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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1961-10-05, Page 2Modern Worship Of Lifelong Security A statement from the dean of one of the U.S. nation's promi- tent, law schools, given at grad- tiation time a few weeks ago, still is worth repeating, It was the comment of Dean Erwin N. Griswold of Harvard University and it dealt with a subject Familiar to all of us: As we con- sider mounting college enrol- ments and expenses, we also should be giving thought to the purpose of it all. You expect older persons to be concerned with security. But Dean Griswold, for one, cannot understand why so many of col- lege age also put personal se- curity above most other con- siderations, even at that age, He wonders what has happened to the one-time zest of young peo- ple for more adventure in von - tions, those involving more risk and service of the kind that might pay off more in satisfac- tion and gratitude than in cash. Taking an example from his own profession, he asked, "How many students leave law school these days with a desire to prac- tice in the field of criminal law conscientiously in the public in- terest, or to represent people whose civil liberties are impair- ed? How many desire to engage in correctional work, or in youth guidance activities? "How many high ideals come into our law schools and are slowly stifled by our constant emphasis on a safe, highly or - Easy -Knit Success ti1 £Aura WLaeQ& New! A jerkin that's smart or year 'round wear—a tailored buckle cinches the waist. Fasy-knit jerkin — cr3sually right and cozy with skirts or clacks, Cables add texture in- terest. Pattern 741: directions sizes 32-34; 36-38 included. Send THIRTY-FIVE CENTS (stamps cannot be accepted, use postal note for safety) for this, pattern to Laura Wheeler, Box 1, 123 Eighteenth St., New Tor- dinto, Ont, Print plainly PAT- TERN NUMBER, your NAME end ADDRESS. rOR THE FIRST TIME! Over 0 designs in our new, 1962 Needlecraft Catalog — biggest ever! Pages, pages, pages of fashions, home accessories to knit, crochet, sew, weave, em- broider, quilt, See jumbo -knit bits, cloths, spreads, toys, linens,. afghans plus free patterns, Send 250. Ontario residents must include 10 sales tax for each CATALOG ordered, There is no sales tax on the patterns. ISSUE 39 — 1961 ganized business practice as the best objective for making the Most money?" The same challenges could be repeated in almost any field of education, And Dean. Griswold made it clear where he thought the explanation would be found. "Americans," he said, "long have worshipped success and too often have, given it a purely monetary index. More recently, the goal has shifted to security' the safest way to assure a fairly good income over a rea- sonable span of years. "But neither money nor se- curity is a sound scale to mea- sure true worth. The atmosphere of free inquiry is fruitless un- less we use it to enable our students to shake off narrow- ness, prejudice and blind ortho- doxy and to develop their minds and hearts,"—Muskegon (Mich.) Chronicle Good Old Days When Folks Came To Stay They started coming in• about June 1, and they never dreamed of cutting their visite shorter than two ' weeks. To country children who had little contact with the outside world t h e y brought the glamourous breath of city life; new ways of doing your hair, the latest fashions in dress, and the sheet music to , "Peggy O'Neal" and other popu- lar hits.. You thought of them simply as "Summer -Kin." Summer Kin came- in assorted shapes, sizes, and ages, and by various means of transportation. You prepared for their visits by cleaning the chimneys of all the coal oil lamstrimming the wicks; and, if they were extra classy kin, draining the oil and. washing the glass lamp bowls.. You spread clean, white -fringed counterpanes on the beds, and wet the 'broom and swept, the floor matting real good. You also swept up the bareback yard; nobody wasted ••precious water, pumped by a windmill or carried by bucket from•, a' well, on back ' yard grass, You put a clean white cloth on the milk -cooler, pinning it with clothespins, and scrubbed out the. cedar water bucket which hung on. the back, gallery. Extra - leaves were put in the dining, room table, and clean, starched, elaboratelyembroider- ed scarves and table runners were put on dressers. and tables. You washed windows, using a few drops of coal oil to' make thein bright As a final gesture you cleaned off the mantelpiece. Then you were ready. Cooking dinner for our own family and a batch of Summer Kin was a job which began right after washing the break- fast dishes ... If the company was good help, they wouldoffer to churn, scrape new potatoes, set the table, peel the peaches for a cobbler, or make the corn- bread, With all hands pitching' in, we put on dinners — every day — that would shame the frozen dinner folks clear' out of business ... As children we did not resent waiting for the sec- ond table; it was part of the scheme of things. Gone are the days of Summer Kin as we knew them.. We felt sad when they used to pack their grips and drive away to catch the train. Extra bedrooms and baths. take