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THE LONG, LONG TRAIL
COMMENTS ON MEN AND THINGS
By SPECTATOR
That was a cold snap we had.
Do you know much about climate? Pve been ruminating,
as Bill Arp used to say.
I’ve heard about the men who awoke in a cold room and
dressed in shivvers, then went on the back porch and broke
the ice for a morning eye opener. They were hardy lads, eh ?
I once bought drinking water from a brewery—several
kegs or casks each day—distilled water. That was in Pime-
tel, Peru.
When I attended Washington and Lee the river froze over
several times, froze hard, so that many skated eight miles,
from Lexington, Virginia to Buena Vista. And farmers cut
blocks of ice and stowed ice away for summer in their ice
houses. I recall “sunny France”, 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
jnlst fell day and night. Of course, in the mountains of
Peru we had a rainy season of several months. On 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
September. Of course, Peru, being South of the Equator,
has winter when we have summer.
By-the-way, it ought to attract the ladies.: they could buy
heavily here of marked down winter raiment and go to Peru
and Chile and be in the nick bf 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 Examining Board of three of the Catholic Universities
of Lima, but as the old man used to say, “that doesn’t sig-
_nify”. 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 overloaded with information and still be relatively inef
fective, even helpless. Books are tools for the educated per
son, not the whole end and purpose in themselves. Some peo
ple 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 years before.
Naturally I don’t mean an ignoble impulse; I distinguish
sharply between inspirations and impulses, though some im
pulses are good.
• An educated man is one who can use his acquired know-
leuge; the knowledge of books is the great fountain of learn
ing, 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 portafillin, though one may remember the great
days of calomel, ipecac and soda, yet the old books tell about
them. Today we rejoice in penicillin, aureomysin, streptomy-
sin nnd all the new drastic shots of the pharmacopea, par
ticularly for all manner of undefined and unexplored ail
ments known as viruses.
In the early days of unsophisticated living we thought
that mental agility developed from the mastery of certain
subjects. There was intellectual strength, vigor and power
to be had from the sheer mastery of problems: the mind de
veloped from exercise, consistent application, sustained ef
fort. That was a great theory, at least.
Ev&i 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 teacher by writing “I
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 embarked on a retreat from
solid learning? Absolutely, says'Classicist John Francis Lat
imer of George Washington university. Latimer feels that
he has evidence to prove his point. Among the results of a
poll he took of 104 public-school systems in 44 states:
The number of secondary students studying languages has
dropped from three out of four in 1900 to one out of four
today. French has dropped from eight to five per cent; Ger
man from 14 to one per cent; Latin from 50 to seven per ct.
In 1900 at least four out of five students took mathemat
ics. Today fewer than half the students do; and of these 13
per 1 cent are taking ‘general mathematics,’ which Latimer
calls ‘a preparation for nothing, as far as college is concern
ed’. Biggest slump: algebra, down from 50 to 20 per cent.
Since 1948 the sciences have dropped eight per cent and
in spite of all the hoopla about atoms physics has suffered
the most. In 1900 four out of every 20 students took physics.
Today’s count: one out of 20.
What is taking the place of these traditional courses?
Points out Latimer: ‘Group action subjects’ which the stud
ent can often bull his way through without cracking a book.
‘We have gotten away from individual effort, by permitting
the high schools to become the vocational bargain basements
of education, we have insulted the student’s intelligence and
encouraged mediocrity by prescribing mediocre subject mat
ter 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
Xvorth nothing; they haven’t even value as topics of conver
sation. i n
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Sometimes courses are prescribed, or permitted which
may have a general curtural value, but no immediate rele
vance to what the students needs for his work.
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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 chemical 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;
certainly German has; Spanish has. We used to hear that one
must study Latin and Greek in order to become proficient
in English. Observing and hearing the inelegant English of
today I think English itself might be studied profitably.
Assuredly chemistry, physics, geology and subjects that
are in the books and papers all the time. Modern industrial
progress is built on chemistry, physics and geology, though
those subjects are now so subdivided and criss-crossed that
almost nobody is complete master of any one in all the ampli
tude of its variations and in all the profundity of its diver
sification.
Engineering is built on mathematics. One may be lacking
in an aptitude for mathematics but have notable predelec
tion for economics, 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 economists suffered a
black-out during the depression. Today, we have so many
suggestions and ideas that seem childish that one almost
discredits economics; government seems to be something as
nebulous as anything conceivable, ranging from Thomas
Jefferson* to Franklin Roosevelt, then skipping across to
Mussolini, Hitlefr and Stalin.
But down at bottom there are basic truths which discern
ing students find.
If our American boys and girls are being reared on comics
and trashy fiction, along with a mere smattering of com
munity subjects our hope will be that they may live to learn
by experience.
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Q—How many Senators have been censored by the Senate and who
were they?
A—Four. Senators John L. McLaurin and Benjamin R. Tillman, at
South Carolina in 1902; Senator Hiram Bingham, of Connecticut, in
1929, and Senator McCarthy.
Q—What nations joined with the United States in proposing the resolu
tion for peaceful use of. atomic energy approved by the United
Nations?
