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January 1941 ?agu 8 OUR NATIVE MOCKINGBIRD '^Sitting by a window I have of ton marveled at the skill used by the mocking bird when in flight. To me there is not a more interesting bird in the bird kingdom. Maybe this bird is not the most highly colored or the most active; nevertheless, he is skillful and sings a voryb3a> tifiul song. What fun it is to whis tle at him and to roceive an ?>n3v;er so nearly perfect that it sounds like a strong echo. It is also amusing to heap him mock other birds or animals. He is a common bird of the South ern United Statos and is closely r^>- lated to the catbird and thrasher. Finding him to be a very friendly bird, I havo often encoixragod hijn to come and sit awhilo on the window sill and eat the crumbs I have put there for him,Certai^jj^.*®Jbions have led me to believe MlcJ^/this bird has a peculiar in3tind%».^feom6dtlyy whon o_I try to urge him j|D*^'ome forward he only fusses ''.ndj^flios around making no attempt t^f'3it on the silli On other days it t'kos very littlo coaxing, provided I kj^p ny distance, to get him to como to oat tho crutiios. People havo often tried to toll mo that tho mocking bird 1.3 an onomy to man-ktnci. I do not boliove this; for does this bird not cat certain in sects that harm our crops. THE FALL DAY WAS FULL OF COLOR The falling loavos arc the silent music of nature, A king in all his royal purple 1.':. not arrayed as ono of thoso trees in all thoir bril liant huos. They wavo thoir color ful branches to the rich and poor aliko. As tho sun is setting on a bedecked forost of many huos, it onriches tho mind in the apprecia tion of naturo. No artist could over paint a picture with such charm as a fall day. READING QUIZ GIVEN STUDENTS A ten-question survey aimed to ward getting a general idea of the amount of reading being done in high 3chool and the seventh grade was given to the students by radio on January 3,Tho answers to ' tho questions Y/uro compiled and broad cast tho following week, Tho teachers rojjort that bho nuostionnairo revealed that tho students can't think quickly and that they :iren't reading as much as they should. One question v/hat magazine arti cles have you read in the past v/eek? disclosed that ;only abcxxt^aoo- third of tho students road mgnzine iirticl.-'s. regularly. Three stu— ovmts of tho high school and four in tho sovonth grade gave tho cor rect ansv/or, Cunningham, to tho question vVhat comot is now visible? This ans-.vor and the small number anav/ering What radio commentator do you hear regularly and What two legislature bodies havo rocont- ly convened? prove that the stu dents do,not keep up with the news of tho day.Tho question V/hat typo of book do you like best? showed a difforonco in opinion between tho seventh grade and high school,Fic tion led in tho high school, while adventure and travel lod • iti'- 'tho seventh grade by a considerable ma jority, STOP AND THINK The American people aro now faced with the problem How far and how much shall wo lend or aid Great Britain in her present stru:^g]e? The Bailey Bugle v;ill not attempt to answer this question now; others are helning you in your decis'ion. This paper, ho’^^.ivjr, believes that the im". ortant factor is that the American -.jooplu think calmly, ;loli- berately, and non-politically taking any stor). If this is dono, all will end well.
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