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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1962-09-20, Page 6High School, tcic In The Eighties 1 never had mace time for enure though I used to stay sometimes after school for a game of football — the soccer kind etill most popular in Eng- land, The other game, in which the ball, oval instead of round, is carried by the player and signals are checked in huddles, was the invention of the English school, Rugby, under the head- mastership of Thomas Arnold,. father of Matthew Arnold, It was this same Rugby headmaster who was largely responsible for our curriculum, when in the 1840's he carried through a re- form at Rugby which added ma- thematics, modern history and modern languages to the custom- ary Greek and Latin. This rev- olutionary departure from the "humanities" of classical educa- tion, which had dated from the Renaissance, stopped short of the sciences. There was no science taught in the Strathroy High School when 1 first entered it in 1887, though a little chemistry laboratory was set up for simple experiments shortly after, and an elementary course opened in botany, I avoided contamination by these intruders into the world of liter- ature, however—to my regret in later years — but it would be wholly wrong to think that there was any lack of stiff discipline in the humanities, Harkness' Latin Grammar set a standard for English, French and German grammars which made languages net only difficult but artificial — as I found out when I first visited France. The one organization of the high school students was the Literary Society, or "the Lit" for short. Although its program in- cluded readings, recitations and songs by the glee club, its chief interest was in debates, modeled on those of the Toronto Univer- sity "Lit" which in turn reflect- ed the glories of the Oxford Unicn. There was no frivolity here, The subjects were mostly political, and the debates gen- erally followed party lines. I remember distinctly one such debate on "Reciprocity with the United States," in which I up- held the Liberal position along with another Liberal, Arthur Currie, I doubt if I should have remembered that incident in my years of friendship with the boy who became Canada's greatest soldier (Sir Arthur Currie, Com- mander of the Canadian army in World War I), if it had not been for an incident which happened on the way home from school that afternoon. We were held up at the railroad crossing by a long freight train from Chicago to the East, and Currie, turning to the group, pointed with an eloquent gesture to the loaded cars as the final argument for freer trade. That is my last distinct me- mory of Arthur Currie until we met again on the fields of France in March, 1919, some forty years later, although we must have been schoolmates for a year or two longer, and I visited his home occasionally. It was a farm of his widowed mother, some three miles from the school —a long walk when there must have been some chores to do as well—From "The Autobiography of James T. Shotwell." Doctor—You have acute ap- pendicitis. Patient—Listen, Doc, I came here to be examined, not admired. AOG DAYS --. These boys and Muffy the dog take advantage of the time remaining before school starts to re- bby Petri, 12; Steven Peachey, 9, and Kirk Dameron, 6Jax completely during a hot day. Boys are, from left: Bo TABLE TALKS r elan Andeews If you've ever been to a county or local fair and observed the jellies, jams, and canned foods, you have seen a bright example of artistic talent used in foods. The peaches, pears, tomatoes, beans, berries, plums, etc,, are arranged in the jars to show the beauty of the fruit or vegetable. Pickles look green or golden and the jellies appear bright and clear! There is a practical side to home canning as well as the ar- tistic side. Statistics published by Ball Brothers show that home canners save $150,000,000 each year by their work in their home kitchens, This is based on the premise that 10 cents a quart is saved by canning. Here are some points about storing the finished product: Don't set hot jars in a draft. Place them upright on a folded cloth or cake