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Show v THE BULLETIN Mil 'HU STUDENTS ELEVATE rihiMMifi WE NEVER CLOSE PENNY TO TOP. RANK Ed Dwyers CAFE Eats Lowest Prices Come In and See For Yourself. 1119 East 21st So. Hy. licA- ?& C"- - iJ 8227 Vifcfr. STATE INSPECTION Demands Good lights Haw Your LIGHT REFLECTORS RESILVERED AT INTERMOUNTAIN PLATING CO. Was. 6819 864 So. State St. Salt Lake City, Utah Troy, N. Y. Rensselaer Polytechnic institute students here are still basking in the sudden national fame they achieved when they elevated the once lowly penny to first rank in the coinage system by staging a penny tax revolt.' The an offTaxCENTinels, spring of the R. P. I. students union, caught the attention of the world by using the penny in dramatic fashion to symbolize tlie hidden tax everyone pays in buying food, clothing, shelter and other necessities. Under the auspices of the Stu-- 1 denis' union, the TaxCENTinels bought up just about all of Troy's pennies 250,000 of them and temporarily embarrassed merchants and banks. Then the students put the coins back into circulation by paying 25 jper cent of their purchases in pen--; nies. Most Important Coin. While this was seemingly just a college prank, it was actually the re- suit of rerious study on the part of the students. They were striving for the most effective way to the average American con-- ! sumer that his standard of living is touched by the fact that of every purchase he makes goes to the collector of unseen taxes. The penny, suddenly skyrocketed to national fame as the most im-- ; portant coin in merchants' tills, has not often achieved such a degree jot popularity. In fact, until the student tax movement swept the Troy campus, the penny was scorned for years by all but children who toddle to candy counters. The original American penny, which was minted in 1793, was immediately unpopular because of its weight and unhandy size. Since then, the penny has been successively reduced from its original weight of 264 grains to 48, so that it is now h as heavy as it was at first. The penny acquired its colloquial name of copper from its content, which is 95 per cent of that metal and 5 per cent tin and zinc. However, the word penny" was first applied to a silver coin introduced by Offa, king of Mercia in England. Later the word peni or "peny .was applied to an old English cop-iptoken. Shortly after the Revolutionary war, congress provided for a uniform coinage to take the place of British money then in circulation. First Copper Coins. The first official order for small coins called for the minting of two copper coins, the cent and ;A total of $50,000 worth was put in circulation. Some copper coins were struck by states, such as New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Vermont and New Jersey,, to meet small coin demand, but they surrendered their coinage privileges in a federal constitution--j al provision adopted in 1787. The half-cewas withdrawn from the coinage system before the Civil war. Experiments were made with two and three cent pieces, in 1864 land 1865, the value of the three-- I cent coin coinciding with the letter mail rate of the time. Both suffered the fate of other small coins and were withdrawn, the piece in 1873, and the three-cecoin in 1890. The latest suggestion which may affect the fate of the penny is the 'proposal to coin a three-cepiece again to facilitate the purchase of newspapers. m FISHING TACKLE Headquarters one-four- th Tennis Rackets Restrung PHIL and JOES SOUTHEAST REPAIR SHOP 1113 E. 21st So. X 44 ..sys7fr lr: Hy. tv 8596 vW . Presbyterian Church llth East at 17th South Rev. J. E. Nash, Minister 10:30 a. m., Children's Day Program. 6:30 p. m., Young People will meet. June 20th to July 1st, Vacation Church School. All youngsters from 9 a. 4 to 15 are invited to attend. m. to 11:45 a. m. Children's Day Program The children will present their annual Children's Day Program in Third Presbyterian Church at 10:30 a. m., Sunday morning. They are ina splendid program preparing dramatic a little presentacluding of Child Friends tion entitled Jesus. The program will begin at 10:30 a. m. and will be combined with the regular morning service. one-fift- ; er j i half-cen- t. j I j THOUGHTS OF A CANYON PATROLMAN Isnt it strange that some campers few not put their fires out, And they leave for me and you, Will Rubbish and papers lying about. nt j ; I Or they throw their cans into the brush. Where, to clean, take many hours. And thoughtlessly, in