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History from the film of The
Mall Trlbunt 10, 20, 30, 40
ind 50 yeari ago.
10 YEARS AGO
Dec. 14. 1952 (Saturday)
Twenty-two casea of chick
en pox, all in Medford, led
the list of 30 cases of com
municable diseases In Jack
son county last week.
Six actors from Ashland's
Vining players, among them
Philip Hanson, will offer a
presentation of Charles Dick
en's "Christmas Carol" at
Washington school next week.
20 YEARS AGO
Dec. 14. 1942 (Sunday)
Ashland Attorney Frank
Van Dyke reports he Is un
able to serve In Oregon house
of representatives because of
service in armed forces.
From Arthur Perry's "Ye
SmudRe Pot" column: "The
weatherman is now serving
fog. This is no worsa than
his recent offerings have
been, but Is more cusaable,
30 YEARS AGO f
Sec. 14, 1932 (Tuesday)
Four passengers are In
jured when independent bus
lines stage goes over 30-foot
embankment near Tolo over
head. Advertisements In the Mail
Tribune list new cara for
$485, overstuffed lounge
chairs for $11.70, six-piece
dining room sets for $38.50,
theater admissions for 3 cents
and dressed turkeys for 75
cents each.
40 YEARS AGO
Dec. 14. 1922 (Wednesday)
Special meeting held at
Medford city library to dis
cuss plans for community
Christmas tree.
From the Local and Per
sonal column: The number of
autos seen parked on the busi
ness streets this afternoon,
and the crowds of people in
that section indicated this
would be a big day with local
merchants because of the cold
merchants for Christmas shop-
ping. Most of the autos had
their hoods blanketed because
of the cold weather.
50 YEARS AGO
Dec. 14. 1912 (Friday)
Ashland women, exercising
their right lo vote for first
time, ra.-t 60 per cent of bal
lots In city election.
Vhat's Your I.Q.7
Nine er ten correct la lueerlert
even er tight it eictlltnt) five w
it Is good.
1. Does sn electric fish ac
tually discharge electricity?
t. wnat is tne tleur-de-lls
called in America?
3. Who Is called the Father
Of Baseball?
4. When signing a bill does
the President always Indicate
In writing the time of sign
ing:
3. "A soft answer turnrth
awny-" what?
H. Add two numbers to this
logical numbers series: 3 9 7
6 18 lfl it 27 S5 12.
7. A mathematician who
works on Insurance problems
Is called an underwriter, ac
tuary, cartographer, or agent?
8. Landrum-Griffith and
Taft-Hartley deal with what
subject?
0 Unscramble these cities:
fiallad, Ostobn, Tallees, Tub
tc. 10. May a United Slates
President veto a declaration
of war made by the Congress?
Answers! 1. Yes. 2. The iris.
3. Abnrr Doubledey. 4. No:
only when time is ef extreme
Importance. 5. Wrath. I. 3(.
34. 7. Actuary, t. Labor. 9.
Dallas. Boston, Seattle, Bulte.
10. Yes. a,
4
DECEMBER 14. 19S2
The Bill of Rights
One hundred and seventy-one years ago to
morrow the first ten amendments to the U.S. Con
stitution were ratified. This was almost two yeai'3
after the Constitution itself.
The ten amendments are properly honored
by the observance of Bill of Rights Day tomor
row, for they are an integral part of our basic
charter, and there are some who feel they actual
ly are the most important part of the Constitution.
They guarantee the very liberties for which
the American Revolution was fought, and have
served ever since as a bulwark of our freedom.
TTHEY did not, obviously, spring into existence
overnight, nor were they the spontaneous
creation of the Founding Fathers. Their roots go
far back into the history of the human race in
its long search for freedom, justice and decency.
Some of the rights enumerated in the first ten
amendments were first proposed by the ancient
Greeks. Some others were the children of a long
line of European libertarian philosophers. Others
were the outgrowth of abuses which led to the
Revolution.
Together they form the guarantees that, how
ever controversial they may be in specific in
stances, have given Americans more freedom,
and for a longer period of time, than any other
nation has known.
THE ideals contained in the Bill of Rights were
assembled in strikingly similar form years be
fore they became part of the Constitution.
The Virginia Declaration of Rights was adopt
ed by that state on June 12, 1776, even before
the Declaration of Independence, 13 years before
the Constitution was adopted and 15 years before
the Bill of Rights itself was ratified.
