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Medford and Jackson ' County
Hljtory from the files of The
Mall Tribune 10, 20, 30, 40
and 50 years ago.
10 YEARS AGO
Aug. 22, 1952 (Friday) j
Jackson county's filth and
sixth case of infantile paraly
sis in 1952 were reported by
the county health office.
An announcement from
Washington, D.C., quotes the
Army as reiterating its previously-announced
plans for
the limited reactivation of
Camp White.
20 YEARS AGO (
Aug. 22, 1942 (Saturday)
Jack- Moffat, son of J. P.
Moffat, leads . high school
group that manufactures mod
el airplanes to be used in
aircraft recognition classes.
From Arthur Perry's "Ye
Smudge Pot" column: "The
'backbone of the Medford heat
wave' has broken. The spinal
Injury was welcomed by Wil
lamette valley editors, who
Buffer from the local heat
more than they do their own."
30 YEARS AGO
Aug. 22, 1932 (Monday)
City officials decide to
move offices to old county
courthouse at Fifth and North
Central; uncertain when they
will leave present city hall
at Sixth and Front sts.
Following shift in political
situation In Germany, Adolf
Hitler, leader of powerful na
tional socialist party, makes
bid for chancellorship.
40 YEARS AGO
Aug. 22, 1922 (Tutiday)
H. L. Walther, Modford, Is
named to the state fair board
by Governor Olcott to replace
C. E, Gates, also of Medford.
Committees meet here to
plan "biggest fraternal and
Labor Day picnic ever held
in Oregon."
50 yeXrs AGO
Aug. 22. 1912 (Thursday)
Owner of 57-acre valley
orchard is shot and seriously
wounded with own revolver
while resisting arrest follow
ing $2,500 train robbery near
Toneka, Kan.
Medford Poultry company
Incorporates here, plans to es
tablish chicken ranch stocked
with 6.000 to 8,000 laying
hens.
What's Your I.Q.?
Nina or ten correct is superior)
seven or aijht it tacallent) fix el
six is good.
i. J ne system oy wlilch an
employer deducts union dues
from a worker's paycheck is
known as what?
2. The English Channel sep
arates England from Ireland;
true or false?
3, What three European
countries are known collec
tively as the Low Countries?
4. In which State is the re
sort town of Blloxi?
3. In what city was the
charter of the Unlled Nations
drawn up?
6. Who was the famous fath
er of Robert E. Lee?
7. Lan a person move a
greater weight by pushing, or
by pulling?
8. Which was first Invented
the first successful fountain
pen, or the first typewriter.
!. Is a canvas-back a type
of insect, fish, bird, or suit
case?
10. Correct the following
"They manufacture guided
missiles here ."
Answers: 1. The check-off.
2. False (Irish Sea). 3. Bel
gium, Netherlands and Lux
embourg. 4. Mississippi. S.
Sen Francisco, Calif, . Henry
(Light Horse Harry) Lee. 7.
Pushing. 9. Typewriter. 9.
Bird. 10. "Guided missiles
are manufactured here."
4 A
AUGUST 22. U2
Growth and Zoning
Between the censuses of 1930 and 1940, Med
ford grew little. In 1930 the population was
11,007; ten years later it was 11,281.
Then came the war, and by 1950 it had
spurted to 17,305. The increase continued after
the war, and in 1960 the population was 24,425.
Last year it rose to an estimated 25,254, and the
population of Medford as of July 1 this year was
estimated at 25,750 by city officials.
The results of this "little population explos
ion" are everywhere in evidence new houses,
new stores and shopping centers, new roads and
highways, new office buildings, new schools.
""THERE are some periods where growth is so
slow and steady that it is almost impossible to
visualize it. But this is not the case today. We
drove home a different route than usual the
other day, and counted five new houses going up
on what a week or so ago were vacant lots, two
new streets in the process of being opened, the
new freeway nearing completion, a Dig new store,
and other evidences of growth and change.
Some of this is attractive in nature. But some
evidences of change are less so.
By and large, the growth within the city lim
its of Medford is of an attractive nature (always
excepting the monstrous freeway over head).
a
THE REASON or at least the major one is
the fact that Medford long ago adopted and
enforced a system of zoning, which is nothing
more than an orderly plan where conflicting land
uses will not be plumped down side by side.
(There are, of course, existing eyesores, but most
of them dated from before zoning days, and
merely remain, to be gone if and when their "non
conforming" use is at an end.)
Zoning, then, is a strong force to protect
owners of existing property from encroachment
by other kinds of use which might damage them.
