Zurich Herald, 1927-12-22, Page 6TEACHING THE CHILD
THE BEAUTY OF, ACCURACY
The child who says, "I like arith- beauty of an accurate statement. He
retic," has perhaps learned to appre- uses a concise atatement to express a
fact that he has glimpsed', but he is
date the value of accurate statementsm. roB�essing at least one more rale'Isis remark ay p
be interpreted, "I like; stens
when he has learned to use a
to study arithmetic because 1 have terse statement to portray some idea
learned that each problem hies accur-' that has come tc him. He is blessed
working
a
ate steps that I must uncover to if lie. discovers the jr'�Jf
arrive it the correct answer, I know over a sentence that it may express
the joy of an explorer. Again each not only truth, but that it may per:
step is like a stone in a building, and tray that truth in all the fulness of its.
when I place them correctly, I build glorious beauty!
to a ierfect solution,'and thus know Teachers have the privilege' of
something of the joy of a great archi- assisting the child to this glimpse of
tect. In any case, I know that when I beauty to be gleaned from accurate
work accurately, •T achieve accurate 'work. Children who came from homes
results. I know the satisfaction of where only so-called "practical" stu-
arriving, at a correct answer." Such dies are considered worth while and.
a child works to build with inathe-; whose tendencies to pursue other lines
matical facts, as another chili builds are suppressed have only more need of
with his hands .a picture puzzle which such appreciation by the teacher. The
lie inlay see before him, and touch with.; may paint out the value of`a correctly
his hand's and see with his eyes when stated theorem even as the beauty of
it is finished. la neatly turned phrase, is noted; ethe
Thr child who has solved one of the problem in arithmetic must be sed,
simplest reasoning problems will but not at the expense of missing the
grasp readily the meaning of the well- : beautiful rhythm of a poem. The
the
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krw�vn adage, "Figures don't lie, and; teacher or parent who has learned
not infrequently this fact carries to! value of accuracy will =endeavor al -
the child a lesson that he may appl y ' ways pith patience to point out such
to other than mathematical problems..) value to the child, but if that adult
Perhaps he has entertained secretly i has learned something of the beauty
the belief that do king is an art that ; of accuracy, he will endeavor just as
requires native skill possessed only by patiently not to weary the child with
a favored minority to which he does constant demands for precise work.
not belong. It surprises hint, to learn I Perhaps with such patient work
that there is required in the study of !such questions as, "I like arithmetic,
drawing an accurate sense of proper- i but what is the used to study gram
toning, .a mathematical precision. If mar?" Will cease to be asked. Children
he writes, he avoids verbosity because ',may learn to say of a subject that is
he leas learned the value of 'strict ac- I not considered a science, "I like to
curacy, and kncws that additional + study this , -subject because I have
words cannot add to the value of a' learned that each exercise causes me
concise statement. to take accurate individual . steps that
However, may - well learn further I may see an accurate production of.
y
that no natter how necessary accurate' beauty. Unlike the answer to meth -
proportions in drawing, his work is' metie problems, however, I find that
du l and monotonous without the rest- l the answer may express in this sub-
ful beauty to be portrayed by action; ject •a beauty that is complete only
in the same way he learns -to enjoy the because it is individual."
Ore on Saves
Money By
Stresemann
Makes Appeal
A Buying Agency Reich Foreign Minister Urges
Friendship Among the
All Purchases Made by the Nations •
State Go Through One
Channel Under '
New Law
Salem, Ore.—The new law creating
a central purchasing agency, although
in operation only a few months, al- 1 tions between these two nations, cele -
ready has resulted in saving the State braced the 150th anniversary of Sten -
of Oregon many thousands of dollars, i bens arrival in the United States.
according to Carle Abrams, Secretary 1 Among those present were Dr. Gustav
of the. State Board of Control, and 1 Streseniann; representatives of the
other officials. The law was adopted : American Embassy and.Dr. Von Pritt-
at the fact session of the Legislature. I witz, the New German Ambassador to
Under the old law the State Board; America, Professor Schreiber, Yale
of Ccetrol approved requisitions and, University, and many prominent
authe:ezed all purchases for the eleven ;leaders of German public life.
