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Flight o' Time
Medford end Jackson County
History from the files of The
Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30, 40
and 50 years ago.
10 YEARS AGO
May 10, 1952 (Saturday)
Plans to form a caravan of
cars to bring Sen. Estes Ke
fauver to Medford tomorrow
were announced by Demo
cratic supporters today.
Vice problems, including
gambling and racketeers, are
virutally non-existent In Jack
son county, District Attorney
Paul W. Haviland said today.
20 YEARS AGO
May 10, 1942 (Sunday)
First soldiers to be assigned
to Camp White for training
arrive in Medford.
From Arthur Perry's 'Ye
Smudge Pot" column: "The
parade did fine both as a
civic demonstrator and a pro
ducer of rain. It ranks up with
" having the roof off the barn
j or the first cutting of alfalfa
down in getting moisture."
30 YEARS AGO
Mav 10. 1832 (Tuesday)
New Medford public golf
course opens for business; .air
ways reported lo De as nearly
"Jost-ball proof" as possible.
Political Interest In Jackson
county reaches low ebb; ex
perts predict turnout of about
15 per cent at primary elec
tions. 40 YEARS AGO
May 10, 1922 (Wednesday)
From wire service story
dalelincd Milan, Italy: Pro
fessor Benito Mussolini, editor
of Ihe fascist! newspaper Po-
polo Italia, engaged in a duel
yestcrdnv with Signor Missi
roli, editor of the Turn Secolo
over differences resulting
from articles published In
their respective newspapers.
Medford Mayor C. E. Gates
attends meeting of Ku Klux
Klan at Klan's invitation;
calls group's ceremonial
"beautiful" but objects lo
wearing of masks.
SO YEARS AGO
May 10. 1912 (Thursday)
Three Medford city council
men appointed to serve on
city whitewash committee;
will discuss best finishes for
Interior of new city owned
public market.
Editorial in the Mail Trib
une opposes recommended
merger of Oregon Agricultur
al college and University of
Oregon: both said necessary.
What's Your I.Q.?
Nina sr tan correct Is supatiori
six is good.
1. Galloping Dominoes is
another name for which popu
lar gambling game?
2. Including Jesus, how
many attended the Last Sup
per"
3. In contract bridge, which
hip the minor suits?
4. The kettle drum, cast
mirts, glockenspiel, and xylo
phone are all examples of
what type musical Instru
ment? 5. Which is the hardest of
all Jewels?
8. What is the largest slate
east of the Mississippi river?
7. Did Magellan sail around
the world?
8. In Ihe British peerage,
what Is Ihe title of the wife
of an Earl?
9. In the verses, "Casey at
the Bat," did Casey hit a
home run, or strike out?
10. Wounds from firearms
or fireworks may cause teta l
us; what is the common
hamc?
Answers: 1. Diet, 2, Thir
teen. 3. Clubs and diamonds.
8. Georgia. 7. No. IHe died
In ihe Philippines.) I. Count
ess. 9. He struck out. 10.
Lockjaw.
Everyone's Obligation '
No matter what you have planned this week
end, you have one obligation to yourself and to
your children which you must fulfill. It isn't
very time consuming and it will give you plenty
of time for whatever else you have scheduled.
This obligation is to receive Sabin oral polio
vaccine, which the Jackson County Medical So
ciety is offering at clinics throughout the county.
Even if you have had the full series of Salk
polio vaccine shots, doctors recommend that you
also have the Sabin vaccine. The reason for this
is the permanent immunity derived from Sabin
vaccine, thus eliminating the need for occasional
booster doses, as with the Salk variety.
The Sabin vaccine also eliminates the possi
bility of the recipient being a carrier of the polio
virus, which the Salk vaccine does not. Elimina
tion of polio virus carriers is an important step
in the campaign to wipe out polio. Remember,
polio respects no age groups.
"THERE is nothing unpleasant about taking the
Sabin vaccine. Three drops are placed on an
ordinary cube of sugar. The sugar is either chew
ed or allowed to dissolve, and swallowed.
