Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-13
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could learn just how heads of fam
lilies in Harrisburg have observed
what is known as Father and Sol
Week." 1t began with Sunday ant
the manner in which notice wa
taken was far more extensive tina
most people imagine. OF course,
few sinners took advantage of tn
week to turn over TO their boys tn
responsibilities of cleaning the SNOW
from the pavement or chopin
down the icicles or even clearing of
the porch roof and maybe some CAV
their sons earnest instruction i
methods of operating furnaces.
they did it is to be hoped that tn
boys were properly paid either |
cash at the time or that they will b
remunerated in the form of Thrift
Stamps at the end of the week.
few boys were also noticed at mar
lIet, taking up the family burden an
if they were somewhat shy in chang
they brought home, as most of vi
were in boyhood days on more tina
seven occasions, it is to be truste
that rigid accounting was not de
| manded. One man has taken hi
son to shows in the evenings and an
other took an afternoon off to TAX
his boy through the State Museum
which by the way, he did not knoN
himself. A third man had his so
sit at the head of the table and ru
the principal meal, while he sat
the seat of his son and took wha=
was passed to him. Father an
Son Week" has q lot of possibility
and as 1t has a few days still to ru
it is to be hoped that the spirit be
hind it may be impressed upon som
heads of families whose name bear
| wi xxritI n
much intimate knowledge of tn
companiable side of their male pal
ents. Even such things as Wis
| to the movies a ride, a walk, a buy
| ing trip in which the boy can pic
/ what he wants within a limit, a gi
of something that will bring fathe
and son closer together or mayb
just a plain half hours talk will d
| lots toward developing that under
standing between father and so
which is more priceless than
crown.
Alumni of the University of Penn
| sylvania and State College wer
pretty keenly interested to-day
the reports that there was a poss
| bility of the Commonwealth takin
over those two institutions and til
University of Pittsburgh and form
| ing one great establishment fC
| higher education. This idea, whic
was printed in !he unusually wei
informed Alumni Register of II
| University of Pennsylvania, is sa
| to be growing imperative because
the increasing demands upon II
state of the colleges. Some six yea
ago there was n sort of gener
agreement reached to have the sta
limit its appropriations for high
| education to four institutions, u
! three mentioned and Temple Un
| yersity. This plan was disregardd
and now with increased malntf
nance costs threatening decline /
standards and difficulty of ralsll
endowments the scheme OF puttlfH
the state in absolute control has oeeE
| broached. 1t is also figured Tn
National aid in large volume can u
secured by providing for milital
training, which will be an essentii
} part of education hereafter sta
educational officials were wa
about expressing opinions to-day
DR.. L. P. Davis, of PHILADELPHIA
chief of the medical advisory board
of the state, was here yesterday
consultation with Major w. g. MuI
dock, state draft officer. The do
tor, who is a college mate OF Pres
/ dent Wilson, has been giving n
time and thought to development I
the medical boards and to expeditir
their work. Through his infiuend
many of the leading medical mo
of the state have volunteered the
services.
Samuel B. Scott, a Germantov=
lawyer whose independent tendenci
and theories make him an lnteresE
ing figure in several Legislative seI
, sions, has written a book on u
state government of PennsyiVani
, He calls it manual OF PRAGUE
citizenship and his chapter 4
"irealling into politics" will attra
attention. Those who recall Il
fights made by Scott and his persis
ence in spite of defeats will apprec
ate his statements. The Pennypac
cr autobiography now appearing
the Evening Public Ledger ana u
scott review in the PhiladelphE
press should furnish much entertati
J ing reading for Harrisburg peopl
"One of the reasons why this tina
, is taking off the snow so wen al
we are not having trouble is due
) the fact that the frost Is out OF
ground or almost out and the wat1
;s Going straight down." said a doctd|
v,ho was raised in the country an
who is glad of it. You see III
SHOWS came early in December bI
fore the ground got a chance
freeze very deep and during the s'|
zero weather we had good GOVERN
of snow. OF course, there are in
stances where the ground was frozd
a couple of feet but that was whe1
there was not much snow. Now ti|
frost has been coming out and {
the SHOWS melt the water goes risI
down into the earth, which Will
a good thing for agriculture IN