Show - t y ' '7 I ' ' ’ '""’ V v' 'i ' ' '1 " - ' ' ' V : 5 v p':- - J ' ' ' ' Thoughfsand Things Ahother Hot Line TheHerald1 - i i Logon Utoh Sunday April 21 1f43 1 I? Old The Advances In Education ing gook dial took hours of hard GI effort Red Doublecross toscruboff IT NOW APPEARS that when the United States led the movement to get the N warring factions in Laos together by forming a government that included Com munist hands We gave than exactly what they wanted: a voice in the central govern jnent and a good grip on key areas in the This genius has too great a potential for human welfare to be wasted on the Array alone tie belongs to all America! IIEATHORX CALLS his article in a recent Harpers R “The Ultimate Teaching Machine" a revolutionary program unveiled in honor pf National library Week— April Here is what he has to say: A new aid to rapid— almost magical— learning has made its appearance Indications are that if It catches on all the electronic gadgets will be so much junk The new device is known as Built-iOrderly Organized Knowledge The makers ' ' generally call it by Us initials BOOK are over claimed the learning Many advantages and teaching aids on which most people are brought up nowadays It has no wires no electric circuits to break down No connection is needed to an electricity pow er point It is made entirely without me-- 1 chanical parts to go wring os need replacement1 Anyone can use BOOK even children and it fits comfortably into the hands It can be conveniently usdd sitting in an armchair by the fire j : Why can’t his talents be tprned to such humanitarian inventions ss: A jar top or bottle cap that can be unscrewed by the consumer without special atomic tools or taking a physical fitness course country' A cellophane wrapping that can be We have only to look at what has hap tom off packages at least as easily as if pened since The United States withdrew it were merely cast iron its troops from Thailand and baited miliInstructions with tary assistance to Laos as per the peace agreement signed inGenev on July 23 : yourself toys and furniture that somebody beside a professor at Massachusetts In1962 But the Communists disregarded stitute of Technology in collaboration the agreement and left thousands of with the New Frontier can understand North Vietnamese troops in the country Although Russia promised to see that they Spring hats for milady that look like a ladys hat left they are still there which Do this sir and you are our hero! The international commission was set up to guarantee the neutrality of ' Laos has not been able to function in fact its members cannot even get into many No Dreaming On Job of the Communist held areas v Neutralist groups in Laos have been TURN OFF YOUR daydreams before weakened by a series of political assassins turn Into nightmares they f lions which the Communists have system That in essence sums up the opinion atirally carried out of a Houston Texas consulting psycholoTwice during the past winter in Nov gist given before a session of the annual ember and again in January unarmed Texas Safety Assn conference American supply planes were shot down Says Dr Jerrold D Scott: “The type while trying to fly supplies to of person likely to daydream la one exmunists surrounded by Reds concerned with the impression he tremely The neutral forces have about reached makes on others He is the type who will ir the end rope Those with long sometimes show off by operating equipexperience in the troubled Asian South' ment he is not qualified to operate— a east hclieve that when we set up the coaliwho if he fails to get sensitive person tion government we literally mt"the needed on his job may resort recognition Communists in the drivers seat(The Britto daydreaming ish feel that the Communists have never Well if you must daydream do it on Idea of all of South the given up taking own time from the safety of your your Asia and that now there is little that ' east chair' easy can be done to stop them It is the old sad story of the double-croOnce again the Reds have pulled it cm the West Mixing Them Up 21-2- n ' ‘i : old-sty- le HOW DOES THIS revolutionary - of-the- THE PUBUC PULSE I Value Of High School Journalism Discussed KAREN BISHOFF Marsh Valley High School senior won first place in the Theta Sigma Phi Essay Contest at the University of Idaho writing to the subject “What I Have Gained from High School Journalism Experience" Here is Miss Bishoff’s prize winning statement: ss FIGURES IT HAS been said don't lie but liars may figure Worse than that Figures— or to use Favors Pay Increase j Although a ew citizens voiced opposi- tion to a proposed salary increase for Logan City Commissioners we believe a nominal increase would be justified In a public hearing held last Tuesday afternoon a former dty official stated “in public office one has a chance to give piore than he receives We are reasonably sure that every person who has sought the position of a dty commissioner wanted to contribute something to the community either in the form of service civic pride hard work knowledge or that they felt there was a job to be done But where does this giving and receiving end? How much can the dtizens expect the dty offical to give? We would say that a city official must devote nearly fifty percent of his time to dty business We think