Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1924-12-25

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PEOPLE II
HISTORY AND "BUNK"
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bunk" but that may be because OF
the kinds of history text books foisted
on most of urr schools. There is
good deal of criticism and discussion
about these, by different societies and
some educational associations at this
time. Too much sectional propaganda
and narrow nationalism has been used
International cooperation is thwarted
by kind of patriotism that to glorify
its own will malign other nations.
With radio and flying ships other peo-
pies will now become our neighbors,
and some prejudices about foreigners
induced by our acquaintance with on
ly the emigrant class of other coun-
tries will be overcome. Anyway, the
world is growing smaller these days
and we are all Gust folks" after all.
LESS PAY, LESS CLAY
Such was the slogan and the action
of Italian workmen employed by a
brick concern in Milton, Ontario. An
nouncement of cut in wages brought
the men to work next day with an
inch cut from the tips of their SHOW
els. Company cuts pay, we cut SHOW
els" said the spokesman. That is as
far as the newspaper story goes. There
was no doubt sequel.
GATE RECEIPTS SURE
If the causes of philanthropy were
to be benefited by intercollegiate con
test receipts, there would be fewer
hungry and ill-clad people in the
world. Look at necessary precautions
taken to prevent rushes at the gates
for football games. Many colleges
have methods of allotting the ticket
sales thru clubs. and for a week past
there has been already sold every one
of the $1,000 seats in the stadium at
California where Notre Dame plays
the native sons" on New Years Day.
GREAT IN INDUSTRY
A new Hall of Fame as part of
proposed National Museum of En-
gineering and Industry in Washington
would preserve in sculpture the faces
of our famous American inventors,
Edison, Steinmetz, (by adoption of
course), Alexander Graham Bell, the
Wright Brokers'. Eli Whitney, Robert
Fulton and John Ericsson.
CROSSWORD PUZZLE TEAMS
A unique contest will be staged be-
tween Yale and Harvard teams at
the Hotel Roosevelt in New York on
January 4, when a pair of literary ex-
perts will meet in the first interco1-
1egiate crossword battle on a black
and white squared field 1t will be
benefit affair for the Bryn Mawr Mus
ic Foundation and the City Music
League. Coaching and college ye1ls
should be ruled out of the game, as
mental concentration will be the main
element for victory.
BRIDES WOULD FLY
There are SO many grand opera
hopefuls among American vocal stu
dents in Italy that large fees are Of
fered by many of them for chance to
appear. Naturally each one thinks her
appearance in a professional cast will
be the open doorway to a career and
for some few it will be.
WHAT CAN WE DO?
The latest statistics show us that
the cancer mortality among our Amer
lean people is mounting each year.
Science has done so much for us in
other respecs, what with preventative
and curative serums for infectious
blood and skin diseases, were it not
for cancer and tuberculosis our health
record would be increasingly clearer
and of much greater longevity But the
path CT these twin spectres throws a
gauntlet across our progress, and the
medical world has not yet made sue
cessful combat. Neither can our in
dividual efforts prevent our getting
cancer or cure us of tuberculosis once
we are its victims.