The Exeter Advocate, 1923-2-15, Page 7e Boy Who Never Play
By W. M. Morris'
I read a story the other day from a • open the play -ground. It eaixae'.to peas
Veetern Journal about a boy who . that the citizens of that city advanced,
'never pla.ye;l. In the morning or at so far beyond the rest of the human
recess time, while the other boys wererace that the nations that have gone
on baieding public schools and neg-
lecting to open play -grounds have note
been alike to catch up with thew. We
'bops. do. The fne smrootib, ice or foot- are beginning to place more value on
'ball field had no attraction. for lam. He the sehooi grounds. Site have some
was not strong as other: boys were and times been selected for sch-ools in
so did net evetr try to take: part Ilii cities, towns and rural peete because
their games. the pieoe of ground was no use for
Henry was , very clever in his anyEhixtg else, The first school built
studies` The head of the elan was al-
ways his by reason of hie studious in Gary, Ind., had twoacres of piay-
habits, His demeanor n sc heal
•i was ground, the second had four, the third
:
always exemplary. The teachers re- eleven, the fourthties-ay-five, and •I
garded him tie a very good boy be- l wonder what the neat will be. 1 was
cause he never caused any dzsturbanee ' at a school meeting in. Keswick, North
and made good marks in lids examine- York, recently, when they unanimous
tions. ly decided to purchase five acres of.
After completing high school he be- splendid land for the site of a new
eame a teacher, but never made a sue- school. They mean to use it for a
cess because he had never learnod the
co
,great and many things that play rnniunity play -ground. The school
teaches. Heesead no understanding of. is the one public institution that is in
children nor did he know how to get every community and it makes the
along with ether people, having always best possible community centre, but
lived the individualistic life. Children the school yard has been one of the
are quick to read character and so least utilized of our educational re-
these pupils, very soon discovered hes
weakness, rensources.dering him a failure, in '
the profession. Supervision, of the playground in -
One year of strenuous life tl,nder- I oreasee its educational value many
out playing games in the school yard.
,"Ifenry" remained in the achoal read-
ing a book. He never went out catch-
ing gophers or on a "hike" like most
mined h!s health. His parents die'fold. I w.as at a meeting. of the Brant
Covered he had become consumptive. I Trustees' and. R.atepay.ers' Association
They w@re, advised to try a change of receivtly when a resolution was passed
bla, we and moved to British Colum- recommendingSchool: Boards to pro='
bis, where he'seemed to improve for
a: time, but then his health again turn /rifle• for the supervision of the pupi1a
ed for the worse and in a few month#il during the noon hours. Tho whole
'Henry died. 1 :wonder if there had county 0f Brant is organized for re
:'beeo some orgaaizedd play at seh*ol- in creational ,purpbses.' The :schools in
which Henry would have been re- i.England are organized to ' promote.
,quip. red to take some active part, ifhe'football and ',cricket. Our public
would have grown up to be a strong ;school teachers should bb given a
and useful citizen? Someone may say.' crsurne in supervised play that would
that Henry was destined to die at this' enable them to teach the children
young age, but if his untimely death ]
games and assist in the recreational
activities of the community. ' This
would encourage backward children
like Henry and restrain the domino-
tion of the bully. `
Trying to estimate the valve of the
playground one thinks of the
innum-
erable ways inwhich the sense Per
oeptions
of the children are quickened
and aroused to recognize and respond
to the things going on around them:
They gain self-control and learn the
art of readily and pleasantly :co-oper-
ating with others, Such attractive
and fundamental traits of character as'
politeness, honesty, loyalty, Justice
and obedience to law can best be ac-
quired when children are practising
the art of living together on the play -
velum'. Flaying is as great a• reality
to them as work is to ,Adults, and if
people learn iine childhood to play to-
gether they will be able to work to-
gether. The boy without a playground
��g a,rr ;�. w,' ` becomes the man without a job.
e~'Plenty of room for dives sad dens
(glitter and glare and sin!)
Plenty of room for prison pens . (gath-
:At er the criminals in!)
•� r,z,. x Plenty of room for jails and courts
was due toneglect of the common
laws of good 'bealth and exercise we
should not blame Providence for the
results.
