EDITORIAL WEIMAR JONES, Editor Far From Spotless That was a fine, talk Mr. Heinz \\". Knllman, of Hazelwood. made to the Franklin Lions Club last week. And Mr. Kollinan, who fled to this country to escape persecution in Nazi Germany, is a good American. His understanding of American tradi tion and the American system and his enthusiasm for Americanism, in fact, tend to put many native Americans to shame. All that, however, in nowise alters the fact that one of Mr. Rollman's basic assertions is incorrect. "We have never started a war in our history", he .told the Lions. It would be nice if that were true, but Mr. Roll man is contradicted by history. And it is impor tant for Americans, since circumstances have forc ed this nation into a role of leadership, to keep the rrecord straight about themselves. We started the American Revolutionary war? by openly rebelling against duly constituted authority. However justified we may have been in fighting the War of 1812, we started it; the record shows it was the United States, not Great Britain, that ?declared war. In our war with Mexico in 1846. hostilities were begun by the Mexicans; but it was a war we would have started if they hadn't. And if there ever was a war of aggression, prompted by naked greed, it was ? our war with Mexico. Whether it was North or South that lit the s.park that became the Civil War, it was we (Americans) who started that war. Technically, it was the sinking of the U. S. S. Maine that launched the Spanish- American War. But again that war was sought I (by the United States, and it turned out to be a war of American imperialism. When it was over, we grabbed every thing in sight. And during its history, this country started ^scores of wars with the Indians. The United States' record as a peace-loving na tion is far from spotless, and it would be anything but wise for us, as we try to work with other na *ir\nc to Lrirl oil vpc it iv; As School Opens . As a new school year begins, it is a good time to ask ourselves: What do we expect of our schools and colleges? The teachers would say ? and with considerable justification ? that most of us expect too much. ?Considering the importance of the job they do, though, in a sense it is impossible to expect too ,-much. ? The question really is : What do we really mean when we say "education"? Surety education should be what the word's Latin root means, "leading out". And that suggests that, stripped of pedagog ical verbiage, education really is a simple thing. Isn't it just this: So stimulating a child's curios ity to know that he will try to find out. and then will use the imagination to compare ? that is. to compare this one bit of knowledge with other knowledge he has gained, so that he can fit this bit into its proper place in the scheme of things? Modern Phenomenon A remarkable phenomenon of the last quarter century is growth of the movement to buy insur ance toward covering the mounting costs of hos-, pital and medical care. Twenty-five or thirty years ago. almost nobody had such insurance: today, it would seem, nearly everybody has. Figures made public by the Hospital Care Asso ciation, of Durham, a Blue Cross organization, il lustrate the point. It reports its membership in North Carolina has passed the 300,000-mark. That's a policy for one out of every 13 Tar Heels. Consid ering that most of these policies probably cover the entire family, the number insured by the Hos pital Care Association must be something like four or five out of every 13. And this association is only one of several offering this type of insurance. Even more amazing is the figure on the amount the Hospital Care has paid North Carolina hos pitals and doctors during the past year? a total of more than h/3 million dollars. That's an average of nearly $1.50 for every man, woman and child in the state. And again, this is only the amount paid out by one agency. Without this type of insurance, most of us would be in terrible financial condition after an illness. The folks who would be worse off still, though, would be the hospitals and doctors. On Wearing Shorts (Harnett County News) Without disputing the right of man or woman to don any sort of raiment that suits the individual taste, we make bold to question the scnsibleness of wearing anything that's out rageously unfitting. Like the orator's speech, It should cover the subject, but some of the shorts we've seen definitely do not. The other day we saw a man whose framework was of the tall, lanky kind. His legs appeared for all the world like fenceposts a farmer had hired some careless helper to erect instead of selecting the material and overseeing the job him self. They were as unshapely as a dog's 'hind props. Never theless, he wore shorts that would have graced the form of an athlete. His attire was a sight to behold. A day or so ago we saw a woman wearing shorts which, we firmly believe, she either stole or borrowed. She was not bad looking, either from an upper or lower view. But her shorts didn't belong to her, we felt sure, because they would have come nearer to fitting a woman twice her size. Shorts give an appearance of coolness, therefore comfort. They're all-right, so far as we are concerned, provided the person wearing 'em is built for 'em. Now, take the little kiddles In shorts ? there you have the best that can be offered In fitness. As much as necessary of the subject is covered, and there's nothing that seems out of order. What's more rightly conforming to the fitness of things than a youngster, male or female, wearing a cute pair . of shorts, and barefooted? Bare feet? To be sure. What can be more fitting. In this little old world than a child going barefooted in summertime? WHAT DOES KREMLIN SPLIT MEAN'! Here's Evidence It Points Toward Disintegration Of Red System By V. N. RVDIN (KUrrOR'S NOTE: Mr. Ru