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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEOFORO. OREGON They'll Do It Every Time By Jimmy Hatlo rRUMPlNA IS HEAD DIETITIAN IN A HEALTH SPA AND SHE WEI&HS AND WATCHES EVERY 6UESTS CALORIES- But HER UUSBAND, ASTPIKAN- SHE 6IVE5HIM CREAMED, FRIED -ANy-THIN6 THAT'S HAMD Follow ELECTION RETURNS FRIDAY M HT FRIDAY. MAY 18. 13G2 TCe t5n Sgi? SPAGHETTI, FRlEO V TC Sil S0Si PORK AHO CHEESE C'MON, A 'i ClTo rf ' I CAKE I GOTTA jjlPWPtNA.V a AND JUST TWO I f SO to RikJ(n... . V - Vniir Mnnot'c IUHI IflUIIVJ O 'I UlAKth IIUI III KMIEffiaffliliiiSffiiEa By SYLVIA PORTER Copyright. Hall Syndicata, Inc. CRIS LEARNS ABOUT INSTALMENT CREDIT Several weeks ago my 12'4-year-old daughter, Cris Col lins, gave me a complete surprise gift which she had heard me say I really wanted - a portable hi-fi stereo phonograph which I could take into an empty room to play the classical records I alone wanted to hear. She1 also gave me a story which I know is going to shock and perhaps infuriate many of you but of which nevertheless, I thoroughly approve. For Cris bought this phonograph from a neighborhood storekeeper on the installment plan. It cost her $90.65, In cluding tax. She paid down $38, her entire savings nestegg. She made a solemn pledge to pay a balance of $54.65 in instalments of $2 a week for 27 weeks. She is therefore paying $2 extra, only about 4 'i per cent a year, for all the privileges of credit - or as she puts it in startlingly colorful and accurate words, "I'm paying that for getting a jump ahead in the use of money." She has a little blue "Mcmrite Payment Receipt Book" in which is written her name, "Contract No. 4597," the total originally owed, the payment terms. She is so proud of it she carries it wherever she goes. It already has a satisfying list of $2 entries and the total left to pay before she reaches I he line on which she printed in capital letters "The End" is down to the point where I have no doubt whatsoever that she'll complete her payments on time. Now I'm wall awari that lhara ia massiva opposition to lha idea of leen-aga cradit (har father ia in this group) because of the belief that this privilege fosters extrava gance, teaches youngsters loose spending habits at the very ages when they should be learning how to be thrifty, costs the teenagers far too much, is exceedingly risky, etc. And Cris is not even into her teens. I'm also aware that by making a "contract" with a minor, the storekeeper took quite a chance and he wouldn't have done it had ha not known her mother. This probably accounts for the low charge loo but far be it from me to look any deeper Into this gift horse's mouth. In defiance of this - and I'm prepared for your censure, folks - I repeat that I thoroughly approve of what she has done. Here arc exact quotes from my serious interview with her on Mother's Day: "Cris, now that you've been paying for some weeks, what have you learned from this?" "I've learned how to pay down to buy something at the time you want it very much. Now when I need something, I'll know what the processes are. 1 have to have some money lo start with. I have to pay more each week. I have to be on time with my payments, or I'll be In trouble. I know I must not lose my book. If I can make payments in advance, I can gel credit for it." "What about not having your allowance to spend on what you want for yourself during all these weeks?" "I'm not bothered by that. I wanted to buy this and I feel okay because you'll give me the money If I need it for some thing important, like school supplies. I usually saved my allowance anyway." "What about saying now? You're down to zero, you know." "But I am saving, don't you understand that? I'm saving S2 a week and In the meantime you have your phonograph. 1 couldn't have given it to you for months if I saved the other way." "Would you do it again?" "Oh, yes, it's a wonderful system and I've learned how to use it. I'm lucky." Criticise away, folks. At an astonishing young age, Cris Collins has learned entirely on her own (I was floored by this when it happened) soma of the most basic lessons in family finance which will help her through har life. She's way ahead. Incidentally, the card attached to the phonograph said, "This is for the next three years of Birthdays, Mother's Days, Chrislmasses, Anniversaries." She's way ahead all right! Small Worlds Around Us New Degree Now Offered at U of 0 Eugene - Inlerdcpaiinicnt al cooperation between the de partments of foreign lan guages and English has effect ed a new degree offering at the University of Oregon this fall - a doctor of philosophy degree in Comparative Litera ture. Under tiie program, which n ottered for the firs' lime in any Oregon college or uni versitv, the slate system of $59,000 Paid by VA To College Students Portland - A total of $519. 