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Medloid and Jackson County
History from Ihe tllei ot The
Mail Trlbuna 10, 20, 30, 40
and 50 years ago.
10 YEARS AGO
Sept. 27. 1952 (Saturday)
Escaped convict Gerlad Ma
comber continued to evade
capture In the Upper Apple
gate valley today as about
eight men, aided by a dog,
continued the search for him.
Fourteen new faculty mem
bers have joined the staff at
Southern Oregon college for
the opening of fall term.
20 YEARS AGO
Sept. 27. 1942 (Sunday)
Second day registration at
Medford senior high school
totals 550; same number en
rolled at Junior high school.
From Arthur Perry's "Ye
Smudge Pot" column: "En
forcement of the proclaimed
33-milc-an-hour speed limit on
the highways and byways pre
sents problems. First, the law
must catch an autoist going 35
miles an hour.
30 YEARS AGO
Sept. 27. 1932 (Tuesday)
Pioneers from nil sections
of Oregon gather In Jackson
ville for 57th annual reunion
of Southern Oregon Pioneer
association.
State supreme court upholds
life sentence imposed on Al
bert W. Reed for his part in
murder of Ashland Policeman
Victor Knott.
40 YEARS AGO
Sept. 27. 1922 (Wednesday)
Ashland man contributes
$.T.000 for use in Walter M.
Pierce's campaign for gov
ernor. Ten inches of snow fnlls at
Crater lake; lodge closed week
early.
SO YEARS AGO
Sept. 27, 1912 (Friday)
Medford High school and 10
other schools represented at
meeting for formation of
Rogue River Valley Athletic
association.
A. A. Davis, Medford, sells
R40 acres of orchard land to
California group for $350,000.
What's Your I.Q.?
Nin or ten correct ft luocrior:
even or tight ii xctlltnt; flv or
ii it good.
1. Was Ihe "Titanic" sunk
by a submarine?
2 Are Iherp three or seven
hills of Rome?
3. Is marjoram, native to
Smith Amenta and Ihe Medi
terranean, a spire or a small
monkey?
I. Was Edmund Burke born
In Ireland or England?
5. Who originated Ihe idea
of placing buttons on Ihe ruffs
of men's sleeves?
6. What nationality were
the soldiers raptured at the
Battle of Trenton?
7. In which Stale was Presi
dent William Henry Harrison
born?
B. Was he President before
or afler Benjamin Harrison
9. Were ambulances first
Introduced in warfare by Eng
lish, Frenrh, or Americans?
111. "Walls have tongues and
hedges have ears." Is this a
rrferenrp to gossip or eaves
dropping? Answers! 1. No. Iceberg, 2.
Seven, 3. Spice. 4. Ireland. S.
Frederick Ihe Great. 8. Hess
Ian. 7. Virginia. 8. Before.
9. French, 10. Both.
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SEPTEMBER 27. 19S2
Congressional A buses
A wide range of political observers, spanning
the spectrum from way-out liberals to way-out
conservatives, has become more and more con
cerned with 'Congressional organization, pro
cedures and various foibles in recent years.
"T. R. B.," the columnist for the New Repub
lic, has long maintained that the seniority sys
tem for committee chairmanships has done more
to hold the country back than any single thing.
James Reston, the New York Times Washing
ton bureau chief, had much the same thing to say
recently, only he broadened it out to include the
abuse of personal power and the flagrant misuse
of funds on the part of some members of Con
gress. ,
H
E SAID:
'All efforts to get the Congressmen to disclose their out-..
side earnings; to account for the foreign currencies they
get out of the counterpart funds in United States embas
sies when they go overseas; to save time by adopting the
rule of relevancy in Senate debate, or to adopt electric
voting in the House, or to hold joint hearings on many
bills; to protect witnesses before Congressional committees;
to establish a fair system of ethics and fund-raising In
campaigns; to give equal professional staff to the Republi
can minority; and to modify the seniority system of picking
chairman - none of these things ever gets a decent hearing.
