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FRIDAY. JUNE 14. 1983
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Medford and Jackson County
History from the- files ot Tha
Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30, 40
and 50 years ago.
10 YEARS AGO
Jun 14. 1953 (Sunday)
Jackson county's total net
taxable value," exclusive of
utilities, has been figured at
190,298,620 for the current
year.
Mrs. Stephen Nye, 818 West
Tenth St., has been reelected
to the Medford school board.
20 YEARS AGO
Jun 14, 1(43 (Monday)
Possibility of hay shortage
In Rogue valley seen by Coun
ty Agent Robert O. Fowler.
From Arthur Perry's "Ye
Smudge Pot" column: "Cooks
art now using oatmeal and
soy beam aa meat 'stretchers.'
Btrive as they will, they can't
make both ends meal."
30 YEARS AGO
June 14, 1933 ( Wednesday)
County fruit growers meet
Ing postponed due to inability
of Dr. Henry Hartman to ar
rive with annual reporr.
Woman president of Good
Government Congrets and
county judge linked with lo
cal ballot theft cases.
40 YEARS AGO
Jun 14. 1923 (Thursday)
Brisk demand for residen
tial property reported in Gold
Hill.
Bonds for construction ot
new Medford high school
building costing $160,000 de
feated by 27 votes.
40 YEARS AGO
June 14. 1913 (Saturday)
Five persons escape Injury
when car overturns at 30
miles an hour; vehicle undam
aged except for broken wind
shield. "Moat notorious of Oregon
City game poacher" arrested
at Anient dam for fishing In
restricted area.
The Tide Toward Freedom
It is easy too easy to look about us and
conclude that the world is going straight to the
does.
There is enough bleak evidence that all is not
well, that the forces of totalitarianism are on the
ascendancy. During the past quarter - century
there have been a world war and the Korean war,
to sav nomine of the cold war.
Today's college graduates have known noth-
t. ... 1-l i.r.i j: 1 1 . . ...
ing out, international ui&curu aim uj;bci, wciio,
revolutions and tension.
Still, we are reminded by James Reston of the
New York Times, despite these unassailable facts,
the long-range trend is in the direction of free
dom, not domination.
THE spirit of domination, Reston says, is losing,
not winning, nearly wherever it comes into
contact with the forces of liberation.
It is losing in the American South not fast
1 i . 1 A L 1 rtA :
enougn, DM ll is losing. Alter iuu years uince
i i- i? i i .11 t i r! it.. I :
slavery was aooiisneu, me iNeiriu is miauy uuuin-
ning to achieve full citizenship. It won't come
all at once, but the breaK-tnrougn nas been macie,
and the rest will follow.
The forces of domination are losing else
where, too, Reston declares, and "the liberating
spirit is on the ascendancy. He states:
"This I perhapa the most powerful tide of these
last 22 years. It has liberated India, the Middle East,
the most of Africa. Almost 900,000,000 people have
gained their Independence since this week's graduates
were born, . Europe has not only been liberated but
restored and Is now being united.
"Only the white supremacists and the Communists,
whom the white supremacists blame for everything,
are holding out for the idea of domination. But the
spirit of the age is against them, and that is the gradu
ation present of the Class of '63."
e e e
IT WOULD be easy to pick holes in Reston's
tli phi a nnrl thpvo flrp. ohvions exeentinns in
China, in eastern Europe, in parts of Asia, in
South Africa.
But, looking over the events during the life
times of todav graduates, it must be conceded
that Reston is more right than he is wrong.
There are monumental problems to be solved
hunirer. over-population, decent standards of
living, education, industrialization, and all the
rest, v
But the tide IS. slowly, almost imperceptibly,
flowing in the direction of freedom. May it con
tinue. E.A. -
The Rites of Death
The current issue of The Atlantic has an
article entitled "The Undertakers' Racket." by
Jessica Mitford. it deals with funerals and fu
neral customs and practices in this country.
