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Newspaper Page Text-1 I? fell Uf3 "v: i r.- THURSDAY, uimmiJmvnE(lucatioris Grim Prospects "Everyone In southern Oregon neurit Tha Mall Tribune" Published Daily except Saturday by MEDFORD FHIHTlflU 33 JjorthirJ5tPhJ72-61l ROHKBT W RUHL. Editor HERB GU.EY AdverUilnt ManaeeF r.niAI.D T LATHAM. BUI MT ERIC W ALLEN JR.. Mnir Editor EARL H ADAMS. City Editor RICHARD JEWETT. Sporta Editor OLIVE STARCHEB Women'a Editoi DALE ERICKSOJlrcjilaUonjagr An Tnrienendent Newtpapel Entered aa second clasa matter at Medford, uregoa umw i w March 3. 1B97 SUBSCRIPTION RATES Dally and Sunday 1 yearllJ JO Daily and Sunday moa 1000 nilv and Sunday 3 moa. 5 00 Sunday Only One year 15.00 Single Copy (Mailed! 300 Bv earner And Motor Route. Daily and Sunday I year 21 .00 Daily and sunaay i ma. c.nrinu nnlv t mo. 50o Carrier ndVendoraCo" 10o Offirial Paper ol City of Medford Official Paperof Jacljon county United PresaTnternatlonaJ ;ull Leaned Wire TJ. P 1 Tclephoto Newsplcturea "MEMBER OK AUDIT BUREAU NELSON ROBERTS & ASSOC ATES Of'lcet In New York. Cm cco Detroit. Snn TrancUco. Lo Ani-elfs Seattle. Portland Denver HATIONAl fOITOHIAl Member California Newspaper Publliheri Asiociation Flight o' Time Medford and Jackson County History from tne files of The Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30, 40 and SO yean ago. 10 YEARS AGO Sent. 12, 1953 (Saturday) It will be school Monday for Medford boys and girls, with the exception of the high school, which will open Sept. 21. Jackson county health depart ment today reported four more cases of polio, bringing the total in the county to seven so far this year. 20 YEARS AGO Sept. 12, 1943 (Sunday) Coach Lome Arnold starts nightly drills for Black Tornado football team; Yreka to be first nnnonent. From Arthur Perry's "Ye Smudge Pot" column: "S. Gan Inn Sherwood, former P. 0 clerk, now a 'mail specialist' in the Navy, home on furlough, is seasick from wmriing in social whirl." the 30 YEARS AGO Sept. 12, 1933 (Tuesday) Bosc pear packing to be re duced to aid market. Medford National bank is re organized. 40 YEARS AGO Sept. 12, 1923 (Wednesday) Mail Tribune to broadcast Drmpscy - Firpo fight in New York. Pear shipments now total 1,250 cars. SO YEARS AGO Sept. 12, 1913 (Friday) Slim crowd sees Bud Boyd and Frankic Edwards fight to draw. Largest crowd ever to attend a business house opening here crowds Snarta building for open- inc of C. E. Gates' Overland agency. What's Your I.Q.? Nina o ten correct ii wearier; seven or eight Is eicellent: five or six is good. 1. Turtles do, or do not, pt' scss teeth? 2. Who painted the Mona Lsa? 3. Are Concord grapes white, dark blue, or green? 4. Fleas, tapeworms, mistle toe and ringworm are all what? 5. In the account of creation In Genesis, on what day was the land created? fi. Name the woman who had the face that launched a thou snnri shins. 7. For how many months has the United States been a mem ber of the European common market? 8. At the present time, Is the U S. Navy more interest in building battleships or subma rines? 9. On what river did Huckle berry Finn's adventures take place? . . . .. 10. Name the capital of Mis souri. Answers: 1. Do not. 2. Leonar do da Vinci. 3. Dark blue. 4. Parasites. 5. Third day. . Helen of Troy. 7. Not member. . Submarines. S. Mississippi Jefferson City. H ALSTON HONORED LOS ANGELES (UPD- Den nis Ralston was chosen Southern California athlete of the month for August by the Helms Ath letic Foundation today for lead ing the U.S. team to victory over Mexico in the North Amer ican Davis Cup tennis eliminations. SEPTEMBER 12. 1962 We spent Tuesday joint meeting of the state Board of bducation and the State Board of Higher Education, We wish every voter in the there. We came away with a sense of awful urgency of the necessity to convince Oregon voters that if the tax measure is defeated next Oct. 15, Ore gon education will suffer drastic setbacks, and that the educational future of thousands upon thousands of young Oregonians will be imperiled. Members of the two boards, and, of course, the professional educators who comprise the staffs, are fearful not for themselves, for they personally have nothing to lose but fearful that Oregon education, which they are responsible for, will be decreased, in many cases, denied. IF THE tax measure is alternative in sight funds. Thus, the budget must be cut, and cut up to $60,000,000. There is nowhere in be cut without vitally educational costs comprise state operating costs. The most recent estimates indicate that some $20,000,000 will have to Education, and $15 to $19 ets of local school districts, through reduction in the state-provided Basic The rest of the cuts selectively from other areas of government, in cluding welfare, institutions, special programs, and so on. X7HAT would the State " cation do if forced levels BELOW those of 1961-63, while still try ing to maintain quality in education? It would be forced to do these five things: 1. Limit Future Enrollments. This would deny a college education to some 3,000 students who otherwise would qualify. The limitation would be effected by raising entrance requirements. 