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The @shawa Maily Reformer (ESTABLISHED IN 1871) An independent blished TRL py a al holidays t gM pd haw: nade y Nm dy 3 JF rinting Y, mited, Chas. M. Pre- Sh 3% ay, Berar SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Delivered by carrier boy in Oshawa or by mail A here 00 a year, $5. United States subscriptions, iL extra to cover postage. copies " JORGE orm: Bond Bui Te eA f, Tempe: Frontier rep: tative. Tee Oshawa a, Daily er is a member of he ress, 'the Canadign Daily Newspapers Association, te On Cute 1 Pro- vincial Dailies and the A Circulations, EEE -- FRIDAY, MARCH 12, 1936, A Forward Step | \ every To the citizens of Oshawa it must have been gratifying to learn that the Board of Education has decided to hand over the control of the school nursing and dental services to the Board of Health so that the City's health work will all be con- solidated under one authority, It is pleasing to know that this change will save money, of course; but, to those who have thought the matter over carefully, it is still more pleas- ing to he assured that the change will certainly make for greater effi- ciency, Trustee Drew who was sup- ported as seconder by Trustee Vick- ery, had his facts well in hand and in moving for the adoption of the new policy, made a very clear pres- entation of the case, The Reformer has been advocat: ing this forward step, off and on, for some time, and is, naturally, de- lighted that it has *"'come through." The Reformer criticizes, of course, on occasions as is its duty and may seem impatient at times over some incidents that seem to be a little below pary but the members of both the City Council and the Board of Education 'realize that we are, on the whole, proud of them and that we are right with them for the wel- fare of this city, There are a few little matters yet which The Refor- mer has been advocating as forward steps but we have every confidence that they will, before the year is over, be ironed out and+that this year is going to be one of real pro- gress, In the meantime The Re- former congratulates the Board of Education for having put into effect a needed reform. Rural Schools To the proposal to consolidate small rural schools with one, two, five, or ten pupils there seems to be a 'good deal of opfesition in coun- try districts, Why this ig" 0, it is difficult to imagine. To Combine three or four such schools, and, of course, to provide suitable trans- portation for the pupils, would ap- pear to be the logical solution of the problem. But the spirit of dem- ocracy or local automomy, or what- ever it is, gives evidence of being very stromg. Even though a school has only five pupils (and there are some even smaller than that) there must be a teacher, a school building, a stove, firewood, maps, charts, etc.--and three trustees. Some say that the three trustees emjoy their authority 80 much that they refuse to relin- quish it, even if decreased expendi- ture should result. Surely this can- not be the case. How would ito, instead of mak- ing the ch in wholesale man- ner, to experiment on a few school sections that are willing to try the scheme? Then gradually the new arrangement might spread over the whole Province on a local option basis, and the purpose, which evi- dently is a good ome, might in time be, achieved with little opposition. « Avithmetic { an mmm------ For many years, perhaps as long as there have been school text books, objection has from time to time been naised to the arithmetical problems which pupils are required to "work™; Possibly this condition arises from the fact that the prim- ary purpose of arithmetic is not to teach children how papering, plas- tering, carpeting and merchandising are carried on (they learn this lat- er in actual life) but rather the pur- pose fis to make them adepts in us- ing figures and in solving all some However, there is wo of problems. Hp reason why "questions" {in . arith- metic should not bear as much re- lation as possible to the systems, if by which men carry on busi- From the Christian Science Monitor the following item is clip- ped: any, RO8S, "Examples ip arithmetics used in the public schools in the country to teach children how to figure pro- fits on sales were described as being erroneous hy R, edgeville, Ga., president of the Pennsylvania and Atlantic Seaboard Hardware Association, at its twenty- fifth annual convention. "Ninety of 110 arithmetics in use," Mr, Hatcher said, 'contain problems based on the theory that the difference between buying and selling prices is profit and no con- sideration is given to the costs of operating a business and how such costs affect the consumer , "The task of making a complete study of these arithmetics and re- vising all incorrect problems resul- ted in detailed reports being made to 26 publishers covering some 4,- 560 examples corrected," he assert- '6d, "It was pointed out that there is no such term as 'gross profits' and that, defined, by Webster, pro- fit is: 'the excess of the price re- ceived over the cost of purchasing and handling or producing and mar- keting particular goods.' > Esquire In many Buropean countries the handle "Esq." after a man's name is not understood by the Post Office sorters, who thigk it must he the last name or surname and who jam the "EB eral compartments in the gen- restante" all man delivery or 'poste floods this by the name of "Esq." When sections with of letters, addressed to mysterious you come to think of it, device. habit, It is said that in| Is it tradition, or or vatism, or what? distinction "Mr." people are £ngland there is some between *"Esquire" and and | that some very correct somewhat peeved if the wrong one is used. Over here ference between the two and use them interchangeably. "Miss" "Mr." concerned, the old world rotates and "Mrs." and, as far as they are or as the men have | for $s just as well without Why pot drop the Not ave any special sympathy for post- revolv any | such variation, meaningless *Esq."