most people expect this in order that our dty be run efficiently If we then expect a man to spent fifty percent of his time away from his job or business can wo expect these men to reduce their earings 25 30 or more and still ask them to do a good job for us We believe they must be devoted to their dty functions but we also believe they should receive compensation for that devotion The former dty offidal went on to say that “although the city has grown considerably since 1957 he questions whether it has grown enough to justify an increase in commission salaries at this time Our present dty official will be charged with the disbursement of an estimated revenue of $1723150000 for the fisdal Ten years ago they were year 1963-6- 4 with This means that $90596700 charged our present commissioners are charged with handling 78 more funds than they were ten years ago The commissioners salary remains the same as it was 13 years ago We believe an increase in salary for city officials is In order and is justified Some More Please! BILLED AS THE greatest change in telephone technology since the introduction of dial phones in the early '208 “touch-ton- e calling" is coming our way n This features phones and musical tones instead of dials and the g conventional push-butto- ding-a-lin- Let the phone researchers rest too their laurels here are a fewimprovements they have not achievcomfortably upon ed: Ah instrument that answers automatically all wrong numbers and exhortations to try for flee prizes A phone that automatically limits teen talk to a flat 15 minutes A timer that cuts off the womens chitchat after a maximum of 16 minutes And equipment that automatically boosts volume to compensate for shouting kids noisy mufflers vacuum cleaners and screeching radios and television sets their more important-soundin- g name statistics— can be entirely accurate and yet create an entirely false picture when taken out of their proper context Consider the impression historians of the 30th century would receive should they unearth a 20th century document stastic: bearing this strange-hut-tru- e There are more outdoor gas lights in use today (750000) than at the peak of the gabled gaslight era If our historians were also aware of the fact that at the same time more candles were being consumed iu 1963 than at any other time in history they could begin to flesh out their “knowledge of hie in our time There are doubtless many other absolutely accurate figures which yudicous-l- y selected could guarantee that these archeologists became completely addled For instance there are probably more fur garments being worn today than during file height of the Stone Age Or more people traveled more miles in sailboats last year than during the days of the Yankee Clippers We may not care much what historians a thousand years from now might think about us But it is interesting to realize that in many respects “the good old days" are still with us -- Our Canadian Neighbors ALTHOUGH THE INDECISIVE general election in Canada has resulted in a less firm solution than the Canadians would have liked most American observers feel that relations with the United States should warm up after a chill of several years They see only limited reflected in the voting While the Canadian defense status is still unclear our northern neighbors apparently will honor the military commitments made with us Lester B Pearsons party failed by only a few seats to gain control of the House of Commons Thus Canada will once more be ruled by a minority party which must depend for survival ou the aupport of some of the opposition parties But as a result of the election neutralist bids for power by small groups on the extreme right and left received little attention from the majority of the voters who turned back toward Canadas traditional system A breakdown of the voting a record in which 80 percent of those qualified went to the polls shows that the liberals got 41 percent Conservatives 33 percent New Dcmocratf 14 percent and the Social Credit Party 12 percent Historically the Liberal party has gotten along well with the Democrats in the United States and it is expected that a Pearson Administration will be good news in Washington Besides Mr Pearson has emphasized the need for closer economic and diplomatic ties between Canada and the United States The Liberal program for strengthening atCanadian economy includes an tack on unemployment and trade probsm two-par- ty all-o- ut lems Broaden His Scope! A CIVILIAN EMPLOYE of the US Army has come up with what is hailed by GIs as the greatest discovery since the invention of popcorn He has found a way to ship rifles without immersin' them in an evil-smel- l- un- believably easy invention work? Basically only of a large number of paper sheets These may run to hundreds where BOOK covers a lengthy program of information Yach sheet bean a number of sequence so that the sheets cannot be used in the wrong order To make it even easier for the user to keep the sheets in the proper order they are held firmly in place by a special locking device called a “binding” Each sheet of paper presents the user with an information sequence in the form of symbols which he absorbs optically for automatic registration on the brain When one sheet has been assimilated a llick of the finger turns it over and