The White Falcon - 13.02.1965, Blaðsíða 2
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WHITE FALCON
Saturday, February 13, 1965
by Dr. Jack C. Hoover, LCdr, MC, USNR
(Editor’s Note: This article is in two parts, the first of
which appears below; the second is to appear next week.)
Temperatures Of The Body
“Dr. Jones, my boy has a fever of 102 degrees. Should
I bring him in to the hospital?” How high may the tempe-
rature go before any harmful effects occur?” These are
typical questions asked by parents many, many times.
It is important to realize that 90 per cent of fevers of
sudden onset in children are of viral origin, self limited,
harmless and unlikely to have*^
serious consequences. Fever per
se may not require therapy.
Ever since the inauguration of
modern clinical thermometry by
Wunderlich in 1871, temperature
taking has been almost ritual.
Fever may even have beneficial
effects, particularly in certain
bacterial diseases.
Does the normal body tempera-
ture vary daily? It certainly does;
and represents a balance between
heat production and heat loss.
High Temperature
It is comforting to note that a
“thermostatic” mechanism prob-
ably is operative about 106 de-
grees F., since body temperatures
rarely exceed that figure. Tem-
peratures higher than 107 de-
grees F. may be damaging, but
are rarely seen without a primary
disturbance of a part of the brain
called hypothalmus.
While an oral body tempera-
tures of 98.6 degrees F. is accepted
as normal, there is also wide in-
dividual variation, as well as
well as variation from one hour
to the next.
Many normal children have oral
temperatures of 99 to 100 degrees
F. daily, and even higher readings
are obtained after exercise of
emotional excitement.
No Relationship
Also, years of experience in
taking simultaneous oral and rec-
tal temperature readings have
convinced some medical author-
ities that there is no consistant
relationship between the two
readings: Oral temperature is
identical with rectal as often as
the two are different.
Elevations of temperature to
less than 106 degrees F. usually
are well tolerated, except by in-
dividuals with a tendence toward
fever convulsion. This tendency is
inherited.
The convulsions occure most
often during the first three years
of life, and are rare after age
five. They may precede or coin-
cide with the onset of fever, but
rarely occur later than six to ten
hours afterwards.
Several Occur
Usually there is only a single
convulsion episode, but occasional-
ly several seizures occur over a
period of several hours.
Clinical experience suggests the
seizures induced by fever do not
reflect the heights of the body
temperature, but are more likely
related to the rapidity of the rise
in temperature.
(Next week: What should one
do to reduce fevers?)
Red China 1st
Peace Threat
In the period following two
dramatic events on the world
scene—the change of leadership in
the Kremlin and the explosion of
an atomic bomb by the Red
Chinese—the American public re-
gards China, and not Russia, as
a greater threat to world peace
by a three-to-one margin.
There are two considerations on
which the American public is prin-
cipally reacting.
1. What is regarded as the ag-
gressive and uncivilized behavior
of the Red Chinese.
2. The overpopulation of that
country, which leads many to
think that Red China intends to
expand its borders, even at the
cost of human life.
China’s nuclear breakthrough,
though rarely mentioned specifi-
cally, probably serves to give im-
petus to these two considerations.
This question was put to all
persons in the survey:
“Looking ahead to 1970, which
country do you think will be the
greater threat to world peace—
Russia or Communist China?”
Today: Red China 59%, Russia
20%, no opinion 21%.
May, 1964: Red China 56%,
Russia 27%, no opinion 17%.
March, 1963: Red China 47%,
Russia 34%, no opinion 19%.
March, 1961: Red China 32%,
Russia 49%, no opinion 19%.
Even before the events of mid-
October 1964 there had been a
growing trend in the number of
people who saw Communist China
as more dangerous than Russia.
A short time ago, four years,
in the spring of 1961, opinion was
largely on the side that Russia
was to be more feared. Just two
years later, the situation was al-
most exactly reversed.
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Dept.
Why Advance
In Your Rate
by J.R. Steiner, HMCA, taken
from Navy News
What goes into a person who
goes up for rate? What benefits
does a person gain in getting that
extra chevron?
There are four important rea-
sons included in such a decision.
One, is the obligation to assume
more responsibility. The com-
manding officer, in recommending
a man for rate, indicates the man
has performed in a satisfactory
manner in his present pay grade,
completed necessary requirements
for advancements, and demon-
strated he should be nominated.
Those who do compete respect
this nomination and they assume
the obligations that go with it.
Extra Money
Two, is better pay. Could you
use an extra $432 a year (de-
pending on marital status —
BAQ) ? Increase in pay come with
advancement in rate. This com-
pensation is based on increased
responsibility assumed with the
higher grade.
Three, the schooling. Many
schools require students to be in
Pay Grade E-4 or E-5 — such as
Medical Administrative Technique,
Advanced Hospital Corps (“B”
School) and Submarine Medicine,
to name a few. Earning the rate
offers one an opportunity to ap-
ply for these advanced schools.
Four, prestige. Ever notice a
new P03 or P02? His shoulders
are pulled back a little farther
and there is pride in his step.
Every person should strive to do
better, to succeed, and prove him-
self capable of performing with
confidence that others have in him.
Yes, these are some of the rea-
sons your shipmates are com-
peting for rate this month! For
those of you who are, Congratu-
lations! You are proving that
Navy men have a strong sense of
pride, personal moral and respon-
sibility, personal leadership, and
the realization that strength in
the Navy lies in the advancement
of those who are willing to as-
sume these obligations.
