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Newspaper Page TextMONDAY. sitveryonTTn Southern Oreio Reads The Mail Tribune" ni,.t,.a nailv yr0nt Katurrinv bv MEDFORD PRINTING CO S3 Norlti KirSl- Ph;77a-8141 ROBERT W RUHL. Editor HERB GREV Advertising Manager r.vnlin T LATHAM. Bus MKT ERIC W ALLEN JR., Mm Editor EARL H ADAMS. City editor HARRV CHIPMAN. Teleg Editor mrUABtl JEWETT. SoorU Editor OLIVE SI ARCHER Women'! Editor DALE ERlCKSUlJ-ircuiauun fljiBi An 'indenendent " Newepaper Entered ai econd class matter at Medfmd Oregon unaer i ui March 3. 1897 SUBSCRIPTION RATES n Hall In Advance Daily and Sunday 1 year 118 00 Daily and Sunday 6 mot 10 00 Dalb and Sunday 3 moe 500 Sundav Only One year 15 00 Smile Couv IMalledl oe d. rair.oi And Motor Route. Dally and Sunday 1 year .l 00 Daily and Sunday 1 mo 1.7a Sunday Only 1 mo. SOC Carrlm andVendor Copy 100 Offlrlal Paper of City of Medford Ollicial Paper of Jackaon County United Press International Full Leased Wire U. P 1 Telephoto Newsplcturee "MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU OF ORCULATIONS Advertising RepresentaUve: NELSnif ROBERTS & ASSOC'. A-rirc milr-M In Niw Vnrk. Chi cago Detroit. San Francisco, Los Angeles scam, r w . - " - Den-'er. NATIONAL EDITORIAL I AS'IbcrATldN 3UJ njiiMia.'.H.'.iif NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION Flight o' Time Medford and Jackson County History from the tiles of The Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 years ago. 10 YEARS AGO Feb. 4, 1953 (Monday) Jackson county's popula tion has Increased approxi mately 7.6 per cent during the past two years, according to estimates compiled by the Oregon state board of health. City Superintendent Robert Duff has reported that Wil low creek dam near Butte Falls needs only five feel more of water to be filled lo capacity. 20 YEARS AGO Feb. 4, 1943 (Saturday) Ruth Ownbcy,- Hollywood "starlet" and Powers model, married to Pvt. Roger Valmcy in services ol Camp White From Arthur Perry's "Ye Smiidce Pot" column: "The sun was out long enough twice last week to dispel the rumor it had ceased functioning be non.a nf mn turn innriiiiii.'. 30 YEARS AGO Feb. 4, 1933 (Monday) Tii motored passenger plane flies trom Portland lo Medlord in record breaking time of one hour, 15 minutes for average of 187.2 miles an hour. Director of Golden Gale bridge and highway district in Medlord looking over pos sible use of southern Oregon timber in construction of Golden Gate bridge. 40 YEARS AGO Feb. 4, 1923 (Tuesday) Officers elected by Medford Crater club Include Bob Boyl, Big Eruption; E. C. Ferguson, skipper of the Phunlom Ship; 11. O. Frobath. keeper of the trail; Paul Janney, wizard; and Louis Ulrich, pilot. Medford city council orders that curfew bell be rung every day at 11:30 p.m. 50 YEARS AGO Feb. 4. 1913 (Thursday) Medford police report that burglar apprehended while enlering a building kept com piele honks on ail items he had stolen for several weeks; "two wagonloads of loot" found al liis home. City of Eagle Point launch es campaign to improve tittle and a half of cily streets. Whal's Your I.Q.7 Nine Of ten cortect It luptrior; I soven er eight it eicallent; five or ... is goinl. 1. Dues a cubic tout of wa ter weish more than, less than, or the siitne as u cubic fuul of ice.' 'i. Huw long did il lake Noah lo build the Ark? 3. What does the word poll lux mean? 4. What are baby Kanga roos railed? 5. How many ciphers addrd I.O iht figUit- line piuducc the cardinal number quintillicn? 8. Which slate wa once known as the Territory of Oi lcans? 7. On which famous docu ment is John Hancock's signa ture the boldest? 8. Which animal can sleep suspended upside down? 9. Which day of the week Is named fur Thor, the Norse God of Thunder? 10. Which sign of the Zo diac is for persons born be tween June 21 and July 23' Answers: 1. More. 2. 100 years. 3. Head lex. 4. Joeyt, S. Eighteen. 6. Louisiana, 7. Dee larstion of Independence, t. Sloth. 9. Thursday. 10. Can cer, the Crab. 4 FEBRUARY 4. 1963 American Today two extremist fringes, the far left and the far right, constitute a threat to the values tra ditionally associated with the American way of life. One form of extremism, communism, has stimulated the development of rightist organiza tions bent upon destroying communism even by the use of communist methods which menace freedom and democracy. One basic difference between the two ex tremes is that communism, although discredited in this countiy, is assisted from without by the alien regimes of the Soviet orbit, whereas the totalitarians of the far right now depend prin cipally on support from groups within the Unit ed States. DECENT Soviet economic and military inter- vention in the Western Hemisphere has given rise to increased alarm, hysteria, and some po litical demagoguery on the part of persons from whom a greater sense of responsibility is ex pected. Instead of healthy