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Show fSLE Creek gg..B,lCB. A news caption over a Washington, Washing-ton, ,D. C. dateline proclaimed last Monday, "BYU Graduates Win Baby Sweepstakes". To one who likes to see the ponies "go", a baby race would seem to be something on the slaw side. The news item below the headline head-line however,, explained that the contest in which the Provo Old Grads got under the wire first, was not due to the speed of their offspring; but to the frequency and continuity of the birth rate. It went on to say for instance, that BYU men of the class of 1930 had an average of 3.47 babies; but those of the class of 1945 had only 2.95. This all goes to show that it took the boys of 1930 fifteen years on the average to produce fifty-two fifty-two hundredths of a child. "Not so fast", said Ole the Ouzel; who frequently sires a whole brood of six or eight fledglings in a couple of weeks or so. On the distaf side, the BY girls of the 1930 vintage mothered 2.75 babies to also lead the nation. University Uni-versity of Utah gals off the same college year, came in a closse second se-cond with 2.44 each. Why the women wo-men fell short of the record set by the men is confusing to say the least; since it has always been the observation of this column that wives have more children than husbands. Be that as it may, the above pessel of statistics were "dug up" by a group of scholars who call themselves the "Populated Reference Refer-ence Bureau"; and who revel in delving into the intimate relations of the cultured and sophisticated. The nation-wide study embraced investigations of 29,494 college graduates of the years 1930 and 1945. Oh well kids' are kids, and a fraction of a child more or less is nothing to lose any sleep about. Who knows, perhaps' the frustrated frustra-ted ones who quit school before they learned their times tables, might head the list; if the researchers resear-chers but turned their discerning eyes in that direction. BCB Speaking of- racing, a group of boys who have a yen for checkered checker-ed suits and horseshoe tie pins, are circulating petitions throughout the state. These petitions ask that parimutual betting be legalized in Utah. If ten percent of the citizens, citi-zens, who voted in the last Gube-natorial Gube-natorial election sign the requests, the proposal will go on the ballot at the 1956 general election. In our opinion, pari-mutual betting bet-ting on a horse race is no difffer-ent difffer-ent than betting on the turn of a card or the throw off dice it's all gambling. The aurgument that the pari-mutual method of getting something for nothing will swell the cofffers of the state treasury, is as old as the hills. Such was the progaganda that turned Uie state of Nevada over to the control of the gangsters, and bankruped the moral stamina of the people who live there. It must not be allowed to happen here. "Don't sign the petition". So long 'til Friday. |