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•i 4* _ — At* Six THE CLINTON CHRONICLE nil ndli. ii WKBKEBMBMMBBMMMBEBtfli iB3B5SSS5BBBS5SBS8E8H We Will Close Christmas Day CUNTON CAFE TO ALL OUR FRIENDS & CUSTOMERS ROSE'S 5, 10 & 25c STORE *1 * A Simple, but genuine Yuiende wish A <fW n vmO- I! TO OUR FRIENDS WHOSE CONFIDENCE WE TREASURE NEWBERRY COUNTY BANK Goldville Branch JOANNA, S. C. In this simple, and time-worn phrase we include our genuine thanks to you whom we have had the pleasure of serving in the past. McMillan’s SERVICE STATION W. M. McMillan SINCLAIR PRODUCTS By SPECTATOR... COMMENTS MEN AND THINGS That was a cold snap we had. Do you know much about climate? I’ve been ruminating,' as Bill Arp used to say. « I’ve heard about the men who awoke in a cold room and dress ed in shivers, then went on the back porch and broke the ice for a morning eye opener. They were hardv lads, eh? I once bought drinking water from a brewery—several kegs or casks a day—distilled water. That was in Pimentel, Peru. When I attended Washington and Lee the river froze over se veral times, froze hard, so that many skated eight miles, from Lexington, Virginia to Buena Vista. And farmers cut blocks of ice and stored it away for sum mer in their ice-houses. I recall “sunny ranee”, when it seemed to rain most of the winter months. The worst winters I recall were near the coast, in Peru, when for three weeks we saw no sun, but a steady Scottish- mist fell day and night. Of course, in the mountains Of Peru we had a rainy season of several months. Oil the coast however, we had no rain except about once in ten years. But that mist we had every winter — in June, July, August and Sep tember. Of course, Peru, being South of the Equator, has winter when ye have summer. By the way it ought to at tract the ladies: they could buy heavily here of * marked-down winter raunent and go to Peru and Chile and be in the nick of time. What is education? Perhaps I don’t know. Do you know? I was a teacher in high schools and colleges and President of the Ex amining Board of three of the Catholic University of Lima, but as the old man used to say, “that doesn’t signify." Of course I once thought I knew, but most things I used to know aren’t true, apparently; so thereby hangs a tale, as Shakespeare says. Of course mere bookishness is not education; a man may be over-loaded with information and still be relatively ineffective even helpless. Books are tools for the educated person, not the whole end and purpose in them selves. Some people read trash: trash is the common mental food of the day. But others read good material, but matter so unconnected, so unrelated to what they are doing that their reading is mere stuff stored away amid the fluff-duff of life. I hesitate to say that because no one can foresee when one may have an inspiration based on some casual reading of year? be fore. Naturally I don’t mean an ig noble impulse; I distinguish sharply between inspirations and impulses, though some impulses are good. An educated man is one who can use his acquired knowledge; the knowledge of books is the great fountain of learning, for all the knowledge of the ages is in books, except that part which may have been lost. We may not take Syrup of Squills today; nor sulphur and molasses; nor even Calomel, rhubarb and por- tafillin, though one may remem ber the great days of calomel, ipecac and soda, yet the old books tell about them. Today we rejoice in penecillin, aureomysin, streptomysin and all the 'new drastic shots of the pharmaco peia, particularly for all manner of undefined and unexplored ailment sknown as viruses. In the eaqly days of unsophis ticated living we thought that mental agility developed from the mastery of certain subjects. There was intellectual strength, vigor end power to be had from the sheer mastery of problems; the mind developed from exer cise, consistent application, sus tained effort. That was a great theory, at least. Even that idea received a jolt from the lad who had to write a sentence a thousand times. He wrote “I have gone” a thousand times and then amazed his tea cher by writing *T have wrote this a thousand times and I have went home”. Well he wasn’t thinking; the teacher had not taught him properly. Poor teacher! Consider these facts: “Has the U. S. high school em barked on a retreat from solid learning? Absolutely, says Clas sicist John Francis Latimer of George Washington University. Latimer feels that he has evid ence to prove his point. Among the results of a poll he took of 104 public-school systems in 44 states; The number of secondary stu dents studying languages has dropped from three out of four in 1900 to one out of four today. French has dropped from 8 per cent to 5 percent, German from 14 percent to 1 percent. Latin from 50 percent to 7 percent. In 1900 at least four out of five students took mathematics. Today fewer than half the stu dents do, and of these, 13 per cent are taking ‘general mathe matics,’ which Latimer calls ‘a preparation for nothing, as far as college is concerned’. Biggest slump, algebra, down from 56 percent to 20 percent Since 1946 the sciences have dropped 8 percent, and in spite of all the hoopla about atoms. physics has suffered the most. In 1900 four out of every 20 stu dents took physics. Today’s count: one out of 20. What is taking tne place of these traditional courses? Points! out Latimer: ‘Group action sub jects' which the student can often bull his way through with out cracking a book. ‘We have gotten away from individual ^ef fort ... By permitting the high schools to become the vocation al bargain basements of educa tion, we have insulted the stu dent’s intelligence and encourag ed mediocrity by prescribing subject matter as an incentive for mediocre minds’.” I know that much serious work is being done; but I