has launched irresponsible attacks on American citizens in high office and on American educa tional, legal, political, religious, and social in stitutions. These attacks have probably done more to undermine our democratic freedoms than the communists have accomplished through their organs of propaganda. As an offshoot of the ideological controversy and cold war tensions, the American Association of University Women and some of its branches have been attacked for upholding the high purposes of the Association expressed in i's Resolutions and Legislative Pro gram, adopted at national conventions. THHRICE in the past decade the American As- sociation of University Women, through its Board of Directors, has to the democratic philosophy and has stressed the paramount necessity for tolerance and respect for intelligent, dispassionate consideration of is sues and for rational decision-making. This posi tion was reinforced by a resolution adopted by the 19(31 national convention. Once again we repudiate appeals to extreme action and cries of violence and hatred, which are at variance with American democratic pro cedures. In this we are sustained by the fact that historically the United States, when beset by ex tremism of the left or right, has courageously steered a moderate course. The American people, when armed with facts wiiVwu. lVoi- ni 11 li mo lnn'n ill i wit mi ol i mj 1 1 r rlio. IitiLuvi nielli v JJ lulu 11.3, uclvi .iuiivi..l inblvckiiy vii.t nhivpil fiiiirnirp snirMcit v. skill. ;inrl initial ivn in .,n,:; K : tional purposes. It has been the frustrated minor ity fringes with nothing have reverted to negative goals ana irrational charges. A DECADE ago our Association identified as "nnn nf tlio m:tiiir n:i!iiin;il nrnhlpms tlir lined to inform our citizens really is as a philosophy, a political organiza tion, and an economic system. Today with a growing among our educational and political leaders, courses on communism are becoming a standard part of our public school We recognize that the teaching of commu nism in our schools presents certain hazards. It raises the question, "Which version of Commu nism should be studied that of Marx, Lenin, Stalin, Khrushchev, Tito, or Mao?" There are various communist sects, with corresponding variations in dogma, with which the uninitiated teacher and student can hardly cope successfully. AS UNIVERSITY women, we can perform a "real serv.ee nio'iir communities by distinguish ing between the theory of communism and So vietism the governmental and economic sys tem actually practiced in the U.S.SJi.. an avow edly socialist state. Theoretical communism, while not adhered to in the Soviet Union, is still useful for export abroad. If we teach only the communist creed we will leave American youth ignorant of the strengths and weaknesses of the U.S.S.U. and other mem bers of the Soviet orbit. Will' yOUUg pCOMC SIlOUIll leai'll UWU IliailV Ol Jle COIlSpicUOUS SUCCCSSCS of the Soviet UlUOll since the davs of Lenin to private initiative and ployed by the state, It we attribute the sputniks ami other Soviet achievements to communism, we give that "ism" credit where credit is not due. "TMIUS "packaged thinking" on communism must be distinguished f r o m "education" about communism. We b e I i e v e communism should be taught by teachers well versed in So viet practice an we!! as in communist theory. The challenge confronting AAUW today is to find a constructive method of informing our members of the differences between communism and Sovietism, and of the dangers lo freedom and democracy resulting from the extremism of both the far right and the far left. Statement by AAUW Board of Directors, reprinted from the January, 11)63, AAUW Journal. Anniversary One of the less welcome anniversaries: this i week is tlie JiUlh anniversary of the accession of Adolf Hitler to power in Germany. He was named chancellor by atrini; .'resident von llindenbcrn. Oregon Statesman, Salem. Values criticism, the far right bitterness created by affirmed its commitment na : l-nnnino- with vui- constructive to offer that as to what communism awareness of this need curricula. have sprung trom resort capitalist techniques em MEDFORD Stockpile 38A ... Communications ... Letter! to the Editor must bear the name and address of the writer, although under certain circumstances the use of a pen name or initial for publication is permissible. The Mail Tribune re.erves the right to edit all letters with a view to clarification and condensation. Letters submitted for publication must not exceed 400 words. The letters printed in this column do not necessarily represent the views of the paper; in fact the contrary is often the case. The Way To the Editor: Have you seen the waves dash themselves up on the sand? Or burst themselves out on the rocks? Have you noticed how fruit less to break the com mand Confining the binding with locks? "Thus far and