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Memoer California Newspaper Publishers Assoclauon Flight o' Time Medlord and Jackson County History from the files of Tha Mall Tribune 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 years ago, . 10 YEARS AGO May 17, 19S3 (Sunday) Registered voters, of 23 Jackson county second and third class school districts will vote tonight on a total tax levy of $775,003.32 In ex cess of the 6 per cent Increase limitatL.i. Agricultural and Industrial development, a civic audito rium and better highway communication! drew the heaviest number of votes on the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce's recently com pleted Community Clinic ballot. 20 YEARS AGO May 17, 1843 (Monday) P at r 1 o 1 1 c parade " and speeches by Camp White of' fleers to mark Medford ob servance of African Victory day May 19. From Arthur Perry's "Ye Smudge Pot" column: "The king of Italy wants to quit and seek refuge in an un revealed land. It won't be Ethiopia." 30 YEARS AGO May 17. 1933 (Wednesday . Mining boom sends many gold diggers into Applegate area. Many local residents pro test price of 10 cents a glass for beer. 40 YEARS AGO May 17, 1921 (Thursday) Capitol Hill district is swept by hail storm. Minneapolis Symphony or chestra to appear at Page theater in Medford. 50 YEARS AGO May 17. 1913 (Saturday) Sen. George E. Chamber lain pledges that national road will serve southern Ore gon area. The Rev. Olin E. Eldridge gives baccalaureate sermon at Natatorium building for Medford High achool gradu atlng class. What's Your I.Q.? Nina at ten cerracl li tuperlari seven or eight Is excellent five or III it food. 1. Its monetary unit Is the Gourde, Its population Is 3'i million, its people speak French and It occupies the western third of the island known as Hlspanlola; what Is tne country a name? 2. Of what country Is Port- au-Prince the capital? 3. Which of the world's con' tlnenls is the largest? 4. From what country does the United States Import the most coffee? 6. Do race horses on U S tracks run clockwise or coun ter-clockwise? 8. Is the capital of Gcornia Savannah, Atlant, or Augusta? 7. Is hematology the study of hemstitching, debating, or blood? 8. Did Italy surrender to the Allies in September of 1942 1943, or 1D44? 9. Is Jai Alai something to eat, a greeting, or game? 10. Which I lighter, balsa or cork? Aniwersi 1. Haiti. 9. Haiti. 3. Asia. 4. Braail. I. Counter clockwise. I. A 1 1 a a f a. 7. Blood, t. 1943. I. Game. 10. Balsa. VJa'SSOCIATION FRIDAY. MAY 17, 1963 Subject . , Given a person of tives, what makes a good Is it a grasp of teaching methods? Or is it complete? command of it a subtle mixture of both? Vt incline toward can ipcl into an ttrpimcnt any day of the week lHut whether grasp of subject s Uie rnr important The tjuession hardly a new one has come into sharper focus in recent weeks, and promises to get hoiter before U gets cooler. A KKCKNT bwJi. entitled "The Miseducation cf Teach' by James Koerner, puts heavy emphasis on the for teachers who are broad ly educated. jukI very light emphasis on the methodology of etuc:uuu Likewise ia Califctruu where the elemen tary and secondary schools are now in the midst of a massivw debate things, the academic vs. method argument, com plicated by politics and rivalry among the lead ers of the school system the emphasis is swing ing toward the academic side. Time magazine reports that, ultimately, "Cali fornia will turn down all (teaching) applicants whose sole and chief training is in the method ology of teaching. Instead, it will demand de grees in academic subjects, stressing substance over technique. THE magazine adds : . "The change profoundly affects California's 46 teacher-training institutions, which have to get more academic or practically go out of business. Also affected: many education schools in other states, which supply nearly one-third of California's new teachers. California itself may be in for initial trouble; a short age of teachers able to meet the new standards." If applied to the state's current teachers, the new standards would disqualify 20 per cent of high school teachers, 75 per cent of junior college instructors, and a fat 90 per cent of elementary teachers. The change is in accord with the recommen dations set forth in Koerner's book, which calls for a drastic upgrading of the level of teacher education, and of the members of the profession themselves. THIS change, which is also being noted in other sections of the country, represents a swing back to fundamentals, prerequisite for a teacher is a thorough knowl edge of what he is teaching, and that methods are a matter of common personality. Right here in the Rogue valley, we know of several instances where individuals with ad vanced degrees attempted tificates, only to be told they had to return to college for courses in how to teach. While there is a certain lotnc in this, if car ried to extremes it can result in ludicrous situa tions. Even Oregon's best university and college professors could not teach in elementary or secondary schools without added "education" courses. THE swing will not go all the way