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Ncu Neu s l Analyst A.lyst Alyst " , the bureau bureauJve bureauuve bureaut figures from census " ) -Latest Latest WASHINGTON WASHINGTONLatest - - WAbHiiM i " 1aby 1- 1 - 1baby - baby A recordA aby uve Jve crop-3 crop 3 revealed l - - W 260 that 000 the c > st.mated stmated estmated . postwar nostwar Sa for ilr period 1946 has almost produced a m.lhon mlhon millIon . a record morethan morethan more than " ur were r will born Tak'eTo're TakeTore take m in ' 1940 1940But 1940But more ' than this belated burst of ofrejuvena ofrejuvenaproper reJuvena reluvena reJuvenatlOn reluvenation But u It old natIon natIonOld nationOld the Umted United States from becommg becoming an tlOn tion to keep will be high with a heavy heavyproportton heavyproportion + that the 1verage iverage ' age Old Oldin inthe the he sense III in oldsters There are two reasons for this N Nowa Nowadays Nowadays owa owadays of proportton proportion proper on thanks medical edlcal Andthe AndIn And much longer to science daysthe days size sizeof people of of ofthe the theJive JiveAmerican live bve Jive American ' famtly family has shrunk shrunkIn shrunkedlcal the SIze hen the 'Stf Stf populatIOn populatIOnas \\as as was \ about 315 31 5 mlllons millions ] 860000 860 000 0 persons persons"ere personswere personsere In 1860 when " , n n'Stf "ere ere were " over 65 In 1945 19 < 5 when the population approached 140 millions - were over 65By 65By 65 , . , . , 990000 9 9- 9 90 ? > 0 000 persons By 1970 there will be 16 million over that age out ot of an estunatedpopulation estimatedpopulation estimated estunated estimatedpopulation population of more than 151 millions I ' This situation poses a number ofproblems of otproblems < for the nation and also alsoemphasIzes alsoemphasizes alsoemphasizes problems problemst problemsfor , emphasIzes t , the personal problem problemThe problemThe problemThe The problem of growing growmg oldL oldL old oldLke problemI I real realor realor realor L Lke ke many of our troubles is to tobr tobr tobr or ] imagined magmed the best cure br ng th s s one out into mto the light lightgIve lightgive lightgive gIve it a good shaking shakmg The result resultin In many cases will w.lll wlll . be that at it dlsap disap dlsappears disappears disappears pears or that it shrinks shrmks to ummpor unimpor ummportance unimportance uaimportance tance ( if that werent weren t so pschia pschiatry ps ) } cha chatr chiatri ] tr try ) wouldn t be such a highly re rewarded rewarded rewarded warded profession ) Wise men have known this tor for a along along along long time and lived to a happy oldage old oldage age Others ( who whor"a whot tOthwW : : = r"a ra " didn : didnt t know it ) [ , "f f " y have worrIedy worried 's s " ' : " + > . : ' ' ! their friends fnends and andy andthemselves and- and andthemselves r y ? - themselves to toK toearly toearly K ' " early deaths by bysttmg bysitting bysitting sttmg sitting ] down and andwee andweeping andweeping wee weeping p ] n g overtheir over overthclr overtheir thclr their lost youth youthmstead youthinstead youthinstead mstead instead of gettmg getting gettmgup gettingup gettingup up learning learmng to totake totake totake take old age m in inr intheir mtheu mtheir r theu their stride stnde andbkmg andx and x y | liking bkmg ite itRecently ] it itI t tRecently e I Recently I reada read ; a very up to da dateBankbage date dateBauktage te teBauk.bage Bauktage Bauk.bage Baukbage Bankbage Bauk.bagelIttle Bankbagelittle . lIttle l ttle pamphlet pamphletcalled pamphletcalled pamphletcalled called WhenYou whenYou When WhenYou You Grow Older written m in mstralghtiorward instraightforward instraightforward stralghtiorward straightforward English based on onmodern onmodern onmodern modern sc ent eat flc fic ideas The pam pamphlet pamphlet pamphlet phlet outlnes outi outl nes methods " , which hlch mahe make mahethat makethat makethat that famous poem by Browning Browmng so soaften sooften sooften aften often regarded as \ wishful Ishful th nkmg nkmgby nkmgby nkingby by the skept calrmg calring cal ring rmg true Gro v vaId vold vold aId old alonglth along " with \lth lth \ me said Bro\\n Bro n Brown Bronmg Brownmg Browning \ mg s Rabbi Ben Ezra ' The 'ThE ' best bestIi bestas bestis Ii as Iiet asyet ) iet yet et to beWhen be beWhen When I grasp grasped cd the theme ot of otthIs ofthis olthis thIs pamphlet it stirred classic 1 JL211I _ _ _ - - I ) . e.moo e 0 . .moo moo o 0 0 0a 0a a a 1 0e e e \ 0 0Tc Tc ' , va Just Hangmg Hanging Around Aroundva memories I 1 remembered that thata a gentleman , who ybo considerably considerablypredated considerablypredated considerablypredated predated Browmne Brownmg Browning had said the thesame thesame thesame same thing thmg m ID his essay On OnOld OnOld OnOld Old AgeHlllen Age \ written \Hlllen Hlllen in the year 44 44B 44B 44B B C I 1 refer to Marcus Tulhus Tullius TulhusCIcero TulliusCicero TullinsCicero CIcero He lie said ( among other otherpertinent otherpertinent otherpertinent pertinent things thlDgsI ) ) qui gut autem autemuroma autemomma > utemamnia uroma omma a se Ipsi lpsi pctunt petuut petunt eis els ers nl ni nlhll nihl nihil hll hl potestIden potest \ nden \Iden Iden iaderi quod naturae naturaenecess naturaenecess naturaeneccss necess tas adferat Which if ifyou itou you } ) ou 11 II pardon my freedom with withthe withthe withthe the text te"t tet teat " means that those "ho ho who "hoseek whoseek " whoseek seek their happiness happmess from rrom with withIn within within In can never regard nature s In Ine inewitabdities inczitabilitics e\ e liabilities eliabilities ewitabdities \ as badCicero bad badCicero Cicero wrote that essay wren wten he hewas hewas hewas was 63 years old and I have no nodoubt nodoubt nodoubt doubt he would have lived hved laved what he hepreached hepreached hepreached preached tor for another decade or ort.o ortwo ort t.o to two . o t f his vigorous oldage old age had not notproduced notproduced notproduced produced the resounding resoundmg Phllhp Phillip PhiUipP Phllhpp Phillipp p cs ca against agamst Anthony wh Ch ct ) re reGulled reculted retulled Gulled culted in m hs h s 5 being bemg purged ( Roman Roman5t Romanst Romanstile 5t st ) Ie le ! ) while st 11 II H hale and hearty at atLike 64 14 14Like Lawton LawIon Like Cicero Messrs George Law Ion ton and Maxwell Stewart authors authorsnt authorsDf authorsif Df if the pamphlet I 1 ment oned stress stressthe the { > psichological psychological S ) chologlcal problems of oldage oldige old oldge age ige ge ( ( The pamphlet is issued by bythe the Publ c Affairs Committee Inc Incs Inct Inca a s non nonprofit profit educational organ za hon lion organzalion zahon zalion 22ast 22 $ East ast 38tb 38th St Isew I\ew I ew hew \ York YorkSity-20 YorkSity 20 YorkCity20 City-20 City 20 : lty-20 lty 20 - cents ) Old age comes with a shock shockbecause shockbee.ause forit bee.ause beeause because . we haven t prepared for it thelast Maybe lIJaybe " we e are ready for the last day at the office offiee or at the atthe " work "ork ork bench sellthe selltbe or when we "e e " sell tbe the farm ( arm an and move to the vll vet lage villace vlllage vetlage or city clly or in other ways waysbreak break a lifetime s a routine But Butwe Butwe Butwe we may have failed to recog recognlze recognize recognize nlze nize Importint important importaut the need to feel impor tant taut tanta tauta a need which we mu must mustsatisfy mustsatisfy t tsatisfy satisfy one way or another NotImportant Notimportant Not Notimportant important In the sense seuse that thatwe thatwt thatWL we wt . have somebody kow tow to tous tous tous us but necessary to somebody somebodyor or some thine thing some business businessIoome businesssome businesssome Ioome some undertaking maybe not a abig abig abig big coe cog hot bat but somethinc something that thathelps thathelps thathelps helps the whcrls whc.ls whcls wheels . of life hfe fo go roand road roa > d ) Avocations Avocatron.t Avocatront . Help HelpTo HelpTo To Retain Retarn Youth YouthAnybody YouthAnybody Anybody can develop an avoca avocatlon avocation avocation tlon tion of some kind kmd In many cases casesthese casesthese casesthese these avocatons avocat ons have turned Into IntopaYIng intopaying intopaying paYIng vocations vocahons after rel1rement retirement retirementIn rel1rementIn In any case they are literally l life lifesavers lifesavers e esavers savers when it comes to mak.mg makmg making