rack. When thor- oughly cooled, label correctly with name of recipe and date of packing, Check all seals; if the seals on pickles are loose, store in refrigerator and use soon. Store in a coal, dry, dark place, * * Would you like to make a rel- ish the easy way? A reader of the Christian Science Monitor sends in such a recipe, REFRIGERATOR GARDEN RELISH 1 cup chopped bell pepper 1 cup chopped sweet red pepper 2 cups chopped peeled cucumbers 1 cup chopped onion 1 cup chopped green tomatoes 1 eup vinegar 34 cup water 1 tablespoon mustard seed 1 tablespoon celery seed 4 teaspoons salt Combine vegetables in a bowl. Combine vinegar, water, and seasonings; heat to boiling point. Pour over vegetables and mix. Let stand until cool, Pack into jars. Makes about 3 pints, It will keep several weeks if kept covered in the refrigerator. * * * BEET -PINEAPPLE PICKLE 1 can chunk pineapple 1 can small beets (or cut them size of pineapple chunks) 2 tablespoons cider vinegar 1 stick cinnamon 12 whole cloves Drain juice from pineapple and beets into a suacepan. (You should have an equal amount of HEARING THROUGH THE TEMPLES -- Pat Flanagan, 17, has invented a revolutionary boon to the deaf, particularly those not helped by present hearing aids. Called the ":Neu- rophune," or nerve phone, it is different from present hear- ing uids in that two insulated electrodes are placed over the temples and sounds are transmitted through the nerves directly to the hearing centers of the brain. Pat explains how it aperotes' "Actually, it isn't a sound you hear. It's more like hearing a thought." BAGFUL OF HAIRDO — Mrs. William S. Twenhofel used her head — and a paper bag -- to protect her hairdo when show- ers caught her In the midst of shopping. jineapple and beets); add to the uice the vinegar, cinnamon, ai4 eloves. Bring to a boil and pone over the combined beets and pineapple. If the liquid does not cover the beets and pineapple, add water to coven Cool several days, then place in refrigerator. 'I am sending you a truly pioneer recipe," writes Fay Car- michael, "It was brought front England to Massachusetts in early Colonial days, When west- ern New York was settled, it went there as a pioneer. About 1850, it went to Ohio, and about 1880, came to Kansas. We have experimented with this recipe and have found that an equal amount of cucumbers can 'be substituted for the green toma- toes. Peel large cucumbers and chop fine, leaving seeds in; this makes a delicious pickle," RAGOUT PICKLE 12 large onions, chopped 1 gallon chopped. cabbage 1 gallon chopped green tomatoes 1 cup salt (scant) Mix well and let stand over- night. Drain thoroughly, Then add to the following: 3 quarts vinegar 3/ pounds brown sugar 1 teaspoon pepper 1 ounce celery seed (we added this to original recipe) is box whole cloves ee box stick einnamon Mix well and bring to a boll; add the vegetables and boil until just tender, not soft Put in hot jars and seal. Makes about 7 quarts. e This salad is adapted from a recipe which used 100 pounds of ingredients and served 700 peo- ple at a college, where it was a popular item. on the menu, The quantities given here serve 6-8 as a salad. SEAFOOD SALAD 4 pound haddock fillet cooked slowly 3-5 minutes in boiling water 1 7?.e-ounce can crnbmeat 7 71/4 -ounce can steak salmon 1 1', -ounce can shrimp, deveined 1 51/4 -ounce can lobster or 4 ounces cooked lobster 2 cups diced celery 1 cup Russian dressing 1 tablespoon minced onion 11/4 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce ea clove garlic (optimal) 1/ tablespoons ler n juice 1•teapsoon mix' eisening ',i teaspoon wb..e pepper (optional) 1 doz, radish roses 1 small bottle sweet gherkins 1 dos, each stuffed and ripe olives 1 large or 2 small heads lettuce Combine all ingredients, mar- inate with lemon ,juice, and let stand 5 minutes. Toss lightly into a bowl rubbed with garlic. Serve on crisp lettuce with sliced stuffed olives on top. r This marmalade is colorful and very tasty," writes Mrs. Mildred Creme. CARROT MAIVIALADE 11/4 pounds carrots 3 lemons 5 cups sugar Chop carrots and lemons fine; cover with cold water and bring to a boil; cook until tender, Add sugar and cook until