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The Story of Automation-Part IV Automation Offers More Leisure Tim By HARRY FERGUSON' ! WASHINGTON (UPI) - The' average working man today en-1 joys 22 years more leisure than his grandfather did. He has a longer lite span, a shorter work week and more vacation time. : Automation offers him even more leisure because the short-; ening of the work week has I been relentless and inevitable. ! In 1800 the work week was 84 hours, in 1!)09 it was 52 hours: and today it is slightly under 40 hours. Labor unions are ! pressing now for a 35-hour 1 week. Joseph Prendcrgast of the National Recreation Asso ciation has predicted that with in a century the work week will consist of seven hours. On the surface it would ap peal' we are on the march to ward an industrial Utopia. But many psychiatrists are coming around to the opinion we are headed for disaster unless I Americans can be shaken out of their mental and emotional patterns. "This civilization is not going to depend on what we do while we work but on what we do in our lime off," Herbert Hoover said many years ago. Sub sequent events give him top grade for prophecy. liored With Leisure The fact seems to be that millions of Americans do not want more leisure time and are bored when it is forced upon them. The files of psychiatrists are crammed with thousands of cases of executives com pelled to retire at l3. In about six months it dawns on these men that fishing and golf are not so attractive as they looked from the office window. The re sults are mental disturbances SCHOOL NEWS Mcdfoid High School l-jlilrd by Khiinc Davenport. Slidf: Craig Savage. Laura !.- per. A n n a Richardson, Dale llockersniilli. Lynn Ben Ion. Roxanne (iotu-her, Mike Vaiihan, Nancy Edwards, Tom Kerr, Put itelzer. Caro lyn Bailey, Dave Sinilh and Kay Sneed. and deterioration in health sometimes to the point of death. A more dramatic example is available on the streets of all large cities. In the age group between 14 and 24 there is a hard core of youths who are unemployed with no hope of finding a job. The National Urban League says 10 per cent of the white boys and 17' i per cent of Ne gro boys seeking work are in that category. Here you have enforced leisure 24 hours a day, 52 weeks a year. You also have an available pool of manpower from which juvenile delinquent gangs can recruit members. In i fact, many government ccono ! mists view this as the most se 1 l ious aspect of automation the i boys who drop out of school. I They are unemployable because I they lack educational skills, they have nothing to do but roam the streets and too many ! of them become adept in the ! manipulation of switch-blade i knives. e by Shortening Week Many Arc Contented to say that millions of Ameri- telling point: Sure, there are Before leaving the imprcs- " are idle and coiUented. more retired workers riding the .. . , 7 , ... Travel inside the United States highways and the result has sion that mental hospitals are has boomed in rcccnt vcars bcen a mushroom s,.owth of crammed with persons who can- and here the defenders of au- motels. In other words, when not endure leisure, let us hurry i tomation arc able to score a more people are not working. SECTION C PAGES 1 to 12 Medford&Tribune MEDFORD. OREGON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1!), 1083 the economy automatically ad justs itself by creating new businesses and industries. How do Americans kill lime when not working? In the inac tive field (reading, listening or watching somebody else do something) the rating is in this order: watching television, lis tening to radio, reading news papers, reading magazines, watching motion pictures. In the field of hobbies: Col lecting tilings (stamps, coins, books, etc.), traveling, card playing, gardening, fishing, bowling, sewing, hunting, swim ming. Photography, boating, handicrafts, outdoor cooking, golf, tennis and painting. Spec tator sports doubtless would be listed except for the fact that so much of it is classified un der television watching and ra dio listening. Such things as do-it-yourself carpentry are listed under handicrafts. Most psychiatrists put much hope for the future in self edu cation. They want people to buy phonograph records and acquire a taste for good music. They want them to read history and biography or even study for eign languages at home. But the prospects for self ed ucation are dim in this country. A recent poll showed that only 17 per cent of Americans were currently reading a book. For Great Britain the figure was 55 per cent. Next: Automation and the future. 1 "OPENTIL 9:00 P.M. THURS. FRI. SATURDAY, MON." II I rTTrTX.YT7 . . II i r f i BF"ja-1"'1' -'-- Thespian troupe 358 of MHS has been awarded second prize in the mimeographer program compel it ion by the National Thespian Society for last year's fall production of "Bernardine." The program was designed by Andrea Smith, senior, in the 1 annual program design competition. Sandra Irving was selected December girl of the month by Girls League. Sandra's sched ule includes membership in Pep Club, Snomads, History Economics and Civic Associa tion. Future Teachers of Ameri ca, and the tennis team. She is also president of 1HL. Sandra hopes to make a career ol : teaching. j Because the Medford High j School choir has become rccog- nized as one of the outstanding musical groups in Southern Ore gon, it is requested to sing at many functions, especially at Christmas time. The Christmas schedule for this year includes performances Dec. 8 at First Prcsbvterian church; Dec. 10 at KBES-TV; Dec. 12 at Hogue Valley Manor; Dec. 17 at Rogue Volley Coun try Club and Medford High; December 18 at Rogue Valley Country Club; Dee. 19, a con cert at MILS; and Dec. 20 at assemblies at MHS and carol ing through the halls. Madrigal choir, a select group from within the chair, per formed Dec. 7 at Rogue Valley Country Club: Dec. 18 at KBES TV; and will carol at valley nursing homes. A white shirt section will be formed again this year at Med ford High, according to Dave Collins, yell king. The section will be "characterized by the wearing of white shirts, and the group of boys will have their place beside the Pep club at basketball games. Christy Finch, senior, was named Snow Queen of the 1983 84 season by the Rogue Snow men during intermission of the ski film the group presented in the MHS auditorium recently. Christv will rcipi over the open ing of the Mt. Ashland Ski Bowl and special (unctions of the Snowmen. Christy was chosen from a group of girls consisting of Chris Bartels. Mary Cheney, and Sue Elmgren, seniors; and Nancy Elmgren. junior. Earlv this month, new seats were installed in the auditor ium. Thev are of light colored wood and have flip-up" desk tops. Also installed was a cabi net centrally located in the back of the auditorium which con t'oirctors. This was installed mainly for the purpose of showing educational films to the homerooms. 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