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Show Thursday, February SOUTH SALT LAKE NEWS Page 2 South Salt Lake News Serving The Center Of Industry C. Earl Alsop, Publisher Valentine's Day Has Fascinating History Granite High School Play A Success Valentines Day goes back to was early Roman days when it of feast the as celebrated Lupercalia, in Roman ferreligion, was an ancient Luper-cu- s, tility festival honoring or Faunus, a primitive nature god. The worship at Lupercalia was led by priests, called Luperci, who began by sacrificing goats and a dog, ancient symbols of fertility. After a ceremonial meal, the Luperci dressed in goat skins and raced around the Palatine brandishing goat hide whips with which they hit passersby. Women who wanted to have children often stood in the path of the Luperci because their enlashings were thought to courage fertiitv. Later it was changed to a festival honoring Juno, the Roman goddess of women and marriage, and Pan, god of The Granite High School perof Dont Drink the formance 2nd Class metier et the Poet Office et Salt Lake City, Entered Water, proved to be a huge Utah, under the act of March 3, 1879. Published Weekly. success, playing to near capacSUBSCRIPTION RATE . . . $2.00 per year ity crowds at both the matinee 3106 SOUTH MAIN ST. . . . Phone 484-14- 41 and Saturday night perform. Editor C. E. Alsop ances. The pay, written by Woody Allen, is about a group of Of American tourists in a communist country. By mistaken, . . . are as. defined terms Karren Jackie By they take pictures of some formost next is the The bidden territories, and are acstep Are you having problems impart of the argu- cused of being spies. The tourpressing friends and family? important ment. ists seek refuge at the AmeriAre you continuously losing ment. will make or break a can Embassy, where they plot It battles with your brothers and contento escape the country and their sisters? You can solve your fight. This part is your tions or your constructive argu- accusers. Their attempts deproblem by fol'owing a simple ment. This is where knowedge velop into some of the funniest outline. Here are a few tips on the theatre has of the subject is a must. Select situations how to argue constructively. seen. status of the harms quo IPs important to be informed. specific Music for the performance harms in changing the status or Know the controversial is- quo, depending on what side was provided by the stage band. sues your friends and family Selections included Acquari-uyou are on. Tell why you bedisagree on. Read up on the lieve you should have a bigger Goin Out of My Head, subjects. Its impossible to allowance or later hours and and Hey Jude. argue constructively when you the problems of not having dont know what youre talking them. about. Next comes the warrant and Once youve researched the data topic sufficiently, you are ready data (meaning the evidence to to fight! Begin the argument back up your problems). It by clearly stating the terms of helps to have a few quotes of the argument and which side people your friends and parents of the issue you are on, for respect, like, for example, Pres"I should receive two ident Nixon, Ann Landers or dollars allowance instead of a Bishop Sheen. If you can prove dollar and fifty cents, or, "I your harms and probems are should be able to stay out until valid and disprove the validity 12:30 p.m. on Friday nights of the opposing force, your case instead of 11:30. is a sure win. Knowledge comes If you are against a resolufirst in rebutting arguments, tion state the negative. For ex- but logic is also important. Last of all, list the plan and ample: "you have no right to take Mary Ellens boy friend its benefits. For example, if away from her. the obtain issue a By stating clearly you larger allowance there will be no questions about weekly, you will wash the dishes SMOKING what the argument is about, three times a week instead of and less problems of avoiding two and w'ould be abe to buy levels of agreement to a variety the real issues. your own accessories. The bene- of statements. The next step is to define fits will help impress your parThese statements include the terms of the argument. ent, so dont forget them. such things as I smoke cigarA documented source will be of If you will follow' this or- ettes to give me a lift or I great value. Using the diction- ganized plan of constructive dont smoke enough to get any ary as your sources, you can arguing, you will win your of the diseases that cigarette Why arc children ho prone to say, "According to Websters arguments and achieve greater smoking is supposed to cause skin Third Collegiate Dictionary the things in life. problems? or I light up a cigarette withWhile we all have observed out realizing I stil have one the incredibly smooth skin of person in burning in the ash tray. 'Leave Silent Majority the right ofto every Dr. Horn believes the tests infants and children, they are choose their own every group the interpretation of the still very susceptible to many and intellectual and entertainment PTA Leader Advises will tell a person if he skin diseases. Dryness of the scores fare. wants to give up smoking skill is very common in infants "Since the mass media conIt holds that no group has really tinues to insist that they give the right to use coercive action and spotlight feelings they may from the time they leave the the public what it wants, maternity ward for the next 3 to suppress material that it not have previously acknowlto 1 years. Excessive bathing to even themselves. said National PTA president, finds objectionable, the presiedged, Mrs. Leon S. Price, Friday dent of the worlds Printed copies of the test is one of the major factors in volargest dry skin in children. Very