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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-10-09
Aristocracy of Brains

One OF the most important. and des-
tined TO be one of the most discussed,
pronouncements by college president
IN many years, Is the declaration or
President Hopkins OF Dartmouth Co.
lege that too many men are going to
college and that there Is an aristoc.
cracy OF brains that ought not to be
diluted by the Graduation from our
institutions OF higher learning of men
who have not conducted their college
work seriously and have not acquired
real education.
/ Perhaps too many men are going to
college; that is, too many men OF the
wrong kind. IL Is also true. without n
doubt, that many men are not going to
college who should go II the test were
ability and desire TO make the most
OF the opportunity. The difficulty is
the distinguishing between those who
will qualify and those who will not.
Dartmouth Is honest to degree not
duplicated by many institutions. When
man fails in his course he Is separa-
ted from the college for good and for
all. The old days of summer school
hours aud the like are gone. Scenes.
ter by semester man must prove his
right TO stay at Hanover. And that is
about as far as q college man can 60.
Stringent entrance requirements ex.
list In Hanover. But they do not always
safeguard the college. do not always
do Justice to the applicants. But once
man is In college, IL is fair to say
that he must always be able and will
ing to prove his right to remain.
College education has come into
some measure of disrepute because of
the triflers who have been graduated,
men who have shown real ability in
following the teams, in imbibing col
lege spirit and so on, but who have
selected simple courses. Men who
have. in other words. made the schol-
astic side secondary, who expect to
find the world ready to bow down to
the college diploma. This the world
refuses to do, and very rightly so. For
pretense to ability and education Is
not enough. The goods must be de.
liyered.
So. IL colleges will be more. string.
ent they will overcome the suspicion
that they do something less than edu
cate. There is danger, OF course. In
such frank talk as that In which presi-
dent Hopkins has INDUCED There will
be those whose sense OF democracy
will be outraged by claim that there
is an aristoeraoy. OF any kind, even of
brains. The cry Will be raised that
there is an attempt at class demar
cation II will be asserted that the pur-
pose is to shut the door of opportunity
In the face OF young men and women.
But the main point Is The colleges
are beginning to realize that there is
more for them to do than to resort
to quantity production of diplomas,
and on this truth they can build q +,
firm edifice of higher education. st
Adams Messenger
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-10-09
Oil and Calcium.

Travellers between Rutland aad
Bennington have had an opportunity
this summer, to compare the relative
merits OF oil and calcium chloride as
roads.
The oiled section of the road has
been abundantly cursed by travellers
who happened TO drive over 1t when
the oil was fresh and found their cars
and in some cases their persons gen.
efonsly daubed with the flying par
ticles OF GOO yet it would hardly
be fair to condemn oiling simply be.
cause 1t ineonyenicnced traffic when
il was fresh.
The oiled sectic between Manches.
ter and the Wallingford line mas been
treated several times and perhaps 1t
has hardly had fair trial as yet.
Certainly II is vastly improved as
compared with its former condition,
and the contrast with the untreated
sections OF the road between the Wal
lingford line and Rutland IS very
marked.
The trouble with oil-trcated gravel
seems to be that sooner or later In
evltably, there IL q break In the water
proof surface and when the cars be-
gin to dig out the dry gravel they
soon rhurn and chew the hole larger,
then it is a matter. not Of putting in
a little gravel, but actually patching
the hole with cement or heavy oil
and fine gravel or crushed stone.
This means considerable repairing
ana the expense OF patrol Is material.
ly increased thereby.
There is no such complaint about
the calciumrtreated roads between
Manchester and Bennington. They
nave been enthusiastically praised.
ana, IKE many other good things.
probably oyer-prascd. Some facts
about calcium treatment may be of
value.
calcium treatment merely keeps
the surface Of the road moist and pre
vents the cars from destroying the
surface through air suct.on. IL does
not prevent the roads from being
worked; In fact 1t helps the work by
permitting work, not only after rain
put almost any time before the SUI,
has dried out part of the moisture
caused by the dew
lts most important function is. how
ever. laying the dust. which, after all
causes more complaint in summer
than any other feature of the roads
Further calcium treatment pers SITS
more or less from season to seaeon
a road treated thereby usually being
In better condition IN the spring than
an untreated road
Calcium surfaces are, however
more sticky" and c-ippery after O
rain than gravel surfaces, owing "a
the fact that calcium chloride attracts
and holds moisture and delays roads
drying out somewhat.
Calcium does not prevent wash
board surface. but II aids in repair
ing washboard by keeping the surface
moist Az the recent hotel mems
meeting the representative OF a large
chemical company made 1t plain tina,
they did not claim to prevent the COZ
rliPating OfNthe surface from traff'c
but merely to keep the surface moIs
and keep down the dust. The expense
was quoted as being from three hun
dred to four houndred do lars per mile
The facts brought out by these OK
pcrlments wiz be OF great value ID
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-10-09