"Maybe these are not all prudent modifications, but the
point ia that men who are supposed to symbolize the demo
cratic process do not even give them a democratic chance."
Reston cites chapter and verse in regard to
some of the abuses he outlines. It does not make
a pretty picture.
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DERHAPS the time has come, perhaps it is long
past time, for Congress to reassess its proce
dures, its organization, its responsibilities.
It's not a question of not knowing what is
I wrong, or or not knowing now to ngnt tne
wrong. It is a question of doing it
But, with the abuses "hallowed" by tradition,
and opposed by the powerful minority of mem
bers which benefits from them, Congress will not
make the necessary changes worse, will actual
ly resist change unless there is sufficient out
cry for reform.
This outcry can be made use of by responsible
leaders only if it is sufficiently loud and clear.
It is up to those of us who are sick and tired of
abuses, petty empires and obstructionism to make
the outcry loud and clear. E. A.
Silent Spring
"Silent Spring," a
should be a runaway best
vance indications are valid.
As Eric Sevareid pointed out on this page last
Sunday, the book, written by a quiet and re
tiring woman scientist, is already the center of
a massive controversy, based on advance reviews
and on three articles from the book which ap
peared in The New Yorker magizine.
The author, Miss Rachel Carson, has taken
the thesis that mankind, by the widespread and
often unthinking use of insecticides and other
pesticides, "threatens the existence of our birds,
fish, farm animals, and, ultimately, ourselves,"
to quote the Saturday Review.
LJERE in Jackson county, we have a special
stake in the findings of Miss Carson, and of
others who, under orders of President Kennedy,
are going to do some much more intensive re
search into the by-effects of pesticides.
(At his Aug. 20 Press conference, the Presi
dent was asked if he has considered asking the
Department of Agriculture or the Public Health
Service to take a closer look at the dangers in
volved.) (The President replied: "Yes, and I know
that they already are. I think particularly, of
course, since Miss Carson's book, but they are
examining the matter.")
With the widespread use of sprays in the
orchards, both from spray rigs and aircraft, plus
the normal and increasing home and farm uses
of pesticides, Jackson county people should be
particularly interested, not only in Miss Carson's
recitation of the dangers, but in what measures
are being taken to insure
TPHAT users and manufacturers of pesticides
1 should object to her book is only natural.
But in reply it should be pointed out that,
although she presents a strong case, she does not
contend that chemical insecticides must never be
used, but that :
"... we have put poisonous and hiologirally potent
rhemirals indiscriminately inlo the hands of persons large
ly or wholly ignorant of their potentials for harm. We have
subjected enormous numbers of people lo contact with
these poisons, without their consent and often without
their knowledge ...
"I contend, furthermore, that we have allowed these
chemicals lo be used wilh little or no advance investiga
tions ot their effect on soil, water, wildlife, and man him
self. Future generations are unlikely to condone our lack
of prudent concern for Ihe integrity of the natural world
that supports all life."
Her fully documented book leaves little doubt
that her contentions are correct.
A FAIRLY typical reaction was voiced recently
by the New York Times, which said:
"Miss Carson will be accused of alarmism ... of show
ing only the bad side of pesticides while ignoring their
benifits But this, we suspect, is her purpose as well as her
method ... II she helps arouse enough public concern to
immunic government agencies against the blandishments
of the hucksters and enforce adequate controls, Ihe author
will he as deserving of Ihe Nobel Prize as was the inventor
of DDT.''
Her book, combined with the recent Thali
domide scare, may serve to make research anil
ire-iesung ot drugs and poisons tar more meucu
ous ami careful.
And that would be all to the good. E.A.
newly-published book,
seller this year, if ad
safety in their use.
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Lira and Let Live
To the Editor: I have been
reading Communications for
about three years. At times
they are very interesting. But
what I can't understand is why
so many people are so worried
about nudists and all those
things.