no further", as the fiat decrees (Job 38:8-11) And helpless retreat they again Containing and forming the deep waters of seas Divest themselves, gently in rain. World's surging humanity is likened to seas (Ezk. 1!8:!2) Defying their Maker with force Instead of a softening and bending of knees Again and again, run their course. Will you list lo Dcily? so loving, yet firm; Will you pray for enemies, loo? lie's telling you how in a Spiritual term To soften the foe with Hie dew. Oil Lord God, grant us grace; for wo have such a foe Surging, bursting with hale today Do grant us the victory, Thy love to him show And teach us, our Lord, how to pray; Do forgive his lust for a Com munist world Forgive his subjection of weak So soften his heart as Thy presence is pearled A crown may he have at Thy feet. May wc carry the Word to his benighted land The Bible lo millions must go Then no sword need we raise, but as God's Spirit planned The Truth, will in truth, bend him low. James Williams. Box 411, Jacksonville, Ore. 0 Deports from Russia stale (hat their greatest need is the Bible now. - J.W. Two Cents Worth To the Editor: With all the discussion of the killing of doe and condemnation of the game commission for schedul ing doe seasons I would like lo add my two cents worth. 1 agree with others that when 1 ko out after deer these days there seem to be fewer around, and perhaps this is truo but not to a serious ex tent. ! a!::o remember b;:ck several e;trs when the doe were so tame that a shot would run tiirni hut to I lie nearest cover, however slight, to Ml and watch the piwocd itli. This is no longer irue. tne aie neaily as wild as i bucks. Fewer are seen bul Ihe! tracks indicate they are around. If we will Inke time to think, we might also remem ber when a large percentage of does ivere barren. Many is the time I would see lour or five bit; slick doe steu out together without a lawn. I enjoyed seeing lots of deer al most as mui.il its I cuioyt'd citing the buck steaks. 1 haven't, however, heard any one getting scutum' lllill about wanting to enjoy jo.-t the sight of them, so will dispense with my ouiy rea.-ou lor agreeing with our writers. A barren doe eats as much for age as a buck or other deer. I was a skeptic when 1 first began hearing hunters advo cate doe seasons much as they j ways be dear to you and too j the Veterans A.imimstration, had In other slates. When the should aid him lo the utmost or a statement concurred i.i. deer kill began to climb. 1 1 it he goes wrong even. And by the County I'ealth Old began to fear the lommission a dear friend should mean jeer, and one oihcr physician, had gone ntf their roeker. In the same to you as if he- Tlie deadline for getting only three or four years Ihe j annual kill had jumped from SO. Otlll lo over I Ml, 000 audi still the either sex seasons I MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, were increased. I annually ex pected to see a drastic reduc tion in the kill but it never materialized. There were a few small setbacks but noth ing like the increase which preceded. With one or two exceptions, Oregon has for the last several years had the highest kill of any state in the nation. The annual kill is now up to about 150,000 or three times the production before the killing of does. The suc cess ratio is up from about 35 per cent to over 50 per cent. Until the total kill drops below 100,000 two consecu tive years and the hunter suc cess ratio over 35 per cent, I would like to see the doe in cluded in our bag. I know there is room for improvement in the game commission, but going back lo barren doe and 50,000 "bucks only" with our 100,- 000 new hunters is not an m provement. I also can't agree wth Mr. Florcy that the word of 30,000 hunters is proof of anylhng. (Name on file) Medford Let George Do It To the Editor: Re Lydia Barnhams letter of Jan. 20 about the contradictions in our present day Capitalistic society. This, in the writers opin ion, is because the law of the "survival of the fittest." The law of the Stone Age still prevails. It spells out Root, Hog or Die." Put it in verse, il might sound like this: Might was right when Caesar bled upon the Slones of Rome, And might was right when Joshua led his men through Jordan's foam, And might was right where Gorman troops marched 'round thru Paris gay. It was the gospel of the an cient world It's the logic of today. You must prove your right by deeds of might By splendor and renown And even march thru flames of hell To knock opponents down K need be die on scaffold high in the nun nine's misl of gray For Liberty or Death is still Tlic logic of today. This seems to be Ihe gist of the matter. The have-nots get a few crumbs and that is that. The law - "They shall lake who have the power and lh.' l.