That's all there is to it. The vaccine is taste
less, odorless and colorless. The only taste is the
sweetness of the sugar.
It is necessary to have three doses of the vac
cine in order to provide the maximum protec
tion against the dreaded crippler. Clinics for the
second dose are planned in June and the third
one will probably be in September.
There are three tvnes of viruses which cause
polio. They are known as Types One, Two and
Three. Types One and Three are the most com
mon varieties. Therefore, at the clinics this week
end Type One is being given. Type 'three vac
cine will be given next month and Type Two in
the fall.
rOCTORS in the county, who have cooperated
wholeheartedly in the program, are offering
all three doses for only $1. That's only 33 13
cents apiece cheap when you consider what one
of those little viruses can do to you. If there are
more than five in your family, it still costs you
only $5, an even bigger bargain.
Clinics were held m Douglas county last week
end, yhere the charge was 50 cents for the first
dose and 25 cents each for the other two doses.
To assure participation in the complete immuni
zation program, doctors here felt it should be
sold in a "package deal."
If you are ill or have a cold you can sun re
ceive the vaccine. It is not recommended for those
with high fevers not because of any clanger but
because the vaccine might not be enective in
such cases, giving a false sense of security.
THE SABIN vaccine has already been given to
' more than 70 million people in several for
eign countries with excellent results. More than
two million doses have been given in the United
States with complete safety.
If vou haven t already done so, we urge you
to tret clown to your drug store right now and
buy your coupons, and to be among the first in
line either Saturday or bunciay. n you cannot
afford to buy the coupons, tell them so at the
drug store and they will give them to you.
And vou can save yourself some time and help
the volunteers at the clinics if you fill out your
coupons in advance. H.C.C.
Tax Base Remedy
One of the two ballot measures which will
be voted on in the primary election a week from
tomorrow is this one:
"SIX PER CENT LIMITATION AMEND
MENT Purpose: Revises constitutional pro
vision governing b per cent limitation. Fre vents
loss of tax base by taxing bodies. Permits first
year levy without election, r ixes Election dates.
A "tax base is the amount a taxing body may
levy without a vote of the people. Currently, a
taxing body must levy a tax at least every third
year to retain it.
JACKSON county has more reason than the
other 35 counties to be interested in this pro
posal, for it is the only one which has "lost"
its tax base, because it has levied no tax for
county purposes for some years now.
If, however, its present sources of revenue
fell off, and it needed to levy a tax, it could
not do so without an election a time-consuming
procedure, and one which could seriously dam
age its operations and services.
The current proposal would allow Jackson
county to establish a new tax base by using the
hiehest levy made in the hist three veal's in which
a levy was actually made, rather than the highest
levy in the three years immediately preceding,
Dennis the Menace
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'Should J mention how the tm's awss is twin w nuts?"
Strikes Plague Franco Spain; Pressures
Mounting for Reforms, Economic Growth
Br PHIL NEWSOM
UP Foreign News Analyst
Generalissimo Fra n c I s c o
Franco always has had trou
ble with the rebellious work
ers of north
ern Spain.
Laws promul
gated at the
start of the
Franco re
gime more
than 25 years
ago declared
strikes illegal
and placed
them in the
same category as military re
bellion, subject to the penal
ties of a military court.
Yet even stern measures
failed to subdue the lough
dock workers of Bilbao or the
Asturian miners who fought
Franco in the mountains dur
ing the civil war.
Today, a strike touched off
by 60,000 Asturian miners has
affected steel, heavy machin-
0
mil
ery and electrical works in
Viscaya and Guipuzcoa prov
inces in the north and threat
ens to spftad still further.
This is the area of tradi
tional left-wing and Commu
nist opposition to Franco.
Barcelona, where strikes
also threaten, was a principal
Republican stronghold during
the Civil War and has re
mained a center of under
ground Communist opposi
tion.
It is natural then that the
government should blame the
strike on Communists.
Others believe the explana
tion goes deeper.
Pressures on Franco come
from both left and right.
Spanish intellectuals of all
shades of political opinion
protest government censor-
Drummond Reports
(Walter Lippman it in Europe. Roicoa Drummond report! from
Waihington in hie absence.) c 1962 New York Herald Tribune Inc.
