Show 0 - ifr a a V 7v p - ’ ''' i — H ' t 0 P v Man on a Flagpole The Herald Ufa Utah '’ V V ’ Those Individual Differences 1940 No Short Cut To Excellence Dag's Patience Concern For Your Protection ' THE IDEALISM OF A peaceful world THE CACHE CHAMBER of which this Commiasion permeated the atmosphere in 1945 merce and Logan CSty when the Vnited Nations was formed may towork closely together past week agreed have come a step nearer realization with of number the cut to help action the the now taklhg in the are who making— adUoitors ' Congo house to house calls and visiting Logan merchants with requests for support Dag Hammarskjold deserves’ both This was a wise decision and one that and admiration for his handling gratitude nhouVi help the citizens and merchants of the explosive situation When after just of Logan to be bothered less by solicitors— eleven days of independence Premier PatValrice Lumumba asked the United Nations firing to take money outside Cache for help Secretary General Hammarskjold ley was ready Realizing that such a crisis The two groups agreed that all solicitors seeking to gain a dty license would might arise he had1 sent UN aides into to the Chamber of Qommerce the Congo as “observers" months before is the June 30 independence day Anyone asking for Chamber recognition carefully screened and those passing this Choosing the personnel for the U N committee are issued a blue card Mr Hammarskjold asked nine soliciArmy Anyone who is approached by a small none of whom were mao-be- n countries or business of tor whether it be it a place of the Western Alliance of the Comat home should ask to see the blue card Mock to contribute troops Of the munist If the solicitor doesn't have one he should nine seven are African countries the be viewed with caution as he has not been two Sweden other and Ireland cleared by the Chamber of Commerce In taking the action the Commission Ralph J Buhche an American Negro was named senior officer for the U N in and Chamber pointed out that many times solicitors are honest business - ithe' Congo with a staff of l60 officials from 37 different countries These have men that are out to perform a service for been formed into a cabinet and civil servits customers But others are seeking to ice for the gauntry get as much money as they can The screening committee will honestly The initial action was swift but the Judge each solicitor and then decide restoring to order will take some time whether or not they should issue him a It is expected that the police operation blue card will probably continue for a year and the The Chamber and Commission' also civilian officials may be needed for as long stressed that money paid housfeifrtfouse utmyeu businessmen solicitors and The United States from the beginning leaves Cache Valley and does not profit of the UN the major financial contributhe residents of the Valley' tor wilj be the main supporter of the But the can and caution of these two action and has already airlifted approxithe if the benefit not will public groups mately 10000 troops and many tons of citizens themselves do not exercise the " same caution and insist on seeing a Chamber-equipment into the Congo Soviet British Issued Egyptian and Ethiopian planes have helpblue card before they agree ed as well with to enter into any business 'scheme' salesman an The action of Secretary Gerferal opens a new era for the United Nations For the first time since the creation of the U N a Secretary General World Shrinks has told the Security Council what' he considered were necessary powers and A! MERE 33 YEARS ago 1927 this equipment and has been granted what he asked for country's first international air service was inaugurated The plane was a Fokker It la intereiting to note too the F--7 carrying eight passengers The flight rrmimrriH changes that have taken place in the hour and joined Key West membership of the United nations When Florida and Havana—a distance of the body was formed in 1945 the membership totaled 51 nations of which 15 Now we have entered the jet age We woe African and Asian Fifteen years eaa flyanywhere In the civilized world in later the membership totaled 99 and of - the greatest comfort at speeds of some these 50 were Asian and African nations 600 miles an hour It is estimated that by the end of 1962 Juan TTTrippe president of Pan the membership will be 108 and that 58 American World Airways recently reof these will be Asian and African viewed the incredible progress of interTo many the Congo action is a test national air transportation during a single case If successful it may do much to end generation The volume of travel parti-cular-y between the Western World and race the since the jets were introduced has bloc to centred newly independent Soiet the increased astronomically nations least we can hope At To travel there is a great deal more involved than just business considerations e The jet can well Introduce a new era in world trade in world underOff-Far-m Market standing and in world peace— always pro- vided however that we Americans make INDEED THINGS ARE changing not full use of this new magic carpet for down on the farm but in the factoronly contact and for trade deies where farm equipment is made velopment An article in Farm and Power EquipMr Trippe adds: “We should not forget ment magazine tells of a comparatively that time is running out and that the new market that the producers and sellers uncommitted nations will soon have to have developed this of equipment choose between the shackles of internafreetional Communism and Individual It's known as the “off-farmarket" dom and liberty" Some years ago it became evident that ' This means that American citizens and this market might soon become a major American business