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I 1 i Hi-i 41 I 1 The Column Boys I 0 1 1 J It t SEEDS ON OS TILE THE SNOW AS WINTER scatters whiteness on our land The arctic buntings shuffle shuttle here again In la search of seeds as small as grains of sand Each sweeping piling storm they follow follow fol fol- fol- fol low luw then If there thero is not a a. wind to beat and shake The Tho stiffened stalks that hold the cups of seed They do the work themselves They strike and make The grains fall down and then they gladly feed Upon the tho snow-cloth snow spread on earths earth's wide table They hunt the color brown Instead o of f green And ask for steady cold to keep them stable When I 1 have looked at them I know Ive I've seen And for my seeing I have thanked the north Seeds Seed even on the snow bring something something something some some- thing forth Wade Wade Van Dore I INVASION IS or OP SCHOOLS 1 10 TO 0 DEMOCRACY CY SO ACUTE has become the question of sectarian religious instruction in the public schools that our whole educational educational system may be disrupted by It It warns Agnes E E. Meyer In The Readers Reader's Digest for for March Holding that education education education tion Is Americas America's best hope of healing race and religious and of un unifying un-I un Hying our common tradition of democracy democracy demo demo- crac cracy the author urges l all l Americans to persuade the Church to withdraw from the public school system The article condensed from Miss Meyers Meyer's address before the Texas State Teachers c charges h a r g e s that the Churchs Church's d de deepening e e p pen e n i n g penetration cf schools plays havoc with the friendly relations of school children by emphasizing emphasizing emphasizing izing denominational differences The First A Am Amendment m e end n d m men e n t to the Constitution Constitution Con Con- providing for separation of Church and State had been accepted as all asa asa a a. matter of course until recently Miss Meyer says But when the U U. S B. B Office of Education found that only a small proportion of children have even brief contact with church influence churchmen churchmen churchmen church church- men became alarmed and decided to in invade invade invade in- in vade the schools Today both Protestant Protestant Protest Protest- ant and Catholic clerics batter down public school doors to get a a. hearing from children whom they cannot attract to their churches In some communities they Center enter the schoolroom to teach sectarian sec sec- tartan tarlan religions while the teacher stands by in others they invoke the discipline of the school to herd children Into church classrooms Protestant leadership Initiated the released released released re leased time program whereby school schoolchildren schoolchildren schoolchildren children are excused for an hour of re religious religious re- re Instruction Miss Meyer estimates that released time attendance now Involves in involves involves in- in a million children in a a. thousand communities The Catholic Church at first opposed to the plan now pow ates Deploring the lapse of the Churchs Church's former prestige and atmosphere of con con- Miss Meyer warns that Its remaining dignity and Influence and its freedom to guide and uplift mankind will be lost In any merger of its functions functions functions with those of the State o o o 1 GARDENS I SOME YEARS ago It was a plea for Victory r Gardens to assist In tae ue war effort At this time of colorful seed catalogues when man dreams of turning to the good earth to grow string beans beets and radishes we bring again a a. plea for Freedom Gardens as a a. safety measure against hunger It Is hoped that twenty million such gardens will be put In this spring In this way we can line our own cupboard shelves and also provide provide provide pro pro- vide for the hungry of Europe There isa Is Isa a feeling of personal gain and 01 of brotherhood brotherhood brotherhood broth broth- in fingering the soil for a a. growth of turnips tomatoes and cucumbers when the result will benefit the hungry hungry hungry hun hun- gry at home and abroad With a I shortage of ot meat we can provide the family I board with a I fine repast of home grown vegetables The smallest home garden will save the average family between 50 and a a. year This Is an Item with the price of ot food what it Is today Our critics say ray Americans work by slogans and advertisements that they I fall fail to appreciate the values of the na na- na- na tural In their absorption of the mechanical mechanical mech mech- anical Maybe so but we are of the opinion that when we use slogans advertising advertising ad ad- mechanism to feed the hungry hungry hungry hun hun- gry abroad add our toll toil In these twenty million gardens we are not unappreciative tive of the fundamental truths O O O Sr ON OS OWN FEET THE TILE E EUROPEAN U R 0 P PEA E A N recovery program stresses the point that we give the necessary necessary nee nee- essary sl aid to help others help them them- selves Hugs sums of money for reconstruction reconstruction recon recon- seems necessary to promote peace and understanding but this is water down the drain if such money doesn't encourage those who receive It to tr try and Improve their economic tieu tiel by exerting themselves to get back