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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withdrawn from Medford ar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
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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
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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
$70,000 off on your tax bill.
The idea is that the 7 per
cent saving will cause so
many industries to buy new
machines that business will
be strongly stimulated, new
jobs will be created, the
threatened recession will be
headed off and a new boon
will be started.
QUESTION:
Why is it called Ihe bil
lion dollar business credit
bill?
The answer:
It is estimated lhat il will
cost Uncle a billion dollars
in taxes.
COMMENT?
It might be VERY helpful
if Uncle would reduce his
SPENDING by a billion dol
lars. SPEAKING of spending -President
Kennedy sets as a
national goal the landing of
Americans on the moon be
fore 1970 which is a little
more than seven years off.
It is generally estimated that
landing a man (or men) on
the moon will cost
neighborhood of 20
dollars.
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'HAT IS the urge lhat
drives us to get to the
moon? There are two urges:
1. Curiosity.
2. To beat the Russians to
it.
i N 0LD adage:
i s Curiosity killed the cat
What will it do to us?
Try and Stop Me
By BENNETT CERF
SIR CEDRIC HARDWICKE saw a sign on Hollywood
Boulevard reading, "Get a look at all the big homes of
the movie stars for SI!" He observed. "That's awfully cheap
for a trip to Switzer-
land!"
It in rumored that the
richest oil tycoon in Dallas
mid that's going some
hid & heart attack while
dictating in his office.
"Don't just lit there." he
gasped to hi$ 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.
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