back, how- pvpr nprtain stnrtrlarrla fnr tpnphors am im perative, and something acquaintance with teaching methods which has grown into something of a science in itself will continue to be required. Similarly, although they may take up less of training, there will remain the need for such things as curriculum preparation, educational sociology, psychology, the use of audio-visual aids, and so on. But it seems to us that California is on the right track in insisting that a teacher know enough about what he is teaching to make it meaningful and important to his students. Still, the whole debate is almost academic as it applies to some individuals. For it is true now, and always will be, that a good teacher is good, and a poor teacher is poor, no matter what kind of background and training and education they may be offered. E.A. Clash in The changes in education in California are doubly interesting in that they come at a time of clash between the two chief figures in Cali fornia elementary and secondary education, Max Rafferty, the newly elected superintendent of public instruction, and Thomas W. Braden, the recently reappointed president ot tne state board of education. Rafferty was elected last fall in a campaign in which the John Birch Society was among his backers, and he himself had declared he is an un abashed conservative. His campaign was based on a "back to the fundamentals theme. Braden was reappointed by the Governor over the protests of several right wing groups, and is looked upon as a liberal, both politically and educationally. DAFFERTY, while elected, still has to report to the board of education, which is appointed, and which Braden heads. There have been a number of well-publicized clashes. But, according to the account in Time, it was Braden, not Rafferty, who is responsible for the rather drastic changes in teacher requirements. The net effect, says Time, is that Braden has stolen a good deal of Rafferty's thunder in Cali fornia education. &.A. vs. Method intelligence and good mo teacher? his subject matter? Or is the latter view. But one methodology or grasp of involving amonc other to the idea that the chief sense, intelligence, and to obtain teaching cer more than a nodding the time of a teacher in California 'You Don't Underttand, To Just Shuffle Along" Kennedy Calls for Action To Reduce Pesticide Hazards Washington - OIPD-President Kennedy has ordered immedi. ate government steps to cut down the health hazards re sulting from the widespread use of pesticides. Kennedy revealed a 46 page report from his science advisory committee warning that the environment is suf fering "increasing contamin ation" from chemical poisons. The scientists said pesti cides have been a great boon to mankind and their "judi cious use" must be continued. But it urged prompt steps to minimize risks to humans resulting from "continued ex posures to small amounts of these chemicals." The committee made a study of pesticides following the controversy that arose around Rachel Carson's book "Silent Spring." In a statement accompany ing the report, Kennedy said he had ordered federal agen cies to carry out the commit tee s recommendations within their authority, and to pre pare legislation for Congress where warranted. A senate subcommittee be gan hearings Thursday on pes ticide hazards. Dr. Jerome Weisner, chairman of the President's science advisory committee, will present the committee's report formally to Congress at the opening ses sion. The committee agreed with Miss Carson there was "evi dence of increasing environ mental contamination." Youth Incorporated Schedules Meeting 'Youth Incorporated," re cently organized at a meeting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. N. F. Gier, 2902 North Pacific highway, will meet Tuesday, May 21, at 1:30 p.m. at Kim's cafe, Mrs. Marie Hcadlee, tem porary chairman, has an nounced. Purpose of the organization is to give help to young peo ple, particularly high school students, in finding employ ment for the summer months. The public is invited to the Tuesday meeting, which will be attended by Mayor James Dunlevy, Police Chief Charles Champlin, Bill Stamps and other community leaders In terested In youth problems, Mrs. Hcadlee said. John Crab ot the Medford High school faculty gave the organizational meeting group a report on the work being done by the school to aid young men and women in con tinuing their education when part time work is needed. Reports also were maoe oy Mrs. Jack J. Glllaspic and Stamps, showing there Is a need for unified action to place all young people, want ing work, in summer jobs. MIT Man Appointed Associate Professor Eugene rir. Edward Her bert, presently at the Massa chusetts Institute of Technol ogy, has been appointed asso ciate professor of chemistry at the Unlversily of Oregon ef fective July 1. Dr. Herbert is a biochemist with a strong subsidiary back ground In cell psychology. His main research interest is in messenger RNA, the chemical substance which carries the genetic blueprint from the DNA tn the nucleus of the cell to the chemical fac tory In the outer part of the cell. He has been studying the role of