The Naturalist’s Column
By Frazer G. Poole
Oddities of the Bird World
Nature’s truths are often hard to
believe and those found in the
realm of birds are no exception.
You need look no further than the
crimson blossoms of the trumpet
vine outside your door in order to
sec one of its many oddities. Ffere,
on any bright summer day, you
may see the brilliant flash of ruby
and the whir of wings of the hum
mingbird that drinks the nectar of
your flowers. Watch them closely,
see them hpng hovering before
some flower, push forward to drink
the wine offered then, and then<
with the swiftness or an arrow,
back-up and fly to the next blos
som. Odd—ves. for the humming
bird is the only bird known to man
who possesses the ability to fly
backward.
Now we jump to the tropical
forests of South America and visit
the home of the Toucan. Here we
find the female bird sitting on her
eggs, which are laid in the hollow
of some large tree. Odd—yes, for
she cannot get out. Her mate has
sealed the opening with clay and.
except for a small hole, she is com
pletely imprisoned. Through this
hole she is fed by the male and only
-when the eggs are hatched does ne
chisel away the clay and allow hei
and her young their freedom.
Every year thousands upon
thousands of Chimney Swifts mass
together in Georgia and Florida
and then head southward; to b<
seen no more by civilized man unti
they return to us in the spring
There have been, however, a few
records of occurrence, during mi
grations, in Cuba and Centra
America. After that they disap
pear and no man knows where the}
go. Probably they spend theii
70RK . ' . Mm Alicia a de
Errazuriz (above), is the only wo
man city official in South America.
She is mayoress of Provlbenda,
Chile, the most exclusive residen
tial city in that country. She is
here on a visit.
time in the great rain-forest area
of the Amazon valley in Brazil, but
no one has ever seen them. Odd—
yes, that such a vast number of
birds should disappear so complete
ly
In Australia and the East In
dies there lives j class of birds
somewhat closely allied to our
chicken. To the scientist they are
known as the Megapodes (great
feet) to the inhabitants and na
tives as brush, turkeys or mound
builders. Odd—yes, for these birds
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the sand or some decaying matter
and there deposit their eggs. The
parents, after the eggs are laid,
have nothing to do with them and
the young scratch their way up
through the sand or debris in order
to reach the surface.
Returning to our own continent
for our next example we remember
the Water Ouzel of the western
states. Odd—yes, because this bird
often feeds under water. Reputable
authorities hav« seen them feeding
on the bottom of streams more1
than five feet deep. They seem to
love water, for often their nests
are found hidden on the damp
rocks behind waterfalls and catar
acts.
So we could go on—nature’s od
dities are never ending. Always we
can see and learn something new
and different.
SHIFT OF EMPHASIS
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The preacher’s small son was be
ing quizzed by an elderly visitor
one day.
"Does your father ever preach
the same sermon twice?” he was
asked.
"Sure he does,” the small boy re
plied, "but he hollers in differ
ent places.”
“Boys Are Slow”
Says Miss Fowler
By Leonie Fowler
Campus Problems I
Are the boys bashful, backward,
selfish, or haven’t they been around
much? After years and years
of struggle, Catawba College
has at last succeeded in establish
ing dancing as another social acti
vity. And what a response! There
are over four hundred students in
school, half of them girls, and yet
there are probably not over fifty
who do not dance. Yet how many
show up for a dance? Whose fault
is it? The boys! There are practi
cally two girls for every boy and
one of the two should surely be
sufficiently appealing to escort to
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come alone, if he comes. If it’s
bashfulness—remember the gal
wants to go (and you should be
over bashfulness by now). If it’s
backwardness—read Emily Post! If
it’s selfishness (meaning, of course,
that the boy doesn’t want to be'
responsible for anyone but himself)
—take a tip, girls still prefer pro
tection.
Dancing has been left up to the
students. If tye want it, we must
support it, and that means the
boys have got to break down, ask
a girl, and go. Many of the boys
won’t go because they can’t take
the Belle of the Ball. If you
would look around you might find
some very good prospects for the
Belle-to-be.