? that we 2] sorters in Europe, but because a useless appendage is only an un-| necessary encumbrance, WHAT OTHERS SAY HE'S THE ONE TO DO IT (St. Catharines Standard) If a situation is to be painted Premier Ferguson should have first claim on the job. WHY HE DRIVES SO FAST (Gttawa Journal) It is comforting to thnk that even Mf 2 man does pass you with his moteg car he may be nehiné in his instalments, WHY PICK ON BOOKS? (Manitoba Free Press) Winston Churchill says that bogks cost too much. But so do motor- moving pictures, badminton, and golf. Why pick on books? FAME ENOUGH! (Hamilton Herald) A specialist on babies says it is a mistake to require people to keep quiet when the baby is asleep True; the baby seldom keep quiet in order that other people may sleep. LUKE MARCH { Exchange) "Can any boy tell me what comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb?" Silence prevailed in the class room for a few mjnutes, then a piping voice from the back: "Our landlord, when he gets the back rent." EVIDENCE FROM ALL SIDES (Brantford Expositor) An increase of half a million dol- lars in the customs revenue at To- ronto for February, 1926, compared with the same month last year, is one more substantial proof that the business of Canada is constantly expanding. HARD OOAL PRICES (Providence Jowrmal) The market for hard coal will be 2ood if the men in the trade do nothing to spoil it. But there is like- ly to be little tolerance for a pub- lic-be-dammned attitude on the part of operators, wholesalers or retail- ers. Pre-strike prices of hard coal were high enough ip all conscience, and no boosting process will be wel- comed. A PROFESSIONAL «Christian Register) A campzigner was coastantly in- terrupted by 2 mam in the crowd who kept shouting out, "Liar!" After about the twentieth repetiti-n the speaker paused and fixed his eyes on his tormentor. "If the zea tleman who persists in interupting," he said, "will be g enough io tell ms his name instead of merely shouting out his calling, I am sure we shall be all very much pleased to ake his acquaintance." W. Hatcher, Mill-| that "Esquire" is a peculiar sort of | Why do we use it, anyway? | conser- | we know no dif-| Our women have no synonym for | with a splendid coat of camouflaze, ! cars, yatchs, radios, theatre tickets, | a mh THE OSHAWA. DAILY. REFORMER. FRIDAY, MARCH 12, 1926 THE DISFRANCHISED 8 SEVEN (Peterborough Examiner) The Globe asks: "Who is running the affairs of Ontario anyway?" Well, we could name seven constituencies that are not having anything to do with it anyway. NO PUBLICITY HERE (Davenport Messenger) What gains our admiration in the 0,232 ile flight of Mamon Franco of the Spanish navy from Palos, Spain, to Buenos Aires, was the absence of all advertising, adventuring, and pre- dictions of peril. The flight of 1432 miles from Cape Verdc islands to Brazil was made in 14 hours, and there was no "cackling" from the successor of Columbus, ENGLISH AS SHE IS SPOKE (Neil Munro in T.P.'s and Cassell's Weekly) in every class in Scot- land, an almost awed respect for good standard English speech, since with us it has usurped the place of Latin as evidence of education and a grounding in the "humanities." Nowhere is there more contempt, however. for the wretchal native whose speech is deliberately "En- zlified," as we say, by effort, and ept ever on a "haw-haw" note as evidence: of his superior refinement, There is, FARMERS AND FAKERS (Sherbrooke Tribune) It is unfortunately a known fact that a great number of our honest farmers become victims every year of professional crooks, who promise the world and wonders to the sub- seriber "on the ground floor." The towns as well as the rural centres suffer from the wicked practices of these swindlers, but it seems that in recent years they have preferred to operate in the country, as tho they felt more sheltered there Comfortable fortunes, the result of perserving economy, have thus been swallowed up to the distress of the thrifty poor, THE ENGLISH BOY (From the London Observer) The experiment of growing fruit trees by the roadside seems to have little chance in this country. It may he possible in Germany where the word *'verboten" is held in res- | pect: or in France, where the apple Is no particular treat; or in Switz- erland, where it commemorates the | pious memory of William Tell; but the English small boy is something lof a communist, and in his taste tor apples takes after his mother | Kye. There is only one way to | protect roadside apples in this count- | ry, and that is to make the eating | of them compulsory and give les- sons in school on tree-climbing. (The Argonaut) Van Dyke, of English University, { American minister to | recently declared that i Act should either be Ipe aled. Dr, Van Dyke, discussing | Episcopal Church Temperance 2Ly's attitude toward prohibition, sa vd, Phe great dif(ienlty with the {pfoblem of prohibition is that both sides to the controversy have been [guided by prejudice. The people at Jarge have not [to it. Now they beginning think. Thinking the thing. 