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Show Outshines Them All The Herald Journal Thoughts and Things Logan, Utah, Sunday, December 22, 1957 Fostering Library Habit THURSDAY EVENING THE Herald Journal published a story about a system that had been started for the purpose of encouraging children to read more library books. The method used is like that applied to many other youth organizations such as scouting the child receives badges e for reading books. In two years the Library Club of America has grown from three clubs with 500 members to 1.600 clubs with 500,000 members. The clubs are located in every state plus many foreign countries. LCA supplies youngsters aged eight through 14 with free badges. To qualify for membership a child must ead at least four books. Reading six more books earns an honor pin. Then comes the life memberd pin that bears ship badge, a A Leaders. Are Readers the motto, child earns this by reading at least eight more books and pledging to read at least two books a month for life. As one of the directors of the program stated, Parents are proud to see their kids win medals for reading and, before you know it, theyre going to the library, too. The need for adult participation, too, is indicated in part by a recent Gallup poll which showed 83 per cent of our adult population never reads books. During these times of television and the tremendous production of pulp some of which feature questionable content, there are many interests bidding for any 6pare time our children may have. As a consequence, a program which would encourage their use of libraries in one that deserves support in every way possible. There is no more wholesome atmosphere or pasttime than that resulting from the regular use of approved reading material. While the Library Club of America has not spread its activities to Cache Valley, we as parents probably could serve devise as a good substitute if we habit. If the of means library fostering gold-plate- mag-agine- s, this interest can be established during the early years, there is a great possibility it will last and that youngsters would receive gererous rewards from it through-ju- t their lives. Her Ideas Of What Spirit ents and friends share in the appreciation of their ability to give. It is the season of caroling, snowflakes, msel and cheery wrappings, of roasting chestnuts, twinkling eyes and MORE AND MORE, sober voices are being raised in the argument that as we turn out more scientists and engineers we must equip them with the balance wheels of social responsibility. Neither they nor anyone else can afford in this day and time to focus on narrow specialism. Particularly should this be true of men of technical and scientific bent. This age has thrust them into the forefront of our society. Upon them we rely for the vital researches and practical applications of knowledge that can keep us all free and safe and in well being. Men cast in so heavy a role cannot wisely live divorced from the social and political consequences of their technical achievements. They must not only be aware of these consequences, but must, like all other rounded citizens of the free nations, be willing to take responsibility for them. training which assures that breadth of view is, in the view of imaginative educators, every inch as important to these men as their technical mastery. School WE ARE missiles czar, therefore, president and TOANKFUL, that the new assistant Dr. James Rhyne Killian of administration in science, he is also an able literary craftsman. To the 1955 graduating class at Massachusetts Institute of Technology he wrote: Whatever may befall you on your journey, success in the deepest and truest sense will be found in the dignity and poise you reveal in meeting both the failures and the successes of life It was said eloquently of the Athenians that they had the gift of making gentle the life of mankind. In our benison we include the Jr., is a poetic scientist. A genius h ... hopeful anticipation that you will mix with your professional accomplishment some of this ingredient for making gentle the life of our turbulent times, for cultivating civility in a period of harsh and brutal incivilities . . . Serve as expositors and exemplars of the true spirit of science and the other noble discipline whereby man seeks to understand the universe and himself . . . You and we have no obligation to make this true character of science better understood, and to do so, not by the arrogant advocacy of science and technology as the only means to increase our understanding and wellbeing, but by the balanced and tolerant presentation of the scientific spirit as one of the great and powerful methods by which men can increase his knowledge and understanding and still stand humble and ennobled before the wonder and the majesty of what he does not understand. No ivory tower dweller, he 1 No Joy For Them TO SOME means