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Newspaper Page Text'4 A- """Everyone In Southern Oregon jjeylsrhe Mail Tribune T Published Dully except Saturday by , MEIJKOI1D PRINTING CO. ' 33 North j;lr St., Ph. 773-6141 ROBERT W RUHL. Editor 11 HERB GREY AdvertUtnu Mananer GERALD 1 LATHAM. But. Mr. ERIC W ALLEN. JR.. Mnn. Editor EARL H ADAMS, City Editor HARRV CHIPMAN. Telej. Editor RICHARD JEWEIT. Sporta Editor OLIVE S fARCHER. Women'a Editor DALE EMtKJNCImiJatlon Mjiv ' An Independent Newspaper Entered as second class matter at Medlord, Oregon, under Act ot March 3. 1897 SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Mall In Advance. Copy 10c Dally and Sunday 1 year $15.00 Dally and Sunday A moa 8.00 Dailv and Sunday 3 mos. 4.23 Sunday Only One year 14 20 By Carrier In Advance Medford, Ashland. Central Point. E a r I e Point Jacksonville. Gold Hill. Phoenix. Shady Cove. Rogue Riv er Taient and on motor routes I Dally and Sunday 1 year 318 00 Dailv and Sunday 1 mn 150 Carnet and Dealers Copy 10c All Terms Cash lnAdvance "Offlrlarpaper of'cltv of'Medford'" Oinrlal 1'aper of Jarkgon County United Press International Full Leased Wire U P 1 relephoto Newsplctures "member of'audit bureau Of CIRCULATIONS Advertising Representative: NELSON ROBERTS & ASSOCI ATES. Ollices In New York. Chi. caco Detroit. San Francisco. Los Angeles Seattle. Portland, Denver NfWSPAPIK PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION NATIONAL EDITORIAL asQjcQtin Flight or Time Medford and Jackson County History from the files of The Mail Tribune 10. 20. 30, 40 and 50 year, ago. 10 YEARS AGO Aug. 31, 1952 (Sunday) Articles o f incorporation tiled for KGAM-TV Inc., to be lnrated In Medford by Shel don F. Sackett, Fred Chitly and Edilh Welbornc. Columbia Broadcasting sys tem programs to be available lo southern Oregon radio lis teners starling Oct. 6, broad cast by KYJC, Medford. 20 YEARS AGO Aug. 31. 1942 (Monday) City council considers cur few law for Medford; favors making it a misdemeanor for parents to allow daughters under 18-yrars-old to be on the streets at nighl. From Arthur Perry's "Ye r.mudgc Pot" column: "A Cal ifornian has been arrested fur drunken driving with a horse and buggy. The horse knew more than the driver, but the same can't be said of a steer ing wheel." . 30 YEARS AGO Aug. 31, 1932 (Wednesday) Capl. C. Y. Tcngwald re ports that special guard is withdrawn from Medford ar mory; it has been closely guarded following a threat of riHiiccr from raids by Commu nists, about a month ago. Transient couple hitch-hike to Medford from the east coast ; pushing their IS month old baby is halted temporarily in Eugene when anolhcr baby is born; Eugene officers hope to . hasten indigent pair lo Med- fnrrl 40 YEARS AGO County fair board contracts with Ashland band and Med lord Elks and DOKK bands to play at fair; negotiations con tinue with Grants Pass band. Grand opening of Comnuin - ilv hospital, 84;) East Main St., - 3D TLAIta Mcdtord municipal express ' delivery system is proposed: , 11 ..,,,1.,, .naiKcis emu" ii m,,vii, - IMI'UltH II I I' II i, ,.. l-ihan the Slate of Oregon is lor ; its direct legislation. '" v. Weybright kills forked tiorn deer in city limits ol :. Tolo; he sights the animal as Tic is caling brriiklusl, downs 11... t.-ilh nop Kllfll. .What's Your I.Q.? Nina or fen coiract It luperleri , seven or tight il excellent; five ot .ail is good. 1. Solidified carbon diox ide Is known as what? 2. Do racehorses on U.S. Iracks run clockwise or counter-clockwise ' 3. Is henmtolony the study - of hemstitching, genealogy, or blood'' I 4. Is the putting adder a 3. Is Minnesota's leading . flitmun innir, ii, 'ii ,m ' jfig silver producing conn- l.ir. in WlirlH'' "' "caveat emptor'' mean - O. iuiiiii lilt' tuii'in nil. ''Neither the President nor his ' wife are to be present Bt the trremony." , W. HOW I1IHO.V (HISSUMKIM S were there aboard the May flower'' 10. All foreign - born per sons are aliens; true or false? ; Answers: 1. Dry let. 2. Counter clockwise. 3. Blood. 4. No. S. Dairy produce. 6. U.S. and Mexico. 7. "Let the buyer beware." 8. "Neither the President nor hit wife Is . . " 9. One-hundred and two. 10. False. FRIDAY. AUGUST 31. 19S2 City Council Candidates This is going to be an interesting election year. Not only will Medford folk be voting on such matters as daylight saving time and fluoridation of city water; they also will be picking and choos ing from among more candidates for city office than we can recall ever having been on the ballot before. At this writing, there are three candidates for mayor, and nine candidates for the four council vacancies. There may be more before the ballot list closes at 5 o'clock this evening. 