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THURSDAY, JULY 12. 1962 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, OREGON &RM 1M nPTNrtrn Amhlunfa ntlrnH:int rush .Ino M J Ozaki, SO. to a Denver hospital with a portion of a meat KIlllUl'I SHU Ull IllS UIIII. V.'HAI Wda 1 IIIUIIIK IIUII1UU1KCI 111 his butcher shop when his hand apparently slipped and wm pulled into the machine. No attempt was made to remove the hand until he could be taken to the hospital. (UPI) Space Exploration Demands Accuracy Syracuse, N.Y. lUTO One problem In getting a rocket to the Moon or Mars is get ting a rocket big enough. Another is finding out where the Moon or Mars really is. Frnk E. Lowther is a mis sile scientist dedicated to the 'urgent task of locating the "Moon and Mars, and any other spatial object, in exact terms. We really don't have : their exact address yet. J Lowther, an expert in the ; guidance of military missiles, .is building a new kind of ruler for measuring exactly ;how far away space objects ' are. : Using present knowledge, Lowther figures, a space shot j.woulcl be likely to miss Mars, for example, by 10,000 '.o f 100,000 miles. This stems ."from man's limited knowl fedge nf the speed of light. .; It is about 180,000 miles per .second. But "about" isn't ac curate enough for space navi gation. Lowther, consultant to the :Apollo rocket program of the 'General Electric Company's 'Defense Systems department, has begun new experiments to fix a more exact figure for the speed of light. Reduc Error The object is to reduce the predictable error from its present three parts per mil lion down to three parts per 100 million. Why his interest in the speed of light? Because this is the one constant, unchang ing factor in the universe. A one-foot ruler may do well on earth but it can't be used to pace off distances in space. The speed of light can be used to measure distance. It is, in fact, tile measuring factor on which missile guide ance is now based. A new (and much publi cized) development in light science is the Laser ("Light Amplification by Simulated Emission of Radiation"). This is a device which collects the power of light into concen trated waves, much like a ra dar beam, and harnesses the power in one direction. Some scientists see the Laser lias a means of long-dis-tance communication sup planting radio. Others predict its use as a form of death ray. The concentrated power of light produced in a Laser has actually been used to bore j holes through a diamond. I Crowther would use the ex treme accuracy of a Laser beam for making new calcula tions as to the exact speed of light. Work has already be gun in a GE laboratory at Schenectady, N.Y. The ex periments consist of timing movement of light waves through an obstacle of mir rors. Months and years of cal culation may be required. "Unless we can pin down the speed of light to a toler able error, our attempts to land a man on the moon and further out will have to de pend on terminal guidance," said Lowther. "That means equipment will have to be in cluded which re-aims the space craft after it gets out in the area of the target. "This would take up lots of weight which we can't very well spare. It also introduces an element of uncertainty in which human life and great scientific stakes are risked." Furthermore, Lowther com ments, a new measurement standard is needed for all calculations involving space. "The unprecedented accura cies that are promised should help determine whether the solar system may contain pre viously undetected bodies perhaps, even, an undiscov ered planet," he says. Educators Increase Attention To Mentally Gifted Students (Editor's note: When Rus sia sent Sputnik I into orbit in 1957, a new star rote in American d u cation: the gifted child. Previously re garded at a misfit, or just ignored, the intellec t u a I youngster now has become a center of attention in im portant educational circles. Or. Cyril W. Woolcock. an authority on educating gift ed children, discusses the subject in the following dis patch. Woolcock is princi pal of the Hunter College High school for the Intel lectually Gifted in New York and chairman of the education council of the Sands Point Country Day school, a new school for gifted children on Long Island.) By DR. CYRIL W. WOOLCOCK Written for United Press International Sand Point, N.Y. (UPII- The gifted child, long considered a misfit in our nation's schools, is finally coming into his own. His friends have stopped calling him such names as odd-ball, bookworm, and "The Brain." It took the Russians with their Sputnik to change the attitude toward our own tal ented children. The Russians, u n intentionally of course, gave American education the shot-in-the-arm needed to de velop our most neglected na tural resources -children of superior intelligence. Who are the gifted? How do we find them? They are the children who, without be ing "pushed" by parents,' start to read and write in their pre school years. They are self learners. They devour books. Their quest for knowledge is insatiable. They are inven t i v e, curious, imaginative. Their IQ is at least 130, more often higher. A high IQ is not the only measure, however. Talented children who perform in the ninety-fifth percentile rank or higher among their peers are also considered by educa tors to fall into the gifted category. So are the children who show competency leaders of their group. How many gifted children are there? Best estimate place the number at about 3 mil lion, or approximately 2 per cent of the population. Yet, the tragic truth is that the nation has not done enough to provide the talented with the education they need. Many gifted children, as a result, never finish high school; thousands never enter college. Talented, high-IQ children need to be challenged, or they become bored. They need to be placed in a group where they