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'By :B.ILL SMILEY'
MORE .'LIGHON READING •
My speech was a roaring sue,
cess. You know, 'the • speech, ' on
Good Reading Habits, to our hon-
or students. I mentioned it last
week, Yes, it went well! ;Does any,
one • know. . anyone who wants: ,. a
slightly used ex -school teacher?�
I haven't : received onofficial
communication from the school'
'board yet, but. I understand they
had an emergency meeting right
after my speech, and :drew up the.
appropriate. .charges of mopery;
gawk andintellectual malnutrition
When ' I began . to . write the
speech, I couldn't think of. a single
Good Reading Habit. Then, dimly,
from myold health class In 'public
school, .they began to : filter back.
Rule: When reading the light
should` cotnne overY our left should
er. It's very- awkward if . your left
shoulder happens to be higher than
your right: Unless, of': course, you
are . an Arab and read fromight
'to. left then. I presume it should'
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come over your right shoulder.
Rule No:. 2: Always read in the
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THE L,UCKNOW • SENTINEL, !LUCKNOW, ONTARIO
bathtub, when' possible..
Somebody once said that 'the
ideal education would be a .boy sit-
ting on one end of a log, and, Mark
Van Doren, a. great Americanedu-
cator, sitting on the other.
My notion of a great educational
advance would be a' .classroom with
35 bathtubs, -and u. on, the plat-
form' a supertub, •in pink 'mother-
of-pearl, for Mr. Smiley.
Think of the. .realism we . could
inject when Lady Macbeth says,,
`A little water will wash ' us of ,
this deed." . Think ' of the ' special
effectswe could . obtain while read-
ing Old Man and . the Sea; or Ty-
phoon. ' We'd all,' be in swim. suits,
naturally:'
Well, from that point, my sPeech.
moved effortlessly into the: results
OfGood Reading Habits in history.
I reminded the kids of Archimedes.
Think what, the world . would' have'
missed if he. hadn't' climbed into
his bath. one day with :a copy of.
Ovid's poems:
The minute::; he: sat down,, he
knew there was something wrong.
"Paprika!", " he screamed ` ,and.
leapt out of the tub. Somebody had
put paprika instead of bath salts
in the water, And • thus was born
Archimedes Principle, one of ow
great laws of physics, I'm not quite
sure what it is, but I think it's
something " like.. "Half a bath is.
"better than none."" Anyway, as
we all ` know,.: ' it's a. very import-
ant, principle!' 4 '
I left the kids . with this . solenin
thought : An economic reyerse can
take away your new . car, your
split-level mortgage ,and •y o u r,
wife. Advancing . years can take
away yourteeth, your ' figure, and
your .husband. But nothing can.
take, away •Good 'Reading Habits..
Many, years from now, ; the ma -
trim of the nursing home will point.
outa desicated old chap sitting
in a wheel -chair with a ' huge book
on his knees. "That's Mr. Smiley.
Used. to be an English ; teacher.
Poor old': fellow. He's blind now."
And the visitor .•; will say, "It,
doesn't seem to 'bother him much.
What's the old coot grinning at?"
And the ' matron will: reply,
"Oh; he. went blind when he Was
88, and was furious for a .while,
'because he couldn't ' read,but he
learned the Braille: system in six
weeks,, and now he reads every-
thing he can get his .; hand' on.
Including ,the nurses." • •.
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Sometimes ' when a politician
stands on his record it's. • because
he's afraid that if he gets off some-
one will read it. ' •
Wednesday, FEBRUARY.5;
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Bill Kinahan Ends Term .As Presid€
.Saugeen Life Underwwriters Assoc -Rodney Helwig, Walkerton
iation for 1964: held a well -attended . president, Bert' Disch, . Walke:
Meeting held at the Pour . Aces
Restaurant, Clifford..
Kinahan o.f 'Lucknow,
William ,
Saugeen president for the past year
and ,a half,sincerely' thanked the.
members for ' their _support and
more particularly the . executive.
which had worked with him.
Harry B g rue man , of Hanover.
. .. , ..
presented the: slate of officers and
executive m e m: b .e r s. Clarence
Thompson. of Walkerton .installed
the following; officers ,and commit
Secretary -Treasurer,, Arthur- Tl
Walkerton; Committee Chair
Membership and: Attendance,
Disch, ' Walkerton Program;
liam Kinahan, • Lucknow; E
and Practice, Clarence -Thom
Walkerton; Education.. and Pt
ity, Harry Bruegman,:: Han
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