'T'HIS is most encouraging. It bespeaks wide- spread interest in city government, and the fact that so many people are offering themselves to public service in difficult and unpaid jobs be speaks a high level of public spintedness. City councilmen devote long hours to the affairs of the city not so many, perhaps, as be fore the city manager system was adopted, but still great amounts of time. For this they receive no pay; not even ex pense money in most cases. And, as is inevitable in public service, they arc open to eritcism from any and every taxpayer and voter. AI7E HAVE offered our share of criticism of councilmen and mayors from time to time, but nonetheless our respect for them (and for those who will be defeated, too) is high. The job of mayor, also unpaid, is vitally im portant. He is not the chief executive of the city, as he was in pre-city the presiding officer of public representative of the city, and is in a posi tion to exercise'influence and policy leadership. For this reason it is important that the best man available be selected. Medford has been ex ceedingly fortunate over the past dozen or more years in having men of high principle, character and ability in this job. But the job of councilman is less important only in degree, for on these eight men rests the responsibility not only of charting the course the city is to take, but also seeing that the course is followed. We are glad so many are willing to make the sacrifices necessary. E.A. 2V2 Miles Up At fifteen thousand feet more than l'- miles above the valley floor all of southern Ore gon and northern California lies below like a gigantic contour man. 1 he view extends to and Ml. -Jefferson on the Sisters to the north. Klamath Lake sprawls in the middle distance to the east, and one can see the dim ocean horizon to the west. The lakes lie like blue and green and brown jewels Emigrant, Hyatt, Howard Prairie, Fish, Fourmile, Willow and Lake of the Woods. ""THERE wasn't a cloud in the sky yesterday morning, and as the little plane and its oxygen-breathing passengers snared more than a mile above the summit of Mt. McLoughlin, the only thing that marked the blue above was the contrail of a jet, flying more than twice that alti tude. The long shallow bowl of the Rogue valley was almost obscured by a the forested slopes of the ly visible through the clean, sparkling air. The flight was another vivid reminder that we live in a beautiful land perhaps the most beau tiful in the world. E.A. Bottles and Idiots From the standpoint of the beer-guzzler, the no deposit, no return bottle is a great con venience iki empties to return, no extra pennies to pay. But from the standpoint of those who dislike litter along the roadsides, stream banks and chan nels, and in picnic areas and camps, and those who dislike the idea of cut feet, these bottles are a menace. A tin can will rust, and eventually decompose. A bottle or, worse, its sharp pieces and slivers will last practically forever. If the slobs who toss bottles, cans and other assorted garbage away on public property would see the error of their ways, there would be no problem. Hut to expect this is to expect the im possible. A jerk is a jerk and an idiot is an idiot. E.A. The Answer A Baptist minister, criticizing the President and Mrs. Kennedy, winds up by declaring: "In the seminary our teachers used to v;im us never lo appcur in the public presence of a lady with out a coat on, and here the President is appearing with only his shorts on " The answer to this may just possibly be that Mr. Kennedy is not a Baptist minister E.A. Wheat and Chaff 111 tlu'JH) days of space shots, armaments races, revolutions, civil wars, nolitical rivalries, scientific achievements, economic rivalries, con ' flictinjr ideologies, ot al, the wheat and chaff are I often difficult to separate. John C'iardi. writing in the Saturday Review, put it this way: "Show me a man who is not confused and I will show you a man who has not hern thinkin;:." E.A. manager days, but he is the council, the chief ML Lassen to the south far side of the Three haze of mill smoke, but higher hills were clear "It Is My Great Privilege Uh Hai A COMMUNICATIONS Letters to the Editor must bear the name and address of the writer, although under certain circumstances the use of a pen name or initial for publication is permissible. The Mail Tribune reserves the right to edit all letters with a view to clarification and 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 ofton the case. In It Together To the Editor; Strange isn't it how it was a white man that crucified the Christ? Not a red or brown man, not a black or yellow man, but the white man who wears the crown of cruelty and savagry before the most high. Why? Perhaps if the Sav iour would have come to these other races they might have loved Him and treated Him more kindly. II is our way to give much lip service to our Holy Writ, striving to believe It. We read of edicts given; how if a man takes the life of his brother his own life will be required of him. 11 docs not matter when, how, or by whom another edict is given. They who deal treacherously with and lead into captivity the same shall he dealt