The Virginia declaration was the work of a
little-known patriot named George Mason, who
drew, in turn, upon a variety of sources in writing
the document.
Not only was it the precursor to the Bill of
Rights; it also contained much of the phrase
ology adopted by that other great Virginian,
Thomas Jefferson, in writing the Declaration of
Independence.
DEAD, and compare, these random quotes from
the Virginia declaration :
"That all Men are by Nature equally free and inde
pendent, and have certain inherent Rights . . .; namely
the Enjoyment of Life and Liberty, wiih the Means of
acquiring and possessing Property, and pursuing and
obtaining Happiness and Safety."
"That all Power is vested in, and consequently
derived from, the People ..."
"That in all capital or criminal Prosecutions a Man
hath a Right to Demand the Cause and Nature of his
Accusation, to be confronted with the Accusers and
Witnesses, to call for Evidence in his Favour, and to a
speedy Trial by an impartial Jury of his Vicinage,
without whose unanimous Consent he' cannot be found
guilty, nor can he be compelled to give Evidence
against himself; that no Man be deprived of his Liberty
except by the Law of the Land, or the Judgment of
hii Peers."
"That excessive Bail ought not to be required, nor
excessive Fines imposed; nor cruel and unusual Pun
ishments inflicted."
"That in controversies respecting Properly, and in
Suits between Man and Man, the ancient Trial by Jury
ia preferable to any other, and ought to be held
sacred."
THERE is more, but these quotations give the
f 1 furm orirl tannv rP flu rl rri lmnn f onrl cV.ri'
11U1UI 11 1 1 VI LUV'l Vr L UIC llW-UlllVllb Clllll tDUWtl
its remarkable similarity in many respects to the
later and better known charters of freedom.
George Mason also had a hand in the writing
and adoption of the Bill of Rights. He had been
against ratification of the Constitution largely
because it contained no such guarantees.
In June of 17SS, Virginia ratified the Constitu
tion by a vote of 89 to 71). However, in the words
of an article by Mrs. Josephine Evans Harpham
of Eugene, about George Mason:
"The price of approval, however, was a promise
that a set of amendments embodying a bill of rights
would be Introduced into the first Congress. There
fore on the next day George Mason drew up 20 pro
posed amendments founded on his own Declaration
of Rights, which in essence Inter became the Bill of
Rights. Life, liberty, pursuit of happiness and safety,
liberty of conscience, free press, Judicial safeguards,
the right to vote, civil .supremacy, are perhaps more
significant today than they were nearly 180 years ago."
THE Bill of Rights was proposed by Congress
in September of the following year, and
finally ratified two years later, on Doc. 15, 1791.
It is entirely possible that the Bill of Rights
is too little known, too little understood, and too
little appreciated today.
A reading of it, a sttidv of its meaning and
background, and of its employment over the past
171 years in the safeguarding of the rights of
American citizens, would be rewarding.
The Bill of Rights is a charter of freedom
that has intense and personal meaning to all of
us, and to the other nations whose desires for
liberty and self-government have been spurred
by this historic document. E. A.
Sad Tidings
Death, with his good campanions, Drink and
Speed, has been hard at work so far in 19(i2.
Motor vehicle accident deaths totaled 2iU00 in
the first nine months, up 9 per cent from the
same period hist year. The one-year record of
;9,9(i9 highway deaths set in 1911 seems certain
to be surpassed in 1!H2.
Ominously, the fatality rate per 100 million
passenger miles, declining steadilv since 19-11,
mnv go up for the first time. In 1911, with o-l.'.t
i million vehicles going ::i l billion miles, that rate
! was 12.0. List year with 7(i million vehicles travel
jing loo billion miles, the rate per 100 million
Inassenger miles was 3.'J. This year an estimated
8.) million vehicles are expected to travel 7(ij
I billion miles, and tf)e rate may go up. E.R.R.
MEDFORD
"At The Risk Of Beinu Labeled A 'Red,'
I'll Have To Agree With Khru.hchev!"
Communications
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submitted tor publication must not exceed 400 words. The letters
p.inted In this column do not necessarily represent the views of the
paper; In fact the contrary is often the case.
Girls In Uruguay
To the Editor: We will be
very obliged to you if that
Important organization pub
lishes the following call from
14,000 kmls, away:
Dear Readers: We are two
little sisters of eight and ten
years of age, named Mar
garet and Virginia. We live
in a small country: Uruguay,
where, without the great re
sources you have there, we
must face however, our daily
existence and our education.