no less than the source of sales for many farm equipment American government have a job to do dealers— those in locations where farm ' abroad— a huge and essential job lands have been turned into housing deThe jet age is hero— and the cause of velopments industrial areas highways freedom and ultimate peace demands that airports and the like we make the most of it So the equipment manufacturers designed machines for varied uses And the buyers in many instances were those responsible for converting the farm land The Good Teacher to other purposes—home builders high way deportments service institutions inA GOOD TEACHER never makes a dustrial plants and so on like the farmstudent feel less adequate or worthy ers these individuals and institutions are Youngsters can be helped to feel adequate seeking ways to reduce costs constantly or worthy Youngsters can be helped to mechanization has been one of the and fed adequate by giving them affection and answers support when such are needed contended In addition to the heavy equipment a Prof Kimball Wiles acting dean of the new market for power tools has vast Education of at College University of chain saws lawA mowers Florida' emerget-f- or tillers lathes and a host ot other maProf Wiles was visiting instructor and chines and accessories The farm equiplecturer at Utah State University this past ment manufacturers have helped to meet Com : SPEAKING Uis -- a poem:- 1 Ham-mirskjo- u 90-mile- ld s long-rang- people-tn-peop- le - m week the demand He admitted that much he knows about teaching he learned at the dinner table seminar held in in his home every day by his four children Agriculture of course is still the major market for the equipment makers and dealers and the machines become better til the time But there's more than one string to their bow as the growing market shows Learning is a unique process he went on Each person must do his own No two youngsters in the same dass can possibly be given the same curriculum no matter how hard a teacher tries since each will interpret what be reads and hears in terms of his own background and experience ! Teachers should value diversity and not expect all students to be alike or to progress at the same rate The teacher who keeps a student1 moving ahead as rapidly as he can in all fields andwho helps a student to become self directed is the one who will most nearly develop " the potential of each student ' Teaching that has a lasting effect is that which enables a student to put to Creative use facts and materials off-far- m Who Pays For It? THERE ARE SOME smooth-tongue- d politicians who are giving us the full treatment these days After all this is an election year We are told that the government will take care of us at the cradle help us with our marriage take care of our money give us homes to live in through FHA care for us in our old age through Social Security and then see that we are buried All this may sound wonderful But we often wonder who takes care of government whilfe all this is going on ft 4 difference in children Old King Winter still held the land The crocus arid “My my it’s cold I wish I had not been so bold But atm I’m glad that I bring joy When all my beauty I employ" - The average American ' win agree: ) Both of these children are entitled to the bestthe teacher has to offer them Ray Ntbaa But it takes a teacher with imagination and visum and training to be able to guide stimulate and lead these two children— and others who may differ just a much When all of the children who are average and below average are commingled with the bright all in one room' ' or situation it challenges the patience and understand- ing and skill of a professional One observer remarked: “I doubt whether a distingu- - ' ished college professor could stand the gaff’S- - out-of-to- out-of-to- 6f INDIVIDUAL In the cold cold grip of his frosty hand' But a little crocus puts forth its head From out its cold and icy bed ed out-of-to- " r Dr George Strayer of Teachers College tell the story of second-grad- e group in one of the metropolitan area of New York who one spring day went on a picnic along ‘ the Palisades ofthe Hudson Next day those second graders were asked to writs' what they did and what they had seen One little boy wrote “We crossed a bridge walked Into the country climbed a hill and then came back" again" But a little girl saw the trip differently She composed out-of-to- and-salesm- - ’ ' Susday August 21 Thoughts and Things — THE PUBLIC PULSE Discussion Of Basic Human Needs Relationship AARON L RUTLEDGE president p the National Council on Family Relations report! qz a workshop group's discussion on values says that the most difficult question to answer la what is the most supreme value the most basic or most human value We quote from his exploration of tha question: "RECENTLY I HAVE BEEN pushing myself into a of tha most basic human value The concept that has moro meaning for me now than any other previously need is the word ‘nearness’ By nearness 1 mean the absence of loneliness the aheence of only ness the aheence of isolation Thla la the moat bade human need this is tha moat supreme human need Thla is the sustenance necessary for a human being in order for him to grow and fulfill himself— nearness "It is out of this nearness that the growth occurs of all that which wo can relationship empathy rapport sharing love It is out of the fulfilling of this need that spontaneous relationship flows' "Many chOd development books describe the child as fundamentally selfish to tha nth degree I have no argument with that because I happen to believe that selfishness ia a very crippled healthy trait not the one-tldaeon hi insatiable kind of self the neurotic but a comfortable reasonable well baaed