joy. PEOPI Ju, Christmas It is a time of worship, a time or reining the old story of Christs coming, bringing His gospel of love for neighbor and God. It is a time of warmth in family tod children getherness, where experience the awe of abundance and par wide-eye- DECEMBER HAS A MUSIC all of its own a joy not found in any other month. It is the great symphony of the universe. This was how Mrs. Lenore Hall began her Christmas address before Logan Lions and their ladies in their annual Yuletide banquet this week. She gave a brief but eloquent discussion on the spirit of Christmas. Many of the club members asked for a copy of Mrs. Halls comments, so we asked leave to publish them in the column today, feeling that they comprise an excellent Christmas message. Christmas rings with a melody unequalled by any other season. It is a season of significant reflection a time when men turn to the stars of heaven and renew their hope for a fuller understanding of that message given by Him who was born in an obscure manger so long ago. We could all echo our feelings about this season. Perhaps at this time, more than any other time of the year, mankind more clearly approaches that state of perfection so wonderously manifested in the life of One whose birthday we celebrate. In the words of Tiny Tim, God bless us overy- - loving gaiety. These are the families. To others, Christmas is a time of sad labor, a time of bitter recollection of human carelessness, bringing grief and horror to families, friends. It is a time of sudden separations, infants scream and where whimper for their mother's now unfeeling touch and still voice; where familes and friends share uncomprehending numbness at their inability to bring back life, restore torn limbs or turn back Time and, reliving, prevent the mistake. For some, it is the season of sirens, sleet, broken glass and flashing red lights; of flaming wreckage, eyes and deathly stillness. For the folks involved in traffic accidents during holiday time, the Christmas season brings no joy. So drive carefully! terror-stricke- n tear-swolle- n True, Everlasting Orbit Q . ... one. What would we do without Christmas. Wed have to invent something like it, or crack up. Someone has called it a Psychological necessity. It is the mental hygiene, we who live in these tense times, must have. That is because it leads us to think of what is good for others, not just for ourselves. For the lamps that shine for others will always reflect back. CHRISTMAS SEEMS AN appropri- ate time to remind heads of state, scientists and each one of us, everywhere, that were overlooking the prime source of information in our frantic attempt to esta- blish man and his machines in space. hundred and One thousand, nine thus Christmas, as years ago we reckon time, there was launched a most remarkable space body. The power that drove it then drives it now' it is inexhaustible. In fact, if employed according to instructions provided by the One who formulated it, the power grows, rather than diminishes, in strength. Its launching into the crisp, cold air over Palestine coincided with the birth of a little Boy in the stable of an inn. The Boy was the architect of this machine. He was born to die that all should have the chance to live eternally. The unprecedented appearance of this brilliant spark in the heavens is but one small symbol of the great body of faith that leads us to celebrate annually the date of His birth. factor that His creation has & built-imakes travel into the fourth dimension a bit of child's play. His satellite has wheeled unerringly through the utter cold of disbelief a cold more absolute than any which man might encounter in the expanses of intergalactic space. It has swept around an orbit that covers 1900 centuries and each year it returns to blaze in the heavens over Palestine. At the same time, to those who believe as did the Magi, that it was a sign of the Messiah, it shines the year around in the hearts of men of good will. The power that keeps this shining symbol in its eternal orbit, blazing as brilliantly today as when it wras created, is the power of love for ones fellow man as exemplified by its Creator. We could do worse on this worried Christmas in the Year of Our Lord 1957, than to follow the Star of Bethlehem as we reach with our mortal hands toward the heavens. o fifty-seve- n n No Ivory Towers Wanted Of Christmas Is And Can Do WASHINGTON NEWS NOTEBOOK First Aid; Eat And Run; And Some Resolutions BY DOl'GLUS LARSEV AND JERRY BENNETT WASHINGTON Socialite Col. was at a Robert Guggenheim Treasury Bob Anderson when Washington was currently sufthe master of ceremonies forgot fering. The ambassador, through all about him and announced an interpreter, responded with that the luncheon was over. a discussion of excelReddest face in the crowd be- lent relations between the U.S. longed to Undersecretary of the and Paraguay. NEW YEARS