Here, there are few opportu
nities for little girls to earn
money, and that is why we
ask for your help. We sell
a collection of ten coloured
post-cards about Spanish
monuments, landscapes, sea
sides and Uruguayan customs,
for only one dollar. We also
offer a collection of thirty
stamps of Uruguay, for one
dollar.
We need not only your
contribution but your friends':
please tell them about this
kind help.
If you accept our offer,
please send a money-order by
the nearest post office, your
name and address, as soon as
possible. By return mail you
will receive the collections.
Thanking you very much
for the attention you could
pay to our request, yours sin
cerely. Margaret and Virginia
Fernandez Cubes,
Casllla rie Correo 1060,
Sub Central.
Montevideo, Uruguay,
South America
Personal Santa Visit
To the Editor: We are In
sympathy with parents and
the problem that Santa Clans
presents. Unfortunately, retail
Santas are often distraught by
the large number of children
clamoring for their attention.
As mothers we feel that a
personal visit from Santa
would eliminate disappoint
ment and frayed nerves. Our
Santa would be glad to call
at your homes in the Eagle
Point, White City, and Shady
Cove areas only, with a sur
prise for your children and a
merry "Ho, Ho, Ho!"
Anyone interested could
call 448-3061, 448-3573, or
446-3741 for further informa
tion. Carolyn Chamberlain,
Publicity Chairman
Epsilon Sigma Alpha
Sorority
Brownsbnro rd.
Eagle Point, Ore.
Let's Face It
To the Editor: Let's face It
- the registered Republicans
who voted for Mr. Madden
I have been had. Personally I
j feel Mr. Madden was in on
' this Postmaster deal from the
very first. 1 also feel he will
j be named Postmaster as soon
as all the turmoil dies down.
! Believe me 1 will think
twice before voting for a
Democrat again.
K T. Anderson
(Resistored
Republican!
lOUS East Main st.
Medford
Season's Greetings
To the Editor: snl! Hirudins
in Hawthorne Convalescent
Home Almost Christmas tune
in nineteen -isty-two. Am
sitting by ttie same big pic
ture window, bul the fog has
rovoiisi ail the sky's nice
blue. A lai:o flock of lumgrv
robins landed, lookin very
thin which is rare. tho 're
hopping all about in despera
tion - looking tor worms that
are not there I read, 1 w ni";
then sit and ponder Keeling
awful sorry for myself. Never
did expect to gel so helpless -I
don 1 w ant to sil upon a
shelf. 1 in msl a "!n-,ii"
cheerful idiot who lias lived
a pleasant life, and full Look
ing out 1 see clumps of w iKI
cats glow in' Wetus, t'lat I so
do want to pull. f
MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, OREGON
Harry Boswlch (the stinker)
told a nurse that Pearl Spack
man is a livewire. Everyone
around, excepting I, is whis
tling. I bet yuh I made him
out a - er - storyteller. Mother
said I'd come to a bad ending
if I kept whistling all the
time. "Ladies do not act like
that" she told me. But with
out my whistle I'm not worth
a dime. My heart is full of
Season's wishes for the whole
big lot o' you out there. So
celebrate sanely, drive safely
and don't do anything I
wouldn't dare.
Bye now, and God Bless
you.
Pearl Spackman
Box 33
Jacksonville, Ore.
The Shrinking Russian Bear
To the Editor:
I am a tough old Russian
bear,
I'll go to the meeting over
'there.
I'll tell those delegates what
to pass
'Cause I'm big and tough and
full of gas.
I growled and snarled and
clawed the air,
But not a one crawled under
his chair.
I pounded the table with my
shoe
And did everything that a
bear could do.
But they just let the big noise
pass,
And 1 gulped and lost about
half of my gas.
I went out West where the
corn grew high.
And I told them our corn
reached the sky!
They answered me with a
silly sly grin
And it made me feel so small
and thin.
Then I got mad and started
to swear,
For now I'm a half-sized Rus
sian bear.
I started to tell them I had
class,
But I gulped and lost some
more of my gas.
Then I went to the Coast
where all was humming;
I thought they would cheer
when they heard I was
coming;
But when I arrived they had
heard enough;
They didn't bother to call my
bluff.
I stancd to give them a lot
sass,
But I gulped and lost the rest
of my gas.