their mad rush They pull up all the flowers. Why do they break a lot of. glass And leave it lying around In a lprge patch of nice green grass Where our children play and bound. And why do they some building wreck With rocks or by pushing it over, And they would like to break our necks When we must say "your fun is over." I wish these campers few Would these simple rules obey, How nice it would be for me and you When we go to the canyons to play. How Lloyd S. Baker. Albinos Among Animalsv Same as With the Races In many species of animals albinism occurs such as abnormal whiteness of skin, feathers or hair, due to similar causes as in human albinos. In many Eastern countries the white elephant is held in veneration by the natives. Albinism is found in all races but is most common in the negro and albiIndian races. The name nos, says a writer in the Detroit News, originated with the Portuguese who thus designated this condition among the negroes of Africa. The condition is due to the absence of the minute particles of coloring matter which is in the lower and last deposite layers of the epidermis and to the presence of which the skin owes its color. With rare exception, it affects the entire body. Another peculiarity is an affection of the eyes; the pupil is red and the iris is of a pale rose color. This redness is attributed to the absence of a coloring matter of the membrane of the eye which serves to protect the eye. Therefore, albinos cannot bear a strong light. Apart from these distinctions albinos are no different from other people or other animals. - two-ce- . nt nt nt ; New Device Draw Heart Pictures for Surgeon Tulsa. A machine that draws a living electrical picture of heart action to guide surgeons during erations will be displayed here soon by its inventors. It is expected to revolutionize operating room technique. The machine, a new type electro-- , cardiograph, records heart beats on a phosphorescent screen whose as--1 pect tells the surgeon the Instant the patients heart starts failing. It is an improvement over which take electrocardiographs, photographs of the impulses. Their record is not available until the film has been developed and dried a process requiring minutes that might mean a patients life or death. The new machine is an invention of Dr. Frank E. Hoecker of the University of Kansas physics department and Dr. Graham Asher, University of Kansas medical school instructor. , ! old-ty- pe $250,000 Fortune Goes to Cotton Field Toiler search Augusta, Ark. A for the missing heir to a Texas oil fortune ended in a cotton patch in Woodruff county when O. K. Johnsharecropson, per, was informed that he had inherited $250,000 in oil royalties. Johnson, who never has had more than a few dollars more than his immediate needs in the dozen years he has farmed 26 acres on shares near here, said the money was left to him by his grandfather. My grandfather owned a farm near Gainesville, Tex.,' He sold it in 1891 Johnson said. but reserved half the mineral rights. Today there are 19 producing oil wells on the land. two-ye- London. Cautious citizens of London can learn for six cents how to gasproof a room and make it air- tight against possible future raids. Newsdealers display (for three pence) on their stands charts exprocess. plaining the A drawing on the chart pictured a typical room in a homemade gasproof through plugging all floor and window cracks and covering windows, doors and other air passages. The instructions listed also articles recommended to be in your refuge room at a time of emergency. Those included string, hammer, nails, scissors, gummed paper and adhesive tape, paste, candles, matches, newsprint and other paper, airtight jars or tins for storing foods, first-aisupplies, and at least one pair of dark lens glasses, noninflammable. The instructions emphasized thot during an emergency all doors and windows be closed, fires extinguished, and gas turned off. All cracks should be filled with pulp made of sodden newspaper or putty, while windows were to be covered by heavy carpeting after the cracks had been sealed with putty. They emphasized that heavy paper should be pasted on windows to keep the glass from shattering if broken. Other recommendations included a roll call list, gas masks for all, food chests, plenty of water, plates, knives, forks, spoons and a quantity of sand and water for emergencies. It was suggested that outdoors wearing apparel be kept handy for outside reconnaissance gas-proofi- d after raid." Among