A clergyman of our acquaintance has urged
his conirreeation to read the article for, he said,
"finally an author and a national magazine have
had the courage to print some common sense
and some facts in regard to the maudlin, decep
tive and oatran practices which surround what
Jessica Mitford calls 'the death industry'.'
; He added:
"It Is disturbing to be told that in 1000 (he ex
penditure for funeral arrangements for each American
adult who died averaged $1,490 - that we Americans
spent more memorializing, beautifying and interring
our departed friends and loved ones in 19(10 than we
spent for higher education, for the conservation of
natural resources, for fire and police protection -about
$2 billion.
"It la enlightening to read that we are the only
nullon In today's world that embalms Its dead; that
there Is no legal and medical necessity for doing so,
and certainly no religious Justification for the attempt
to preserve temporarily the physical body after death;
that we have been sold a costly, pagan and calculated
bill of goods. It Is interesting to read what happened
when Jessica Mitford challenged the undertakers'
claims that certain procedures and expenses . . . are
required by law. They are not.
"The making of lovely and fitting arrangements
for a departed loved one Is always difficult, even when
some csroful and unemotional forethought has been
given to the tastes, values and convictions involved.
But it would be so much less difficult for us nil if we
were not 'trapped' by pagan religious traditions and
subtle commercial pressures ..."
"Well, I Tried To Block The Doorway"
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Kurds' Desire for Independence Still
Is Disruptive Factor in Middle East
Br PHIL NEWSOM
UPI Foreign News Analyst
After -the late Brig. Cen.
Abdul Karim Kassem over
threw the monarchy of Iraq
in 1958, one
of his first
acts was to
permit the re.
turn from
Soviet exile
of a Kurdish
leader named
Mullah Musta
fa Al-Barzani.
And in 1959
when army
units in the northern region
of Mosul rebelled against Kas
sem, the Kurds largely were
responsible for putting the re
bellion down.
Four years and another
revolution later, the relation
ship between the warlike
Kurds and the Baghdad gov
ernment twice has gone full
circle.
Newsoai
What's Your I.Q.?
NIm tea cornet ts suee'lei;
aeaa ar iei li enellent; le at
III it (04.
1. Which Biblical character
had a coat ot many colors?
2. In which of Shakespear's
plays U Shylotk a character?
3. On which side is a cow
usually milked?
4. How many thousand do!
lar bills would there be in one
million dollars';
S. Which American college
Is named for two English ov
ereigns?
0. In what city is the fa
mom Newgate Prison?
7. Correct the following:
"Joe, as well aa his father, is
going hunting."
8. Which of the original 13
colonics was last to be found
ed? (
S.'ln postal usage, what is
a "nixie?"
10. What was the name of
Esau's brother?
Answem 1. Joseph, i. "The
Merchant of Venice." 3. Usu
ally right. 4. On thousand.
5. William and Mary. I. Lon
don. 7. It Is correct, t. Geor
oia. I. Dead letter. 10. Jacob.
Flag Weak
To the Editor: Concerning
Flag week, Friday, June 14
1983, expressed by P. A. Hor
ton, Los Angeles:
Our flag Is not the emblem
of a ruler, but a true symbol
of the authority of a free peo
ple who believe that all men
are created equal, the em
blem of our Constitution, our
heritage and all that is truly
American, representing the
accomplishments of our peo
ple who have reached heights
of human endeavor never be
fore known, standing for the
dignity of the individual and
the inalienable rights with
which we are endowed by our
Creator. That is why our flag
is dipped to no man, but only
In reverence to God.
With confident belief In Di
vine Providence, a people who
loved freedom carved a na
tion out of a wilderness that
was part of an autocratic em
pire at a time wnen an nn-
tlons were ruled by despots.
