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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1942-10-08, Page 6Sociologist Advises on Courtship by Youths Young people will probably ;make wiser choices of marriage partners if they date many different persons' of the opposite sex rather than con- fine themselves to one too early, in thedating period. This is the opinion of Dr. M. E. John,associate, professor of rural sociology at the Pennsylvania State .college, who spoke before, a town and, country pastors' meeting here. His subject was "Preparation for Marriage." "Wide ac g uaintanceshi' s with q 1? young -people of the opposite sex help to educate the emotions and enable adolescentsto discover their preferences," Dr. John said. He cited studies showing that fac- tors of a successful marriage in- clude long acquaintance, -a-.model, •ately long engagement, approval by the parents of both, die happiness of both sets of parents in their own marriage, wiloleserne adolescent re- p yafionshi s with, 'bifida , - and mod- ,. erate fondness for, social activity. ' In addition,both families should come from the same economic lev- el, both young people should have relatively the same amount of edu- cation, and there should not be too wide a gap in their ages. Present-day hindrances to a whole- some courtship include too strong an attachment to parents and shoos- -ing a partner for wealth or social position rather than compatibility, Dr. John added. - Furthermore, today's courtships must often : be carried on in the en vironment of commercialized "thrill - selling" recreation. As a result, courtship bas become too much of a recreational activity, and many young people expect impossible per- fection of marriage. Parents are sometimes at fault by trying to choose the partner for' their chil- dren. , • 2 Giant Sassafras Trees Preserved in Entirety • Two mammoth sassafras trees, among the largest in the country, which have stood as sentinels on route 20 since the settling of the Western Reserve, have been pre- served in.. their entirety by the Ohio department• of highways. r .. In a 'Went reconssruc-tioa, widen- ing and paving of this highway spe-• tial orders were given, by Hal G. Sours,' state director of highways, that every precaution be taken to preserve these two trees, which stand just west of North Madison Corners on the north side of the road. Sassafras trees of the size of these two monarchs are rare, says the Columbus Dispatch. Seldom are they found with trunks that meas- ure 41 feet in diameter, as do these. Being so close to the highway, this regal pair necessitated special grading treatment as well as a Modification of the grade of the pavement itself, so they would not be disturbed. :•i The highway department even constructed a stone retaining wall to protect the exposed roots of the trees to the east, which is above the new grade of the road. ' Farm Lumber Needs Farmers can now order construc- tion lumlter: for their farm storage and packing needs, as provided• in an amendment to the WPB lumber - freezing order. Sales may be made to any person for use in the con- struction or repair of buildings for storage of agricultural products and for packing, boxing and slipping. Such products, provided , that 'a signed compliance statement ac- companies ccompanies the order, This not only permits farmers to obtain lumber, but also makes it possible for deal- ers to use farmer -signed statements to obtain lumber from. mills. In addition to this provision, certain kinds of cut lumber not now being used for war purposes are available for: farm use. A Year to Go Pvt. Malcolm Dixon of Fort Dev- ens, Mass., walked up to • his ser- geant, went through the routine. ex- planation of why, when, and where, and then •stood by 'while the non- com wroteout an overnight pass. 17rii!ate Dixononlywanted to• go in to Boston for the .evening. ,Aa the pass, turned out, the sergeant—who had been transferred from the South- west only, a short time before -ab- sent windedly •had written Fort Worth, Texas, as - Dixon's destina- tion. But more breath -taking even, he had dated the one-night pass as officially good from May 10, 1942- to May 11, 1943-a full year's free time for Private Dixon! Remodeling hi Defense • Areas Most. building right now. consists of remodeling and rehabilitating in defense areas. Remodeling that adds living quarters in congested areas is given the highest priority ratings. Good rent revenue can be earned from many older homes ,,by finishing attics or porches into at- tractive bedrooms with•colorkote in- sulating board that builds- and .":leco- rates-the walls in one operation. Shrub to Be Grown ' As Rubber Source A native American plant, which for years has been of minor importance as a source of rubber, may be -com- ing into its own .in the emergency. The lowly desert shrub guayule (the pronunciation "Wy-00-lay" is about as close as English can come to the