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Newspaper Page Text4 A- THURSDAY, "Everyone In outnern ortioa Publlihed DaUy except Saturday by MEDFORD PRINTING CO. S3 North rtt t-.Ph. IWHI ROBERT W: WJHU Mltor HERB GREY Advertising. Manager GERALD T. LATHAM, "Bui Mff ERIC W ALLEN JR.TMn, Editor EARL B ADAMS. City Editor HARRY CH1PMAN. Teleg RICHARD JEWITT, Sports Editor OLIVE ST ARCHER Women's SiUS! DALE ERICKSON. Circulation Mr i Si Independent Nawspspei Entered as second class matter m Medford. Oregon, under Act of Wen S, . SUBSCRIPTION RATES By MU In Advance. Daily ind Sunday 1 aearlli.JO Dally and Sunday mo t 00 DaUy nd Sunday 3 moi 5.0U Sunday Only Ono your 15.00 Single Copy (Mailed) 0 By Carrier And Motor Routa. Jslly and Sunday 1 year MI-JO Dally and Sunday 1 mo. IM Sunday Only 1 mo. ooo Carrier and Vandora Copy loo Official Paper ol City of Mtifoia nmi-i.l panat ol gacaeo Cannty United Pre International yull beairo wirv U. P. L Telephoto Hcwipicturea TEMBWPAWfTUREAU OF tlBLAJUll two U -, tlUm .n.H.nl.tlll NELSON ROBERTS ASSOC tpo rtf(M In Npn York. Chi cago. Detroit, San Franc.BCO, Lot Angel Statu Portland Denver. NIWSMMt UlllSHIM ASSOCIATION (UTIONAl f OITOIMl , Member California Newspaper Publlfhera Anoclatlon Flight o' Time Medford and Jackson County History from tne files of Th Mall Trlbuno 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 years ago. 10 YEARS AGO Nov. 14, 1953 (Saturday) Medford will play host to the 1954 Young Republican conven tion, it was announced today. An estimated $1,000 to 2,000 damage was caused to Mercy Flights' Stinson Reliant ambu lance plane today when It hit soft dirt and overturned after landing at the Ashland airport. 20 YEARS AGO Nov. 14, 1(43 (Sunday) Edward E. Vail named acting postmaster at Ashland to (ill vacancy caused oy aeain oi Lillard Grubb. From Arthur Perry's "Ye Smudne Pot" column: "The Older Girls report a few No vember flies are still flitting about their kitchens. They side step a well-aimed swatter like a star halfback does a tackier." 30 YEARS AGO Nov. 14, 1(33 (Tuesday) Seven cases of typhoid fever and two deaths from the dis ease reported in Rogue River by Dr. C. L. Drummond. John Moffat, chairman of Re tail Merchants Committee, an nounces plans for Christmas decorations on Medford streets; Raymond Miksche, E. T. Burel son and Harvey Fields In charge of decorations. 40 YEARS AGO Nov. 14, 1023 (Wednesday) Medford City Council decides to go ahead with building Sixth Street crossing over railroad tracks without paying $18,360 de manded by Southern Pacific railroad. Medford man fined $250 for having 70 gallons of homemade wine fermenting in his home on Fourth Street. 50 YEARS AGO Nov. 14, 1013( Friday) County Clerk Gardner reports many bidders for contract on construction of Pacific Highway to Medford from Central Point and over Siskiyous. What's Your I.Q.? Nina or tan correct h superler; seven or eight h escellant; tire ei sii Is flood. 1. At the command "Haw' horse is most likely to turn in wnicn direction r 2. Name the Emperor of Ethf opia. 3. Which of the following pairs best expresses a relationship similar to trigger: bullet? han dle:drawer, holster: gun, switch: light, pulley: rope, 4. The Po Valley Is In which country? 5. Which of the following goes with axe, chain saw and cant dog: hoe, anvil, peavy, auger, andiron? 6. the first naval vessel of the revolting American Colonics was named the A 7 7. Was Mohammed born before or after Jesus Christ? 8. What monarch fought the Spartans at the pass of Ther mopylae? 9. The most famous steamboat race on the Mississippi River was a contest between which two boats? 10. Roger Williams was re sponsible for the first settlement of colonists in wnicn uionyr Answers: 1. Left. t. Halle Se lassie. 3. Switchillght. 4. Italy. S. Peavy toggles tool). . AX 'red. 7. After. I. Xerses. I. Notches aad Robert E. Lee. 1. Rhode Island. 7 NOVEMBER 14, INS Who Should Be Censor? . Censorship is a subject which will always be debated, bo long as there are those who have the smug sense of superiority sufficient to inform them they are capable books others may see or good of course. We've always had those who. thus set themselves up as the monitor! of the morals of others gesture against their own hidden desires. They cannot trust themselves to be unaffected by trash and smut, so they naturally assume that others are just as susceptible, and they set out to "protect them . . . for their own good." THE ONLY form of censorship of which we ap- -- ... nrnvo ia rrinr which " ' v..