This brings up the question of the
value of the play ground as a factor in
education and this again involved our
-conception of an education. Each in-
dividual has his own ideas on the sub-
ject and consequently hie own esti-
mate of the means of acquiring it. Can
we find some common ground with re-
ference to the training of these young
candidates for manhood, womanhood
and citizenship? If we mean the mere
acquisition of knowledge, regardless of
physical health, moral standards and
.a preparation for citizenship then
Henry was educated,. But if we re-
gard. education as the preparation for
'complete living, including whatever
we do for ourselt'ea and whatever is
done for us by others for the express
W. M. Morris
Ontario School. Trustees' and
Ratepayers: Association.
purpose of helping us to live the very
best, kind of life, then education is
more than mere book learning. We
have all seen too many failures among
the so;called "educated and too ° many
brilliant successes .among those who
refused to follow the grooves. It is
not the mere .acquisition of knowledge
that counts but the ability to apply
the information that is the real test•of.
success.
When is a person- educated? When
he•responds efficientiy to every social
situation in which be finds himself.
The child is being educated when he
learns to take his part in the little
democracy of the hone by 'telping to
wash the dishes and carry in the wood.
The man is ,educated when lie makes
a seems of his business or profession,
assumes hes responsibilities as a cite
zen, knows how .toe -spend, his: leisure
temente, appreciates the beautiful
and epi,:ituai and finds some response
in his soul to the Eternal. It (Does not
matter whether he has acquired this
development of character -in the home,'
on the.s•tr.eet, in business, or in school.
Abraham Lincolli 'vas regarded as a
Superbly educated man and yet te was.
very little the product of any school.
We have all known some men who had.
very little of what is commonly called
an education but who were men of
deep thoughtand solid, Judgment and
who were as 'well,• if not better quali-
fied, to votta at elections and succeed
to life, is some of their grandchildren.
who read only society or sporting
news in the papers and revel in the
cinema.
But what, hes :play' to do' with, this?
People' in the contra used. to have ap-
ple -parings, ' corn-huskings, debating
societies; singing classes , and many.
otter social, literary, political;a,nd re-
ilgione gatherings where they talked
about the current events and prayed
together, There was a, much higher
average attendance at the school in
those days. There they all learned to
play games aliti incidentally learned
to live together, for after all the great
purpose in going to school is to learn
to live with other people in the sma:11.
circle of the home, the. larger circle .of
the conmmunity and the largest circle
riff the world, •
The supervised platy--grouucl is just
dsteit•t
pr3 a far�tor in education as the
ermai classes in the school. When
the question arose among the .k,tYsatxa.
a.us many eenturies ago, as to, whether
they should build; a great public school
or opena playground it' was decided to
(willing enough to pay!)
But never a place for the lads to race;
no, never a place to play!.
Plentyof room for shops and ,stores
(Mammon must have the beet!)
Plenty of room for the dinning sores
that rot in the city's breast,
Plenty of room for the lures that lead
the hetarts of our youth astray,
But never a cent on a playground spent
no, never a place to play!
Plenty of room for schools and ;halls,
plenty of room for art; er*
Plenty of room for teas and balls, plat-
form,'stage and mart,
Proud is the city—she finds a place
for many a fad to -day,
But she's more than blind if she fails
to find a place for the boys to
play!
Give them a chance for innocent sport,
give them a chance for fun—
Better a playground plot than a court
and a ;jail when the harm is
done!
Give them a chance—if you stint theist
now to -morrow you'll have . to
pay
Larger bill for a darker i11, so give
them a place to play!
LIVING COSTS AGAIN
RISING' IN CANADA
Increase Has Been Steady
1'
Since Early Part of 1916.
A' -despatch from ' Ottawa says:—
The cost of living is again increasing.
The average post of a weekly fam-
ily budget covering 29 staple articles
of food in 60 Canadian cities was.
$10.52 at the beginning of January, as
compered:ycnith $10.39 at the• beginning
of December, 1922, according to fig-
ures ' issued by the Department of
Labor. Tn January, 1922, the same
family, budgets cost $11.03, .as com-
pared with "$7.73 in January of 1914
and $16.92• in"June, 1920, the highest
point reached.:
Including the cost of fii•el and rent
with that of fends, the cost averaged
$21.18 for January, as compared with
$20.97 for December and $21.52 for
,Tanuary of last year, Meats 'and' dairy.
products accoiunted for most of 'the
increase in foods, thoughpotatoes and
sugar were abso°` slightly higher.
Evaporated arpples and salt pork were
somewhat lower. Fuel was slightly
hi.eher. < Rents showed a continuance
ofp Peak 'rices. The rise was continu-
ous :since the early part of 1916, and
reached the present` high -point hest
August, Agricul eural plroducts were
generally lower, while nearle ell other
groups were slightly higher.
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OTTAWA HOCKEY TEAM, 1823'
Top row, left to right: Ted Day, Benedict, Nighbor, Darragh, Clancy, Tom G:ormant manager; P. D. Green,
coach, Bottom row, left to right: Broadbent, Boucher, Gerrard, Denneny, Hellman.