Spanish word) got the green light in March, 1942, when congress author- ized the department of agriculture to develop the plant as a source of rubber for the United Nations. Cultivation of guayule—now almost entirely a wild plant -is -the essence of the program, says Dr. E. W. Brandes, in ' charge of rubber in- vestigations, writing in the depart-' Ment publication, "Agriculture in the Americas." A substantial acreage is planned, but Dr. Brandes points out that guayule can, be grown suc- cessfully only in the western and southwestern parts of the United States and in the countries south of it. The immediate program, he says, calls for .maintenance of the present •560 acres of plantings in the Salinas valley of California;', additional com- mercial plantings as soon as an in- creased seed supply permits; and testplantingsto find suitable produc- ing areas in California, Texas, Ari- zona, New Mexico'and in Mexico; also tests in Argentina, Chile, . and possibly other countries of the West- ern hemisphere, where natural con- ditions seem favorable. Aerial Bombing Born During World War I Bombers, the backbone . of the army air forces, are heavy artillery on wings, designed to carry destruc- tion to the enemy's industrial areas, transportation, lines o2 communica- tion, and other vital points. Aerial bombing as an organized weapon of offensive warfare was born in- the World war. In the first year of the war, the few planes in action were used almost 'exclu- sively for observation purposes, and were not even armed. Pilots of op- posing sides often would wave to each other in passing. As bitter- ness increased, the fliers took to shooting at each other with pistols.' Til�n came machine guns. TIie first bombs were ineffective, and bombsights, when used at all, were crude, so that the results were pretty much on a hit-or-miss basis— more noise than damage. After the. World war, the army air corps continued building and experi- menting with bigger and better, harder -hitting bombing planes. In 1921 a Martin bomber, in a test off the Virginia Capes, dropped a ton of bombs on the obsolete battleship Alabama, and sank it. Each suc- ceeding year, army air corps pilots were at the controls of bombers that flew faster and with a greater bomb load. The uncannily accurate American bombsight was an accom- panying development. THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD How 'to Use Less Sugar for Canning Canning more fruitwith less sugar e pro em or ouse- wives this summer. Juice from well ripened fruit may be used in place of :,part or all of the sugar sirup. In spite of sugar rationing the gov- ernment is encouraging the home canning of more fruit to improve family diets and health, and to help relieve the country's wartime transportation load. Home econo- mists suggest ways to stretch sugar in canning Can more fruit and preserve less. Canning fruit or juice requires less sugar than making jellies, jams, marmalades and preserves. Fruit or fruit juice may be canned sue cessfully: with little or no sweeten- ing. Fruit may also be canne w just enough -sugar -sirup in each jar to give a slightly sweet flavor and the rest of the space filled with juice. Cook fruit in an open kettle to draw out thejuice, and then pack ' hot and cover with hot juice. Mild -flavored sirups like honey or corn sirup may be used in canning fruit. Honey or corn sirup may be substituted for as much . as half the sugar in canning, but a larger proportion of sirup will mask the delicate fruit flavor -as will a sirup with a distinctive flavor, such as maple, sorghum, or molasses. Sac- charine, a coal tar product with a very sweet taste, cannot be used in canning because it becomes bitter when heated. Plowing on the Contour Pastures and meadows which are subject to erosion and which are plowed for the production of corn or soybeans can often be plowed on the contour, leaving buffer strips of sod to mark the contour lines and wide grass waterways in the draws that tend to erode. The use, of contour -farming with contour buf- fer strips, 18 feet to 30 feet wide, and grass waterways not only helps to reduce soil erosion tosses, but also makes contour farming much more satisfactory by reducing point rows and making possible turns in the contour rows and grass waterways. Furthermore, this practice permits cultivating the more productive parts of the field and leaving out those areas low in productivity, sul- lied or so steep that they can not profitably be farmed without exces- sive wear and tear on the machin- ery _ Fund for Transients • Bryan Mullanphy's will, executed -lin August,'1849, provided'that:"I, Bryan Mallanphy, do make and de- clare the following to be my last will and testament: One equal undivided third of all my property, real, per- sonal and mixed, I leave to the city of St. Louis, in the State of Mis- souri, in trust, to be and consti- tute a fund to furnish relief to all poor immigrants'and -travelers com- ing to St. Louis on their way, bona fide, to, settle in the West." Mr. Mullanphy °.died June 15, 1851, and the city of St. Louis accepted the trust fund on November 16, 1857, as the Bryan Mullanphy Emigrant and Travelers' Relief._ fund. The trust maintains, and operates the Mullan- phy Travelers' Aid society and co- operates with the National Travel - ere" Aid society. Living ,Rooni Decor Here's a suggestion for an attrac- tive Chinese modern living room: gray `ash fireiilace wall and'•wood- 'work, blue colorkote walls and car- pet, ash gray „upholstery. For a color accent, use a striped blue' and American Beauty red fabric=* t -the Windows. i Search for Oil Clues In Mud of Seabottom The discovery of brilliantly col- ored pigments of red, green and other colors, in the 8,000 -year-old seabottom muds has lent emphasis to studies at the Scripps. Institution of Oceanography in La Jolla, Calif., to discover what chemical organ- isms are at work in the complete darkness of the black nmd. Vampire Bat rhe vampire' bat has the kind of face and figure that would never en- dear it to humans. Small beady eyes and a set of needle-like teeth in an ugly mouth seem to go with its, -unpleasant habit of living ex- clusively on a diet of blood. The vampire, which. ' is not one' of the larger members of the bat family— it has'a wingspread of only a little. over a foot—does its flying and its feeding at night.. And it isn't fussy about the kind of blood it drinks, just so the liquid is fresh and warm. During its nocturnal flights it.may drop with surprising lightness on a cow, a ,horse, a dog, a bird -or a human being. And its teeth are so small and ;sharp :that. it frequently drinks its till'without waking the vie- • Dr. Denis L. Fox, assistant pro- fessor rofessor of biochemistry, reports that ancient materials of biological ori- gins, preserved by the nature of the environment from destruction by oxygen, light or heat, may account for the colored specimens of mud. Whether oil is formed by micro- organisms or the same agencies which produce this material, is a question occupying not only Dr. Fox but Dr. Claude E. ZoBell, assistant professor of marine microbiology, and Dr. H. U. Sverdrup, director of the institution. The presence of many chlorophyl derivatives and carotenoids in the sea deposits has opened several lines of investigation, according to Dr. Fox. Teachers Need Basic Principles' Teacher training institutions spend too much time telling teachers what to do and too ,little time instilling the fundamental principles of educa- tion, according to Dr. Frank A. But- ler, associate professor of education, at the Pennsylvania State college. "Instead of telling future teachers how to make assignments, how to ask questions, how to gain attention, how to take attendance, and how to seat pupils, we should give them such basic principles as the need for a goal, emphasis on individual dif- ferences, integration of subjects, and the importance of education as growth," Dr. Butler said today. Given native intelligence and a pleasing personality, teachers can be taught the science of education as they can be taught to drive a car, he said. Criticism of our teacher training centers and evidences of poor teaching in the pubile schools show the need' for a change in em phasic in educational courses, he be- lieves. H Louis Binger One of the founders of the French Sudanese empire was' Louis Gus- tave Binger (1858-1938), an Afri- can explorer born in Strassburg, France. He was the first European to explore, Kong and disproved the accepted theory. that there were mountains in that .region: In 1887 he started from Bamaku, explored Sikaso, visited Baromo and Waga- dugu in :1889.• and reached Grand Bassam in 1889. Binger was respon- sible for placing • Tieba, Kong, and Boutuku under French protection. In recognition of his work as a pio- neer ia neer in those lands, the French gov- ernment made him commissioner for the settlement of Ashanti bound- aries with Englaffd in 1892. He was named governor of the, French terri- tory on the Ivory, Coast from 1893 to 1898 and was director of the French colonial department from 1896 to 1908. Jaguars •,Taguars do not often, attack peo- ple, but cases are on record where they have. done so. It is believed they are" afraid to attack men un- less driven by great hunger. Ilia small piglike animals called pec caries are. victims . of jaguars, but the big cats are careful about the way they attack a herd. Peccaries stand together; in the face of, "en- - er,, ,and, could kill even ;a jaguar if it ,did not get out. of the way; in. a hurry., "When hunting :peccaries, a jaguar leaps, into a herd and seizes one of them hi its mouth. -Then ,it *-climbs a: tree as fast as possible and 'waits there .until: the rest of :the pecoaries 'go. away. Jaguars have been shot,ia California and„ • exas, but, they are "rare north 'ot,MIico. • B Rationing' of