the necessaries listed was a radio set end gramophone with records. A battery (set) is best as electric light may fail," the instructions said. A room 10 feet by 10 feet by & feet will accommodate five persons for 12 hours, the instructions read. In heavy type, they warned: Rest quietly to have oxygen." When raid is overhead, a good place is under the table." No smoking. Spend Millions to Get Oil in Alberta Province Calgary, Alberta. Millions of dol- lars are being spent this year in the search for oil in Alberta's Turner valley, where spring flowers bloom in early spring, many days ahead of range-lan- d growth, and strawberry plants bear fruit in February. A $14,000,000 development pronew gram is under way. Forty-od- d wells are being drilled in the center crude field of South Turner valley; preparations are under way to drill another 14 and the great rotary drills will have started 25 more by June 1. Today 45 wells are producing oil They have a potential yield, flowing a. full capacity of 40,000 barrels a day, a daily average of $50,000 and a yearly value of $17,600,000. Oil from the valley, marketed as far east as Winnipeg, has a price of $1.25 a barrel. Last year $10,000,000 was spent on new wells in the picturesque foothills country, 45 miles southwest of Calgary, where but a few years ago ranchers and their range riders held sway. A year ago at this time 23 wells were drilling and seven preparing to start operations. Canadian Fur Trapping Is Restricted Further Ottawa. T. A. Crerar, resources minister, stated that the dominion government had adopted further restrictions to conserve the wild life of the northwest territories in the interests of the natives. He said the new restrictions were adopted to meet the "serious situation created by failure of the fur crop and the shortage of big game season. during the 1937-3One of the principal measures to be taken is establishment of another game preserve of about 70,000 square miles in the district north of the Liard river and extending westward from the Mackenzie river to the boundary of the Yukon territory. The new game preserve will serve the dual purpose, he said, of providing for hunting requirements of the Mackenzie river Indians and protecting the marten, the principal fur of the district, the yield of which declined from 13,300 pelts in 1924 to 5,690 in 1936. 8 Tiny Lamp Powerful London. A tiny mercury vapor lamp measuring only IK inches in diameter but giving the illumination of a powerful searchlight, has been developed in a British search laboratory. re- ar Two Bird Nest in Traffic Signal Box thirty-three-year-o- ld 100-ac- re - Los Two machine-ag- e sparrows have taken over a traffic signal. Their nest is under the bell, inside the tower amongst the machinery. Only when the "go signal is up can the pair go in and out for their door is blocked by the stop," when it comes up. Their apartment has electric lights, and their telephone rings night and day. Angeles. r mi TO VISIT ENGLAND Reveals Importance of Low-l- y For Six Cents Citizens Can Get Complete Rules. Coin in Business. Under Near Management Good YANK SHIPS AGAIN LONDON TAUGHT TO SURVIVE GAS RAIDS TO SHOP IN SUGARHOUSE An invitation to Washington. come back soon, extended to the United States battle force by the late Admiral Sir David Beatty at the close of the World war, is being met as 1,100 midshipmen from the United States navel academy visit England on their annual practice cruise. Three famous old battleships of the American force which rendered such valuable assistance to the British navy in bottling up the German high seas fleet during the war will take the middies to British waters 20 years after Admiral Beatty extended his invitation. The three ships are the U. S. S. New York, Texas, and Wyoming. These vessels, together with the Arkansas, Florida, and Delaware, made up the Sixth battle squadron. The squadron was incorporated into the British grand fleet, resulting in the greatest aggregation of naval power the world had even seen. Their First United States Cruise. The vessels have been used for summer cruises to Europe before, but it is said this will be the first time three ships of the famous sixth squadron will make the visit together. The practice squadron will be accompanied by Rear Admiral Alfred W. Johnson, commander of the training detachment of the United States fleet. Admiral Johnson has a distinguished World war record, and received the Order of St. Michael and St. George from the British government