... Communications ...
Letters io ihe Editor must bear the nam and address of the writer, although under
certain eireumstancet the use of a pen name or initial for publication is permissible.
Tk. m;i Trihim. ! iha Tioht la edit all letters with a view to claruieation ano
condensation. Letters submitted lor publication must not exceed uu woras. in mnor.
printed in this column do not necessarily represent iha Tim of tha paperj in fact the
contrary is oflen the case.
Ample Warrant
To the Editor: The beauty
of the Rogue River valley has
been celebrated in song and
story or more years than any
of its present inhabitants can
boast. On several occasions
local poets have praised the
valley's beauty in verse In the
Sunday MTs Poets' Corner
over which the present writer
has the honor to preside. Less
er versifiers have made brave
attempts to do the same but
didn't quite make the grade
in meeting the "Corners
standards of good poetry.
It has remained for Mrs.
Alice I. Black to go from the
sublime to the ridiculous in
this context, with her silly
query of 38: "Will someone
please tell me how the Rogue
River valley grew to be the
beautiful place that it now is,
without the advice of Arnold
Eugene Jenny?"
Discussing Mrs. Blacks
dark allusion during dinner
conversation at the Manor
that evening, one lovely lady
of pioneer lineage whose long
and distinguished life has
been one of the valley's real
adornments remarked: "HER
rude words certainly have
added no beauty to the val
ley.
' It Is a matter of some pride
to the writer that through the
Poets' Corner he has been
privileged to add not a little
beauty to life in the valley, as
many contributors and read
ers have testified. Typical of
their comments are the fol
lowing culled from recent
letters: "Thank you so very
much for your interesting
column ... It is wonderful!
And how I enjoy it!" "Beauti
ful 'Corner' yesterday!" "I
look forward to your Sunday
column with great anticipa
tion . . . (and) delight in the
music of its printed word."
So far as my giving "ad
vice" is concerned, through
letters In Communications,
whether on how to vote with
regard lo Home Rule or any
other subject, let Mrs. Black
ponder the following:
(1) Just what docs she think
SHE is trying to do through
her letters In the MT, if not
to offer HER advice?
(2) I gladly avail myself of
the same opportunity and
privilege so generously offer
ed by the editor.
(3) In view of perversions
perpetrated on Home Rule by
some of lis opponents, and
some of the Dan Smool non
sense about the UN, etc.,
which Mrs. Black has tried
to pawn off as gospel, there
would seem to be ample war
rant for my appeals to truth
and reason.
The same to Mrs. Ernest
Santo in response to her blast
of 5 9.
Arnold Eugene Jenny
Rogue Valley Manor
Medford
that Home Rule would abloish
our elected sneriti, wny
would he bother to run-unless
he hopes that by supporting
Home Rule, he might be the
appointed sheriff, rather than
the elected one? In my book,
this constitutes playing both
ends against the middle,
which is extremely shifty, but
not particularly courageous.
You and I are in agreement
on one point; and that is, that
the Charter Is, by far, the
most Important issue in this
election.
J. Mason Anderson
Box 76
Applegate, Ore.
Big As Anybody
To the Editor: Being Just a
little guy. there comes twice,
each election year, when I
feel just as big as anybody -and
1 do mean ANYBODY.
When I go to Ihe polls to
cast my ballot for my favor
ite candidates, my vote is Just
I as big as the vote of any Jack-
THE measure also would permit other taxing j s "ZTZy pre
Units to go for more than tWO JCalS without! sure group trying to deprive
levying a tax simply to retain its tax base. m,e 'my B'n right - that
,, " . ' , i . i l of voting for those whose
The proposal also would set up procedures j ,.llari com. from ,n, s
for a new taxing unit (city, school district, or i that 1 help pay. Much of the
whatever) to establish a tax base without prior
approval. A third point would give greater lee
way in the time of holding elections.