Gasoline ti Affects Tourist Trade Touring In the gasoline -rationed East this summer will have to be limited to the distance which motor- ists can travel with the gasoline ob- tained with their "A" ration cards, the Office of Price Administration has warned. This applies to auto- mobile owner's 'who live outside the 17 eastern states where rationing has been put into effect, as well as to those who reside inside' the rationed area. In order to save' as much of the East's lirnited petroleum supply as possible for essential use, the card rationing plan must drastically re-, strict the travel of the pleasure, or non-essential, driver, OPA officials pointed out. Tourists 'from outside the 17 rationed' -states will be subject to the same regulations when they enter the rationed area. Signs -.along the highways at all entry points will di- rect visitors to apply atthe nearest rationing board for a- ration card. Service • station/ attendants will be able to give information regarding the location of these boards. The. board will be authorized to issue such visitor an "A" ration card promptly, except in the case; of those entering the area on business. Such exceptionswill be eligible for cards that will provide for their needs. But the vacationist, as well as all other pleasure drivers, will be able to obtain no more rations than do the • same class of drivers in the rationed area. Fruit to Be Frozen ' Must Be Fully Ripe Harvest practice in picking fruit for freezing is different from pick- ing fruit for fresh market sale, the department of agriculture points out. For market sale'many fruits are picked unripe to allow for ripen- ing ipen ing as they roll to market. For finest flavor, fruit for freezing must be fully mature. It must be handled rapidly and promptly. A short storage period may be allow- able, and this will vary with the; kind of fruit, but it will be con- siderably shorter than for the same fruit harvested for the fresh mar- ket. Weather conditions—dampness or dryness—will largely determine the permissible storage period for the full ripe fruit intended for freez- ing. In the case of berries a further modification of harvest practice is important. Pickers should thorough- ly clear the bushes of ripe, berries at every picking. Full ripe fruit left on the plant may quickly be- come moldy, especially in damp weather, and so 'contaminate an entire lot at the next picking. How Do You Say It?, Do you say "Ahnt Nellie," "Awnt Nellie," or "Ant Nellie"? It doesn't matter particularly, ac- cording to Prof. Joseph F. O'Brien of Pennsylvania State college, so long as your pronunciation is accept- able to educated people in the sec- tion where you live. "Too many teachers have become nearsighted in the matter of pronun- ciation," Professor O'Brien said. "If two or three pronunciations are permissible for a particular word, children should be allowed to use whichever is most natural to them. "Where dictionaries give a choice, there is often a very close margin in their selection of the one which comes first," Professor O'Brien de- clared. "It is foolish to insist that children in the' Middle West use a broad 'a' in such words as 'bath,' 'can't,' 'laugh,' and 'dance' when such usage is common only in New England and among certain portions of the population of New York city." Undue stress on pronunciation may lead to ridiculous results, he added. Using "nate-yure" for "na- ture" and"fort-yune" for "fortune," for example, is clumsy and is.sel- dom heard outside a classroom. e y ra a pp es Ordered by the Army The army is now buying dehydrat- ed apple nuggets, according to the 'war department. A contract- has, been awarded by the army ,quarter master- corps for the purchase of one million pounds. This product looks very much like popcorn and when eaten "straight" has ` a delicious,, tart flavor. It- also tastes good when mixed with cereals in place' of fresh or canned fruits. it makes excellent apple sauce and apple pie; in fact, can be used in practically every way as a substi- tute for canned apples. The army's applenuggets, nu ets thor- oughly tested in Bakers and Cooks schools throughout the country, are made from a commercial grade known as "extra good." Not all types of apples adapt: themselves well to drying. Ideal for the pur- pose' ur-pose'' are the tart varieties like the Rome Beauty, the Baldwin and the Stayman Winesap. Thus far the apple is the only de- hydrated fruit, except the lemon, being purchased for American - troops, because for most fruits now bought on a quantity basis the dried form serves army purposes Satisfac- torily. The advantage of dehydrat- ed apples over the dried kind is that their flavor is superior. They keep exceptionally well. There's also a substantial saving in weight. Dehydrated apples con- tain only 3 to 5 per cent moisture or. less, whereas the dried fruits con- tain anywhere from ' 17 to 26 per cent. Albino Natives in Africa White Negroes