and the distinguished service medal from his own government for his work as commander of the destroyer U. S. S. Conyingham. The vessel was engaged in patroling the submarine zone and in escorting troops and ' supplies. in making the visit the U. S. S. New York will a dramatic episode of the World war naval history. It was th:s renowned vessel which, as flagship of the United States overseas naval forces, proudly led the American squadron into English waters to join the awaiting British fleet. Dramatic Moment. As the American ships came into sight through the English mist a great cheer went up from the English sailors. A British band struck up The Star Spangled Banner and the Americans replied with God Save the King." The United States squadron was n commanded by Admiral Hugh aboard the New York. Admiral Beatty greeted his allies from across the Atlantic from the deck of his flagship, the Queen Elizabeth. It was from the deck of the New York that Admiral Beatty made his farewell address to the . American sea fighters. The British commander praised highly the work of American forces and expressed disappointment that the combined forces never had the opportunity to test their strength against the Germans. At the conclusion of his speech, Admiral Beatty said: Come back soon. Good-b- y and good luck. And so, 20 years later, half the American force will fulfill the admiral's request. Although outmoded by modern men of war and no longer suitable for activp service, the three vessels still hold an honored place in American naval history. re-ena- Rod-ma- New Low Rates SUGARHOUSE ZONE MAP Jackson, Mich. Jackson prison inmates have taken up marbles as a pastime since a recent edict against gambling went into effect, Deputy Warden James Ryan says. Whether the innocent spring game is on a cash basis, no one but the players know as yet, but Ryan says that there probably is enough contraband money among the cond victs to start a bank, although the rules forbid them to have more than a dollar in cash on their persons. When more than the stipulated sum is found, Ryan says, the money is confiscated and placed in the prison fund. One prisoner who figured in an escape plot last New Years eve, he said, had six $20 bills so cleverly concealed in the heel of his shoe that it was impossible to tell that it had been tampered with. fair-size- Readers Warned Against g Habit of Back-Trackin- a recent survey showed that only 25 per cent of 3,000 persons read efficiently, Dr. R. J. Beitel cites four rules for those who would read without moving their lips. The rules: Learn to recognize words and their meanings almost instantly. Cultivate the habit of taking in more than one word at a glance. Read from left to right in a smooth, progressive manner without Read silently, suppressing any murmurs and mumbles. back-trackin- g. Ewe Rejects Two Kids Corvallis, Mont. A ewe that gave birth tp triplet lambs apparently refused to believe her eyes. She would feed only one, and the remaining two were adopted by other ewes. 8th South 5W 350 13th So. 17th South 25c S Stratford Ave. Hudson Ave. Maple St. or Scott Ave. . YELLOW GREEN CAB CAB Was. 7777 Was. 266 . There is a Cab as near to you as your Telephone RECEIVES ADMINSTRATION DESERVED SLAP.. In spite of the fact that Otha D. NVearin had tha open support of Secretary Hopkins and a letter from University of Utah candidates for James Roosevelt, teannlng him mj were warned against the graduation Iowa friend" he was defeated in the ideals frustrated by of langers l Senate Unile-States primaries by at the Baccalaureate sercynicism democratic the M. for Gillette Guy vices Sunday afternoon, June 4. Tlio nomination for senator almost twe sermon Peaks and Perplexities, to one. ' Gillette carried Wearin' was delivered by the Reverend G. home territory by two to one. In I. Weber, pastor of the first conhia home town, Cherokee, Iowa, vote was 897 and 17 distribut- gregational church. Using the theme Where there are ed among his four opponents. University News Cil-lette- 's io peaks there are perplexities," he The force of administration pressure was felt in the Dos Moines area where there are a large number of W. P. A. workers, It went against Gillette by 800 majority. His crushing defeat is a rebuke to the Roosevelt ad ministration for its shameless attempt to play politics with relief, republican chairman Hamilton said The voice that comes out of Iowa today will become a national shout it disapproval if this administration ontinues to