My belief is live and let
live, each person in his or her
belief, religion, and other
things In life. As long as you
live and believe in your own
ideas there isn't any harm.
I was raised in a Christian
home and was very happy. I
love nature and all the ani
mals that God created, except
snakes, but there are people
who even like them, so more
power to them.
Instead of writing about
God condemning people, look
around you and be glad you're
free and have a chance to wor
ship in your own faith.
I can be just as close lo
God and his beliefs up in the
hills, desert or anywhere, as
I can be in church. We used
to go lo church in housedress
cs and men in overalls and be
happy. Now you wouldn't dare
to do that or you would be
classed as a freak.
They talk about young folks
getting Into trouble. I have
worked and been with young
people all my life, Scouts, ball
teams, swimming parties and
all the things they like. How
many people take time out to
go to the ball park and prac
tice with a team? I have had
my car loaded till it looked
like a sardine can, pitched and
batted balls to them until the
coach got there, also any boy
or girl was welcome to my
home (and it was just a house,
nothing fancy) any time of day
or night.
I'm 62 years old now and
I could still play ball and do
the things they like. When I
gel so stiff and stove up that
I can't do those things, I will
still be young in mind.
I raised three boys and a
girl, they are all happy, mar
ried and we still have fun.
Live and let live and do
unto others as you would have
them do unto you.
Please don't print my name,
just sign:
E. P.
(Name on file)
Rogue River, Ore.
Socialised Medicine
To the Editor: Re editorial
in Monday night's M.T. It ap
pears that we will soon be
prevailed upon to submit to1, .. .. , ". .
.Hrfiti.,.i..nrni,in!..,1'?"l''s' S""P'' because too
an additive to our drnking wa
ter as fluoride again raises its
uglV head in a plea for its
health giving merits by den
tists and doctors.
They back their statements
wilh statistics purported lo be
conclusive proof of the the
merits of fluoridation and
their arguments. Let us ex
plore statistics and their appli
cation lo this issue.
First, statistics are defined
as (in a broad sense) "Facts
pertaining to any given sub
ject." This general conception
of statistics lends great lavor
and authority until study re
veals an attempt to bend or
construe to fit personal need)
or desires, therefor it is well
to seek the relation of the I
statistic lo those who issue it j
and often many flaws will
"P!eT.?r'i. .i
j mankind and his inclination
i to bend facts to more nearly
' achieve the ends desired
Now consider fluoridation
of our city water. Allow that
the water is fluoridated to 3
safe level for drinking, we
often use this same tap water
to irrtgalp a garden, the vego
tables take up a quantity of
fluoride, and next we boil
these vegetables in tap water. I tr doctor's services, mcili
Siving a triple application of ' cine, or professional nursing
fluoride which beyond a dmtbl rare rxrept for those patient;
exceeds a safe maximum. I actually undergoing treatment
MEDFORD MAIL
& K
rtrs.1' aril
Let us further explore. What
has become of the horror in
which the doctors and dentists
held socialized medicine only
a few weeks ago? Why the
change in attitude since the
Medicare bill has been safely
disposed of?
Fluoridation of a city's wa
ter system is socialized medi
cine in its most compulsory
form. Let those who wish
fluoride add it to their water,
but let us keep city water at
its high state of purity by
guarding against this as well
as any other form of contam
ination, C. R. Burrill
119 Crater Lake ave.
Medford. '
Life After Death
To the Editor: Many fine
sincere people spend much
time and effort taking part
in politics and being as it
were, guardians to warn us of
issues, which if put into
force might endanger the well
being of our populace. I com
mend them for their well di
rected efforts.
Yet it could be while we
get so busy promoting anti
or pro-fluoridation, anti-Communism,
elc, that sinister
forces like termites could be
eating away at the bulwarks
of our faith. There is an
eternity ahead for everyone
who reads these lines. Where
we spend it is up to each of
us now.