-v ....... SHOULD exercise over the reading and view ing habits of his own and it is the responsibility of the parent; not of the schools; not of the parker board of censors. Train a child up in and no amount of smut, pornography is going to he is exposed to it. If a child is susceptible to the junk seen so often on magazine racks are his home life has not given him the whole some attitudes to cope HPHESE thoughts occurred to a Corvallis resi- -1 dent the other day, appeared in the local paper complaining about tne type or motion pictures some of them excellent) there. This resident wrote his own letter to the paper. In part, he said : "I am concerned with the attitude of a small segment of Corvailis's population, namely those self-appointed censors who seek to ban 'filthy, dirty, awful' movies from the local theaters. After hearing favorable reports about these movies, and incidentally before the people referred to had their letters printed, I attended said films and found them quite enjoyable. Alas, to those of you who say, 'Oh, that dirty-minded person!' I must inform that I am not a juvenile delinquent, nor a sex crazed fiend, nor a member of our society's more disreputable element, but am rather a well-adjusted married male. "1 believe In freedom: freedom of press: freedom of (and from) religion, and most important, freedom of choice for the individual. I do not believe in allowing certain people the freedom to impose their religious and moral convictions upon other individuals within society, nor allow them to pressure businesses which cater to the general public. I respect their right to their own opinions as long as they do not attempt to suppress my freedom to choose. . "Ah, but you argue, what of our poor, misguided youth, how will exposure to these 'degrading elements' keep them on the straight and narrow path of virtue? Well, parents, this Is your duty not that of other parents, not that of city hall, not that of anyone but yourselves. Give your children love, mutual trust and understanding, self-discipline, and Independ ence, and you'll find little to worry about. ... ". . . I will teach my children to distinguish between right and wrong, between moral and Immoral, and between free dom and suppression. But I reserve this right to myself and my wife, NOT to outside agitators." IF HE IS able to do this, his youngsters need have no fear of being swayed and pervert ed by what is obscene or (Incidentally, why is refer to "morality," it is almost always sexual morality they mean? Many Europeans, who don't mind a broad-minded ' approach to amour in films, are shocked at American movies and tele vision because of the violence, the brutality, the venality which are shown things which we too often don't even think about, so used we are to seeing it.) All this does not mean that we arwove the dissemination of hard-core pornography that which is calculated to stir for their own sake only, and which has no re deeming social or cultural or artistic merits of any kind. This is a horse of a different color. (And if the district attorney wishes to know where this sort of thing is being sold in Medford, all he has to do is ask. ) CENSORSHIP of that which you personally do not approve that is, telling everyone else he can't read what he wants to is one thing. Condoning filth for filth's sake is something else again. The difference is this: The first is coercion. The second is using woriues to mmg uie matter into court. And the courts are the only place the true authority to determine what is and what is noi ooscene. Judges and juries may; Mrs. Grundy may (or snuuiu; not. IJET'S LET our Corvallis friend have another say on this subject: , . Bigoted individuals have formed group to 'protect' the morals of the public. In cities such as San Francisco and Chicago, the Citltens for Decent Literature, a group with strong religious backing, has coerced book dealers to remove from their shelves what the CDL considers 'objectionable literature.' "Cltliens who promote the degratlon of Individual rights are doing mora harm to this country than all the so-called 'immoral publications.' " . if you don't like it, don't read it. But that's your choice. Don't try to make my choice for me. Ei. A. of picKing what movies or read "for their own a sneaking hunch that do so as a subconscious a nni-ont OYprrMMPS nr i -..v ....... children. This is training, police; not of a nosy- morality and rectitude, trash, or even hard-core pervert him when, later, and elsewhere, chances with it. after several letters had (foreign art movies, which had been playing salacious. it that when Americans base thoughts and lusts the duly-constituted au- which are endowed with "Just A Few More, To Make Sure You Don't Get Carried Away" ttHal affwrt wlt'J 1 life. So ! -trj THE BIG NON-EVENTS WASHINGTON-W h a t has not happened in Moscow is sud denly being discussed with mounting interest in the small community of professional stu dents of the Soviet Union. The point is that last sum mer, for once In a way, the immediate direction of Soviet development seemed to be quite easily predictable. A great though still obscure poli tical crisis in the Kremlin, un doubtedly marked by c h a 1- lenges to Nikita 5. Khrushchev s authority, had ended in the spring with Khrushchev more firmly in the saddle than ever before. Khrushchev had then used his authority to enforce acceptance of a nuclear test ban, on terms tne aoviets had always before refused with loud indignation. mis primary motive, beyond doubt, had been to