RNA in the activa tion of amino acids in the pro cess of protein manufacture. MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON Boy You're Supposed "Today, pesticides are de tectable in many food items, in some clothing, in man and animals, and in various parts of our natural surroundings. Carried from one locality to another by air currents, wa ter runoff, or living organ isms, pesticides have traveled great distances and some of them have persisted for long periods of time. "Although they remain in small quantities, their variety, toxicity and persistence are affecting biological systems in nature and may eventually af fect human health," it said. The committee said there is urgent need for more research to determine how much pes ticide is reaching human be ings through food, water and air, and what "long-term im pact" small quantities of these poisons may 'have on health. It recommended that the Department of Health, Ed ucation and Welfare under take "comprehensive" studies of these questions. Use Reduction Aikad It also called for an "or derly reduction" in the use of pesticides, such as DDT and other chlorinated hydro carbons, that are particularly long lasting. The eventual goal, it said, should be total elimination of persistent toxic pesticides in favor of safer chemicals which will be more "selec tive" in their targets and dis appear more rapidly alter use. The committee echoed Miss Carson's concern about the 'substantial mortalities among birds and other wildlife" that have resulted from pesticide spraying programs. It said that not all of the neavy wild life losses have resulted from careless misuse of chemicals; some have followed govern ment financed programs that were "carried out exactly as planned" It recommended tnat wild life protection be considered in any legislation Congress enacts on pesticide programs. The committee urged re peal of the law under which the agriculture department may be compelled to grant a registration "under protest to the manufacturer of a pes ticide which it considers un duly dangerous or otherwise undesirable. 1 1 " r Try and Stop Me By BENNETT CERF TVTIEN PRESIDENT EISENHOWER occupied the White ' ' House, his most valued speech writer was Emmet John Hughes. Now Hughes has written a revealing book about thncA rfnve f'Th,. nrHr,nl . of Power"). "I'll tell you about leadership," was one of the memorable comments the President made to Hughes. "Lead ership is NOT hitUng people over the head. That's ASSAULT. LEAD ERSHIP is persuiuion and conciliation and ed ucation and patience. It's long, slow, tough work. That's the only kind of leadership I be lieve in." e e a Eton, that famous boya' school In England, ia the setting for a recently published novel called "The Fourth of June." A gentle man on the West Coast wanted to order a copy, but by the time he called his bookseller, the title had slipped his mind. "It's that book about Eton people are talking about," he told the book seller. "Do you know tha one I mean?" "Of course I do," said the bookseller and sent him an advance copy of a new cook book. e A pompous broker was reminiscing interminably about his glorious exploits In World War II. "I hadn't had my wings tn the Air Korea for a month." ha asserted, "when I blew up four am munition dumpe and shot down nine fighter planes." "Ah, yea," aighed the lady next to him wearily. "I presume that's when they decided to send you overseas." O INS. br Beaaett Cert. Distributed br Xlsg returns a radicals Dispatches Indicate Himself More Hemmed by Kesrricrions BY PHIL NFWSOM UP! Foreign News Analyst Moscow dispatches are sug gesting that Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev, never an absolute die- tator in the manner of Josef Stalin. Is finding him- more and more hemmed in by restric tions. They al so are suggest ing the full extent of the ewsoss agonizing reapprisal to which the Soviets have been sub jecting themselves ever since their retreat In last October's Strictly Personal By Sydnay fct Field Enterprise. Inc. LEFT-HANDED THOUGHT If you are normally a right- handed person, try a little ex. periment for a half-hour or so: do with your left hand every thing that you usual ly do with your right. The most sinv pie and ob vious acts will become c o tri plicated and cumberso m e. You will hardly be able to write or cut or eat your food; and you will quickly become baffled, frustrated and ex asperated. Now imagine, this lop-sided process intensified a thou sandfold, and you may have some idea of how painful and difficult It Is to think "with the left hand" - that is, to reverse our customary process of thought. Why has science mad such enormous strides in knowledge and develop ment, while human affairs still remain largely as they war in iha days of the Assyrian Empire? Largely because every advance in science is gained by revers ing the spool of thought by thinking in a way thai is opposite of tha traditional and customary ways. Of all the habits of man kind, tha habits of thought are tha most persistant, the most tenacious, tha most en slaving. We put on an idea in iha morning as we put on a shoe, left or right first, unconsciously