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THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 21, 163 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON Ir tft s V iM MLV WWflHi CHANGE GUARDS AT TOMB Shown dur ing the changing of the guard ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier are Pfc. i L : J L Richard Azzaro, Sgl. Edwin . Davenport and Pfc. Hillard Jordan. (UPI) Palace Guard Troops in Army P re-Date Revolutionary Days By DARRELL GARWOOD United Press lnlernalionaf WASHINGTON (UPI) The U.S. Army's "palace guard troops are tall, ramrod straight soil V polish soldiers who would shudder at being spoken of in the same breath as an ordinary GI. These are the men who make up capital's ceremonial honor guards. They are members of a regiment that was founded be fore the American Revolution when Washington was a sleepy riverfront village. The unit to day is known as the 1st Battle group, Third Infantry. They are the soldiers who welcome visiting statesmen; who are always on hand for President Kennedy's departures and arrivals; who parade sol emnly before the Tomb of the Unknown in Arlington Nation al Cemetery. The battle group Is stationed at Fort Myer, Va., just across the Potomac River. To get into the "Old Guard" as It is known, the men had to go through training so gruelling that thoughts of it make the ordi nary GI cringe. Many Volunteer Nonetheless, the guard gets plenty of volunteers who want to work tneir way up in me honor company. Col.. John W. Gorn, 48-year-old graduate of Ripon College and Michigan Law School from Fond du Lac, Wis., has been commander since mid-1962. In an interview with UPI, the colonel had only one complaint, tne Army from one to another two to three times a day. In the ceremonial training, he must be able to go through a 12-minute arms drill flawlessly with no command other than the clicking of the steel plates of his commander's heels. And on sentry duty be must "march at rigid attention" in the Ar my's phrase on a mat in front of Uie tomb, and oblivious of hundreds of gawking sightseers. By instinct as much as by timing, he learns to pause for exactly 21 seconds each time he faces the tomb. The pause sym bolizes the 21-gun salute which is the highest military tribute that can be paid and which usually is reserved for U.S. presidents and heads or foreign states. ;" With the high spit-and-oolish standards observed such as getting shoes to shine like black billiard balls and taking care of chrome-plated rifles and bay onets as well as uniforms it is rigorous life. And since the tour of a tomb guard is only nine months, the turnover is high. More Than: Thousand -Col. Gorn currently has 1,150 men, divided into six nmpan ie3, under his command. Last year, the outfit had to muster its full ceremonial company lor 34 state arrivals. - Although not called a battle group until 1957, the Old Guard was organized in 1784 and was led against the Indians 10 years later by Gen. "Mad Anthony" Wayne at Fort Recovery, Ohio. And it is far from being a merely ceremonial outfit today. During World War II, it served with distinction with the 66th Division in the ' campaign against St. Nazaire. Small Worlds Arosnd Us Lynn W. Wafkim v JUflatir 4r Trlya lypiletu, 1H1 1 1 Theater Starting Fifth Year With Missionary Groups By CARLTON WILSON United Press International DALLAS (UPI) - The Dallas Theater Center, an ambitious attempt to whet the cultural ap. petite of the Southwest, is now in is fifth season and ready to send "missionary groups to audiences in five states. One man has been instrumen. I've been in the Army 23 ......ii i.- -..'J iihJ iu:. i. yuaia, lie oaiu, - anu lino 10 . , . ........ .r m. i,. i i'. i tal in the success of the Thea. IIIC 111 Ob UUUll.l V C- BTtl 111 where the commander has to work like the devil to live up to the standards that were al ready being observed. We think It's the greatest outfit in the Army.", Specially Chosen A select detail restricted to men who have met the most rigid qualifications keeps perpe tual vigil at the Tomb of the Unknowns. Each man must be between 5 feet, 10 inches and 6 feet, 2 inches tall. He must have "an outstanding soldierly appear ance" backed up by a flawless personal record in and out of the Army. He must have 20 uniforms- most of which the Army pays tor and be prepared to change ter Center. He is Dr. Paul Bak er, its director, who made re gional headlines this spring dur ing a controversy at Baylor University. After 29 years at the Baptist school's drama department, Baker resigned as Its chairman when his production of an Eu gene O'Neil play was cancelled because the language was too strong to suit school and church officials. The play, "Long Days Journey Into Night," won a Pulitzer Prize. Baker and seven of his facul ty members moved from the Waco, Tex., campus to Trinity University at San Antonio, Tex., a Presbyterian school which was Baker's alma mater. The Theater Center in Dallas SALESMEN- You May Now Learn to SELL BY MOTIVATION with the modern methods ' taught in the DALE CARNEGIE SALES COURSE It's the only training in motivational selling methods available to salesmen-a course that builds your skill in Brtaaltlni Mar llml ' Ruilllnt Ml hlaplni anthuilaim Matlntlai Ixln (it Kar araanit Crtallnt kdlaf h tha kanallta jiu tmr Canttalllni anry itap al Mia aala Analrilnt aat aarraatlni talllni mltliku Miklni jaar araipiat Mltaa a Knawlni what tha araiaact ll raallr tailing rau Anmring aaiactlanl liming yaar claia Thousands of salesmen with big and small firms have benefited by Improving their sellingability through the Dale Carnegie Sales Course. Lei us tell you about them. Total Cost to Oregon Qualified Korean Veterans $OA00 Attend th FREE SHOWING Saturday, Nov. 23 9 A.M. YMCA-Medford FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL OR WRITE DALE CARNEGIE COURSES Praianltd ? J. ft. Taylor Aaioelata Spomor 548 Letter lana, Medford - Phone 773-5125 offers graduate drama students an on-the-job training program. It also employs a repertory company of 14 professionals, gives non-credit courses through an academy program, and runs a