'SCHOOL OPENING IS APPROACHING FAST
"College Material”
Is Your Boy Or Girl Ready For Higher Education?
By GEORGE J. HECHT,
Publisher, The Parents’ Magazine
One of the hardest things for a
father to accept is the limits,
tions of his son or daughter. Mo
thers are a great deal more cap
able of overlooking faults and
making the most of compensat
ing virtues, which is one of the
reasons why mothers are indis
pensable. . .
But there is one sphere in
which both mothers and fathers
should be realistic about their
children’s capabilities, and that
is in the field of higher educa
tion.
During a recent address on the
progress of universal education
the speaker paused a moment af
ter describing the great increase
in the number of college students
to add that whether or not this
was an advantage would depend
on the use these young people
made of their education. And
college* presidents the country
over are urging communities to
send them fewer and better
equipped students.
This does not mean that we are
retreating from the ideal of ed
ucation for every citizen to the
maximum of his capacity. But it
does mean that we are beginning
to face the fact that not every
bright boy or girl has the kind
of ability required of those who
follow intellectual pursuits. Now,
of course, it is the business of
the universities to mpke their
entrance qualifications sufficient
ly high to eliminate those ap
plicants who are intellectually
unfit for college work or are in
adequately prepared.
But what does all this mean for
parents? It _ means that they
should discover early whether or
not their child is college mater
ial, or whether some educational
substitute, such as training for
an occupation, or travel, or study
of the arts, or actual experience
on a job, may not better prepare
him for a well adjusted adult
life.
Whatever the elementary
schools may or may not accom
plish in bringing out the capa
cities of boys and girls, most.of
us agree that colleges should edu
cate. In other words, granted that
an elementary education is the
right of everyone, the colleges
should not be cluttered up with
young men and women who will
eventually fail in their courses,
or skim through somehow with
out really knowing what the work
is all about.
Or here is this same statement
from the point of view of the
child. It was made by a psycho
logist who says: “I am convinc
ed that our njtional tendency to
attempt more than we are able
to accomplish is responsible in a
large measure for the great in
crease in mental and emotional
illness in this country in recent
years. We Americans are only a
few generations old, and like
children, we want what we want
‘Bight Now.’
“Children who in another land
and time would have matured
gradually and painlessly without
ever hearing of “success” are now
driven through public school,
through high school and even
through college. The youngster
of ordinary attainments early de
velops a sense of failure, and
feels his parents are not satisfied
with him.”
Now we do not intend this to
be as' discouraging as it may
sound. Because our real interest
is in seeing that every young per
son who can lay honest claim to
a love of learning has a chance
to go to college. Again we urge
parents to begin early to encour
age intellectual curiosity in their
children so that no budding ori
ginality be lost in the common
place world in which they will
have to fight for survival. And
above all we urge parents to in
stall early in their children res
pect for good habits of work.
Parents who try to force lim
ited young people through col
lege may be only misguided, but
parents who fail to conserve na
tive brilliance by calculating
character traits and moral stam
ina are to be censured.
A letter received recently from
a mother illustrates admirably!
how parents can prepare child
ren to live up to their best, inJ
stead of “geting by” with the
least possible effort.
When our son went through
the elementary school,” his mo
ther writes, “he always brought
home report cards with high
marks in every subject, but in
high school such was not the
case. His main interest lay in am
ateur radio work, and all his en
ergy and spending money went
into equipment.
“When he finally graduated
from high school, his record was
far from being the best •he was
capable of making. My husband
and I gave him to understand
that he could not enter college
with such a poor record behind
him. He must bring up his low
marks first.
“After graduation the boy had
much time on his hands—time to
think, and to see his friends go
ing off to college. Finally, he went
back to high school and raised
his marks in the subjects in
which he was low. He went to
night school and took extra work
for credit.
“So changed was his attitude
that we let him enter college in
the fall. The engineering course
is a hard one, but he graduated
with honors. We never regret that
we kept him out of college for
a while, for it was the means of
giving him a real perspective on
life."
If, on the other hand, you are
convinced of your child’s fitness
for college, but are handicapped
by lack of funds to finance him
while at college, by all means
discuss with his teachers the pos
sibility of securing for him one
of the many scholarships that are
being made available for ambi
tious and well-qualified boys and
girls.
18 PER CENT DROP
Farmers’ cash income from
marketings in July totaled $609,
000,000 as compared with $740,
000,000 in the same month a year
ago, or a drop of 18 per cent, the
U. S. Bureau of Agricultural Ec
onomics reports.
COTTON BAGGING
The Agricultural Adjustment
Administration has accepted a
contract for the manufacture of
one million “patterns”, of cotton
bagging to be used as a covering
for cotton bales under a divers
ion program launched July 27.
A Pharmacist
States His Case —
Maybe it’s because we’re pharmacists that Hambrick,
Austin and Thomas means much more to us than a
place in which we sell goods. We like to have our cus
tomers feel close to us. We take a healthy American
pride in giving them their money’s worth: We have
exactly the same regard for accuracy and quality in our
low-priced merchandise and drugs as in our costly ones.
We take precious good care that our prices can stand
the most critical comparison. Our salespeople treat you
with the same courtesy and consideration we give them.
If, like many others, you find this a happy place in
which to shop, then you have sensed our big secret,
that, being human, we place first emphasis on the
HUMAN side of our business.
School Days Are Here And We Are
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AND WATERMAN FOUNTAIN PENS. ETC.
For Years We Have Been Headquarters For School
Supplies. Come To See Us This Week For Yours.