treacherously with and lead into captivity. And again no matter when, how, or by whom. ' This touches on the natural law of like begils like. You cannot plead extenuating cir cumstances to a grain of wild oats, or just why it must come up wheat because il is wheal you need. But if the time should come when a man can take any kind of seed, throw it on the ground and it comes up lush and healthy just what he wanted, in that day he will know he is the greatest pow er. But until then he is not. He can deny the existence of the Most High Power, he can deny he has a soul but he did not create himself: the job is already done, and what he thinks about it doesn't mean a thing. His mind was made flexible so he could change it now and then. This is a virtue to him. Man dese crated the pyramids looking for gold, and got the Sahara desert instead. It's old hat his always wanting the moon, now .jhe beckons; "Maybe 1 will kill you. Maybe 1 will cure you. Come and see." Of course he just might be induc ed to forget about her and settle for a mountain of gold right here or perhaps the I touch of Midas. Now I think the Gods are laughing at their little people. i We grow smaller by the minute trying lo comprehend Melchi.edck. Bui sink or swim we are all in this to gether aren't we? Ida Kelly, III Quince st , Medford What Did Ht Say? To the Keillor: At t he end of Juno wo wrote lo your piiper concerning the foreign I policy proposals of Wall W, S Rostow, nn advisor lo the 'State Department and a New j Frontiersman of considerable .. influence. You and your read ers will recall thai our con cern was aroused because these Rostow proposals re portedly paralleled the ' l,u oral Tapers" in content, out- 1 1 ii t UK a step-by-step relin quishing of American power and position of advantage, , placiiiK' us at the mercy even I tunlly of the Increasingly ' powerful Communist Con spiracy which, through .some i twist of the imagination of : present people m govern ment, is regarded as being on . the decline. If Communism is subsiding on a worldwide basis, it would not appear to be of our doing as evidenced j by the recent apparent Anier ! ican sanctioned loss of Laos ("noutralued"!, the spectacle ' of American pressure on our ; old ally Holland to force it ; into agreement for the sur render of more territory lo the Indonesian Socialist Su karno (Socialist here is like ly more kind than approp riate!, talk of making" con cessions ft Geneva, and re- nrwed talk of sanctions-this : time, economic against thr I people of Katanga w ho wish MEDFORD MAIL To Preent A Man Who Brother Who " lo be independent (a principle which we supposedly uphold). Coming in the wake of these and other happenings, one must ponder the appear ance of the Rostow Proposals and then subsequent classifi cation as secret. We under stand that executive immun ity has been invoked in pro tection of these considered observations of Mr. Rostow. This would represent at least the second time in re cent months tile executive has seen fit to protect those in this branch from the scrutiny of the public and congress in general. (The other occasion arose when congressional investigators tried lo obtain the names of those responsible for censor ing of military speeches). Truly, these must be some "sophisticated" proposals which would frighten the un informed. One of the more liberal senators has stated that Mr. Rostow freely answered ques tions before the Senate For eign Affairs Committee and that this record would be soon made public. Perhaps if this record is sufficiently complete and unabridged more of the general public and congress will become gen uinely informed of these "so phisticated" policies. Let's write our senators to Iry to determine what Mr. Rostow really had to say. (Mrs.) Eva V. Burnham, Chairman, Committee for Constitutional Practices Route 2. Box 96 Hayden Lake, Idaho Removi the Shackles To the Editor: It now seems to be well agreed that some changes and improvements are needed in downtown Medford. I think the citizens of this community should be told that the property owners and merchants are not mere ly sitting still waiting for manna from heaven before doing anything about it. Sev eral of them have already made long-range plans to im prove their properties. Others are still in the talking stage. But they do realize the neces sity of doing something about the problem which exists. The downtown merchants should not be the only ones concerned about the situation, however. It is not good for I homeowners to see the as ! sesscd value of downtown I properties being reduced, as i is now the case. What we need is community planning and cooperation to assist in creating a dramatic new core area. With all of the brains, and good civic spirit and pride that exists in Medford. I am sure that will come about, as soon as we remove the shackles of 1 92(1 era thinking. Many barbs have recently been thrown at me for men tioning this problem. 