thick, Pour into clean, hat glasses and seal with paraffin. Mrs. Charlotte Kittredge sends an easy recipe for rhubarb jam which you may want to try. RHUBARB JAM 5 cups rhubarb, peeled and cut into small pieces 4 cups sugar 1 package black raspberry gelatin Combine rhubarb and sugar and let stand overnight. Next day, stir and cook for 5 minutes. Add the gelatin; stir and cook I minute. Pour into jars and store in a cool place. Labor Trouble At Buckingham Palace The name of Buckingham Pa- lace usually inspires visions of arnp, pageantry, and 'a corps 01 Irepeceable servants. In any case, that was the vision of Lt Col, John Mansel Miller, late of the spit -and -polish Welsh Guards, when he took command of Her Majesty's Royal Mews last year. He was in for a shock, Making his first inspection of the Queen's 25 gray mares, 50 state carriages, and twelve Rolls- Royces, the rangy, bowler -hatted Crown Equerry found blue -jean - ed stable boys washing out stalls to the accompaniment of twist records, grooms discussing the latest racing results over long tea -breaks, and shirt -sleeved chauffeurs delivering groceries to their wives. Up on the Royal Mews bulletin board went military -style orders for daily roll -call parades, week- ly uniform inspections, and les- sons from an ex -regimental ser- geant -major on the art of shin- ing shoes. The ranks mutinied, Unlike Welsh Guardsmen, who always do as they're told, eighteen of the colonel's civilian "troops" quit on the spot, The rest com- plained to their union about the extra work that prevented them from taking spare -time jobs to supplement their below-average wages of $22 to $30 a week. As the grumbling from the Queen's stables reached the ever - twitching ears of Britain's penny press, officials stepped in to stop what they feared might spread to a mass palace walkout - perhaps even (Egad!) a strike. The Ministry of Labor urged the colonel to give up the parades and inspections. The colonel, a polo -playing friend of Prince Philip, kept a stiff -lipped silence. From Buckingham Palace came only a terse statement: "Every- thing will be resolved soon," Wallpaper Has A Long History Did you know that the first wallpapers were cheap substitu- tes for the costly tapestries, silk and velvet hangings embroideries and mural paintings used in mediaeval times? They were the work of crafts- men of the Middle Ages, the printers and wood engravers who were already skilled in the art of preparing blocks for illustra- tion purposes. Wallpaper became really fash- ionable during the reign of Queen Anne (1702-14), It was produced as sheets about two feet square, often in a "repeat" pattern so that several sheets could be plac- ed side by side to cover a wall, In 1712 a tax of a penny per square yard was imposed on paper which was to be painted, printed or stained, During the seventeenth century wallpaper was very expensive and its use restricted to better class houses. Eventually methods were developed for making wall- paper in continuous rolls and in 1851, at the Great Exhibition held in Hyde Park, hand -printed wall- papers were shown which were a triumph of the printers' craft. Machine -printed wallapers were on general sale for the first time and were said to be better than the cheaper type of hand -printed papers. Most people paper their walls at least once in every three years. Wallpapers went out of fashion in the 1930s and they were un- obtainable during the war be- cause of the shortage of paper. When the war ended people clamoured again for wallpaper and it's now at the height of its popularity. Chinese -painted papers, im- ported by the East India Com- panies were in great demand be- tween 1740 and 1790. Early in the nineteenth cen- tury, French manufacturers, em- ploying the finest designers their country could produce, brought out panoramic or scenic wall- papers. The most famous of these can still be seen in the Victoria and Albert Museum in London and shows "Cupid and Psyche•" No fewer than 1,500 blocks were engraved to make this par- ticular scenic wallpaper, Towards the end of the nine- teenth century "relief" patterns were devised. They were made by floating a plastic, putty -like composition on to a paper back- ing and then, by continuous pro- cess, passing it through further rollers, which, under pressure reproduced by impression the design engraved on them, DOUBLE BURIAL A small boy was in his back- yard eating worms. His mother came out of the house and start- ed scolding him, "Ricky, don't you know that little worm's mother will be lonesome when she can't find her baby worm?" "Don't worry," replied Ricky, "I ate her, too•" us People Used To Eat There ;re Sarah Bernhardt, Eva Tta,r gusy, and Lillian Russell 5,24 there, Jahn Barrymore, wearing' dipper• and smoking jacket dren!t there, So did Ben l ,scle and his newspaper cronies, sg well as thousands of politicians,. gangsters, and plain Volk. The: place: Henrici's restaurant, a 114 - year -old Chicago landmo' kwhosct history is as rich as the Scik (whipped cream) it strves •.Y1tle its coffee. Founded by a German baker named Philip Henrici, the res- taurant settled down in 1394, after several moves, at its pre- sent Randolph Street ioca.ion. Henzici trimmed the interior with the Victorian finery that still adorns It (tile floors, paneled. walls, pastoral paintings), se'ved up robust German food, anct Catered particularly to the tllea- tricel elite. When the Iroquois theater burned in 1903, the res- taurant dispatched its waiters to dole out coffee to the fire:nee. Women weren't allowed to smoke at flenrici's until one nigh: in 1926, Sophie Tacker lit tee a cigarette, nobody dared ask her to snuff it out, and the rule was ignored thereafter. In later years the resta•r:ant became a hangcut for politicos. Judge John Lyle regularly met there with civic leaders to plot how to rid Chicago of Al Ce;one —a sometime customer himself. More recently one of the biggest tippers was mobster 1tL: rey Cohen, Although the :1, R, Thor.,; sen chain took over from the Hey. rici family in 1929, Tee house special- ties remained largely the same: Sauerbraten, boiled brisker of beef, braised short ribs of 'reef, corned beef and cabbage, and broiled freh v'lr:tefish. No: was there a change, in the dec:rcus Victorian atmosphere — "n: or- chestral -din" was a :motto. Nostalgia battled the place last month as Her-r_ci's served is fi- nal dinner. Scon to be demolish- ed, it will make way for a $76 million civic canter, a pr.;ect launched by regular. custerner Mayor Richard Paley. The eulo- gies were many, but none s?cite as eloquently as the specta::e of patrons queued around Raneelph Street—some 22,000 cf them dur- ing the final tare days—wating to get a last meal at Henric'.'s. CHURCHILL'S PAL "I am cure•. :y my clog," said Sir Winston Cin. rchill when, ask- ed one time a:cut his -obricus affection for Rufus 11. the brawn French poodle given him as a puppy by Canadian mag_ zine publisher Waiter Grachner, "Pie has taught me to thy. ow sticks." With his master in the hospital with a broken thigh, Rufus cied at fifteen, in his sleep at Chart- well; the Churchill cc.ntry home. Lady Churchill, who eecke the news to her husband, observ- ed that Britain': wartime ?rime Minister was tearful "bes re- lieved to kno,v that Rufus died peacefully." Sir Winston h:^:self was roaring with vigor. Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery, a visitor, reported that "Sir Wins- ton was sitting up in bed, scut- ing for mare brandy The mo- ment he gives up brandy and cigars, you w'.11 know he- ie seriously ISSUE 35 — 1962 earea CHECK YOUR MEDICINE CABINET KEVADON CONTERGAN PERACON DISTAVAL — ALCOSED!`' VALGRAINE i rg TENSIW" f III�It KEVADON MEIN OMNI eee� i 11t8�R' mins t AIMS ililll»` SOFTEN Qtr' U. S. J ASMAVAL VALLIS TALC. BRITISH COMMON- WEALTH EXPEC- L PO TORANS LP TALIhtOL GRIPPED( WPM CANADA WEST GERMANY EIRE Deloils of risks involved in using the drug thalidomide have raised apprehension about sup- plies of the drug which may have been brought into this country unknowingly from oeercc s where it was widely sold as a sedative. Names of products which contained thalidomide ere displayed in the drawing above, They were not sold in the U.S, but some doctors recce d samples. If such drugs are in your medicine cabinet turn them over to health authorities`,