Show t It t t 11 It l. l The Column Boys J i i v Tiff fIRST PAY nAY OF SCHOOL THERE MAY be now a a. tightening of his throat His lIls baby heart may flutter beneath the coat Which I am fastening perhaps for the thelast thelast last lost time Tomorrow when he has begun the climb Toward knowledge ledge ho lie may feel Teel himself bey beyond Such childish need may wish to loose the bond So go strong between us but I cannot know All that he feels on this momentous da day For he be is proud and silent He will not show On entering this new world the least dismay His lIls eyes are bright but suddenly mine are dim Knowing that I can no more be to him What I have been Yet though ho bo walks apart May Ma he still keep An altar to his bis nursery gods down deep Within his heart MARJORIE KNAPP O V O r JO 0 o CHILDREN ALLOWED TOO OFTEN Is the renter faced with the sign no children allowed The special session of congress put a provision provision pro pro- vision In the housing bill bUl that affects parents The law states that any builder build build- er who receives federal aid In fn the construction con- con n of the apartment house home must take an oath that they will not discriminate dis dla- criminate against children In Columbus Ohio a placement bureau had bad over a thousand families listed as desiring homes with only one landlord listed as ad willing to take children Barring Darring youngsters youngsters youngsters young young- has Increased the housing shortage shortage shortage short short- age and the move by congress Is to help reduce the worry But Hut you will wUl find rind there will continue to be much discrimination discrimination even where buildings have federal federal federal fed fed- eral aid for someway or other folks manage to step side-step laws O O O m REMEMBERING IE I BACK D. IN THE seasonal bout with greasy chin from Indulgence in the rich buttery buttery buttery but but- tery corn cob we paid tribute to the Indians who Introduced such succulent food It used to be we wee had our choice selection of sweet corn small mall ears ranging about eight rows of delicious grains to the cob Now that hybrid corn has replaced many of the theol theold theold ol old 1 favorites we a cross our fingers on progress The al almost ost guaranteed 14 rows to the ear sell for a whale of a aprice aprice aprice price and as many a man agrees dont don't taste as good A farmer will show you that hybrid corn yields far more to an acre stating that that acre producing 20 bushels B. B H. H before hybrid will yield 1 about 35 bushels of the modern age maize Hurrah for advanced agriculture but alas for some of yesterdays yesterday's goodness good- good nest ness O O O OE WE E ARENT AREN'T PROUD FEWER MARRIAGES fewer divorces last year compared with the year before but how do we stand today One divorce in every five live marriages and we can count It as high In statistics and low In marital relationships The divorce is lessin less lessIn lessIn In rural than in la urban areas divorce inthe In Inthe inthe the rural territory Is 18 on the Increase More Moro marriages were broken by divorce in the five years 1946 1941 than In the previous 14 ye years rs It Is h estimated that the divorce peak Is now passed We should hope so at the rate of or one to five fivel America boasts of or a a. bumper grain crop rop prides herself on her scale of living brags about Industries education etc But Dut the citizens arent aren't exulting the nations nation's divorce rate O O O HOW 1107 OLD ARE YOU YOUTH IS not a time of life it life It Is a state of mind It is a temper of the will a quality of the Imagination a a. vigor of the emotions a predominance of courage over timidity of the appetite for lor adventure over love of or ease Nobody grows old by merely living a a. number of years People grow old only by deserting their i Ideals Years wrinkle the skin but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul Worry doubt self self- distrust fear and despair these despair these are I the long long years that bow the head and turn the growing spirit back to dust Is In Whether seventy or sixteen there every beings being's heart the love of wonder the sweet sweet amazement at the stars and ana the things and thoughts the I undaunted challenge of or events the unfailing unfailing un un- failing childlike appetitO for what next and the Joy and the game of life life Mutual Moments O 00 O no DO 0 NOTHING AN N HOUR HOURA A 1 ntY Y ADVOCATING A revival of the lost art of ot doing nothing Don Herrold Herrol 1 In InThe inThe inThe The Headers Header's Digest for tor October takes a deep look at our use of f leisure and comes up with plenty of misgivings An hour with nothing to do BO so terrifies terri terri- flea fies the average American Herrold says that he Jumps In his car drives or off in purl pursuit of diversion and ana In the often otten ends up rp as a vital statistic Monday mOl moi lIng ning papers Even our sports games and kindred time