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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1941-07-10, Page 110 College gducatioii. Good Investment. The Dividends .May Be Slow In •Corning, But They' Pay In •.the Lenng Run Says Columbia •University Expert - •I a father whoiie son or laugh- • a ter :finished high school this June els :doubtful of the importance ,of • eihaii g that „his child goes on to • ooIIege, heath figures compiled by Frank H. Bowles, kire•etgr". of .alit • e.Mihsiens at: Colulnibia, . University, $ ieheht to' convince • him :that .he• • couldn't• -melte a better• invesfinient. • MONEY: VALUE Mi BeWles,,: who • believes . ,that; the money value of an education can't be •reckoned for,•.niany 'years e after a •studefit has gone out into. ;the business: world, has found that by -the time a college graduate is uiaety years. old he has _earned, on • the,a'verage, .$72,000 more than a person,,who.received•,only a.high school education. ' That means that each college ,yeas is worth $18,000 to the young person • for whom it ismade peer • - hire:. • • Of coarse, a father could: argue that every 'person doesn't live to be•.sixty, arid 'that there are plenty of college graduates' who are, out- and-out ,failures—bua that doesn't' • change the -picture as.a whole.' -PAYS IN, UNDERSTANDING •• Ani legacy left. a child •may prove : worthless or of little value. Wo •No matter how money is.invested,•' there`is-the-pa sRtilf y >,t, won't pay dividends.' • But nioney: invested' in' ecru cation is.pi'etty sound, espetally in times as a .settled. and insecure .as these. A nen could hardly do -better' by• . his eliihdren than to invest• in the best'` education they are Mentally capable .of taking: • - An education has one advant age over either investments a man • might make for. his Children; Even if it doesn't pay off financially, it is" • almost Are to 'hay se>tliething in c;-wtry o f- fiche un en's n ing and heightened appreciationof the better•' things, life has•to offer: ° Directs Naval Intelligens Captain E. S.• Brand, • li.;N. holds one 'of the most interesting posts in the *Canadian naval serv- ice at Ottawa. • Children Need n Allowance It Teaches Them the Value of Money anti Points Out How Good It Is To Earn Their Own • , lt.'s amazing how many children in wealthy homes, and in' homes of average economic level, 'have :little or no home training. In the use of .money, writes Dr. Garry C. • Myers, child •psychologist. Many children, even in their teens, have money doled out to them when they , ask for it, or force It from their parents atloid arguments acid storms of bitter emotions: In a we•lf-ordered home there is a eai•efully planned and operated • scheme—a definite, regular allaw- ance assigned outright. •or based 'en fulfillment by the child of cep • ta.in .specific .obligations. . . Of course the child who earns his own money in a normal situation;• as ! by carrying papers. fly get the best of Craialipg in the value.. and . nee Of money. Rut only' a. few children out of a hundre<t can Have such jobs today. . TEACHIN'G VALUE Ole MONEY.' Why not'tece reality, and give the child a definite, regular allowance,; and so train. and guide him that, regardless of the allowance. he be' ]geld responsible. to do regular, ' definite jobs .that are inescapable? Let the 'allowance develop grad- ualli'--just a nickel or so a week to • spend, within reason, as the' child. likes.. As soon as he has,. learned to • save . this money over • two or three wdelts, se as to buy , a cherished object costing 10 or 15 . cents, he has shone) progress in • responsibility, regarding money. , Then his• allowance can Safely. • include one or More .• essential''reg• , filar Items coveting, ley the tithe bet enters senior high school, all ' or Dart',of hie clothes, and be for _ Penedo) oaf a month , or more. Death Stabs • le Highway: Nazi Planes Over Russia G. C. Toner Ontario Federation of. Anglers , and 'twitters (No. 48) HOW ROCKS ARE FORMED: In this • space 'have • talked of the plants and animals;• told my` • •reed'ers something of .the .nattneel' .