2. Increase Tuition. This would be done to in crease income. But it, too, would have the effect of barring many youngsters from college who now are barely able to meet already-high costs. 3. Reduce Non Instructional Services. This would include maintenance, repairs and rehabili tation of buildings and grounds, effecting short range savings, but ultimately costing more. 4. Reduce Other Public Services. This would require a reduction in the number of patients at the system's hospitals and clinics, including the tuberculosis hospital and crippled children s divi sion : radical curtailment of agricultural and for estry research; reduction including those on the 5. Reduce Buiding- and Land Acquisition. At least six major classroom and instructional build ings, now needed, would be eliminated; so would purchases needed at several campuses for expan sion to accommodate increased student bodies. XHAT ABOUT the local school districts? " A cut of 11 per cent in Basic School Sup port would slash about $15 million from funds distributed to local school districts; a cut of 14 per cent would mean about $19 million off. These are the two percentages most discussed as prob able if the tax measure is defeated. If the cut is $15 million, Medford School Dis trict 549C will lose about $195,000; if it is $19 million, the loss to the Medford district will be about $250,000. Could the school district s operating budget (of some $4,683,000) be million dollars.' home made. But it is a tight budget an "austere" one to begin with. And some 71 per cent of it is m teachers salaries, which are on a contractual basis and have to be paid even if the teachers are laid off. -TOO, the budget was approved by a vote of dis- trict voters, and the wish to diminish what is with few if any "frills. So what would happen? The district could, and probably would, continue its present pro gram and pay for it by warrants which are simply promises to pay, and which are negotiable. Thus it would run into debt for the rest of the fiscal year. But the debt would have to be paid, and the outstanding warrants would have to be added to the 1964-65 school district budget. They would thus increase property taxes for that year by from 3.5 to 4.3 mills. The effects will be similar in each of the state's 450 school districts. IN SOME districts, where Basic School Support is a larger percentage of the budget, taxpayers would pav more in increased property taxes than they would save in reduced income taxes, if the tax measure is defeated. More serious than that, however, would be the demoralization of the school systems, the in evitable loss of teachers (who already are receiv ing an avcrge of 25 per cent LESS in salaries than California teachers), and the deterioration in the teaching programs. It is a grim prospect. If anyone tells you those Hie "scare tactics" or "threats," they aren't. They simply are a rea sonable and logical forecast of what will happen to our schools and colleges and universities if the Ux law is vbiih next month. E.A. afternoon in Salem at a state could have been curtailed, limited and, defeated, there is no real to provide the budgeted the budget that this can affecting education, for some 60 per cent of all be lopped off Higher million from the budg' School Support Fund. would have to be made System of Higher Edu. to cut back to budget of extension services county level. cut by up to a quarter- cuts probably could be school board would not already a basic program "Basically There Are Three Governments Involved The Diem Government, The U.S.A., And The C.l.A." 22? (5T fifSS Communications ... Letters 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 ii permissible. The Mail Tribune reserves the tight 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. . Names To the Editor: In my last let ter to communications I talked a little on pagan rites and cer emonies, and I used the word "heathen." My intention was not to call anybody a heathen but only to point out what Yah weh says about following the heathen ways (Jeremiah 10:2 4, 5, 6). This I'd like entitled "Is Je sus the name?" Acts 4:12 "Nei ther is there salvation in any other: (name) for there is none other name under heaven giv en among men whereby we must be saved." From this name spoken of here is very im portant and not to be passed off lightly. The Hebrews were very care ful of their names, and the name of the supreme was of ten used as a part of the name of Israelites, such as Eli-YAH Jercmi-YAH, Dani-El Jo-El, etc. The same idea prevailed among the heathen religions, and the worshippers of Baal, Zeus, and other deities, were careful to affix the name of their