HEPPNER GAZETTE TIMES, HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 1931,
PAGE THREE
Plenty of Knowledge but
No Education
A man asked me the other day
what courses I had studied in col
lege had been most helpful.
I answered, "Greek and mathe
matics." He said it sounded like a silly an
swer. "You are in the advertising
business. What do Greek and math
ematics have to do with advertis
ing?" Of course they have nothing to
do directly with advertising, or with
modern banking or the law, or any
of the other occupations by which
I might have chosen to earn a liv
ing. Yet Greek and mathematics have
this one thing ia common each of
them compels the mind to attack
a difficult problem and to think its
way through to a solution. That is
mental discipline; that is develop
ment, in the same sense that hard
physical exercise develops the mus
cles. That, in a large degree, is ed
ucation. There is more false and fuzzy
thinking about education than
about almost any other important
subject. We have been in an age
when the whole emphasis of school
MONEY
There is a little more than forty
three million dollars in the Com
monwealth Fund, established a few
years ago by Mrs. Stephen V.
Harkness. Nobody knew there was
anything like that much money in
the Harkness -family until she cas
ually announced one day that she
had placed sbmewhat more than
$30,000,000 in a fund to be used for
humanitarian work in relieving dis
tress and discovering means of pre
venting human misery.
The Harkness fortune is only one
of many huge ones made by the
original associates of John D.
Rockefeller in the Standard Oil
Company. Almost all of these great
accumulations have been used, in
large part, for the benefit of hu
manity. There are those who will
always contend that something is
wrong with the social order that
permits any one man to accumulate
so much more than his fellows. But
it is a safe venture that more of
the Standard Oil profits have gone
back to the public in philantrophy
than would have been the case had
these profits been spread among
several million individuals as they
were earned.
LIGHT
Bright colors make people health
ier and happer, says Dr. M. Luc
keish, who is a well-known author
ity on light. The present tendency
toward brilliant colors In every
thing will some day be reflected in
men's clothes and other articles
which are now conventionally dull.
Most interesting of Dr. Duckeish's
predictions is that before long peo
ple who want to be healthy will not
waste daylight hours seeking sun
shine but will sleep under artificial
ultra-violet rays which will give
them a coat of tan while they sleep
and fill the system with health-giving
vitamins.
It is as certain as anything In the
future can be that the time is com
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what, in home or
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and college has been placed on
"learning things," on "practical
training, "on giving the boys and
girls equipment for daily life."
The result of this program, in
many instances, is not encouraging.
Young people graduate into life
with a mass of unassimilated and
more or less inaccurate facts, but
with no real mental drill, and no
philosophy.
In one of his finest passages Car
dinal Newman describes an educat
ed man as one who "has the repose
of mind which lives in itself, while
it lives in the world, and which has
resources for its happiness at home
when it cannot go abroad. He hag
a gift which serves him In public
and supports him in retirement,
without which good fortune is but
vulgar and with which failure and
disappointment have a charm."
And in another place he defines
education as "the preparation for
knowledge."
If all educators could agree upon
that definition, it would mean much
progress. Then we should have col
lege graduates whose minds are
prepared, rather than graduates
whose minds are merely stuffed.
Too many students at present
have plenty of knowledge but no
education.
ing when all human activities will
be independent of the weather.
WORDS
Dr. Frank H. Vizetelly, who
knows more words than anyone else
in America, since he is the editor
of the largest dictionary, has begun
to teach the proper pronunciation
of common words to the men and
women who use those words over
the radio.
That is an excellent thing to do,
especially when the teacher is as
broadminded as Dr. Vizetelly. He
does not .wish to mold everybody's
tongue to some self-selected pro
vincial standard. To the New York
er It is as, natural to speak with a
Southern accent as it is for a Middle
Westerner to avoid rolling his r's.
But there are certain standards of
good taste in the placing of the ac
cent, and in clear enunciation of
the essential syllables, which can be
spread to everybody more quickly
and easily over the radio than in
any other way.
Americans generally speak their
own language more clearly than do
the people of any other togue, he
says. It Is certainly true that any
American can understand the ordi
nary speech of any other American,
which is more than can be said of
the English people.
ROOT
Elihu Root celebrated his 86th
birthday the other day. A few days
before he had been arguing with
a Senate Committee in Washington
on behalf of the "Root formula"
under which the entry of the Uni
ted States in the World Court of
International Justice would not be
held as binding this country to take
part in any of Europe's quarrels.