largest State institutions. The new 1 Dr. Stresemann recalled the assist -
act extends the authority of the State ance given the United States by Ger-
Beard of Control to buy supplies and.; man emigrants when that nation was
materials for all activities connected , still young, and he expressed his satis-
'with the State Government. In all faction that the monument of Freder
cases, with the exception of emergen- lick the Great, who was the first to
cies, the supplies are obtained in the acknowledge the United States inde-
competitive market. 1 pendency,•had been reerected in Wash
In the past there has been a marked • ington. He still possesses a' photograph
variance in the prices charged the I hanging in his room showing a Ger-
State for various supplies. Some State . man delegation in 'America placing a
departments were reported to have wreath before it.
paid as much as $2.50 a carton far He would, he said; now study this
carbon raper, while other deparements picture with greater pleasure. He con -
bought it for $1.10. Many such varia- ! eluded by expressing the hope that
tions were discovered . I just like the, United States and Eng -
Chief opeosition to the ceetra, pure land became the best friends after
chasing agency was voiced by the they fought one .another, the oppon-
State Highway Commission. which ents in the World War might also be -
buys large amounts of road -building come friends once' more, that 'they
materials and equipment annually. It .:night come together again by co-
was contended by this department that , operating for the 'establishment of
many of its purchases were classified new ideals and that the powers' of
as emergencies and that the ,equisi- ! good might overcome the dark forces
tion system would retard highway op- ef' hatred.
erations,
'This opposition was said to have
1•.een e v ercome by the Board of Con-
trol by selecting L. P. Campbell as
assistant purchasing agent. Mr.
Campbell has been with the Highway
Commission for several year and
bought nearly all supplies used by
that ti•partment.
Berlin.—An impressive demonstra-
tion in favor of good fellowship be-
tween the United States and Germany
took place whefl the Karl Schurz So-
ciety, founded for improving the rela-
Pretty Dicky.
Mistress "The. master was very
happy this morning, Jane. He went
off to the city whistling,"
Jane ---"Yes, muni, it was 7ny' mis-
take -1 made his porridge of bird.
seed!"—The Passing Show (London).
A Massachusetts town boasts a
pumpkin weighing thirty-one pounds.
As a pumpkin, this surely Is "some
/ranking," h "
UP ON CURRENT STYLES -•
"She's an electrician's daughter."
"I've noticed how well up she 10
en current styles!'
McMillan's Narth1arni Predicament Tome to "Mounties"
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..0 sok' seesJR easet'S - 7s^macaw: a.,
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AMERICAN EXPEDITION MEETS WITH PRIVATIONS IN ARCTIC TRIP
Donald McMillan, Upper Left, United States explorer, who is reported In difficulties at his winter camp on the North Labrador coast. He is heading` an
American museum expedition into the Arctic. On the Lower Left is his vessel the "Peary,"' shown near a menacing iceberg. Upper Right is an unusual
view of the "midnight sun," a common sight in the Arctic. Lower Left is a map showing the route taken by the Canadian vessel Beothic in her regular
patrol cruise in 1926. With one post only 11 degrees from the North Pole, dangers now being faced by McMillan are not unusual to the Royal Canadian
Mounted Police, who maintain law and order among the Eskimos and traders in the northland.
SMUGGLERS ARE BUSY
ONCE MORE IN BRITAIN
Ancient Budapest Called Most
- European City
Poverty -Stricken y
Renewal of Silk Duties and Reduction of the Coast Guard
Forces Are Said to Have Revived Illicit Industry
Along the Wild Cornish Seaboard
Scottish W 5•; men's Rural Institutes
ovine the Old -Fashioned Crafts'
Edinburgh.—One of the slogans of
the Scottish women's rural institutes
is "If you know a good thing pass it
osition of the British one : station joining hands with the on," and this was certainly the key-
Lendon.—I,Prep
silk duties and the drastic reo'r'ganize- patrolman from the next station, at note of a study Circle which occupied
tion and reduction of the Coast Guard ,the end of what was' often a long and several days in Edinburgh recently•
have given rise to whispers that lonely "beat." It is many years now .Delegates representing the whole
smuggling is on the increase along since the paths once used by these southeastern area attended, eager to,
the English Channel coast. No part patrols, marked out by whitewashed learn something new about the crafts+
stones along the cliff edges, were usedwhich are making such progress in the
The old Coast Guard was a purely country districts today. Rug making,
!naval .force. Naval discipline and sweet making, the 'painting of, pottery,
drill were maintained`. at all •stations leather work, basket work, toy making
and visitors were required to respect were only a few o fthe demonstrations
the part of the station lawn that was given.
