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EASTERN CLACKAMAS NEWS. THURSDAY. JANUARY 6 1927
Scene at Opening of Short Session of Congress
World Faces Crisis in Prevailing Disintegration
of Family Life
Know Your Sweatheartj
by H is Handwriting
By ICEV. DR. S. E D W A R D Y O U N G . Chicago.
V E R Y B O D Y ’ S prayers should be offered for the confused young
people of today who have all the matrimonial inclinations mortals
ever had and find themselves discussing promiscuously and in
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ordinary conversation trial m arriage and every phase of sex prob
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By E D N A P U R D Y W A L S H
E d ito r, r b a n e l r r R en d in g Magnilne.
(C opyrigh t.)
How Hia Mind Works
lems, as unblushingly as we used to discuss the weather.
Novel and stage and motion picture and divorce suit and so-called
medical hooks have left nothing forbidden, no zone of shame to be avoid
ed, when youth in their teens talk couple by couple or in groups. Our
women working out and dining out, family arrangements have made the
old time fireside a myth to most city and town Americans. The family
; type that gave us the strong men and women of other days is less and
[ less here to function, and in its stead is coming a regime as far from Puri-
j tan re as democracy is from despotism.
New Kite Interests the A ero Experts
Redeclaring church laws and clever decisions that get around church
laws influence the situation about as much as New York state statutes af-
fe t Reno or Paris. Our only hope is healthful public opinion. It is the
; ig task of churches and all who have a heart to help in the most vital
j crisis the Anglo-Saxon Christian household has thus far faced.
There is no need of despair. The revolution in family life can be met
by the personal religious contact« of preachers and teachers and whole
some books and a re-estahlishnient of the household father as a kind of
priest and the mother as a kind of priestess.
Despite Use of Slang, Modern Youth Has Able
Command of Language
By V/. W IL B U R H A T F IE L D , Chicago Educator.
Despite the accusations of their elders that children use too much
slang, the average youth of eighteen today uses much better language
than did the youth of fifteen or even five years ago.
The courses in formal rhetoric once so popular in the better schools,
have been displaced by training in composition, oral as well as written. Be
cause of changed aims and methods of training the average youth of eight
een today uses much better language than did the youth of eighteen,
fifteen or even five years ago.
Shown to the public for the first time, ufter more than 200 trial "flights," this huge passenger-carrying kite It
being studied by aero experts at Los Angeles. Invented by George A. Argabrtte, who has flown kites since school
days. It has been tested and so far has carried ISO pounds aloft. The photo shows Mrs. Argabrlte In the kite.
Scene of Christmas Celebration
ACCUSED OF MURDER
The next step forward is to be the replacement of the present arti
ficial, would-be literary themes, more than half of which are narratives of
insignificant personal experiences, with practice in genuine communica
tion in such situations as occur outside the school.
Already progressive teachers in many places are experimenting with
these innovations and finding that they are quite practicable. The school
graduates ten years hence may be confidently expected to show both more
language power and more ability to adapt themselves to the social situa
tions of business and ordinary intercourse.
Religion the Sole Foundation of Moral Stand
ards and Conventions
By B IS H O P W IL L IA M T. M A N N IN G , Episcopal, New York.
Portrait of Erdman Olson, the young
Wisconsin man who bus been Indicted
for the murder of his sweetheart,
Clara Olson, and for whom the police
o f several states ure looking.
ENVOY FROM FRANCE
Stronger moral convictions and standards to enhance the moral fibet
are necessary in upholding the nation’s laws and institutions.
We see so many people today who are morally adrift and without
clear standards or convictions. They tell us that these things are noth
ing but conventions; that there is no moral law which we are bound to
obey. That view of life means ruin for the individual and for society. It
means that they have lost their hold on religion and on God. It is re
ligion alone that gives us more standards and conventions, and it is the
only foundation of character, personal responsibility and citizenship and
human life
It is faith which makes human life great, and that makes it worth
while. Doubt and uncertainty give no power to our lives. It is the man
1 who believes great things who accomplishes great things. Faith lives in
every human heart and the Christian religion lifts the faith that is in us
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up to its highest and noblest expression. All history shows that religion
and morals stand together or fall together.
Increased Duration of Life Great Factor in
Progress Made by World
By PROF. T. W I N G A T E TO DD. Western Reserve University.
I.ongevity should be regarded as a social benefit as well as increased
opportunity for living. The tremendous impetus of discovery and inven
tion during the past century has undoubtedly been due in a large meas
ure to the increased duration of life achieved by medical science.
Consider the magnificent work of Edison, Burbank, and MAiim dur
ing the ripe years of life denied to earlier generations. Once the old
men of society, those of priceless wisdom and experience, died in the
prime ol their maturity. Today we have aged fathers and uncles from
whom we absorb knowledge acquired through the slow years.
In a secluded little dell, high up on the slopes of the California Sierras,
stands the Cenerai Grant tree, patriarch of the great grove of sequoias of
General Grant National park. Around the base of this tree will gather at
high noon on Christmas day men and women from far and near to observe
the second annual "Nation’s Christmas Tree” celebration. The Generili Grant
tree Is more thau four thousand years old, towers 204 feet In the air,
pleasures 100 feet around the base and Its greatest diameter Is 40 feet.
New Apple Wins the Wilder Medal
Prof. C. I’ . Close, United Stntes
pomologlst nnd chairman of Ihn
Wilder Medal com minion, holding
the Stnrklng apple, evolution child
of the famous Stark IVIIclous apple.
