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PAGE SIX SUNDAY, MAY 19, 1968 ADVANCE-NEWS A m e r i c a n P o l i c e m a n I s C a u g h t I n C r i s i s - H i s O w n R e s h a p i n g By BERNARD GAYZER I you’d be on your own.” AP N e w sfeatures Writer I S upreme Court Decisions M ake Of all the jobs w ith awesome j Change responsibility, th e r e is nothing j Those were the days long be- quite to m a tch that of the A m e r- ■ fore the Supreme Court began lean policeman. He has the pow- j handing down decisions focusing er and authority to kill. ^ ^ on th e constitutional rights of in- But it is not because of th.is | dividuals from the time of ar- alone th a t he is caught in the j rest to the time of a rraignm e n t; center of one of his greatest 'before racial disturbances and crises: h is own reshaping. |other social turmoiL ,,e, Pressures a new Now? Says Quinn Tamm, ex- 7 J ^ Ve, Come t r . o m 1a s e n f,s !ecutive director of the Interna- asrjsss, ic^ ;d ‘SJ f a m ' t L T r “ m ‘S r i S T S j J1' l T h e tc “ ‘ the dem a n d s for new methods to w e re fairly cleai cut. combat it. And they have com e, lastly, from law enforcement agencies them selves where rum - It was the police job in coopera tion w ith the other elements of the crim inal justice system to and blings f o r a higher professional- ;Preven t crime a n d detect ism and higher standards have aPP 16 re a erS- long been heard ! \Now the situation is infinite- AU in all the ’ p ressures have ^ m o r e complex. We see civil meant th a t a new policeman \b o r d e r s in our streets th a t de- was needed; a m o re profession- generate into wholesale destruc-i ™,w ^ ^ ^ the al policemen a m o re intelligent tlon- killing and looting. - I p 1co „ decision rea H ^ uieu. A 1UT U,1 .‘At .patrolm an? In some cases,it fil- a case of municipal agencies simply figuring out how to cope with the decisions—or how1 to get around them. In the handful of U.S. departm ents which have been top rated by police experts New York, Chicago, Los An geles, Cincinnati, St. Louis and Oakland, Calif.—the high degree of professionalism ordained that a w a y would be found to live with the rules. “This placed new demands on the policeman and the police ad m inistrator,” says St. Louis Po lice Chief Curtis Brostron. “We knew w e’d need a policeman who was intelligent and re sourceful and self-disciplined, j We knew also t h a t there had to be closer and more effective comm and supervision. We knew that training w a s a key. We’ve found that the court decisions haven’t hurt u s .” Patrolm e n M u st Have More Education How does the im pact of the 33-year-old Alabaman, who missioner Jacques Nevard. heads the first active planning and research division in the de partm e n t. In describing a schem e for police operations in a m odel cities program for Bir m ingham ’s Ensley ghetto dis trict, Parsons states: “The selection process used today to recruit police officers is inherently dangerous. F irst, a young m a n with a high school diploma is selected and placed in a position of authority. This im m a turity coupled with power is always potentially dangerous. The young recruit is forced into a dynam ic situation with very few answers ready made. His lim ited education makes it ex trem ely difficult to adjust to his rapidly changing environment. His relationship with citizens, especially Negroes, is strained to say the least. The young re- “This was so Puerto R ican can didates could qualify. B u t we certainly have no intention of reducing other qualifications, as it is, we have a w a iting list of 1,000.” What will the policeman of the future be like? Answers Birm ingham ’s Lt. Parsons: “You m ight say that h e ’ll be a top individual with a college lib eral arts education, draw ing a pay of $12,000 to $15,000 a year. Less skilled employees will han dle regulation of noncriminal conduct-traffic violations, laws on m o rality, burning trash in the afternoon, violating regula tory codes. Professional Policem an Will Be Eyes, E a r s of Community “The professional policeman will be the eyes and e a r s of the cruit’s training, for the most j community. He will recognize part, is provided by older offi-;and identify complex social cers who them selves are prod-'Pr°Uems, define them , isolate ucts of a past e r a with a differ-1 them and refer them to other policemen, a b e tt e r ed u c a ted / “At this point in time w e a r e : ^ — ^1 - , d i f f e r ent Pllilos°Phy and a different