killers are organized fur bur efficiency ApplyIng the Industrial ideal of high productivity even to our moments off we set et ourselves ourselves ourselves our our- selves to doing dolne nothing ah Ih d c dutch heat lie he grew The author author thanks ru UP in Bloomfield Ind lad m n UK hr horse horse- h id cl time to and buggy era erR when people sit and think or Jus t tu to cv sn l Because had llad let ml to gather In the hade or In tho the luck k room of Savin's Savins drugstore where rich and elevating ele ale conversation came easily the town v. v wits wis full of characters not riot robots explanation ex exPlanation explanation ex- ex a possible sees all this as of or Indiana's prolific productIon production tIon Non of ol literary figures Indiana had hundreds of in which folks talked and lived literature ure without knowing it it Some Bome of them Just naturally got Sot to writing it Too much busyness In fm messing up your life Me Herrold warns when you dont don't takeI take taketo I time to look up a word In the dictionary and while youre you're at it a word or two above e e and below The Tho very verbs of our I American language testify to our hasty Jid and violent living Hying We catch a train grab grab a bite bito of or lunch contact a IJo cU client n t. t Recommended to those In too much hurry are lire ga like these thene more walk walk- Continued on rage Page Four The Boys Column Continued from rage Pare On One Ing ang with no no place to go fewer tower appointments appointments appoint appoint- ments menta and more chance encounters less leaa talk with people who we think can cn help us In our careers and more with people who arent aren't going to help us get anywhere any any- the where where the man who comes to fix the refrigerator the carpenter the elevator man Minds us as well as ae crops croP need rotating observes Take up oil painting ho advises advised even If youre you're lousy at It it n Its It's Blow slow and It will teach you to look Shower baths are deplored as too fast and too efficient Nobody ever thought anything out in one Soak Honk O O O JIMMY JOHNSONS JOHNSON'S DAD JIMMY dadd daddy Is la an awful lot of fun awful He's Hes a B pitcher and can hit areal a a. areal real home run I know my dad could play playas as ae well but when I ask aak him to to He's Hes always awful busy and got something something some some- thing else to do Jimmy Johnsons Johnson's daddy knows a lot of dand dandy games And he be plays em with us fellers and ho dont don't call Jimmy James Ill I'll bet my dad knows things that's fun funfer funfer funfer fer fellers too Dut But hes he's always awful busy and got something else eloe to do Some Gome kids' kids dads seem Beem glad to have ff chance to play with boys And even when wIlen they're they dont don't mind a little noise Ill I'll bet my dad could beat em all If It he be heI I Just only knew How JIow I miss him when hes he's busy and got something else to do Our Our sincere appreciation to the unknown author 00 O OO O PROM FROM LIFE IN THESE UNITED STATES ON A recent trip to Vermont I did some research on agricultural statistics and noticed that the cow population of the state was larger than the human population now How do you account for that I asked a native son We prefer em em he replied AT ABOUT two o'clock one morning a fatally Injured railroad man was carried carried car car- ried Into the yard office Suffering from shock he was wu beyond pain but conscious conscious conscious con con- and pleading for someone to say Bay saya Baya a prayer Big Dig Doc the night chief yard clerk took off his hat and stepped forward for for- ward Bowing flowing his hie head he said Bald Oh Lord you know us ua railroad men We live by signals Sometimes Sometime we cant can't cantsee t tsee see them plain because the smoke of this world gets geta In the way but most ofus of ofus ofus us try to read the signals right Now our brother is la on his hta last run We ask aak You to give him a B clear board to Thy yard limits and line the switches for fora I Ia a clear rail into Thy terminal Amen IN n A southern town there are two churches across the tho street fr from m each other those churches be combined combined com eom a visitor asked Not very well welt was the reply That church over there says There aint hell and this one says The hell there theta aint I TIlE TIIE MEEK little man approached a policeman on the street corner comer Excuse me officer he said but Ive I've been waiting here for my wife for tor over an hour Would you be kind enough to order me to move on DISPLAYING TIER IIER wedding gifts the ithe bride came come to one from the grooms groom's Army buddy I Just adore these personalized personalized per per- gifts gUts she said We received towels and washcloths with HIS 1118 and TIERS HERS on them but she ahe blushed this Is even more personal And she fingered finger finger- ed an olive drab dub blanket with the letters letter US VS stamped in the middle I |