It is hardly likely that Mr. Root
will be able to perform any more
Important services for his country.
He has been doing little else, how
ever, for more than thirty years.
Since 1899, when he became a mem
ber of McKinlcy's famous "One-syllable
Cabinet," which included Day,
Hay, Gage, Root, Knox, Smith, Long
and Bliss, he has been in the very
first rank of American statesmen.
Literally born in Hamilton college,
where his father was professor of
mathematics, Mr. Root got his col
lege degree in 1864. He earned
enough money in the next thirty
years as a lawyer to permit him, at
the age when most men think of re
tiring, to throw himself into public
service without regard to compen
sation. And he says he is going to keep
on working!
ANDTELEGRAPH COMPANY
CIRCUS
All over the civilized world there
is mourning for Lillian Lietzel.
When the news came from Copen
hagen that the beautiful little tra
peze performer had died from a
fall in the circus ring, the big city
newspapers gave columns to the
story. Millions who had never seen
her under the "big top" shared the
universal regret at her untimely
passing.
There is a glamor about the cir
cus which clothes all of its people
with a tinge of romance. Perhaps
it is because most of us had our
first experience with the world of
entertainment at the circus. At any
rate, circus performers always seem
to most people to be more interest
ing than mere movie actors and the
atrical stars.
Lillian Leitzel, like most other
circus people, had been in the show
business from infancy. She was
probably the most skilful, as well
as the most graceful and personally
attractive young woman ever to
perform the dangerous "stunts"
which she did with such apparent
ease. Her fearlessness caused her
death; she never would perform
over a net, and when a trapeze ring
broke and she fell fifty feet to the
floor it cost her her life.
Prevention Is Surest Cure
For Hog Worms Says OSC
The old saying that an ounce of
prevention is worth a pound of
cure js especially applicable in the
treatment of the worm problem in
the pig crop, said H. A. Lindgren,
livestock specialist of the Oregon
Extension service, in addressing a
group of farmers attending the an
nual pig feeders' day at the college
last week.
Strict sanitation is the best means
of prevention, Lindgren said.
Among the important factors in this
respect are the use of clean farrow
ing pens, having the sow thorough
ly washed before farrowing, and
putting her and her litter on clean
pastures. Very little can be accom
plished once the pigs are infested
with worms.
Wormy pigs are causing consider
able loss to many Oregon pig feed
ers, and the extension service is at
tempting to help eradicate the pest
through advocation and demonstra
tion of strict sanitary methods,
Lindgren said.
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food stores.
Saturday & Monday Specials
HONEY
Pure strained
honey.
5-LB. FAIL
69c
10-LB. FAIL
$1.29
SOAP
A real toilet soap
in assorted colors
and extra larpe
bars. 12 BABS
55c
DAICIMC Thompson Seedless, in 4-lb. f)Qs
ftiUOlllt) Packages. PER PKG. Ot
CORN MEAL
Spcrry's Eastern white or yellow.
9 -LB
BAG
39c
COFFEE
Economy Blend, a real econ- f
omical drink. 3 LBS. U 7C
CORN
MacMurr Del Maiz no better corn
at any price.
O TINS . 49c
MILK
BEST THAT IS
THE WEST.
OATS
WHEAT
Sperry's Pre.
brund they are
delicious
2 LO. PKGB.
75c
ORANGES
Medium size.
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39c
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BANKERS STUDY
FARM PROBLEMS
Short Course at O. S. C. Affords
Better Initight into Needs
of Rural Enterprise.
Oregon bankers gained a clearer
understanding of at least three
phases of Oregon agriculture In
their fourth annual short course
held at Oregon State college under
the joint sponsorship of the bank
ers association and the Oregon Ex
tension service.
Representative bankers from
many parts of the state spent two
days on the campus considering the
problems of irrigated pastures, the
poultry industry, and better use of
trees and forestry products on the
farm.
More pastures as a means of in
creasing feed resources was pointed
out as the key to the expansion of
the present livestock industry, or
even maintenance of its present
status, in a paper prepared by E. R.
Jackman, farm crops specialist of
the extension service. More watered
pastures and more alfalfa were rec
ommended as the best method of
decreasing the cost of butterfat
production in the Willamette valley,
which is now 12 cents higher than
in irrigated regions.