and withov' ever varying the procedure by a fraction. And our resistance against changi. j our habits of thought is immense and unrelenting. If we try, briefly, we find It as vexing and unrewarding as writing a latter with the left hand. What wa are used to is com fortable; what is comfort able is good; and what is good is right - this is the unspoken belief of almost all people everywhere. When a scientist, however, tackles a problem that has hitherto seemed insoluble, he abandons all his preconcep tions, and all the preconcep tions of the past. Only when he begins to question the basic assumptions he has always held can he make an utterly fresh start, unencumbered by the intellectual baggage of the past. I am not suggesting that a knowledge of the past Is not useful, or that history and tradition have little to offer us - but they must be used as tools, not as points of depar ture. Our thinking about them must involve a painful revalu- jjl jajSfaap TJ Cuban crisis. Western diplomat attribute the present standstill In Soviet foreign policy both to Khrushchev'i critics at home and to his quarrel with the Red Chinese, which the Cuban crisis brought to a head. At home, his most notable failure has been agriculture. Abroad, the Red Chinese are challenging his leadership with demands for a tough line against the West, particularly the United States. There is now a general be lief that the Sino-Soviet quar rel has reached such propor tions that it has taken over No. 1 priority, and that there can be no serious considers- J. Harris ation of our most cherished ideas and ideals. Not one person in a thou sand is willing - although many are able - to think left handed for more than a few minutes at a time. Yet every important discovery has been made in this way, from Har vey on circulation of the blood to Freud on the role of the unconscious. And we know what derision and abuse such men were subjected to for daring to violate' the right handedness of their times. In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS Air Force Major Gordon Cooper, 36, circled the earth at 17,544 mph. Note to speed demons: "Don't try to equal his speed on pavement. It can't be done. If you want to travel that fast, get a job as a space pilot. Every 88.7 tainutcs, he cir cled the cadth. PAGE Jules Verne! Hie man Phileas Fnrtr took 80 DAYS to make it around. Can you remember how he came to make the trip? PHILEAS Fogg, an English man, wax livinff it un at his London club when the conversation got around to Speedy travel. Fogg, perhaps led on by a few gin and bit. ters, made a bet he could cir cle the earth in 80 days. A fellow member took him up on the bet. pKGG and his French valet Passepartout set out that Communications Letters to the Editor must beer the name and address of the writer although under cer tain circumstances the use of a pen name or initial for publica tion is permissible. The Mall Tribune reserves the right to edit all letters with an eye to clarification and condensation. Letters submitted for publica Uon must not exceed 400 words. All Oragonians To the Editor: The Portland Reporter, Saturday, May 11, 1963, republished your edito rial entitled "Bisecting Jack sonville." At first thought, I was reluctant to make com ment on the situation con fronting you southern Orego- nians. After spending several days thinking about the ruin ation of one of my favorite towns, I not only felt It proper but obligatory to make -comment. All Oregonians have a stake in the preservation of historic Jacksonville. The gold rush times, the Indian problems. and the Union Confederate controversy, can be experi enced by anyone who bothers to spend a leisurely afternoon wandering the streets of this historic town, I feel lure that it would be easier to explain to my two children, and the children that they will have, that the State of Oregon chose a less than optimal route for a high way, than I would to explain the destruction of their heri tage as Oregonians. I sincere ly hope that the people of Jackson county will remain steadfast in their opposition to the ruination of Jackson ville. Donald E. Clark, Sheriff Multnomah County Portland, Ore. Expresses Thanks To the Editor: On behalf of the officers and members of the Roxy Ann Gem and Min eral club, I wish to express our thanks for the excellent cooperation of your paper which helped in large meas ure to make our Gem and Mineral Show a success. Thanking you again, E. L. Dobbins Publicity Chairman Roxy Ann Gem and Mineral club Medford. I Khrushchev Finding tion of other problems until it is solved one way or the other. In Peking this week it was announced a Chinese dele gation would go to Moscow to discuss these differences at meetings beginning July S. In the Chinese party will be Teng Hsiao-ping, top party secretary, and Peking Mayor Peng Chen. It will not, however, in Dick, Happy, Rocky, Mary, Pat, Checkers By Arthur Hoppe I'm ail In favor of the way our social betters strive to face such things in a very civ ilized fashion. But, like every body else, I can't help worry ing how it'll turn out at 810 Fifth avenue. What with Mr. and Mrs. and Mrs. Rockefeller