-.ll boon ,!., ooo" i still prevails, regardless of ; our brothers' keepers, the do- ! ;ooocrs. tins coiuiiti.m will prevail until the time our law is I'lullLVrl til :i CiVi i!1rii t IVP ,,., n( . , d , , , ,, . .,., f.. i . - -v. .I..,., -v. - time. But if ll eventually ; u,a i.. i,.,i.. n... .... n of tlie world's population and with it the predicted explosion of the whole human race. However, only the now liv- ins. u-i i tm .i. in i.- live to see that. So Hie rest of us have nothing to worry about in this case. Now regarding being my brothers keeper. I surely br. lieve in it. heart and soul. Uut not in the Christian sense, wbicil means mat .hi should be a brother to Tom. Dick and Harry, while, bluek or yellow. That goes again:.! my grain. A blood brother should al- were your kith and kin f or Ihe rest ot the human race I have no vital concern, as I don t want to make it OREGON Foreign News: Indonesia Stepping Up Malay Pressures; Iked a Under By PHIL NEWSOM UPI Foreign Newi Analyst Southeait Asia Pressures Indonesia is stepping up its pressure against the British dependencies in Borneo. The d e pendencies of North Bor nco, Sarawak and Brunei are scheduled to join the Federation of M a 1 a y bia at the end of Au g u s t. The same areas arc claimed by In V MflWom donesia as Kalimantan Utara, a part of Indonesia. Indonesi an Army Staff Chief Majgen Achman Jani said during the week end that Indonesia was giving the "fullest moral sup port to our friends struggling for Independence in Kaliman tan Utara. The army is mere ly awaiting orders. If they come we will carry them out." my business lo but into other peoples' business. Also being that I am an old man and I have had my busy day, I just say: "Let George do il." John E. Ring, 1049 West 11th St., Medford Thanks To the Editor: This is a let ter of heartfelt thanks and deep appreciation from all of the members of the mnaii Temple Shrine Band to the staff of the Medford Mail Trib une, KMED-TV, KBES-TV, and all of the radio stations for their time, money and ef fort spent in making our an nual Shrine Band concert the tremendous success that it was. We also thank the business people of Medlord and Ash land for the advertising space, window space and reader board spaces that were de voted to our band concert. The Medford advertising media brought people to Med ford from all over Oregon and Northern California. It might be interesting to you folks to know that tins concert put on by the Hillah Band under the direction of our own lrv Mirick is now an annual aflair, purely on the demand of 11 ic people of Southern Oregon. Never have wc heard such enthusiastic applause lor our efforts! So, until next year many thanks to llie people ol Medford. Hillah Temple Shrine Band, Clyde Lees, President, 9J2 Ross Lane, Medlord. Correction To the Editor: The purpose of this writing is to make a correction in an article thai I published in the monthly bulletin of the Disabled Amer ican Veterans, wherein I in advertently failed to fully ex plain the requirements iur obtaining the bcnetil of home stead lax exemption tor war veterans. In stating that there is no longer a requirement ol dis ability certilicalion, for the benefit lor veterans lij years of age, it was made to appear that no more filing at all would be necessary, which would be the wrong impres sion. I wish to state here, that because of Ihe law passed in the HUH session of Ihe State i Legislature, discontinuing ti-.c j necessity of lurnishing proof each year of the required 40 per cent debility, which demanded of all veterans of , w;s Li.n iliils of a laier : date than Ihe Philippine in- I , 1 t II - ... I "" have ,igt uj. no Iu, Hinder iuo e lo luroi.-n i ..,,, f oi i-n,; i i , mv th.-v have been placed on the list for this benelit. BUT. each year veterans so described, must still go to the assessor s office and sign up for the benefit, though tins action , iioes Mill '.Tiiuire tnyimng i ,le veteran aged li.) or older but the signing. Disabled veterans of any i age. with wartime sen iee. Hie j entitled lo this tax exemp tion, but it im;si be upon ! property occupied by the vet- i crim as us mnw j if eligible, the filing of any ! veteran not now receiving ! t1(, benefit, may be done by ' producing for the assessor's office, either a statement from ; on the approved list lor this benefit, which is tax cxemp j tion on hotncsirad property ' lo a limit ot $7 500 cash val.ie. EEC Repercussions Japanese Prime Minister Hayato Ikeda's regime is un der attack from both right and left as result of the collapse of Britain's bid to join the European Economic Commu nity. Ikcda has based his pol icy on the "Three Pillars" the United States, Western Europe and Japan. The Social ists are asking how Ikeda could have travelled through Europe last fall without fore seeing the French booby trap in me way of Britain's Com mon Market aspirations. The editor of the conservative Eng lish Language Japan Times said Ikeda's Three Pillar pol Washington Report By William (c) United Feature Syndicate ECONOMICS