This is a point which is always difficult to get
across when zoning is at first proposed. Too
often property owners think their rights are going
to be taken away, when in fact it is their rights
which are being protected.
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THE GROWTH of Jackson county has paral
leled that of Medford.
It went from 32,918 in 1930 to 36,213 in
1940; 58,510 in 1950, and 73,316 in 1960. Last
year the estimate was 76,523, and we would not
be surprised if this year's state board of. census
estimate will reach the 80,000 mark.
Zoning is designed to prevent a slaughter
house from existing next
subdivision ; a wrecking
to an attractive store; and other equally damag
ing juxtapositions.
Zoning for Jackson
part of it, must come. It
what zoning IS and what
Space Race
Going to the moon,
proposition. Estimates range from $20 to $40
billion, and the costs may exceed that before the
first man stands on Luna.
The sheer figures are
inconceivable. When one
things that could be accomplished with the same
expenditure, one may be
is worth it.
What is sometimes
the moon project will
both in the way of gadgetry, and in the way of
basic scientific discoveries.
QNE OBSERVER, as a matter of fact, is of the
opinion that the actual financial benefits of
the moon project will,
outlay.
William L. Stringer, Washington correspond
ent for the Christian Science Monitor, writes:
"The nation's material wealth is created by pro
duction i- and already spate Is an industry approaching
the size of the automobile Industry, though with more
funds going into research and development. The moon
drive may concentrate overmuch In a few giant com
panies - and this must be watched - but there will ba
tremendous byproducts In electronics, metallurgy,
energy sources, organization, weather control - and in
basic learning, too.
"Enriched by all this effort, the country will bene
fit in improved standards of living and break
throughs on a dozen fronts. In short, the $20, 000.
000,000 to $40,000,000,000 will bring dividends beyond
the moon, anyway."
1MOST of these byproducts are still unknown
to us, and will come about either "accident
ally," or as the result of directed research. But
already some technologies are showing the results
of the sjiace effort tiny transistorized radios,
heat-resisting ceramics, wider knowledge of the
universe surrounding us, advances in medicine, to
name only a few.
It is a fact deplorable but still a fact
that technology has always spurted ahead in war
time. World War I was largely responsible for
the development of the airplane, for instance, and
World War II for the development of the jot
engine and the improvement of the rocket engine.
We are not, at the moment, in a shooting war.
Still, the cold war, and the race toward space,
furnish the same drives that wartime did in tech
nological development. We prefer it that way.
-E.A.
door to a residential
yard from going in next
county, all or a major
will come when we learn
it IS NOT. E.A.
Byproducts
as noted, is an expensive
appalling, and actually
thinks of all the other
inclined to wonder if it
forgotten is the fact that
have many byproducts,
ultimately, exceed the
"I Don't Know I Recently Read About Some
Sedative That Had Bad Effects"
Communications
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condensation. Letters submitted for publication must not exceed 400 words. The letters
printed in this column do not necessarily represent the views of the paper) in fact the
contrary is often the case.
Seeking Truth
To the Editor: I have found
religion to be taught in 277
denominational churches in
the United States alone. Peo
ple have been disillusioned by
understanding. Accepting
word of man for Gospel truth
is the lazy way to Heaven.
How can they say how far
the truth was twisted if they
fail to search facts for them
selves. Someone said they
were living in the spirit of
God. This is a spiritual atti
tude but an evil one of reality
of worldly possession. .
Entering many a church in
my day I find women teach
ers. In 1st Timothy 2nd chap
ter we find, "Let woman learn
in silence and I suffer not a
woman to teach nor take au
thority over man but' keep
silent." Unpleasantness being
found in the word results In
efforts to hide, or discolor
truth. .
A woman possessed by the
divine spark which being
fanned is a spiritual fire,
shows cruelty, being ag it is
a desire to fraud, gain, profit,
power and so-called honor by
the vicious moaning, groaning
and twisting about the church
floor. It's nothing more than
the teenagers twist dance.
They are betrayed kneeling on
a bench yelling their head off.
I get plenty of that at home.
I wouldn't need go to church
for yelling in a Tarzan lan
guage. In Jeremiah 51:37
through 42, there will be
heaps, dwelling places for
dragons, in astonishment, hiss
ing. They roar like lions and
yell like whelps. In the heat
I make their feast and will
make them drunken, and
sleep a perpetual sleep, and
not wake. I will bring them
down like lambs to slaughter.