1 feel they are undeserved. But if the result is constructive thinking which will benefit the whole community, then I will cheerfully accept all the remarks which have been made, nod many more. I know that I share with others the desire for constant im provement to this city, in which we are all glad to live Kdward Branchficld iJtl Stark st. Medford He Ii Thankful To the Editor: I should like to publicly express my heart felt thanks to you ritirens of Jackson county. Your hclo and snipathi- at the time nf my witc unfortunate death were of great comfort to me. My special thanks to thos. in the Sheriff's department with whom 1 worked al the time. Their tireless efforts, politeness and understanding TRIBUNE. MEDFOHD. OREGON Renewed Mark of Nasser's Attempts to Recoup By PHIL NEWSOM UPI Foreign News Analyst Back ot the current Egyp tian - Syrian dispute and the accompanying possibility of new Mid-East turmoil is an interesting in side story. It involves the efforts of Egypt's ambi- I 1 1 0 u "esl- I VKfl I dent Gamal I 'II Abdel Nasser to recoup loss- ftewsom es suffered a year aso when Syria broke away from Nasser's United Arab Republic in a sudden military coup. Relations between the two have been cool ever since. In the current dispute Syr ia has charged Egypt with in terference in her affairs and Washington Report By William (e United Feature Syndicate PLAYING IT COOL Washington -Emotional cries from the more passionate new frontiersmen picture Presi dent Kennedy as afire with zealous desire to go shouting and leaping all over the m country in this fall's con gressional campaign. The truth, nii however, is that the President is still play ing it cool as he ponders both the perils and the opportun ities of a massive personal in tervention in the contest. At the moment, the actual made a very sad day more bearable. I shall never forget your many kindnesses. I hope some day to visit you again under happier circumstances. May I in some small way return your hospitality. Herschel Cozine 4538 Auhay dr.. Santa Barbara, Calif. Motel Co nments To the Editor: The hnr geoning of new motels in the Medford area, as elsewhere, evokes mixed reactions on the part of home - bodies and travelers alike. To realtors, builders, chambers of com merce, tax assessors and tax payers they doubtless are wel come boosts to the economy and as sharers of the common tax burden. To many, and perhaps most, motorists seek ing a comfortable night's lodging they may prove a boon or a bane, depending upon a number of factors which 1 would invile readers especially these modern age roadside innkeepers to consider. Obviously, we have made real progress from the rus- tic cabin of yesteryear, with its iron cot, army blankets, pitcher - and - bowl washstand and other primitive appurte nances, to the motel of today. Of course, there is also a marked differences in fees, from the $1 of the former to the latler's $10-20 or more per night and there's the rub. Like going from the $475 or so Model T Ford of the teens or early twenties lo the $3-4.000 - or - more cars of today: from one extreme to the nlher. Whal has become of the "happy medium" in these spheres? Fortunately, t h e economy - minded motorist (probably most of us are in that category) has found re lief in the small foreign car or its new, nearest American 1; i I ' J equivalent, the compact. But;crats that the real danger comparable comfort and econ-i to Kennedy in 19fi4 will be omy in motels remain relative - ly scarce. The matter was wen summarized in a Bostoni- Dy Democratic iurti aim an s letter in the July 22 New ; made available to the Piesi York Times in which he reg- dent have offered a somewhat ! inters "a strong protest against these luxury establishments ': "They are fine, of course, for people with Cadillacs and salesmen with expense ac counts. But for ordinary peo ple who are on the move, who stay one or two nights in a place and . . . are interested only in a bed, a chair and a shower, this $14-22 rale ($7-11 per person) is simply out of the question. "To what. (hen. will lnw hudtrt tourists turnt1 The trends are clear: toward sta tion wagons with built-in beds, to side-arm tents and lo camn ing equipment. Perhaps this will drive down the prices of motels. Or bring forth more of the old - type, simply equip ped motel charging $3 to $" per person." Floods of tourists to the Fair with many hotel and mo tel rooms remaining vacant in Seattle, led the Oregonian to miK-h the same conclusion (8 221: "More and more tour ists are I eating the high cost of truvcl . . . by carrying their beds with lliem." Arnold Eugene .lenny Rogue Yailey Manor Medford Dispute Between Egypt, Syria, has demanded Egypt's con demnation by the 13-nation Arab League. Egypt in turn has threatened to withdraw from the League for which she provides a third of the funds and most of the admin istration. As the world conducts its affairs today, interference in the affairs of one nation by another strictly