resolutions: Treasury for Monetary Affairs Julian Baird, the MC. Colonel Guggenheim swears AJter the mistake was straight-- 1 hes going to stop ened out, there was an even fur- -' through symphony concerts. ther delay while everybody waitSen. Estes Kefauver is going ed for the d Anderto stop pinching the arms of son to control his laughter. pretty girls. Jim Hagerty isnt going to lose PARAGUAYAN Ambassador his temper any more. Don Osvaldo Chevase is a diploSenator McClellan is going to mat to the core. stop picking on Jimmy Hoffa. A guest at a party the other Members of the staff of the night asked him if he objected Russian embassy are going to to the bitterly cold weather stop bragging about Sputniks. i formal party the other evening when hostess Gwenn Cafritz flounced in wearing a new Paris gown featuring a long trailing skirt. As they say in your country." Col. Guggenheim said to the Australian ambassador. Sir Percy Spender, if this party gets too bloody rough we can always use Gwenn s skirt as a tourniquet." snoring good-nature- a friend OTHER EVENING noticed that Mrs. John Foster Dulles was rushing from a lavish buffet dinner party after only nibbling at the hors d'oeuvres for a few minutes. Why are you leaving in such a burry?" the guest asked her. Youve hardly eaten a thing. I have to move fast in order to get to all the parties I'm supposed to attend every night. Mrs. Dulles answered. I only have time to eat one hors at each party and take a drink at every other one. Larger View But First, Strive Toward Harmony Within Yourselves SHAKESPEARE said that "a sad tale's best for winter, and as I look out at a dull sky and a dead, cold .garden, I feel almost inebned to try my hand at a gloomy tale, a s u i c idal one. There is plenty of material for such a tale in BEFORE IKE departed for his Paris trip he got complete instructions from Mamie on some she wranted special shopping done. She had heard via her in- ternational grapevine that women's gloves and silk scarves were the best Paris buys this year. But dont get the idea that Ike's plane, the Columbine, sneaks anything through customs when it comes back from overseas. Just like commercial In flights, each passenger, includa IN REVIEWING THE budget for ing the President,andis ahanded customs form declaration 1958 established in recent days by Cache man checks the official baggage. Interest this world where county and Logan City, one is impressed again with the size of business that our local governmental agencies have become. The county budget for next year calls for expenditures of $371,079. This planned outlay is $45 less than the 1957 budget. In Logan the figure for the new year is $1,113,028, up $25,000 over the present period. This constitutes an inabout 2!2 or cent. of crease As usual in both budgets there have been a number of changes in the way in which the publics money wall be spent. Reductions have been made in many items, and increases have supplanted these in other places. Funds have been supplied to develop some projects, and requests for appropriations of various kinds have been denied. The commissioners have pooled their best judgment to produce these budgets. This week it is the public's turn to express its opinion about these proposed financial arrangements for the coming year. The county commissioners have set a public budget hearing for 11 a.m. Thursday and the city has invited all interested persons to meet with its representatives Friday at 2 :30 p.m. Copies of the budgets may be examined prior to that time at either the city offices or the county clerk's office. Thus method of giving a thorough airing to the ways in which our local taxes are to be levied and the revenue from them spent is a desirable democratic process. To the credit of both the city and county governing bodies the dates for the meetings is publicized to the maximum and queries of any kind are invited. Broad public interest in these meetings later this week is highly desirable. humans l?are being asked to sPend more and more of Budgets God-give- j o father-daught- th any-wa- v. tnm-pan- lt V Thought ' .... j t j done so much to create. I should be deeply distressed if anyone got the notion that I feel anything but affection for Elvis. I am convinced that his contribution to American music has been devastating, simply staggering. O TODAYS NEWS says that America's automakers, predicting a great year in sales just a few' weeks ago, are now cutting back production and admitting that 1958 will not be as good an auto year as expected. Reason is a bad inventory situation. One of the automakers attributes the slowness in sales to the fact that the industry has fundamental changes ignored occurring in automobile use and demand. It may be that one of these years we will see an end after their time and substance and n Intelligence devising ways to make life on earth in-- j tolerable. We are doomed to be witnesses