suffer. I want him to take a sum mer Job before all the good ones are gone. The Council: Freedom to do what one feels like doing can become the heaviest tyranny. Irwin Is likely to find himself a slave to whim, impulse and the plans of others with whom he'd like to tag along Cen turies ago, the poet Ben John son pointed out that he who is his own boss has a fool for a master. Irwin will en joy his summer more if he plans his relaxation around fixed commitment, rather than in place of one. Mr. F.'s misgivings are valid. Three eventualities can smash Irwin's Idyllic dream. He'll grow bored, he'll grow reckless and court danger, and he'll feel guilty about wasting time. Presently besieged with school assignments, he can't imagine growing bored with a nothing-to-do respite. But after a week or two of sniff ing around for trails of inter est, of "horning" in on the plans of others, he may regret the formlessness of his vaca tion. By then, alas, all the best jobs will be filled. Worse, he may let his bore dom lead him toward excite ments which maim or corrupt. And, looking back at the end j of the summer, what will he have to show for the time? Will his plan look as tempting as it does now in anticipa tion? We think not. He may find himself envying friends who spent the precious weeks making money, discovering future contracts and stacking tip "experience credentials. Hence we recommend a plan and a program. Some kids can direct themselves with these. They go ahead with a serious project (in venting, building, exploring) which they can't devote much time to during the school months. They keep regular hours, proceed In an orderly way and are self-propelling. Since Irwin evidently has no such binning "call," we suggest a summer job. Al though the field is somewhat limited because of his age, it can be augmented through direct canvass by both Irwin and Mr. F. among friends and business acquaintances. Journalists From New Hampshire Concord, N. H.-OTI'-TJew Hampshire has made a on erous donation to the journal ism field. For example: the first news paper In Chicago-the "Demo-crat"-was founded by "Long John'' Wentworth, a native of the Granite slate, and Charles A. Dana, editor rf the New York Sun for many years, was born in Hinsdale. Horace White, ei'itor of the New York Tribune and New York Evening Tost for many years, was born In Colobrnnk and Charles P.. 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