diety to their children, and so we find, Jezebel (Jose-Baal), Nebuchad nezzar (Nebo Chadnczzar), Ball iada (Baal-knows), etc. Among the Greeks we find this same rule prevailing, and it was adhered to when the He brew Scriptures were translated into the Greek. The Greek practice was changing names of persons, re moving the abbreviated forms of rival deities and replacing them with the abbreviated forms of their supreme dieties. Zeus is readily seen in such prominent changes as that of the Hebrew prophets: Elisha (El of supplication) became Eli scus (my El cs Zeus). Other prophets, as Jeremiah, had the Yah ending changed to "S," the (.rccian terminal referring to their deity Zeus, Elijah (my El is Zeus). The plan of the Greeks was simple. They merely dropped thp Hebrew deity, and substituted the name, or letters referring to the name of the supreme deity. Zeus, thus Eliakim be came Alcimus, Elisha became Eliseus, which Yahshua became Je SUS lesous. When the name Jesus is bro ken down into comtiosite parts. ... , rJ ?uC.ry namcs.can "': . we find that it is made up o two words, "Ie" and "Sous" i now called in English. Jesus. Studies on the subjects and other subjects can be had at 413 ' Ash, Central Point, 2 p m Sal urday afternoons. ' Thomas N. Bostwick P. O. Rox B01 Medford Early Bird To the Editor Well pro- . .u. . J. nnances i inicnu 10 aain ue a candidate for County Commis sioner. I have one very serious problem to overcome known as stage fright. This can only be cured by habit I think. And fTpeopieon any which may be suitable i the method is to make talks to subject suitable OFTEN. Another problem, which I do i not plan to do anything alwut and which may be the deciding lacuir in me minus 01 ine vot ers, is the very bad habit or very good habit, take your choice of saying what I think and letting the chips fall where they may. I shall, however, avoid some mistakes 1 made in l!H2 the worst of which was directly due to the fact that I waited until the last dog was hung before I filed. I want to file as early as possible next time. Floyd R. MeCabe Mt. Pitt Star Rt. Butte Falls, Ore MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. Mosquitoes To the Editor: 1 received a letter from my sister-in-law, Betty Poole of White City, say ing in effect that you had lack ed sympathy in your reply to the article she had sent in to communications on mosquitoes, and which you printed, and I read, but missed the reply. Having been one of the "visi tors" she mentioned, I can cer tainly verify all she said and could add much more. We went out to look at her garden, and fought for our skins for the few minutes we were able to stay out, and this was on a nice hot sun-shiny day. Even her baby boy has learned to fight with both hands and feet when the door is opened. As we drove away our car was full of the little vermin, their numbers being limited only by the space in the Vokcs. I suggested she write in and bring this to the attention of those in a position to investi gate, as it seems to me it is as much a problem as a num ber of things that are given a great deal of space and discus sion. If you doubt the existence of this circumstance, would sug gest you spend 30 minutes in her yard, and entertain your self scratching for the next week, as I did. Mary M. Poole, Prospect, Ore. O Editor's note: We did not doubt the facts set forth in the letter, nor do we lack sym pathy. We merely pointed out that the mosquito problem has not been as bad this year as some other years in some parts of the valley. It certainly re mains a problem. Paul Pays Peter To the Editor: Premiums with your cigarettes? Well, here's my observation: Save all the coupons vou ran get, For that cancer operation. George Distell 33 North Fir st. Medford Cnimminirahlr Disease Tn the Editor: The casualties of the cold war are mounting. Wealing the Purple Hearts of Ihic rnnflirf urn h ht - 'nr unn- III, ,n- gers, the witch hunters, the John I Birehers. and others nf similar in, Th ":' .,,j i;i. ,L , ev,0(,s ;s psvchoORcal ' ,. ,,. A ,.., 1 . . . ,.,.,.,.,, i ' "Z v.Z Z "J .l-,etiri..rt k.- h some form of paranoia i To the Edl,orA AmonB oie The wound, in this case, is 1 arriving for the Stephen P. Tay communicahle. It attacks and lor Family reunion at TouVelle corrodes the minds of the men-1 Par,k Sund"'-, SeP'- Li.nH aii k . ir .. Kathcnne Hurler of Portland. con.roibhly; ,..,.,....,. ;j r... j "J ' .ill' ' ' v i.. ,i llll.-Mltl.