First 'Canadian Wool
Combing Plant Be-
gins Operations
The Natural Resources Intel-
ligence :Service of the Depart-
ment of the Interior Bayes'•--•
Thhe first wool -combing plant
in Canada to produce tops for
the trade, that of the Dominion
Combing Mille, Ltd, has just
begun operations at Trenton,
l
' capital-
ized
The company is a
lta-
P
ized at $2,500,000 and their fac-
tory is of the most modern
type -
Last year Canada produced
over 22,500,000 lbs. of raw wool,
a large percentage of which
was such that ithad to. be comb-
ed before it could be used in the
worsted industry. During the
same period this country im-
ported from England and for-
eign countries over 7,000,000
lbs. of tops or combed wool, for
use in the Canadian spinning
mills. The new Canadian in
.diistry will produce the tops or
combed wool, which are now
being imported. Heretofore
about 80 per cent of the wool
grown in Canada has had to be
exported to be combed into tops
for use in the spinning mills of
this country.
GRANDSON IS BORN
TO THEIR MAJESTIES
H.R.H. Princess Mary, Wife
of Viscount Lascelles, Gives
TEN-DAY' AMNESTY GRANTED BY FREE
' DEBT OF DOMINION
TOTALS $419,379,993
Huge Payment on 1)&0t First
C%trge• on An-nuai
Revenues. _
'A, .sespatcia from Ottawa eay-ae-«
Car sda.!s. rev@rsu�ea •during 'bh tem
nharrbhs of the flsca]1 year ended Janis
ary 31 tataide�d $328,142,085, an in-
crease of$9,652,196 over the cerise•
ponding ,poriod of the vierevtie fis�cal
year. In the same periods, ordinary
expenditure declined *y6,241,022, the
total ordinary expenditures in the ten
months ended :Janntary' 81 lust being
$25&,072,228- In January alone, as
compared with Jannrary, 1922, ordinary
revenue ehow•ed an increase of $3,748e-
785 and ordinary expenditures atde-
cline of $6,645029, the letter figure
indicating increase in ee ependiture in
some oz the earlier individual trioxides
as compared with the previous year.
However, in spite of decreased exi en-
ditare and increased srevenue, $7,483,-
842 was added bo the net debt of Can-
ada least month. On December 31,
1922, the net debt was $2,412,496,151.
On January $1, 1923; -at had grown to
$2,419,979,993. The inerease, it is ex-
plained, is mainly due to railway
advances,
The total eustonis revenue for the
ten months of the present fiscal year
'was $97,314,753,. en . increase of more
than twelve m51ions over the pre-
vious year when the enstoms,revenue
was $85,262,870. . The total revenue
from excise in the fiecar year so far
is $30,7$1,748, as compared with
$31,006,842 for the ten month p,;ried
of the lest fiscal year. Interest pay -
STATE TO HASTEN
REBELS' SURRENDER m,,li
th]re atrisdembtonioac1oed
1 irks anu.ary 31, 1923, as compared with
A despatch • from Dublin •eays:---t concerning nine impending executions. $114,579,577 during the same period a
Richard Mulcahy, Minister of Defence,? Nothing is known regarding the atti- year ago.
has issued as proclamation granting tude of de Valera towards Deasy's ap-
ten days' amnesty to facilitate the s peal, but hopes are running higher
surrender of. Republicans.. than for some time past.
1 This is a highly significant peace Army headquarters also ensued a
move, which was first revealed in an copy of a .statement submitted by a
Royal Wedding to be
Celebrated on April 26
• A despatch from London says:—
announcement from army headquar-i number of prisoners in Limerick Jail The date has been set for the wedding
Duke of York and"LadyElba-
Lim- of the
.
in
ters that, fo11•owing upon an interview, to the General Commanding
.with Richard Ivlulcahy, Minister of eridk, and claiming to represent 600 beth Bowes -Lyon- It will take place
Defence; Liam Deasy, Deputy Chief prisoners desirous of instituting peace at Westminster Abbey on April 26.
of the Irregular forces, now under negotiations and preventing the corn
sentence of death, was trying to in- timed wastage of men,
'f duce Eamonn de Valera and. other
lleaders to surrender, and that, pend
f ing the negotiations thus instituted,
the execution of Deasy and other prig.
oners had been suspended.
This explains the mysterious rum-
ors which have been current lately
Birth to Son.
A despatch from London says:—
Princess Mary, wife of Viscount Las -
miles, has given birth. to a son.