Remitted by God a Bible
for study. The result of not
finding the answer is not read
ing and analysis of each verse.
There's no half way about it,
no way a man with secret sins
can cheat his way through.
There's no one can show any
one the entile way to Heaven.
You can walk with man only
a certain portion of the way.
Religious minded people I
have found bear for some of
their fcllowmcn resentment
and jealousy. Result of con
fusion, ignorance, disobedi
ence to faith inwardly and a
living example of faith out
wardly. This causes a sense
of guilt and discomfort. Per
mitted to .run Us course it
finally poisons the mind.
MRn lives In freedom by
law of man. Bible says, "Seek
the truth and it shall make
you free."
E. Dykes,
Box 58,
Eagle Point, Ore.
Road To Perdition
To the Editor: Here is a
little-known sidelight on a
highway leading into this val
ley. I am now at the once
famous "Loop" of Old Pacific
Highway 99 - north side of
Siskiyou Range. It is said a
little boy designed It. I, a
pedestrian, am now at the
bridge where the road Crow
es itself and the railway be
neath. Here Is the story as it was
told, overheard by me when
I myself was a small boy.
The engineers were faced
with a perplexing problem:
With a minimum o' labor,
for they had only horses and
men to do the work, with
crude tools by our standards,
they must build the highway
over or under the railway
wilh perplexing grade prob
lems. As they talked and
pondered, a little boy, son of
one engineer, listened. Final-,
ly he spoke, "See," he said,
"this is how I would do it."
And with tongue in hand of ,1s to have peace in the hearts
his little toy wagon, he pull-iof men of this world. Other
ed the wagon up a theoreti-jw Ise. there will be no peace,
cal grade, made a grand loop. And families, and everyone
MEDFORD MAIL
and crossed over both rail
way and highway and passed
on up the mountain. The men
were amazed, approved, and
went forward and designed
the highway according to the
little boy's plan.
Those were the days of low
engine power in automobiles,
when a long grueling climb
and much patience brought
a motorist to the top jf many
a long grade built by arduous
human and animal labors.
Marvelous, however, were
both the highways and the
machines - as mankind em
erged from the torpid, slow,
toilsome age of man-muscles
and horses with only a few
crude tools to assist.
Here I stand just now on
top of the once-famous loop
bridge, as modern high-powered
cars go by. A few min
utes ago, one came down the
road and stopped where I sat
writing, interrupting me.
The driver, who was alone
asked me, "Is this road crook
ed as this all the wa. to Med
ford?" I tried to talk to him,
but he was impatient, saying
lie was in a hurry. He could
have taken the main, straight
highway not far away. Final
ly, I answered hirh, "About
seven miles of it." Other cars
hastened by as well as they
might around the long turn,
rustling the wind. All prob
ably with drivers cursing the
marvelous engineering feat,
which slowed their haste to
God knows where.
Today as. stand here, a
pedestrian, I realize as few
can that these people neither
appreciate nor deserve the
blessings of the miracles that
human genious has created
for them, nor the wondcrous
assist they enjoy from devices
in their struggle for survival.
But I grew up in an era when
science, truth, and beauty
were admired, instead of easy
living, easy money, thrills,
and bigotries. For this gener
ation has gone mad with
Pleasure, and for Profit.
Probably their haste on this
crooked road is to Perdition.
Ralph McKinnis
P. O. Box 321
Ashland, Ore.
"Incredibly Prophetic"
To the Fditor: I have just
received my Aug. 26 copy of
Saturday Review, the cover
carries a large picture of Will
Rogers. On page 15 is a small
er picture of Will wilh the
caption "incredibly prophet
ic." His biographer, Donald
Day, would be most incredi
bly surprised should he ever
hear of this letter.
A quarter of a century ago
I was a prisoner in the little
Penitentiary of Arizona at
Florence. The place was In
spiritual riot in the myster
ious prelude to World War II.
One afternoon a "voice" call
ed me and said "Get ready.
Will Rogers has to die to
morrow." I never knew what I was
lo get ready for. I had been a
publicity man but had never
met Will Rogers or handled
any of his work. The very
next afternoon - as I was in
formed - Will and his friend,
Wiley Post, crashed at Point
Barrow. Alaska, awesomely
slain from that little un
known little prison.
Will Ropers was not "in
credibly prophetic''
some convict was'
(Name on File)
White Citv
but
The Way to Peace
To the Editor: With your
permission. I d like lo tell the
readers of your paper, and the
whole world, the only way to
hnnu peace to tiiis world, as I
see it
The most important thing.
TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON
Indonesian
Has Wide
By BRUCE W. MUNN
United Press International
United Nations, N. Y.-fliPD-The
transfer of West New
Guinea from the Netherlands
to Indonesia may have far
reaching consequences that
extend beyond the bound
aries of those two countries.
The transfer, formalized in
a U. N. agreement last week,
was a loss-of-prestige deal for
the Dutch, although it was
evident they had wanted out
of the Southwest P: Ific ter
ritory for years.
It Involved The Hague's
signing away of the last rem
nant of the once great Dutch
East Indies empire, a chunk
of territory eight times the
size of the mother country.
Loss of West New Guinea,
which cost the Netherlands
some $30 million a year - a
sizable sum for the Dutch
budget - left as Holland's
principal possessions the rela
tively rich South American
territory of Surinam (also
called Guiana) and the Neth-
must stay together, and work
together, and believe in the
saying, "The family that stays
together, prays together."
And never forget your bene
factor. If you have gone ahead
in life, and accumulated a for
tune, never, and I do mean
never, forget the ones who
helped you, when the going
was rough, as so many I
know have done.
Always show appreciation
to God first, and then the
wonderful people, who have
helped you. And never forget
them, and let them know they
were the ones that helped you
to fame, and fortune, for
know of many hearts that
have been broken, when they
aion t.
. Another thing I think would
help to keep the people from
getting so despondent, is for
the newspapers, radio, and
TV, in their news headlines,
to print some cheery news, in
stead of all gloom, and disas
ter. It certainly doesn't give
the readers much hope, and
something to look forward to,
And above all, thank God
every day, for all your many
Blessings. He likes to be
thanked too, you know.
Thank you one and all.
Mrs. Fern Andrus
301 South Mountain ave.
Ashland, Ore.
Mother Hubbard's Problem
To the Editor:
Said one authority to the
women,
"For shame! you damsels
fair.
The last time I went to
town
I espied some undie wear."
Said another to the first,
"Shush! Don't be a prude!
The surest way to purity
Is to hop about in the
nude."
Said my wife to the lite-of-
her-life,
"Pray, what shall I wear?
Shall I dress like Mother
Hubbard
Or her cupboard bare?"
Pat Patterson
P.O. Box 452
Jacksonville, Ore.
To the Editor: After read
ing a recent issue of your pub
lication and the letter to the
editor that it contained, I feel
that some measure of support
is due Mr. Bill Herring's let
ter regarding his recent ter
mination as humane officer.
I have known Mr. Herring
for the past several years and
have often seen the conscien
tious manner in which he exe
cuted his duties while serving
as humane officer. I know of
several instances when Mr.
Herring used not only his own
funds to better the Humane
society, but that he also spent
many long hours laboring to
see that the animals were well
cared for and that homes were
found for these unwanteds
and strays whenever possible.
Since I am not familiar
with the circumstances that
surrounded this termination I
can only say that the citizens
of Jackson county have in
deed lost a good humane offi
cer and that a big "thanks" is
due Mr. Herring for the fine
work that he has done in the
past.
(Name on File)
Medford
Tolerant Attitude
To the Editor: In reference
to Mr. Bulman's communica
tion in the Aug. 20 edition of
the Medford Mail Tribune:
"Obscenity is in the eye of
the viewer."
Perhaps many people are
disregarding a sense of val
ues when they refer to nudist
camps as being shameful
Those who do regard such
Take-Over in New
International Implications
erlands Antilles in the West
Indies, including oil-impor
tant Aruba and Curacao.
Whatever the government's
thinking on the West New
Guinea territory, it was an
unpopular move with the
Dutch public.
It brought sharp criticism
of the United States, which
turned down Dutch overtures
for American fighting help
when Indonesian President
Sukarno started to talk of
war to take the territory, and
placed a new strain on ever
taut NATO relationships.
Sukarno claimed the ter
ritory, retained by the Dutch
when Indonesia became in
dependent in 1 9 4 9, on
grounds that it was geograph
ically part of the former
Dutch East Indies. He argued
that the native Papuans were
In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
In Berlin, thousands of an
gry West Berliners gathered
at a cross-over point on The
Wall that divides the free
world from the slave . and
stoned both Russian and
American military vehicles.