and Negresses (& - binos) are not uncommon in Africa. Sometimes the albinism is complete, sometimes pie -bald. The skin is, however, pinkish and not white. In former days, before European con- trol, an albino male was executed. at the conclusion of peace terms, following warfare. This was at Onitsha in Nigeria, and there is no evidence to show that the practice was common. There is a record that the Bokongo tribe required an albino or some hair from one before they could form a new branch, of a secret society.,, Some writers, refer to albinos as being regarded as re- incarnatigns of deceased chiefs. Literature contains references to the matrimonial difficulties of al- bino males, who are held in dis- favor by women: ' There is an in- stance ;of the., usualtribal marks, which are incisions in the akin, be- • ing denied to an • albino. !Ceiling' Calculator By throwing a patch of light on a cloud at night it is possible to cal- culate the height of the "ceiling" over airports, according to the Bet- ter Vision Institute..,Recently a de- vice has been developed in the Unit- , ed States for use 'during daylight. A rotating -sector 'disc:i•s placed before • a light beam, thereby form- ing. a flashing piitch'of;light on the cloud surface. This patch is invisi- ble.to: the human eye, but it can; be picked up..by an "electric eye." This daylight method, it is reported, gives accurate results up to 9,000 'feet. Sugar Beet Emerges As Wartime Resource The sugar beet is making its de- but as the most popular plant of the year. When in 1917 the United States entered World War: I, the an- nual production- of beet sugar was approximately 850,000 tons. In the intervening years production has more than doubled, reaching a peak of 1,890,000 tons in 1940. Today there are 100,000 farmers growing beets for sugar on 1,000,000 acres of fertile land in 19 states. The num- ber of field workers employed is about 150,000. Tens of thousands are also employed in factories and offices of the industry, which today is more necessary than ever, be- cause it must furnish us with need- ed eeded sugar supplies. Sugar is not a luxury, but a .ne- cessity for a balanced diet. . To- gether with starch, it is the most important member of the carbohy- drate group. It is the fuel of the body, supplying both heat and ener- gy. Its value in providing added en- ergy when necessary, has long been recognized by athletes, and army of- ficials. Sugar rates high on a com- parative scale of food values for its supply of energy and its digesti- bility. Food vs. Gray Hair Adequate food seems to have quite a bit to do with the gray hair problem, according to nutrition re- search workers. They have made black -haired rats turn gray while their brothers kept sleek black coats. The difference traces to the diet fed the animals. While research workers the coun- try over as yet have not isolated any one factor which can forestall or cure graying of hair, there are a number of factors which are close to the answer. One is pantothenic acid, which is a member of the vita- min B family. "Pantothenic acid," saidnutrition- ists from the University of Illinois college of agriculture, "will prevent black hair from turning gray, as well as cure graying, but only to the salt -and -pepper stage. Because pantothenic acid does not prevent the salt -and -pepper effect, black rats develop a reddish -brown coat of hair as, they grow older.'L Panto- thenic-acid-rich foods include liver, eggs, molasses, peanuts and whole - grain cereals. • Telephone Routs Pigs Nicholas Scalera, mess sergeant of a signal corps construction cons - patsy engaged in a telephone line - laying project, near Lecompte, La., recently routed persistent intruders —pigs. As soon as his company's fleld headquarters was established, roam- ing pigs laid siege to the kitchen, disturbing mesa routine. They had not anticipated signal corps ingenuity. Around the mess -area, Sergeant Scalers strung two lines on stakes at pig's -nose height 'from the .ground, and attached them to a standard field Telephone. When- ever the pigs appeared, a vigilant KP cranked the phone generating a current strong enough tocause stinging shocks. The pigs withdrew. Community Hospitals Illness is no respecter of persons; it strikes the country or suburban home as readily as it does the city home and all too often dwellers in suburban and country homes have no hospitals to which they may turn for needed care or ,surgery. The lack of hospital facilities has a fur- ther unfortunate effect in that it keeps many competent doctors from locating in rural communities,athere- by rendering evenmore unfortunate the lot of those overtaken by ill- ness in such communities. The tend- ency of doctors to congregate in cities makes itdesirable for a coun- try area to employ means of at- tracting them, and hosuitolo. base been recommended THURS. OCT, 8, 1942 Bengal Bay Deltas '0 Termed `Remarkable' Navel and