-M Ul lllll- U'llUW lllilll. : the n:,i,o nf his .Hn,i th f. - i iiii ii'ii mi ikcs n u i viciously i against an imagined enemy. The .traditional victims of these at-! tacks are minority racial and re- ' ligious groups, the existing SO- , , imiin .mementos of former gatherings, a threat to their twisted views. Enterainmcnt was enjoyed As the problems confronting bv hc jackson Creek 59'crs. this psychotic personality in-lwjth SPVeral songs by cowboy crease, he frequently will act in sinwr Bm Holman. a suicidal manner, believing Tnosc proscnt were Mr. and that one simple but dangerous Mrs Rav Harnish, Mr. and Mrs. act is all that is needed to cor- im,,,. Harnish and children, reel his problems i blow Cuba off Lynda and Koger; Mr. and Mrs. the map or kill all the Jews). ! Rj0k Wolgamott and daughters, As this highly communicable Rjkj and Carla; Mr. and Mrs. disease spreads, it ceases to be pcnnis Boren and children, Mi a problem of the individual and'chael and Lisa: Ethel Cov. all becomes a disease of society. If 0f Eagle Point: Jesse M. Tay it grows enough it can destroy 0r. Central Point: Mr. and Mrs. a society; just as it can destroy j Edwin Tavlor, Mr. and Mrs. the individual if not caught in Aubrey Taylor and daughter time A disease of this nature Ivbhie of ' Table Rock road will trigger a war lor a nuclear ' pickle farm; Mr. and Mrs. F. J. tipped missile), it will anmhil - ntr 6.000.000 Jews, it will attack and imprison a neighbor, or burn alleged witches at the stake OREGON Who Will Problem in Spain, Now Seeking Stability By PHIL NEWSOM UPl Foreign News Analyst MADRID, Spain (UPI)-Ask almost any politically minded Spaniard what he believes is Spain's greatest internal p r o b- lem, and the reply will be, "the s u c c e s sion." Spain, officially is still a kingdom, but the phrase, 'the succession,' applies to only one man and fZ cwsom that is Generalissimo Francisco Franco, in all respects Spain's chief of state. Today's Spain, 25 years after the civil war, is a nation mould, ed by Franco and ruled by his decisions. Franco resents being called a dictator, preferring rather to regard himself as a man who fulfilled a national need and still is answering to it. Whatever the definition, Spain has found tranquility after 100 years of civil war, enjoys a ris ing prosperity and once more Fortunately we are finding cures to this disease as it occurs in the individual. By taking away his imagined fears, by making him analyze himself and the forces he imagines are working against him, we can successfully decrease the ten sions that cause the conflict. In attacking the problem on the social level, our problem is monumental and more complex. Here again we must analyze and eliminate the unreal fears, so we can see and evaluate the real ones. If we don't do this the cas ualties will undoubtedly in crease. The walking wounded will continue to spread their dread disease to those made sus ceptible by improper or inade quate education, or an unaware ncss caused by apathy, when diligence should be the order of the day. P. M. (Name on file) Medford Augie To the Editor: Augie is just a fat Beagle pup and she be longs to two youngsters who live below the golf course in Medford. Augie is a square, she measures 14" by 14" by 14". All she ever done all her life is cat, sleep and ride around in cars. She got so fat they put her on a diet. Now when they put Augie on a diet, they didn't know she was part beaver, maybe she can't fall a tree, but she can chew a hole 14 by 14 by 14 in one day. When Augie got out, she didn't head for a hot dog stand, she goes up, sits down in the middle of the golf cousse and watches the tournament. She soon heard about the good eats they are serving at the Country Club, so that's where she was when the paddy wagon drove up. She thinks the paddy wagon was a snack wagon and she climbs aboard. Ain't nuthin' like ridin' and catin' at the same time. She never knew no different until she awoke behind bars. It cost $3 to get Augie out of jail, but she ain't no better. 1 saw her yesterday in her pen, and I said; "Augie, I hear you are on a real diet now." She sorta raised her head, look- A n thA kill at tha fniintrV ru U UIC Mill a. .w.... j Club, and says: "OH YEAH! (hit's what vou think." Everett Acklin Ashland, Ore. Kenninn was the niece of Elva Wheeler Person, daughter of Rachael Taylor Wheeler, who I . ., f ,U wrote me nisionc uiary ui me i Preacher wagon train to Oregon m H53. I Thirty-one relatives and friends were present to enjoy the day. Ancient cooking uten- I silc n-nra rlicnfavnH nn fl snAT-0 ' .. . ' ...h- ,u nirtiir-H 1 Clifford. Sam Cov, Forest Acres; Mrs. Katherinc Huyler of i Portland, Mrs. Alfreds Wheeler, ! Talent; Mr. and Mrs. Fred Cor - bin and sons, Leonard and Succeed Franco Seen is looking to the world beyond the Pyranees. Even Franco's home critics admit there is no one in the country able to match him in national prestige. There is opposition to Fran co in Spain, said one knowledge able American. But is an opposition upon which it is hard to place your finger, he pointed out to this correspondent, who flew to Spain aboard an Iberia Airlines plane to be shown the situation close-up. Except for the Communists and the anarchists, no one is plotting against him. The mini mum wage has been raised to a dollar a day, and the little man about to raise his standard of living with a new