The flags of mighty kings of
that day have long since gone,
but the Stars and Stripes re
main. Alone it alanda in splen
dor as the first flag in hu
man history dedicated to the
personal and religious free
dom of mankind, known as
the flug of liberty. It signaled
a new concept of government.
a government of the people
whose powers are granted by
them and are exercised di
rectly for their benefit.
Those who live under our
flag and are loyal to it are
loyal to truth, justice, and
courage, keenly alive to the
responsibilities of American
citizenship, and proud of this
glorious privilege.
Those who live under It and
are disloyal to it are traitors
to those who love freedom,
not alone In our country but
wherever they may be
throughout the world. There
are some among us who de
cry patriotism and strive with
all their might to Inculcate
internationalism. The man
who says he loves other coun
tries as much as he loves his
own is a victim of conflict
ing loyalties, a dilemma that
can lead only to treason.
It's in the blood of some to
deride all expressions of loy
alty or other noble scnli
ment. There are those who
would surrender our sover
cliinly to govern ourselves
"RIEF is a most understandable and fitting
human emotion, as is the imnulse to do
everything possible to honor one who was loved n1c! ",r?w "w"y CHir birUl-
j u T. a i rl of freedom.
ana wuu lias uicu.
The emotion and the impulse have been part
of the human tradition since the Pharoahs
erected the pyramids as their own tombs. State
funerals have always played a major role in the
panoplies of nations and churches.
And, to many, the rites of custom and tradi
tion are a way of easing their own grief by
paying honor to those who have gone.
UUKTHERMORE, those charged with the tasks
of caring for the dead perform a necessary
service, any many of them will do so with sim
plicity ami dignity, if that is the wish expressed
to them
Inch, and so on. The circum
ference of the second circle
would be 34.4677 inches. With
1S5 circles yet to figure, I
quit. Is there some short cut
to solve this problem?.
Think I had better get back
to painting our kitchen, and
there is a lot of next winter's
wood still to split up. Frank
ly this letter is a lot of non
sense, but at least it is a
change from the many argu
ments, pro and con, on vari
ous subjects, , that, no ' one
seems to come up with a solu
tion for and no one is winner
in the end. '
This problem could' be solv
ed and might be just as im
portant to some as how we
can get on the moon.
Bill Brewster
Trail, Ore.
Justice White said, "Histo
ry even In our limes, warns
us that the 'saddest epitaph'
cs-cr carved lo the memory ol
a vanquished free state is
that Us people failed to raise
their hunds lo keep their free
doms and liberty while yet
they hud that power."
Our ting symbolizes two
thousand years search for this
freedom
Mrs. John B Lynch
139 Kenwood ave.
Medtord.
Not Worth It
To the Editor: To eat is
human, to digest Is divine,
but a full belly makes a dull
brain. There are more glut
tons than drunkards in hell.
The only trouble with drink
ing is, the flesh is willing
but the spirits are too strong
The : whiskey, bottls Is a
college. The . spirits within
have graduated and earned
honors. The path to gradua
tion was rough and thorny,
but the history of whiskey
is of a humble nature and is
a volume in itself. It has
never fallen very .low and
with all its opportunities, has
never risen lo the highest
standards.
In the blood stream of
men, whiskey is like a small
stream of water, slowly fill
ing inlo a vast lake. As time
passes the liquor sneakily in
creases the land mark of
slopping or being able to re
fuse the next drink. The glut
ton thus slowly sinks into
his own whiskey lake.
On two feet I can stand and
look a glutton in the eye and
tell if he's selfish with his
drink or not. 1 have grown
culm and coldly wise in ex
change for my youth. It
should be a lesson to every
one to keep your head above
the tide, even when the lake
overflows. I have learned the
lesson from sufficient con
clusions, but I hardly choose
my past. It was pleasont and
was meant to be, 1 sort of
feel It was created for some
one else's sake. In passing the
crest of life I look back and
come to the conclusion the
game isn't worth a candle.
E. Dykes,
173 West Gregory rd.
Central Point, Ore.