• • laws that bind 'them and of their -relations' with one anot'he'r, But there is another factor, the..streta.. en which all :ereatures live: oi-IS10-. gists tell us'.,et, the earths is a' t ball- of ;rock, .which 'judging' from' its weight, size, . and motion; molten in the interior at a depth of about. 50 nines. Outside this hot and' fluid core . are the rocks as we knew theme in layersmuch like the skin of an hien. It is believed that the deepest down are the oldest and those at t'ne 'surface the .yeungest, ._- Ieref-ort-trnately-this--lrol-ds .rue of only an ideal section and else- where twisting, and '• folding have displaced the rocks so that the oldest is often on the 'surface. • ;Earthquakes, • volcanic .. action, lowering of the .land surfaces and' raising'' of.' the sea bottoms have contributed'- to this displacement. So itis often a puzzle to find out the, different ages' of the rocks at • the suifaae IovLuver•, dire sci•enee-"" of geology has discovered certain featuree•. of all., rocks and forint)... ,:fated them into "rules that when.' followed will .identify any forma- tion. • ' Different stypes • So much for the way we know. the rocks. Nowlet us look at "the way they are formed. .. Some rocks° are volcanic, laid down' as molten lavas, Which'' were formed by pressure in the interior of the earth. Such rocks erely.never strntt re hitt hare ' just masses stone:•;- Other rocks have been de- posited as silt, sand, or• clay .in water, ' 'usually in .•,,ayers. Sill 'other rocks were formed by corals. or other animals. These are usue ally in layers, oar• strata, and: both are -usually, known 'as sandstones or- limestones. '• Often ,after they were. laid down they wereburied, deeply; and 'subjected to ,pressure, twisting the .strata and changing their form. These pressure -chang- ed .rocks are 'known. as •metamor- phic rocks. Marble., • slate, and quartz are example of metamor- phic p rocks. • FARM FINIUM a T (A Department conducted. by Professor .Henry G. Sell"' of r the Ontario Agricultural College, Guelph, assisted, by various other "members. of the faculty.) • .QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.' Q.. ' I,'have a field' of sand land which, I, want to build up for potatoes and I have ne barnyard: manure. , 1 sowed •it to rye last fall and intend to let it get around 14 inches high this• summer, then plow it down, disk it in,•.let come up again and plow down,, and ao • on. Then •hexa spring I .intend to sow the potatoes. This :land .is.' pretty well run :taut' and will you please a'dt'isehif •I am right?.Per- - • Traps' you• carr advise me" df some:: thing better. Some advise plow- ing it down when • ripe. "A. S.— Norfolk Co." e • • • A.,'1 believe you are' proceed- ing, along the. right line to build - Up the organic thatter' of the soil. This., ia of prelirhintiry importance; One thing I would • advise you. against is plowing under of the, land -so that it lies bare a.11 win- ter. Be 'sure to seed to •rye. or wheat so. that the field may bp wellcovered 'And .protected :helm .w tlle. ashing ,effects of.. whiter rains. _..: Q. . t have used several tinges • Mushroomcompost as a fertilizer' for gardens. My ground is very light, and in fact, quite sandy. .i arty told that this. compost has • little value as 'a fertilizer, and am inclined to agree withthe state- ment. Would you kindly advise? "H: P. B.= -York Co," ' • A. You are correct in your conclusion that , the `exhausted mushroom compost , does not sup- ply. much plantfood. This com- post originally; no doubt, con,. ta?Xted ...considerable fresh' horse Manure.which, carried to the tenabout 12 lbs, Nitrogen,' 5; . lbs.. ;Phosphoric Acid and 15 lbs. Po. tach. • • With the growth of the mushroom crop: and the contin- uous watering of. the compost heap; no doubt there was a very large exhaustion of both. Nitrogen and Potash. , I would say •abeut sit of the former and at •least i4 • of the latter. The heating up of the compost'' was caused by 'bee- terial action which liberated. tench, of the Nitrogen in the, forme of „Ammonia. • I cannot see that that this iterial Wild be of dirndl value .s—r ..oxhide from l3.ele . say,, it 'shows hots' the • Luftwaffe smashes at Ri, ssian supply lines. Ger•n>.an ,planes'have just released' sticks of •.bombs along an unidentified Res- sian'road. . Some 'of the missiles, can he Seen in mid-~lir-e-ether, are' .explocjingeon the. ground. • t' • m Il . taut to the, Secretary elf. 