create an at mosphere of relaxing tension, and thus to prepare the way for the revision of investment priorities less resources for the armed forces and more for agriculture, for instanci which had been one of the sub jects of dispute in the winter crisis. ITENCE two kinds of develop. ment were being forecast last summer witn much more confidence than usual. First. changes in the Soviet Defense Ministry, perhaps even includ ing the dismissal of the De. tense Minister, Marshal Ro dion Malinovsky, were consid ered as well but inevitable. Malinovsky was known to have been one of those who challenged Khrushchev in the winter crisis. In the Soviet Union, unsuccessful challenges of this type have their almost automatic penalty. And the need was obvious, too, for Khrushchev to bring the mili tary hierarchy under more ab solute control, in order to pre pare for the second widely fore cast development. mis was tne radical revision of Investment priorities, which tne soviet leaders so obviously need to make, in order to im prove the declining Soviet rate of economic srowth and "eet Rujsia moving again." The main bottleneck being agricul ture, the massive release of re- souces for investment in agri culture was the obvious first . And no such release was possible, except at the expense of the armed forces. nURING the summer. a-' Khrushchev himself virtu ally spoke of the revision of in vestment priorities as an ac complished fact. He positively boasted that he was withdraw ing from the race to put men "H'l only temporary everybody get a little dbguMfd with humanity now and then!" MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON Matter of Fact By Joseph Alsop CI Wcw York Herald Tribune Syndicate on the moon. More important he talked quite openly of his in tention to increase Kussian artificial fertilizer output from the present level of about 16 million tons per annum to the staggering total of 35 million tons per annum. By now, however, these cru cially significant, universally expected developments were beginning to look like the big non-events of 1963. Some time ago, dates were actually being given in Moscow for a special plenum of the Central Com mittee of the Soviet Communist party, to discuss the fertilizer program, and for a second ple num to discuss the general problems of Soviet agriculture. Dates are no longer being given, however, and there are no signs to indicate that tne first plenum will surely be held, as originally suggested, at the end of November. Concurrently, there are no signs of the kind of preliminary reductions in So viet de!c.ise spending, which might be expected prior to a sharp shut in the investment pattern. TNDEED, the recent incidents A on the approaches to Berlin point in another direction. You do not heat up the political .cli mate again, as the Soviets have now done, if you are just about to cut your defense budget rather massively. Nor do you talk about the altered political climate in the bellicose terms Khrushchev recently used when he received an American busi ness group in Moscow. All this means, rather plain ly, that the decisions which seemed to have been irmly taken last summer are instead still under discussion and prob ably under bluer discussion in the Kremlin. It may be that the discussion will be abruptly terminated, and the Central Committee plenum will take place as originally scheduled before November ends. Yet the mere fact that the debate is apparently continuing is significant in itself. It high lights the extreme painfulness of the choice the masters of the Soviet Union could no longer avoid. On the one hand, in order to achieve an adequate rate of economic growth and to solve their food problem, they muai uiuun, ueui&ivciy wun uie sacred tradition of absolute first priority for the armed forces. On the other hand, if they put the sacred tradition ahead of their practical needs, they must prepare for a gradual re turn to conditions resembline those that prevailed in the time of Stalin. (c) 19(111 New York Herald Tribune, Inc. Circumstances of Cambodia Renouncing U.S. Aid Are Reported Not Ordinary PHIL NEWSOM UPI f'oretsn News Analyst Under ordinary circumstanc es, the United States should welcome with loud cheers Cam bodia's announcement that it was renouncing U.S. aid as of the first of the year. But the circumstances are not ordinary. One condition that makes them so is Cambodia's location bordering upon South Viet Nam, Laos and Thailand. A pro - Communist Cambodia would open up a new privileged sanctuary for the Communist attack on South Viet Nam and add to Communist pressures on Thailand.. A further circumstance cen ters uoon Prince Norodom Si hanouk, Cambodia's 41-year-old saxophone - playing chief of state who since 1955 has oeen a maverick in Southeast Asian politics and whose policy of "positive neutrality" has taken a number of twists and turns. For instance, in 1955 he re nounced his title as king so that he could take an active part in Cambodian politics ageinst tne spread oi commu nism. The decision