Re-examine Yourself
“Blessed are the poor in Spirit” (Matt. 5,3)
From the moment we are born, the material world in which we
live ever exerts an increasing influence upon us. The older we get
and the wider and woder our eyes are opened the more attractive
and the more alluring the world becomes. It promises to satisfy our
every desire, to still those urges that persistently disturb us,‘ to ally
those deep longings that accept no refusal.
How often, comfort beckons; curiosity impels us to explore: beauty
dazzles; power intoxicates; and money, the symbol and pledge of
wealth, deludes us with its promise of present satisfaction and of
permanent security from work and trouble. Yet how vain and de-
ceitful are all these promises. And if we trust them, we will be lost.
We must never forget that our spiritual existence depends upon
our remembering that evil often has an appearance of good and
that material things are not what they seem.
In the course of our life we will encounter all kinds of pleasure
that will attract us and all sorts of inner desires that will urge us.
These things can only be resisted by a combination of well developed
habits and God’s powerful graces.
A most necessary habit or virtue in our life is Poverty of Spirit.
That Poverty of Spirit which was characteristic of Christ and all
His disciples. For who has ever heard of a luxury loving, self in-
dulgent, hardship hating saint? Poverty of Spirit is a Spirit of
Detachment from the world and the things of this world. It frees
the soul, enabling it to move in a visible world without being cramped
by material things.
Let us examine ourselves to see whether we possess that freedom
which comes from Poverty. Is there anything to which we cling
tenaciously, unreasonably or inordinately? Are we constantly seeking
material possession? Are we bitterly disappointed when we fail to
attain a certain position or prestige? If so. we must renounce it all,
in order to attain that virtue which enables the soul to triumph over
human attachments and attainments. Truly, “Blessed are the poor
in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.”
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Steruiced
Protestant
SUNDAY: Morning Worship Service........
Adult Bible Class.................
Evening Vesper Service......... .. .
Fellowship Hour...................
Sunday School................. .. ,
Episcopal Lay Service.............
Lutheran Service (except 1st Sunday) ..
Latter Day Saints Lay Service.....
Christian Science Lay Service ....
Church of Christ Lay Service......
Holy Communion Service (1st Sujidays)
MONDAY: Adult Bible Study Group........
WEDNESDAY: Chapel Choir Rehearsal .. ..
THURSDAY: Baptist Lay Service..........
FRIDAY: Cherub Choir.................
Youth Choir.................... .. ..
SATURDAY: Assembly of God Lay Service .,
. .. Main Chapel 11:00
. .. High School 9:30
. .. Main Chapel 7:00 p.m.
.. Chapel Annex 8:00 p.m..
. .. High School 9:80
. .. Main Chapel 9:00
. .. Main Chapel 9:30
.. Chapel Annex 10:30
.. Chapel Annex 12:00
. .. Chapel Annex 3:00 p.m.,
.. Main Chapel 11:00
Chaplain’s Office 7:00
. .. Main Chapel 7:00 p.m.
.. Chapel Annex 7:00 p.m.
.. Main Chapel 3:15 p.m.,
, .. Main Chapel 4:15 p.m.
. .. Main Chapel 7:30 p.m.
Protestant Chaplains
Ctl&plaln A. R. Saeger, Jr., Cdr, USN
Chaplain R. E. Blada, Lt Cdr. USN
A word for the “Excuse
Makers,” (Don’t have time, rate
doesn’t mean anything. I’m getting
out, won’t make any rates any-
way, etc.) YOU ARE FOOLING
YOURSELF! Re-examine your
motives. 'Perhaps you are shirk-
ing. Your shipmates and your
country have every right to ex-
pect you to assume responsible at-
titude and actions.
___________________ '______________________________ J
Chaplain R. G. Brown, Lt, USN
Catholic
SUNDAY:
SUNDAY MASSES: Main Chapel 12:15
Main Chapel 5:00
Religious Education for Children................High School 11:00
Ladles Sodality Communion (1st Sundays).........Main Chapel 8:00
Holy Name Society Communion (2nd Sundays).......Main Chapel 12:15
DAILY MASSES
Monday through Friday................Blessed Sacrament Chapel 5:10
Saturday.............................Blessed Sacrament Chapel 11:45
First Friday of the Month.....Blessed Sacrament Chapel 11:45 and 5:10
CONFESSIONS:
Saturday........................Blessed Sacrament Chapel 4:00—6:00 p.m.
CHOIR REHEARSAL
Tuesday.........................................Main Chapel 7:00
Saturday........................................Main Chapel 1:00
Catholic Chaplains .
Chaplain T. F. Lehr, Lt, USNR
Chaplain N. A. Rlcard, Lt Cdr, USN
Appointments can be made for Baptisms, Weddings by calling the chaplain’s office at 4111.
Jewish
FRIDAY: Sabbath Eve Lay Service...................Chapel Annex 7:30 p.m.
Computation Of Retainer Pay
Not As Difficult As It Seems
When computing retainer pay when constructive service is in-
volved — multiply two and one-half times the number of years of
service (including constructive time), and then multiply that answer
by your basic pay at the time you go into the Fleet Reserve. (This
must by your actual basic pay; constructive service CANNOT be
used to increase the amount of basic pay). If, for example, you
have 20 years’ service including constructive time, and you are
drawing pay as a CPO with over 18 years, her’s how it would work:
Two and one-half percent times 20 years service (including construc-
tive time) is 50. Multiply this by $370.00 and you get $185.00 —
the monthly amount of your check.