— TROUBLE WITH BEING A = BACHELOR IS = Printed satin adds a new fillip of Interest to a subject that seemed to be exhausted. The scarf Is cut In one with the frock and may be used as a bertha, scarf or skirt drapery. HALL, PA, Washington,—China's Great Wall, glamorous to all who have studied geography, but usually considered sig- nificant only as a work of the dim past, has become a marker In recent news dispatches, With the fall of Chinchowfu to Japanese forces, the Chinese have moved south of the wall, and that ancient barrier now forms the frontier between Chinese and en- emy territory as it did for centuries after Its construction. A bulletin from the National Geographic soclety tells of this great engineering wonder of the world. “In a world of airplanes, bombs, heavy artillery and high explosives, the Great Wall of China is of no value as an obstacle to an enemy army,” says the Bulletin, “Because this Is true, and has been for a long time, the Great Wall has come to be looked upon by many as a prodigious folly. But In its day It was of incalculable value to the peace-loving Chinese who were able for considerable periods to keep the ‘Northern Barbarians’ out of their country, Once Effective Barrier. “The wall was effective because en- emies of the northern plains came against China with unorganized armies of cavalry, which, many times, beat Ineffectively against the well- manned barrier. There were occa- sions, it is true, when the hordes broke through; but these successful forays and the losses that flowed from them strikingly emphasize the value “of the wall through the many years when it functioned successfully, “Astronomers have speculated that Many Days Are Now Saved in Transportation. Paris.—QGold from the mines In the Belgian Congo, In the heart of Africa, which once required four weeks to reach the coffers of the Belgian banks, is now being rushed by air to Brussels in four days. The new regular weekly alr service of the Imperial Airways from London, via Paris, to Cape Town, has revolu- tionized the system of precious metal transportation, Four-engined flying boats link up in Egypt with the planes from London and provide a fast serv- jce down to Mwanza, on the southern shores of Lake Victoria, The sea lanes on the southern flight carry gold miners, Kenya coffee plant sb fe JE CR RRR KEE EEK : POTPOURRI 5 ol LC CR RRC CER RR # Equal Days and Nights . The equinox, or that time when the sun passes across the equa tor at one of the equinoctial points, occurs twice yearly, The spring, or vernol equinox occurs March 21, and the antumnal equinox occurs September 22. At these times day and night are equal all over the world, Storms often accompany these days, {@, 1938. Wastern Newspaper Union.) CR 0 BANARAS HATER Rs TT eee ers and big game hunters, who save weeks on the journney compared with other times when they had to spend weeks at sea and then travel for days by train from the east African coast into the jungle lands, Gold from the mines is brought down from the Interior by native carriers, the journey to the lake occupying a full day of trekking. The precious metal Is loaded at Mwan ken to Khartum and then to Cal Here the gold, which is often accompanied by gold miners flying home on leave after years In Africa, Is transferred to the lelgian alr liners, arriving two hours later in Brussels and then lodged in the vaults of the state bank. Saving of three weeks on the ship ment of gold to Brussels Is highly Important for the Belgian bankers, en- abling them to have rapid deliveries of fresh gold to replace gold withdraw- als from the country. Cherry Growers Unite to Boost Sale of Fruit raverse City, Mich.—A farm relief | movement not connected with drives { for special legislation, curtailment of | acreage, or other cures suggested in | recent years Is being undertaken by | the cherry growers of the country, ac { cording to an announcement here, The growers have determined that the quickest and shortest route to economic recovery lies In the sale of cherries, They've started out to sell them by staging, first of all, a national Marks Boundary of Chinese and Enemy Territory. the Great Wall Is one of the few works of man on earth that would be discernible by the naked eye from the moon. No other single engineer- Ing accomplishment of any age com pares with it In size, extent, and con- struction difficulties, Starting at sea level at Shanhalkwan on the Gulf of Chihll, it reaches an altitude of 9.900 feet among the mountains of western China. In the Intervenring area it ‘rosses several mountain ranges quite or nearly a mile high. “The Great Wall is not a single structure but a system with sections built at different times. Its magni tude ean best be understood if it is imagined that it were taken bodily up and set down In the United States, with Its eastern end at Phliadelphia. This transplanted wall would extend half way across the North American continent! Leads Two Teams PTY RT PRT TET RY PET TAT a pr pr Stanley J. Sokolis, Jr., Is not only captain of the wrestling team of the University of Pennsylvania, but also has been elected captain of the foot. ball team for 1032. Sokolis, who weighs 205 pounds and is a Junior in the educational department, has been a varsity tackle for the last two