to renounce U.S. aid also was taken, he said, to halt a swing to the left. speaks His Mind In the intervening years, he also has had this to say: About communism A prince and tormer King must be well aware that the first concern of the Communists is to get rid of the king and nat ural elite of any country they succeed in lavinB hands on . . . I have no particular liking for communism." About South Viet Nam: The war in South Viet Nam is "al ready lost as far as the free world is concerned." About the United States: (I have) lost all confidence in Strictly Personal By Sydney J. Harris (c) Field Enterprises, Inc. PERSONAL PREJUDICES Unless we understand the grounds of our own opinions, then we do not understand our opinions; to comprehend why we believe otten tells us more about ourselves than what we believe. I am always saddened and amused by our unconscious ar rogance in speaking of the "Dark Ages" as if we were living In the age of light, rea son and humanitarianism. What passes for "patriotism" in many parts is simply hatred of strangers: just as what pass es for fondness is merely fear of the unfamiliar. Rumors about us should al most always be ignored; as Andre Maurois shwedly ob served: "We usually spread that calumny which has hurt us most by denying it to peo ple who had never heard of it." We generally dislike and avoid those who are unhappy, as if their misery could spread to us by a sort of spiritual infection; in this way, people who are known to be "unlucky" have their private misfortune com pounded by public avoidance. The man who is proud to be able to say, "I was wrong," rarely reflects that his pride cancels out his con fession. It is foolish to suggest that Uie skillful burglar or confi dence man could make as much, if not more, if he ex pended his talent and energies in legitimate pursuits; of course, he could, but his vocation ap peals to him not because of the gain involved (although he himself may even think it does) but, more deeply, because it is a way of cheating society and of retaliating for buried in juries suffered, if not remem bered, in childhood. The crim inal never chooses his metier for gain; that is merely his conscious rationalization. A woman finds nothing quite so unsatisfactory as a friend without faults she can talk about. The reason it is impossible to argue successfully with some one who is suicidally depressed was succinctly put by Santa yana, when he said, "That life is worth living is the most nec essary of assumptions, and, were it not assumed, the most irpossible of conclusions. Nobody Is more inluriaiing. frustrating and embarrassing lhan an ally who happens to be on our side for the wrong rrnsons. The truest measure of wealth is the amount of time it buys i.i to devote to other pursuits than the amassing ol wealth; by this standard, the affluent executive is less wealthy than tne Polynesian native, since his income is far less convertible into free time. . who are the most unjust people in the world ..." About Cambodian neutral ity: "We want guarantees . . . If no one wants to give guar antees, I shall ask the Chinese Communists to send us enough forces to discourage aggression (from Thailand and South Viet Nam). I stress that this is no joke." In his early days of "positive neutrality," Sihanouk patterned himself after Indian Premier Jawaharlal Nehru, following the five principles of co-existence which Nehru also hoped would preserve the peace between In dia and Red China. the Americans ... Communications Letters to th Editor must bear the name all leitors with a view to clarification and certain clrcumslincea th us of a pan naind address of the writer, although under Th Mall Tribun reserves th right to edit ma or initial for publication is permissible, condensation. Letters submitted for publication must not exceed 400 words. The letters printed in this column do not necessarily represent th views of th paper.- in fact th contrary Is oitan th casss In God We Trust To the Editor, and to whom It concerns, Greetings: "In God we trust." An atheist died and she was laid in a coffin, resplendent in dress of finest silk and em broidery, surrounded by flowers of all shades of red and pink, but not one of a blue forgetme- not. A mob of men and wom en passed by to pay her last respects. Along came a. little old lady. She stopped and look ed, then said, "It's just too bad. here she is, all dressed up and no place to go." 1 was born and raised in the land of William Tell and Arnold von Wnkelried. When 1 leu home in 1909, one of my friends did his best trying to make a good socialist out of me. tsui i still have a few acres of land of my own and a few dollars in the bank, so I'm sun a cap italist and still belong to the superstitious - people, going to church. There's a lady ii the land of the prickley pear, gila mon ster, rattlesnakes and the big red ants. - Irvine to tell us, there is neither God or Satan in existence. I know for certain there is no God in her heart. Satan? That's another question. She says, no man or woman