set aside as the quarter deck. All this' As one delegate said, many of the
has passed. The 312 signalers of to- institute members in the hall were un -
day are a naval force, but they are' conscious advertisements of their own
stationed only at a few points ofaespe- particular crafts. Homemade hats,
cial 'importance. The' other two forces woolen collars simulating fur, and
are civilian and, in normal circum- hand -made gloves -were seen every
stances, work ,independently of each where.
other. 1 The aural institute of the south -
What is now called the Coast -Guard• eastern • and 'northwestern. ° areas of
is a life-saving service, worsting in Sootland recently produced a remark -
direct comrnueic•ation with the Board able exhibit at the Highland Agricul-
of Trade's roOltet unit and 'with the tural Show in Edinburgh. It is no
lifeboat group of the Royal National exaggeration to say that this was the
Lifeboat Institution. The preventive most popular exhibit in the show. A
service is compelled by . the smallness model living room and nursery was
of its force to restrict itself to ordi- made and produced in bits and frag-
of that coast is so difficult to guard
as the wild Cornish coast, nor has any
Briton in the past had so unholy a
reputation for smuggling as the. ad-
venturous Cornieh Celt. So whispers
fly that smuggling has come back into
its own, particularly in Cornwall,
, The old Coast Guard consisted of
3,000 men, the pick of the naval ser-
vi?e, but it has now been split into
three forces, of which only onie is
under naval discipline. These three
are: A coast watching group of 935
men under the Board of Trade; an
anti -'smuggling bandof 450•nien under
the Board of Customs and Excise, and
a naval signalling unit of 312 men.
This is the result of a shake-ups that
was confirmed by legislation two years
ago. Either as a result of it or as a
curious coincidence, rumors of smug-
gling have been circulating ever since
the change was made.
Of one kind of smuggling neither
the. British Isles nor any other coun-
try has had any lack.. The.atasiteur
feminine smuggler who tucks sixteen
pairs of silk stockings into the tees of
sixteen pairs of shoes In her luggage
has never been'' absent from British
custom houses. But the professional
finale ens -tinier who works or lonely
beaches by nighttime is a more diffi-
cult person both to locate and to stop,
Budapest.—Than this ancient Mag• and fourth get an average of $25, and
a third fourth $35. The last fourth
rise to $250 a month, with the excepe
tion of less than 1,000 who exceed
those figures, and as much as $2,000
by just nine who serve as factory
superintendents,
Of triose employed more than 2,000
are,. in machine shops, 13,000 in the
production of food supplies, 12,000 on
railroads,. 11,000 .in financial institee
tions, '800 'in architecture and 7,000
hi the manufacturing of clothing. Of
the female employees, most are 'atone-
grapherr and typewriters, *hale 6,000
ate engaged it the making of textiles
yar capital is the most poverty-strick-
en metropolis in Europe appears to be
indicated by authentle statistics re-
,ceutlx secured:" Of the population as
neatly a million, only one-half are selt-
eeppor'ting through their earnings,
;the 'ether halt being dependent for
.subalstence upon the fore ler. Of . the
leeagesettenieg 50 per cent, ont:halt,
Ret. f► quarter' of aV mlilion, aro Ili psi -
Tato employment, and of theseper
cont Sara lees than $20 0 montb. The
majority oltrfr only about sta. Of the
160,000 female e91up1ogaos, otlrr`tourth
receive .leaf tban U o month. Atree and of clothing.
The old Coast Ctuard came into be-
ing as an agent necessary to the coni -
bating of smuggling. . It traces back
to H.M.S. Ganymede, a blockade ship,
which was stationed) in the Downs off
Deal in 1816 to close the Thames estu-
ary to smugglers. The guard was
originally confined to the Kentish
'coast, and its various detachments,
when ashore, used to be quartered in
the old Martello towers, built for coast
defence in. the Napoleonic wars. It
was not taken over by the Atiiniralty
until 1856, by which time the organ-
ization had grown to such proportions lowing incident himself:
that it covered the entire coast lhte. A small eoasting vessel that had
It had previously been under the "Cus- put in was boarded in the harbor by
toms Service and had waged a long one of the villagers.
and fierce struggle against the smug
glee. Havens and caves and old intts
a mile or two inshore are still pointed
out as the scenes of desperate strug- are they packed in?'f
glen between ssutiggler's and "preVete The skipper produced an ordinary
hives" in the old days. By the time the ,suitcase.
nary circumstances to the ports.