A—Besides the United States, they were; Australia, Belgium, Canada.
France. Union of South Africa, Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
Q—Can you give me the cost of the free mailing privelege used by
Congress?
A—This practice costs approximately $1,700,000 annually, besides the
cost of printing the material sent out.
Q—Can you give me the cost of the special or adjourned session of
the Senate which censured Senator McCarthy?
A—-The cost of this session from, Nov. 8 until the senate adjourned
sine die on Dec. 3 has been estimated at from $200,000 to $250,000!
Included in this cost is about $50,000 for travel pay; about $100,000
for printing the congressional record at $84 per page; $30,000 allowed
the Watkins investigating committee; approximafely $10,000 for
capital page boys; cost of reporting services and many other items.
Q—How many cadets will the new Air Force Academy at Lowrv Field.
Denver, accommodate? -
A—Approximately 300 will be picked for the first class. As of a recent
date, 1,240 young men have qualified to take the competitive ex-
aminatfons. Lieut. General H. R. Harmon, Academy superintendent
hopes for 5,000 to take the examination. Deadline for
by members of Congress is Feb. 18, 1955.
THURSDAY, JANUARY 6, 1954
A S THE 84th Congress convenes
■ on January 5, there is every
indication that the undertones of
ill-feeling and bitterness engen
dered during the censure proceed
ings against Senator Joseph Mc
Carthy, of Wisconsin, will break
through the orderly and even pro
cedure in the Senate, and likely in
the House also.
Senator McCarthy gives little
evidence of any chastening effects
after the historic senate action,
which by an overwhelming vote
of 67 to 22 passed the censure
resolution condemning the Wiscon
sin senator for his words and ac
tions which, “contrary to senatorial
ethics brought the senate into dis
honor and disrepute, and tended
to obstruct the constitutional pro
cesses of the Senate and to impair
it’s dignity.” That the Senate ac
tion was no minor reproof, nor a
slap on the wrist is evidenced by
the fact that McCarthy is only the
fourth member of the Senate to be
so censured and condemned in the
long history of that body.
Political observers in Washing
ton see these possible effects of the
censure hearings: On the Demo
cratic side, there was complete
party discipline, and not a single
Democratic senator opposed the
censure; On the Republican side,
the party, already split wide open,
was further ruptured when Senator
Knowland, of California, the GOP
floor leader took up the cudgel on
behalf of McCarthy. It is freely
predicted that this action by Sena
tor Knowland, coupled with his
other opposition tactics, such as
on foreign relations, against the
Eisenhower administration, may
cost him his leadership of the Re
publicans in the 84th Congress
These things are likely to hap
pen; Investigation of communist
activities and subversion likely will
be taken away from existing Com
mittees and placed in charge of a
joint committee of both houses.
The House Un-American activities
committee likely will be abolished.
None of the charges which were
the basis of the original count
against Senator McCarthy, and
charged before * the Gillette and
subsequent committees in 1951 and
1952, having to do with the Sena
tor’s finances, have ever been an
swered under oath. It is likely that
McCarthy may be forced to an
swer these charges before a new
committee.
And most important, the censure
session tnay result in the adoption
of a new set of rules for proce
dure, which would make it more
difficult for any senator or Con
gressman to abuse a committee wit
ness, or abuse the power and pres
tige of the Senate or House. The
Watkins Committee and others al
ready have made suggestions to
ward this new set of rules of
procedure.
Mentioned as possible successors
to Senator Knowland, should he be
shelved as Republican leader in
the Senate, are Senators Styles
Bridges, of New Hampshire, the
senior Republican in the Senate in
point of service; Senator Ives of
New York; Frank Carlson, of Kan
sas; Bourke Hickenlooper, of Iowa;
Eugene Millikin, of Colorado and
Everett Dirksen, of Illinois. ^
Insofar as the administration is
concerned, out of this list. Senators
Ives and Carlson a^e regarded as
logical choices, or possibly Mill!-;
kin, of Colorado.
From the Catskill Mountain
Star, Saugerties, New York: Econ
omically the nation is on a pretty
sound basis, with straws in the
wind to indicate that we are on a
gradual up-grade trend with an
unlimited future'ahead of us. Since
1 the third quarter in 1953 we have
j Weathered a period of ‘ ‘reconstruc
tion” from a wartime (which no
body wants) to a peacetime pro-
duction. not without some difflcul-
! ties to almost everyone. We has-
; ten te assure you we are not try-
' ing to sound like an economist.
Some are out <** work and need
'jobs, which are scarce and a lot
j of people have tightened their belts
up to new notches. Farmers, who
are quite often the bell-wethers of
the national economy, are work
ing harder than ever before tor
less returns.
However, there exists a strong
undercurrent that is carrying us
along to new, unexplored ground.
The workers of the atomic, plas
tic or electronic age will have to
eat. as heartily as those who have
pioneered the way. Thousands ef
new customers for the farmers’
productive efforts are born every
day. Marketing research and dis
tribution are agriculture’s impor
tant problems of the future, and
foresight by our farm organiza
tions in these fields are bound to
be rewarded.
• • * .
