MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON
THURSDAY. DECEMBER 13. 1962
Sma Worlds
Around Us
By IYNN M. WATKINS
(Register ind Tribune
Syndicate 1962)
Winter Wealhir Chases
Outdoor Mouti Indoors
He had been reasonably
happy all summer in the
woodpile but the cooler nights
of fall dictated a change. Out
door living became a little un
pleasant, so he sought ways
and means of moving Indoors.
During the summer he had
hunted food and wandered
during the warm summer
nights. Attuned as he is even
to slight changes, lie sensed
the seasonal difference. The
mouse searched for an open
ing in the house where he
could be more comfortable. -
There are many hazards
with which the young and in
experienced mouse has to ac
quaint himself. In fact, he al
most has to develop a flair
for mechanics, for nowadays
he is coming into contact with
dangerous things such as ma
chines - refrigerators, for
example. The lower part nf
these macHIHes affords some
pleasant hiding places, but
judgment must be exercised.
The little giiy must adjust
himself to spinning wheels
and rapidly traveling bells.
When the machinery' of ah
electric refrigerator starts, the
mouse who has decided to live?
along side it must undergo
some nightly nervous md
ments. Nasty Hum
Usually there is a fan,
whirling with a nasty hum,
that can cut him in two.
There's also a certain vibra
tion. At first this must shake
the little animal until his
teeth rattle. Until he gets
used to it, his daytime nap
may be almost a nightmare of
trembling starts and jarring
stops. Every time the motor
starts the mouse must become
vibrant with the motion. His
little world rocks and rolls.
But the mouse in the "en
gine room" of the refrigerator
must sense that if he can only
adjust himself to the shaking,
and avoid the rapidly moving
wheels, he is really sitting on
top of the world. The ad
vantages of his shaking abode
cancel out the noise and
danger, for on a cold night
the motor heat is very com
forting. He is in a place where
the house cat cannot come.
Even the housewife seldom
looks into the engine com
partment. And if by some strange co
incidence of nature a little
girl mouse comes to live in
the engine room, his cup of
joy runs completely over.
For, with only little effort
on the part of the tiny couple,
bits of paper, string and
shreds of soft cloth can be
easily secured and brought
back into a far corner away
from the whirling blades and
a cozy nest made.
Society's Records
Answers Question
Port Washington, Wis. -HOT
- The Ozaukee County Hi
storical society document that
an Irishman is practical and
can Use his Wit to gain a point.
The socict yproduced a rec
ord of a town meeting in the
bygone Irish settlement of St.
Finbars in eastern Wisconsin
at which a fence was proposed
for the community cemetery.
One Irishman was dead set
against a fence and made his
point this way:
"Who's trying to get in the
cemetery?" he asked.
"No one." the others admit
ted. "Anyone trying to get out?"
"No!"
''Why do we need a fence?"
the Irishman concluded.
The fence wasn't built, the
society records showed.
Gladdened Nest
In here, a little later, if no
unfortuhate accidents occur
such as a trap baited with an
irresistible tidbit, or if no
other fatality breaks up the
home, a litter of baby mice
will come to gladden the nest.
Mr. and Mrs. Mouse don't
know it, but their children,
borri in this mechanical en
vironment, are faced with
evert more problems than
were their parents: problems
such as mice born a few years
ago never heard of or had to
contend with. From the first
glimmer of consciousness their
world rattles and shakes every
time the motor starts or stops.
By the time they are big
enough to leave the home nest
and start out on their own,
they have practically ac
quired the "shakes."
It must be somewhat dis
concerting when they leave
their shaky home, stand on
the immovable kitchen floor
idr the first time and find
that the bigger world is more
stable than they imagined.
Just frdm sympathetic mem
ory arid a vibration with
which they nave always lived,
they could hardly be expected
to stop shaking. Environment
can do some strange things -even
to a young mouse.
Wide Significance Seen in Decision On Segregation
B 3
Washington - HOT - A long.
awaited federal court de
cision on school segregation
in Philadelphia may have far.
reaching significance for
many large cities of the north
and west, a report by the Civil
Rights commission indicates.
The report, prepared by
Prof. Albert P. Blaustein of
of Rutgers university, review
ed the problem of segregation
of Negroes In Philadelphia's
schools dcspitS the lack of any
policy deliberately seeking it.
Question For Court
The question the courts
must decide, according to the
report, is whether the Consti
tution requires a school board
to take positive steps to inte
grate schools when it has no
policy of segregation by race.
The report noted that school
authorities "hold themselves
blameless for existing segre
gation and insist that their
present policies are legally,
educationally, and morally
proper - and that they are
doing all they can or should
do "
But Negro leaders insist the
school board should move
ahead with the integration of
both teachers arid students.
While there is a deep split
over what should be done,
there apparently Is little dis
agreement in Philadelphia
over the fact that segregation
does exist in the city's schools.
The report said nearly 30
per cent of Philadelphia's 214
elementary schools have Ne
gro enrollment of one per cent
or less, while another 25 per
cent of the schools have Ne
gro enrollments of 97 per cent
or more.
"The superintendent of
schools is the first to admit
that Philadelphia's Negro
schools have lower standards
than the city's white schools,"
the report said.
Transfer Policy Attacked
Among school board poli
cies under attack is that of
allowing teachers to choose
the schools at which they will
teach. Negro leaders charge
that the white teachers refuse
to teach in Negro schools and
transfer to white schools as
enrollment in a school
changes from white to Negro.
The report said the unwil
lingness of white teachers to
accept assignment to predomi
nantly Negro schools Is a
problem plaguing many big
cities of the north and west.
"Insofar as a white or a
Negro faculty results from the
choice of the Individual teach
ers, albeit the right to choose
is granted by the school
authorities, docs it present an
equal protection problem?"
the report asked.
Hotel Manager oh
Paytoll; No Hotel
Miami Beach, Fia. -lUPC-Ifs
unusual when a hotel man
ager hasn't seen a guest in
six months.
But that's the case with
Charles M. Rousseau, mana
ger of the new Doral Beach
hotel. The hostelry opens here
Jan. 20, but Rousseau's been
on its payroll for the past six
months.
No federal court has yet
ruled upon the question. A
federal court in Philadelphia
may provide the answer
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Frankfort, Ky. - IUPB - Ken
tucky now has art official
state agency td help commu
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