The following offloial announcement
was issued from Chesterfield House:
"Her Royal- Highness Princess
Mary, Viscountess Lascelles, has given
birth to' a son at 11.15 pan., Wednes-
day, February 7. Her Royal Highness
and son are doing well.
(Signed) "Henry Simeon,
"Stanley Hewitt"
The son born to Princess Mary and
Viscount Lascelles is the first grand-
son to come to King George and Queen
Mary, for none of their other children
is yet married, although the engage-
ment of thoir second son, the Duke of
York, to Lady Elizabeth Bowes -Lyon,
daughter of the Earl and Countess of
Strathmore .and Kinghorne, was an-
nounced last month.
As conditions of inheritance now
are, the baby is sixth from the Throne,
being preceded by the Prince of Wales
end his surviving, broiler-, the Duke
of York and Prince, Henry and
George, and their sir, er, Princess
Mary
The statement aslos that four pris-
oners be permitted to leave on parole
to visit the leaders outside in an effort
to induce them to cease the struggle
and punitive measures, and that while
negotiations are in progress the Gov-
ernment ssspendt all executions.
TEN WORKMEN DEAD
IN TORONTO FACTORY
Employees of Consumers Gas
Company Overcome by
Poisonous Fumes.
A despatch from Toronto says:—
Ten workmen were suffocated by gas
and a score or more overcome by pois-
onous gas fumes following an explo-
sion in the valve house of the Eastern
Avenue plant of the Consumers' Gas
Company on Thursday. The explosion
was followed by terrifying scenes
when heroic rescuers put up a vigor-
ous fight to check the tremendous flow
of gas from an eighteen -inch main to
which two workmen were in the set
Canada Has Huge Surplus
Hon. W. S. Fielding, veteran states-
man • and Minister of Finance, an-
nounced to the House last week . that
the Dominion will have a surplus of
thirty million dollars after meeting ex-
penditures, except ,those in conneot:on
with the railways.
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WHERE MORE TROUBLE 18 BREWING
Memel, the Baltic seaport, which wee the cause of much friction vhen
thepeace terms every bei gng settled, has once more come tato .the limelight,
'
since the ith aniais seized the cit and, district, ignoring
theallied officials
who ,
were acTtrhinastelang its affairs.
aiIt was a coup •d'etat after the style of
'
U'Annunzio:•s affair at Fiume. The port opens a 'wayinto the heart of Rus-
sia
tion is Lithuanian. A. and the population of tho city is mostly German but the distr1et popula-
`' British warshiplas beeri'sent to Merisel to support
,
tho allied rule.
of makiiag a counecti+o•n to a"booster"
apparatus which regulates the distri-
bution of gas throughout the city
when tete accident happened. The work
of rescuing the victims trapped in the
lower chamber of the valve house was
a moat, hazardous undertaking, and re-
sulted in the death of eight men who
volunteered for this service. That the
two men who were making the valve
connection escaped with their lives is
regarded as little short of marvellous.
Rescue work was under way within a
few seconds after the explosion. Seven
men were rushed to St. Michael's Hos-
pital, where they died• a few minutes
after their admission.
United Farmers of Quebec
Ask for Government Loan
A despatch from Montreal says:—
The United -Farmers of Quebec con-
vention this morning passed a lesoliu-
tion oaiiing on the Provincial Govern-
ment to introduce some form of rural
credits so that farmers might obtain
long tear loans at a rate of interest
low enough to enable them to get a
return from their investment.
Opposes Taschereau
Arthur Sauve, the leader of the Op-
position'in the Quebec parliament, wen
led the Conservative campaign in Ques
ben. Mr. Sauve is keenly interested
in agrioultural affairs and all rural.
problems, and has had a wide editorial
experience in the leading French-Cana-
dian papers.
In the 425bh year since Cabot first
took furs to Henry VII from Canada,
the value of pelts taken during the
season of 1919-20 was $21,197,372.
Qanadiian fur farmers now breed
ver,
alt -
ver, :blzck, red, and blue foxes, "Per-
sian iamb," raccoon, 'mink, muskrat
artd skumk.
Weekly Market Report
Toronto.
good, $5.50 to $6; do, mei S5 to $5,50;
Mani•teba wheat —No. 1 Northern, do, coni., $4 to $5;; butcher be fors.