VS. POLITICS Washington - It is time for the plain politicians to take over the job of restoring the western alliance or, alterna- TSymSt, tively. of get- i ting about the 3 k n e i noc- U L4 S 1 (O-Oa VJ I raising up an other in its place. It is jf past time for the professor ial economists lo bow out of a job which they have so profoundly botched. President Charles de Gaulle of France dominates the Euro pean continent today - with his exclusion already of Brit ian and his plain purpose to exclude the United States as well, if he can - for precisely one reason. HE KNEW from the start that his real undertaking the creation of a de Gaulle dominated third force in the world between the United States on the one side and the Soviet Union on the other -was a strictly political under taking. Accordingly, from the very beginning he ap proached his problem with the single - minded applica tion of the techniques of pow er politics, while we listened too much and gave too much negotiating power to political amateurs. His chosen antagonists fell is April 1. Time passes swiftly when you are not watching it, so veterans with this entitle ment, be warned not to wait too long. Pat Graham, Adjutant and Service Officer, Jackson County Chapter 8, D.A.V. 175 Jeanette si., Medford Prevent-Not Survive To the Editor: I believe this letter to State Senator New bry will be of interest to many local citizens. Dear Senator Newbry: It was good news to read in the Mail Tribune of Jan. 29 that you and several other mem bers of the Ways and Means committee had reappraised the Civil Defense and shelter program. I commend you for going to the core of the issue and taking your stand against it on the basis of "Where it is taking us." and for pointing out how ridiculous the evacuation-dispersal plans are for Portland. The ineptitude and inefficiency of Civil Defense during tie October storm were of litllc importance. As von know. I have work - cri for peace for years with the United Nations associa tion and many other groups ot citizens in our state and across the nation. These groups generally agreed that no adequate debate was car ried on between government, school authorities and citizens on the real issue of survival. Per: -ons Suvocaitng civ;, .c fense measures as a means of saving lives were deluding inrmseives Because mcy were not iiuormcu ol Ihe oosoics - cence ol , . .11 i.ii iiimuM in imi tci s.ruc.iir.i '; .-neber building can , defense. E anee in easily be overcome by a sim pic increase in the number or power of the bombs. ; The real problem is not how lo survive nuclear attack ! but how to prevent it. Wc must not divert the money, the thinking or the energy. I needed for t lie search for ' measures to prevent war and lo prepare ior a jusi ana dur able peace Instead of com munity shelter programs. '.b.Ci'c should be education on the efteets of nuclear war and ; the problems of disarmament. ! Will joii please inform me I if there will be an opportun ity for citizens to appear at ; a legislative hearing on civil defense" Is it possible to K- ' iect the program at the state j level and thus bring pressure on national policy? I Can you suggest any eflec- j live sleos for women who ob- : ject to ihe madness of nuclear ' war and are against being con stantly forced lo "go along"? Vane M. Bivsworth Route 1, Box 62 Jacksonville. Ore. Y- : M n - P 2 i ' 35" KRj4f icy had lost "some of its lus ter. South Vietnam Tactics The helicopter probably will continue as the United States' chief weapon for moving troops quickly from place to place in the battle against South Vietnam's Communist Viet Cong guerrillas. But the Viet Cong have adopted their own defensive tactics, melting into the swamps and jungle at the first sound of the big choppers. In addition, at week's end 60 of the U. S. Army's 120 H21 Shawnee hel icopters in Vietnam were grounded by mechanical breakdowns, spare parts short- S. White predictabley into his trap, for predictably they persisted m the delusion that the central issue was only one of econom ics. This was an outgrowth of their fixed and totally wrong conviction that great world events are determined "by the economics of the thing" instead of by the re solves of powerful and am bitious world politicians. The nonpolitical experts always reject this true motivation because it is too simple an answer and thus one which they regard as far loo 'un sophisticated." De Gaulle had selected his antagonists - Britain and the United States - long before they even knew they were his antagonists. While he moved implacably and with out real challenge from Anglo Americans to assert and then to consolidate a strictly polit ical power in Europe, they busied themselves with dreams that the old gentleman was really interested in shar ing the good things of the affluent society. IIIEY were studying their - textbooks about how to al locate these great boons among all the