In the event that the three-point measure is
! defeated next week, the second two points will I
be deleted aiiTI the tirst one will be resubmitted one of the things that makes
to the voters in November. "r cm""7 rca'- .,
,., i .... ;.. ,1... Inasmuch as I doubt
we Know oi no opposition to me mui im- wl pvcr scc prjlUt , fl,,0Charter
three points, but there has been some opposition
to the second and third.
There is much sense to the proposals, and
we suggest a "yes" vote on the question. E. A.
Duncan for Congress
To the Editor: As the var
ious congressional candidates
are brought before us via pub
lic forums, the newspapers,
radio and television, it grows
increasingly obvious that this
Fourth Congressional District
would best be represented by
Oregon's forthright, forceful
and personable Robert B. Dun
can. Elected to three consecutive
terms as representative in the
Oregon legislature from Jack
son county, he won immediate
recognition for ability, energy
and know-how by being ap
pointed to top committee as
signments. He shattered his
torical precedent when he was
twice elected Oregon Speaker
of the House.
In this capacity, Duncan
performed as a legislative
leader for the whole state.
Several times he served as
Acting Governor during the
absence of the state's chief
executive.
Duncan was elected dele-
gate-at-large to the Democratic
National convention In 1960
and later represented Fourth
Congressional District in the
Citizens for Kennedy campaign.
Last month, President Ken
nedy appointed him on his
advisory committee on inter
governmental relations, and
he has just returned from at
tending a meeting of this im
portant body in the nation's
capital. While there, he was
a guest of the President at
the White House. Later he
conferred with key members
of Ihe White House staff on
problems affecting the Fourth
District.
Duncan made the best pos
sible use of his time in Wash
ington. Between advisory com
mittee meetings he conferred
with members of the Oregon
delegation, with several de
partment heads and with Sec
retary of Interior Stuart
Udall, all on problems vitally
affecting the Fourth District
and the state of Oregon.
Robert B. Duncan fits the
image of the New Frontier.
He has the vigor, the capacity,
the balance and the know
how to make an outstanding
congressman. Let's back a
winner. Vote for Duncan for
Congress.
Elizabeth Poston
96 Lozier lane
Medford.
why not in our local govern
ment?
Some have said that our
present form of government
was good enough 100 years
ago, so it's still good enough.
The medicine that was prac
ticed 100 years ago isn't good
enough now. Communications,
home appliances and trans
portation as we know them
were non-existent 100 years
ago.
Let's get our local govern
ment out of the horse and
buggy era and vote Charter
Government for Jackson coun
ty!
Mrs. A. H. Schmechel
441 Eastwood dr.
Medford.
One Arm Bandit
To the Editor: I don't think
there is much difference be
tween a parking meter and a
one arm bandit. The parking
meters are causing a great
hardship on the merchants of
Medford.
I went down to Wards and
got a 37c can of brake fluid.
I had 30 minutes on the park
ing meter. The clerk was
talking on the phone, and by
the time I got back to my car
I had a parking ticket.
So the 39c can of brake
fluid plus the 50c fine cost
me 89c for the brake fluid.
If I had gone to Sears all it
would have cost me would be
39c.
These parking meters are
in need of repair, most of
them don't work.
I had one the other day, it
had 24 minutes on it. I put a
nickel in it. It gave me a
total of 26 minutes.
I wasn't, going to put
another nickel in it to see if
it would give me maybe 30
minutes total. You can be
sure I got a ticket. I sent a
little note In the yellow enve
lope that the parking meter
didn t work.
As you know they don't
have a "tilt" on them or flash
up "out of order." Just "vio
lation."
The policeman writes a tick
et and a fine of 50c comes
with it.
If you don't pay the fine
they have a warrant for your
arrest, and a fine of $5. I
guess you could even go to
jail over these one arm ban
dits.
I suggest that the merchants
of Medford make some kind
of pay off for the parking
meters or move their stores
out of Medford, or any place
where these one arm bandits
can't drive their business off.
David J. Sletten
121 Reager st.
Medford.
UNANSWERED QUESTIONS
Washington - Every fresh
piece of news in the Billie
Sol Estes scandal - which
leaves a puzzling trail of un
explained events from Pecos,
Tex., to Washington, D.C. -makes
more urgent an inde
pendent and uninhibited Con
gressional investigation.