further information is found on the other side By using both sides of each sheet in this way a great economy is effected thus reducing both the size and cost of BOOK No buttons need to be pressed to move from one sheet to another to open or close BOOK or to start U working non-Co- - 7 " From all indications' the Canadian dollar will be left at an exchange rate of 925 U S cents to encourage Canadian exports to that Countrys biggest market While the Pearson victory does not automatically mean an end to all problems most observers agree that things could have gone much worse for us in the Canadian election ' “I AM A SENIOR and editor of a high school paper I am a straight A student and T am active in school activities Most of all I am a typical teenager One and I started developing a new outlook of the world “This new attitude of mine was built upon a solid foundation of journalism knowledge I learned how to write articles how to lay out a paper and how to convince a businessman he should buy an ad for the paper The materials I used consisted of more than paper and pencils I- learned how to use the tools of patience work criticism and tolerance to name a few ’ for any required information sequence A small accessory available at trifling extra cost is the BOOKmark This enables the user to pick up his program where he left off on previous learning session BOOKmark is versatile and may be used in any BOOK The initial cost varies with the size and subject matter Already a vast range of BOOKS Is available covering eyery conceivable subject and adjusted to different levels of aptitude One BOOK small enough to bs held in the hands may contain an entire learning schedule Once purchased BOOK requires no further cost no batteries or wires are needed since the motive power thanks to the ingenious device patented by the makers is supplied by the brain of the user BOOKS may be stored on handy shelves and for ease of reference the program schedule is normally Indicated on the back of the binding Altogether the Built-i- n Orderly Organized Knowledge seems to have great advantages With no drawbacks We pro-dia big future for it - mo-"me- nt I want lo be a great writer or cartoonist and receive world wide fame The next instant I decide tobe a hermit because I can’t stand people '‘Slowly but surely though I am beginning to find my place in the world I like ' every American became greatly concerned when the Cuban crisis threatened to be the signal for World War HI 1 avidly scanned the daily newspaper for detailed accounts of events concerned with this crisis I never doubted for a moment that everything I read was reasonably true and accurate “MY COMPLACENCY was jarred when I later read a detailed account of how the Reds took over Cuba One of the first steps taken was to replace the entire Cuban press with controlled and censored newspapers This was a heavy blow to freedom loving Cubans In Important torch of free-dohad been extinguished for the Cpban people “It took a crisis to make me realize the value of a free press in maintaining democracy This has not always been my attitude towards the press Two years ago I was content to let the other fellow fret over the headlines I enrolled in journalism when I was a junior and it forced me to onen my eyes and look where I was going Many of my ieenagish’ views were shed w “BEING EDITOR I learned how to be tolerant with other students It is hard work to keep the entire staff busy and happy at the same time This challenge however developed my ability as a leader “Learning how to work under the pressure of meeting a nwespaper deadline was a rough lesson for me to learn Meeting financial obligations of printing a paper kept everyone on the staff busy selling ads and running the candy stand at basketball games But these barriers only made the goal worth reaching “Little by little journalism broadened my interest in every phase of high school life I became acquainted with the probI lems of both faculty and ktudentbody learned that it is very important for students and teachers to be able to print their views and convictions in a newspaper for everyone to read High school is the time to learn the value of the press how it can help or harm depending on the way it is used Thus democracy is not only being taught but it is being practiced “I FEEL MY high school journalism experience has been a great step towards helping me become the person I want to be A person who can think with an open mind speak and write expressively and maturely and be a credit to my parents my school my church and my nation" THIS WEEK IN REVIEW Cuba Is Big Headache For President Kennedy PRESIDENT KENNEDY’S imitators Invariably get a laugh when they pronounce Cuba as “Cubcr" But no matter how the President pronounces it Cuba is not a word for Kennedy Castro’s island has been the source of discomfort to the President since the early days of his administration In recent weeks he has been criticized notably by Sen Kenneth Keating of New York for shaping a cautious policy as regards Cuba Keating a Republican said this week that Russian manpower in Cuba has not been weakened even though Khrushchev has pulled out several thousand troops These troops have been replaced by technicians Keating said’ More trouble for Kennedy developed also this week when Jose Miro Cardena