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|||g JOBS . and education The principal reason why so many young people find it hard to get Jobs when they get out of school is that they have not been taught how to do the things for which business and industry are, willing to pay. That is my own summary of the report of Richard R. Brown, deputy administrator of the National Youth Adminis tration. It is just another finger-post pointing toward a complete re vamping of our whole educational system. We have been training boys and girls to look down upon the real work of the world, and to regard the "white-collar" occu pations as the only ones worth going into. There aren't enough white-collar jobs to go around. I have long believed that for the vast majority the ordinary school can do nothing beyond, say the sixth grade. At eleven or twelve most boys and girls have got all the formal education they will ever be able to use. A school system which would take them at that age and teach them the fundamentals of a trade or handi craft would at least prepare them to face the realities of life, and not to be ashamed to do work at which they might get their hands dirty. Those who have it in them to rise, will rise anyway. DRAKE . . . marriage money To the English-speaking world "Frankie" Drake is one of the he roic figures of all time. He made the England of Queen Elizabeth the great sea-power, and was the first Englishman to sail around the world, the feat which won him knighthood at the hands of the queen. Drake reported that he had careened his ship, the "Golden Hind," in a convenient harbor on the Pacific Coast, and had set up a tablet claiming the land as "New Albion" in the name of Queen Elizabeth. That was in 1579, and historians years ago de cided that a small bay northwest of the Golden Gate must have a day M buys a REMINGTON PORTABLE Turner Drug: Co. 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It is of little consequence, of course, whether "Frankie" Drake went through the Golden Gate, or not; though just now when the great Golden Gate bridge has been opened for traffic, there is a romantic thrill in visualizing the towering "Golden Hind" sail ing through that famous passage. But is was worth S2OOO in hard cash to young Mr. Shinn who had never heard of Sir Francis Drake. The award which the California Historical Society gave him for finding the plate enabled him to get married. That is important. INDIANS increasing We are accustomed to think of the American Indians as a "van ishing race," but the latest report of the Commissioner for Indian Affairs indicates that they are, on the contrary, increasing more rap idly than any other class of Americans. Last year there were 3500 more births than deaths among the 332,397 recognized In dians in the United States. That total number oI Indians recorded in the 1930 Census, is nearly 90,- 000 more than were counted In 1920, and three times the num ber of Indians estimated by the Indian Office in 1907. Nobody knows how large the Indian population of America was before Columbus arrived, but it probably was not as many as a million, the best authorities hold. The white settlers did not "exter minate" the Indians, by any means. Probably more died in the early days from the new diseases which the white man brought than in all of our Indian "wars." Measles alone killed more than half of the New England Indians in the 1600's. There are probably millions of Americans who have an Indian strain in their blood, of which ' many are proud. Vice-President | Charles Curtis and Will Rogers, the actor-humorist, boasted of their Indian pedigree. President Franklin Pierce's brother married fa half-breed Indian girl, and the 1 second Mrs. Woodrow Wilson claims descent from Pocahontas, the Indian "princess" who saved the life of Captain John Smith and then married John Rolfe. On the whole, it seems to me, the In dians have not fared so badly. WAR .... against traditions For a long time we used to fool ourselves by believing that the progress of civilization meant the end of war. Exactly the opposite has been proved true by a group of Harvard professors who have been studying the war records of every nation for the past 2500 years. We are living today in the most warlike period in all history. The first quarter of this centum was the "world's bloodiest per iod" Prof. Sorokin reports. The American and European sociologists who collaborated with Dr. Sorokin in this study agree that the present tendency to war is the result of decay in the type of culture which has dominated Western civilization for 500 years. The dawn of the present century {narked a definite break with the past, and the present generation is in revolt against the old tradi tions. That, rather than politics o* economics, lies at the root of war, these scholars say. That sounds reasonable to me. Certainly I see evidence all around me of a great and active desire to change the old order of things. While I deplore the violence with which many of the prophets of a new day try to enforce their ideas upon the rest of us, I am not pre pared to say that they may not make a better world than we have made. At any rate, it will be their world. They will have to in it. But I confess deep sympa thy for those who do not want to see their old civilization destroy ed, and are ready to fight