acceptance of self However I would Insist that this need for nearness aa found in the child and in all of nature la not d Nearness is always reciprocal I cant be near you without your being near me I can’t give to you without your receiving from me I can’t share with you without your responding to me "Often phyaical affection becomes the one way to have some of the essence id nearness apd yet avoid hurts that would come from verbal sharing- of ideas and feelings Open conflict might bring separation and they can’t - bear separation "TAKE SUCH A COUPLE on up Into mar itage Now the need to share the need to reveal the total self and be accepted is greater than ever $ut with the necessary skills of communication never having been the early efforts to than more ' developed intensely pay lead to hurt He expresses him- self She dosn’t understand rejects and he is hurt Then each of the couple pulls away from the ways of sharing that lead to conflict the This may mean a total breakdown- - kt ' i : relationship “Nearness is the most fundamental need that people seek to meet in families and In It is more' fundamental than marriage children it Is more fundamental than mar-riag- e These are expressions of nearness Nearness Is the thing most necessary to ua : Most other values' hi the human sphere whether systematized or individual seem to me to bo efforts to find as much as wa can of this moat necessary ingredient "When thla need la fruitrated by blocked communication an almost unbearable lone- llnesi often and vague seta ‘In and resentment and recriminations ensue Any Imaginable kind of symptom may result which is described as the real Issue when people come for' help ' ed one-side- "DOES Tins MEAN that everyone with out to difficulty In these areas should-rusa marriage counselor or some other ikind of therapist? No' indeed! Most couples do hi communication at one time dr another and most of them can be resolved by persistent effort on the part of both "Perhaps the best approach to this question of getting help la from the reverse end The foremost task of the marriage counselor is to help the couple break down the barriera to communication to sharing to relating and then to help them develop problems solving and sharing akllla Aa soon aa feasible he wants them to become able to ait down in their own homo ' and talk’ out their real feelings their real hurts their real desires and longings If they can do this without going to a professional so much the better because there aren’t enough to go around "With effort most of us can say: ‘regardless of whether or not I love this person regard- -' less of what ha hqa done to me he ia a human being who has a right to say how ho feels Even if he were my most despised and was suffering I could hear Mm out Ve can say: You take twenty minute to tell me Just how you feel I’ll' keep quiet and listen Of course lwant you to listen to me too when my time comes "If you can find Just enough respect for another human being to listen to Mm in a way until he haa Ms say gradually some understanding begins to emerge If you really come to understand a person you begin to accept Mm as he la which la tha beginning place of his becoming what he can become "If you begin by accepting him first thing you know you may begin to relate to Mms-Oof this can emerge the real needs of two human being needs that in moat eases can be met for each other NEARNESS THIS BASIC NEED is something without which we' cannot live in early babyhood cannot thrive in childhood and ia tha beginning ot all wo know aa relstioo- ship The baby very soon learns to transcend the physical distance and accept nearness aa an emotional yet actual fact In so far aa we can tell the first effort to think the first formulation of a symbol with which to think is when the child puts together the touch the taste the smell the founds and all of the senses thst go into operation when mother Is present He puts these together in an ’experience We don’t know whether he just feels it but mother is out then and she is still with him as a presence a aymbbL “This ia the way we begin to be a bit to accept nearness beyond physical touch When the baby haa learned to hallucinate mother succevfuUy he la ready to let her go farther and farther eway and still feel secure He knows ahq will return Thla becomes tha basis for what wo later experience as emotional-- 1 nearness of the clone! adult spiritual-socirelationship! : ems -- at experiencing nearness - "MOST COUPLES HAVE within themselves tha potential for as good a marriage as either would have with anyone else Also if utilized they have or can develop tha abQltlea to work out their own problems It la only when one or both find themselves repeatedly blocked unable to coma to grips with the problems that plague them only able to hurt and not help each other that they must utilize professional help "To become aide to relate freely in an the changing pattens a stages of the life cycle and the marrlaga cycle we must develop trust belief in ourselves and others we must learn enough skills to enable ns to lay out how we really feel and believe and somehow trust that the other person by our acceptance of Mm will bo motivated to do the same This becomes the basis of a new quality of relationship "It is in the nearness of communication that we hurt and grow whether aa a person or as a marriage It la in communication that we rediscover for ourselves the real meaning of nearness the most fundamental ingredient la a healthy marlrage” effort-consumi- ng FEATURED IN THE CURRENT issue of "Bulletin" quarterly publication of Standard OH Company of California is an article about Salt Lake City entitled “A Part of This Tim- e- This Place This People” Here's the way it starts out: “As chin