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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1932-10-20, Page 2thurwia^ ocrogER go, ioae TH^^TER^S^pVgcXTg The Carpenter & the College Man (Th? ionowing aytlcjs va§ triKeri tro m the Fergus News-Record) Does education educate? This pointed question was asked and ans­ wered singular circumstances at a banquet recently held in London, Eng. A map who had never made a speech,ip pis Ufe addressed a gath- * ering of college graduates, and he, made a hit. The article dealing [ notice, with this wnfe nuhlishofl frnm tlie' pen of Alexander Irvine ip the Teachers’ World, and reprinted in ■Public Opinion, It is as follows: “About one hundred and fifty stu­ dents who had just received their degrees met for a final dinner, .be­ fore they separated'to go into var­ ious parts of the world, probably to never meet again. They had been so. surfeited wiiith dignified dpivef during the four years at college that they decided to omit the ad­ dress at the final function. “Of two hundred professors there was one man whose criticisms of college addresses was • well known. He had never made an address in his life, and it was suggested, more as a joke than with serious intent, tq» a Qaxpenter or a blacksmith styoulc) need an education? Why should college men consider it degrading to handle topis and make_usefull and beautiful, things? “ ‘Why should a University per? petuate such a revolt against nature in which the man who does no use-1 ful work at all is considered .a gen­ tleman, and' the' creator 'of wealth and beautiful things Should be con­ sidered low caste, in Anglo-Saxon Civilisation, • t ‘“I want to point out to you that' the highest format culture and re­ finement known to mankind was ul- ( timately associated with tools and labor. In order to do that I must THE-QANApA^TARCn ^°‘’ Toronto, October 5>—H You think the much-flshed-for fish Of, Canada ar.e ah to be pitied, make a note of what happens to" some of the luckier varieties. They inhabit gay suinmer resorts in summer and fine city ho­ tels in winter. Now that Jasper Park Hodge, in the Canadian Rockies is closed, the gold fish that sumnwred outdoors in Jasper have arrived, by railway ex­ press in milk caps, at the Hotel Mc­ Donald in Edmonton and at the Fort Garry in Winnipeg, there to spend, the winter in luxurious Indoor pools, Less fortunate are • the fish that summered at Minaki Lodge, another Canadian Railways summer resort. They are of the species bass, apd are! considered incompatible with go'td1 fish. The Minaki fish were put into the outdoor popls* by children ‘ last. spring and have been released into the Winnipeg river to spend the win-' ter in deep waters, far from the mad-! dening crowd. I Even less fortunate will be the Minaki bass of next year. It. is planned to place . numerous speci­ mens in the outdoor pools next spring, to fatten them during the sunny months and to serve them as pieces de resistance on the dining room ta’bles of the Lodge. . rathriv sqrpi’isq4 to find a • man arnopg you who had ever touched this industry at any angle,’ “ in this way he went over the silver, and dwelt rather lengthily on the subject of»mining and the life ' of a miner, Nothing escaped his .......................................................He drew attention to the with this waS published from the carpets and rugs on the floor, to the curtains and drapery of the great windows, to the mural decorations., executed by the greatest living mur-1 present to you a picture, imagina- al painter, There was a rich fresco.tive’ hut in accord with the facts of around the room. He called qtten-1 history and experience.’ ” tipn to it. When he had gone over; most of the things in the room he turned again to the table. | u * *'■ - * ' said, 4n the study of botany,, but I ,don’t voice became wonderfully soft and think any of you would undertake irresistingly appealing'.' The college j to give us a complete classification1 men had been interested; they were of what we see and enjoy on the now spell-bound. He raised his table.’ There was a disposition to hand, and went through the motion laugh, but he wiped the smiles from t cf drawing aside a curtain. | every face around the table by quiet-1 “ ‘Gentlemen,’ he said, ‘may I pre- ing saying. ‘Perhaps you are to be ( sent to you a young Galilean who, is ______________ congratulated that y.ou are at an(a master builder-—Jesus of Nazar- inyite him to deliver the address. If a®e when a sense of humor covers 'a eth!" I they had imagined for a moment multitude of sins, but personally, I1 “It was a weird act. The silence/ . _ that he- would accept the invitation,1 ca»P°t enjoy that which gives me became oppressive. As if address- Ridder, the brilliant young conduc­ ing an actual person of flesh and -tor of Vancouver Symphony Orches-.1^ tra which will be heard over a net-' work of Canadian National Railways' and associated statio'n on Sunday. October 9th from 6 to 7 p.m. E.'S.T., the British market for the past five including CFCF Montreal, CNRO or six weeks are as follows: Ottawa and CFRB Toronto, |is A na-j 159 6 tpns fpr the week of August “There was a pause, a brief mo-' tive of Honand- raeAr ment or two, then with a slow meas- A Dramatic Conclusion “He pushed h'is chair back ‘There are cut flowers here,’ he 'stood a few feet from •the table. Most of you spent some years face betrayed deep emotion. ' they had imagined for a moment multitude of sins, but personally, I he never would have been asked,. He accepted however, and the commit­ tee decide to let $he class grin and bear it. %A Luxurious Setting “The dinner took place in one of the world’s greatest hotels. The ban- quetting hall was known far and wide for its artistic arrangement and luxurious furniture. The young men were dressed in conventional full ev­ ening dress. Most of them were future captains of industry. During the course of the dinner there was a good deal of joking and some ’spec­ ulation about Ithe professor’^ ad­ dress. When the dinner was over’ the chairman rapped for order and introduced the speaker. “ ‘Gentlemen,’ he began, ‘I never made a speech in my life, and I don’t intend to begin now. I. have something to say however, and in saying it I will follow Luther's three-fold rule; “Stand up straightly speak out boldly, and sit down quick­ ly.” “ ‘We are in one of the famous banquetting halls in the world. Bel­ shazzar’s hall compared to this was a lodging on the third floor back. No such art existed in those days as we see around this room. No such viands graced his "board. What there was there was elegant for that day but we live- in another age, an age of art, of craftmanship and. luxury. From the four corners of the earth came the things bn this table. From the lowest forms of day labor to the highest forms of art, we have around us samples of at least a hundred forms of human work. “ ‘Take this tablecloth, to begin with. It is of most exquisite work­ manship. It involves weaving—to go no farther back—bleaching, smoothing, ■ designing. It is a da­ mask linen, beautiful and most pleasing to the eye. I want to a.sk you at question: is there anyone here who knows from personal ex­ perience anything about^ the labor involved? Have any of yo.u ever contributed any labor to the manu­ facture of table linens? I am serious, gentlemen. If,, any of, you have, J would like him to say yes,’ There' was absolute silence. ‘I understand, then,’ he continued, ‘that the making of Such a thing is' beyond ypur ken. Aliens to Pottery ’ “ ‘Let me draw your attention to the samples of pottery here/Surely the men and women 1 _ such beautiful things are artists. pain. and His His Toronto, October 5—Allard de N* other food you ea> buy will giv* you to much delicious nouriihment for such little CROWN JBRAND CORN SYRUP --the fwom KoqoiDy fpod- Ewy tracer Mlle it, Seud lie for “Canoda’a PriM Recipoe” JW practical, home-tMtad recipoe. ’ BDWABDSBUIIG CORN SYRUP News and Information for The Busy Farmer (Furnished by the Ontario Department of Agriculture) & The Motive of Education “ ‘I am a representative univers­ ity man seriously asking myself and . . , you whether the system we call ed-' c°uld make with your hands as other ucation educates?” the silence )bq- men make them?” came oppressive. The men were' thinking. “ ‘Perhaps,’ he corftinued, should have put you more at ease by to the end of the table, and took the telling you at the beginning that I oloth in his hand’ and made bare have never expenieneed the joy of x’“ * J” ' " ’ ” ' fashioning articles’ with hands. Nor that matter, group of men has set its nothing we can eat; w© could