and Mr. Nixon all in the same boat. If that's the word for it. Such high -class goings-on confuse me. But if I've got it straight, Mr. and (old) Mrs. Rockefeller used to have the top triplex. But she won cus tody of the 13th and 14th floors. So Mr. and Mrs. (new) Rockefeller have to make do by expanding the 12th for her four kids. And now Mr. Nix- very night and by superhu man effort, particularly by the resourceful Englishman's cool determination in the face of every obstacle, succeeded in making the circle of the globe and turned up at the club just TEN MINUTES be fore the agreed-upon time. It was a close shave. Around the World in 80 Days is a great story. If you have forgotten it, you'd better go back and read it again. It will give you a good idea of how far the world has moved in the way of speedy travel. JULES Verne, by the way, " set out to be a lawyer, and studied law in Paris. But liter ature interested him more. While reading law, he helped write the librettos of several operas. He wrote several unsuccess ful plays, and finally in 1862 achieved his first success with the fanciful novel "Five Weeks in a Balloon." That did it. He dropped the law and from then on WROTE regu larly, winning fame and for tune as a writer. Page Earle Stanley Gard ner. TN CONCLUSION: While Major Cooper made his fabulous circuits of the earth, and the rest of us in Southern Oregon were watch ing him by TV, little Sandra Ruconich at her home in Klamath Falls was watching him also - in spite of the fact that she has been BLIND since birth. She was watching with her sensitive fingers while she listened. The watching with her fin gers is made possible by means of a special globe made for her by Arthur Epperson. The lines on the globe follow accurately Major Cooper's or bits. They are made by threads glued to the surface of the globe, so that she can follow them with the tips of her sen sitive fingers. The equator is marked by a heavier glued on cord, and the globe is quar tered by heavier cords. She got the story just as clearly as the rest of us who have no handicaps. That ia a story as wonderful as Jules Verne could have imagined. i i, "Take Hltiar. for instance he was dictator's dictator!" clude Mao Tse-tung, the one man who can make the final decision. In Moscow there Is no be lief that the conference will settle the deep ideological differences between the two but it is felt the meeting must be held U only to prove Moj. cow's good intent! Meanwhile, there will be no flirtation with the West to further muddy the issue. on's moving into a "modest" $200,000 flat below them. ' Which ell makes sense. To anybody who reads the Soci. ety pages. But what about the elevator? There's Mrs.- (old) Rocke. feller and her four (old) chil. dren in the down car. And it stops at 12. Enter Mr, and Mrs. (new) Rockefeller and the four (new) children. "Oh," says Mrs. (old) Rock efeller. "Oh," says Mrs. (new) Rockefeller. "Oh-oh," says Mr. (suddenly looking very old) Rockefeller. "Now let us all behave in a very civilized fashion." Which is what men always say in such circum stances. . But before he can introduce everybody - iq case he was thinking of it - the elevator stops again. And in step Mr, and Mrs. Nixon, their two Nixonettes and Checkers, "Oh," says Mr. Rockefeller. "Oh," says Mr. Nixon. "I would like to welcome you into this elevator as a dis tinguished American," says Mr. Rockefeller nervously, "And I hope you will enter local politics. At the ward level." "I am just here to prac tice law," says Mr. Nixon with dignity. "May I introduce you," says Mr. Rockefeller, wiping his brow, "to my wives and chil. dren. I mean these are our children and those are her children who are now my children and this is Mrs. Rock efeller." "How do you do," says Mr. Nixon politely. "Not that one!" snaps Mr. Rocke. feller. "This one." "I'm just here to practice law," says Mr. Nixon. "Is that a crack?" says Mr. Rockefeller angrily. And right then the elevator breaks down, : , Well, if you've ever been trapped in an elevator, you know how the confinement tries one's soul. Even with strangers. Twenty minutes would be awful. What a scene! Of course, the kids, being kids, are probably playing Twenty Questions to idle the time. And the ladies, being ladies, are getting on fine. "Make him some good hot chicken soup," Mrs. (old) Rockefeller is saying. And Mrs. (n e w) Rockefeller is thanking her for how nice and clean she left everything. But there's Mr. Rockefeller and Mr, Nixon, eyeball to eye ball. "Look here, fella," Mr. Rockefeller is shouting. "The way you shafted me with tha delegates in '60 . . ." "Me, shaft you?" cries Mr. Nixon; "Who wouldn't run on my ticket? Who wouldn't lift a finger for me in New York? Who knifed me in order to have a clear field in '64? If I had elbow room I'd point an accusatory finger. And fur. thermore ..." Well, I'd be surprised if both reached ground alive. Which all goes to prove we common people are right. Being civilized is fine. But no apartment house is big enough to house the memories of old passions. And Mr. Nixon ought to be gentleman enough to move out, to Bronxville in stead. I f. i T---e