winter twilight wraps Salt Lake City and the vast mountain ranges of Utah the lights begin to go on over the shores of Great Salt Lake and beyond “Tie smoke from thousands of supper fires rises inte the air and as far as you can see down the lighted' and paved roads streets and highways lines of headlights pick their way toward the warmly-l- it windows of home flight heat transportation safety in this as in thousands of other communities throughout the world the oil company ia a contributor to the good life of this time this place and this people 1 s “TO 'i'ttLTi THE TRUTH I wasn't’too excited aliout' taking young Burt and his Scout Patrol cm an overnight hike last week" Burton HiQis writes in a redent Better ‘ in-la- w al "NO MATTER HOW SKlLLPUL we become on other than a physical basis we never lose our need for nearness In the physical sense “A great deal of the struggle the adolescent has to face is tied up with this need One of the most necessary things tq hi maintenance’ ’hs a human being Is continued nearness But he has found in growing up that nearness not only brings love it can bring hurt “In this period when he is trying to assert himself to prove himself to move from childhood to adulthood much of the struggle cornea out of conflict in the need for nearness “Society under the guise of' protecting youth makes them afraid of that which they need most IIow quickly we begin teaching boys note to show certain kinds of feelings! How early we start warning girls agafaut openness nearness closeness! Don’t dare do this! Lest whit? Lest you get hurt This is carried over into dating practices as: Don’t show yourself don’t reveal yourself don’t let Mm know what you’re really lika-- he might not like you Don’t show him What you really think— he might not like you to think that Don’t deal with what ia conflicting yon would fight and disagree and maybe break up "In dating many young people try to find with each other the lost nearness of childhood which they have had to renounco with brothers and sisters and parents If each of the couple is rebelling la his own way against familiar value systems they may not be able to dls- cuss these issues without involving each other’s parents There are many things about which they disagree but they must have feach other at all coats Thla blocks thplr communication still the need to share te give and the need to receivai becomes greater and greaten'' time-consumi- ng h have-probl- IN A DAY WHEN (according to some allegations) many people are content to do a sloppy job of whatever they're doing when laziness and mediocrity are preferred to discipline and excellence Jarvis Barlow of the Los Angeles County Art Institute made this comment: “There is no short cut to excellence Every profession entails a thorough technical training In addition every profession requires an educational enrichment in the humanities “Assuming aa must be assumed that the prospective professional is completely dedicated to the chosen field : it is of course not a question of how soon but rather of how well Such an attitude asks for a program of work and study that Will challenge and will make aware “It has been said that there is no problem of mathematics that cannot be solved if the right principle ia applied Or as one might add the right principal makes the application By the latter is meant the completely capable individual “Preparation for a career in art on the professional level for example like that for law or medicine or music ia and By the’ same token it has its rich rewards It presupposes a devotion and an earnestness of purpose ' “What it demands which is the utmost it returns a hundredfold" ut Homes and Gardena Then he continues — As the years pass a good mattress ' has a lot more appeal than a bed roll in a rocky pasture Besides there are a number of younger fathers in the troop always talking in an outdoorsy manner at meetings I'd done my share I figured Let the eager beavers have their chance Then too I know these hoys these pals of Burt’s I ought to we've had them underfoot most of than from the time they were old enough to be allowed out of their own front yards I don’t need to prove anything to them They know I’m not Davy Crockett and I guess I know than as well as you can ever know a boy j But all the younger more eager fatten were also busier None of them as it turned out could get away Old Burt Hillia would do it It meant leaving Friday and missing a conference the boss had set up last spring I told my son I couldn’t do it Why did I mention it to the boss? I suppose I wanted him to give me a little pat for being such a loyal employe and sacrificing my picture for the gftod of the company The boss looked out the window “Burt" he said finally in that brusque harsh voice “thaw will always be too many business conferences there will never be enough hikes for you and your boys” The boss hu made money and a great university does good with it as a memorial to his only son j I enjoyed the hike even if those kids insist that ' raw hot dog ia fit to eat and they have started calling me “air" breause they know it annoys me I enjoyed it HEBE AND THERE—It’s not always the big thirds someone recently pointed out For instance: Termites destroy more property than do earthquakes Rodents are more destructive thin tournadoes More fire losses are caused by matches than by that do the most damage volcanoes More people are killed by cars than by war i Microscopic bacteria are more deadly than the atom bomh More money is stolen in minor thieveiy than in major ' V robberies' More character is damaged by amaU evils than by flagrant violations of morality Mire heartache and sorrow is caused by little words and deeds of unkindness than by open acts of dislike -- orenmityj |