is a matter of relativity, depending upon the eye of the beholder. So far as interference with Syria is concerned, this much is on the record: on July 22 and again on July 26 Nasser told mass rallies that "Egypt can no longer tolerate the sup pression of the Syrian people . . . we will give all support and aid needed ... to liberate Syria from the tyranny oi re action." These speeches followed 10 S. White position stands this way: Be yond doubt, he will intervene in those areas where the chance of significant gain is worth the very substantial risk involved. But it is likely that before he even thinks of committing himself to an all-out national effort, he will make one or two more pre liminary and "non-political" trips to test the national cli mate. A prudent swimmer puts a toe into unknown waters before plunging in head-first. KENNEDY is well aware that history discourages the notion that any president can safely go out and tell any large section of the people how to vote in senate and house races. The latest evi dence was supplied by Presi dent Eisenhower, who, despite enormous personal popularity, was singularly unable to con vince the people to vote his way in congressional elec tions. Kennedy, on the other hand, is certain that something ought to be done - if it can be done - to make the new congress more hospitable to his domestic program than has been the old. It is his belief that possibly - just possibly -this can be done on these as sumptions: Reapportionment has re duced the number of con servative Old South Demo cratic seals in congress while giving new seats to the Far West. The President's central hope is that he can help turn these new seats to New Front icr Democrats and thus strike a double blow for things liko medical care and urban re newal. opf. ALL the 50 states. Cali fornia offers the richest lode of possibilities, and it is here that the true heart of the presidential effort almost certainly will be made. Superficially, the Presi dent's main purpose will be to help the sitting Democratic governor, Pat Brown, defeat Republican challenger Rich ard Nixon. Many Nixon-haters automatically and joyously assume that this is a kind of holy and ultimate Kennedy objective. Actually. Kennedy - himself no Nixon-hater if also surely no Nixon well wisher - will be more inter ested in those new house seats in California. This does not mean that the White House denies any possible menace from a Nixon presidential candidacy in 1064. or necessarily shares the conviction of many Demo- 1 Nelson Rockefeller of New York. Confidential polls taken astonishing conclusion and claim. This is that Kennedy would handle Governor Rockefeller with ease in the decisive urban centers of the natum - quite possibly easier than he could handle Nixon How ever wrong 111 is idea may be. it is undoubtedly encour aged around the While House. THUS. the fact that Ken- 1 nrdv's interest in Cal l- fnrniH really lies m ;re ni those bonus house seats than in Governor Brown in no way reiecU the latent power of Nixon Nor docs it imply any j run-out on Brown. Rather, it i? based on two theories: 1. In the overriding ! necessity for the President is : to alter the face of consrej-s - ! leaving him time later t3 : think very much about 19H4. J Anyhow. Nixon would find it difficult to make a di rect presidential chailemje in l!)fil even should he make it for governor of California Hj would haw a lot on his plate a! home and would be like. v to wniiiiold his second thrust for the presidency to some point beyond 1064. J months of self-imposed silence in which Nasser contented himself with saying only that Egypt now would concentrate on perfecting her own social ist state. The Syrians now charge that all the while Nasser also was attempting to infiltrate agents into Syria for the pur pose of stirring up new revolt. Persons familiar with the situation inside Syria report sentiment badly split. The army is split between seces sionists and those favoring re union with Egypt. The latter element also is split between those favoring complete union and those favoring internal autonomy within a federation. Popular sentiment is said lo run strongly for reunion, but this sentiment lacks leader ship. Nasser long has been known to be dissatisfied with the Arab League and to favor an Arab socialist union of "pro gressive Arab elements." In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS Pockctbook note in the news: The cost of living hits a new all-time high in July paced by higher prices for pork, milk, eggs, movie tickets, beauty treatments and medical care. This business of living is getting more complicated all the time. FROM Washington: The senate votes 52-30 to keep in the tax revision bill the key provision recom mended hy President Ken nedy a billion dollar invest ment credit designed to en courage U.S. business to mod ernize its plants. The vote is regarded as a victory for President Ken nedy's proposal to