In the Day's News
y FRANK JENKINS
For in 1981, the Kurds re
belled against Kassem, and
they played a large hand In
his downfall last February.
This month negotiations over
Kurdish demands for auton
omy collapsed again and once
more Mullah Mustafa Al-Barzani
U a man with t price on
his head.
The Iraqi government will
pay the equivalent of $280,
000 for him, dead or alive.
For the Kurds, it is another
chapter in a 40-year struggle
for an independent Kurdistan
in an area which embraces
parts of Turkey, Iran and
Iraq.
Geographically, the Kurds
spread from Mt. Ararat, fa
bled landing place of Noah's
Ark, in the west to the Tigris
in the east.
Historically, hey go back
to a vague origin which has
been traced to 2.000 years be
fore Christ. They participated
in the fall of biblical Ninevah
and Babylon. They fought
with Saladin against the
Christian crusaders and in
1257 they massacred an army
of 20,000 Mongols.
Their record is one of fierce
independence, which in more
recent years has been exploit-
Strictly Personal
Sy Sydney J. Harris
(cl Field EnterprUea. Inc.
From Washineton:
, Oregon Democrats went be
fore the appropriations sub
committees of both houses of
the congress the other day to
press for approval of budget
requests for public works
projects in Oregon.
Senator Morse and Senator
Neuberger recommended to
the Senate public works sub
committee that (Oregon)
spending proposed in Presi
dent Kennedy's budget be IN
CREASED by about $8 million.
Similar requests that the
budget be adjusted upward
were made by Representatives
Edith Green, Robert Duncan
and Al Ullman.
SENATOR Moise, in a pre
pared statement, urged that
a budget request for $57 mil
lion for the John Day dam be
upped to $71 million because
of "long delays that have en
sued in past years." He also
urged that $545,000 be added
to the budget for the Coos and
Millicoma Rivers project to
help provide cheap transpor
tation for logs in the Coos Bay
area.
Senator Neuberger en
dorsed a budget request for a
project to deepen the Colum
bia river channel to 40 feet.
She noted that the project had
the endorsement of Represen
tative Norblad (Republican) of
Oregon, and Representative
Julia Hansen, of the state of
Washington.
Juit At Important
j To the Editor: Thanks E A
t fur Ihul lilt),. T.tft- rtr,l
Despite this, it has long been our conviction1 u-m. And a up ot my out som
brero lo Joe and Kay fur be
ing llu- first to send in a so
lution to same. Hut why stop
there? Lets find out how
long that groove is that trav
els under the needle. Hope
Krut. v.-ill .... ...i,V.
Death comes to all. How we face it is our: an answer.
Actress, Infant Son
Reported Doing Well
Hollywood - (UPI) - Actress
Abby baiton, co-star of Joey
Bishop's television show, and
her Infant son were reported
doing fine today in Valley
Presbyterian hospital,
. Miss Dalton, wife ot busi
nessman Jack Smith, gave
birth to trie 7 pound 9 ounce
boy Thursday. It was the
couple's first child: ,
that too often the rites of death in this country
are, a9 our minister friend declares, steened in
"maudlin, deceptive and pagan practices, ' with
trappings and rituals which do little enough to
honor the dead or console the living.
.ii- n i (.mi , an answer. nrr,-ini..H .., ,,...
OWn affair, and it should be OUI' own affair to! My mind, feeble as ll is, isjwill continue In tne future as
chose the accoutrements and ceremonies with!"" ,-v,,,f 'lkr!1 10 "civcjvou have done in the past.
...t.:.u .. - i.: it. 11 , .1. i i into the tacts about things e trust at some future dale
which we bid farewell to those who are gone, ' CilbtaPi ,mH k.n!we m.y visit Medford w,e
wunuui ucci'piioil, aim Wlinotll SllOlIC pressures 'nn now to put a man on tnc.yiui ar,ain
Rlcktnt Leaving
To the Editor: After 6tj
years in Medford. Mrs. Rlcken
and I have grown to love it
and the many line people that
we nave met here. It now be
comes necessary for us to
move to another appointment.
