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Six Inch Sermon
BY REV. ROBERT H. HARPER
Shows His People the Way.
Lesson for August $: Excdus
13:17-22; 17-22a.
Golden Text: Exodus 15:2.
It was well that God showed
his people the way—the direct
route to Canaan would have
brought them at once into a
clash with the war-like Philistines
and the escaping bondmen were
poorly prepared in training or e-
quipment for war. “God led them
about” and toward the Red sea,
in a cloud by day and a pillar
of fire by night. The cloud, in
the usually cloudless sky of Egypt,
was a marvel in itself, and it was
a shade by day and it proved a
screen in time of danger.
As they approached the sea, the
Israelites found themselves in a
trap. Pharoah and his host were
behind them and the sea was
before them. Escape seemed hope
less. And the people reproached
Moses that he had led them in
to the wilderness to perish. The
15th chapter of Exodus tells of
the miraculous crossing of the
Red sea and of the destruction
of the pursuing Egyptians in the
returning waters.
On the farther shore, Moses and
his people sang their song of
deliverance, celebrating the over
throw of their enemies and ex
pressing their faith in Jehovah.
And Miriam, sister of Moses, and
the women with timbrels and
with dances, repeated the theme.
Let us sometimes wait on prep
aration to do the Lord’s work—
though we must take more time
and pursue a longer way to the
goal. And let every achievement
in God’s name lead us to praise
him and to strengthen our faith
for larger achievements in the
future.
SUCCESSFUL
PARENTHOOD
By MRS. CATHERINE C. EDWARDS
AModot* Editor. Parent's Magazine
HANDLING THE EXPLORA
TORY STAGE
TODAY
&md
TOMORROW
By DON ROBINSON
‘IF’
solutions
If each farmer in this country
would spend three days between
now and the end of the year
harvesting a crop of timber from
his woodlands, the threat of a
serious pulp paper shortage would
be overcome.
If all the housewives of the
country would turn in every tin
can they are in the habit of
throwing away, our tin problem
would be nearly solved.
If all of us would ^spend 10
per cent of bur income for war
bonds and stamps, the wartime
financial problems of the govern
ment would be pretty well under
control.
If each household would con
tribute a oound of fat to the fat
drive each month, it would take
care of our needs for munition
making and soap manufacturing.
If each motorist would figure
out how to cut his gasoline con
sumption down by as little as one
gallon a week, it would do a great
deal toward ending the fuel
problem in the East and would
also case our rubber crisis.
And if each familv which has
a plot of land had planted a
fair-sized Victory garden last
spring, the difficulties of feeding
this nation would be solved.
DROPS .... important
All of those “ifs” are of the
drop-in-the-bucket variety. They
are reviewed here to re-emphasize
the fact that it actually takes
very little on the part of each
of us to achieve some major na
tional goal.
During the war it has been ap
parent that some of us think the
little we can do is of such minor
Importance that it isn’t worth the
bother. If a house-wife reads of
Mothers are frequently told
when they ask for advice on their
problems t^aat their child is just
“going through a phase” and not
to worry. That is O. K. so far as
it goes, but parents being human,
sometimes they’d like to be told
how to live through a certain
phase! For instance, there is the
exploratory stage, as physeholo-
gists call it, which begins when
the child outgrows his play pen
and the toys handed to him and
starts investigating the house,
with the very laudable purpose of
^earning his environment. ^ But
how can you encourage him to
get the most out of this learning
experience and still live in com
parative peace with a child who is
into everything?
There are two approaches to
the problem. If you are a very
busy mother you’ll probably have
to take the “Safety First” ap
proach, which is to put every
thing breakable out of reach, as
well as everything on which the
child might hurt himself, such as
light cords. Your house won’t
look as nice as you like it to, but
this stage of your child’s develop
ment will be a more comfortable
one for you both. And after the
baby has been put to bed it
doesn’t take long to dress the liv
ing roortt up a bit for a sociable
evening with your husband or
friends.
The other approach is the
“guidance” one, and if you have
the time to follow through on it
we believe it is the better proce- i
dure. First, you accept the fact j
that it is necessary for a child to
satisfy his curiosity about the
things h^ lives with. Up to now
his world has been pretty much
bed, carriage, pen, high chair and
his own toys. But now that he !
is interested in living room, din
ing room, kitchen, he must be
made to feel that he belongs
there too if he is to grow up
with a satisfying sense of sharing
a home, not of being an intruder
from whom you guard your pos
sessions.
This is accomplished by intro
ducing the child to everything
which catches his interest. When
his eye lights up at the sight of
books, help him take a few from
the shelves, show him how to
hold them, how to turn the pages
“These are mother’s,” you say,
“see hew carefully ws hold them.”
There should be books for baby,
but these, too. he is taught to
handle carefully. The pots and
pans from the kitchen cupboard
will survive his attentions without
much supervision, but always let
him help put them back so that
he learns things don’t belong in
the middle of the floor.
About light cords, fire screen,
small tables, you say “No, No,”
in a tone that he understands.
