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many poisonous plants
sare - so eem non and. seemingly
innocuous 'that 'you don't sus -
Peet their tonic qualities.
The pretty anountaln laurel
plant was ussd by the Delaware
Indians to make a suicide ipo.
tion. ,Rhododendrons contains ,a
poison •thathas shown: up in
the honey made by bees that
visited the plant, '
The popular Christmas ;flow-
er, the poinsettia, is 'full of an
acrid burning juice, so lethal
that a child who 'consumed one
Poisonous'
leaf Of the plant might die.
11'lost dangcrgQtsis of all plants
in she vegetable garden is
rhubarb. Its stalk, commonly
used in baking and Cooking,acourse is not toxic, but the
leaf blade contains oxalic acid
which crystallizes in the kid.
neys, causing severe. damage.
You can never , know • nddch
plants are poisonous. The onlY
safeguard, authorities agree, is
to keep all plants away from
very small children who may
nibble en them; and to teach
a
Tants
t +o ' put 11n
their mmouths a yop nt or berrY
not commonly, used 'as Food.
Adults, of cbur$e, sbouldn't
SWIM "medicinal" oonceotions
from plants or chow on plant
stens. '
if someone does -ingest a
dangerous plaint, tall a physician•
immediately for 'bis advice. It's
not always advisable to induce
'vomiting, for some plants con-
tain corrosive juices that could
severely damage tissue of the
digestive tract during vomiting.
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lie-len'g student.
Training fpr, medicine starts
with three -or four years of Pre -
Medical subjeots, with emphasis
on science, and aIs•'o a wide
range .of. other subjects of the
student's own choice, , Fo'ur
years as a medical student fol-
low, during which are taught
the wonders of the htiman body,
how to preserve it in good
health, what,, ills afflict it, hone
to relieve these ills, and most
important, how to prevent them.
After graduation, education
of the doctor continues on the
average for approximately 40
ryears. First there is a year as
a hospital intern. After intern-
ship, some en'ter;a career devot-
ed to family practice while
other spend four more years
of hospital training for specialty
practice. And others enter pub-
lic health, toaching, research
and administration or some
other branch of medicine.
Whatever path the doctor
chooses, says the C.M.A., in
this era of explosive scientific
advance, he must spend his en-
tire active professional life as
a student, keeping abreast of
new developments.
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Well. U you rentennber, jlast
week I' was explaining how we
could improve the high sebooi
system. We had thrown put the
Lord c Prayer' and The 'Qt!ec- ,
not because; we are at>heistic or
anti -royalist, but because . both
are meaningless in that context.
Then we had the .warm-up pe-
riod; a half-hour of popular mu-
sic, jokes, news, weather repast.
This wakes u,, the children, and
starts the day not with a w:iim-
per, but with a bang.
Following this would come a
solid hour' of hard work. We'd
switch on the telebision. For 45
minutes, we'd enjoy the lesson
in propaganda from Laurier. La -
Square, or in charm from Wat
Patson, or in niopery and gawk
from some cabinet minister, er
in double -think from Lesser
Person, or itt rhetoric from
John Diefendummer or in
whatever the Department of
Education in its ineffable in-
sight had chosen for the day.
After the lesson teacher and
students would discuss' its con-
tent' end -- or try to -retain- their
breakfasts.
It's about- 10:30- a.m. now.
Time for the Anti -Aggression
session.` The class presidents
would distribute equipment.
Every student would be given
a block of woad and a mallet pr
two. pieces of tin. For 15 Min-
utes, each would pound on his
wood or tin until he was cleansed
of aggressive- tendencies. Only
the—teacher viootd-"-se- Moves
to pound students, and only
with a wet towel, to get rid of
his aggressive -urges.'
This would be followed, logi-
cally, aby 15 minutes , of soft mu-
•
sic piped into the classrooms,
, until everybody was completely
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relaxed. :Maybe even asleep. lt's
11 a.m,
Then it's, everybody, the 1400
-kids and the 60 -odd teachers,
out and around the block. Brisk-
ly if winter, sauntering in better
weather, English teachers would
burble about the beauty of na-
ture. Science teachers would
point out Flora and Fauna (the
two busty waitresses who dr A-
ped out of Grade 11 last year):
Math teachers would ° explain
that the sho.test•,distanee be-
tween two points (a warm
classroom and a warm class-
room) is a square block.
Time to eat. Everyones re-
laxed, refreshed, rave dous. At
present. the kids eat in shifts.
stand -in long lines, sit at long
tables like .convicts, gulp their
jelly doughnuts, jam -and -peanut-
butter sandwiches, and soup
(often in that order), and hurtle'
back to classes.
Under my system ,there'd be
an hour and a half for- lunch.
There'd be no more than eight
at a table. There'd be waiters
and waitresses, given this chore'
as a punishment, instead oisa_
detention. Lunch Would be ,free:
a hot dish, all you could eat.
But how to overcome the
overcrowding. Simple. Lunch-
hour (and a half) would be
combined with Learning -Leisure
Period. Sociologists warn 'us'
gloomily that one of the great-
est problems facing mankind is
the use of leisure hours, when
the work -week has been- reduced
by automation to about 20 -hours.
This period would enable stu-
dents. to develop a hobby.
There'd be 10 snooker. tables.
There'd be curling and figure-
skating in •winter. There'd be
gardening in good weather.
There's be stamp clubs and
writtns clubs and flowenarrang
ing clubs and Indian clubs.
In the gyro, or outdoors in
fine weather, you'd find your
most learned savants, strolling
like Socrates, ready `to question
and answer those who really
wanted to learn .someth'.ng.
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Every summer, thousands oto
people are injured by power
`lawn. mowers,
°Ninety pez,' cent - these
casualties are caused by carat**.
cess en the part QEF the -owner
er m ;
oroperator, avid oeuldtbe avoid-
ed if these simple precaution,;
were observed: ,
Regard your mower as .a apiece.
6f power equipment; study the . •
dealer's manual and learn 'the
controls . Know' how to turn it,
oft quickly, aswell as bow to
start it; never addfuel to an
engine while it is running or.
while you are smoking,' Store
gasoline out of the way of Chil-
dren, in safe containers:
Before mowing, clear the lawn
of all debris that the blade
,coujd throw; keep children- and . .
pets at a sale distance; don'ts
mow barefoot or while wearing , E
sandals.
Use caution when operating
a riding -type mower an h slope;
never pull a mower toward you;
always stop - the engine when
leaving the machine, even for a
moment; avoid :mowing when
the grans is wet. Wet grass clogs -
the mower, increase chances of
slipping; don't overspeed the •
engine or tamper with the gov-
ernor.
In designated classroom s,
there'd be instruction in Vises
and bridge and chess and darts
and sex. Theie'd be ne over-
crowding in the cafeteria, I
guarantee.
I haven't quite figured- out the
afternoon 'program yet. Person- -
ally, I'd send them all hoar at •
one o'clock. But their parents
dese:46 something mare than
t�iat"°"liorfas , .after paying" _an...... —
those taxes. We'd probably
spend the afternoon at sports,
drams, music, painting, sculp
ture, pure matt+ and science.
These who weren't -nterested -
in these thing;, would have dor-
mitories provid4:1, where they - •
could stretch oi't for en hour or
two in -order to Lie 4: ssh when
their favrite TV programs came
on ,at home.
This is jus+,- a rough outline,
but I' think it's high time some-
one came up with a blueprint .
that{ reflects our age, rather
than the Victorian.
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