We wish it wire possible to
tell each of you personally
how much you imvr meant to
us. We hope you will forbive
us (or tills impersonal way ui
telltii yo-i oi our transfer,
but due to the number of
friends we have acquired It
has become ncces:ii t0 let
you know this way.
Your support, interest and
concern for the prrgram of
The Salvation Army during
these past yeor.i has been ap-
QUESTION:
Is there anything WRONG
with these requests that our
kind old Uncle in Washing
ton come across with more
money for his nephews and
nieces out here in Oregon?
PROBABLY not.
If the John Day Dam is
going to be built, it ought to
be finished as soon as pos
sible. And if lortg delays in
its construction have added
$14 million to its cost, Uncle
should put up the difference.
The same is true in the case
of the Coos Bay projects.
And no one in Oregon, I
think, will quarrel with the
contention that the channel
of the Columbia river should
be deepened to 40 feet as far
up as Portland. The state of
Oregon needs a deep water
port - and the fact that Port
land is a hundred miles back
in the interior makes it all
the more important.
That brings ships CLOSER
TO THEIR CARGOES - and
that can mean better markets
for Oregon products.
BUT
Ovcr the ycars
We have fallen inlo delu
sion that these things are
FREE GIFTS from our good
old Uncle in Washington.
They aren't.
ON WRITING .
In New York recently, I
was introduced to young
man who had just resigned
his position in
a broker age
firm in order
to become a
writer. We
chatted for a
half hour
about his new
life, and I
was tempted
to ask him
Bam "What is it
that you have to say?" For It
seemed perfectly plain to me
that this affable, not unin
telligent young man was
singularly devoid of any ideas
or views that cried out to be
heard. He wants to say some
thing, but he seems to have
nothing of special importance
to say.
There is a widespread mis
taken notion that "writing" is
a talent that exists in a void
a sense of words and phrases,
a style, a gift of expression
and arrangement. But this is
only the hollow form of writ
ing; it needs to be filled with
substance.
Nine-tenths of all wrlttrs,
including many of. th es
tablished ones, have very
little to say. Their world
view is either banal, un
formed, or non existent.
They are mass of feelings
and inchoate ideas, but
these have never been
enough' to give shape and
point and direction to lit
erary works.
' Good writing - as distinct
from mere "style" - is first
of all sound thinking. A
writer needs ' a prehensile
mind, one thai can grasp an
idea and hold it in the
round, firmly and forcibly,
using it as, a tool. I don't
even mean thai these ideas
need : necessarily be con
scious ones - but they must
be present,' driving- the en
gine and providing its mo
tive power. i
The young man in New
York, like so', many of his
kind, feels that the urge to
"express himself" is. a valid
enough reason. It is not. The
writer does not express "him
self" - he expresses his view
of the world, refracted
through his own unique per
sonality. Unless he can ob
jectify himself - which takes
study, patience, and the right
shape of mind to begin with
- he would do belter to ex
press himself by taking up
Four Teachers to
Attend Programs
Four members of the staff
of Hedrick Junior High school
have been selected to receive
scholarships, fellowships or
travel opportunities this sum
mer.
Dick Carter, foreign lan
guage instructor, from June
21 through Aug. 22 will par
ticipate in the language and
culture tour 'of Spain under
the auspices of the American
Heritage foundation.
Vernon Arrtold, mathemat
ics instructor,' will attend the
third year of a - three-year
scholarship sponsored by the
National Science foundation
scholarship program at Ore
gon State university.
Lewis Thanos, mathematics,
another recipient of a Na
tional Science Foundation
scholarship, will be at Reed
college. Portland from June
17 to Aug. 9.
