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Professor speaks
Dr, Arthur Porter, a professor
of industrial Engineering*
'University' of Torontg
b,A.cademie , Commissioner,
University of Western Ontario;
and a member of the Royal
Corri#nission on the , Status, of
Women, was guest lecturer' at
Centralia College, October 8.
In his lecture, "Women,
Technology, and Society," Dr.
Porterdiscussed the women's.,
-role in tackling the .problems
that face the technology
environment of our..society,
-le stated there has been little
biological or physiological)
change in the human species for.
thousands of . years. Whathas
been changed is ' man's
environment, with the
advent of the ePuter society
LT -thrown into tiie transition- of
going from a `milscle culture' to
a `cerebral' culture. •
Dr. Porter pointed out that all
through 'history periods of
,conflict and strife have resulted
when transitions or changes have
taken place.
° He said the keyword of
today's conflicts is `automation.''
"It's a bit scary .... and it's
implications hit all persons," he
said.
Some persons feel man is
being supplanted by the
computer, but Dr.. Porter said, in
reality man is being released by
automation,' Computers . w -ill
more and more take over the
`muscle' jobs and leave man's
brain free to solve the problems
,of opr civilization.
Because of increasing use of
automation in the home more
and more women are entering
the. labor ° force. Dr. Porter said
women today are playing • a
central role in devising languages
The Ginnala maple is a fine tree for early fall color.
Your own color scene
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Grow .plants for autumn
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BY A. R. BUCKLEY crus-galli), both of which turn to providing a background for
Autumn's brilliant yellows: • crimson and orange: Other trees colored fall foliage; but they aid
and reds can be obtained for any are the red oak, which is perhaps the year-round evergreens in:
home property simply by the fastest growing -of all oaks, killing off the dreary appearance
planting .trees' and shrubs that and one highly recommended of leafless shrubs of winter until
provide 'these colors: Not all for wide streets; the wayfaring the merciful carpet of snow' gives
plants change color in the fail, tree (Viburnum lantana) and the its own beauty to the landscape.
but some.. have far more vivid pin cherry (Prunus • Someof these shrubs with
colors than others; these are the pennsylvanica) which is a fast particularly tenaceous ' green
ones to •consider. 'growing small tree with black, leaves are: the brooms, the
Typical autumn colors are red fruits. European spindle bush
caused during the seasonal stage . The most versatile shrub, (Euonymus europaea) which
of growth when chlorophyll (thb noted for its fall effect, is, the ' also bears red fruits " for .extra
green coloring matter of the smoke bush (Cotinus coggygria): beauty, the Amur -and other
leaves and' stems) ceases to be :It not only gives a good effect all privets (I,igustrum), lilacs and
manufactured and other summer with its smoke -like the yellow root (Xanthorrhiza)
chemicals like carotin and inforescerice, but its leaves and the little -known fortune
xanthophyll, which cause the change to orange and yellow and fontanesia ('ontanesia fortunei)
yellow colors, or the sugars and last well, into the late fall. The an excellent hedge plant.
tannins which cause the red .Virginia creeper (Parthenocissus Go out into the nurseries and
coloring, take over. quinquefolia). is looking at its gardens and see for yourself the
Chlorophyll manufacture - - it tree .,,,,a shrubs ' that are
stops 'for several reasons. The oboyant red and crimson particularly striking in fall. This
two main ones are because there $ e. WiiLitietter . �. t R4.. uidro• `'wil't robably aid you more than
` light wintersa roaches: r used. for covering c ` one aI hing in your quest for
is less hgh as PP . , .
and because 'warm days are piles, disreputable fences and°old effective autumn colored plants.
followed by cool night stumps as well as for covering
temperatures below 45 degrees. walls? : The Pekin • cotoneaster
if Severe frost, often given as a (Cotoneaster acutifolia) must be
reason for fall coloring, will consideredwhen a hedge is
actually shorten the color season plannedior this has glorious fall
by causing the leaves to drop— colors and contrasting black
prematurely.
Eastern North America, in
particular, presents a fantastic
display of color irl thea fall.- This
is not only because of the
gradual cooling at this ,season
and other conditions Ta`vorable
for the production of large
numbers of pigments, but also
because of the man species
native_ to this region that are
capable of producing autumn
coloration. This , does not mean,
however, that all the most
vividly colored plants', are eastern
North American. Many
cultivated trees and shrubs,
Whose leaves change to the most
striking reds and oranges, are of
Asiatic origin or are.. southern
natives. These include the
Tupelo or sour gum (Nyssa
-sylvatica) and the sweet gum
(_Liquidambar styraciflua).
The home owner, therefore, is'
not restricted to locally grown
plants. = This . wide choice' not
only will'give him more vivid
colors and extend the autumn.
coloration from earlier in the fall
to .later in the year, but also
allows him to use dwarf" trees
and other plants more adaptable
for small home planting.
Nothing, perhaps, surpasses
the autumnal splendor of ,,the
sugar maples in the country and
yet I would suggest that a better
effect could be obtained in small
• gardens by the use of , the
Ginnala maple (Acer ginnala)
and the winged spindle tree
(Euonymus "alatus). Both df
these small trees start to change
color very early in the year when
most species are still green;
cdnsequently they - stand out
R' • more vividly against a verdant
backikound.
The native red maple (Acer
rubtum) and sugar maple (Acer
saccharum) succeed in gardens,
but they will eventually grow
too high and too widespread for
the average ldt. Sale other good
• trees and shrubs that turn red in
the fall' are (Ribes aureum) the
flowering currant which takes on
a much more Vivid hue than one
would imagine; softie hawthorns
such as the plumy leaved haw
(Crataegus prunifolium) and the
Cockspur hawthorn Cratae :, us
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fruits to its credit.
When planting a garden for
autumnal effect, keep »in mind
that the autumn colors are most
effective when combined with
all-year-roi nd green plants such
as . coniferous - evergreens, and
shrubs which hold their leaves
late in the. fall. These—latter
shrubs not only are effective in
The type and time of day in
which spraying for weed control
is carried - out determines, to a
great extent, how effective any
one particular chemical will be.
A very hot day will tend to al-
low the chemical to burn the
crop more readily than a cool
day. Spraying done after a good
rain when the weeds are growing
rapidly will give a better kill of
weeds than- during: a dry Tspell
when growth is slow:
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of how .to cotnpute with the
machines,
' Unlike Men, who are `object
oriented,' i.e, only do one thing
at a tinie, women en are process
oriented, _ and' tend to look at
situations in their entirety. -
"We now realize . that women
have a flair for interacting
computers," the • professor
stated.
Dr: Porter •urged 'women - to
become better educated and not
settle for second class positions
as offered to them in the: past.
With woman's aptitudes and her
great empathy there should be
,many more of them in such
fields .as' law, medicine and
dentistry, he said. • •
Dr, Porter also spoke on the
problems of pollution, and
stressed our environment »is only
going to be saved for future
generations if sogiety is willing, -
to pay the price., .
"Our standards of living will
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have to come down and instead
of approaching a subject by
asking how. 'much profit' we can
Txhake from it, we must' ask
instead, how little bad effect it,°
will. have' on the environment,"
he pointed out.
It will take' the skills of both
sexes to solve the tremendous
problems of ,the next fifty years,
he predicted.
"If men don't want to look at
it this way, then woman must
become much more militant in
demanding that they be allowed
to - ; give ° their ' empathetic
approach to making decisions,
Dr. Porter said.
"All human resources must be '
used to tackle the fantastic a
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