The nomenclature of the cigar trade
is one Of the very interesting phases
of democracy. No agent intent upon
building up a market for 10-cent
cigar ever named It for q statesman.
He complimented instead. an actor. a
phIlanthropist, racehorse. hypo-
thetical Indian maiden or suppositi-
tlous Spanish grandee. To have named
10cent cigar for a statesman would
have been to "queer" both the cigar
and its involuntary patron. The peo-
pie would not have stood for that sort
Of thing. 1t would have presumed a
certain superiority which they would
have rebuked both at the cigar stand
and at the polls.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-10-09
READY

Town Officers and Business Directory
Revised 10 Date
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-10-09

In things Of the mind the American
student is too doclle. have sometimes
wished TO encounter more resistance to
my ideas, less admlrlng submission,
writes Prof. Albert Feullerat In La
Revue des Deux Mondes. II is curl
Gus thing, these young men, capable
of throwing themselves madly into bat
tie, these born adventures who find
fierce delight in surnAunting real OBJ
stacles. are almost puslllanimous when
they have TO engage In struggle with
ideas. That comes, without doubt,
from their being trained TO learn, not
to think 1t Is tendency of educa-
ton which when pushed to excess re-
acts against the end sought.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-10-09

determining the highway policy for
another year. but they are merely in
cidontal to the larger, broader ques-
ton of a highway construction, which
runs into matters Of fundamental
methods, federal aid. cement, con
crete, state-owned roads. revenue,
ttc.
Voters and legislators should not
become confused between matters OF
detail and administration and matters
OF PERMANENT policy on construction
and finance. II is n large question
and members OF the legislature, IN
particular, should not forcclose the
matter until they have the full data
before them.-Rutland Herald.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-10-09

"wlmt Detroit needs most OF ALL"
said the Philosophical Citizen SIS at
least one restaurant where they give
you enough syrup 10 cover two out
Of the three wheatcakes served In an
order / don't advocate enough for
three, because ! realize you can't ex.
pect the millennium over night."-De.
trolt News.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-10-09

Did your grandmother ever patronize
bootblack parlor or get her hair
shampooed In barber shop? Or was
she an old.fashIoned lady who spelled
modesty with big NJ and walked
In the serenity and dignity Of clois-
tered femininity7
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-10-09

Spain is importing American min
nows to aid In mosquito determination.
We hope It works, then we Gun import
some Of them back again and see II II
helps our own mosquito problem any.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-10-09

Some fine day the radio experts win
tune their apparatus to the magnetic
waves Of the aurora borealls and then
the world will be filed with music
IL the glorious phenomenon sounds as
lovely as 1t looks.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-10-09
An estate eaten up.

by bills, mortgages, depreciation, is
an impossbility II YOU are insurable
and act now. National Life lns. Co
of Vt. (Mutual) Earle s. Klnsley,
General Agent, Mead Building, Rut.
land. vt.--Advertsement.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-10-09

