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Show Friday, Noverrnber 13, 1931 THE MIDVALE JOURNAL Thh Little Girl Got Well Quick "Just after her third birthday, my little daughter, Con· nle, had a serious attack of intestinal flu," says Mrs. H. \V. Turnage, 217 Cadwalder St., San An· tonto, Texas. "It lett her very weak and pale. Her bow· els wouldn't act right, she had no appetite and nothing agreed with her. "Our physician told us to give her some California Fig Syrup. It made her pick up right away, and now she is as robust and happy RS any child in our neighborhood. I give California Fig Syrup full credit for her wonderful condition. It is a great thing for chlidren." Children like the rich, fruity taste of California Fig Syrup, and you can give it to them as often as they need It, because It is purely vegetable. For over 50 years leading physicians have recommended it, and its overwhelming sales record of over four million bottles a year shows It gives satisfaction. Nothing compares with It as a gentle but certain laxative, and it goes further than this. It regulates the stomach ann bowels and gives tone and strength to these organs so they continue to act normally, of their own accord. There are many imitations of California Fig Syrup, so look for the name "Callfornla" on the carton to be sure you get the genuine. Tom Tower of Christ Church College, Oxford. (Prepared by the National Geoa-aphlo O Society. Washln&ton, D. C.) Xi•'OHD, the famous English umversity town, is confronted with a perplexing problem. Depende:1t almost entirely upon the good wll! and trade of the students and professors of the ancient seat of learning which has carried its name around the world, It is naturally .f!xious to prevent any outside factor from spoiling the unique character and ap)earance of the town. Yet, only five miles away, in the neighboring vl1lage of Cowley, the largest automobile factory in Great Britain prospers, and threatens to bring iJodern mass• production up to the very walls and spires of its halls of learning. England needs successful Industries just now, and therein l1es the rub. The National Association of Local Government officers of England met in Oxford recently and Its members discussed the matter pro and con. William Robson, one of the officers, prophesied that Oxford would become "the Latin Quarter of Cowley." Oxonlans, it Is clear, would rather have such industries confined to the Midlands, and would save, each In its own way, both Oxford and Lancashire. Oxford is a picture of the Middle ages, whose spirit speaks of tomorrow, and Is a fascinating study In itset "A home of lost causes and. lmpos ble loyalties," it has been labeled by aome wrlter11. Perhaps libeled ls a better word. "Lost causes" and "impossible loyalties" suggest defeat an<l. decay. But Oxford apparently has been nourished by lost causes ; It bas thrived on. or prospered in spite ot. Impossible loyalties. Th~ spires of the good gray city loolc down upon us restless ones of a machine age with the same detachment and Indifference that they displayed in the face of Cromwell and hls Roundheads or any others who have threatened their monastic peace und calm. There are, of course, those who say that Oxford Is very far from being a borne ot lost causes, and that, on the contrary, it has aiWilYS been quick to tall in line with every popular fad which various generations have developed. But this is a matter of opinion. Keeping Up to Date. Strolling along the winding streets and lanes of Oxford town, one notices many things in the windows and signs of the shops which indicate that the tradesmen and others not directly connected with the university have made concessions to the tlmes~haln stores, called "3 and 6's" .instead of "5 and tO's," the units being pennies. There is a branch of the well-known Woolworth's in Oxford; American movie houses, "cinema" Is the English word, showing American and foreign films; interurban bus lines, garages and parking spaces, sodt> fountains and novelty shops. Although every vista is closed with a spire or tower, a polite and efficient traffic policeman will admonish you to "come along" (move), If you Unger too long at crossings to drink in the beauty and charm of the scene before you. But all this is Oxford town, which for generations has washed like a sea ag11inst the bulwark of walls, towers and battlements known as the colleges of Oxford university. Within their great iron-studded gates the noise. the ephemeral comings and goIngs, the ordinary pleasures and triumphs and disappointments of the ..workaday world fade away. Here, one feels sure, is no shell of a dead clvlfizatlon. but rather the rich fruit of ripe old age; a maturity se('ure against whatever may come or ~go In the world outside, be it near or far from the gates. Origin of the University. The origin of Oxford as a university Is shrouded In the misty myths of a day when records were poorly kept and even more poorly preserved. R01ue authorities hold that Oxford and Cambridge were each founded by early potentates. Others claim that religious establishments ln the town1 attracted scholars. It seems more likely, however, that both Oxford and Cambridge becam9 universities as a result ot location and a series of fortunate circumstances. Halfway between London .and the Midlands of England, on main routes connecting the two populous districts, :v.et far enough removed from the disturbances of the!Je lnduatrial and political centers, teachers and scholars alike found in them havens for academic life. A few learned men gathered about them, in their homes or in monastic bulldlngs, groups of