'State, eommented;:•. "It is my opinion that •the world will be surprised at the extent'.to which 'Russia will resist." rTALIANS WARNED - tiOn the other side of the fence, e the Italian ' people were .:warned.. by Mussolini's. mouthpiece, Vir , ginio Geydo, that -they must .• not `e qi ,ct° a liglitnin - victory over Russia: "It would. be a eer•ieus mistake- to• think .that all is easy and ought re speed ,in quickstep to the desired "'solution"• Gayda wrote; : "Russia is rekistii g , the •. offeusiee rites only . with a 'gigantic, •ma.•sls. of arms, -And the .more gr less capable' arts of her leader; but • also with. (ista-pee. "'That wee 'the case; in 1812 e•When Napoleon `fa led••10 Corr Russie.): ,:lt, was the.ease -' if . iq a `less measure '' from 1914 .to. 1917. 'If is still„ fn' part,..her chance •today: , • ` • 'Inn Washingfbn it was., adniitted that-t>ie "Russians had put up the c strongest t esistaiice the Germans ' had yet m:et But the Adnnini:s• tration' was not eipected to give the Soviets much substantial aid .* until it became .clean whether oe ---rro -e • , ussrans were going to survive' the blitz.,: For; the time being; technicalexperts only would be sent to' the:Soviet trnion. "SHOUt:p STRIKE NOW" The President himself voiced once again".a hope that the United States sourer keep out of the war, while • decliniug to say that :`he believed . that 4meriee; c•ould• re- • 'mein at peace.. One of Mr. Roose- a..•.velthe cIiie•1 I•feutena:rrts-Sere etary of. the Navy Prank Knee', had the ,• previo•t:s evening matte a flat dec- laration that "The, time to use our 'may to clea.e. the Atlantic of • the ...German' menace. IS at 'heed. Now tlle:_time to .:strike, ,while Ritter, is; lnrsy.'crt:shing Russia," PROBLEMS 'FOR CftNADA - Ruesien entry into the • war against Germany brough't fresh: problems. to `Canadian auth'orities, especially, since •the Soviets, Union bas never., been recognized by the,'. Dom*+ ori C ohernie ent - iie , in- ternment here of manysympa- thizers with: the,'arise of Corn-. ,odour sm •creates n emlbarrassing • situation, tee. since Russia is now virtually an ally of Great Britain.. -Last week. While making 'a tour 'of the West, Prime Minister Mae- kenzie King promised, a two -ocean navy for Canada, pledged that the conclftion or the' masses Would: be tnlpraved yin•' the •post-war order. But the mesa important move made by the Government at 10t- taws was to cal) up 378:000 Can- ;adfan. youths from 21 to 25 years of age for military training;th ose Pound medically fit to remain in service for' the duration of tbe,war. H E E'.E K—(:ruilmeplary nri ihirrent Events "VICTORY MAY STILL F FAR OFF" - -C. URC ILL y •'A•ee"e 1 ' 2 tih,g t,�nada's • gold e n" "Tor"ch of Victory" in a ..brief ceremony at his fon;don, 'England, borne last • week,•. Prime 'infiniaier Winston ('herchill said .of the War' 'now raging on three continents: The end maybe • far off. We can- not tell. It. depends on , 'the enetay How. long , that wicked made- -will- -torittrer• and afflict • nations; how • often or in what :direction .he will set his murder machine in motion we cannot tell. One thing we are asnred. He'and .