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o o o MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFOHD. OREGON WEDNESDAY, MAY 23, 1962 l. -1 Sma Words Around Us By LYNN M. WATKINS ( Register and Tribune Syndicate 1962) We Tamper With Nature But 'It Takei lit Course' Sounds utterly ridiculous, but there have been efforts made to change the physical structure of living animals whereby they would be better suited to human use. "Wouldn't it be nice," these optimistic boys ask, "to be able to raise chickens without the wasteful, always-in-the-way bones." With no skeleton at all, nothing would be wast ed. Just skin-enclosed bags of tissue, tender, succulent, all meat and delicious. This, they say, would be a glorious accomplishment; a great step forward in human progress. Hasten Growth Already we are happy to have hormones and various other elements that are sup-: posed to hasten the growth of cattle, make the meat more tender, preserve it for longer periods of time. We look for ward, some of us, with happy and idiotic pleasure when a ; calf can be raised to profita- ble maturity in less than half the allotted time it now takes. We can douse various chem icals onto vegetables and give ; them more color and better keeping qualities; even make them develop faster. We can doctor things with chemicals that give them the taste of age, where age is necessary to palatibility. So often we overlook the fact that we, as human beings, are not as perfect as we think. We brag that we have pulled a fast one on old Mother Na ture and have even extended our own life span by a num ber of years, but in reality we have not. A man now 45 years old has no better chance of living over his allotted time ' than did his great-grandfather. Satisfaction Derived But we derive a great deal of satisfaction from thinking we will. We still ask the per son who has reached a ripe old age, to what do you at tribute your advanced years? When we so wisely and generously say "let nature take its course" we subcon sciously imply a certain de gree of tolerance, as if we could do something about it. Actually, in most instances, we can't. Nature will take its course whether we will it or not, and in spite of our efforts to change it. Some of us believe we can step in at any point and re vamp the whole works. There are those deluded optimists who claim to be able to im prove on Nature. They sincerely believe it up until the time they go to the hospital and hear from those who know that, "it's up to nature again, to take its course." Human life to a 150 years will occur just about the time we develop a "boneless chicken." 'Inside1 Look at Mcdford Schoola Rofarian Subfecf Officials of Medford public schools use the "iceberg" method of evaluating students, Dr. Leonard B. Mayfield, su perintendent, said in a lunch eon address here Tuesday be fore the Medford Rotary club. The iceberg method, he pointed out, seeks to deter mine the capabilities of young sters which are not apparent on the surface. There is an effort made in Medford school rooms to bring out these "underneath" potentialities. Dr. Mayfield, who received his doctor's degree at the University of Oregon in 1958 and has a distinguished record in Oregon educational fields, spoke at xie Rogue Valley I Country club on an "Inside Look at Your Schools. High tribute was paid to the non-partisan, non-salaried school board, composed of public spirited lay members selected by Medford voters. The system tends to keep the schools close to the people and the record shows effi cient, wise and economical direction of school affairs. Outstanding Academically Medford schools have been outstanding academically as shown by comparative grades with schools throughout the U.S. Schools here have like wise been highly successful in many fields such as competi tive athletics, debate, band and voci groups, dramatic and operatic presentations, school paper and annual and otherwidely diversified fields. The distributive education program for n o n - college ; bound students was especially I singled out by Dr. Mayfield j as a successful and practical phase of Medford schools' cur riculum. In this one activity the schools here have won national acclaim. Generally in Oregon, four - year high schools with an enrollment of 1,000 students offer 61 courses; Coege Students Are Named To Committee Ashland-Six Southern Ore gon college students were in stalled as the executive staff of the recently organized Col legiate Campaign committee at the recent annual meeting of the Young Republican Fed eration of Oregon in Portland. Officers are Fred Heard, Klamath Falls, state chair man; Wally Davenport, Grants Pass, vice chairman; Duane Jarnagin, Ashland, executive secretary; Frank Alcssio, San Jose, Calif., executive direc tor; Gordon Holgate, Suther lin, recorder; and George Mikesell, Eugene, news director. in Medford the number for a three year program is 89. During the past year, 1,683 citizens have availed them selves of the adult education courses featured by the Med ford school system, Dr. May field said. This program is completely self - sustaining financially and costs the tax payer nothing. Advances Made During the past 39 years, greater advances have been made in science, in general human knowledge and tech nology than during the pre vious 2,000 years, Dr. May field reminded Rotarians. It is likely that similar great strides will be made in the en- I suing 39 years. Education is I not the answer to all prob j lems, but the need for greater knowledge is increasingly I vital To emphasize the points in Dr. Mayfield's address, dis plays of work performed by Medford students were on exhibit in the country club's banquet hall. Four contestants for the title of "Dairy Queen" for Oregon were introduced by Chaperonc Barbara Kimball of Applegate. They are, Georgia Hubbard and Karen Jossy from Eagle Point, Con nie McDobough from Sams Valley, and Barbara Gysin from Phoenix. ATTENTION HOMEOWNERS New savings from Sta te Farm! See our ad on the sports pages, then contact me! if j John A. Carter t 133 So. ( u.JVf Central 773-6695 STATE FARM Fin and Casualty Co. Home OHics; Btoomington, Illinois Duncan To Speak Ai League Evenl "Let's Meet our Medical Care - For - the-Aged Crisis Now!" will be the theme of an address by Democratic Con gressional candidate Robert B. Duncan at a meeting of the Eleanor Roosevelt League at Ping's Gardens Thursday, May 24. The meeting will begin at R p.m. and is open to the pub lic, according to Mrs. Frank Christian, president. Coffee will be served on a no-host basis. Duncan, speaker of the Ore gon house for two terms, was one of the legislative leaders responsible for getting Oregon to participate in the benefits offered under the Kerr-Mills bill. He will discuss the King Anderson bill now in the House ways and means com mittee of Congress. In other talks, he has advo cated the need for having both plans in operation at once to assure more adequate coverage for the elderly ill. A question and answer per iod will follow. James A. Red den, Jackson county Demo cratic legislative candidate will introduce Duncan and discuss the primary election results, Mrs. Christian said. The evening's topic. 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