after death win ever rise again. How in the world did life ever start in the first place, out of dead matter? Where did dead matter come from, out of noth ing, all by itself? I have two silver coins, one dated 1878 and the other 1887, One of these is the year of my birth, and on each of these coins. "In God We Trust." still trust in God, but not in Godless atheist, communists, or socialists. I respect every man s religion as long as they respect mine. And all others are to me what they call in my old coun try, just so much mircht, ex cept no fertilizer value. Xavier Widmer Route 3, Box 186 Medford Cruelty To the Editor: Thank you for your fine editorial, a reprint of which has just come to my no tice, on "An End to Cruelty" (8-14-63), dealing with needless cruelty to animals used in sci entific experiments. In a most appealing, reasonable, yet firm ly ethical manner you stated the need for federal humane laws, since after all, our tax money subsidizes many of the laboratories. It seems to this writer that human health, especially mental health, cannot possibly benefit in the long run if medical stud ies are based almost entirely on the sufferings of helpless living beings. "Cruelty Retards Kedica! Research is the tlUe of a carefully documented pam phlet quoting scientists and physicians, among others. I shall be glad to mail a free copy to any address. (Miss) Ingcgerd Uppman 111 Leland Way Menlo Park, Calif. Closure Opposed To the Editor: The Orecon State Game Commission is go ing to close the spring season for Salmon fishing on the Rogue River above Elk Creek accord ing to news article in the Med ford Mail Tribune of Nov. 10. This is the only Salmon fishing season on the Rogue River above Mule Creek. To close this part of the Rogue River is a shame. The water here is like spring water, It has no moss. The rapids are thrilling. The scenery is grand. Thousands of fishermen used to fishing at Casey State Park and elsewhere will be sadly disap pointed. Why do they have to close this part of the River? The Commission claims the closure will protect Salmon in their resting pools but I have seen Salmon spawning all the way to Galice, so all pools are resting pools. Is it because of snagging fish that it will be closed? If so, that is a law enforcement problem that the Commission should solve. The snsgging problem is river-length, not only above Elk Creek. The snagging problem could The Geneva conference estab lishing the so-called neutrality of Laos sprang from a sugges tion by Sihanouk. In Two Worlds In the meantime, he also has been able to live in the best of two worlds. U.S. military and economic and from the United States since 1955 has totalled about $365 million or around $30 mil lion per year. Communist China allocated $40 million for four factories. . The Soviet Union contributed a $12 million hospital. Another $35 million came from France. Sihanouk has not hesitated to crack down on Communists at be 90 per cent solved if the Com mission would follow the advice of your Mr. DeVoss's article in the MT dated June 30, to elim inate the treble hook and heavy spinners. Salmon can be caught legally on single hooks. FISHERMEN ATTENTION! This closure ruling becomes permanent on Nov. 22, 1963. If you do not believe in It, write to the Oregon State Game Comm.. 1634 S.W. Alder St., Portland, Ore., or sign one of the petitions in your sporting goods store. L. E. Clevenbcrg P. O. Box 232 Prospect, Ore. The Advantancc To the Editor: In a recent article printed in the Commu nications column a person said: "a thinker is never a believer, and a believer is never a think er." The writer of the letter thought herself to be a thinker of this sort, and her opponent to be a believer such as de scribed. Obviously to be in either position is to be sealed in ignorance. One thinks with out ever reaching a conclusion, the other reaches conclusions without thinking. It seems to be the unfortunate truth that most "thinkers" fall into one or the In Ihe Day's News By FRANK JENKINS In Salem, Governor Hatfield recommends to the Oregon leg islature, assembled in special session, a program of austerity in . expenditures AND NO NEW TAXES. Dispatches report that after hearing the governor's address the legislative assembly "struck out bravely" along the new path ordered by the voters. There isn't much else to do, The people's mandate at t h e recent special election was clear, They said in no uncertain terms that they want TAX REDUC TION. They made it unmistak ably clear that they are getting hot under the collar under the burden of taxes. PROBING question: 4 WHY are the people of Ore gon getting hot under the collar about taxes? Let's take a look at some fig ures. rVREGON'S STATE taxes are v not extravagantly hoavy. The referended 1 e g i s lative budget came to a total of $404.3 million. Assuming that our pres. ent population is 1,800,000, that is a per capital tax of $224. And that is for a BIENNIUM two years. For one year it is only $112.00. T ET'S take a look now at fed- " eral taxes. According to Tax Foundation Inc., Oregon's share of the 1963 federal budget of $98.8 BILLION is $899 million. That comes to a per capita annual tax in Ore gon of $493 and that is for ONE year. DUT on a per capita basis, for one year, it looks like this: Oregon legislative budget $112.00 Oregon's share of the federal budget $493.88 IVHICH is to say: " Oregon's per capita share of the FEDERAL budget is three and one third times Ore gon's per capita share of the state general fund budget that was referended and heavily de feated at the Oregon election on Oct. 15. 