to the spectacle of man devoting vast wealth and enormrus ener- of the more-lengtgies to the conquest of outer moi higher-cos- t space at a time in his develop- cycle. ment when he has not even begun And about time too. Me, Im to conquer the problem of hving missing my Volkswagen terribly. ,111 harmony with his fellow humans on this tiny earth. In this flight for himself it is just pos-- ! sible, isn't it, that all will end m a faint whisper as the species called man disappears into the nothingness of infinite space. Dr. Nielsen PRETTY PATSY BOYLE, young daughter of Bill Boyle, public relations man for General Electric, almost found out the hard wav the other night that public relating is a job for the whole family. Bill had donated as a prize at a GE clock-radidinthe annual ner at the Press Club. And wouldn't you know it, Patsy's name was pulled out of the hat as the winner of it But just before she went up to claim her prize. Bill frantically whispered to her to refuse it. O When she told the master of I DEVOUTLY WISH that a acshe couldnt that ceremonies delegation from the headquarters cept it, she added to the crowd. of the Federation of Celestial ReBut that's all right. Daddy has publics would land its space ship promised to buy me one on Earth tomorrow and deliver And, of course, daddy did just an ultimatum to Man, backed up by several galaxies of solar artilthat. lery and under threat of immediALTEMUR KIL1C. press at- ate war The ultimatum would Eaith Men, you are heretache at the Turkish embassy, read and his gorgeous wife take hon- by ordered to abandon forthwith ors for having thrown the best all attempts to reach outer spare. Christmas cocktail party. Thev You are losing your harmony didnt invite so many people that with Nature and have not vet it turned out to be a kind of foot- achieved harmony within yourball game without padding The selves and with each other. We food did not run out. And there forbid you to infect the universe were plenty of places to sit with your disharmony In five down thousand year you will be given Besides Altemur and his wife to resume your atpermission only asked people who were per- tempts to reach outer space if, sonal friends after investigation bv the Council o of Celestial llarmonv, you are OTHER DY at a luncheon, -the guests were waiting to hear ludged uffieienllv advanced to be gtanied this piivilcge a speech from Secretary of the - Bl r NOW LIT us ta.k of I he Herald Journal something moie pleasant If you reallv look for it. you can End a P1TTT IP F SWIFT TSTIFR rtBl Morula v bit of good news almo-- t every Publ hfd nnv hrivjuti tricin', and Sunriav morn- - day to relieve the gloom Elvis inif b t Neuspajer Amerj ahast alv 7S t ener. Pieslev, ideal of clean-cu- t I tah at ican manhood, has received his Frtred s somt maer at Logan I tah. the draft call He is icadv to serve 'he savs, which make- - it nice, ' MPKK A il t B tMu of t rou a on is hone that he is aw, tied to a f(d PrnAn For good iu-- t set grant an U.at the .1 sr k Day best use wi'l be found n Advar anatl as for hispossible If all of us said exactly w hat w e think, National Oilman. Ntaul A f.uthrran special talents. t is reto see demon acy in what would we do for friends? And. n RSl'RTP'I ION P.ATLS $ l 5A freshing action. Here is a young man who. month earner when all the returns are in at the end of Or t Oil On ar. carter though a millionaire, is drafted 10 years, you'll be elected a fortunate one car msM In Cvhe W V I a common soldier to help de(j av h Jnc touts ' pat i (as if in invested have In you IS government jerson aVti trend the verv values in Vmeucan nr trr and .n v bonds. g oo ' c is ili atuin whuu he him elf has jna: is The I met a stranger in the night Whose lamp had ceased to shine. I paused to let him light His lamp from mine. A tempest sprang up later on And shook the world about; And when the wind was gone My lamp was out. But back to me the stranger came His lamp was glowing fine. He held the precious flame, and lighted mine more-chrom- e, Gives Views On Finance Policies Recently on the front page of The Herald Journal appeared the announcement by the City Commission of a possible laise in the water rate of the rity due to the recent expense to construct and install a booster pump for the purpose of increasing the water pressure for those citizens living in the north east section of the city. Another reason listed was the cost of $400 00 per month during the giowing season for electricity to operate this pump. The was cost of the installation $10.000 00 and was to be used only during the growing season That area is much more porous and lequirrs much more water than other sections of the city. This was known by those who either built or moved theie Reientlv a committee from this area have lequested the citv to run the pump the year tne lost $400 00 per month $4 It would seem 8u0 00 per vear the part of wisdom and