000 has been paid so far by Hie Veterans Administration lo students attending univer sities, colleges and vocational schools in Oregon for the ed ucation of the stale's war or phans, according to R. J. Nov ntny. manager of the Port land VA regional office. Since Congress passed the War Orphans' Benefit Act. 447 'aregon youngsters whose parent died from injury or disease incurred while serving Willi the Armed forces during World War I. World War II, Hie Kcucan Conflict, or any other period alter Sept. 16, 1 9411. have received educa tional benefits. higher education will be In line with larger eastern uni versities In preparing college and university teachers in a field which has not heretofore been covered in the state. , A program that has been in I preparation for some years, I Oregon's Comparative Liter ature prospectus is designed to j prepare college and university I teachers whose interests are i in world literature rather than In the specialized litera ture of a single country or culture. It is a program for studying literary phenomena I which "cross linguistic front ! iers." I The program will be under .an interdepartmental commit j tee, which is chaired by an I educator-scholar 'ho has long i been identified with compara- By Lynn W. Wafkini (Rtcluer ft Trlbuna SyndicaU, 19121 There's No Tomorrow For Wild Things of World For animals, great and' small, there is no tomorrow Even those who store food are not really planning for the 1 future. The instinct to build up a supply of food is mostly an impulse among a chain of Impulses. The chipmunk and j a few others of the rodent family will lay something 1 aside for a rainy day. But they haven't planned : it; they are merely impelled ! to store a supply. To them, to- j morrow means nothing at all. ' Neither do they worry be cause there is no tomorrow. Nature gave them all a very short memory, and it is well that this is true. j The squirrel digging a hole in the forest floor to hide a nut or a few kernels of grain i never anticipates a cold win ter. He is not looking beyond ' the present. He may plan to ! eat it after his noontime nap, but hardly after today. He, j like the rest of the wild things, lives each day as if it , were his last. No Grudge We have to admire the ani mals that hold no grudge. They never want lo "gel even" for a real or a fancied wrong. The elephant thai has had so much publicity about remem bering the hand that hurt him many years ago has not both ered his brain during the in tervening years by planning levenge. The sight or smell of an old enemy might suddenly acti vate a renewed anger, but it would he a spontaneous ac tion, triggered by a reawaken ed remembrance. Tho ele phant, no matter how serious, ly he was wronged, hasn't wasted any time planning on "getting even" with his en emy. Revenge toward another is solely a human trait, and not a desirable one either. The human is pretty much alone in the grudge-holding busi ness. No Resentment Neither do animals resent the success of others. If food is abundant, a dozen species, or a thousand Individuals will willingly share the available supply. They may push, shoul der, jostle or may even drive some away, but there is no deep-seated or long lasting re sentment. Animals in litis re spect are un-humanlike. Animals of various species will often associate with one another; even become fast friends. The counting, if given Ihe right chance, will become fast friends with a pel rac coon. Even tlie meat-eating animals arc never "mad" at any of the others. They prey on the lesser ani mal because they must eat. They are only following the prescribed plan. Man in his dealings with other men could well copy 1 many animal characteristics. ; He so often feels that he is al I ways right, while so often he ' is so awfully wrong. tivlst scholarship in literature He is Dr. Chandler Beall. pro. fessor of Romance Languages in the university. VACUUM CLEANERS Ntw, UietJ, Rebuilt Many Mike. ft Medtli libtral Trade-in Allowance Thirl Djy Exchange Privilege Repair. Parti Baqi for All Kmdi floor Polnhera & Scrubbcri STARK'S 622 N. 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