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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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.