know that there are too many milk and sugar courses which are worth nothing: they haven’t even value as topics of con versation. Sometimes courses are pres cribed, or permitted which may have a general cultural value, but no immediate relevance to what the student needs for his work. Certainly no one can suspect me of any lack of respect for the Bible, but when a teacher in a school is rusty on algebra and kindred inspirational subjects why did that teacher specialize in the Bible and do nothing about Algebra? Perhaps the course in Bible gave more credits. Well, that is part of the tinsel on life’s Christmas tree. It would be just as applicable if a student of economics or Che mical Engineering spent all his time reading cheap crime stories. Perhaps Latin and Greek were without value; we hear that. Well, what is of value? French should have some value; certain ly: German has; Spanish has. We used to hear that one must study Latin arid Greek in order to become proficient in English Observing and hearing the in elegant English of today I think English itself might be studied profitably. Assuredly Chemistry, Physics, Geology are subjects that are in the books and papers all the time. Modem industrial progress is built on Chemistry, Physics and Geology, though those sub jects are now so subdivided and criss-crossed that alomst nobody is complete master of any one in all the amplitude of its varia tions and in all the profundity of its diversification. Engineering is built on Mathe matics. One may be lacking in an aptitude for mathematics but have notable predelection for Economies, Government, History, and languages, or any one of them. I must admit that History, as history, seems to suffer at the hands of some writers; while Ec onomists suffered a blackout during the depression. Today, we have so many suggestions and ideas that seem childish that one almost discredits Eco nomics; Government seems to be something as nebulous as any thing conceivable, ranging from Thomas Jefferson to Franklin Roosevelt, then pipping across to Mussolini, Hitler and Stalin. But down at bottom there are basic truths which discerning students find. If our American boys and girls are being reared on comics and trashy fiction, along with a mere smattering of community subjects' our hope will be that they may live to learn by ex perience. ing described lot of land: All that lot, piece or parcel of land, witl\ the improvements thereon, lying, being and situate in the Town of Clinton, County of Laurens, and State of Soudi Carolina, being bounded on the East by Bell Street, on the South by lands now or formerly of W. B. Owens, and on the West by the Will Duckett lot, and on the North by a 30-ft. street, lands formerly of Steven Alexander being across said street. This is the identical lot of. land hereto fore conveyed by W. B. Owens to Sarah A. Duckett by deed dated the 6th of March, 1906, recorded in Deed Book 20, at Page 12, in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Laurens County, S. C. To John Doe and Jane Doe, as representatives of a class of per sons unknown claiming any right, title, interest, estate or lien upo nthe real estate described in the Complaint who may be in competent, or suffering a disa bility, or infant Defendants over fourteen years of age, or infant Defendants under the age of fourteen years and to the persons with whom such Defendants may reside. Take notice that A. ♦ Arthur Rosenblum has been appointed Guardian Ad Litem nisi by the Orders of this Court, and said ap pointment will be made perma nent unless within twenty days after the service of this Summons upon you, you make application for the appointment of a Guard ian ad litem. BABB & BABB, Plaintiffs Attorneys Laurens, S. C., Dec. 7, 1954 3c-D-Dec. 30 SUMMONS FOR RELIEF Stale of South Carolina. County of Laurens. In the Court of Common Pleas Janie P. Harris, Plaintiff, Against Glenn Calhoun, Agnes Alexander Evans, Robert P. Johnson, Thferesa Johnson Wil liams, Pearl Johnson Martin, Louise Johnson Ellington, Theo dore Johnson, John H. Johnson, ( Coleman Johnson, Walker John son, Elizabeth Johnson, Albert) Johnson, George Johnson, Na thaniel Duckett, Laura Mallory, Julia Agnew, Henrietta Garrett, Mrs. Mildred Willis, William Duckett, Harriett Truman, Al fred Duckett, Herbert Metz, Thomas Metz. Sarah Childs, Hen ry Duckett, Cooper Duckett, Lau ra Dennis, Josephine Davis, James Duckett, Anna Ross, also all other person unknown claim ing any right, title, estate, inter est in or lien upon the real es tate described in the Complaint herein collectively designated as John Doe and Jane Doe, Defend ants. To the Defendants above nam ed: YOU ARE HEREBY SUM MONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action of which a copy has been filed in the office of the Clerk of Court for Laurens County, S. C., on the 7th of December, 1954, and toi serve a copy of your anwser to the said Complaint on the sub scribers at their office, Farmers National Bank Building, at Lau rens, S. C., within twenty days aftet the service hereof, exclus ive of the day of such service; and if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time afore said, the Plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for relief demanded in the Complaint at Chambers or in open Court with out further notice. Said action is for the partition of the follow- CAROLINA SERVICE STATION Texaco Products MERRY cm Ever mindful of your friendship and good will, we wiah you and yours a most Happy Holiday with tha realization of dreams far beyond *11 expectations. cox HOME AND AUTO SUPPLY “Customer Satisfaction Guaranteed” In grateful appreciation for your friendship, as shown by the fine pa tronage you have given us, we wish you a Merry / / Christmas. McINTOSH SHOE SHOP 'i , r A. E. 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