Rocks were hurled at a
Soviet army bus that had
crossed over into West Berlin
on its way to the Soviet war
memorial on the West Berlin
side with replacements for the
Russian guards there. The
barrage of paving stones
smashed windows of the bus
and sent the Red Army sol
diers diving for safety on the
floor. '
A few hours later, a few
stones were thrown at two
jeeps carrying U.S. military
police patrols as they drove up
to the checkpoint in the wall.
The crowd jeered at the
Americans.
WHY the demonstration?
The West G e r m a ns
were Infuriated by the killing
two days before, by East Ger
man communists, of an East
Berlin youth who was trying
to escape to freedom in West
Berlin. Their anger was di
rected chiefly at the East Ger
man communists who did the
killing.
But -
They were angry at the
Americans for not interfering
to save the boy's life.
IT'S a grim situation.
About all that can be said
In defense of the Berlin, ar
rangement is that it dramatiz
es the brutal fact that East
Germany, a communist satel
lite, is a PRISON, with guards
on the wall whose instruc
tions are to KILL anyone who
tries to escape from the com
munist paradise.
Communism is a strange
sort of Paradise.
IiHIS modern world note:
The U.S. Public Health
Service disclosed the first
confirmed case of smallpox in
the U.S. since 1947, and urged
any persons who may have
come in contact with the vic
tim to be vaccinated imme
diately. The victim, a young Cana
dian, had entered the U.S.
from Brazil on August 11,
eight days ago, with other
members of his family. They
came in at New York's Idle-
groups in this manner are
showing their own low stand
ards by not understanding
the real reason for them, and
only look, shall we say, on
such a retreat as being im
moral. I have had no personal
contact or experience with
nudist camps nor would I
particularly like to partici
pate in one, thus being no
authority: however, I believe
that for some families and in
dividuals a camp of this sort
could be both a healthy form
of relaxation and a natural
relationship wilh nature
without superficial motives,
yet still retaining human dig
nity in their behavior.
Also we must remember
that in any culture or society,
no matter how large or small,
the norms or standards set up
by that society are the ones
to be followed, or rule by
the majority. Here we may
consider the nudist camp as
a small society in itself and
their standards are set up for
this particular type of group.
There is a place for minority
groups in our culture.
I do not regard the nudist
camp as being a main source
of evil in this world, but
those who criticize such
groups without doin due re
search and investigation into
the matter and without an
open mind arouse adverse
public opinion and make
more problems for all con
cerned.
Until we know more about
the mores of unfamiliar
groups a tolerant attitude is
more a virtue rather than a
vice.
Patty A. Barnes
2895 Hillcrest Rd.
Medford
the same stock as Indone
sians. And he boasted that
the Indonesian flag would
fly over the territory ' before
the first cock crows in 1963.
Capitulation of the Nether
lands on his terms - including
the stipulation that the Indo
nesion flag will be hoisted in
Hollandia Dec. ,31 although
Indonesia's sovereignty does
not take effect until May -gave
him a popularity-building
bone to throw to his peo
ple. Sukarno agreed to the
Netherlands' demand for an
"act of self-determination"
by the natives by 1969. But
the agreement makes no pro
vision for the possibility, un
likely by then, that the Pa
puans may vote in such
plebiscite to go back to
Dutch control.
wild airport and spent much
of the day in Grand Central
Station before boarding a
train for Toronto.
The boy was hospitalized at
Toronto, on arrival there, and
the disease was diagnosed as
smallpox. The incident has
created relatively little stir.
WHERE- was a time, within
- the memory ot living per
sons, when it would have
been otherwise. The whole
vast city of New York would
then have been terrified be
cause a person with smallpox
had wandered around for a
day in a big railroad terminal,
in contact with thousands of
people.
Toronto would have been
terrified because a youth with
smallpox had been hospitaliz
ed there. The terror would
have exceeded by far the present-day
terror of fall-out.
THAT was before the discov
ery of the preventive
power of vaccination. The mo
dern world has its shortcom
ings. But it has IMMENSE
ACHIEVEMENTS to offset its
drawbacks. We have plenty of
reason to be thankful that we
live in the modern world,
Familiar Names
Win in Wyoming
Cheyenne, Wyo. -(DPI)- For
mer Gov. Milward Simpson
and Rep. William Henry Har
rison (R-Wyo.) won Wyoming
primary election victories
Tuesday as voters set up a bal
lot for November filled with
familiar names and old rivals.
Simpson, 65, in a political
comeback, defeated former
University of Wyoming and
professional basketball star
Kenny Sailors, 41, for the
right to face Sen. J. J. Hickey,
(D-Wyo.) in November. It will
be a chance to even an old
account - Hickey's defeat of
Simpson in the 1958 gover
nor's race.
