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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
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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
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, , ,, . .,., 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.