mak.mgbfe makinglife makinglife . bfe life lva livableVarious livable livableVarious ] ble bleVanous Various Vanous skills skllls permit varying varymg pe penods pemods penods nods mods of activity achvlty activityMany activityMany \ Many l\lany l lany farmers farmcrs are self seU sup sup- supportmg supporting supporting - - porting portmg ' at 70 or 75 Perhaps Perhapstlus Perhapsthus Perhapsthis tlus thus is partly because of theJT their theJTenvIronmentmental theirenvironmentmental theirenvironment envIronment-mental envIronment mental - mental and phys phys- physIcal phys- phys physscat physical - - ical scat Cicero CICet"O CICetO " says farmers are arenot arenot arenot not hindered hmdered to any extent e1.tent e1tent . by byold byold byold old age and seem to me to ap- ap approach approach ap approach - - proach the ideal wise man s sl slife slife slifeMost l life e lifeMost Most jobs are of such a character characterthat characterthat characterthat that ability abllty ] to perform them de declmes declines dedines clmes clines with the years When You YouGrow YouGrow YouGrow Grow Older cites as an examplespeed examplespeed example examplespeed speed workhke worklike work -hke hke -like like - like the assembly assemblyline assembl assembleline ) bne line Youth excels in ID this type of ofwork ofwork ofwork work But age does almost as vell veil vellas veilas veilas as youth in m the type elass classified ed aspower aspower as aspower power work the kind kmd of job lob where wheresk wheresk wheresk sk U 11 ll is unportantThere importantThere important unportant importantThere There is not space here to develop developthe developthe developthe the theme of When You Grow Old Older Older Older er as its authors do so compactly compactlyn n the r 30 pages They d scuss the thequest thequest thequest quest ons personal and pol tical tidal of ofold ofold ofold old age security secunty They offer orrer otter a host hostof hostof hostof of other specific examples eJ.amples eJamples . to 11Ius illus 11Iustrate illusIrate illustrate trate Irate the statements some of wh ch chI chI chI I have quoted heie hele I have habe attempt attempted attempted attempted ed to rev ew ra rather ther than a sum summar summar summar mar ; ) } moved lo to comment partly be because because because cause of the valua valuable ble suggestIons suggestIonsoffered suggestionsoffered suggestionsoffered offered and also partly because the e a pert nent paragraphs ofWhen ofWhen of ofWhen When You Grow Older offer a per perfpct perfact pert fpct fact " < : t example of how modern scsence SCI scs SCIence science ence and experience expenence confirm the theventles theverities theverities ventles verities expressed e"pressed epressed " by poets and andphIlosophers andphilosophers andphilosophers phIlosophers of the pastIt pastIt past pastIt It is still stili the habit of many manycntlcs manycritics manycritics cntlcs critics to praise the style of ofCicero ofCicero ofCicero Cicero s Ue De Scnectute Senectute but to toto.s totoss toto to.s tos toss . s its message aside as wish wishful wishful wishful ful think thmk ng Even Bven Montalgne Montaigne Montalgne"ho Montaignewho Montaignewho "ho ho who " said frankly frank.ly . that readIng readIngthe readingthe readingthe the essay made one long to togrow togrow togrow grow old pessimistically 11m him 11mIted himBled limitcd Ited Bled Itedhat \ what \\hat hat he considered a useful usefulIIrespan usefullifespan usefullifespan IIrespan lifespan to a mere 50 years and andtnought andtnought andnought tnought ( It wrong to contem contemplate contemplate contemplate plate further e1.1stence e11stence existence e1.1stenceCIcero existenceCicero existenceCicero . CIcero s phys cal v orld was wasbounded wasbounded wasbounded bounded by the frontiers frontlers conquered conqueredby by Rome s plodding ploddmg legions but hIs hIsvIe hisvie hisvie vIe v was long In time Today tte tie ttemen tiemen tl-emen tl emen - men of our scient fie fic tic age echo the therequest therequest therequest request m In the last paragraph of the thegreat thegreat thegreat great statesman s immortal essay essaywhen essaywhen essaywhen when he prayed that you youput youput youput put my words to practical test . . - - - - - - |