Small, breakable objects, unless
they are too precious, he should
be allowed to handle under your
direction. In other words, during
these first weeks of exploratory
activity someone should be on
duty to explain and admonish,
and to protect the child from his
ignorance of the hundred and
one new things he is curious
about. Your reward for this pa
tient effort will be a child well
adjusted to living with things
not all of which he can touch at
will. And he will have escaped a
constant chorus of “No, Nos,”
which soon cease to have mean
ing for him. It is when “No” is
used sparingly that it is most ef
fective.
But with either method of han
dling this phase of development,
a child should have some space
of his very own.
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the enormous need for tin cans,
she is apt to think of the four
or five cans she might contribute
each week as being such an in
finitesimal part of the demand
that it isn’t worth bothering with.
But actually, the only reason
we can still get food in cans, and
the only reason the army can be
supplied with its needs for cans,
is that millions of housewives are
bothering to make this infinitesi
mal contribution each week. Each
contribution is just a drop in the
bucket—but enough drops will fill
any bucket, no matter now large.
We need to keep, that in mind
constantly, as we are asked for
little sacrifices to help win the
war. They really will help. Our
war program depends on the co
operation of all of us—and the
little things become very big
things when multiplied by ou: 1
whole population.
VOLUNTEERS . . . whips
So far, our government has
managed to keep its request for
cooperation on a voluntary basis.
In Germany, if more pulpwood
was needed as it is here today,
Hitler would probably issue an or
der that every farmer spend three
days cutting wopd and would pro
vide a severe punishment for
those who didn’t obey.
But in this country we don’t
believe in getting co-operation by
threats. So instead of ordering
farmers to cut pulpwood, a big
advertising and promotion cam
paign will be carried on to ap
peal to the patriotism of farmers
and to explain to them how it
will heln win the war if each‘of
them will harvest a crop of wood.
This method may be slower and
less productive, at first, than the
Hitler method. But in the long
run, as the importance of this
contribution spreads, our farmers
will undoubtedly show Hitler, once
again, that a lot move can be
accomplished by voluntary meth-
cds in a free country than by
using a whip.
Try Direct Seeding
Of Cabbage, Collards
Clemson, July 31.—For the fall
Victory garden let us consider
some of the cool season crops
which are raised for their sterns
•and leaves. Dr. J. B. Edmond, a
South Carolina Experiment Sta
tion horticulturist, advises.
“First on the list are cabbage
and collards,” says Dr. Edmond.
“For the fall crop of these two
old reliables, plants may be trans
planted or the seed may be sown
directly in the garden. The direct
seeding method, tests show, is
very satisfactory. Because of hot
weather at this time of year, re
covery from transplanting is very
slow; consequently plants seeded
directly in the garden usually ma
ture two to three weeks before
transplanted plants of the same
age.
“When the directly seeded
plants are up, they may be block
ed out just as is done for cotton,
leaving three or four plants to
the hill until well established.
Then the hill is thinned to one
most vigorous plant.”
For these fall plantings.
Charleston Wakefield and Savoy
variety are suggested because they
can withstand considerable cold
weather. Georgia Southern and
Louisiana Sweet are recommended
for collards.
“Then, too, every fall and win
ter garden should have its full
supply of greens,” Dr. Edmond
continues. “Fortunately a num
ber of relatively hardy crops are
available for greens in our mild
Southern winters. These include,
of course, turnips, mustard, spin
ach. kale.
“Fcr turnip greens plant Seven
Top and Shogoin, the latter re
sistant to lice; for mustard, Giant
Southern Curled; for spinach.
Virginia Savoy; for kale, Siberian
Curled.”
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Naval Unit At
Newberry College
From 25 States
Newberry, July 31.—The trainees
in the V-12 naval unit at Newber
ry College come from 25 states.
The largest group are from Illi
nois. The majority of the stu
dents are from the mid-western
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Checking Aluminum “Blades of War”
Careful inspection guarantees the quality of Chevrolet-
produced war goods. Here a skilled metal worker makes
the final inspection of aluminum propeller blade forgings,
produced in a Michigan forge plant whose output, added
to that of othe» Chevrolet aluminum forge units, makes
this General Motors division one of the nation’s major
suppliers of aluminum aircraft forgings. This workman
determines dead center in each blade, and measures to be
certain that sufficient stock is included to allow for all
machining operations.
states. There are 31 South Caro
linians.
35 of the navy trainees are
Seniors, 30 Juniors, 61 Sopho
mores and 199 Freshmen.
128 civilian students are enroll
ed for the regular liberal arts
courses, 37 men and 91 women.
They come from South Carolina,
it* i I 'tmlina, Florida
Mississippi and Virginia. 199 are
from South Carolina.
Newberry is now operating on a
full twelve-months’ schedule. The
current term began July 7. The
next will begin November 1 and
the third on March l. The accel
erated program enables a student
to advance very much more rap
idly than under the normal
schedule of peace time.
On the farm, “saving up for •
rainy day” should include count
less lobs for young and old.