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10 A WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 12. 1962 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON AUGMENTED ROMAN BJkimnnocEciwocup PS3t4UIBVWtyz Small Worlds Around Us By LYNN M. WATKINS Register and Tribuna Syndicate 1962) Being a Conductor Danny Kaye To Apear at Helm Of National Symphony Orchestra 'AUGMENTED ROMAN' Worried by the failure of many cnuaren 10 learn 10 reau quicriiy, British education authorities embarked a year ago on a bold experiment which involved almost a new alphabet. Reportedly a suc cess, the new alphabet, called ' Augmented Roman, con sists of 24 letters from the normal alphabet, and 19 com binations of letters to cover the 40 basic sounds in English. Illustration shows the new alphabet. (UPI) Fantastic Success Reported in Use of New 'Augmented Roman7 By ROBERT MUSEL United Prais International London -HPIi- Worried by the failure of many children , to learn to read as quickly as they should, British education authorities embarked a year aso on a bold experiment which involved almost a new alphabet. And today, with the ap proach of a new school term, officials in charge of the ex periment said teachers had re ported it to be a fantastic suc cess so far among the first 1.000 five-' ear-olds taking part. The children have been taught a new alphabet called "augmented Roman," devised by Sir James Pitman, the shorthand pioneer. From Normal Alphabet It consists of 24 letters from the normal alphabet-"X" and "Q" are eliminated - and 19 combinations of letters to cov er the 40 basic sounds in Eng lish. A spokesman for Sir James said that since it was a sci- Partisan Effort Increases Hope for Project at Hanford matter was called up Aug. 29, the House ended a bitter two day fight over President Ken nedy's bill for emergency public works spending. The Republicans made a concerted party effort to defeat this pro posal but they lost partly because of the defection of Van Zandt and other Pcnnsyl vanians from the coal regions who - supported the public! works measure. This reported ly infuriated GOP floor leader Charles Halleck, who then lifted not a finger to help Van Zandt when the Hanford issue followed. Whether or not this ill-will factor will continue when the conference report emerges for a house vote is not known. Scheme Discovered Of the other "switchers." j 37 were southern Democrats and 9 northern Democrats. The evangelistic efforts of Northwest Democrats is thought to have brought them around. An apparent reason for their changing is that they discovered the new scheme in volving WPPSS would not cost the government any more money and may in lime bring in some revenue from the sale of steam. Hi p. Howard Smith (D Va.), the patriarch who heads the powerful House Rules Com mittee, brought out this "econ omy factor by asking some pointed questions during the debate. .Smith then voted again! Van Zandt, possibly bringing a number of other conservative southerners with him. By A. ROBERT SMITH Mail Tribune Washington Correspondent Washington - (Special) - A strong bi-partisan effort by Pacific Northwest lawmakers, ML ' ' ' V ' plus a ior- f'" "hf i tuitolls Pollt" . $T i c a I circuit) MwjTj stance, has ' A brighten- ft ? i ' j cd once aRaln ( . 17 '''. the prospects iJWi ' of c o n g r e s - sional approv al .flrftl al for the Han- iw ftCiiJ 1 0 r d a,,omlc Smith puwui p i a o t project. But because the House of Representatives has refused to approve the project on four previous occasions, its sup porters are a trifle gunshy about expressing optimism concerning its current revival. As the project now stands, Ihc Senate has included in the annual atomic authorization bill a provision authorizing Ihc government to make a contract with Washington Public Power Supply System whereby this local utility will build and finance an 800,0110 KW. generating plant to be energized by waste steam from a federal plutonium-oro-1 ducing reaclor al Iho Hanford works near Richland, Wash. The resulting power outpnt would be ottered 50-50 to both private and public power sys tems through the Bonneville Power Administration. The House version of the bill de nies such authorization. Conferees from both House and Senate are expected to accept the Si nate version be ' cause a nosr eoun! shows lhal 9 of the 10 conferees favor the Hanford project. The lone dissenter is Hep. James Van Zandt ill PA.), vocal leader of the opposition to the project. Showdown Coming The showdown will come when the conference report conies up in the House. The House must approve it all or reject it; or It can send it back to conference with instruction to delete the controversial Hanford item from the other wise non-contentious overall bill. Reason for the cautious new optimism is an apparent shift j of sentiment in the House I which became evident on