can proceed at their own pace. Otherwise their crea tiveness is stifled. What good is it. for example, to enter a child in a kindergarten to string beads and play in a sandpile when that youngster has been reading and writing for over a year? How does it help another child in the fourth grade who is able to work out problems in eighth grade algebra? Most ordinary public schools are not ready for such gifted children. More special schools are needed like the Hunter College Elementary and High schools in New York city. Here, the two schools provide gifted teach ers for gifted pupils. Here, a special environment has been created to challenge and de velop the potentials of each gifted child. Private Schools Needed More private schools are needed with special programs for the gifted. The Sands Point Country Day school, at Sands Point, N.Y., is a nota ble example of this type of school. A non-profit institu tion situated on a 25-acre estate, the school offers a nilrscry - elementary program geared to the special needs of talented children. It plans to add a high school division for gifted adolescents. The value of such private schools is even greater when they provide places to board gifted children now living in areas and districts lacking in gifted child programs. Schools for the intellec- as tually gifted will crop up all over the country only when English Attack Poor Phraseology Practice VJ' t ' "U. 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Tailor and Cutter, the au thoritative British magazine on tailoring and cutting, has taken note of the brave stand taken by the Tripe Dressers and says it is "sparking off a series of reactions which may blaze eventually into a cleans ing fire of phraseographical rectitude. And if you believe there really Is a man named Oswald Cllssingstoke and that he is General Srcetary of the Fed eration of Colar Fastener Manufacturers than you can believe Tailor and Cutlers report that he has protested against the use of the worn "stud" by Certain horse breeders. Poor Phrasing The magazine takes it a step further and refers to a Mr. Albert ring, the retiring president of the Allied So ciety of Felt Hat Shapers who took issue wlien a member of Parliament referred to a gen tleman as a "bad hat." "This irresponsible phrase ology can do nothing but harm to the industry we love and serve," Tailor and Cutter quotes (lie indignant Mr. Hug. "We must fight and fight again to educate the public into realising that there is NO such thing as a Bad Hal " And then (here is the Na tional Federation of Manufac turers of Hose and other Knits which protested against Field Marshal Viscount Mont gomery's advice on a recent television program to "give them socks " "I'nthinkalilr public person alities have to realize that socks cannot be given away." it quotes a member of the Federation. "... anything less than a realization of the industry's essenlial need for a fair economic return for its products could be calls trophic." The magazine fears that the As.vociated Society of British Hoofing Manufac turers m i g h t take issue wnh the derogatory expres sion "drain pipe trousers" to poke fun al too tight pants and wonders If there might not be a conference between Chubby Checker and Reid and Taylor, Ltd., makers of the "World's Most Expensive Twist Cloth." What Tailor and Cutter did not mention was the resent ment that might result among raincoat manufacturers at the term "city slicker" or the waistcoat manufacturers hear ing persons use the term "vested interest" in a degrog atory manner. And if the movement spreads to these shores you may no longer be able to belt someone or collar a thief or call something old hat. And how about the Nettleton Shoe people, who copyrighted the term and then hear people speak angrily of a bunch of loafers? Federal Judge Nomination Delayed Washington - mm - A Sen ate Judiciary Subcommittee today again postponed the nomination of Thurgood Mar- I shall as a federal judge when , three Republican Senators balked at the questioning, i After 90 minutes of ques tioning. Sen. Olin D. John ! st on (D-S.C.) adjourned the hearing. He said another ses sion would be held "as soon as possible." Marshall is a well-known Negro attorney and former special counsel for the Na I tional Association for (he Ad ' vancement of Colored People. parents and the community believe that the pursuit of ex cellence is a worthwhile edu cational goal. That is what happened at Sands Point, where Mrs. Marie L. Fetch, a woman with vision and a deep-seated be lief in education, was willing to convert her 40-room prop erty for use as a school for the gifted. First, however, she had the encouragement of a group of parents who were to become active participants in the school's welfare. They plan scholarship benefits and help with recruitment. Next, a group of leading educators was organized into an ad visory education council. All of them experts in problems of the gifted, they now in clude school superintendents, principals, a college dean, and authorities in child guidance. Dr. Robert Kelley, Super visor of Education for the Gifted, New York state de partment of education, serves with the council in an ad visory capacity. Together they have worked out a special educational plan to fit the needs of gifted children, and have appointed an outstand ing faculty to bring out the children's full intellectual and creative abilities. Classes are limited to twelve students, all of whom are tested before admission. II We don't think so, B MR. CAIN 1 Many months ago you were asked to talk to our IB i employees, to see if they wanted you to represent j H them or not. You wouldn't talk to them-just to the 11 Vi management. They have to make the choice, not the I H lpj management. We think it's time the people of Med- ! ford know what the picket is for. 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