west. He was concerned solely with the hard realities of real interna tional political life. For many months, while he clearly had not the slightest intention of ever allowing the British into the European Common Mar ket on livable terms, the pro fessorial amateurs nursed the great illusion that he would surely do so - if only "the economics of the thing" could be adjusted. What he was really about has at least for a year and a half been quile apparent to almost every practical politi cian on both sides of the At lantic who ever demonstrated the capacity to carry so much as a county. But the hard po litical approach was largely avoided on the Anglo-American side in deference to the insistance of the "experts" -the politico - economists -that only they could really understand the complexities of this brave, new "economic' world. Admittedly, it is conceiv able that de Gaulle could have Britain's initial mistake in not jumping at once into the Common Market rather than first wasting time in trying to create a competing block which lacked the vital cle- i ment sufficicnt power. IIJUT IT is surely plain al 1 -U least that the game was lost beyond hope when the Aiihio - Americans persisted in misunderstanding the kind of game he was playing and persisted in trying to play it in the wrong field. We relied too much on a team of economic theorists; he sent in a team of tough politicians, hea.trd by one C. de Gauiie. And the lirst thing vve knew the game was all 1 0Ver. while our team was j j roarnin arouna m xnc 1 wrong ball park trying lo .-'. (1d out what had gone wrong with the rules - which say, to Ulcnli tMal js economics, and economies, and not men, that make history. y.'J-.f.v v .i-. r. -i "Clemson College? Clemson College? Nyel, never heard ol it. Have you heard of Ole Miss?" Attack ages and the need for mainte. nance checks. Gaitskell'i Widow Some Socialist party sources in Britain say that leaders of the South Leeds Labor party plan to ask the widow of party leader Hugh Gaitskell to run in the by election race for his parlia mentary scat. They say sha is admirably suited for the job, including a university de gree in economics. Strictly Personal By Sydney J. Harris (c- Field Enterprises. Inc. HOME PRESSURES The boy returned homa from college for the Christ mas holidays, and he seemed drawn and depress e d. Som e b p d y asked me why, and I said, "T o o much pres s u r e." "Too much pres sure of school work?" I shook my Harris head.. "No, too much pressure at home. A boy can't carry so big a burden." The burden I referred to was the expectations of his parents. They are pinning too many hopes on his career; his success is too important to them. And he feels this keen ly, and resents it without knowing why. Even the burden of paren tal love is sometimes too heavy for a growing child to bear. He feels this warm, moist, concentrated affection pressing down upon him, al most suffocating in its inten sity. But most young people eventually learn how to cope with that. What is much harder to handle is the sense that you have to live up to the rrark someone else has set for you. The grades become too important, the competition too frantic, the fear of dis appointing those who be lieve in you turns into an overwhelming nightmare. And it is desperately un fair to the boy. He cannot live his parents' lives over again for them. He cannot make up for their own lacks, their own unfulfill menis. He cannot carry their torch - only his own. I know boys who do not try - ei'her in high school or in college - simply be cause their parents' stand ards are too high for therrv and they are afraid of let ting down the team. If they do not try, the parents can always say. "He's very bright, he's very capable; if only he would try, he would do marvelous ly well," But the boy knows that no matter how hard he tries he will not do as well as his parents' expectations; and so by refusing to try. he is keeping his psycholog ical cake and eating it too. All this, sadly enough, is lru:r '.he more educated, higher - income, professional families. It is here that the competition is the greatest, the expectations most elevat ed. If the boy would be hap pier as a telephone linesman or a Forest Ranger, he is in a hopeless bind. His coals have been set for him by his milieu, and he canot be his own man; so he simply refuses to play Ihe game. He "does not try." A poor boy has difficult odds to struggle against; hut at least he sets the terms ot his life-work. A child from a more affluent home is given the terms - doctor, lawyer, business chief - and the Lord help loin if lie wauls In be an auto mechanic or a painter or some other occupation outside the prescribed limits of gen- ! teel activi i As Warden .a ..ciLueii L-avi.s uiilu T said of convicts, no man can be called a failure until he I has tried sometine he really has tried sometine he really I likes, and fails at it.