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Hambrick, Austin & Thomas
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The “Big Apple” contest to be held during the Harvest Bali of the National Tobacco Festival at
South Boston on Sept. 8 has been responsible for a new crop of “jitter bugs”. It has also been res
ponsible for a renewal of the argument as to what a “jitter bug” really is. This is one photographer’s
interpretation.
Ask Yourself
These Questions
About Your Child
If your child is entering school
for the first time this fall, the
children’s bureau of the United
States department of labor sug
gests you ask yourself these ques
tions:
1. Does my child see and hear
well?
2. Are his teeth sound and
well kept?
3. Are his nose and throat in
healthy condition?
4. Does the doctor consider
his weight correct for his
height and age?
5. Are his eyes bright, his
cheeks rosy, his muscles
firm, his posture erect?
6.. Has he been vaccinated a
gainst smallpox and im
munized against diphtheria
(also against typhoid fever
if this is necessary)?
7. Has he good habits of eat
ing, sleeping, bathing, elim
ination, self-control, and
obedience?
It is interesting to note that the
questions are equally applicable
to the health of the child who is
returning to school.
FOR NEWSPAPER SERVICE
DIAL 4501.
INOCULATION IS
AID TO LEGUMES
Bacteria Held As Benefici
al For Soil-Building Crops.
Inoculating the soil with the
proper bacteria is one of the
secrets of successful legume pro
duction, according to E. C. Blair,
extension agronomist at State
College.
The bacteria enable the le
gume to grow and gather nitro
gen out of the air, , and when
plowed under, the legume plants
add huge quantities of nitrogen
and organic matter to the soil,
he continued.
Different bacteria are needed
by different legume crops, and
so it is important to see that the
proper inoculation is given a
field to be planted to these soil
building crops, which include
clovers, lespedeza, vetch, Austri
an winter peas, and the like.
If a field is to be sown to lespe
deza, Blair explained, it may be
inoculated with soil from a field
where lespedeza has been grow
ing recently. Don’t attempt to
How We Can Serve You
Assure Your Children
of Higher Education
Do you have children you hope to send to college?
Would you like a plan that whether you live or not,
would assure them an education?
There is no set plan for doing this. In one family, it
may mean regular deposits in our savings Department.
In another family, it may mean monthly transfers from
a checking account to a special College Fund Account.
In a third case, it may mean a program worked out in
conjunction with your insurance broker. In some cases
parents have set aside part or all the money required
in a Trust Fund with this Bank.
A special program should be arranged to fit your estate
and your income. Let our officers discuss your situa
tion with you and assist you in your plans.
The
Peoples Bank
Roxboro,
NL C.
get good results from soil where
no lespedeza has been grown for
two or three years.
If plenty of soil is available
from another field, scatter from
20 to 50 bushels per acre over
the field to be inoculated. Disk it
in immediately and sow the
legumes.
If inoculated soil is scarce,
treat the seed with a thin spray
of cheap molasses or sugar and
water. Enough seed to sow an
acre may then be mixed with one
to three bushels of soil and then
sown immediately.
Take up only the top eight
inches or so of bacteria soil, and
be careful not to get soil con
taining disease germs or noxious
weed seeds. Commercial cultures
of bacteria may be obtained,
Blair added, and it is much bet
ter to use these than undesirable
soil.
MILK FLOW UP
Milk production per cow on
August 1 was about 4 per cent
larger than a year earlier and
only 1 per cent less than the
peak for August 1 reported in
1929, says John Arey, State Col
lege extension dairyman.
Careless Cutting
Is Ruinous To
Woodland Areas
Little Care Would Prevent
Enormous Amount Os Un
necessary Erosion.
A little care in the selection of
wood for peanut poles and tobac-'
co flue wood will prevent the
removal of protective cover from
land which might otherwise be
subject to erosion, according to
State Coordinator E. B. Garrett
of the Soil Conservation Service.
Thousands of young pines are 1
cut each year and used only for
a few weeks as peanut poles,
Garrett points out. Large num
bers of other trees are also cut
to provide flue wood for curing
Let’s Go Back To School -
And after a hard day’s
work you will enjoy a /SHb\
visit to King’s Palace. IV JH I
We cater to school boys V Ml I
and girls and invite you |Jf \wl J/!( 1 I
up during dating hours or any time that you can spare
a few minutes from school work.
ICE CREAM BAR-B-QUE DRINKS.
Dining and Dancing
KING’S PALACE
DURHAM HIGHWAY
XT off FALL
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every detail quality fashioned from heel
to toe and not expensive!
k Mudguard opera pump
Stitched cross - sandal
School Oxfords - Dressy
Street Shoes - Evening
Shoes—What the modern
College Girl win need. xssfcv
Roxboro Shoe Store
Kaplan Bldg. Next To Rose’s 5 & 10
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1938
tobacco. In many cases steep
slopes and erosible areas are
clear cut, leaving no protection
for the soil and very often no
chance for reseeding.
There are other stands, how
ever, which need thinning when
the rate of growth begins to slow
down. Such stands will be im
proved if poorly shaped and un
desirable trees are removed for
use as peanut poles, tobacco flue
wood, or for cord wood as need
ed.
The more desirable trees will
thus be left for a future crop of
sawlogs.
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GET LARGE SUM
North Carolina farmers re
ceived $9,710,780 for cooperation 1
in the 1937 Agricultural Conser
vation program, says E. Y. Floyd,
AAA executive officer at State
College.