Now I am tired and I don't
care;
I am just a little Russian
bear.
Then the mayor of a city gave
me a rub,
And now I know I am just
a cub.
I went back home through a
i quiet pass.
Wondering why I had lo?t all
of my gas.
When I arrived the snow was
deep,
Time little bears were all
asleep.
So I curled up tight and
sucked mv paw
After saying goodnight
dear old Maw.
E. G. Roseborough
r!10 Oakdale dr.,
Medford
to
Miss Elder Receives
Honors on f nfronce
Miss Susan Ann Elder. 1617
Stratford avc . Med'ord, is
one of the 546 freshmen stu
dents enrolled at the Univer
sity of California, Berkeley,
who received Honors at En
, nance award for superior
cholalic achievement in high
chool.
The croup represents lfl
per cent of the 3.;8.i lrc.-h-men
who bewail studies at
lleikeloy this semester. To
qualify a student must have
all or nearly all As m sub
jects on which college admis
I sion is based.
West German Government Patched Up
Again; Weakness, Uncertainty
By PHILNEWSOM
UPI Foreign News Analyst
Chancellor Konrad Aden
auer has patched up his coali
tion West German govern
ment, but it is
doubtful i f
anyone is very
happy about
irtS it.
A benefic
ial result was
the fact that it
gave West
German For
eign Minister
simom Gerhard Sch
roeder the backing of a gov
ernment in-being and able to
make decisions at th current
meeting in Paris of NATO
foreign ministers.
But lo get his government
back on the rails again Aden
auer had to pay a price.
Lost in the shuffle was his
controversial Defense Min
ister Franz Josef Strauss who
was replaced by Kai-Uwe von
Hassel, governor of Schlew-sig-Holstein
but relatively un
known outside Germany.
As a price for continued co
operation of the Free Demo
crats with his Christian Demo
crats, Adenauer also was
In ihe Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
Some Interesting figures:
Richard M. Nixon's cam
paign committees announce
they spent $1,421,653 in their
effort to elect Mr. Nixon gov
ernor of California.
Governor Edmund G.
Brown's campaign treasurer
reports expenses of S 1,3 80,
711 in the campaign to re
elect Governor Brown.
When tabulated for easier
comparison, it looks like this:
Nixon $1,421,653
Brown $1,380,711
TOTAL $2,802,364
riNE more figure:
The annual salary of the
governor of California is $40,-
000.
Which is to say:
The amount spent by these
two candidates to get elected
was more than the office will
pay in salary in 70 YEARS.
Politics is a strange profes
sion, isn't it?
TN CLOSING, this point is
- perhaps worth noting:
The Nixon campaign closed
with a SURPLUS of $36,024.
The Brown campaign
came out with a DEFICIT of
$101,495.
At least, the Republicans
appear to be sounder fiscal
managers. They tend to pay
as they go. The Democrats
tend to put it on the cuff and
hope for the best.
T ET'S turn to pleasanler
news.
In Astoria recently, a 14-ycar-old
boy (Russell Rick
man) found an expensive ca
mera, and immediately start
ed a search for the owner.
He advertised his find in his
home newspaper, but got no
answer. So he started sleuth
ing There was a roll of expos
ed film in the camera. It was
color film. He developed the
roll. One shot showed an au
tomobile, including the li
cense. Tile license figures
were legible in the print, but
the name of the state wasn't.
So he checked with the state
police. They said the color in
dicated a Nevada license.
He then wrote the Nevada
Motor Vehicle Department,
which replied that the car be
longed to a family named
Pittman in Las Vegas. Russell
then wrote the Pittmans.
They said yes. the camera
w as theirs. He sent it to them.
They thanked him, and sent
him a $15 reward.
'E HEAR a lot of evil
" about the carryings-on of
some of our teen acers We
hear less about the GOOD
that our teen agers do. BAD
acts are news. Good acts
make the headlines only in
unusual cases, such as this
one. When a dog bites a man,
you know, it isn't news be
cause dogs quite often bite
men. Bul when a man bites
a dog it IS pews, because men
seldom BITE DOGS.
DO-
You see
We tend to hear FAR
MORE OFTEN of the off-col-or
things our teen-Rcrrs do
than of the GOOD thincs they
do. Unless the good deed is
so outstanding as lo make a
nood story as in the case of
the Astoria boy it doesn't
get into the papers and out
on the air w aves Good deeds
are EXPECTFD
If we could hear of ALL
the good thinas our teen acers
do. as well as the bad tilings,
and could balance the cood
accuralelv acainst the b?d.