care of occasional weekend • Company nowadays with o u t making a ripple on the surface of 'family life. No one will have to give up his bed, the food will come out of the freezer or straight from the supermarket, and you can always plan to eat: out a time or two, or have ham- burgers sent in. As for the kids waiting for the second table! Whoever heard of such a thing in this enlightened day and age! — From "Gone Are the Days," by Annalee Burns, The younger generation is more in need of examples than critics, ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED — It was announced in Athens, Greece, that Princess Sophie, 22, Is engaged' to Don Juan Carlos, 23, of Bourbon, son of the Pretender to the Spanish throne. I DOESN'T GIVE. A •HOOT — Penny Forsey's strange pet lust sticks around even though' it has , freedom to depart. Penny. who lives in Blandford;. Dorset, England, saved the tawny owl's life — even feeding it with a fountain pen. Now it's a permanent guest. September • is generally such a nice month, don't you think? A sort: of all-over and' beginning again month. Summer holidays over and the, children starting school again; the growing sea- son.' finished and grain ' crops harvested foryet another year; fruit in abundance, ready for freezing or preserving; tomatoes and vegetables matured' and ripened .ready ;for the pickle jars. • Summer . clothes a little faded, and worn 'and .gradually.. giving way to' slacks, -two-piece dresses and sweaters. And, as a rule, summer heat is over and the lovely fall' season beginning again. But not this year , . . oh no! It is as hot and humid now as it was in August. There is just one 'thing to be thankful for — the days are shorter so there are fewer hours of sun- shine in which to suffer the in- tense heat. Which is fortunate as there is such a glut of fruit on the market it has to be dealt with at once -or else there will be empty jars for 'the winter. We only put in a dozen tomato plants this year and we have so manyhuge tomatoes that all. who come along get tomatoes given to them. And in return we get apples, pears and even peaches ... and all that means work , . . hot work. And then Dee ' and family come home from the cottage and Dee announces the boys are •in rags and all need pyjamas for their respective birthdays — which Grandma isin the habit of making. Eddie has just . put in his first week at school un- der the supervision ofbig bro- ther Dave. Pretty soon we won't have any babies in our family (?) — the boys are growing up so fast with the youngest two - and -a -half. As we have been sitting out in the garden more than usual this weather it has given us plenty of opportunity to watch 'the .'birds arid last evening we were rewarded by seeing a ruby - throated humming -bird — for the first time this summer. The canaries and finchs 'are in evi- dence again after an absence of several weeks and occasionally the brown thrashers put in an appearance. The bluejays are around looking for sunflower seeds as quite a number of sun- flower, plants have sprung . up here and there sown from seed dropped by the birds themselves last year, But what has fasci- nated me more than anything is the habits of the starlings. Of course the lawn is always dotted with them after. Partner has been cutting the grass, Late in the afternoon we see veiny few birds and then about an hour before sundown the starlings go over in droves, always flying south or south-east, They ap- pear to congregate in the trees on the golf course and on waste land at the back of us and then collectively they appear to seek otherquarters for the night, Why, I wonder ' — what's the matter with the trees around here? Why do they spend their days here and their nights else- where'? Not that we want them around — we are just curious as to their habits. Other Winged creatures have given us pause tor thought, We have have seen more bees and butterflies around just lately than we have seen all summer, Were they all late hatching out? And flies! Big, buzzy shingle flies that somehow manage to get into the house and flop around the windows. We took them for. granted on the farm but I can't understand why there should .be so, many in this re- gion. Everyone is complaining about them — and. mosquitoes - they are with us yet. Still in the winged family — but with wings that are used vent' little, are barnyard chick- ens, full' grown ones I imagine from the sound of them. They cause us quite a bit of amuse- ment simply because several of our neighbours get quite annoy- ed 'when they hear the roosters crowing, ' usually shortly before daybreak. Now I ask you what's so annoying about crowing roos- ters? They are not close enough to really disturb the peace. Our neighbours look at me as if they thought t; had gone, crazy when I say I like to hear the roosters. — it makes me feel we are not too far away from the country after all. Actually it rather bothers me that our neighbours should be so disturbed by na- tural barnyard noises. It seems to widen the breach more than ever between urban and rural people. We are too far apart as it is. I would like to see all city folk have friends in the country, on farms where