II the modern novelists merely called
spade a spade, 1t wouldn't be SO
bad; but they take rake and muae
q hero Of Ia. -----..--'
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-10-09
MEMS FOR THE MARRIED

An antipodean student Of woman In
the marriage relation comes to some
entertaining though perhaps not en-
tlrely justified conclusions. Here are
few OF them:
The wise woman knows how to be
foolish when her husband Wishes to be
clever.
Every woman longs for a romance,
but most have to be content with hus
bands.
Selilshness Is quality In husbands
which prevents wives from getting all
they want.
The wise man doesn't attempt to un.
derstand women; he merely tries to
get along with them.
A woman is only what men have
made her. This applies particularly Ia
selfish women.
The happiness OF n married couple
doesn't depend on their loving each
other but on their not loving anyone
else.
Every one knows how wonderful
woman can look, but II Is only the
husband who knows how wonderful II
Is that she can look SO wonderful
Boston Transcript.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-10-09

Study In Which Japsnese Led.
The Jnlunese were the first to make
q scientific study of earthquakes.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1922-07-21
THE CHILD'S ENEMIES

which we can get financial benefit, but
we cry economy if Congress tries to
pass an appropriation to stamp out
the murderers of our children.
We are blowing trumpets and con-
graduating ourselves about the mag
nifcent work we are doing along lines
of sanitation, but we are doing prac-
tically nothing to eradicate the great
venereal diseases that are affecting
and staining ninety-two per cent OF
the population of the Ultted States.
There is a continuous stream from
the cesspools of society flowing
through the yards and municipal gov
ernments of this country poisoning
the lives of our children and staining
the characters of our boys and girls.
Before we used antitoxins in diph-
liberia FIVE out of every ten cases died.
Now, with the use of antitoxins only
one out of ten die.
People who fight vaccination and
other methods by which children are
made immune to disease are the en-
emies of our children. They are the
curses of society, and they ought to
be inCarcerated.
The time has come to spend any
amount of money that might be neces
sary to give TO this land boys and
girls whose bodies and minds are alb
solutely perfect.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1922-07-21
IDALIA NEWS

The Caloosahatchee Club met at
he home of Mrs. Schell, Friday. As
so many of the members are away
here was a small attendance. After
social hour, dinner was served and
the meeting was later called to order
the president, Miss Ellen Walker.
he meeting opened by singing
American" which was followed by
he Lords Prayer. The roll call was
;aswered by Current Events and all
present who failed TO answer were
fined two cents. After this two pa
ers were read on explorers of Flor
da-"Hernando De Sofa" by Mrs.
Adams and Ponce De Leon" by Mrs.
Opitz. The meeting then adjourned
o meet next month with Mrs. Quel-
can in Fort Myers.
The Citrus Club of Olga held its
second meeting at the home OF Or,
Walker Tuesday afternoon. The diff
ferent diseases and pests Of the cit
us trees were discussed. The mem
bers all think they will be very much
enefitted by the instructive discus
ions.
Mr.. Marshall Scott of Fort Myers
listed at the home of Miss ZoraBelle
england Sunday.
Rev. Thomas of East Fort Myers
reached an interesting sermon here
unday afternoon. He and Mrs.
homas were entertained for supper
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Hoffman.
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Murray and
hildren spent Sunday at the home Of
Mrs. Murray's mother. Mrs. H. I.
ones.
DR.. Walker and daughter Isabel
eft Wednesday morning TO visit
riends and relatives up the state.
IL. Walker will return in couple
of weeks; but Miss Isabel will 90 on
to Georgia for an indefinite length OF
ime.
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. l.. Rutledge anC
family have moved into their new
ouse.
Mr.. Frank Walker and six children
spent Friday in Fort Myers.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. T. Mcneil, Mr.
w. H. Hoffman, Mr.. and Mrs. Schel
and daughter, Alice, We're visitors tt
Myers during the past week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Taylor from Coleman
lorida, are visiting relatives here
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1922-07-21