apartment or a television set is not willing to risk it in a new revolt. Most of the opposition simply In the Day's News By FRANK From Washington: President Kennedy in effect has exempted married men from the draft in a move that will re lieve an estimated 340,000 young husbands from military service. He issued an executive order Freddie of Applegate; Mrs. Nellie Poling, Medford. Prizes were given to the old- ets descendant, also youngest. Jesse Taylor being the oldest was given a vase. Baby Lisa Boren received a monkey doll. We have all enjoyed the sum mer time of picnicking as all too soon. Fall and winter will appear. Mrs. Nevah Taylor Clifford Route 2, Box 200F Central Point, Ore. Keep the P.T.A. To the Editor: Re: "Is the P.T.A. Outmoded"? Not yet; but if the teachers and administration have any thing to say about it, it soon will be. What other organization of mothers and parents has any voice in our great democracy all the way across the U.S.? As soon as all voice in public mat ters can be squelched, then the people can be completely domi nated and a few can rule. The Senior High school turned down the P.T.A. some years ago "because the children need to grow up." Do you know any group of children at any age that need their parents more than teenagers in their high school years? Why do we have child delinquency growing at such a rapid rate? It could well be because we have no common meeting . ground for parents, children and teachers, and no civic responsibility toward our citizens of the community. It might do something for child de linquency and "drop outs" if the schools would see to it that each child gets a thorough back ground in the "three R's". Mak ing sheep and drifters in our schools makes good gun fod der for the armed services but it does not develop the full po tential in the individual or make responsible future citizens tor our country. Yes, the administration has been known to use the P.T.A. Every parent who puts a child in school is certain that their child will be a child prodigy. They want the best for that child; so when tax time comes around the administration is right in there pitching telling the parents to get out and vote for a budget for new schools, teach ers' and administrators' salar ies. What good are the schools going to do us if we aren't able to keep homes over our chil dren's heads because of the high taxes forced upon us by gov ernmental demands? Our teachers are trained to teach, but the parents know what they want their children to gain from the knowledge they get through their education; and since the parents are Dav- ing the taxes to support this education, they should have a voice in the kind of education that is molding the lives of their children. Let us keep our P.T.A's. Thev are a medium of communica tion for our society. They don't answer an tne needs put upon them because the P.T.A. offi cers are elected and come and go every year; but the school administrators and the teach ers are in their positions until they retire or are disabled. Barbara Cameron H03 West 11th st. Medford. Biggs Rapids Bridge Shows $14,506 Profit OLYMPIA. Wash. (l'PI)-The new Biggs Rapids toll bridge snowed a net profit of $14,506 last month, a figure only 23S less than the profit for the span j during the first seven months ' of this year, the State Toll 1 Bridge Authority reported Wednesday. is waiting for Franco to get out of office or die. Approaching 71, Franco shows signs of neither. But neither has there been a decision on the succession, the man or system which will en able Spain to continue its era of stability. Franco himself has said he cannot be expected to continue in office forever. Up until a short time ago, it appeared he was grooming the young Juan Carlos to take over the Span ish throne for a resumption of the monarchy. Highly placed Spaniards believe that idea is fading in the face of mounting public resistance. Whoever is to rule in Spain must have the support of the army. Filling that requirement is Vice President Capt. Gen. Agustin Munoz Grandes, the only man whose military rank equals Franco's own. JENKINS providing that husbands of draft age from 19 through 25 will be called only if the pool of eligible single men is exhausted. Since there is an ample pool of single men, the White House order said, what it actually means is that married men will be draft proof except in the case of a national emergency. I'LL bet everybody thinks of -1 the same crack at the same time, to wit: The President thinks married men have fighting enough as it is without having to go to war. TllORE from Washington: "a President Kennedy says the U. S. faces a dilemma in South Viet Nam and risks criti cism, whichever way it turns. He implied in a radio-TV inter view that if we stay we'll have to fight. . .and pay. . .and if we run we'll be called a quitter. He added: "It is true the U. S. gov ernment occasionally gets lock ed