not even lend a hand) in the making of anything we see around , us, and truth compels me to venture the sug­ gestion that in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred the chief motive of a college education is- to escape actual participation in just such work as gives, ( worker. * “ ‘A timekeeper performs a use­ ful function, so does a cash register, but the function of education is not1 to turn out timekeepers or cash reg-1 SDeil(iine a ,few ^eeks with isters. ' It has been truly said that^e Mr T J Gunning ‘.d1? Bf7.V Art T'e ,TCS' 1 Mr’ an,i F. Squire and Jam-' ed m mid-ocean they could not build n * Sundav visitors with Mr ' ■ >---------------- ---------- - - - a pontoon to sav^e their live?,! They and Mrg cla >en • -Gunhing ' ? ^tor ;of the Vancouver Symhpony Or-| of the past thirty years. would be equally as helpless in any( Mrg Alvin1 Arksey of St Marys Cliestra lias °fficiated ’ with distinc- j braces the production and improve- eritieal emergency where praetica) )s Tlsi’tlng wlth Mr )„d free- ' IrnniWIArtirp nf flip Arflinqrv +hin-fro \ 4rnarr Arksey. v , Mr. and Mr3.- H. Ogden and fam­ ily are visiting over the holiday with Mrs. Ogden’s parents at' Wing­ ham. Miss Sadler spent the at her home in Staffa. blood he continued: • “ ‘Master may I ask you, as I ask­ ed these young men, whether there is anything in this room that you Britain Buys Barley ’ Receipts of Canadian barley on improved seed CNRO or six weeks are as follows: j 159 6 tpns for the week of August ! tive of Holland. He received his 16; 1249 .tons for September 2; 10i69 tons’ early musical education in that land .1337 tpns for September 16; « -v. 2-, ZS. P j 1 , z, j , J HA‘I ured stri'de, of an Oriental he went and later in Germany, at the well-tons for September 2'3; and 396 for the week September 130.known Cologne Conservatory. He' was a member of the clasS in con­ ducting under the ' famous ^Brahms conductor, Fritz 3teinibach and his successor, Hermann Abemdroth, di­ rector of Cologne Symphony Orches- . tra, being awarded the diploma for, [ violin and conducting. While in Col- j ogne Mr. de ^Ridder’s conducting won for all Canada., considerable favor. On returning to Holland Mr. de^ Ridder appeared as guest conductor' .<, ■ • , ,’ln An.lu.irn and with the l-esidental ■J"’en Mly ‘° ™"trs v jjater fol- cultural £an’s in 1932. The Ontario I lowed an invitation from William Athletic Commission is again ^POJ1" r--------- j__ _____ Johnson zMendelfoerg to direct a performance' s,°riIls these competitions an the or ought to give, joy to the spe^t Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. E. the corner of the table. In.that po-| own sition he looked into the faces of the men and said: “The Master says my anything useful Here we are, ^ben; a, “Yes, I could make the table—I am on whom a university a Carpenter!” stamp. We produce for !( ■ - WHALEN (Intended for last week) Mr. and Mrs. A. .Baillie, of Toron- „ __________ _ 1 to, are spending a few days at Mrs. I orchestra at the Hague> [ Baillie’s home. , | Mr. and Mrs. Mervyn 1 Horseshoe Pitching One of the- features of the . . • ‘ Winter Fair again this year will be .; the horseshoe pitching championship Qn .nn«aria ; In addition J, he I final competitions to decide the , I champion for the, county and" rural J fairs in Ontario will be held at the Royal Honey Prices Going Up Honey producers throughout the Province are considerably gratified with the recently steady rise in price for their product. As a result of heavy/ exportations totalling over one quarter of a million pounds ijr September alone, the domestic price - has' risen from a cent to a cefcit and' a half, and most.’producers are now ' refusing to sell for less than six and a half cents per pound net. With’ rep’orts of further heavy export ship­ ments going forward in October, large beekeepers are watching the : situation with keen, interest. Mean- While smaller producers are prepar-' Ing to take advantage’of an improv­ ed domestic market, which now freed'of the pressure of large indiv­ idual lots of honey, has lost most of’- Of the Amsterdam Symphony Or- rul^ °* fthe Don»toJon Horseshoe its former bearishness, chestra. For two. seasons Mr. de | Pitchers’, ■ Association will govern | Ontario honey is/ now handled 1 Ridder conducted the National ^ie C0Ptests. .. i I Opera in Amsterdam. Thereafter he - , I went to Los Angeles where he hasMiss Minerva Bj«ock, of Zion, is conducted occasionally with, .much Jolfhson at Zion. > Miss Beatrice Dayman, of Kippen’ I is holidaying with her cousin Vel-! ma Squire. wa_j uncle Mr. T, J. Gunning. wrecK-, : and Mrg F; squire and fam-! h.er success at the fapious 'Hollywood I Bowl. i In the California City the conduc- The Canada I ed and Seed Industry seed growing industry in ’ has been gradually develop- improved during the period , It now em< through-a commercial sales promo­ tion representative, and is bottled; .and sold under ’ the industry’s own brand and trademark. In this way its identity is retained through to- consumer and,, every advantage taken- of the powerful “buy British” sen­ timent in Great Britain. knowledge of the ordinary things around us were .‘imperatively neces­ sary. A statement of the' problem is not a solution, and we do not-, gain much by stating that the sys­ tem is to blame and we are n<ot. | “ ‘You certainly are not to blame. You are'the victims of whatever sys­ tem, we have. I cannot say that I( am blameless. I , do not believe that the smattering -of languages, of i mathematics and history is ,educa-I tion.* I believe the system'6f cram- ( ming these things to pass an examin- ( ation is' pernicious. So having been I Mrs. Alvin Arksey, of .St. Marys .. ’ „ ij tion as professor of counterpoint/ ’ | composition and orchestra with Mt. J St. Mary’s College. Mr. De Ridder is' . a valued member of the Los Angeles String quartette, while as a compos-, er his creative gifts earned him de­ reserved recognition. Since coming to Vancouver Mr. de Ridder has established himself in the esteem of the Pacific Coast City music lovers by his ability in bring­ ing the' Vancouver Symphony Orches­ tra to its present surprisingly high level of tecinal and interpretive ex­ cellence. i holiday. | ment of approved varieties of cer- | eals of pedigreed, stock, the produc- ' tion. of forage crop seeds, and the production of field root, garden yeg- , etable, and flower, seeds. It is es­ timated that, in 1931, 3,710 farms were producing seed crops subject to federaf inspection, and that around 12,0'00 persons Were engaged in the production and marketing of the PRESENTATION TO TEACHER The staff and the students of the- Mitchell High School met in. one of the class rooms and presented Mr. Howard Cranston, \one of the staff who has resigned with a beautiful: silk neck scarf, English tie and a. leather bound copy of Burns’ poems. » ZION (intended for last week) / The Woman’s Missionary Society held their regular missionary meet- . . , _ ing on Thursday afternoon of last■ asked for the first time. in my life w&ek at the home of Mrs< w. J-1 moira o-n Tzmfi.irA it. an -r-v__- —_good attend- l^RESENT^TION AND ADDRESS J ance. The president hadz charge of | . phe many neighbors and friends ] opened by singing a hymn. The to make an address, I make it an jjrocjf with a very good attend-1 opportunity to j.enter my protest, s The Purpose of Education “ ‘Education is to prepare and. minutes of the^ last meeting ■ were' equip for the duties and “reSpohsibil-' read arid approved. The roll call , ities of life:—not to turn out Indus-1 next month to be answered with trial rand commercial bosses, gaffers,.‘‘Something we are thankful 'fot” timekeepers and cash registers. I’or a quotation of scripture. would hardly be justified in taking; If was decided to have our Mis- up' your time with these observa- ‘ sionary Sunday service on Sunday tiions alone. So, in addition, I wknt Octofaerr -3'0th with the speaker for “ " (Rev.) Pe- •tined to he masters of men. You ters. The Scripture Lesson was j the meeting. The meeting- was' of Mr. and Mrs. Wes. Dowker met at their home on the townline of Mc­ Gillivray recently and' presented them with a beautiful get of djshes. Mr. and Mrs. .Dowker are moving from McGillivray Twin to West Wil­ liams. who produce' to say this: Most of you men ate des- the pccasioh to be Mrs. What a joy it must be for a man will organize and mobilize their la- read' by Mrs. Melville Hern follow- to hold such a thing in his handr— ' ’ ’ complete—and Say, “I made it!” Many forms ^f labor are involved bor, you will oversee it. “ ‘When you see men around you actually