'A man who comes out of a {university and is unable a man who has no education." | WELCOME HOME AGAIN (Toronto Star)s hod [ BEGINNING TO THINK | professor literature at and former The Hague, the Volstead Dr. Henry Emeritus | Princeton S0- | are is The drift of Canadians back to Can- ada attracting the of | United States newspapers. New York Sun points out that | ward movement of Canadians domiciled | { for, six months or more in the United { States reached 7923 in December, a | record for any month since April 1924, when the dominion department of I on colonization began to | record this important population move- ment. For the first mine months of the present Canadian fiscal year the | number of nationals who returned from the United States to the domin- lion was 33.5 | The Sun attémtion The is that this "home- | bound influx" not a temporary or se Gasol movement. The tide has turn- led . The suggestion of Canadian offi- ls that it is evidence of improved business conditions in Ganada is accop- ted as an explanation. % CAN THEY AFFORD IT? - (St. Thomas Times-Journal) | Can the Christian homes of Canada afford to spend five minutes a day in family worship? Of course there are | difficulties in the way. There is the morning rush for school. The oldgr | members of the family must hurry to business. . Members of the househoid {must go, one to the: neighbor's, the | other to the factory, yet another 0 thed barn. But is any one of these f dutic s so important, or are all of then | together so imperative, that the farmdy | altar should be ignored or meglected ? Every day we hear of homes that are broken up altogether. Others are | known where family relations are so | strained as to make it a doubtiul matter whether it were not better to sever bonds that, instead of beng a source of strength, have become sywm- bols of a misery that is well-nigh in- tolerable. The most trivial reasons are offered in court for" this breaking up of the home, and neither crown, nor jcourt, nor plamtiff, nor defendant | seems ashamed. Is all this not due to the failurc to | cultivate those deep spiritual affnitics that grow from religion in the home? Is not this sad social condition due to the failure to "Implore His counsel and assisting might 2 More imperious than ever is the cail for religion to be cultivated in the home. Somectimes grave men wonder if that is not the only place where she can be taught these days, so deeply has modern "efficiency" bitten into the church. Only when genuine religion, or, what Oliver Cromwell designated "vital godliness," takes her rightiul place in the home, will our common life be lifted to its proper level and our commercial and civic and national affairs come to honor. The observance of the simple rites of religion in the home will clear the air of despondency. It will give neighborly relations a new significance, sweeten and 'strengthen grees is sons and daughters mighty in endur- ance and achievement [z= domestic relation, and make our enforced or re-| the | given much thought | essential | "the home- | "drink, to! | to think is | | | | | ' | | | --_ CRISP COMMENT We like best those songs which can't be sung except by people who can sing.-- Brandon Sun, The average woman swallows flat- tery just as a baby swallows buttons-- regardless of the trouble that may cn- sue. --~Chicago News. The best way for a Canadian to feel better about his income tax is to compare. it with the British levy. --Peterboro Examiner. We are informed that rabbits in their wild state fequire nothing to Boy, page Hon, Mr. Raney. --Ottawa Journal, The weather these days is' manifest- ly suffering from the craze of variety stunts.-- Brantford Expositor, Cheer up! After the snow has all been shovelled there will be the gar- den 10 think about.--Toronto Tele- gram, Snow shovelling has been almost as popular a pastime as snow-shocing for some months, but hasn't been much use for keeping up the golf form. Guelph Mercury, Spring is officis open this year March 21, the first time in three years the opening has fallen on that day of the calendar.--St, Catharines Standard. The Page makes the suggestion that the League of Nations appoint Deri Smith, of the Orillia division court, io collect some of the European war debts. --Orillia Packet. Prince of Wales has come out in a green overcoat, so all you have to do to be in fashion is to wear yours fo; It takes $12,000,000000 annually: to clothe the American women from the top of her head to the bottom of her shoes, And what have they got to show for it?--Ncw York Journal, four or five ycars.--Bordcr Cities Star, An exchange says Jack Dempsey has gone to Florida to "improve his wind." Sounds as if he had gone into the real estate business there.~Cha- tham News. Why should so many members of arliament have such a grudge against Time that they spend hours in talk- ing against it--Hamilton Herald Anatole France's widow, it is an- nounced, will wed a butler probably having come 10 the conclusion that this is the only way to keep one.--~Hamil- ton Spectator The Cleveland Plain Dealer wants to know whether Chicago is bigger than the republic and the dominion bined, It thinks it Detroit I Press The United States had been breakin: all production records. Even the mur der rate has doubled in the last 25 years,.-- Brockville Recorder and Tins » A LITTLE NONSENSE DEPENDS "What a dear little boy you call him?" * It depends on what Paul News, com- is ! What ¢ docs," TAKES TIME Freshman, How long will 1 have to a shave? Oh, about two years. walt toy Barber Tigus EXPLAINED Judge--W hat is temperament ? 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