A "name on file" party
from White City has written
directing kind but disagreeing
convictions regarding my
communication called "Mod
ern Occultism." Another has
written me personally in de
tail regarding her convictions.
Then a Shady Cove man
wrote an interesting letter
Sept. 14 called "Psychic Phe
nomena," He quoted some
very revealing thought-provoking
Bible texts.
Space is not available to
treat this subject as I would
love to see it handled. But I
can detect an intense interest
along this line.
Why not? Who of us have
not lost loved ones? Everyone
who reads this has followed
some or many funeral proces
sions to the cemetery.
There are many conflicting
opinions regarding our be
loved dead. Where are they?
In heaven, purgatory, limbo,
spirit world, grave, or are
they all done for eternity?
1 am convinced that God's
word holds the only answer.
Then why so many conflicting
many take preconceived ideas
or lack faith to take God at
His word.
Could I suggest two or
three little volumes as valu
able aids in studying this sub
jecf "The Other Side of
Death." and "Modern Spirit
ualism," also ' Planet in Re
bellion." These books are
available at low cost from
Ihe Oregon Bonk and Bible
House, h'05 S.E. 39th, Portand.
Henry Johnson ,lr.
2315 Highway 88
Ashland. Ore.
Sig's Beliefs
To the Editor: A few days
auo your newspaper published
a letter by Mr. John R.
Schumpf. in which he attack
ed Sig Unander's position on
certain Administration wel-
farf nrnifraiiK
I In his letter. Mr. Schumpf
first blasts the I'nander con
viction that the so-called
"Medicare" program, em
bodied in Ihe King-Anderson
Bill, is non - comprehensive
and economically indefensible.
Anyone who has studied the
bill, as Mr. Unander has, re
alizes that it provides only
about 25 per cent of the total
medual needs of our ai:ed.
and that it does NOT nrnvide
TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON
Pie - in - the -
Not Being
By PHIL NEWSOM
UPI Foreign News Analyst
For years the people of the
Soviet Union have been torn
between the pie - in - the - sky
prom tses of
Soviet leaders
and the hard
realities of a
life short on
every thing
but Sputniks.
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Anotherofl
those hard I
I B I realities h 1 1
aWaal th.- Ihl.
Mawaoaa week with the
announcement that promised
income tax cuts had been post
poned "until further notice."
These cuts, first announced
in May, 1960, were to have
been carried out over a five
year period until all personal
income tax was to have been
abolished.
Matter of Fact By Joseph
le) New York Herald
KENNEDY'S OFF-YEAR
CAMPAIGN .
Washington Before the
President's return from New
port, the White house staff
had the as
signment of
working out a
detailed, semi
final schedule
for his pre
election cam
paigning. Pre
sumably the
schedule pro
posed by the
Aimp White House
staff is now being gone over
by the President himself.
According to report, he is
in a mood to increase rather
than pare the program of
stump,-speaking his subordin
ates have laid out. In that
case, the country will witness
an off-year campaign by a
President of the United States
without any real precedent in
our recent political history.
Appearances in 12 to IS
states are under active consid
eration; and this is talked
about as a rock-bottom mini
mum effort. The President
will not take the stump in the
Eisenhower style, either, heli
coptering in, and nimbly heli
coptering out again,
IN PENNSYLVANIA, for in
instance, many hours of
motorcading through the coal
towns are now planned, at
the special request of the
Pennsylvania Democrats' gub
ernatorial nominee, Mayor
Richard Dilworth of Phila
delphia. And while President
Kennedy is motorcading
through t h e Pennsylvania
coal towns and bushwhacking
for votes in other ways. Vice
President Lyndon B. Johnson
in government - selected hos
pitals or nursing institutions.
Nearly 2 1 2 millions of today's
senior citizens would not be
eligible for medical care.
It is this feature of the pro
posed programs that Mr.
Unander especially opposes.