• bus 'villainous crew will: be deliv- -heed to the doom and shame which' is their- • due, and we ourselves, shall have the honor of . having ' had something to do with it." - BOUND UP:,.WITH 'RUSSIA • The • Brltish .press and• public tally appreciated that a British victory wag, strongly dependent upon' „the success of the- Soviet Union .in heating the Nazi • blitz- krieg, anti .. tohve,•s_ely . that__._,', qui•k German win .against Russia .would weigi .heavily against .lief -Lain London's. immedr :te policy • fast 'Wee-- appeared to •be three-. fold::'to assist. hinge- by maxi. • 'num Clay .and night. air 'attacks oh ;Western Germany; to make every effort to imiit•ove Britain's . strategic position abroad while, Germany was pr'eocc'upied .else- where; to increase the home effort to pile up reserves of ,armament. LONG-TERM CHANCES GOOD , • British inifitary • experts were - agreed that Thi ssiees• long-term -chances ' for 'success °jwere good, even though se ere defeats were " experienced.. en -it a:ll: % ,.. - 3 The Ger- man supply problent, they argued, -- -ahotld 'gee -Om progressively more as, a fertilizer. In so far as .ma- terial Carriesorganic matter,' it may be, valuable- to a light 'soil in providing a soil with water- • holding. capacity. . • difficult and d• .erous 'ever the great d•istane.es .volved. ' It was said •in• London fact week in, Guth- •oritative eire;les••that•Rweia would not bean serious danger until and unless ¥oscov • were taken' and th.e . C].erma.n armies • reached,, the • • .Don and the,' Volga rivers. Even 7then, guerilla warfare. would be a grave menace ..to the Nazi invaers and •actual occupation of the • Soviets • would exhaust • 'then'. forces. . . • • r . , , • Upon the. fate of the main Rus- . siaii armies hinged the: course -the • conflict would take within the next few niont.hs,• Strategic with- dravals, .leaving a path of de- sti•uct.ion behind, 'could assure, the .safety of great manses of the Red army, whieh. if retired to strong Positions. • deep,' in Russia, might organize a, large-scale. counter•of- fensive • and bring .Germany's' t`hofieii n liar (.•f Ontor'enr tilt to an end. ...._----..._ _ •T_�-. .,•_ ...• ...- .:.. WILL S,URPR.ISE- WORLD • While many . t'e.ople ore this con• ih-tent last. ..week ..oak ..the .glad w view that a decision had already' been 1"arnd iii the . Russo -Ger. •» t:ui war. puhir men in -the -know spodae the opphRitt, opinion. Major General P. S. • Beaumont -Nesbitt,: mint ary aittaell e at the British Lmbasse , at Washington, said at was •'quite.' poisihle•• the Germans would • overrun vast sections • of Russia •in fuitial geneiratioes, but - ''t'•ltet to knock hut the Red zany ' "would 'be one hell. of a job." ]-le believed It was wane passible for .1- 'the Germatrs to capture large • areas' "of r weererii .and ,Southern .:'.R.ussia.--a.nd...-stile -lea ye • -the... -ho -et -. •Union nioiae or• less intent as apoli- tieal, enemy. •A great deal• might depend upon the unify of the Rns- sian people and their trust in their leaders. .. :Jo'seph b.`. Davies, United -States ambassador to ll.ussla from 1930 .to 1938, mho is names speciaj assts- V•UICE • 0 F T H Eur..; ..,., PSS • THOSE EXPERTS!.. Where "are those experts who knew Germany could not finan'ee a real war? —Quebec ('hroniele-Telegraph) HESS: NEW VERSION Last words on Hess: "Never was so much concealed. from so' many by :so few'." r -;-New St:,resman •doll Nation) • .AUTO OWNERS The people of the, United States and Ca'nada would own . aperoe- inta.tely eighty per cent of all the anturnalYires:in" the '-world---If they. were paid for, • • - Iiing•saon Whig -Standard. • •.S•HORT-8. CDR. MEN , Every year. about this time. we suggest y—form of men's clothing, - We look at; the, girls and see .how rani they are dreased anti how cool • they ,look ,and t en find ourselves enveloped, in mgr r clothes,. all of• them stiff and ho . We make .our annual snjtgestion alt men go in for shorts. for b siness , summer wear—knowing o no one brave enough to follow the suggestion. • --Niagara ]'ells .Raview. it- R•e ott,1es Water To -Produce ..dMilk . , - - - uce Mhlk A eovi•'s'production is limited by the water she drinks, and if she must 'drink frons dirty ponds. or go a long distance in Summer or drink ice water in Winter, or gets •all she 'needs for the. day at one time, the amount ch•e drinks REG'LAR ' FELLERS •Com'fotts of. .Holme 27 LATE$T R.A.F. PHOTOS- FREE Man only two Durham Corn Starch latera for.. each pie.. • Lure desiredtot: use Hct hive Syrup label. • - To sta'rt,select from the "Flying 'Toraedo ,. 