i community services _ and b e tter trained policeman. requiring our patrolm e n w ith :te s down’ B u t “ St' L°“ ls\ t ° set of values.” : If this wUl make him remote But, ironicallv, the need pro- only high school level academ ic1 s a m p l e , m em b ers of the J o - Parsons is convinced change from people, then lie 11 h ave to duced another crisis: the inabil- environment to engage in the Reserve—which is the elite js coming to th e South. “ Y o u 'S ^ cp s e to them through other ity to attract the right kind o f.cloistered deliberations of so- a g g ressive p a trol unit—get a Ujve us four yearsy > he sayS); techniques and skills. H e will be man. F i r s t there has been the ciologists.le and rundown that a m ounts to a col- “ and w e’ll show you the best de- a true policeman, preventing competition from other - and.judges.” |!eSe course. Lt. Robert Iruetk- partm e n t in the South.\ crim e and apprehending crimi- better paying — professions. The innovations were stim u -‘en’ commandiin§ the unit, h a s .a objective of Professionalization nals. And, even m o re im p o rtantly,dated in the post-World W ar n (43-page, single-spaced typewrit-. Of Police “W e ll m a k e that policeman there h a s been the unwillingness period as academ icians in po-,^en com m e n tary just reg a r d in g , The professionalization of po- through selection and through, of men to become policemen be-lice science and in l a w b e g a n daws ? nd decisions on search |jjce jjas as 0b jectIVe (he rais- training.” ^ * cause of the public's poor im a g e taking a critical look at the na- !and seizure. It i s comprehensive Jing of the policeman to the sta- Two other officers talked of the profession. , ' tio n s system of criminal jus- jand alm ° s t free of the iegai jar- jtus of the teacher, doctor and - about this in a relaxed interlude Serious Manpower Shortage tiee. They claim ed they saw the'S on th a t can trip even law stu- ;iawye r . in Miami. The result has been a serious policeman becoming a law unto dents. _ : Theoretically, this can be; Deputy Chief O.E. Caudell al- m anpow er shortage. himself. i Capt. John Walsh, St. Louis |achieved by raising educational lowed that “ maybe w e’ll get po- Right now. th e r e is one la w 1 , . . -homicide chief, says “the Su-'standards, improving police enforcement officer for e a c h 484 \T h is situation had to be re- prem e Court decisions have ac-jtraining, extending training per- persons m the nation. M unicipal dressed.\ says Sol Rubin, legal tually helped us. I think w e 're Tods, improving police manage- police num b er 369,000 and state expert with the National Council f e t t e r and that we make better ,ment, organization and opera- and o ther police, 44.000. A sur- on Crim e and Delinquency. “ If-cases. In the past, we had to tions. lice the w ay we always have. You know, they say it’s all set down the m inute a boy is born. If the doctor holds him up by his feet and sm a c k s his b u ttocks, he RETIRING AFTER 17 YEARS as d ir e c to r of th e R e g ional M astitis L a b at C a n ton, Dr. Jo h n Cheney w a s h o n o red W e d n e sday at a r e t ir e m e n t d in n e r in C a n ton, D r. E.B . Snuth iat right) is pictured w ith Dr. an d Mrs. C h eney as h e acknow ledges on th e i r b e h a lf th e m a n y trib u tes and gifts. Dr. John Cheney Retiring As Mastitis Lab Director ve.v of 209 cities, ranging in po- the Supreme Court had not be- count on the confession to m a k e ' “It all adds up to m aking po-! turns out like others, but if he pulatior. from 25.000 to 250.0O0. gun to preserve the constitution- a case. In a lot of instances,t he ;lice departm ents reach the,whacks behind the head and ad- showed an average of one po- al righ ts of suspects and defend- prosecut0r could never have | sam e level as the FB I,” says i dies his brains, the bab y ’ll grow ' Cooperation between m otorists hceman to 760 persons. It is the ants, there could have been P ^ court because we didn’t M iami Beach Police Chiefup to be a cop,” ' E K T t big cities which produce an a v - g r a v e consequences. W e were have a sufficient chain of ev i- !Rocky Pom erance. “I happen to Sgt. R o b ert Hinson laughed ^ W J J ^ i E d J r i B ' t o i t h Pvn,A a,’r'i'w ‘:, cavo f,1Q erase of 484. F o r exam p le. New heading for a police state—or ,dence without the confession. (think it can be done.’ onn ccia “ a n a 6tate university A g n c u itur ta w u i m am u n ._uanton a . York Citv has one cop for e v e