into a policy and finds it difficult to shift gears." HE IS undoubtedly right. And in this particular case he inherited the situation and didn't create it. But, for heaven's sake, let's be cautious about getting into any more messes like that. HEADLINE: Circus Lion Bites Keeper. THAT violates the dictum of the famous city editor of the New York Sun who said that when a dog bites a man it isn't news because it happens so often, but when a man bites a dog it IS news. But let's be thankful that in this case the keeper didn't bite the lion. We have enough screw ball goings-on in the world today as it is. WHAT brings us around to John -L Gronouski, who has just been nominated by President Kennedy to be Postmaster Gen eral of the United States, to suc ceed J. Edward Day, who re signed recently. Mr. Gronouski holds three Uni versity of Wisconsin degrees, in cluding a doctor of philosophy in government. He grins and ad mits that when news of his nom ination to be postmaster reached him, he was still carrying around a letter his wife had given him two weeks before to be mailed. His associates say he smokes a pipe and can get good and mad in the pinches when things go wrong. AND- He confesses He doesn't yet even know his ZIP code number so that he can recite it instantly when ques tioned. T0 Y6U reckon he knows his J Social Security number? And, by the way, do YOU know yours? I don't. Anyway, the new postmaster general sounds like a regular guy. ,JllM "1 I PLEKE-WEEK I IJ I HWJ SIGMA HWK I -v FRATERNITY I pi) and ifie high point of my summer 'aj whrn I joined the march on Washington" Pressing Another alternative is the council of the realm, a council which would be composed of representatives of labor, thn Catholic church, the universi ties and professional groups, who would suggest a form of government and submit it tn a plebiscite. Finally there has been a sug gestion that Franco himself might retire, giving the coun try an opportunity to reach its own peaceful solution but hold ing himself ready to return to office in case of need. Within Spain political groups except the Falangist party are barred and the right of assem bly limited. Efficient police quickly subdue opposition dem onstrations. In some govern ment circles there is a hope that a gradual relaxation of re strictions will develop within the people themselves a senso of political responsibility. But meanwhile the question of the how, who or what of "the succession" remains un answered. Strictly Personal By Sydney J. Harris (c) Field Enterprises, Irw. PERSONAL PREJUDICES We respect Washington, -wn admire Jefferson, but we ven erate Lincoln; the differencn being that the first was a great American, the second a great mind, but the third a great hu man being. In the perspective of history, it is always the total personality that counts for -thn most. Young women who are lin snccessful in finding husbands comfort themselves with the belief thai their successful competitors have employed some "scheme" to ensnare the male: in this way, thev convert their defect of appeal into the asset of "honesty." No phrase in politics is morn dangerously inaccurate t h"a n "middle-of-the-road," which con stantly changes as the road winds left and right. Today's "middle-of - the - road" Republi can, for instance, is almost a Socialist compared with his. po litical ancestor a quarter-century ago. A man who has thoughtless ly taken up your time recog nizes no obligation, as he would if he took your money yet the former debt can never be repaid. If we took the trouble to learn the jargon of philosophy, as we learn the jargon of an automo bile, we would soon find that much of what we consider "diffi cult" or "intellectual" reading is no harder than understandir.i;, at least roughly, how a trans mission or differential works in a car. Most incomprehension is laziness, not lack of sense. Why is it that the people with the most wind generallv have the worst memories, so that they can't tell a five minute anecdote without re vising and amending it for a half-hour? Nothing is more an noying than the person who tries to remember the name of someone, when the name has no relevance to the story. The most important lesson for efficiency (and for peace : nf mind) was expressed by Josiah Quincy, when he said: "When you have a number of disagree able duties to perform, always do the most disagreeable first " The flounderers and the flubher reverse this order, and thin have no energy left for the most disagreeable task at the end. Nothing makes a liar out nf a man faster than being in debt. No woman can be said to b poised unless she can use a cigaret holder as a natur al ex tension of her hand rather than as a strange appendage that is likely to go off at any momenl. The tersest admonition to the juvenile smart alerk was made by Fuller, when he oh. served: "No one can lie a wit of the first water who Isn't dry behind the ears."