students, who found such accommodations as they could in halls or bostell about the town. In course ot time the scholars and teachers, as a matter ot convenience, boarded together in balls. Gradually these halls gave way to corporate bodies or colleges, most of them o:t religious foundation and endowment. Expulsion of foreign students troll) Paris in the Twelfth century proved a great Impetus to the struggling little English groups, and we find, a cen· tury later, that Oxford has 8,000 stu· dents, and that Cambridge is recOi· nized, in a writ of Henry lll, as ''an important seat of learning.'' Today Oxford is officially composed ot 21 colleges, one hall, a Delegacy of Non-Collegiate Students, four "so· clet!es'' or colleges ot women students, and the Society ot Oxford Home Students, the last the female equivalent of the Delegacy of NonCollegiate Students. Graduates may continue to be "members" of the university by the annual payment of certain fees. This membership carries with It both academic and political rights. If the graduate has a degree ot Master of Arts or higher, be may vote on all proposed university legl!!latlon, and, It he ls also a British subject, he may take part in th·e election of the two members of parliament to which the university, as distinct from the town and co1mty of Oxford, Is entitled. Each College Independent. OxfoJ:d and Cambridge are unique among institutions of higher learning In the world in that they are com· posed of colleges which are also incorporated bodies, each college with independent endowments, the right to receive and reject whom It will, and the power to regulate its students, within the walls of the college itself, as it sees fit. No one, In fact, may be a "member" ot the university unless he Is first accepted by one of the colleges or the "societies" of which the university Is compose(!. There are no members of the university . "at large.'' The university regulates the teachings, prescribes the requirements tor degrees and grants them, and enforcH discipline outside of the college walla. Almost every other power rs delegated to the individual colleges. In some respects the relation between the university and its colleges resembles that between the federal government and the state governments of our own country. · One English writer comments facetiously on the system: "In solemn truth it may be said that the common law ot Englan~. which covers so great a part ot the world, &Ten beyond the bounds ot the British empire, does not rnn in Oxford. Oxford Is a tree city wherein men are slaves of a chancellorial tyrant." This is, of course, mere hyperbole. But the vice chancellor, who does the work ot the chancellor, an honorary, nonresident officer, may truly be said to be the lord of all he surveys in Oxford. While the city of Oxford hal a ruling mayor and corporation (council) and theoretically is independent and supreme outside o:t college walll, it usually . gives way when the Tice chancellor of the university w!..shes certain tllings. For instance, Do dances, benefit entertainments, or other amusements open to the gen\lral public and. •tudents may be held within the limits of the city of Oxford unless the permission of the vice chancellor hu ftrst been obtained. Book Thief Sees the Light Ostrich Bulldogged by Bedouin Riding in Auto Are you It is possible to "bulldog" ostriches from the running board of nn automobile. Prof. A. Aharonl, of the Hebrew university at Jerusalem, led a zoological expedition into the Syrian desert to collect specimens of Its rare birds and animals. The expedition wanted to capture alive two ostriches. One of the tribesmen stood on the running board of the car and bending over, grasped an almost black ostrich by one of its useless wings as they rode past at terrific speed. The big bird was so .,:.owerful that he would have dragge ·I the unfortunate Bedouin olT hl3 slight hold on the running board had not one of his brother Arabs hEo>ld him from the Inside of the car In a vise-like hold. They tied the bird and took it Into the already overcrowded machine and continued the chase. Another ostrich was nltea:ly so fatigued that It could !:carcely gtnnd a half hour's pursuit. This one was easily captured. RUN DOWN ? Ir YOU find you're catching cold too easily this winter, take Scott's Emulsion of Cod Liver Oil. !twill build you up, increase your resistance to colds throu$h its wealth of Vitamin A •. Doctors also recommend it for Jts valuable Vitamin D. and mineral salts, that promote strong bones and teeth. Expectant mothers use Scott's Emulsion. Children grow sturdy on it. 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Odd Wedding Guest Gayly clau in white silk ribbon and her best purple coat, Hosie, an elephant at a private zoo in Grimsby, England, attenued the weuding of the head keeper, John Haith, to Alice Sillis. After the ceremony Hosie posed for her photograph with the briue on one side and the bridegroom on the other. Employees of the Muskogee pub· llc library came to work recently to find 69 volumes, stolen in 1929 and 1930, piled at the outside return box. A letter accompanying the books said the author had "forsaken the ways of sln," and asked forgiveness. Finicky ''I am sorry that these are all the Dolly-! don't see why you turn books I have left; I burned the other down a man like Jerry just because three boxes before I received the Those who are the real sinners are he has a lot of freckles on his face. Odd, how some people born In a light," the note said.-Kansas City J state have the dialect and intonation not proud of it. 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