All Investigations should begin
with and be for the benefit of the
child. The population of the United
States today would be fifteen or
twenty millions more had it not been
for the neglect of the parents and
the municipal governments. More
than fifteen or twenty millions of
children have been born in the United
States in the past fifteen or twenty
years, who have died because of
criminal, domestic, and municipal
neglect.
We belong to the Grassland posses
sion in works of Superhciality. We
are excessive takers, but are rather
meagre in labors of worthwhile in
vestigations.
We hate the drudgery of patient,
toiling investigating for the protec-
ton of our children. We have GRIM
inally neglected the child prior to
birth and Immediately following his
entrance into the world.
We are perfectly willing for Con-
gress to vote millions of dollars to
fight diseases now destroying our hogs,
sheep, cattle, and horses, but we have
spent one hundred years preventing
Congress from voting an appropria-
ton TO stamp out the diseases destroy
ing our children. -
We are perfectly willing for Con-
gress to pass an appropriation from
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1922-07-21

with a steady progress.-thcrC's a
reason, yes.
We have here, gentlemen, quaint
ty of the choicest new mown hay ever
srown-two acres Of it-how much
am / offered? What? Sold! 1t is
now movable from the ground of Mr..
j. S. Kleinfelter, Dixie highway Pay
the cashier-the man with the mule
team gets it..
This closing up" Wednesday af-
ternoon is all right for those that's
got something to Close" but what
are you going to do with hoe and
a lawn mower and such stuff? Bust
'em up Wednesday morning?
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1922-07-21

A Hartford woman told her hus-
band he would have to let her drive,
= she would jump out. She is in the
ospital with a fractured skull. No
,oubt her case is aggravated by irri-
tation at not having her own way.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1922-07-21

do you see that house up there p
asked Winnie.
We'll, what about it,"
That house was built with meney
made from many sufferings, with
ings, agonies, and much blood"
Good gracious, what kind OF an
official lives there"
My dentist"
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1922-07-21

The Mont Blanc cable line will soon
be ready for service. A funicular
railway will enable tourists to reach
the summit of a 1900 foot peak in
80 minutes. Excuse us, please, VIC
do not aim so high.-Tampa Tribune
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1922-07-21

Yes, like a new broom, those old
time skirts swept clean. Peanut
shells, germs, and this'n thatn the
other thing were gathered up and
re-distributed many times a day,
How on earth do we get along with
out them!
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1922-07-21

The people of the L. S. are the
greatest candy eaters in the world.
Indeed, it is said of them that they
eat more candy than all the rest OF
the world combined.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1922-07-21

If a young man would heed the
lure of the heights as assiduously as
he heeds the lure of the lights he
would amount to a great deal more in
the long run.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1922-07-21

MA" said the EDITORS tiny friend,
II know why the editors call them
selves we
why, SON."
so that the man that doesn't like
the article will think there are too
many to tackle"
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1922-07-21

Vegetarians have evolved many at
tractive combination dishes from
nuts. Nut loaves, croquettes and
souffles take the place of meat on
their tables.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1922-07-21

Total imports of eggs into the L.
S. in the year ending June 80. 1921,
were 3,315,S05 dozen; exports were
'26,96O,O9S dozen.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1922-07-21

4 pound of cottage cheese supplies
protein requirements for the average
adult for one day unless he is employ
ed at hard labor.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1922-07-21

The 1920 sugar crop in the U. S
was the greatest ever produced in tn"
country. The gross tonnage OF cane
and beet sugar was 1,266,14S. Thf
previous high record, made in 1916,
was approximately 10000 tons un-
der this figure
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1922-07-21

Holding your breath is. to a certain
extent, test of your health. Nor
mally adults should be able to hold
this for from forty 10 fifty seconds.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1922-07-21

Many papa locks up his f1ivver at
night, but lets his children run
around loose.-St. Augustine Record.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1922-07-21

Many are the Affections OF the
righteous but the Lord delivereth
him out of them all.--Psalms.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1922-07-21

When misfortune leaves you 1t
merely goes off on a still hunt for
omeone else.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1922-01-13
PROVERBS HELD IN COMMON
Remarkable Similarity Of ideas Noted
Among Nations, Both Of the
Old and New World.