sea. sons, Incidentally, he hag rescued more than 200 persons from drowning during his six years as a life guard at Wildwood, N, J. cherry week, during the Washington birthday period. The dates are Febru- ary 1522. They are bullding thelr sales efforls around the legend of Washington and the cherry tree. Cher Ty ple contests, radio addresses, and appearances by the national cherry queen, Maxine Weaver of Traverse City, form part of their program. hundred growers of Mich- igan and Wisconsin took the lead In this movement, heard by H. W. Ul. sperger, of the Fruit Growers’ Union, Sturgeon Bay, Wis. They were soon Joined by representatives of the cherry industry from the states of Orégon, Colorado, Montana, Ohio, Pennsylvania and New York. Canners, including Howard Morgan, president of the Mich. igan Canners’ association, have given their support to the growers. Sixteen ODD THINGS AND NEW—By Lame Bode A wate 1unt can eg USED 600 TIMES RINGER ~VIEN CHAMPIONSRIP IN LESS THAN I MINUTES OF ST1EHTING STUDYING THE STUDENT By THOMAS ARKLE CLARK Emeritus Dean of Men, University of Illinois. I have just read the life of Rachael McMillan, an English woman who Spent her life in the service of young people. The biography 1s writ ten by her sister who tells, among other things, some- thing of the school life of the young English girl. “Children learned things then,” she says, “that they did not understand, as well as things they must grasp and know.” Our grandmother entirely ap- proved of this method. She sald it gave us something to think of as we grew older. . . . “Every child owned his own books and earried them in a bag slung over his shoulder, Home wirk was insisted on. The les sons were often given with enthusl asm, for the teacher loved the subject matter even If, as often happened, he cared little for the children. It is re markable how the center of Interest has now shifted from subjects of the “The Great Wall Is at its best in its eastern section, There its sheer faces, from 20 to 00 feet high, are construct- ed of carefully built masonry. In places the entire wall is of masonry, in others the space between the masonry faces Is filled In with stones and earth, North of Peiping (Peking) great blocks of carefully cut granite are used, held in place by mortar superior to that made by the Chinese today. In other localities the wall is faced with large bricks of a finer quality than most of now manufactured in the western world, Chin Made Great Wall Great. “Good engineers designed the wall Rain water the top is carried away by drains set at Intervals of about 100 feet. The fine preservation of much of the wall those accumulating on stone is owing to the foresight In providing these drains. More than 25000 tow- ers were built the wall, at in- tervals ranging 100 yards to a mile, . “The first disconnected walls along the northern frontier of China were probably constructed as early as 400 B., C, when Xerxes waf invading Greece. But the ruler who made the Great Wall great came two and a half centuries later: Chin Shih Huang-ti, who tried to brush aside previous Chl. nese history, and who insisted on be ing ealled ‘First Emperor.’ Improving existing walls and erecting new ones, Chin created the first extensive sys- tem of defensive ramparts. Probably 8 thousand miles of wall was built in fifteen years under this ‘First Emper- or and hls immediate successor, The structure has been extended and re paired at Intervals during the past 2.200 years. During the past 300 years no extensive repairs have been made, and many of the less carefully built sections of the long rampart are fall- ing into decay.” along from Ethel Peters Butler, daughter of Ma). Gen. and Mrs. Smed- ley D. Butler, whose engagement to Lieut. John Wehle, United States ma- rine corps, was announced by her par- ents. Miss Butler made her debut In Philadelphia society several years ago. Pretty Miss When a man gets up in the world there is always somebody ready with a shovel to dig up some bur- fed incident in his past Walls of Jericho That Didn't Fall the archeological party The fllustration The stonework study to the student or child. In those days there was little child study, but there was scholarship; and this was an advantage to the child in some ways. People did not study him, but he was allowed to study.” It was the last sentence which at- tracted me. 1 am wondering If we are not making things too easy In our school work, 1 am not at all sure that with all of our study of methods of presentation of a subject so as to smooth out the road for the student, and with all of our study of the stu- dent in order that we may better dee termine what he is best suited for and then how to awaken his interest in this most suitable subject, we have succeeded In educating our young peo ple any better or any more easily than we did before these problems were seriously considered. 1 wish some one would prove to me that we have, for such proof would be very gratifying to me, I am wondering if In this fever to study the student In schools and eol- leges we are fitting him in any better way himself to study. I'm just won. dering. (6, 1932, Western Newspaper Union.) Cunning and treachery are the off. spring of Incapacity.—Rochefoucauld. 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