There have been quite a few
complaints about "these Southern
i_
ern boys. Judging from this, we
would expect all of them to have
dates. But, no, at the last dance,
two-fifths of the stags were
Northern boys.
We must admit, however, that
the poorest co-operation comes
from our Southern Beau Brummels.
If a few of them were not going
with a girl regularly, they might
all come stag.
You males now know your short
comings. If the girls have any
where dancing is concerned, let us
have a little retaliation. We want
dancing in the school; we think
the dances are swell. If it is up to
us in any way, let us have it, and
we will meet you three-fourths of
the way.
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Little Mary Ellen was suffering
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'What would you like me to give
you for your birthday next week?”
"You might give me some teeth
[ike mamma’s so I can take them
Dut when they ache,” answered the
child.
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Republican New York Sun
Calls Digest Poll Misleading
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For months unbiased observers
have been pointing out the unfair
ness of the Literary Digest Presi
dential Poll of 1936, primarily be
cause its sample ballots were mail
ed out to persons having telephones
and automobiles listed in their own
names. Women, first voters and
individauls on relief were not in
cluded but in many instances the
members of excluscive clubs were
circularized.
Now the arch Republican New
York Sun, one of the most violent
anti-Roosevelt Old Gualrd news
papers, has solemnly "cautioned”
its readers to "disregard the Digest
poll.” In a leading editorial label
ed "Imperfect Samples,” the Sun
says:
"The fourth weekly instalment
of the Literary Digest’s poll covers
503,000 voters from 21 states and
gives Gov. Landon 13 of them and
a 3 to 2 lead over President Roose
velt. Republicans should not be
misled by these figures, however,
for an examination of the detailed
figures indicates clearly that the
sampling so far is unrepresented.
"The returns from New York
State, for example, include votes
from 53,905 persons who voted
the Republican ticket in 1932 and
only 28,605 who voted the De
mocratic ticket. The vote for
Roosevelt in New York in 1932
was 2,534,000 and for Hoover 1,
937,000. The sample represents
less than three per cent of the
1932 vote and that small percent
age not in the proper mixture.
"Similar discrepancies can be
found in other states represented
in the Digest poll. Indiana went
Democratic four years ago by ap
proximately 9 to 7, but the Digest
poll so far has produced ballots
from 22,700 Republican voters of
1932 and only 18,000 Democratic
voters of that year. California
was Democratic by more than
470,000 votes in 1932, but the Re
publican voters of 1932 represent
ed in the straw vote equal the
Democratic voters of 1932. These
examples are enough to indicate
t
why tendencies in the poll are
more significant than totals.”
In polite language, the Sun indi
cates its belief that the Digest ef
fort is a little less than unwelcome.
It states in its lengthy analysis that
decidedly too many who are listed
as having supported Roosevelt in
1932 are recorded as favoring
Landon this year. To the Sun,
with its intimate relationship with
the Old Guard headquarters, this
"tendency” is all but disgusting,
as is also another to make it appear
that Lemke "will win three times
as many Republican votes as
Democratic votes in Republican
states.” To the Sun this seems little
short of absurd.
The same editorial treats dis
paragingly still another sampling
which the Republican high com
mand and its columnists have been
praising very highly and frequent
ly. Of it the Sun says: "The so
called grass roots straw vote has
brought in almost 670*000 votes
of which Landon received 58.3
per cent, or almost exactly the
same proportion as in the Literary
Digest poll.” To the Sun this
seems a remarkable coincidence, as
it had seemed previously to less
biased observers.
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svimmen.”
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LATION, Etc., REQUIRED BY THE ACT OF CONGRESS OF
AUGUST 24, 1912.
Of The Carolina Watchman, published weekly at Salisbury,
North Carolina, for October, 1936
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA,
COUNTY OF ROWAN, SS.
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said, personally appeared E. W. G. Huffman, who, having been duly
sworn recording to law, deposes and says that he is the Business Man
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pany, Salisbury, North Carolina.
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owning or holding 1 per cent or more of the total amount of bonds,
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