n - J o r bloody confrontations be-: “B u t now w e ’re doing detec- Higher Education Getting 285 New Yorkers. tween the police and the ghetto Learn And Live Safety Tips From State Department On tive work. We get a report of a More Attention and w e have a team : HiSher education for police- there immediately. We secure men is getting m o re attention the place, gather evidence, bit pohce life. The National Leaguej M O G C n l A l g n a O _ . th e basis of authorized and tower class individual who m u rder strer.gtn. there are 11.864 police 'j5 m o st Aden in conflict w ith po- jobs reported going begging in lice 313 police departm ents\ ques- To Police Decisions Wede Ay b it and niece bv niece We’r e ' ot u u e s sma? stlowecl m a t T I 0 „ M i n J o L J H - honed m one se r v e r A 1966 na- Calam ity to where we of 279 P°lice aSencies had 4.482'l l l T l H a S M i n i S K i r t tional survev showed 64 p e r cent To the police, the high court confession There officers attending local colleges V o H of the departm e n ts were under- decisions settm g rules for deten- 1 take co ] h ,D about ior universities. In a handful of M l S l C a d U I V 6 l l staffed. tion of suspects, right to coun-™ g M be some• California cities, this w as the, Kabul, Afghanistan and said, and if the doctor uses ;a j and Technical College at Can- agricultural faculty, a bat you know what you get? t retirem e n t party was held1 A motorcycle cop. ' vl'.'Ji ’.H t IV Cv/Uli , _ . liir»4-nr,tr Tn i UlllO YY CIO H1C | JVdOUlj /Aig! sei. and limits to interrogation .whether it w a s voluntary, \(situation: Downey had 60 of 85 jan Press) — — 1 'r~ tor evidence. -- - - CANTON Coinciding with iwere Dr. R ichard Guthrie, Sup-; open house for the new Regional,ervising Field V eterinarian for ~ ‘ TNj» T p cycle accidents sa y s the New ' ' York State Departm ent of Mot or Vehicles. a t the Treadway Inn in of the regional - M otorists can help by giving W ednesday (May 8) to honor M o r a tory , D r. Cheney has long cyclists their “fair share of the Dr. John Cheney; director of the cooperated with veterinarians road and by not “cutting off” north country laboratory for the throughout a seven-county nor- cycles on turns: by signalling nast 17 years them area -- this now involves all turns and lane changes well - ■ over 60 cooperating veterinar-in advance; and by using head- Over 150 persons w ere present ians. More th a n 450 dairy herds lights on low beam (but never to join in the tribute, including a r e currently participating in parking lights.) Headlights help (Canad- 60 practicing veterinarians, 16 th e m astitis control program , cvclists iudne SDeed and riri- Onl.v nine years professors of the New York and about 40,000 milk samples; tl n ce ] g P M S Bodies alone a r e not the an- and admission of confessions, staad \ B police attending; Salinas, 68 of after her emancipation, the mo-, state”V eterinary College and’ 6 yearly are collected by the Can-1 swer because it no longer worxs am o u n ted to calam ity. The rank T h e re snotm n g oetter tnan eye: ?1; s an Diego, 200 of 748; Pomo- dern Afghan girl has jumped j directors of regional mastitis, ton lab. D r. Cheney has also! In addition to the regular driv- to put a uniform on a big strong arid organ.zations, such as “a 1 e u en ^ ' „ s ' ;na, 50 of 88; Pasadena, 100 of from the veil to the m iniskirt.,laboratories in the State. In ad- been very active in research in g rules, motorcyclists also boy a n d send rum into the the Patrolm e n ’s Benevolent As- ban1 c r ™®_a • 175. Not all Afghan g ir ls have‘dition there were countv agents, aim ed at th e discovery of im -’have special rules to observe; street. Tne candidate nas to be 5,x-iation and the Fraternal Or- ia l e ^ aenis LonGUl'1' The nation's largest depart- been daring enough to don the Canton A.T.C. personnel, many proved methods of controlling1 They must ride near the cen- able to understand and respond der of Police, were aghast. So r ev, i a t ’m e n t- New Y o rk City’s 28,788- miniskirt. The greater number personal friends and his two this costly disease. Ter of the lane of traffic, and requirem ents and rules set Were some jurists and prosecu-, Top Yale Law ^ c n o o i stuaents jpan forc e, has 1,300 trainees in consider the conventional skirt brothers - Dr. David Cheney, a Dr. Cheney is a native of St.