While he is the first to agree
that the problem of medical
needs of our aged is a real
one and one which must be
met, he feels that any such
program must retain a volun
tary feature.
Mr. Unander docs not
think, as Mr. Schumpf de
clares, that "Doctors have a
God given right to the proper
ly, money or other valuable
articles that the elderly may
have accumulated." On the
other hand, Mr. Unander dis
agrees violently with the
philosophy that says that the
federal government has this
God given right, and that the
creeping encroachment of Big
Government into our local af
fairs and personal lives can
lead anywhere but to the ul
timate erosion of our eco
nomic and social order.
In speaking of the situa
tion in Vietnam. Mr. Schumpf
displays a shocking unfamil
iarity with the issues at stake
there. Sig Unander, who visit
ed this embattled country
only six weeks ago, realizes,
as does our government, that
the struggle there is not one
of internal revolt against the
Diem government, but an at
tempted takeover by an ex
ternal power. Red China. If
Mr. Schumpf would morely
read the daily newspapers and
magazines, he would know
that the Vietnamese army has
been fighting well, and that it
has scored many victories in
recent weeks. He would also
know that lite "aid and com
fort" given to the rebels by
the people in Vietnamese vil
lages arc given at the point
of a bayonet. Mr. Schumpf s
letter sums up rather nicely
the false philosophies which
Sig Unander and his support
ers seek to defeat - the
philosophies which say that
Americans best interests can
be served by socialistic take
over here at home and by
Communist takeover of the
rest of the world.
Dan W. Schausten
Manager. Publicity
Services
Unander for Senator
Committee
Failing Building
Portland 4, Ore.
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Sky Promises to Russians
Fulfilled by Soviet Leaders
In July, 1961, the Commu
nist party newspaper Pravda
published a new program. It
promised:
"In the current decade
(1961-70) the Soviet Union
will surpass the strongest and
richest capitalist country, the
United States, in production
per head of population; the
people's standard of living
and their cultural and tech-
nical standards will improve
substantially: everyone will
live in easy circumstances; all
collective and state farms will
become highly productive and
profitable enterprises; the
demand of Soviet people for
well-appointed housing will,
in the main, be satisfied; hard
physical work will disappear;
the USSR will become the
country with t h e shortest
work days."
Within the same 10 years,
Alsop
Trlbuna Syndicate
will also be carrying an equal
ly heavy campaigning sched
ule. The experiment is interest
ing, simply because there has
been no comparable Presiden
tial attempt to influence the
voting in Congressional and
Senatorial elections. Accord
ing to our political folklore,
American voters pay very lit
tle attention to Presidents un
less their names are on the
ballot. The odds are that the
folklore is dead right, but one
must wait and sec.
In these special circumstan
ces, the kind of stump-speaking
the President proposes to
do is also a matter of consid
erable interest. What he will
say will not, to be sure, repre
sent his balanced judgment of
the mood of the country. He is
known to have a theory that
in Congressional elections
good old-fashioned pork-chop
issues are ten times more im
portant than in Presidential
elections.
A LL THE SAME, it is sig
nificant that, as of now.
Kennedy plans to stress pork
chop issues to the virtual ex
clusion of the great and deep
ly disturbing issues of foreign
policy which most people re
gard as fundamental at the
moment. The sort of thing
that is planned can be seen
in the recent Harrisburg
speech, opening the Pennsyl
vania campaign.
In this speech, Kennedy de
voted 15 paragraphs to domes
tic problems and legislation,
covering just about every
thing from his depressed areas
act to the medical care bill.
Whereas an unkind reminder
that the Castro regime was
installed in Cuba during the
Eisenhower administra
tion was the most impor
tant foreign policy statement.
Cuba is. of course, the prob
lem that makes- it needful to
qualify the President's inten
tion to stress the pork-chop is
sues with an "as of now." The
Republicans are plainly hov
ering on the brink of a major
attack on the President, on the
ground that he has not retak
en Cuba from Fidel Castro.