children's theater for 210 youngsters. . Production Radical A curly haired, pipe smoker. the 52-year-old Baker is as ra dically different in production techniques as is the architec ture of the Theater. The build ing was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. A two-story stone structure in a grove of trees be side a creek, the $l-million Theater resembles a giant bass drum. Dallas, takes fierce pride in its non-profit Theater Center. The 446 easy chair type seats are mostly filled for weekend performances at top prices of $4.25 per ticket. Attendance for the 10 production season last year averaged 63 per cent. Baker believes the Dallas au diences are served well enough now to allow his touring troups to accept one night stands or longer throughout the South, western states of Texas, Louis. iana, Arkansas, Oklahoma and New Mexico. "We need more outlets for our talent," he said. Five road companies are In production. They are "Julius Caesar," "Medea," "Mirror Un. der the Eagle," "The lmpor tance ol being Earnest, and "Three Sisters." Sixteen performances of "Ju lius Caesar" also are scheduled I at home. Shakespeare, as pre sented by the Theater Center. is far from conventional. For example, in a production of "Hamlet," there were three Hamlets and three Ophelias -all on stage at the same time One musical and one original play are included in each sea son. "Little Mary Sunshine," was one of the biggest song-and-dance hits. This year t h e season features "Can Can," al though on a scale far from the Broadway spectacular or film 1 version. Intimate Atmosphere The intimate atmosphere of the Theater Center lends itself well to drama or satirical com edy. This season opened with "Firebugs" by Swiss playwright Max Frisch, a serious show with political overtones. A fa vorite last year was "Sister," an original script about a fe male evangelist by Glen Allen Smith of Dallas. Another original production two years ago, "Joshua Beene and God," starred Burl Ives. It was written by Clifford Sage and Hal Lewis, of Dallas. The Theater Center has about 70 persons in full-time work. Salaries for performers range from $65 to $125 a week. Many of the students are on scholar ships or grants. Whirligig Beetle Sees Through Natural Bifocals We seldom appreciate the fact that human eyeballs are move able, making it easily possible to increase our range of vision with little or no movement of the head. We see out of the corner of our eye. Most animals have this abili ty, and all benefit from a more flexible seeing range. Like our own, most animal eyes can be moved to the right or left, up or down, or in combinations of all these movements. But there are privileged crea tures animals whose eye mo tions have been developed to a phenomenal degree. The silly little seahorse has developed an eye technique that is outrage ously flexible. This creature can direct one eye upward to see what goes on above, and the other downward to catch any movement going on underneath. Both Directions Equally well can the seahorse look ahead, with one eye or botn and even turn one back to see whether or not an enemy is gaining on him. This he accom plishes safely, for the eye di reeled ahead alerts him to any obstruction in the path. What's even more remarkable, the sea horse, in spite of the fact he is seeing two images simulta neously, can make up his feeble mind which is the lesser danger, and take measures to avoid the greater. To somewhat lesser extent, but still pretty elastic and effi cient are the eyes of the com mon little chameleon. It can spot a desirable insect to the far right and a little above say about 10 o'clock high with the right eye; and locate cor rectly another insect, on the other side, with its left eye that is about 8 o'clock low. Here again the little creature has to make a decision: which bug is nearer, or which is swallowable. Such actions speak rather highly of the chameleon's tiny brain, as he seldom makes a useless pass at an insect be yond the reach of his pounce, or wastes his time grabbing a bug too big to swallow. Waterproof Eyes It is doubtful If either of these fortunate creatures with the flexible eyeballs appreciates their ablility. Nature gave them more than a helping hand . a way to see more that they mignt accomplish more. There are also the very dif ferent eyeballs of the water in sects, such as those with the bifocal lenses. The whirligig beetle has its eyes divided by a lateral line the upper part for seeing things in' the atmos phere, and the lower part to see what goes on just beneath the water's surface. Actually, this is the same principle in volved in the making of bifocal lenses for improving human vision. And you may always have thought that bifocal glass es was the discovery of some clever human experimenting with a magnifying glass. Pretty common, too, and well adapted to their way of life are the eyes of the lobsters, shrimps and many of the crabs. These creatures have eyeballs located on top of stalks which can be raised or lowered like a peri scope. This arrangement comes in pretty handy when the ani mal wants to hide behind a pile of sand or a rock, and see with out its body showing. But Nature pulled a "fast one" on some animals. The poor old owl cannot move its eye balls a fraction of an inch. It must move its entire head. Na ture, by some quirk of obstin acy, froze the eyeballs tightly in weir sockets. fruii Gtos Genu cmi c&mOti umm mm gtmro COMPLETELY ; INSTALLED- aj jj Beer Drinkers Are Responsible for Rise NEW YORK (UPI) - Beer drinkers are chiefly responsible for the increase in sales of glass containers in the first half of 1963, according to the Glass Container Manufacturers Insti tute. Over-all domestic sales of glass containers in the first six months of this year climbed to 66,425,000 gross, compared to the 1962 first-half level of 83, 336,000 gross, a 3.7 per cent gain. Sales of non-returnable beer bottles during the same pe riod totaled 12,876.000 gross. 13 per cent more than the 11,381, 000 sold in the comparable 1962 half. NO LOUNGING OLYMPIA, Wash. 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