The similarity of ideas all over the
world is found In the similarity or ex-
spressions to convey the ideas. Inc
old English proverbt "a fool and ms
money are soon parted" finds It's
counterpart In the phrase, There Is
no medicine for fool" But the
Japanese also claim that by gooo
management they can do something
even with fools, when they say, Fools
and scissors move according to the
mode Of using them" Some Of us car
nv our Latin with us all our lives,
Just because we had good teacher.
To these, the old Latin saying, The
eagle does not catch flies" (Aquila non
capt. muscas) will recall old memories
Of the pride and sarcasm OF the no
mans. So also will they be pleased TO
read the Japanese aphorism, 1.-THE fal-
con does not peck at ears of corn,
which is true, as falcons, especially
those of the peregrine type, are much
more likely to seize and carry small
animals like lambs, rabbits, chickens
Philadelphia Ledger.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1922-01-13
OCEANS HARD TO IMAGINE
People Of the Middle Ages Found u
Difficult to Conceive Extent
of Waters.

Eratosthenes was. right; the earth
was a globe. But what philosopher
ever imagined that 1t was so larger
Homer was right when he sang OF the
"mighty food" but he was thinking
of the insignificant Mediterranean.
What poet had Imagination enough 70
picture the vastness of the Pacinc
Many had surmised the truth. but none
had realized its extent When tne
caravels of Columbus had sailed ana
returned the wise ones Of the Renals-
sance were astonished by the story
brought home. 1t seemed Impossible
that there could be so much water.
And still the girth Of the seas was
uncomprehended. 1t was only when
Magellan's Santa Vittoria had circum'
nayigated the globe and dropped an
Choir In the Bay of San Lucar that q
realization Of the world of water be-
gan 10 dawn. The Atlantic was as
tonishing enough in all conscience
but the Pacific was overwhelming and
dumfounding.-Joh G. Van Dyke.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1922-01-13
A ittIe House in France.

am living in little house so near
the sea that at high tide / can see on
nv bedroom wall the reflected ripple
of the water. At night l waken 10
the melodious welter OF waves; OF
maybe there is a great stiffness, ana
then 1 know that the sand and sea-
grass are lying naked to the moon
But soon the tide returns, and once
more I hear the roistering OF the
waves.
Calvert. my friend, is a lover at
we'll as a painter Of nature. He rises
with the dawn to see the morning
mist kindle to coral and the suns
edge clear the hill-crest. AS NJ
munches his coarse bread, wha'
dreams are his beneath the magic
changes of the sky! He will pain
the same scene under a dozen condl
lions Of light. He has looked SO
long for Beauty that he has come Il
see it everywhere.-Robert W. SerV
| ice.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1922-01-13
MOTHER, QUICK! GIVE
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP
FOR CHILD'S BOWELS

Even a sick child loves the "fruity"
taste of california Fig Syrup" If the
little tongue is coated, or If your child
is listless, cross, feverish, full Of cold,
or has collie, a teaspoonful will never
fail to open the bowels. In a few
hours you can see for yourself how
thoroughly 1t works all the constipa-
ton poison, sour bile and waste from
the tender, little bowels and gives you
a welE playful child again.
Millions Of mothers keep California
Fig Syrup" handy. They know tea
spoonful today saves sick child to-
morrow. Ask your druggist for genuine
california Fig Syrup" which has di-
rections for babies and children OF all
ages printed on bottle. Mother! You
must say california" or you may get
an imitation fig syrup.-Advertisement.