There is no doubt that
Secretary of Agriculture Or
ville Freeman is a thoroughly
honest and honorable public
servant who does not want
to see the public swindled or
his. department smeared by
the shrewd manipulations of
Estes, a kind of Texas agri
cultural Ponzi.
Mr. Freeman's latest press
conference dealt almost ex
clusively with the Estes case,
The net effect of all the Sec
retary had to say seemed to
me to be: there has been
nothing shown to be wrong
in the relations of the de
partment to Billie Sol Esles
- and it won't happen again.
I doubt if a single member
of Congress or the closest
reader of all the news reports
can say he knows the straight
and full facts of the matter
as things now stand. There
are conflicting claims coming
simultaneously from officials
of the Department of Agri
culture. There are unanswer
ed questions about how Estes
could find himself in such
bad standing as to require
his cotton allotment manipu
lations to be critically re
viewed and in such good
standing as to be retained as
a member of the department's
National Cotton Advisory
Committee with the special
status this gave him.
There is confused evidence
as to whether Estes was vio
lating the law in his cotton-
allotment operations or
whether the law itself and
its administration were so
loose and complex and un
certain that it was nearly
impossible to know where
legality left off and Illegal
lty began.
argument for Home Rule
I that we will have better
I qualified people In office. If
' we need ecghcads. we can
vote (or eggheads. I still like
. the cracker-barrel variety of
! campaigning, ant bclirvioit Is
the basis for President Ken
nedy's Alliance lor Progress
program.
More than ever today we
need congressmen who are
not afraid to fight for freedom
and decency.
Bryan Hodges,
1470 East 19th ave.,
Eugene, Ore.
Horse and Buggy Era
To the Editor: Why do we
vote for the individuals run
ning for sheriff, county clerk,
treasurer, surveyor and as
sessor? Because we've heard
a particular name a great
deal? Because the person at
tends our church? Because
he's a member of our service
club? Because he belongs to
the political party we favor?
Or just because we like him?
Th'sc reasons may all be well
and good, but what do we
know of his i.ialilications for
the job he wants to fill?
Not Afraid
To the Editor: When Charlie
Porter's minister, the Rev.
Wesley Nicholson, recently
visited Washington, DC, he
heard Mr. Porter discussed in
a speech at the Pan-American
Union. The speaker was Jose
Figueres, close friend of Presi
dent Kennedy and former
President of Costa Rica.
Here is what he said: "There
was a time in the United
States when it required un
usual courage, even heroism,
for a North American in pub
lic life to stand for freedom
and decency in the Latin
American controversies. The
sudden popularity of young
Congressman Charles O. Por
ter in our continent, and the
lasting gratitude that my lib
erated fellow-countrymen feel
for him. resisted frm his
vigorous support to our demo
cratic forces at the right time.
Now history is proving him
right."
Charlie entered Latin Amer
ican affairs because he insist
Can't Purchase Souls
To the Editor: Has Com
munism come to this country?
The President, by making his
own rules as he goes along
is in control of our economy.
This is socialism plus dictator
ship, commonly known as
Communism.
Kennedy's encroachment on
free enterprise, as demon
strated by the steel contro
versy, shows his lack of ad
ministrative ability to cope
with everyday business prob
lems and is a very dangerous
thing. His argument of infla
tion is not convincing since
wage boosts continue. This he
allows for It is through the
unions he expects to be kept
in power.
Mr. Kennedy bullies and
threatens those who do not
agree with him even to the
point of having discharged
military personnel with a rec
ord of distinguished service.
Mr. Kennedy did not earn
the position of President: his
wealth bought it for him. Now
it is time for thinking Demo
crats and Republicans to take
the gloves off and teach this
silver spoon Harvard boy that
he can't purchase human
souls.