stimulate business by cutting taxes. HOW WILL it work? It will allow a lax credit of $7 on every $100 spent for new or expanded business and industrial facilities. That is lo say, if you are a bus iness man and spend SI, 000 for a new machine, you will get $70 off on your tax bill. If you spend a million for Ihe new machine, you'll get $70,000 off on your tax bill. The idea is that the 7 per cent saving will cause so many industries to buy new machines that business will be strongly stimulated, new jobs will be created, the threatened recession will be headed off and a new boon will be started. QUESTION: Why is it called Ihe bil lion dollar business credit bill? The answer: It is estimated lhat il will cost Uncle a billion dollars in taxes. COMMENT? It might be VERY helpful if Uncle would reduce his SPENDING by a billion dol lars. SPEAKING of spending -President Kennedy sets as a national goal the landing of Americans on the moon be fore 1970 which is a little more than seven years off. It is generally estimated that landing a man (or men) on the moon will cost neighborhood of 20 dollars. w 'HAT IS the urge lhat drives us to get to the moon? There are two urges: 1. Curiosity. 2. To beat the Russians to it. i N 0LD adage: i s Curiosity killed the cat What will it do to us? Try and Stop Me By BENNETT CERF SIR CEDRIC HARDWICKE saw a sign on Hollywood Boulevard reading, "Get a look at all the big homes of the movie stars for SI!" He observed. "That's awfully cheap for a trip to Switzer- land!" It in rumored that the richest oil tycoon in Dallas mid that's going some hid & heart attack while dictating in his office. "Don't just lit there." he gasped to hi$ secret -y . Go out and buy a hj pitai:" Current is the dtory u. two crystal gazers who were marooned m their ?ajide home by & hurri cane and forty-foot waves crashing in from the sea. "You know." sa;d one of the cr gazers, ' this storm reminds me of the one in 19f$!" Siddest sack of the month: the man who pulled the won! ov?t his wue's eyes with the wrong yarn. Add to Famous Laji Word: "Hey. Natalie, hnd me that stack of books to stand on so I ca.i reach this curtain rod.'' C H3. by Bennett Ctrf, Distributed bx aluf T saturts Ivnlictta His current moves suggest he has two goals: to stir up the) leadership necessary to a suc cessful Syrian revolt, and, ei ther to destroy the League or revamp it in his own image. Strictly Personal By Sydney J- Harris le- Field Enterprises Inc. MEMORY Albert Einstein once re marked, only half - jokingly, that "Education is that which remains, it one has for gotten every thing he learn ed at school." I was riding on a plane the other day, try inn In wnrtr a J Double - Cros mum tic puzzle in Harna The Saturday Review. One of the defini tions was "a useful adverbial form in Latin (two words)." Suddenly, out of nowhere, the answer came to me: "abla tive absolute." On the con scious level, I had forgotten all the declensions and con junctions I had learned in Latin at school 30 years ago. Only a few tags and phrase remained in my mind. Yet, in some curious way my preconscious had re tained this bit of informa tion - useless, perhaps, ex cept for working a puizle, but indicative of the truth of Einstein's remark. A great deal of what we learn in school seems "for gotten." but if we have) been diligent, most of it re mains imprinted in the) mind, and can be recalled by pressing the right mental button. Recent psychological re search has shown that w actually forget nothing we have heard or observed under drugs or hypnosis, we are able to bring back impressions we were not even aware of at the time. Admittedly, my remem bering the ablative absolute doe nothing to make me an "educated person"; it is juat a piece of isolated informa tion. But, it does indicate) that no academic intake is really "wasted"-that, given the proper stimulus, we can recall what we once learned, however halfheartedly, how ever ihallowly. And the real value of an education (apart from any vo cational or professional pur pose) is precisely lo store tlm mind with this background in formation. Each item may b useless in itelf; but together they provide a set of keys for opening a wide variety ot locks. This, I think, is what Ein stein meant: lhat even when we have presumably forgotten our school-work, if we once) really learned it, it has nor. been lost. For instance, I doubt if I could work an in volved problem in geometry today but if I were faced with the necessity for con structing some device, if my life or safety depended upon it. I would then h iM, 4M lT-irhe ' upon my bllried geomet billion ; rie memnrv It is commonly known thai! once we learn how to swim or to ride a bicycle, we never forget these skills, no matter how rusty they may becomn with disuse. Whal is less com monly accepted is lhat the) mind has muscles of its own, which also respond to thn right stimuli, and will bring back past learning when th occasion demands it. .ClC e-r