(never more than two abreast in \ '' ’ ’ ' ' j v e te rinarian at Bath, N.Y. and Lawrence County and active in;a slngie traffic lane. They m a y Indeed, not all the to w n s w o ^ A ^ 0^ Pr? i t 'not. Pass between moving cars men have as yet em e rged from the ehaddari, or veil. One still Dade Junior College in Miami finds Study u « r i JL U l i ' _ C . U C 1 C WV to requirem e n ts and rule s _____ _ _ ___ _ ___ r . _______ . __________ ____ _______________ _ ___ __ down because of I S. Suprem e tors and police chiefs. conducted an 11-week study of the police academ y at any given and blouse good enough. Court decisions. If he seeks to “ Our law enforcers a re being 127 police interrogations in New time, and 2,300 enrollees in the enter a departm e n t suen as the handcuffed fay deficiencies in Haven, Conn., in relation to th e ; j 0hn Jay College of Criminal one at Sausaiito, C a lif. he nas our system of'crim inal justice,” effect of court decisions. Only Justice. to undergo a psychiatric exami- 3aid b w . Wilson, when he was one-fourth of the suspects-31— - • „ . . , .. , —e - ^ nation to determ ine his emotion- superintendent of Chicago police were warned about their full Dade Junior Collegei in Miami finds a good many ghoulish| was D r . Stephen J. Roberts, Di-!&olf & Countirv Club, and a, a, health in ^erm= nf police in 1966 . \The trouble is largely rights, and 21 of them gave full ' ^ f nS5 S CreatUres moving about in a (rector of M astitis L a b o ratories,(m e m ber 0f the F ir s t P r e s b y ter-sam e ’•‘•wk a m a tter of th e courts restrict- confessions after being w arned. f suPP°s a d , to “ v® N.Y.S. V eterinary College at! ian Church and the Masonic! , R e c ruiters M ust Compete With jnEr poiice a u thority to m a k e ar- On the other hand, among those ^?s afnfrtm o n t i t- n tu ° m ,S‘!Ithaca, N.Y. Testimonials w ere(Lodge. He is a graduate of the)?1311®65 , , . , , . Industry rei t s. seize evidence of crime, who w ere not warned, there But ofte\ thls now is carelessly|given by D r. George Popenseik, NewSYork sta t e V eterinary Col-the sam e hand slPna!s used ^ Recruiters no ,-nger -ell po- and question suspects. Strict were no confessions. S 'I m , \\1 “ V v detect sp>kedDean of the N.Y.S. Vet. College;: lege at CornelL After p/ actic. lice w o rk as a depression-proof procedural rules are m aking it . „ higher educa heels nylon stockings a n d knee- Mr. Glenn Wright, Acting Presi- ing veterinarv medicine in Pots- jttb. And because u' the quality tougher than ever to convict University of Michigan sociol-Jion program. length skirts beneath it. jdent of Canton Agricultural an d :dam for five years he joined of m en sought, recruiters m ust crim inals.” ogists studied street inierroga-( w h ile one survey showed that And how does the Afghan (TechnicM College, D r. MyronJ|-be B0rden Co. as a field veter- com p e ie with m u u s tn Ail sorts But when the Supreme Court tions in high crimes areas m po]ice adm inistration was the m ale take all this? W ith sur- ^ mcda^’CJP^° ,esl orn em e rlal® a “(inarian. Then, in 1951 Dr. Chen- of hard-sell techniques are handed down the M iranda deci- Chicago, Boston and Washing- :major subject, almost as many prising calm . A. , ’ Y ; College and t n s t , e y began his 17 years of service being applied, ranging from —which set new rules for , ton, D.C. In^ these settings, they studied psychology, with sociol- This m a le reaction is director of btate^mjistiUs iaDora-'^.ij-b sta t e m astitis pro sharp “ The policeman belongs in the in the 1920’s, when K ing A m an-!£™ s 1Gi fnr ainsh-pa™ nf Amariran Ufa “ nllah Vhan iffa^nlaH fn a m a n . Club; M r. Floyd M o rter for the paid nigher education to prom- w arnings to suspects and admis- said, the police always had evi- ogy and law close behind. sharp contrast to th e r e a c t i o n r - _ priu f SS°-_ j._ ^ aS»t!!-«lSram - ‘ ‘ 1 — - - - n , Id A \ uPdh Khan attempted to em an-lh;!uu’ Voluntary admissions were sub- says st, Louis chief Brostron, cipate the women by degree— First Presbyter an Chur , a_ lses ot oeing part of a profession sibliitv of confessions—it antici- dence apart from the interroga- “ Tha nniiaaman hainnaa in tha in uA iqoo’c mhon 101 »,cr Amnn--Pfios for the Canton Rotary iated with Cornell University, jident of the R o tary Club, a di-|aad parked cars. Toastm aster for th occasion \ 3 ^ ^ g f s ! L a w r e ^ l , ^ 1? 