The most likely Republican
standard-bearer in 1964. Gov.
Nelson A. Rockefeller, report
edly favors an extremely ag
gressive Cuban policy.
President Kennedy is plain
ly a bit apprehensive about
the power of the Cuban issue
to poll votes for the Repub
licans. He is now taking one
of his private soundings of
public opinion, to get a bet
ter measure of the potential
danger. He has already taken
steps to force the Republicans
to advocate an actual armed
attack on Cuba, if they advo
cate anything at all.
IN ADDITION, there is a
sleeper in the Cuban prob
lem in the form of the book
that will soon be published
by President Eisenhower's
former Ambassador to Hav
ana, Earl E. T. Smith, whom
President Kennedy sought to
send as Ambassador to Switz
erland. The Smith book will
reportedly stress the fact that
when Castro came to power
during the Eisenhower ad
ministration, he got a great
deal of aid from various U.S.
sources which the government
in Washington could well
have cut off.
For the Republicans. In
fact, Cuba could prove to be
a two-edged sword, cutting
both ways. In any case, it is
difficult to believe that Gov.
Rockefeller, even if he fav
ors military measures to drive
out Castro, will advocate
those measures while cam
paigning for re-election in
New York state with a good
lead over his opponent.
No other Republican, with
the possible exception of for
mer Vice President Richard
M. Nixoi., is likely to be able
to force the President to stop
talking about pork-chops and
start talking about Cuba The
private Kennedy polls may
have this effect, to he sure
Otherwise, the outlook is for
strong stress on the Demo
crats' love and care for the
common man. and equal stress
nn the Republicans' heartless
hostility.
Ihe program promised in
creases of ISO per cent in both
industry and agriculture.
To achieve the highest liv
ing standard in the world, the
Soviet planners not only
promised to abolish income
taxes but to lower retail prices
as well.
Not even a year later, in
June, 1962, the government
hiked meat and butter prices
25 to 30 per cent.
Both were in short supply
Strictly Personal
By Sydney
(ci Field Enterprlsea, Inc.
PERSONAL PREJUDICES
Bank employees who em
bezzle funds usually win my
secret sympathyif not my
approval-when it turns out
that they were outrageously
underpaid and expected to
handle large sums of money
every day; a person put in a
position of high trust should
have a commensurate salary.
Doctors, aa any candid
nurse will confess, make the
crankiest and most appre
hensive of patients when
they fall ill; perhaps be
cause they know how much
guess-work there still is in
the practice of medicine.
Although I have conscien
tiously tried to enjoy it sum
mer after summer, I am final
ly forced to agree with Sam
uel Johnson that "Angling
consists of a stick and a string,
with a worm at one end and
a fool at the other."
Speaking of summer pas
limes, I'd like io see a re
vival of that noble old Eng
lish game of lawn croquet,
which is one of the pleasani
est (and most challenging)
ways lo spend a week end
afternoon iri nice weather.
Nearly all the conscien
tious objectors I have met
have been, in their personal
convictions and conduct, as
close to the Christian ideal
as human beings can come;
they are just lamentably
ahead of their time.
Wives who tend to blame
"the other woman" for lead
In the Day's News
By FRANK
Question:
What is the most oflen mis
spelled or misused word in
the English language-as writ
ten by Americans of all de
grees of education and prac
tice in the use of words?
H,1Y VOTE?
Ill !
think the palm should
go to "princiPAL and
"princiPLE."
Which is which?
Let's quote Mr. Webster:
Prin
It
rinciPAL:
meaning, as follows:
1. A leader, chief or head.
2. A capital sum placed at
interest, due as a debt, or used
as a fund distinguished from
interest or profit.
3. A fundamental point
now confused with principle.
4. The construction which
gives shape and strength to a
roof.
5. A presiding or chief of
ficer of a college or of a school
or academy.
