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They'll Do It Every Time By Jimmy Hatlo
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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.
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