they could take the children to visit and get them acquainted with pigs, poul- try, cows and horses. Ignorance of farm life is a sure way to breed intolerance, We need knowledge of each other's living conditions to • maintain under- standing friendship. The other day I was driving down -town with a young friend and as we passed along the water -front she said to her little girl — "Look, Betty — see the ducks!" "Pardon me, those are not ducks they're seagulls." I just had to say it. "Oh," came the answer, "how do you know the difference?" Modern Etiquette By Anne Ashley Q. At an informal dinner, where there is no maid, who is responsible for starting a . parti- cular dish around the table? A. The person or guest nearest that dish. Q. At a dinner dance, is it nec- essary for a man to rise when his partner leaves the table to dance with another man? A. Yes; and he should also rise when she returns to the table. One Reason Why The U.S. Is Misunderstood Exporting crime, sex and filth! Why do we do this? America "invests" billions in foreign aid, hopeful other na- tions will see the true spirit of this nation. We groom a Peace Corps, that young Americans, working with native peoples, may implant the image of oiler - actor, resourcefulness and un- derstanding. We are concerned that foreign students in this country come to see and appre- ciate American life at its best. Yet we export to the neutral countries we are wooing — to countries whose loyalty we would strengthen — to all of these we send TV films that ex- ploit the seamiest side of Ameri- can life, trumped up, sensation- alized fiction. Why do' we d4 this, or permit this? This question is being asked by a dismayed friend, Mrs. Jack Boles, Beaumaris, Melbourne, Australia. She is a pen pal of Doris S. Johnston, 1512 Milan Ave., South Pasadena, Writes Mrs. Ecles "By the way, speaking of TV, I have been meaning to make a small comment which might be of -interest to you and y o u r friends in the shape of an ob- servation from a foreigner . . . Why do you people export so much that is misrepresentative of America? "We get 80 per cent of Ameri- can programs on our TV and, believe me, they represent the worst aspects of American life to • such an •extent that an en tirely erroneous picture of the U.S. it presented. "I am at a loss to understand why — when the U.S, is so eager to gain a good impression among foreign peoples as to her way of life — she sends abroad this mass of media which portrays America as a' country of graft, violence, dishonesty, material- ism. "Parents will not allow their children to watch American pro- grams because of the parade of violence, .sex, murder and un- natural behaviour. "Now I know this is not a true picture of America, but how many others know it? Do ordin- ary people in the U.S, murder and fight and cheat, carry guns and generally behave like animals? "Of course they don't, But ac- cording to your export films, it seems so. "I hope you won't be offended by what I write, but it seems such a pity that this is happen- ing when you have so much that is really and truly wonderful to sell which is definitely' not be- ing sold." There you have it. How crazy can we be, for how long?—Lee Merriman in Pasadena (Calif.) Star -News. Little Angela Takes A Cheap Trip At first, she was just bored. Slipping away from an older sis- ter on a shopping, expedition last month, 12 -year-old Angela Riley spent a shilling (14 cents) for a bus ride to, the London airport, because "what I like doing best is watching airplanes." "I didn't really mean to go anywhere," Angela said later,. "but then I heard on a loud- speaker that a plane was just going off to Boston, My sister Wendy is married to an Ameri- can and suddenly I thought I'd like to go there." When 117 passengers began filing aboard a Pan American DC - 8 jet flight, Angela Riley tagged along with them. An of- ficial asked for her passport so she pointed to a woman ahead who was struggling with two small children. "I'm With her," said Angela.. Once inside the plane, she settled down in an empty seat far forward and ex- plained that her father had ta- ken a. seat farther back. "No- body said anything and they brought me meals just like everyone else" Not until the jet was three hours out of Boston was Ange- la's deception discovered, And by then, there was nothing to do but let her land. Red-haired and freckle -faced, she confound- ed U.S. customs and immigra- tion officials and enchanted air- line passenger supervisor Con - ,rad Audie. on,rad,Audie, He and his wife took. her sight-seeing, bought her pre- sents and made sure she gut aboard a homeward -bound jet. Despite the fact that she had paid only 14 cents for a 6.600 - mile trip that would have cost a regular passenger $477.12, An - g e l a began to worry as- she neared home. The trip itself was "smashing," she said, but "Dad- dy will be fearfully angry" Daddy wasn't. An engineer and father of eight, who is se- parated from his wife, William Riley listened soberly to her apology: "I'm sorry for the ..trou- Daddy, but I did write You a letter saying I was safe. Only I got back before it did." 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