$1.25'i choice; $6 to $6.50; do, mei., $5 to
Manitoba oat,.—Nominal. $5,50; do, corn., $4.25 to $4,75; butcher
Manitoba barley—Nominal. oow.s, choice, $4.50 to $5.25;' do, med.,
Al] ti•c above •track, Bay ports.f $$ to $4; canners and cutters, $1.75 to
American cern—No. 3 yet, 903/20; $2.25; butcher bulls. good, $4 to $4.50;
No. 2, Ric. do, come$2.25 to $2.50; fender steels,
1 :Burley --Malting, 59 to 61c, accord- good, $5.50 to $6.50; deo, fair, $4 to
ire to freights outside. $5; stockers, geed,, $4 to $4.50; deo;
Buckwheat—No. 2, 7r, to 8tle. - fair, $2.510 to $3.50; ca:lves,'choiee, $12
Rec—No. 2,. 85 to 8'7c. to $18; de, mid., $9 to $11; do, eons,,
Peres --;`o. 2, $1.4$ to 15!). $5 to - $8; mulch cows, choice,. $70 to
iwlillfeed : - DeL',, Ms.it ani. freights, $90; s:•pa•inge es, choice, .$80 to $100;
bags inolndect: Bs in, per lou, $26; lamsbs, choice, $12 to $18; sheep,
shorts, per ton, $28; trielduings, $23.50; choice, $6.50 to $7;. do, culls; "$3 to $4;
good feed flour, $2, hogs, fed and watered, $11 to $11.15;.
Ontario wheat -----No. 1 white, $1.11 do, f,oib., $10.25 to $1040; do. country
to $1.13, a:ecording'to freights outside; poipts, $10 to $10.15,.
No 2 $103 to $110. Tdog gttotat`mrs ares based nn the
antario No. 2 white oats —15 to 47c. prrcos of Vona, smooth 'hogs, sold on
Ontario earn—Nominal: a graded, basals, or selects, sold on a
1 Ontario flour—Ninety per cont. pat., .flat rate. Bacon ,selects, sold on the
in jute bags, Moutrea?i;prompt whip- graded basde, bring a premium of 10
anent, $5.10 to $5.20; Toronto basis, per cent: over the price of thick,
85.05 to $5.15; bulk seaboard, $495 to smooth hogs.
$5. Montreal.
I Manitoba flour—lst,pats., in cotton Corn, Amer:, No. 2 yellow, 91t,}zto'
sacks, $7.10 per bbl.; and pats., $6,60. 92e. Oats, Can, western, No. 2, 63 to
Hay—Extra No. 2, per ton, track, 64c; oats, Can.west., No. 3, 58. to 59c;
Toronto, $14 to $14.50; mixed, $11 to oats, extra No,.1 feed:, 55„t>n$6e; oats
$13; clover, $8 to $12. No. 2 local whale, 53 to 54c• Flour,
Straw -Car lets, per ton, track, To- Man. spring wheat pate, firsts, $7.7.0;'
ronto, $9.50, flour, second, $6;60; flour, strong ,belt
Smoked meats—Hams, sated•, 26 to ere, $6.40; flour,' winter pats., choice
28c; cooked pain, 38 to 40ce e noked $6.50. Rolled oats, bag 90 lbs;, $3.15
rolls, 26 to 28c; cottage rolls, 32 to to $3,25. Brea, $26. Shorts, $28;
350; breakfast. bacon, 32 to 35ci ape Middlings, $38, Hay, No. 2, per ton,
cial brand, brreaitfast bacon, 88 to 40e; ear lots,, $14 to $15.
backs, boneless, 35 to 42e. Cheese, finest engem-ea 26c. Better,;
Cured' meats -Long clear bacon, 50 choicest creamery, 42iz to 43c. Eggs,
to 70 las.,$20; 70 to 90 lbs., $19; 90 fresh, 45c- eggs, selected, 36c; ergs,
d. u 18• li •btevei 1ht rolls, in No. 1 stock, 82c..Potatoes, per bag.
lbs. an b, $ , g � �l ,
hard -=Pure �tie+ree:s, 1614,c;' s tubs, Con, bulls, t,3 to .$x.00; `do, rued:;
i
17c; pails, 171!,,c, prints, 181/2e, Short -.$,8.50 to $4; ,..onr• cows, to $4; cart
-
ening, rn at, , 15c;s ers good., $2; do vel thin,$1.50
enini•„ tierce�t, l..i,., to tub.., 15 to rh , f;o , 5' z T
,t, r,'Inc;17% ca:l.^es goad $10.50 to 11•, . vais
15�;,c; t,ai..s, 15 r.. to .., prints, `i , good, �w � e ,
to l8c, come $9.,50 and up, Hogs, selects and
Heavy ht+ ew, choice., 17 to' $7.75; .good ,quality l utehers,' $11;: western
0 50; nags,. 10.50.
btatcltex�steeh s�, choice, �;G- to `$ h.n ,dor$
bastebc $88 heavyweight ells $35, car sats, $1.05.
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