I Aug Jt) when Van Zandt lost heavily in an attempt to get the House lo instruct the I House conferees not to agree ; to the Senate version. On lhat 1 day fill congressmen who had i previously voted against the Hanford project in July re fused this tunc lo support Van Zandt. ! Of this group of 'switch ers.'' 34 were Republicans. Many of them had been but tonholed in advance by North west Republicans, notably Rep. Catherine May of Yak ima, in whose district the pro ject would be built. But some1 its vocational rehabilitation of them indicated they needed I counselor Iraineeslnp p r o nn excuse for switching and gram . Assisting him as coor by accident. Van Zandt gavcidinalor is I)r Frances t". it to them. Scott, research assistant in ed- Just before the Hanford I uration. entitle experiment he would not comment upon it officially until all the results were in two years from now. But many schools throughout Brit ain have asked to join the first 24 schools which teach aug mented Roman. "The teachers say they are getting amazing results," said the spokesman. Learn To Read Faster Some teachers believe the children will learn to read in half the time and cut down the number of failures-estimated at 25 per cent with the conventional alphabet -lo al most nothing. The present experiment being sponsored by the Uni versity of London Institute of Education and the National Foundation for Education Re search. It chose the first 1,000 children to represent a normal range of intelligence. Their progress was matched against control groups learn ing to read in the conventional manner. On the few results so far available the augmented Ro man children seem to be progressing much faster than those using the ordinary al phabet. The spokesman for Sir James said sumo of the aug mented children had already mastered it completely and had no difficulty in reading regular English. One of Criticisms This was one of the criti cisms of Sir James' alphabet that, in effect, children would learn lo read in it, and then have to learn to read all over again in the normal alphabet. "They have a feeling of con fidence once they can read augmented Roman," said the spokesman, "and so they do not have much trouble puz zling out words in regular English through the context." In augmented Roman each letter or combination of let ters stands tor a single sound. Children are not confused by capital letter; the upper case letters are simply larger vcr- X-ray Finds What Happens But Can't Explain Mystery The penetrating eye of the X-ray seeks facts otherwise hidden. It can peek inside an insect cocoon, but it can't ex plain the mysterious and si lent changes when the tissues of a worm change shape and character. Inside that silly co coon an ugly worm can change into a winged insect with the ability to fly and to recreate itself times without number. Seemingly it is a delicate and frail creature, as though a little breeze could destroy it, yet it lives, flics and is driven by a powerful force called instinct; a more com pelling force than the human mind can comprehend. Mysterious Change The X-ray can penetrate easily the limey covering of a silly looking egg. Within is merely a liquid. A little time, the right degree of warmth and the liquids undergo a mys terious change. The fluids sep arate and solidify. Legs, skin, vital organs, bones and a nerv ous and digestive system, along with other complicated parts, take shape and sub- sions of those in lower case, i stancc, and a living animal The new alphabet also dras tically cuts down the illogical pronunciation of some spell-ing-for example the "ough" sound in through, trough, bough, cough, etc. is born. No thinking person can ob serve the results, the living bird, without a feeling of awe at the wonder of it. Under a powerful micro scope we can watch a living I cell. We can even see it grow or divide, but the microscope cannot tell us how or why. There is much wonder and mystery in a human hand, in the paw of an animal, a bird's wing, or in the fin of a fish; never equaled by any ma chine. Each is suited to un limited adjustments; each adapted to many purposes. The marvel of an insect's leg passes all understanding. Some insects have legs many times smaller in diameter than the finest silk thread, yet in those delicate members ar? joints that move with silence and ease, under direct control of its owner. Legs, often so tiny they are invisible to the unaided human eye, can be bent, can be moved in several directions, can be raised, low ered, or can move the insect body. And within them flow juices to lubricate and nour ish them. There are those among us who attempt to explain these things in simple language. They are smug about it, as if they really knew but doubted if the rest of humanity could understand. But they, like all the rest of us cannot explain the mystery of life. Wi all stand aghast, at