The result is a succession of rumors,
coming now from some lonely beach
in the Thanes estuary, now from some
snug little bay hidden in the great
cliffs of Cornwall. A tele spreads
concerning some lonely country house,
least which a 'heavy Torry has, been
driven in the nghtinve. Tracks fol-
lowed at dawn, lead back to a beach
where the lorry waited and 'Where the
mark of ' a deeply laden small boat
are Visible.
In Cornwall, where'•the bays afford
shelter, it is said that smuggling has
become go daring that it is being car-
ried on in daylight and sometimes
even in the harbors. Much of the
contraband is said to be brandy and
cigars, which are deposited in the inns
of the fishing villages and sold quite
openly, Only in the presence of
strangers is there said to be any of,
the secrecy usually associated with
smuggling. A Londoner who used to
live in Cornwall reports that on his
holiday last ,s'ummer be saw the fol -
"Can I get some brandy and cigars
ashore'?" the slapper asked.
"Oh, yes," was the reply. "What
meats by federatiens and institutes
and individual members from the low-
lands of Scotland to the far north.)
The result was a remarkably complete
production. There was a carpet l
the Midlothian Federation, pictures
bath ,painted.) and embroidered, adia-
mond-paned window which Aberlady
Institute cunningly fashioned and
daintily curtained, silk hangings from
Lauder, window boxes by Davidson's
Mains and Heriot.
Perhaps the most inventive pieces
of furniture were sent by two Ber-
wickshire institutes. From Chirnside
came a dressing -table made out of two
tea chests and beaver boards, white
enameled. Its finished appearance,
with its mirror and its set of hand -
painted brushes, was very attractive.
'Echoes sent a grandfather clock, the
case and faee of which was the work
of three members. The room itself was'
papered and decorated by a member of
Davidson's'Mains' Institute.
Next door was the nursery, with
hand.-wovep., fleecy blankets, hand-
embroide'i.ed sheets and pillows inset'
with filet lace. Rugs, furniture, pot-'
tery toys all showed skilled workman -1
ship, and the color scheme of bath
rooms was charming.
him as a favor to give him a lift with
the skipper's luggage. The customs
roan did -so:
When customs men are on 'the alert
in the harbors it is said to be easy
to avoid them.
Admrialty took over the servicer how-
ever, smuggling had been beaten down
pettylh
to ortions.
ro p
THE
THI; OL17 COAST GUARD,
"Leave it to see," said the villager.
The party went ashore and the local
customs officer approached thein as
they left their small boat. The skip-
THIRSTY
"1 tell you 1 feel mighty bad;
whenever .a friend drops In on mg;
and I haven't a drink to offer
hIm "
"um -m -m 'flub! Weil, you don't;
show any elgna ,of feelingbadly
now, do you?" e.
Free State
Trade Gains'
U.S. Exports There Are £3,..
774,000 for Year's First
Ten Months
London. -Exports from the United
States to the Irish, free. State for the
first ten months of 1927 amounted to
£3,774,000, acearding to the trade re-,
tuns. Tho figure's show a narked
irnproveni'ent in Freo State trade, asf
exports increased from 232,754,0004o'
£8,4, 979,000, while imports rose. front
£48,947,000 to £49,703,000.
Tho adverse trade balance for. the
year ended Oct, 31 was £17,000,000, as'
compared to nearly £18,000,000 for t'he'
, year ended Jan. 81. The figures slhow
that Britain and the north of Ireland
between thein buy more than twenty
times as mut•1i from the Free State
as all the other countries in the world
combined,
A South ..Afrimet diamond coiiipan
recently paid its. shareholders an un
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dividend dividend of 700 per cent,
Hostess (to gloomy youth) --"I
thong
• a or
with
major j !
you enjoyed your ga h their investment was' with s
diamond genera, one might term It
a "gold mine,"
Swift.' Hee; awfully clever at cards.
Youth -"I should think he is 1 Ile.
started by telling nay fortune, and now
he's counting it"
Mike-e"'Tis a fine kid ye have there.
,, ,_,.: ease...: .. ; A magisilcent head and .noble tea.
Though matt:... thermometers Will be. tures. Say, Could ye lend me a 'couplo
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getting low marks the nest fair of bob?"
per became nervous at once, but the ilk. for hi h : Petr I could .Aar. "1`ts me u'if 1
Under Admiralty Gene ch the Coast! v.. months, th0Y' Wilt come n g
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