Hickey ran unopposed for
the Democratic nomination.
Harrison, 66, crushed G. L.
Spence, a county attorney half
his age to win the nomination
for his fourth term in the
House of Representatives.
Rancher Clifford P. Hansen
defeated attorney Charles M.
Crowell and former Cheyenne
Mayor R. E. Cheever in the
Republican gubernatorial
race.
With returns nearly com
plete, acting Gov. Jack R.
Gage led William (Scotty)
Jack in the Democratic gov
ernor's primary. Cheyenne at
torney Louis Mankus had a
comfortable lead over two
opponents, former Laramie
Mayor Stephen W. Movie and
George W. K. Posvar of Cas
per, for the Democratic con
gressional nomination.
Try and Stop Me
By BENNETT CERF
A TRAVELING Scotsman was given expense money to
put over a big deal. His reckless and most unusual
spending aroused the suspicions ot the bartender on his
block. "Don't worry,"
the Scotsman told him
sharply. "I'll know when
I get to my own money!"
a m
An aspirant for political
office pointed out at a rally,
"When Christopher Colum
bus started out, he didn't
have the faintest Idea where
he w-aa going. When he
got there, he didn't know
where he was. When he
got back, he couldn't tell
where he had been. And
he did it all on othr peo
ple's money. Mv friends.
Christopher Col urn b-.is
didn't have a thing on my distinguished opponentl"
OVERHEAD:
At the snack Inr of a drug store: "She's a typical. college
girl: poor on history but great on dates."
Newlywed to his bride: "Save the recipe for that tapioca,
pudding, darling. I have to mend a patch in the driveway."
Cannibal upbraiding his sen: "How often do I have to tell
you it's bad manners to talk with someone in your mouth?"
O 1X3, lj lionet Cut. Suuibuud by auag returns Sjuliute
Guinea
Australia holds the eastern
half of the island, part under
y. N. trusteeship.
The Australians admittedly
were more comfortable with
the Dutch in control of the
western half. Fears now. are
being expressed opei-ly that
Indonesia's next move might
be against the holdings of
Australia.
Strictly
Personal
By Sydney J. Harris
(c- Field Enterprises Ine.
INTERESTING COMMENT
My recent column on the)
corporations' use of comput
ing machines as a status sym
bol brought some interesting
comment from a number ot
sources. Apparently, over-use
of machines is even mora
prevalent than I had thought.
One letter, from a dean
of science at a famous uni
versity, called to my atten
tion a pertinent comment
made by Hans Bethe. one
of the world's leading nu
clear physicists.
In a recent interview on
"The American Character"
series sponsored by the Cen
ter for the Study of Democrat
ic Institutions, Dr. Bethe ob
served how the computing ma
chines could actually harm
academic and research work:
"I am a theoretical phsl
cist, and so I have a lot is
do with calculations," he
pointed aui. "We used to
do all our calculations by
hand with a slide rule. Then
we bought a small calculat
ing machine, costing a few
hundred dollars, which we
punched on the desk. Aft
er this, we spent most of
our time thinking about
ways to understand the
problem and to make it so
simple that a very short
and easy calculation would
give us the result. In the
process, we spent weeks
and months simplifying
the problem in our own
minds.
"Nowadays," Dr. Bethe
went on, "people have enor
mous computing machines
costing millions of dollars,
and the customary thing is
to take a theoretical phys
ics problem and code it for
the computer. You put it on
the computer and let the
computer give you the an
swer. "As a result, many sci
entists think only of how
to put the problem on the
computer. THEY NO LONG
ER THINK ABOUT THE
PROBLEM. (The emphasis
is mine-S.J.H.) By using
mechanical devices, people
are concentrating much less
on a real understanding of
the problem, and they lose
the inspiration and sugges
tions for further research
that came from the intimate
contact with every phase of
the calculations."
a
i
Apart from research, In
terms of teaching. Dr. Betho
adds, "only if you have a
real understanding can you
transmit to your students all
the thought and the steps that
go into the solution. You ob-'
viously can't do that if the)
computer gives the solution
. . . In many cases, if a ma
chine costs, say, several mil
lion dollars, people become)
more concerned with how
they are going to keep thin
machine in operation 24 hours
a day than with solving the
questions of physics."
Dr. Bcthe's comments, t
think, cut to the core of thn
matter - not merely about
computing machines, but
about teaching machines in
general, and their ultimata
effect upon the thinking proc
esses of human beings.