Cooperation of the bankers in fi
nancing baby chick purchases this
spring will determine to a large ex
tent the ability of the Oregon poul
try industry to reap the benefit of
the inevitable upward turn of the
egg market, said E. J. Dixon, mana
ger of the Pacific Cooperative Poul
try producers, who dsicussed mar
keting of poultry products during
one session of the short course. Mr.
Dixon urged the bankers to encour
age sound development in the poul
try Industry this year, stating that
he was certain prices would be fa
vorable late this year when a short
age of pullets is bound to occur be
cause of the curtailment in produc
tion of baby chicks now.
The use of more trees for farm
woodlots and shelter belts was also
brought out as an opportunity for
banker-farmer cooperation, and the
plan by which trees from the state
nursery of the college are distrib
uted to farmers of the state was ex
plained by George W. Peavy, dean
of the school of forestry at the col
lege. Almonds
Extra fancy
sott shell.
2 LBS.
39c
3
Picnic Shoulders
Stocking-netted, medium size and
very delicious.
PER
LB. ..
19c
FLOUR
MacMarr just quality through
and through.
49-LB. 4 AO
SACK . ... &JL4d
DARIGOLD BRAND, THE pcr Case $3.98
MADE IN
Per Can .... 9c
PAXCAKE
FLOUR
The wonderful
MacMarr
22-LB. PKG.
19c
NO. 10 SACK
59c
S'n. 35C
COFFEE
MucMiirr getting more popular
every day.
3lbs. 81.00
MALT
Buy a supply now.
Puritan, Can .... 43c
American, Can .. 38c
Spring Fashion Hints
Given by OSC Stylist
Although milady's silhouettte will
be much the same in 1931 as in 1930,
i few important changes are noted
in the new spring styles, says Miss
Margaret Brew, clothing specialist
of Oregon State college.
The normal waistline is still the
popular one, but this year a belt is
necessary where shirring was used
last year, says Miss Brew. The full
skirt also retains its popularity, but
the fullness is placed lower, some
times well below the knee, and is in
the form of pleats rather than
flares.
Skirts are about the same length,
or perhaps half an inch longer, she
says. About nine inches from the
floor seems to be preferred foe af
ternoon or informal evening wear,
and 10 to 12 inches for ordinary
daytime use. Sports clothes may
be whatever length is most suitable
to the wearer, although the middle
calf length is recommended. Skirts
are rather tightly fitted over the
hips, giving a molded effect
Necklines, Miss Brew observes,
are a little higher, but soft lines pre
vail here as last year, and the cowl
effect is still good. Sleeves are im
portant, with many types shown.
These include the flared sleeve, the
capelet sleeve, the dolman, the puff
ed, the three-quarter length sleeve.
The latter are used in coats with
the long sleeve of the dress show
ing beneath to match the part showj
ing below the hem of the coat.
Pastel shades are favored again,
but are a little grayer or more neu
tralized than last year, and consid
erable combination of contrasting
colors is noted, reports Miss Brew.
For instance, dress and hat are us-
Economy
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ually matched in tone, with a con
trasting color for the coat, and in
some cases sleeveless dresses are
used with jackets of contrasting
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COLLEGE BAND BROADCASTS.
The Oregon State college Cadet
band will broadcast over KOAC at
Corvallis at 8 o'clock, Tuesday eve
ning, March 10, according to W. L
Kadderly, program director. The
hour wlil be made up of several dif
flcult band arrangements of concert
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Womanpower
THE modern home-maker realizes the
economy of electricity in the perform
ance of tasks which kept her mother
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A Horsepower of Electricity is 746 Watts,
less htan three-fourths of a single Kilowatt
Hour. Motor-driven Electrical household ap
pliances, however, use only fractional horse
power motors Here are some examples :
Electric Fans, Electric Mixers l-20th H.P.
Electric Sewing Machine, Vacuum l-10th' H.P.
Electric Floor Polisher, Exerciser l-8th H.P.
Electric Refrigeration, Electric
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Elecric Washer, Oil Buner, Stoker, l-4th H.P.
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compositions, including "Overature
Semiramide," by Rossini; "The
Spanish Dances," by Moskowski;
"Scenes Neapolitan," bjr Massenet,
and a group of novlety tunes.
Fred Bauer, Jr., of Portland will
discuss "Water Plants and- Garden
Pools," as a part of the regular
Home Garden program over Sta
tion KOAC at Corvallis at 3:30 o'
clock, Thursday, March 12. The
program is sponsored by the Ore
gon Federation of Garden olnbg
Company