'Uncle, you see, is the EX TRAVAGANT spender. UHAT (o d0 aoout jt? " How can Uncle's extrava gance be checked? W.ll, about all we can do about Uncle's extravagance is to vote against Oregon's sen ators and representatives in Cor .-ess who. we think, are voting for extravagant spend ing. And that doesn't Eet us verv far. Oregon's voice at Washing ton isn't very loud. home. Last year 14 were sen tenced to death for a plot against the government. The sum of it seems to be that Sihanouk is award of thj Communist danger to himself and to his country. He also wants to keep his job. His renunciation of U.S. aid, expulsion of U.S. and French troops and his invitation to Red China to help him speed Cam bodia into "advanced social ism" smack of desperation measures. Appeasement never yet served as a bar to Communist ambitions, and this could be the beginning of the end for an in dependent Cambodia. ... other of these classifications. The true thinker thinks before reaching a conclusion, and care fully considers both sides. This particular article at tempted to prove that there was no God. In this particular field you have about three al ternatives: one that God made the worlds; that the worlds made themselves; or the worlds always existed. Any one of these alternatives leaves ques tions unanswered that require a tremendous act of faith to believe. One is not much better than another to relieve the bur den of faith; to choose between the three one must choose by other means than the strain (if exercising faith. The choice of believing in God often requires the belief in the Bible, which means the forsaking of beloved sins of- one nature or another; this most do not desire to do, so unthinkingly they choose one of the other alternatives. The same problem is often encountered in the choice of a church. Some churches - allow smoking, and other such actions, those desir ing to continue join those churches that allow them to. Those who desire to find the truth will find it and the true church (John 7:17), so let them. The Bible explains many things that remain a mystery otherwise; the forsaking of the sins defined in the Bible leads to better health and peace of mind; the Bible prophecies have been fulfilled, and indicate what is to happen on, and to, the earth, so that even if there were no promised future rewards the Bible life still has the over whelming advantage over any other. Lawrence Halousek, 2400 Highway 66, Ashland, Ore. Tribute To Teachers To the Editor: In observanre of American Education Week, I would like to submit the fol lowing tribute to teachers. Mrs. Norma Noyes, La Giande, is the author. A teacher is a wonderful per son constructed almost entirely of learning and patience that can be expressed in a million ways from a friendly pat on the back and patient listening, to stern lectures and strict rules. Like snowflakes, no two teach ers are alike but they have a number of things in common. Name anything a teacher can be found writing it, correcting it, reading it, getting rid of it, repairing it, helping it, check ing it, teaching it, mothering nr lathering it, counseling it, dis ciplining it, or meeting it. A teacher cares about and for almost everything; books, pic tures, clubs, the state of the na tion, the marks on the desk, the educational needs of chil dren, cleanliness, fair play, and most of all the children. For these the teacher can do any thing, dare anything, and fight for anything necessary to their educational and emotional wel fare. A teacher is not always an angel. A teacher will often disagree with others, expect ton much of students, question their personal choices, and bring up the subject of extra work when students feel the least energetic. But a teacher is always readv to help when a student needs help. Students, parents, administra tors, and school boards do not always tell teachers how much they are needc and appreciated. Somehow teachers, like parents, are taken too much for granted' To students teachers are too often considered a neces sary evil. To parents teachers a r e too often considered a perma nent, never-failing school (ix ture. To school boards teachers are recognized as the sinnje most important ingredient in the public school svstem. Mrs. S. R. Bailey 1374 Grand Ave. Medford. YOU FIGURE IT OLYMPIA, Wash. (Urnli is unlawful for a cocktail Irmno to advertise its wares with a picture of a cocktail glass ac cording to a regulation adopted by the state liquor control board.