to save it. C. A. Chipman, 83, Taken By Death (Continued from page one) ruff Chipman, preceded him in death several years ago. He is survived by one son and one daughter, Ji o. Chipman of North Wilkesboro, and Mrs. Leota Chipman Cockerham of State Road. Two brothers, Joshua Chipman of Cycle, and John Henry Chipman of Plattsburg, Mo., and two sisters, Mrs. Annie Hamby. of West Jefferson, and Mrs. Mollie Sneed of Jonesville; one half-sister, Mrs. William Wood of State Road and two half-brothers, Albert H. Chipman of Mount Airy and Thomas A. Chipman of Boonville and a number of grandchildren and great-grandchildren, also survive. The remains were brought to his home for funeral services and interment. The body, lay in state atGrassy Creek church, where the deceased was a faithful member, from 10 THE ELKIN TRIBUNE. ELKIN, NORTH CAROLINA o'clock until 11 o'clock Friday morning, when the last rites were held. The service was in charge of Rev. T. G. Willams, pastor of the church and interment was in the family plot in the church cehietery. Elkin Finals To End This Evening (Continued from front page) a large audience. Dr. Jenkins used as his text "And He grew in wisdom and stature and in favor with God and Man" and pointed out that these were prerequisites for each individual for a well or dered life. Monday evening the readers and declainters contest was held. Kiwanis medals were awarded Miss Edna Billings, reader and Fred Norman, declaimer. Thirty-five seventh grade stu dents were awarded certificated of promotion Tuesday evening by John Comer, county superintend ent of schools. The program was an interesting Collection of facts McD ANIEL'S To Make More IS Gointo To Friends McDaniel's Give Away GIVE AWAY \ Ha IH fIHH ■■ nH| Hb I im # ■ I * ■■■■■■*■■ ABSOLUTELY FREE! 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Wednesday evening the class day exercises were held. The exercises, a play, "The Open Road" portrayed a Gypsy Har vest Festival. Unusually excellent work has been done in the schools this year and patrons and teachers alike are highly pleased. TO HOLD LAND SALE ; OF HINSHAW PROPERTY Seventy nice residential lots of [ the Luther Hinshaw property i just outside Elkin, on the Elkin • Traphill road will be sold at auc tion Saturday, May 22, beginning ( at 2:00 p .m. The sale will be under the di l rection of the Carolina Realty & I Auction Co., of Salisbury. During the sale $25.00 in cash will be . given away, and music Will be r furnished by a brass band, r Anyone desiring further infor • mation should see J. B. Parks, of i Parks Real Estate Co., of this t city. *' Hundreds Attend Final Rites For Popular Student (Continued from page one) Mr. and Mrs. Jasper S. Atkinson, ' two sisters, Miss Ruth Atkinson, of Elkin, and Miss Anna Atkinson, of Chapel Hill, and broth ers, Frank Atkinson, of Charlotte; Richard Atkinson, of Mars Hill, and Sam Atkinson of Elkin, and her paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Atkinson, of Si loam. Active pallbearers were: Moir Hall, Henry Dillon, Alex Chat ham, Jr., Russell Burcham, Char les Neaves, Ab Crater and Char lie Leonard. Honorary pallbear ers were: Bill Harris, Worth Fol ger, Lon Dillon, Jimmy Harrell, Alexander Smith and Charles Oakley. As a mark of respect to the passing of Miss Atkinson all so cial activities at the college were suspended for a period of one week. Those from the college attending the funeral were: Dr. W. C. Jackson, Dean of Admin istration; Mrs. A. B. Funderburk. Counsellor, Mary Faust Hall; Miss Elizabeth Westerveet, Mary Faust House President; Miss Em ily Harris, president of the Soph omore class; Miss Bernice Dra per, sophomOre class chairman; 'Misses Lillian Jackson, Margaret Mabrey, Minnie Jamison, M§ry Cochrane, Olive Williams, Ber nice Callahan Frances M*yo, Sally Burdge, Kitty Ket tew, Dorothy MaeDougald, Mar garet Newlln, Mary Hefner and Mary Ann Burdge. Relatives and friends from the following places alao attended the service: Winston-Salem, Mount Airy, Greensboro, Chapel Hill, Pine Bluff, North Wilkesboro, Concord, Salisbury, Dobson, Pilot Mountain, Siloam, Kapps Mills, Boonville, High Point, Bethania, East Bend, King, Mount Pleas ant, Roaring River and States ville. There are 56 newspapers in New York City, printed in 22 lan guages. Between 3 and 4 per cent of the human race left-handed. Thursday, May 20, 1937 SIMEONS REUNION TO BE HELD ON MAY 30 The Simmons family reunion and Homecoming Day at« Hollow Springs church, three miles south of Mount Airy, will be held Sun day, May 30. The program will consist of singing by various quartetts, the | reading of the history of the Sim mom; family and a sermon. Short talks will also be made by visiting ( ministers and laymen. The public is cordially invited to attend. t ______________________ ; ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE Having qualified as administra • tor of the estate of George P. • Gray, late of Surry county, North J Carolina, this is to notify all per • sons holding claims against said » estate to present them to the un ' dersigned within one year from " date hereof or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate 1 will please make immediate set - tlement. 1 This the 12th day of May, 1937. W. M. GRAY, s Administrator of George - P. Gray, deceased.
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