much are being made availabe night in Dallas, Texas, then luntary organization added. wre must urge our 10 milMon the same conmore than five million are She commented that the freeditions exist in members to leave that vast scheduled for distribution to to dom ideas and views, express the skin of the silent majority and express the public. They were printed to and the companion right their opinions about specific very young as the U.S. Department of have access to them are very by in the elderly. media offerings. Education and Welfare. Health, vital the protected by rights In the former, over of a Presiding meeting There are more than 20 milthe oil glands the National PTA Board of constitution of the United lion adults in the U.S. who have have not fully Managers in Dallas this wreek, States. succeeded in giving up cigarette Mrs. Price discussed a state; in not is developed Obscenity, however, Many more would like ment presented by the National protected by the constitutional smoking. the latter, age, to but just dont know how normal PTAs special committee on guarantees of freedom of to quit, wear Most have thought begin. and tear have decreased their mass media which was adopted speech. she said. We cannot briefly about quitting, but by the Board. rely solely on the law to stem havent done anything about it. functions. One way to alleviate some of the dry skin discomMrs. Price said that the Nawhat has been called the rising The TV is series to planned forts that many infants and tional PTA wrants its members tide of pornography. focus smokers attention more children sufTer to express their opinions to is with a theraThe National PTA turns to strong1' on their habit and to bath additive like Alpha-Ker- i. peutic publishers, producers, sponsors, the people for help in its effort get them thinking more deeply A capful or two can be distributors, and theater and to make all forms of the mass about giving up the smoking placed in the childs bath, protelevision station managers. media enriching, rather than habit. We want our members to let viding a thin, protective coverand jmssibly harmdetrimental series The was made decision-makers possible know what ing on the whole body. the to the lives of children and by a $190,000 grant from the ful, Pediatricians have found they think about specific media youth. American Cancer Society and that the daily use of Alpha-Ke- ri offerings, she exp'ained, and Because of this we urge will lc televised over most of in the bath keejs the skin their reasons for either com167 outlets NETs 95 about of the be to TV aware of the them them or parents baby soft, smooth and finding mending clean and prevents it from beMrs. Price exprograms their children watch, per cent of the nations nonobjectionable. coming dry, itchy and unplained that the PTA is not a the movies they see, and the commercial TV stations. comfortable. Officials of the Cancer Socicensor of books, magazines, magazines and books they bring films, plays, radio, or television. home and read, Mrs. Price ety have declared that the TV How dangrous is laryngitis? The organization does not pre- said. We urge parents to he in- project is one of the most imIn most cases, laryngitis, or sume to dictate what adults formed, discriminating, and portant efforts of the year in inflammation of the larynx, is may read, see, or hear; and she selective in their choices of the program to reduce cigarette not a serious condition. It can mass media offerings. w'ent on to say that it respects he part of a general upper res smoking. Lu-perca- ia. u Fine Argument The Fine Art 8, ex-amp- 18, 1970 After the spread of Christianity, churchmen tried to give meaning to the pagan festival by associating it with a martyred priest, St. Valentine. There are many unusual customs associated with Valentines Day. In Sicily, some young unmarried women get up before sunrise on Valentines Day. They stand by their windows, sometimes for hours, watching for a man to pass the house. Each girl believes that the first man she sees, or someone who looks like him, will become her bridegroom within the year. In Denmark, some persons send pressed snowdrop flowers to special friends on Valentines Day. The danes call one type of Valentine gaekkebrev, or joking letter. The sender writes an original rhyme but does not sign his name. He uses a code to page 4 Granite High student 8 show e: talent in Don't Drink the Wafer" piratory infection or a warn- ing sign that you are doing smoking, something wrong drinking too much, abusing your vocal chords or perhaps inhaling dust, fumes or other air pollutants. If you have a simple case, it generally clears up in a few days. However, if hoarseness persists or keeps recurring, it can be a warning that something is very much wrong. See your doctor by all means. Long-lastin- g hoarseness, for example, can be a sign of throat, cancer, usually curable if it is caught in time. What are callouses? Callouses are natures way of protecting feet and hands from friction and pressure. In many instances they are quite necessary guitarists and cellists, for example, work at ?ifc,mbm- yo .k building up protective callouses on their fingers. If you wear high heels, youve probably noticed that the heels and balls of the feet develop a calloused area for a little extra reinforcement. Sometimes callouses can become unsightly or painful and then they should be removed. Soak the calloused area and then rub away at the callous with a pumic stone or one of the specially formuated removers? If you remove the dead skin cells merely a layer a day, you will soon get rid of the caTouses completely. Then the next step is trying to pinpoint the causes tight shoes, constant rubbing or whatever and removing the irritant. ua-ll....d- |