The Starking apple won the Wilder
medal at the recent annual meet
ing of the National Fruit Growers'
association at Grund HaphK Mich.
It originated on a single limb of
a tree In New Jersey.
Paul Claudel, distinguished diplomat
and author, now Kreuch ambassador
to Japan, who has been appointed to
succeed M. Ilerenger as ambassade!
to Washington.
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No Upstrokes, Trained Mind.
Many Upstrokes, Superfluous Talk.
"H e Is very Intelligent!” When we
say this about a person we should
j say in what way he is Intelligent, for
j some of us may be very Intelligent
| about stocks and bonds, but Ignorant
j about ethics and things of the spirit.
The logical, trained thinker who
reasons and bases his conclusions on
j sound foundations which he sees with
hls physical eyes, leaves Interesting
things behind him in his writing. Ho
leaves off most of tlie upstrokes to
hls letters, beginning such letters as
u, m, n, etc., with a down stroke in
stead of an unnecessary upstroke. HI*
trained mind does not care for super
fluities.
The person who pens an upstroke to
nearly every letter beginning, will talk
all around a thing, but will not get
"down to business”— will tell every
unnecessary detail about some rela
tive’s relatives until the real story
has been forgotten. Such a mind can
not make decisions quickly, nor shoul
der much responsibility.
The con
stantly Intelligent person keeps the
same slope to hls writing throughout
Too much change indicates moods and
emotions ruling.
One may be very Intelligent In Intu
itive ways also, where ideas come a*
Inspirations or "hunches.’’ Such peo
ple write very often with many dis
connected letters. The writing Is usu
ally light, and the d’s and t’s looped
and high. Such people do not know
how they reach their conclusions, yet
they cannot be argued away from
them. They feel them “ physically."
More About Those Emotions
It Is an interesting thing to note a
person’s letter (If it ts written on
unruled paper) to see If hls emotion»
rule him, causing him ups and downs
In life, or whether hls head and single
goal In life are steadily and calmly
guiding him.
I f hls writing hews to the line,
without ups and downs, he will "stay
In hls own back yard" digging away
steadily at hls task, persevering, and
careful In hls work. Scientists nnd
detail workers hew to the line, with
out flashy ups and downs, while
actors, dramatic salesmen, and quick
Even Base Line.
Uneven Base Line.
Insplrntlonalists will get off this line,
feeling "way up” with this person and
"way down” with that other one
Do not expect the lover who writes
an Inflexible base line to learn dancing
Instantly, or to propose the first night
Do not expect the lover whose writ
ing bobs up and down to become a
successful bookkeeper all at once.
He will become III first, from suppres
sion and restlessness, aud Irritability
In such a position.
And the perfect copy book writer
seldom becomes a creative artist or
powerful writer. He is a better fol
lower of other people’s ideas.
Domestic troubles come from these
differences of emotions In each other.
If understood, the troubles vanitm.
The prosaic husband who loves In
his own way should not he condemned
for falling to enthuse, while the ro
mantic one should be responded to
and be given sufficient mental Interest
at home. Instead of Jealousies and
scoldings. If we wish to keep hls love.
Note.— Do not make Anal jud gm en t
And the quickening conscience of the world in regard to human re until
other signs In w r itin g are studied
lations is undoubtedly influenced by the fact that we have so many old
mothers still alive, blooming like evening primroses in the evening of :
C h a ra cter in B u ein e»»
life.
Character |s playing more and more
The average death age has been increased to fifty-six years, with an i Importance In business, both from the
side of the management and the side
attendant advance in the old age “ peak” from forty-two to seventy-two of the employee. Once every effort
years.
was made to obtain efficiency. While
SENATOR FROM MAINE
Fundamental Essentials of Home Life More
Than Food, Clothing and Shelter
By A L IC E M. LO O M IS, Illinois Education Specialist.
Vo greater mistake can he made than the belief that food, clothing
and shelter are the fundamental essentials of home life.
They are essentials, but is that all there is to living, to civilization
or lo racial development? Is that all there is to enjoying life? What
we are striving for is to make the home a place for the mental, physical,
moral and spiritual development of its members, and also a place from
which each can prepare himself to do his full part in the next larger
unit of society. This expanding of social interest has no limit, within
the ne«ds of the race, but it has a very natural starting point in the
Arthur U. Gould. Republican, who
was elected Unitesi Stales senator
from Staine to All the vacancy caused
by the death o f Senator llert Fernald
o jt
home.
The conviction grows that true home education in the school and
family circle is a never-ending series of purposeful activities directed
toward th« advancing goal of th* ideal home, and each haa • part in th*
planning.
efficiency Is an end of business today,
the realization of the need for char-
acter has come to be s foremost
thought of corporation
leaders.—
Thrift Magazine.
“ F a m ily o f N a tio n »’’
In International law the phras*-
“ Fainlly of Nations" refers to an as
semblage of states claiming a com
mon civilization and a political and
moral equality; specifically, the na
tions of Christendom in Europe and
the New world, also the Ottoman
empire (since the Treaty of I’arls 1»
ISTiC) and. more recently. Japan.
W e tle y M a d e R o ck F a m o u »
There is a rock near Lands End
which Is rated "Wesley’s Rock." for
It Is said that it was there he wrote •
famous hymn which contains the
lines; ’’lx» »n a narrow neck of land
'wtxt two unbounded seas I stand."
Anyone who has stood on this pn nt
•f rock will feel the force of those
ire» I onuon Tit Bits