creating beautiful tilings here, also—the digging of clay, the [with their hands, I would like you carting, fashioning, painting, burn-1 to remember that it was my opinion ing, baking and finishing. If thfere the actual labor in the arts and the is a man here who has eyer touched crafts and industries is an infiniie- this form of labor, let him answer. | ly nobler contribution to the happi- N'o one!No one! I ness of mankind than clipping cou- “There are samples of the most pons and living on the sweat of exquisite, and, I know, costly, cut,other men’s brows, glass. That also involves much la­ bor and great art. It is an unique industry in itself. I will not detail you the process; we see the result, but the various fbriris of labor invol­ ved are unknown to us. I would be “ ‘It will not come in our day, but the world will ultimately come to understand that the training of the mind is as necessasy as the train­ ing of the body. considered an unthinkable thing that , .................... U.F MISSION BANDS OF HURON HOLD RALLY ! A . successful Mission Band Rally of the mission bands of the Huron Presbyterial Society" was held on Saturday afternoon last in the school room of the First Presbyter­ ian Church, Seaforth, a delegation being- present from Goderich, Exe- ter,„„Hensall and Seaforth. Mrs. M. A. Reid, JPresbyterial .Secretary for mission bands, presided. The pro­ gram opened with a short Sjong ser­ vice led by Rev- W. A. Young, of Allister Wigg read the Banish Bothersome Boils By Cleansing the Blood Boils are caused by impurities in the blood and are simply an evi­ dence that bad blood is circulating through the system and coming to the surface. The" one way to get rid; of this painful blood disease is to give the blood a thorough cleansing by Using Burddck Blood Bitters, which re­ moved the foul material and thereby banishes the boils, , Mr. John.Horbay, Haff ord, Sask,, writes:—-“For oVef two yeafs I was troubled with' (boils. I tried all grinds of medicine without'-'' any ipesult. A friend told .me to take Burdock Blood Bitters. - Just one bottle arid the boils were all gene.” $ .' ed with prayer by Mrs. Ralph Bat­ ten. The Watchtower herald for China gave a short story. The De-' votional Leaflet* “Th^ Woman of, Tact” was read by MpS. J.* Johns. A paper on Tuffey and Neale, pioneer ministers i^f (Janadlan Methodism was given by Mrs. Pooley. A musical selection was given by the Misses ,Hazel and Myrtle Earl. A, leaflet ( entitled “The Woman, who gave her-' self” was read by Mrs. W. Brock. > Hensail. We meet 'next month at the home of Scripture lesson, which was follow- Mrs. George Earl. The meeting was ed by prayer bY Mrs; M. A. Reid,, closed with a humbei* of short The delegates), were warmly wel- Why should it be *prayers. . . ■ The Sunshirie Mission Band hold their regular meeting on mrday afternoon at the Church. Mr. and Mrs. Mypon Culbert family, of Lucan, spent Sunday with! Mt. and Mrs. Harold Hern. | Mr. and Mrs. Hectoj. Taylor, of Exeter, spent Sunday with Mr. and. Mrs. Warren Brock also Mrs. i Brock’s father. I Mr'. Geo. Stewart and her sister Mr. ?md Mrs. Dickinson, of London Township and her brother Charles and wife oi London. 11 Mr. and Mrs. James Wallis, of Bonfield, was the guests of Mr, and Mrs. Melville Horn oh Sunday. j A large number attended Kirk- tdn Fair- On Wednesday of last week.! Harold Hern won 1st prtee for his baby beef for Usborne Town- I corned by the pastor, Rev. Irving B will Kaine. Sat* I-------------------- ------ and ship, ■’The worst thing about stacle is that it is always Way. an in bb- the CONVENTION AND TRAINING SCHOOL Stephenf Exeter and iUsborne Re­ ligious Education Council will hold their annual convention in the Elim? ville United Church on Friday, Oc­ tober 28, afternoon and evening. Miss Netannis Semmens, represen­ tative of the O-R.K.’C. will be the speaker an'd Ret. J. Ht Stainton will give an address. Beginning Oct'ober l>3.th and continuing for five days a standard Teacher will be held each United church at will be conducted Laine, Rev. J. R. Betprs and Rev. S J. Mathets. The officers of the As­ sociation are: President/ Mr. Wilbur Youri^, of Greenway; Vice-President Mr, Arthur Amy, of crediton; Sec­ retary-Treasurer, Miss Ruby Fink- beiner, Crediton. 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