backon on their feet This nation has been accused of being Imperialistic of wantIng wanting wanting want want- ing to rule Jule the world of trying to buy our OUI way Such assertions are absurd and unfounded of with representatives At a n meeting the U. U S. S Junior Chamber of Commerce Secretary of State Marshall emphasized this point of helping others help themselves them them- selves The Junior Chamber had a suggestion suggestion suggestion sug sug- to make along this same line Their Theil Idea la is to offer prizes such as a trip to the U. U S. S to those young farmers farmers formers farm farm- ers abroad who make Important contributions contributions contributions contri contri- believe believe be believe be- be to foreign agriculture They these young farmers competing competing com com- lieve that by to raise the standard of of arming farming be a in their communities it would definite gain In the helping themselves program Spokesmen for the Junior Chamber Chamber also suggested that that the outstanding outstanding outstanding out out- standing young farmers of foreign countries countries countries coun coun- tries be invited to an annual exposition I in n this country In order to tc exchange ideas about soil soU conservation livestock breeding farming procedures and so forth Such group thinking by such an Is 18 encouraging encouraging encouraging en en- Americans active body of ot young to those who have bave felt that Continued on Page Four Column The Boys 1 Continued from frem P Page e one too much of what goes goe abroad U Is to baveno have bave no DO return on cm the Investment I O O O OTOO 1 TOO ALCOHOL ONE OF the protests to the restricting 1 of Is U. U that It Is 11 an n indirect return re return return re- re turn to prohibition and many who 00 lived i Jr tr prohibition days day want ant none nODe of or It What 1 II Ica of concern to us U is the Increased cost coat of If alcoholism to health and AneS nd to society Prohibition wont won't cure alcoholIsm alcohol alcohol- lam Ism but statistics warn am us UI that In this this' countr country today e C-B C b per cent nt of men and andl l 15 per cent of women omen are problem I 1 is 11 Individual drinker Alcoholism an problem plu plus the DM need 1 of physicians D 1 psychiatrists psychiatrist penologists social workers worker and civic organizations Private Institutions tlona and state institutions institution for fer alcoholics alcohol alcohol- I ics ita are ue burdened with the care and treatment treatment treat treat- ment and aneS faced with the employment and rehabilitation of those alcoholics re re- re leal leased ed It 1 la 11 an aa economic Issue that ar- ar af affects arf f all aIL O O TIn THE CURFEW EW TOLLS A CALIFORNIA town has haj Instituted a curt curfew to sound at 10 o'clock each night j to warn ram those thole under unter 18 to clear the streets and public places place unless I panl panted by an adult Parents Parent are held responsible resi res- i for children and fines from i for tor the tint first offense e to 1500 1 for each each offense thereafter and Imprisonment from 10 to 00 90 days are part of the or or or- This Is 11 the city fathers father's challenge challenge challenge chal chal- I lenge to Juvenile delinquency Curfews used to be a common thing In to many I towns town years back Perhaps they helped to curb child delinquency we tie cant can't say ear Such an edict may seem severe evere and unJust unjust un un- just to our youngsters youngster but as u a local parent puts it It why should minors minor b be beI loitering around the streets after ater TO IO o'clock curfew or er not noU I i f O O OA A SEW NEW SLANT SLAT i i WE HARDLY Y e expected the American Automobile Association to add their opposition opposition op op- position to the longer al skirts for women but they do and do-and and for a good reason The fact is is Ia the stocking clad legs leg catch the auto drivers driver's eye especially at night and this light stocking gives the feminine pedestrian a better chance of safety During night time If the long I skirt t Is 11 a aCara acarl carl Cara color the driver doesn't see the i as u readily and consequently the accident hazard bazard is I. greater Of the many reasons heard beard for disliking longer hemlines this one of the New Look perhaps perhaps per per- haps hap being the Last Lut Look had bad not been one of them O O O OTHE TilE THE LIGHTER SIDE OF LIFE WILLIAM II If Jackson the famous photographer was having ha li his a own n piCture picture pic plc- ture taken on his birthday The cheerful young man roan who was war photographIng photographing photographing photo photo- graphing him remarked when he had finished Thank you fOU sir air and I 1 sure hope Ill I'll be around to take your picture when youre you're a hundred Jackson looked at him for a minute and replied Why not You look pretty health healthy AT A dinner commemorating the anniversary of a a. college organization the toastmaster introduced the speaker with great fervor stressing her ber years of faithful faithful faith faith- ful service to the club and eulogizing her ability and charm Somewhat overwhelmed overwhelmed over over- whelmed the speaker faced the audi audi- ence After Alter such an introduction she he said laid disarmingly I can hardly watt walt to hear what hat Im I'm going to say u u |