I'm nrrttv sure we would
find that the Bond thincs they
do FAR outweigh the bad
thimis
Let's not lose faith In cur
younger generation.
I A Lata
forced to announced that he
would resign next fall.
Altogether, the shakeup is
not expected to effect foreign
or domestic policy. It seems
it must, however, have a
Washington Report
By William S. Whit
(c) United Feature
Syndicate
COLD WAR PAUSE
Washington - A great and
fateful pause has fallen over
the central issues in the cold
war. There is what amounts
irwj
to an Ameri
can decision
not for the
f J
moment pub-
' Va licity to push
13 the Soviet
union very
hard over any
of the prob
lems lying be
tween the two
countries,
consensus has
been reached within the Ken
nedy administration th t our
October triumph in forcing
the removal of Soviet missiles
and nuclear bombers from
Cuba should suffice for the
time being.
Though thousands of Soviet
troops are still in Cuba, there
is no present plan to demand
their evacuation by any given
date. Nor Is there anv present
plan to compel Nikita Khrush
chev to make good on his
promise of United Nations
on-site inspection in Cuba to
verify the withdrawal of his
offensive weapons.
IN A simplified sense the
"hard" line adopted at the
height of the Cuban crisis has
been followed by a line which
might be described a3 trying
out a policy of wait-and-see.
Twin dangers have been
weighed up-the danger of al
lowing the Russians to sup
pose that our will has soft
ened, and the danger of com
promising the victory of Oc
tober by demanding too many
additional concessions too
soon from Khrushchev.
For better or for worse, the
conclusion has been reached
that the first danger is not at
the moment so great as the
second.
There is no disposition
among officials here to read
any vast hopefulness for the
west in the present divisions
between the Soviet Union
and Communist China-which
is, at least for the record, in
sistently pressing Khrushchev
to take up a "tougher" stance
toward the west. All the
same, the prevailing official
view is that there is at least
some genuineness in these
divisions and thus that this
would be a poor time to push
Khrushchev too hard, lest he
fall back into full partnership
with the Chinese, who really
want nothing less than all-out
war with the west.
MOREOVER
when skepti-
cal
inquirics are made
to administration officials
about the fact that we have
lowered the heat, the reply is
that we can always turn up
the fuel valve again, as, in
deed, we did in Cuba.
It is pointed out that even
in this gunpoint confronta
tion President Kennedy left
the Soviet Union some room
to save face. It is suggested
that the mere pre:ence in
Cuba of Soviet troops, now
that missiles are absent, poses
no great threat. And it is re
marked thai we are just as
well off without United Na
tions verification in Cuba,
since we are left free to run
our own national surveillance.
Most practical people would
agree w ith this one point, any
how. This form of verification
is incomparably more reliable
than anything the U.N. could
possibly offer.
HATEVER may be said of
he general argument-and
it is offered here without
comment by this columnist,
who does not pretend to be
sure whether it is sound - a
great and crucial fact remains.
This is that ihe administra
tion's new policy is alive
with two dangers. One is sim
ply that it may not work and
thus that the moment im and
initiative we gained in stand
ing up in Cuba may be lost.
The other Is political.
The incoming new congress
will at best be anxious to
know a great deal more than
it knows now about all the
considerations thRt have led
to this hiatus. Prudence is
not the same thing as ap
peasement; and all present
evidence sucgests that we
have not shifted from a hard
strategy but have onl turned
temporarily to softer cover
ing tactics.
But prudence, if extreme,
could become appeasement
And if. say by spring, thcie
were any rf that sort of look
about our position. Congress
would surelv move in with
massive hostile investigations
which could wholl.. reverse
what appears to be current
public approval of ihe Presi
dent as a cold war lcadcf.
" White
In effect, a
weakening Influence on the
government both at home and
abroad as German politicians
scramble for position in the
next power line-up.
In effect, Adenauer's prom
ise to resign next fall placed
him in the position of being a
lame duck chancellor..
This may or may not be
binding since Adenauer has
reneged on such promises be
fore. The man still at the top of
the list to replace Adenauer
is Ludwig Erhard, 65, the min
ister of economics who is cred
ited with placing West Ger
many on the road to its pres
ent prosperity and who enjoys
wide popularity within the
Christian Democratic party.