justice on the pail of the City Commission to require these pioperty ouneis or renters to pav for the extia expense Hum red about whuh they knew in advance, by raising the rates for wa'er seiv-n- e to those onlv for whom the extra expense and maintenance was incurred Those citizens who have bu.it homes recently in that area were advised by the city officials lo install individual water booster pump- - but tlicv failed to do so Why should live watet latcs WE ARE TOLD THAT psychiatrists w'ould have fewer patients if we could extend the Christmas spirit throughout the year. Christmas is the day the average man finds out he is not as bad as he thought he was in moments of self incrimination, or as good as he supposed he was in certain periods of exaltation, but exactly the way he would like to be the whole year 'round. -- AT CHRISTMAS TIME these are the things I Fragrance of pine, air frosted, snow, laughter of children, breathless expectency, the smiling eyes of friends and the odor of good things cooking. There abide the dearest thing I know on earth, home, friendship, song and mirth. know'. A nation-wid- e poll once selected the ten most beautiful words in the English Language. They are: Mother, cellophane, belladonna, flamingo, wilderness, tambourne, memory and yuletide. What do we mean when we say the Christmas spirit, or the spirit of Christmas? Someone has answered this way. It enters the home of poverty, causing d ohildren to open their eyes in pleased winder. It causes the aged to renew their youth and laugh in the glad old way. It keeps romance alive in the heart of childhood and brightens sleep with magically woven dreams. causes eager feet to dumb the stairways with tilled baskets, leaving behind hearts amazed and happy at the goodness of the world. It causes the miser's hand to relax and thus paint a bright spot in his soul. It enters dark prison cells, reminding scarred manhood of what might have been, and pointing forward to good days to be. It comes softly into the still white home of and lips too weak to speak, just tremble in pain, silent, eloquent, gratitude. In a thounsand ways it causes the weary world to look up into the face of God. And for a little moment forget the things that are wretched and small. May our homes continue to perpetutate this spirit of Christmas after the bright lights and glamor are over. pale-face- We say thanks to you, Lenore. for the entire city be raised to Creeping inflation and exp accommodate the few who chose (Will soon engulf the unwi to build or buy in this area that and complacent taxpayer te of confiscation. requested this special improve- point J. L. MONTROS1 ima ment. There is Special provement State Law and a City ordinance which provide by law that the property m various sec- So They tions that requne special improvements be assessed for the s face it. What is wro entile cost including engineer- is that we have been trying ing get If all of the citizens of Logan little good leacheis with bad pa prestige and poor woiki submit to this unfair procedure conditions. when and if it is adopted and do I)r U. Will Burnett, head not stir themselves up about U. Science Educati Illinois and then such matters, more Dept. more of the same mav be expected. The present city comThere is no reason to Lelie mission should go on record regarding this maiter before two that a (voluntary) wage free of them leave ottice the first of would be advantageous to anyo the vear and not leave it to the but the employer. AFL-CInew men who had nothing to do President Geor with this added cost to the city. Meany. Recently the County CommisI'm not in favor of sharing sion announced that unless there were some objections bv the tax our defense secrets lust for t pavers and citizens, the Court sake of boktenng our fnem House offices would be closed on moi ale. Saturdays. These offices aie for Sen. Richad B. Russell the convenience of all who desire Ga , chan man of Armed Sei to do buxine's pertaining to taxices Committee es. couit and other record s schools, abstracts, etc. Mankind must mature app and many people come to Logan to cieate an internatioi on Saturday Not one objection ciably authority having . . . jurisdicti was registered, and so the over space fight and such unwiltinglv submitted to an automatic taise in salarv of achievement must await the w action of future generations. 16 2 3 percent to every county Andirw G. Haley, presidi employee who is on a monthly of the Inlcnational AsC salat v nautical Fedeiaiion. Salt Lake Citv is working night and dav to get a raise from 2 rr to Theie is grave danger that sales tax throughout the entire state to help finance a few years, our cherished fi the municipal government of enterprise system will be si Sait Lake Ci'v. They will be planted by a racketeering, d to try to puxn it thtough latoi gangste r i the next economy. , . 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