5 -must P3SS ve!jic l e s ™ ... T -re proM u e m u i m e ou -udwitmoe the left, in a passing lane the as four-wheel vehicles. They must indicate all lane turns and stops with sam e hand : all drivers. M otorists should anticipate that cyclists will follow these rules. But they m ust also re m a in alert for im p roper actions, just as they are alert for im proper actions by pedestrians or by other motorists. iMr. H a rry Stiles for the St. j L awrence Golf & Country Club. Co-chairmen for th e dinner that aiming a ‘ being as re- pated and tried to forestall the tion itself as a basis for arre st, m m n strea m of American life, spected as the law or medicine, outcry by saying; ** The federal government helped - Our decision in no w a y ere- stantialiy m o re frequent _ th a n “ and to be there he needs to ordering them to rem o v e tn ease the manpower pain by ates a constitutional s traitjacket w e re admissions following inter- know more than the usual police veil. agreeing tn release servicem en which wiil handicap sound ef- rogation. skills.” Mullahs (Moslem priests) Su aay 5 ear;;. ,t they are accept- forts at reform, nor is it intend- . ; H igher Education Elim inates raised an outcry, but the King; ed and hired Dy law enforce- ed to have this effect. We en- A National League or u u e s otherw ise Desirable Prospects sum m arily dealt w ith them ,: T V q p f i p r o R f i a f H men\ agen<:.t:; courage Congress and the states survey ot 284; ponce depart- Does this search for higher having his gendarm es arrest vtaV y iiC i o , u u a i u Policemen Comment to continue their laudable merits found that only 17 per education and higher standards and flog those who m a d e street- Says nne New York Pohce- search for increasingly effective c,ent thought that crime preven- foreciose p0Iice work to many corner serm o n s against the new man w ays of protecting the rights of K°n and law enforcement could otherw ise desirable prospects? law. ’T\'. e been on the force 14 the individual while promoting be helped by rem aking recent I t does in m a n y cases. As it is But angry Afghans rose up m o n ths and it is real boss.as efficient enforcement of our court decisions. _ now, m o st departm ents require against and overthrew Aman- thev -ay. As a Negro, where crim inal law s.” ( Today’s Selection Process ,a high school diploma. Or in its uilah Khan for these along with could I do m o re to help shape Model Law s Proposed ! Dangerous absence, the equivalent—which other cruelties. , society than as a policeman'’ I M odel laws have been pro- In one Deep South departm ent jn some cases can be very flexi-'i Some 30 years later, in 1959,1 school board of education and A __ can steer a kid into an honest posed, and the Council o f —Birm ingham , Ala.—M a y o r, ble. Almost all departm ents re- the present monarch, King (the lo cal teachers’ association life an d I can take a thief and Judges of the National Council George A. Seibels Jr., a Repub- tain minim um standards as to Zahir Shah, siiued a milder have a g reed upon a salary and rem o v e him before he c a n infect on Crime and Delinquency has lican, is spearheading a reshap- h eight and weight. decree, allowing women to re-1 benef^ package for th e 1968-69 proposed specific ways to make ing of the police departm ent. “ We’ve m ade an exception to:m ove the veil if they wished: , , legal arrests and interrogations, One of his key men in the de- the height m inim u m ,” says Newland if their menfolk perm ittedjscno° y 3 • At N-N.Agree On Salary Pact Don’t Let Any Phobias Bother You Too Much, Advice Of Hal Boyle By HAL BOYLE . steep places, or hypengyopho- NEW YORK (AP) - Let’s bia, fear of responsibility. Norwood - Representatives P'y p if m ^ w h a t von're! J he a ,e j a8e U o t t ' of the Norwood-Norfolk C e n tral' afraid of, and I ’ll tell you what(ab ly a victlm of_ cieithrophobia, the fear of being locked an honest thing. kid. That is some- But. in Miami, a detective with but for the m o s t part it has been partm e n t is L t. J.C. Parsons, a !York City’s Deputy Police Com- it. 22 y e a r s behind him, sat on an embankm ent overlooking the M iam i River and confessed - “ T h e re is something dehu m anizing about it. I think I’m a real pro. But. being a p ro means being immune and desensitized to hum a n frailty. Youre always suspicious. And pretty soon, you get t h a t way w ith your wife and; your kids.' I always wonder; what kind of m a n I would be to day if I ’d spent the last 22 years ‘ as a carpenter or running a ; cam p for kids.” T h e re was a time when all a | m a n needed to get on the force; was a political connection or a police departm e n t sponsor; suf-1 ficient