'Ski Rocket"— Li htntng"— "Defiant'--''Spitfi$c" eheyeeeeiefehaehaeheeeh "Hurricane" or ••Catalina•• - the list of 20 other plc - teres will be sent with your first request. Specify your e, address; !picture 'or piict es reeqquested—eociose, necessary, labels end mail to the Si. Lawrence Starch Co., Limited. fort Credit, Ont. mzo will be_ .inade ,ivate to s4ipply.: here bodily heeds and to i•u'i) het^ milk factory . at • ''full capacity. She will supply her' bodily ,needs first and use what is left for milk. Plenty of c•Iean, 'pure water avail - Aide ataal1 times -is anent-ia- conomic' milk production. Helpful Hants 1. For Dieters ''Se'rve • Meals Minus Rich: , Gravies; Cut. OPt One -1,-tour of 'Sleep • - So yeiere dieting? Keep it, eeeret!. Giye•• up the temptation.to chat about it to yotcr bridge, club and especially if you Wish to keep'hiin -to your beaus Evee your, tiloSest friend loses interned after . one heart-to-heart talk, writes •Alice Wade' Robinson, . beauty editor. Nobody outside your• lieenediate fami•]y really cares. Delightful .as' it is' to .exchange recipes on foods' .you eat, it's a bore to hear you '• tell of ,the foods vott ref se. I ^nu^Tet; ke-ep-'-i't-quree • Betlretweee 11$' two, possibly you may]ke an arm up 'on' .your 'res dueine pilgrimage. . If • eo.' here are, suggestions • to make the, going pleasanter: •'A. Serve •foods minus, their rich' , .gravies or cream. sauce Place lat- ter • in special dishes s('' that"non- dieters•may h.el•ptlien'lselves to as much a.s• they like. B. Cut mit One hour''of-sieelp.• Put ,In that time at'correctiee exercises:. • •C. Chew feed to a creamy pulp before swallowing. That will give you every, particle of nourishment. And as a result, less 'energy will be needed for digestion. 'less. food ' will be • required for nourishment, lees food will satisfy the appetite. • D. If.:Pour diet ontains' foods you disliked as ' a child and still dis- like, tell' uhome o•• r, doctor about it 'He May'oniit their. frtrul-Wirt fiat.. E. Keep with 'cheerful . friends •whetdieting. -GGA tar -arm' n • • t ' tain. •ments•: That helps you .avoid the mat•tya:'e`irole, enables you to see 'that dieting is a constructive aid to better health and • spirits. Two 1 n ua es Held Necessary English and French Should Be Tau -04 in 'Alt Canadian Scisc•ols,' Official •Says a inability of the French. .and English populaces of Canada to speak in each other's' language • "is a reflection ;on our intelli- c • genes," .Alderman Estelle • B. Cuffe, •of. St. C.atha•'ines; said 'at- •• a recent council meeting, advoc i - ting that both English' and French ` beeta-tr lit hithdna tan schools. . ' 'Alderman Cuffe represented 1St. 'atharines .at the sessions of the Canadian Publie•eHeal'th As- sociation,: s sociatiori,: in Quebec •City: • ',"IT'S -.COMMON SENSE" ' •- A'}uel,r,:rts Etzffe.; . 'a', for•nie•r school •teacher, said that, during i the sessions she set around a table With French-Caltadions unable, to , speak any English and she was linable to 'speak.` French. e.It is a reflection on. our intelligence," • •she said, that teeigh crians-s-euid 'meet and not be aisle • • •to• edn:verse. "Lt fs 'common excise that our children should: • be. taught two... languages." 'Brita•in's Crops 'Hit •..Forty -year Record • Britain has been making , hay • under war, • clouds,• and the '194.1.. , •' crop ;nay be the largest. in 40 years: Besides hay the grain a :eld • • is espec;ted to, 'be seti;facto`y, �'.. and fodder crops are described ,as. ,.,, eatremelp gUod." r,, • Greenland's Icy, Motnitains' • The_ ..1,s`e: eoa.ted_ enter -of G' eeat- land was supposed • to be a lofty - ;plateau, until 'sounding • meats •indicated that the io.ftiecss ' is'. mainly its'. and the land hal- lows' down at center `to..a Iron•] 'no more than 2,000 feet above 'tea . level. . . LIFE'S LIKE THAT By Fred Neter. r 41 ?:7 ,^t rpnrotldaled Newt Croy,, 'rl wish they'd go .. . 're tired'o'.sittin' here grinning at them!. ! Is GENE BYRNES • . •Ai I1'5 SEEN, RAININ' FOR THREE DAYS! x WISN'T IT.WOULD STOP 1 WISHT THE SUN WAS 31-IININ' AN' t WAS IM MY 'BATi-IIN' SUIT DOWN At / THE REACH I JUis''A MINOT AN' I'LL FIX YOUUp )WT .t •