Bruce Nelson, dean of
BUT. at that, Oregon did j boys, will be at Wayne State
pretty well. university, Detroit, Mich.,
In 1962. Calilornia received ,rom Ju"c 24 to Aug. 16, on
from Uncle in the form of ' scholarship provided by the
federal granls in-aid the sum I National Science Foundation,
of $724 4 million and PAID!
4 CCORDING to figures Just
compiled by Tax Founda
tion, Inc., Oregon received in
federal fiscal mf2 total fed
eral grants-in-aid amounting
to $97.4 million. The estimat
ed OREGON BURDEN of
these "gifts" came to a total
of $78.4 million.
Which is to SHy:
For every dollar of federal
grants-in-aid (backsheesh, if
you want to use a rough word
for it) received by Oregon
from the federal government
in the 19B2 fiscal year. Ore
gon PAID BACK (o the fed
eral government 80.5 cents in
the form of federal taxes.
BACK to Uncle in the form
of federal taxes a total of
to violate our own sense of values and good
taste. E. A.
If you haven't done it, try arising before sun
up one of these lovely, early-summer mornings.
Watch the lightening eastern sky, listen to the
birds chirping their welcome to the day, and
smell smell the verdant foiliaee. It's a tonic.
E.A.
moon (not mr). Have put in
a little tune on the matter
and didn't gel very far (P.
record). Need a lidc rule or
calculator of some kind
The irroovr spirals in to
form 157 circles. Outsule one
has a diameter of 11 inches
and a circumference ot 34.
557(1 inches. Progressing 'In
ward, each diameter reduces
by 270 of an inch or .0285
We i-ray tha. ou and yours j J8"'1 n""'" 0,hCr W""
shall enjoy the richest of
God s blessings.
William Ricken. Major
The Salvation Army
Medford.
Help People
lo the Editor: While they
are having these world church
councils they should find
way to add a peace corps
i
for every dollar received.
California PAID BACK $1 14.
type of program. It about
time for them to bring eco
nomics Into their teaching to
help people take care of
themselves.
William R. Sullivan
1118 South Flower
Los Angeles 13. Calif.
t
Speaker Is Former
Medford Resident
Roland C' Blake, formerly
with the V. S. Department of
Agriculture research unit at
Medford. and now supervisor
of the Federal Small Fruits
Research station at Southern
Illinois university, was guest
speaker at the Ohio Agricul
tural Experiment Station's
tenth annual Small Fruit day
Thursday at Wooster. ,
flower - arranging or finger
painting or some other thera
peutic craft.
The subjectivism that is
running wild in the modern
world tends to make everyone
think that all he requires is
the urge and a few technical
pointers in order to become a
creative artist. Nothing could
be further from the truth.
Writing, like the 'other arts, is
a vocation - and a vocation
implies a call, a summons, to
a certain way of life, of think
ing and feelidg. The Church
wisely rejects those proba
tioners who, despite their
feelings, do not truly have
the call; how much anguish
would be spared if these
would-be writers had a bishop
to turn to.
ed by the Soviet Union to add
to the turbulence of the always-uneasy
Middle East.
Although the Kurds deny
that they are pro-Communist,
the Soviet Union supports
their demands for autonomy
and gave shelter lo Mullah
Mustafa Barzani against the
former royal government of
Iraq. ;
Presumably, the Soviets
also aid them with weapons.
In Iraq, the Kurds number
around a miUion,. or about
one-fifth of the population.
Their northern mountain
strongholds place them in a
position to threaten the im
portant ' oil producing area
around Kurkuk.
Their charge against tha
new Iraqui government is one
of bad faith. i : .
The autonomy promised
them in return for their help
in overthrowing Kassem has
not been forthcoming. They,
charge that Iraqui police con
tinue to arrest Kurds and
that Kurdish negotiators in
Baghdad also face the threat
of arrest.
The Kurdish threat Is not
the only one facing the new
Iraq regime.
Land reform, promised but
haphazardly carried out by.
Kassem, is a major problem.