height, and being white, j T h e re are still plenty 0 *' depart-; m e n ts where it takes little more i —a high school diploma or its ! equivalent—especially in those departm ents which have start ing salaries of $4,000 or less a : year. “ You would be sworn in at 11 ( a.m . and you’d get a badge and ■ a g u n and cuffs and be on the ( street that night, pounding a! beat with an oldtiraer.” says a! K a n sas City veteran. “By the; onrt nt n wppk. if that much, 1 RETIRING FROM ST. LAW R E N C E — P r e s id e n t F o s ter S. Brown fcenter 1 of St. L a w rence U n iversity is show n w ith four m e m b e rs of the U n iversity's faculty and staff who will retire in Ju n e . From le f t are F r a n k A. B rokaw , vice p resid e n t for business affa ir s ; Miss M ildred E. T a ft, I The agreem ent, subsequently 'ratified by the board and the I teachers association, calls for a salary schedule based upon a $6500 starting salary for a teacher with a bachelor’s de gree. increm ents of $250 are paid for each additional exper- j ience step up to the third, after which the teacher is paid on the basis of a P /2 percent index. In addition, teachers receive $200 for every 15 hours of ad vanced study beyond the bach elor’s degree, with the ceiling for such pay currently set a t the bachelor’s plus 60 hours plateau. In other action, the board also agreed to grant one day per year of personal leave to teach ers employed by the district, and to initiate steps that would result in a greater amount of I p reparation time for teachers during the school day. assistant p r o f e s s o r of secretarial studies; Dr. B raw n ; Mrs. M a rguerite G. H o lm es, head of th e d e p a rtm e n t o f dram a tic art; an d Lt. Col. P a r k e r E. Connor, Jr., h e a d of the m ilitary science d e p a rtm e n t. The four w e re h o n o r e d at a reception by th e U n iversity's facu lty and sta f f . If you hesitate for fear that I ’ii laugh a t you, I know right, away what you are. You’re a catagelophobe, that’s what you are—someone who is afraid of ridicule. It can’t help but m ake you feel more im p o rtant when you discover w h a t high-sounding and dignified nam e s medical science has given to the assorted kinds of panic the hum an m ind is heir to. For exam p le; If you leave work early to be sure you’ll get a seat on the bus going home, you’re a basophobe, one who fears having to stand upright. A salesm a n who worries ever whether his boss will okay his padded expense accounts suf fers from mythophobia, the fear of telling untruths. Does your teen-age son spend hours at the television set in or der to postpone doing his home work? The poor kid is suffering from one of the common malad ies of our time—bibliophobia, the fear of books. Do you dread going to cocktail parties. M aybe that’s because you have a double affliction— anthropophobia, the fear of hu- Negotiations leading to the man society, and phonophobia, agreem ent were conducted by the fear of noise. Willard Beyer and Shirley Oro-I Oh, there are a lot more, logio, representing th e board of; If you h a te the effort of climb- education; and teachers’ asso-iing up the ladder of success, ciation representatives M arshall I you’re a quivering jelly as the ’Smith and Doris Maurer, 1 result of crem nophobia, fear of a ll share. in. M any an old m a id can be c lassi fied as a gamophobe , andro- phobe, and cherophobia. She’s frightened of m a rriage, m en and happiness. D ieters m u s t endure sitopho- bia, the fear of eating. Cross word puzzle a d d icts stumped by an unfinished puzzle sweat in the throes of kenophobia, the fear of empty spaces. W h at’s the m a tter with the of fice grouch? He snarls in the grip of hedonophobia, the fear of pleasure. B u t if you dislike even having to speak to such a crabbed fellow, you yourself m a y be an acerophobe, one who cannot stand sourness. Gossips and politicians are h aunted by a m u tual anxiety. It is tetanophobia, fear of lockjaw. R a rely indeed, however, are they ever struck down wilh phonophobia, the fear of hearing one’s own voice. If you can’t stand losing a t bridge or gin rum my, you’re a rhabdophobe, one who fears being beaten. And if you owe as m u ch money as the guy next doctr probably does, you are suf fering from the most epidemic disease in America—atephobia, the fear of ruin. Almost equally widespread is eremephobia, the dread of being lonely. But why should anyone' ever be lonely in a world full of so m any wonderful fears we can j