Mrs. E. W. Heatherington,
2055 Holly st.,
Medford
Under the present form of
government anyone can file
and run for any office. Thejed on trying to find out why
M.acfnr i-i-tnta i IVI nti al i t ir-a. I nirtflt nr Triliiltrt nf lh TVw
iffiiect to a newspaper editor lions that must be met before minican Republic dar4 to
giving any partciular indi-1 anyone can be appointed to murder a Eugene boy. Gerry
date a boost 0 the suppost-1 these highly specialized of-1 Murphy. Charlie iod almost
tion that he is courageous. If! flees. We depend upon spec- alone in advocating new poll
Art Savai83d(Jny inkling iialists In every other field, cies-policies which are now
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Is It Right?
To the Editor: The Ameri
can taxpayer has given or
loaned - with no expectancy
of any return - more than
eighty-four billions to other
nations since the end of
World War II. Not to help
win the war, remember, but
since its "end." Most of these
give-away billions went to
countries who boast of being
neutral. They take our money
but refuse to be our friends.
Recently a federal grant of
SI. 200. 000 was made to the
University of Wisconsin to fi
nance a study of how a baby
monkey feels about its moth
er. This is intended to throw
light on human behavior.
Once you find out what
makes a monkey tick maybe
you could guess if the poor
taxpayers will relinquish
more freedom along with
their monev and vote for the I
adoption of the County Char
ter. It is time the tlitliking Dem
ocrats and Republicans wake
up. Is it right to waste our
money'
Mrs. M. B Martin
202 Maple Dr.
Medford
rjBVIOUSLY the Republl-
v cans are eager for a Con-
gressional investigation.
That's par. They see only
Democratic embarrassment. I
submit that a competent, fair.
minded investigation is in the
interests of the Department
of Agriculture and the Ad
ministration itself. If the Ag
riculture Department has
been as alert and diligent as
Secretary Freeman earnestly
affirms, the only way it can
make its case persuasive is
through a bi-partisan Con-
gressional inquiry, not
through an ex parte depart
mental one.
The position of the Depart
ment of Agriculture is diffi
cult and unpersuasive because
conflicting evidence comes
out in ways which make it
impossible for the public to
determine who is right.
One subordinate official
publicly asserts that Billie
Sol Estes received "favor
itism," that his case was not
handied "in the usual man
ner," that his 1961 cotton al
lotment was not cancelled
with sufficient promptness.
These views are publicly
and categorically denied,
point by point, by another
department official. Mr. Free
man says that "it was to get
at the heart of the matter"
that the department arranged
this airing of charges and
counter-c ha r g e s with the
press. But surely there is no
way to clear up the size and
responsibility for the Estes
scandal. The charges and de
nials are left hanging in the
air. There was no effective
and knowledgeable cross-ex
amination. Nobody was under
oath.
ON THE record thus far it
seems fair to say that the
department's handling of the
Estes matter has been uneven.
Mr. Freeman brought in the
F.B.I, at an early stage and
the Justice Department
brought about the arrest and
indictment of Estes for fraud.
But I see no adequate ex
planation of why the Depart
ment of Agriculture was will
ing to honor this man with
continued service on the Na
tional Cotton Advisory Com
mittee many months after the
most dubious aspects of his
manipulations were evident
to officials investigating
them.
It was Secretary Freeman's
observation at his press con
ference that doubt about
Estes operations rested on
"just a lawyer's quarrel." At
another point he remarked
that the only man who "held
the key that could unlock"
the mystery of what actually
went on in Texas was a dead
man, the departmental offi
cial who was getting the full
story at his fingertips on the
spot. He died-prematurely-after
being shot four times.
Suicide or murder? The cir
cumstances are very mys
terious.
The mysteries will remain
-to the damage of all con-cerned-unless
there is a trust
worthy and independent in
vestigation. McKinney Author
i Of Two Articles
ship and demand greater free
dom of thought.
A manifesto issued by ths
Catholic Action Workers
Brotherhood declared that
Spain's efforts to lift itself
economically had placed tha
heaviest burden on the work
We concede the need for
financial stability," the re.
port said, ". . . but we demand
that the necessary sacrifices
be evenly distributed ... in
many ways the working class
Is without authentic represen
tation, without means of ex
pression." In the last seven years.
strongly supported by mora
than a billion dollars in U.S.
economic aid, Spain has reg
istered some spectacular
gains.