6. One who employs an
other lo act for him. One pri
marily liable on an obligation.
The chief actor in a crime,
or an abettor present at it.
7. In English (music) organs,
the chief open metallic stop,
an octave above the open
diapason.
Princ
It 1
inciPLE:
also has seven shades of
meaning, as follows:
1. A source, or origin: pri
mordial substance; ultimate
Try and Stop Me
By BENNETT CERF
7ICTOR BORGE once bet an acquaintance that he could
tell the exact time by playing the piano. To prove his
point he sat down and crashed into a few bars of Sousa'S
rousing "Stars and
Stripes Forever." Imme
diately there was a vio
lent pounding on the .
hotel room wall and an
Irate voice hollered. "Stop
that noise, you idiot. It's
1:40 in the morning:"
"Willie." said a disturbed
mother to her young eon,
"this ia the fourth time I've
caught you lying this week.
Do you know what happens
to liars? A big green
dragon with fire coming
out of his nostrils nicks
them up in the middle of the night and makes them slave on his
forest for fifty years without res'ing. Now. you'll stop telling;
lies, won t you. Willie ?" "You bet I will, Mom," promised Willie.
"You tell much better ones than I can!"
Mrs. Axelrod. reading the evening newspaper, called out tm
her husband in the TV room. "They found an old hen in Ardslev
today with two hearts." "I know." called back Mr. Axelrod. "I
piayed bridge with her Sunday night."
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and one way to cut down on
the grumbling lines was to
price them out of reach.
Agriculture, far from stag
ing a great leap forward, hai
suffered a series of reverses
and the prospects for this year
appear not much better than
in 1961.
The truth of the matter
seemed to be, as Khrushchev
has indirectly admitted, Urn
Soviet Union cannot afford
both guns and butler.
J. Harris
ing their husbends astray
overlook the truth of Joseph
Wood Krutch's shrewd ob
servation: "There is no such
thing as a dangerous wo
man; there are only sus
ceptible men."
It is a curious fact that
men who wear their hats
straight, without a tilt, are)
the worst motorists; when I
following such a driver, I
know he will be pokey and
indecisive and a potential
source of trouble until I pass
him.
Our scientific age is mov
ing so fast that it's hard to
believe that the very word
"scientist" was not in the.
language much over a hun
dred years agoi in 1840.
the Rev. William Whewell
wrote: "We need very much
a name to describe a culti
vator of sciences in generali
I should incline to call him
a 'scientist'."
In the realm of sentiments,
we seem to be a people of
no moderation; looking
through birthday cards tha
other day, I could find only
two types-either the stickily
sentimental, or the sickly
humorous. None was simply
tasteful, without an excess of
either sweetness or sourness.
The master himself would
have been proud of the
Goldwynism I heard recent
ly, when a man said scorn
fully to his friend: "There's
nothing lo all that talk
about telepathy-it's all in
the mind!"
JENKINS
basis or cau&e.
2. An original faculty or
endowment.
3. A fundamental truth: a
primary or basic law, doctrine
or the like.
4. A settled rule of action!
a governing law of conduct;
also such principles, or loyalty
to them; as, a man of no prin
ciple. 5. Essential or characteris
tic constituent; that which
gives a subject its essential
properties, as the active prin
ciple of a drug.
6. The actual or mechanical
law applied, as in a mechan
ical contrivance, or at work,
as in a natural phenomenon,
as: all these devices are based
on the same principle.
7. Divine Principle a syn
onym for God.
Everything considered
It is not surprising that
princiPAL and princiPLE
should be quite often con
fused. There is plenty of op--portunity
for Ihcir misuse. ,
WHY bother about it?
" Well, an educated person
is one who uses the right word
in the right place and in the
right context to convey the
meaning intended.
So you see, learning alt
the shades of meaning of
words in common usage in our
language IS important. It en
ables us to say exactly what
we mean which is highly important.