Erhard's weakness is that
Try and Stop Me
By BENNETT CERF
A TEST PILOT had occasion to parachute to earth from
a great height. Later he complimented the maker of
the parachute. "It worked perfectly," he asserted, "and I
want you to know I ap
preciate your coopera-
tion." "Thank vou." O
beamed the . maker.
"There's one thing about
the line we're in, you
know. We never get a
complaint!"
e e
Nominated for the worst
of the year: the story of
the three Indian squaws
who were admitted to the
maternity ward at the same
time. Chief Wampum, head
obstetrician, assigned one
to a buffalo hide, the sec
ond to an elk hide, and the
third to a hippopotamus hide (now where did he get hold of
THAT one?). At any rate, the squaws on the elk and buffalo
hides each produced a 6-pound son. But the squaw on the hippo
potamus hide mothered healthy, 6-pound twins. All of which,
proves, of course, that the sons of the squaw of the hippopotamus
equal the sons of the squaws of the other two hides.
Overheard:
At Luchow's: "No wonder she's gushing. The fellow she's dining
with owns 200 oil wells."
At Schrafft's: "My fiance likes the same things I do only h
likes to save It and I like to spend it."
On a street comer in Damascus: "I don't remember your nam
but your tez is familiar."
C 1M3. by Bennett Cerf. Distributed by King Features Syndicate
Strictly Personal
By Sydney
(e) Field Enterprises. Ine.
NOUNS OF MULTITUDE
What grammarians call "the
nouns of multitude" are most
puzzling to foreigners when
trying to
'earn a new
1 anguage. A
German maid
I know re
lumed from
shopping and
told her mis
stress she had
Skif ' i been unable
-J to buy "a
Barru group of ban
anas." Why should bananas be a
bunch"? There is no reason
able explanation for the
nouns of multitude, because
language was invented long
before logic. I remember, in
an old book about the oddities
of language, the tale of a for
eigner looking at a picture of
a number of vessels, and say
ing "Look at that flock of
ships."
He was told (the book went
on) that a flock of ships was
called a fleet, and that a fleet
of sheep was called a flock.
And it was added that a flock
of girls is called a bevy, a
bevy of wolves is called a
pack, a pacK of thieves is
m4
called a gang, a gang of ; have been introduced Into the
angels is called a host, a host I language by etymologists, like
of porpoises is called a shoal, i Eric Partridge, the distin
and a shoal of buffaloes is i ouished British lexicoEraDher.
called a herd.
To further enlighten him
in the Intricacies of the
English language, he was
informed that a herd of
children it called a troop,
a troop of pariridget it call
ed a covey, a covey of
beauties It called a galaxy,
and a galaxy of ruffians it
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he is regarded as a top econo
mist but not as a statesman.
It is feared he would have dif
ficulty standing up against
Soviet needling and might not
display Adenauer's enthus
iasm for a united Europe.
In any event, the specula
tion now is that Erhard's ten
ure in office would be a short
one, probably ending in 1964
and certainly not extending
beyond general elections in
1965.
This in itself is discourag
ing to Western diplomats who
believe that a strong West
German government is essen
tial to a united front against
the Soviet Union and that the
government already has been
weakened by the political
scramble of recent weeks.
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called a horde.
To confound this confu
sion even more, he was told
that a horde of rubbish is
called a heap, a heap of
oxen is called a drove, a
drove of rioters is called a
mob, a mob of whales is
called a school, a school of
worshippers is called a con
gregation, a congregation of
engineers it called a corps,
a corps of robbers it called
a band, a band of locusts it
called a twarm, and a
twarm of people it called s
crowd.
In the animal world alone,
we have a different word to
designate nearly every differ
ent species as a group, from
a brace or team of horses to a
colony of ants and a pride of
lions. And, of course, in the
realm of semantics, we know
how skillfully we change tha
group names when we are
dealing with objects we lika
or dislike - as, for instance,
"a company of merry-makers,"
which includes us, be
comes "a gang of drunkards"
when the party is held in tha
apartment just above us.
Many nouns of multitude
who has given us some de
lightful and whimsical terms
for bishops, judges, and other
special categories. Only tha
other day, in fact, I heard
about two such men discuss
ing what a group of prosti
tutes should be called. "A
jam of tarts." volunteered
one. "No," said the other, "an
anthology of pros."