Electric power and coal and
steel production have zoomed
upward. Fertilizers, cement
and consumer goods pour out
from old and new factories:
Spanish currency is stable,
and in the next year the gov
ernment plans ' double in
vestments in agriculture and
to boose industry and public
works investments 50 to 25
per cent respectively.
Last summer, about eight
million tourists spent around
$450 million in Spain.
But much remains to ba
done. Railroad rolling stock
is out of date. There is a
shortage of a million houses.
There are fears that gov
ernment complacency and in
ternal bickering could erase
Spain's modest standard of
living gains and leave tha
country far behind its pros
perous neighbors in the Euro
pean Common Market.
Political tolerance seems
far in the future. .-
For Spain, Franco has de
creed "an organic democracy
unmarred by the spectacle of
free elections."
Strictly
Personal
By Sydney J. Harris
(c- Field Enterprises Inc.
Ashland - Two articles by
Dr. William M. McKinney,
Southern Oregon college pro
fessor of social science, have
appeared in recent geograph
ical publications.
Who Was Russell Hin
man?" has been published in
The Professional Geographer
and is concerned with the bio
graphical details of Hinman's
life and his major contribu
tions to the field of physical
geography. One of Hinman's
greatest works was the Eclec
tic Physical Geography which
first appeared in 1888.
Dr. McKinnry's other ar
ticle. "Experimental Proofs of
the Earth's Rotation," traces
the history of such proofs
from the experiment by
French physicist Jean Foil
cault in 1851 when he sus
pended aJree-swinging pendu
lum from the dome of the
Pantheon" In Paris, to the
more modern experiments in
volving centrifugal force, ob
lateness of the earth, and the
value of "g" the acceleration
due to gravity. The article ap
peared in the April Mirnal
of Geography.
PERSONAL PREJUDICES
There is no more dangerous
delusion in the world than
that we are devoid of delu
sions; the man who most fan
cies himself as a clear-eyed
realist is the most likely to ba
deluded in the deepest part
of his personal life.
Most charity deals with
symptoms, not with causes,
and we are willing io pay a
great deal io alleviate ths
symptoms, so long as we do
not have to trouble our
selves about ihe causes.
Man is the only animal who
is frustrated when his desires
are not realized, and bored
when they are.
Married women who com
plain about their mates' de
fects should heed ihe words
of Lord Halifax, who said
ihree centuries ago: "A
wife is to thank God her
husband has faults; a hus
band without faults is a
dangerous observer."
The world of creative fic
tion seems to be divided into
serious novelists who can't tell
a story, and talented story
tellers who have nothing to
say worth saving.
Nothing is so distorted
and unreliable as memory
a fact we cannot fully be
lieve until we have revis
ited our birthplace after a
long absence.
One trouble with education
is that it so often perpetuates
the errors of the past, rather
than rectifying them; it
teaches us what others have ,
known but it does not instruct
us in discerning their fallacies
and wrong turnings - which
is why the world periodically
requires its geniuses, to turn
the conventional wisdom up
side down, as Einstein did iv)
physics and as Freud did in
psychology.
What we call "a sense of
humor" is simply a way of
contemplating the Immedi
ate from the point of view
of the ultimate, of observ
ing the personal from the
point of view of the cosmic.
Abstractions influence peo
ple only on a full stomach:
to talk to a hungry man about
"freedom" is as futile as talk
ing to a blind man about col
or - for the stomach, as Cato
said long ago. has no ears.
The only invariable sign
that civilisation continually
progresses is that in each
century the art of war de
visee new and improved
ways to kilt more of us
faster and more surely
than ever before.
Few women are stupid
enough to lister to "reason"
- which is why they find the
"reasonable'' conduct of men
(which comprises (;iostly con
quest, conflict rind catastnS
phe) so (Jt'isurd and tragically
childish.
"In short" Is a favorite
phrne of the speeker who
has f&eadr ,al(k)' 100 lon8'
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