So is the proposed Union
among Syria, Iraq and Egypt.
And so are the local -,com-munities.
Sensitive to Communist
charges that political prison-.
ers are being mistreated, the
government this week asked
philosopher Bertrand Russell
either to come himself or to
send representatives to investigate.
How the Racist .
Gets His Kicks
By Arthut Hoppe
The doctrine of separate
but equal educational facili
ties in the South is in trou
ble. The trouble is the NA-
ACP has opened a school in
Mississippi to teach Negro sit-
ins how best to curl up on
the floor when they're being
kicked in the head.
And the question, of course,
is does the white student pre
paring for the future have a
separate school equal to this
challenge?. ;' - -' i
He does., For my friend,
Dean Jefferson Davis Stone
wall,, has opened ''The Missis
sippi College of Educated
Footwork." More familiarly
known as "Ol' Don't Miss.";
Dean Stonewall tvas kind
enough to gr.ant an exclusive
interview during a campus
tour. '. '
e e .''". '
Q-Very modern institution
you have here,. Dean. ,.
A-Well, son. It's up to us
educators to meet the needs
of the times. Now this here's
our modern Avoca'tional
Training Center. '. V
Q-It looks like a, lunch.
counter. , v,'
A-That's right. Now" the
young fellow there on the
stool with the '. burnt cork on
his face, that's Punchy Beau-,
regard. He plays the J(igra.
He ain't got much sense, but
he s hard headed. You? goW
your padding on. Punchy?
That's fine. Students, , let's
you all run through a session
for this here gentleman. "
Q-Who's the coed behind
the counter? 1
A-T h a t there's Luella
Belle. She's ' the waitress.
Otherwise known as White
Womanhood. Now watch.
Punchy orders the lunch spe
cial, a ' sowbelly and grits
sandwich. Luella Belle throws
it in his face . . You're throw
ing a little high' there, Lu
ella Belle. Control, girl, control.
Q-lt's early in the season.
-A-That's true. Now watch
the defense of White Woman
hood by two of our top stu
dents,' George Redneck and
K.K.K.. Barnett. Go ahead
there, K.K., -you knock him
off the stool and . . . No! How
many times I got to tell you,
not sideways. "
Q-Wt)at's wrong with side
ways? A-rYou-'mijght jostle -some
white folic on the next stool.
George, you show how. That's
right. Scruff of the neck
Pull straight back' . y . And
now as he falls. K.K. comes
through with a beautiful . .
K.K. you missed again! You'ro
never going to make All
Southern Conference that
way, boy. -!
. Q-K.K. was supposed to
kick Jiim as he fell? . ; .
A-That's right. We 'call it,
"The Dropkick." "George
drops him and K.K? kicks
him. Our research 'staff found
it's best to kick the" Nigra in
midair. Before he gets a
chance to curl up. . ; ,
..-' ' - ' ' - '
' Q-It must take split-second
timing.- ". ' , v
A-Arld teamwork Once tha
Nigra curls up, "you cajj't get
to his belly. So George will
have to go for the kidney
and '. . . Not with your fist,
George! Remember the motto
of Ol' -Miss: "When in doubt,
George, -punt. That's it."
.-y-A .nice punt, r
i A-George Is . getting good
distance "these .days. We're
mighty proud of.' that boy.
Straight A'S in bicycle riding,
squat tag",;',, . - " y
Q-Squtt-'tag? j i
A-We got a well-rounded
program of physical fitness.
Q-I guess segregation does
depend greatly these days on
the strong right srr.3 of its
defenders.
A-Strong right legs, son,
strong right lcgsAll right
there, students, here, come tha
police to break; It up. Let's
all applaud now as they drag
the Nigra away for disturbing
the peace. .. ',
bjCibNimi,m a few.
"With so much grand.. ant beauty in jhe world,
t s hard to believe men tan be so petty .1 tim,,
'Course, by comparison, ihty are!"'