Evening star., 1928-09-09
BY SAMUEL S. DRURY.

HeadmaSser, st. Paufs School, Concoro' m a.
~ O YOU not recall the sights ana
sounds and smells OF Scnool
now that September's come
and the great bell rings ana
the children scamper school-
ward To its call? Is any memory as
vivid as our first school days? Can
YOU not see yourself 20, 80, 40 years
AGO. as a child of 8, trudglng 10 tne
primary school, possibly with a siaCe
beneath your arm? .... .hot
Truly impressive is the tnougnI Sllae
United States this week will be respond
inc to the great school bell. More than
20 oO0 600 will answer its call. From
the toddlers in the kindergarten TO the
research students in the laboratory,
fifth of the population will be intent on
eettirg and adding to an education.
No country pays more, talks more
about thinks it cares more for schools
than our country. 1t Is devoutly TO be
hoped that we are getting our moneys
worth. that we are reaping the fruits OF
our sacrifice, that the September school
bell is sun1moning its 20 millions to
an offering which this year Will be
richer than ever before.
The country is vibrant with educa-
tional ambition. Hard-Worklng parents.
themselves without schooling. insist
upon it as a panacea for their sons:
More than a million young men and
women will be headed this month 1or
the bachelor degree.
The country is thick with learners
Unexpectedly you see them. Last week
an emergency took me to tiny island
on the coast of Maine. AS the motor
boat chugged back in the evening.
looked at the young sailor who conduct
ed me. fine, alert head. delicate fea-
lures. bronzed skin. What pity,
thought IN my citif1ed sophistication.
that this fine boy is doomed to buffet
with the waves and set lobster pots oil
Winter through. So I essayed, What
do you do In the Winter"
GO to school," was the reply.
"Where?" said /.
He mentioned a we'll accredited COL
lego.
He ruminated in the gloom. Lets
see. I'll be junior. I'll be taking
| analytical geometry. English literature,
economies and physical chemistry"
/ How's that! Things are not, and
| people are not, always what they seem
just as we hear of v. Cs peeling pota.
! toes in the galleys Of ocean liners, So
the bellboy Ia Summer hotel may be
| the intellectual superior Of those on
whom he waits
: Look out" have warned easy-going
( youths; behind the brass buttons OF
the boy who jumps to open the door
| for you NAV lurk the coveted Phi Beta
Kappa key"
| IVES, the country LIS chock full OF
l. learners and this week the bell
will summon many from leisure of sea-
shore and mountain to blackboard ard
freshly vanished desks. There is a
tonic In the cali. We are glad to 60
back. Enough Of vacation! The school
bell is ringing us in!
Youth gets demoralized by too much
idle time. 1t takes a we'll disciplined
character to handle prolonged freedom
usefully, or even sweet temperedly. For
the last fortnight fathers and mothers
! undoubtedly have been saying: ITS
high time that John. or Jane. or Doro-
thy or Timothy. got back to school >
And the young people know 1t, too
though they cling to last days. packing
each day with delights. They know it's
time to go to work. and despite their
protestations, the normal boy and the
! normal girl will be glad when the bell