air operations in the Bay of Bengal have opened up a new war theater which covers some 825,000 square miles, or' an area more than three times that'' of Tex- as, according to the- National Geo- graphic society. An arm of the Indian ocean, cut- ting deeply into southern Asia be- tween India and Burma, the Bay of Bengal is formed in the rough out- line of a pointed arch. It is about 900 -.miles long and 1,300 miles across, as measured at its broadest stretch between the tip of India a the Malay peninsula. The Bay of Bengal washes the shores of some of the world's most thickly settled regions. The prov- inces of Madras, Bengal and Bihar - and -Orissa hold roughly 150,000,000 people, while the big island Crown Colony of Ceylon adds another 6,000,- 1)00. Embattled Burma has a popu- lation 'estimated at close to 16,000,- 000. An outstanding feature of the Bay of Bengal geography is its remark- able delta lands, built up by such large rivers as the Ganges,' Brah maputra, and Mahanadi, on' the In- dian side, and the Irrawaddy in Burma. There are no good natural har- bors along India's east coast, and artificial ports have been construct- ed. Burma's shoreline, on the other hand, presents a number of ex- cellent x cellent harbor sites, including those at Tavoy, Moulmein and Akyab. Dogs Do Sentry Duty At Munitions Plant A German shepherd, a Norwegian elkhound and a greyhound, the first dogs to do sentry duty at a war plant, now are on duty at a muni- tions factory in the Hudson river valley. According to the plant officials, they are acquitting themselves beautifully, adding to the effective- ness and the morale of the plant watchmen. They have not as yet had any occasion to give warning• of intruders but, the guards •are sure, will give prompt notice of any spy or saboteur who might ap- proach the fences which they are patrolling. Their assignment is regarded as especially important for several reasons. In the first place they represent the, fulfillment of the first. commission which the organization received. For another thing the dogs are serving as a memorial to the late Herman E. Mellenthin, not- ed cocker spaniel breeder, since he was the one who brought in the com- mission for these dogs -one of the last acts before his fatal illness. Still another point is that these dogs are the first turned out by amateur trainers. Different Treasury Jobs The secretary of the treasury and the treasurer of the United States are different officers of the govern- ment. The secretary of the treas- ury is the head of the treasury de- partment and as such is a member of the President's cabinet charged by law with the management of the national finances. The treasurer of the United States is not a member of the cabinet; he is an important subordinate in the treasury depart- ment charged with the receipt and disbursement of public money de- posited in the treasury at Washing- ton and in the other depositaries authorfzed by the secretary of the treasury to receive deposits of gov- ernment funds for credit in the treasurer's account. The office of treasurer of the United States was created by the act of September 2, 1789, and Samuel Meredith of Penn- sylvania was the first man to fill the office. • • Makers of Furniture Produce War Goods Airplane, trainers and gliders in- stead of wooden office desks; am- munition boxes instead of meta/ letter -trays and waste baskets; and airplane fuel lines instead of chrome•' plated chair legs—this is:the story, Of - the conversion program, for the furniture industry, the country's:. second largest producer of consum- ers' durable goods. The industry in normal times pro- duces metal: and wooden furniture for the home and the office valued at about $1;000,000,000 annually, sec- ond in dollar value to consumers' goods only to the automobile indus- try. Today, makers of furniture all, over the country are rapidly chang- ing overtheir tools, and facilities not only to the production of wooden airplanes and gliders, but to a wide variety of other war items. Prime- contracts rimecontracts and subcontracts held by the industry exceed $500,000,000. Ap- preciable increases in the rate of production of war goods are expect- ed to beevident by the end of 1942.. The rate of war production by the middle of next year is expected to• be equal to the recent annual pro- duction of civilian items. War equipment soon to be pro duced in quantity by metal furni- ture companies includes ammuni- tion boxes, tail and wing assemblies: for airplanes, rear fin struts, and seating equipment for planes, tanks. and ships. The industry, of course, will continue to make types of metal furniture needed by the armed sere-- ices here and abroad. Better Business Men? ` Coeds, Men Disagree. Despite feminine effort to con- vince them of the opposite, men. • still believe they make better busi- ness executives than women, ac-, cording to a study of 520 college, students made at the Pennsylvania