use relief as a part of ts political machine.'' Hell Raisin Dick," was the succeasfu L. J. Dickinson, well-merit- ed Rev-era- or -- epublican nominee. Gillette waked an-- voted against my chine ii the Supreme court and hiring Ills campaign said tliat he reused to he a Rubber Stamp senator. rubber By the way, we havo a stamp" In Utah. He comes up for this fall, too. rURRINGTON DANCE RECITAL ON MONDAY, JUNE 13th Pupils of the Purrington School of Dance Art will be presented in their revue at the told graduating students and their friends the world 14 full of perplexities for those who would reach the peaks today. The only certainty y is uncertainty he said. Religious faith was held as the Individuals only solution to the perplexities of the present social, philosophical, political and economic confusion. "The spirit of cynicism is the greatest danger today. Moral self control alone can save and preserve civilization. Push aside the unessentials and deal with the Important Issues, Weber admonished. Realize the value of truth and spiritual greatness, aquire a religious faith and a purposeful life. to-ia- . annual Ban Is Put on Gambling, Convicts Take to Marbles Mass. Because rv SIS i 10, 1938 CALL A CAB Meet Invitation Extended at Close of War, Southbridge, FRIDAY, JUNE Bryant High School auditorium, Monday, at 8:00 The program is to be prep. m. sented in four acts, and will include dainty dances by babies, song and dances "by small children, and more pretentious dances up through the grades to the advanced and professional classes. New tap and soft shoe routines showing the modem grace and style of ballet technique as taught in 1938 will be a feature of the evening's t ' ' pteformance. The exhibition concludes with The Toy Trumpet," a full stage song lid fiance ensemble, and study in e and rhythm. About one hundred and twenty-iv- e st'idcnts will take part. - top-tim- Faulty Habits of Eating Blamed for War Scares Boston, Mass. The world's current war jitters can be laid in part to faulty diets, it was explained to scientists attending the lrst food technology conference at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The fate of a nation is determined to considerable extent by what it eats," said Lewis W. Waters, cscarch vice president of the Gen-rThe food Foods corporation. echnologist, with the soundest of reasoning, can point out that war, war threats, and international suspicion may be dietetic, as well as economic and political. The food technologists of all nations should eventually help solve Ihc jitters of nationalities by helping to correct malnutrition and undernutrition. A generation ago we said, Foods will win the war. Our civilization today would be better served by the slogan, Correct eating and food in sufficient quantity will help avoid war. nd The Utah Educational Admir.strat-nr- s Conference will be held on the University of Utah campus from June 13 to June 17 according to Milton Bennlon, Dean of the school of Education and director of the summer session. The Education Policies Conference, The Institute of Education for Family Life, and the Institute of Public Affairs will also be held at the University during the summer. The public will be admitted free to tbe conferences, lectures and Institutes. University of Utah faculty members attending the of the Commencement exercises State Agricultural College are Dr. Rose Widstoe, professor of Home Dr. Dllworth Walxer, economics; of economies; Hyrum professor Schneider, professor of ge..ogy and mineralogy; Dr. James L. Gibson, Dean of the school of arts and sciences; Dr. I. O. Horsfall, director of the Extension Division; and Dr. Anna A. Stafford, instructor in mathematics. Dr. Widstoe represents the local chapter of the American Association of University Professors. Dr. Walker represents the Association of American Colleges; Dr. Schneider represents the American Geological Society; Dean Gibson represents the Dr. Utah Academy of Sciences; Horsfall represents the University of Utah, and Dr. Stafford repreesnta the Western College for Women In Osford, Ohio, of which she Is a graduate. Semi-centenn- ial P. al Sailors' Girls Wear Souvenir Garters Durban, South Africa. Many South African girls are wearing souvenirs of the British navy in the form of garters bearing names of units of the fleet. A sailor aboard the Amphion, which recently visited Durban, is responsible for the new fad. He made the garters out of tally ribbons and sold them to his mates, who gave them to girls. |