the outer edge of Nature's world, and wonder at the mystery ot creation. By DICK WEST Washington, IUPB - There are two ways to become a sym- phony orchestra conductor. assuming mat you are too poor to buy your own or chestra. One way is to en ter a conserv atory and study music, hoping that you will some day be hired as a conductor. That is the hard way. The other way is to start out as a comedian, which is even harder. The only comedian current ly functioning as a symphony conductor is' Danny Kaye. That shows you how hard it is for a comedian to get ahead in the conducting racket. There are, of course, some conductors who might qualify as comedians, but that doesn't count. The comic aspect of their conducting usually is unintentional. Kaye was in Washington this week beating the drums, or lympani, in con nection with his forthcom ing appearance as guest conductor of the National Symphony Orchestra. The performance will be a benefit concert for the or chestra's sustaining fund. "I don't know what that is. but it sounds great to me," Kaye said I caught up with the maes tro at the Supreme Court where he was having lunch with some of the justices. The luncheon was arranged by Mrs. Justice Byron White, a member of the concert com mittee. Mr. Justice White, who pre sumably had inside informa tion, was -out of town. Asked how he goes about preparing for a symphony concert. Kaye explained that Personal Incomes Hit Record Highs Washington - WI) - Personal incomes and nonfarm employ ment rose to record highs in August, the government re ported Tuesday. Corporate profits increased in April, May and June. This came as a mild surprise lo government economists. These were the high points of reports on the economy which were generally encour aging but not indicative of a strong rate of expansion. Government economists, it was learned, estimate the gain in total business activity in July, August and September at about S5 billion. The ad vance in the preceding three months was $7 billion. On the unfavorable side, it was reported that mortgage foreclosures on nonfarm prop erties have continued to rise. The total of 42,591 in the first half of the year was the high est for any January-July per iod since 1939. he had a big advantage over ' most conductors He can't ; read music. He therefore doesn't have ! to bother with learning the i score. What he does is play ' the symphonies on phono. graph records until he ' ! memorizes the "tune." 1 "Do you conduct the same i number that the orchestra is playing, or does that matter?" I asked. '. i Kaye said it didn't make? i much difference to him. He said he had found that an 1 orchestra doesn't really need a conductor - just someone j lo start it off. In recent years, Kaye has guest conducted about si other orchestras, each time to , critical acclaim. After his ap pearance with the New York : Philharmonic, a critic for 11)9 New York Times wrote: , "Conducting will never b i the same again- Neither will i the New York Philharmonic." From all indications, how ever, Kaye himself waj unchanged. LITTLE DAISY'S BACK! Traveling Institute Visits Roseburg Cuba Apparently Under Censorship i By United Press International Premier Fidel Castro ap- j parently has pulled down the j iron curtain oi censorsnip over developments in Cuba, j probably as a result ot the : Free World's reaction to the Soviet buildup of arms and men on the island. ' Repeated efforts riy United Press International to contact ; its bureau in Havana by cable and telephone suae Monday have been fruitless. Reuters British News Agency also re ported it was unable to get through. The Associated Press said it . got through a telephone call early this morning but that I the man who answered the bureau phone ill Havana was Eugene The first traveling rehabilitation institutr in Ore gon got under way in Hose burg this week under the joint sponsorship of Ihc University of Oregon school of educa tion and the division of voca tional rehabilitation nf the Oregon department of educa tion. Under a S:t.94ti grant from the US office nf VM.ntmn.l rehabilitation, the sixth an- ""' I'il''' 1,1 hom- They mini Oregon Vocational Itella-1 sa"1 1, (1 message with bilitation Institute also will i hlm ,luMI' r,'K"1"r cones-, visit Newport, Corvallis and ! P""' n',l"'n NVw j Klamath Falls nod will return I Vork vM- 1,111 hcy r0' for a final summary session in 1 reived none Roseburg later in the week i Tl"' N''l'"' Broadcasting In previous years the insti- Company said it has not heard lute was held in on iv -.ih lr" "s resident correspon panic panls coming from dif ferent parts of the state. The dent in Havana, John 1 1 lava- ' I i-.'k M.ui.:iv traveling institute is a pilot i study to allow the Hosvtiurgl group to view rehabilitation I problems through interagency community action. 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