resigned as head of the Cuban Revolutionary Council and issued a long “White Paper" which charged the President had broken a promise to mount a second invasion The' President got his chance to answer Miro and other critics in Washington in an address to the American Society of Newspaper Editor Kennedy told the editors he never made such a promise and said “Time will see Cuba free again" And the Resident told the editors that when Cuba regains Its freedom “the record will indicate that the United Stales played a major role" Kennedy also said the United States has given the world “more widespread assurances that both peace and freedom can prevail" because it forced Russia to take its missiles out of Cuba laugh-provokin- g so-cal- ld BUT THERE WAS a bright side in the life of the President this week It was announced that the First Lady will become a mother again in August The announcement also said Mrs Kennedy has canceled all official appointments including a state visit to Italy with her husband This means that the forthcoming Kennedy trip to Italy will be a “working" visit and the state visit has been rescheduled for next year — 0— AROUND THE WORLD around the clock: 4 Vientiane — Pathct Lao troops were reported to be making gains in the Plain of Jars in Laos The new offensive by the Communists is a violation of the truce agreement reached at Geneva and the neutralist premier Prince Sou- vanna Fhouma has appealed to Britain and Russia to intervene t Omaha — Henrietta Wallenda of the tragedy-plague- d circus family was killed in a fall from a balancing pole during a erformance About 6000 spectators saw lose her grip and plummet to the floor her ' In 1901 two members of the Wallenda troupe were killed in a fall from a human pyramid on the high wire during a per- formance in Detroit Portsmouth N 11 — The Navy reported more debris w as found in the area where " the nuclear submarine Thresher sank Apt il 10 At an inquiry earlier this week an officer of the Thresher who missed the sub’s final journey because he had an emergency leave of absence testified that the Thresher had many mechanical problems Ottawa — Prime Minister John Diefen-bakresigned and Liberal party leader Lester rearson will become the head of government on Monday Washington — Major steel companies raised prices this week but Kennedy said lie felt the companies had a good explanation and he would not take any action against them at this time BOOK MAY BE TAKEN UP at any time and used by merely opening it Instantly it is ready for use Nothing has to be connected up or switched on The user may turn at Will to any sheet going backwards or forwards as he pleases A sheet is provided near the beginning as a location finder et THESE' DAYS WHEN graduation from high school Is usually taken for granted and attendance at college is com- monplace it is easy to overlook the starting advances in eduT cation that have taken place in the last two generations For example 66 percent of today's young adults— those between 25 and 30 yean of age-hat least a high school ave diploma v Contrast this with the previous generation about 40 percent of whom completed high school Or contrast both with two generations ago when it was a rare young adult who finished high school In those days less than 20 percent of young people had a high school diploma Although these figures show a tripling of educational at-- ' tainment with two generations the real story they tell is of an intense desire of American families for more and better education for their children This drive for education continues in full force today and is vividly illustrated by the stepped-ucampaign to keep young people in high school who would otherwise drop out before graduation p ACTUALLY PROGRESS LN educational attainment took on impetus a short while back relatively speaking The earliest step was compulsory school attendance by 1918 all states required youngsters to go to school until they had reached an age specified by state law Next came gradual reduction in child labor two generations ago nearly one in three children in their early teens were out working at a job With the years there also came steady improvement in the Income of American families as tiring standards rose families could afford to keep their children in school for longer periods As the National Education Association points out the quality of schools improved too Closer attention was paid to individual students Vocational training starting with agricul- tural schools for future farmers was developed to prepare students for specific occupations As subjects were revised and related to the needs of life more children stayed in school through the higher grades HERE AND THERE— Sign outside a London laundromat: “Ladies who care to call in and drop off their clothes on the way to work will receive prompt attention” Nothing is impossible to the man who doesn't have to do it himself —o— Georgie Starbuck Galbraith is the author of these lines entitled “Parental Angle:" It's dancing classes To leach them breeding It's special glasses To wear while reading It's dues for their dubs An endless payment And trips for the Cubs And special raiment ' cr Hiese are the prices We count among The sacrifices In rearing our young So our sad lament Is not a joke: As Uis twig Is bent The parents are broke 1 |