From the South Pasadena Re
view, South Pasadena, California:
Perhaps, as a people, we are be
coming mature. In the atomic ago
so swiftly come upon us. man
kind’s newborn power to destroy
his world has destroyed forever
the illusion that proud men. or
proud Nations, can stand secure
in their own strength.
• • •
From the Bassett and Henry .
County Journal, Bassett. Virginia:
For if we stop , to count our bless
ings, we would soon be at peace
with the world. Our mind would be
free of everyday worries and sleep
would surely follow.
We get so concerned every once
in a while with the little aggrava
tions of 'each day that we forget
all the good things that have come
into our life
In fact, we are sure that not a
single day goes by. regardless of
how hectic it might be. but that
we have many things to he thank
ful for . v^F
The very fact that we are aMef |
to get out of bed and go to our
jobs is something to be thankful
for. Many would disagree but in
what other way wfll our families
have bread ^ on the table and
clothes to wear.
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AUTHOR OF "HOW TO STOP WORRYING AND START LIVING’
(CHARLES T. BUCKMAN, 2804 W. Front Street, Alhambra, Califor-
nia, about twelve year* ago, was managing a large super market
in Memphis, Tennessee—and he was about to become a nervous wreck
from worry. He wohried about everything. If business was good, he
worried about how to get enough merchandise to take care of it If it
was bad, he worried about how he was going to get rid of the mer
chandise he had on hand. Then there were ration
stamps, coffee and sugar stamps, government forms
and regulations to keep up with.
He got to the point where he couldn’t sleep, ate
with little or no relish, and he was so cross and
irritable around his home that he says he wonders
how his wife ever put up with him.
Came the days he was to go on his vacation, and
his supervisor happened’in before he got away. And
nothing pleased him. He thought Mr. Buckman
should stay over another day. But Mr. Buckman
thought, “I must get out of this before I go crazy.”
And that is just what he did. He resigned right then..
When he got home, even though he was out of work, he felt wonder
fully free, as if a heavy weight had been lifted from his shoulders. Right
then he decided there would be no more worrying on his part; that it
just wasn’t, worth it.
He went out and got himself another job, and when he got off frgm
work in the afternoon he went home—and the job stayed there.
In his new work he carries a lot of responsibility and has a lot of
important decisions to make. He makes them as quickly as possible
and to the best of his ability. If he finds them right, fine; if wrong,
he says to himself that others have been wrong before so he doesn’t
worry about it.
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Achievement Pays Off for S. Carolina 4-H’er*
"VCERITORIOUS achievement records in the 1954 National 4-H Dairy
Foods Demonstration and Meat Animal programs have brought
state honors to four club members from South Carolina. * *
watch was awarded to each. The winners and some of
achievements are;
The State award for all-around
accomplishment in the 4-H Meat
Animal program in 1954 went to
Clayton Lowder, Jr., 18, of Sum
ter.
Learning the best methods of
feeding and management, Clay
ton began his 4-H work by rais
ing and fattening beef steers. He
enlarged his Meat Animal project
by adding steers and hogs, which
won awards.
For additional profit, he raises
twelve acres each of pasture and
corn. He has managed to save
most of the profits from sale of
his meat animals.
Clayton has been a junior lead
er and president, under the guid
ance of Frank O. Pritchard.
In recognition of his accom
plishments, Thomas E. Wilson
presented him with a 17-jewel
pocket watch award. ’
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Dairy Foods Demonstrations
that have won first honors in
South Carolina were carried out
by Betty Sloan, 16, Inman, and
the team of Idelle Potts, 17, and
Maybe lie Mosley, 16, of Clinton.
They have utilized many ways
of varying the diet by the use of
dairy products, appreciating the
value of milk for good health.
Their demonstrations have been
given before a large number of
people.
Betty, under the leadership of
Mr. C. J. Kingsley, gave the best
individual demonstration of dairy
foods in the state this year on the
subject “Effective Use of Milk in
Meal Planning/’
Idelle and Maybelle’s high
’anking team demonstration was
Both programs are conducted under the direction of
ive Extension Service.
!d*ll« Potts
“Using Dairy Products with Veg
etables.” Their local leader is Mrs.
C. E. Sloan.
Betty’s demonstration received
the blue ribbon at the Piedmont
District Roundup. Idele and May-
belle gave their dem
before the club on Ac
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HORIZONTAX.
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Scientists are turning to the gamma ray and its possible
effects on the sex life of cotton insects to whittle down the
costly annual toll of the bugs on each year’s crop of the
fluffy fibre.
Scientists see radiation as a possible tool for putting the
pink boll worm—cotton grower’s foremost enemy—on the
defensive. Radiation from X-ray machines or radioactive ma
terials can alter the hereditary characteristics of insects in
some cases limiting their reproductive potential.
Cotton growers’ constant fight against insects has more
than passing interest for folks throughout the textile in
dustry. According to the National Cotton council, insects
chewed up one bale in seven from the 1953 national cotton
crop, a loss amounting to $261 million.
If such losses could be reduced, Cotton Council officials
note, more cotton might be thrown into trade channels, pos
sibly helping the cotton textile industry in its fight in the
market place with synthetic fibres.”
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