State college. Men interviewed believed that; there is no excuse for suicide, that! rich people are happier than poor' people, that people with high ideals: have fewer friends than those with lower. ideals, that an unpopular per- son could become popular by low- ering his standards of conduct, and that a person is often a failure be- cause of high ethics. The co-eds. tested believed the opposite of all. these. The girls, however, believed that. getting the breaks is more impor- tant to success than being well qualified, that a college education is: nevertheless essential to success, that prize fights before paid audi- ences should be forbidden, that par- ents should not slap or whip their, children, and that a married couple - needs at least $200, a month to sup- port and educate two children. Must Be Over 30 Years Cork of commercial value is not produced by trees less than 30 years of age. Since it is strongly advised that transplanting of saplings and small trees not be attempted and that direct seeding be practiced, it is impossible to bring an acreage into production in less than'30 years. The first stripping bark takes place when the tree is about 20 years old. This Virgin bark or mabcalage is rough and coarse and of little com- mercial value. Its removal, how- ever,'stimulates the growth of cork' so that during the succeeding two or three years a prodigious amount of cork is produced. This growth gradually decreases in rate until aft- er about nine years scarcely any further thickening of the bark is per- ceptible, and at the end of that pe- riod, the second stripping takes pl The second and all subsequent strip- pings produce a bark of commercial value. Does Jesus Have Such Power? Let us not merely chuckle that Jesus was able so effectively 'to meet criticism. That is something. But it is not the main thing. The main thing is this, Jesus has power on earth to ' forgive sins, to set -alien sinners right with "God! That is big news, so to speak. But millions have not heard it or do not believe it, and therefore are without God and, without hope in the world. How can -we escape unless we tell them of this Saviour? .And the class we teach—are all the members aware that Jesus can make a-tone=went for them with God? Do we labor to make clear each theological or doctrinal point and miss this, that Jesus alone On lava us from our Obis? 66 i Attitude of the Community Before any attempt is made to. establish a small hospital or a med- ical center, it is important to edu- cate the local public to the need for such aninstitution and to enlist their, support and co-operation. How the building is to be financed and who - will pay its operating costs are questions which should be faced be- fore any attempt is made to build. An intelligent and public-spirited. committee should be chosen whose• duty it will be to get definite answers' to the following questions: (1) Does the community favor a medical cen- ter project? (2) Can a suitable site be• agreed upon and secured? (3) What. will itcost, or is there a citizen, who will donate the site? (4) Is the - county, or other local unit willing- and able financially—to levy a suf- ficient tax to build and maintain, the center? (5) Is there a person or group of persons available who can be trusted to administer the center properly'? If such questions can be• answered satisfactorily, and if the - community is whole-heartedly be- hind the project, then it will be safe to proceed with the establishment of an adequate medical centee. Salt and Health Salt is an. essential and promi- nent constituent of the blood and of' other fluids of the human body. It performs important functions in the body and from it hydrochloric acid of the gastric juice is formed. It also is chiefly responsible for the, normal solvent power and osmotic pressure of the blood and other body; fluids. The, administration of sodium. chloride (salt) in some form has been shown to be beneficial to work- men who are exposed to' conditions: of unusually high temperature and humidity. A small amount of extra salt being harmless to the majority; of individuals if taken with sufficient fluid, it has become a common prac- tice in industrial plants to urge the taking of a small excess of salt dur- ing hot weather. The loss of salt through perspiration is a contribut- ing factor to heat exhaustion. Camouflage Colors Color is probably the least impor- tant consideration hi camouflage. Because of the great altitude from which an object is seen or photo- graphed in wartime, the colors fade out and in the haze of distance and the eyes usually resolve the whole pattern of a field into a• common color. A forest, for instance, will appear .dark olive drab in color;. fieldswillblend into a brown or tan. It is important, however—when, camouflaging important objects -to. consider the tonal values that will be encountered in a photograph -and obtain' a fairly oldie* color match.