Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-12-30
IN OUR
VALLEY
By CHARLES HALL q

y 4 A4scientific discovery relative TO
fAAe age Of man. II now seems
Vat our best thinkers are about TO
get the hur race out OF this mon
key business, Darwin ct al. has had
us shadowed by for some time.
While feeling that the human race
is making rapid strides in many
things, and that man is undergoing
an evolution toward better and high
er things we never did ike the
idea that some Of our grandfathers
ate beetles for supper, and then
wrapped their tails around one limb
Of a tree while quietly going TO sleep
on limb below.
Over in China they have discovered
the "Pekin Man, which seems to
show that we had little sense long
before Darwin's monkey ancestors
were ever thought Of.
This brings to mind also, that
many Of us, who. in this day OF
speed and hurry. think ourselves so
bright and smart. can turn the
leaves Of numerous books in our Il
braries. and very readily find that
we have not discovered any very
new fundamental thoughts. Our inn
mediate forefathers seem wiser than
we, probably because they had more
time to think about things and took
matters more seriously. Theoretical
ly IL would seem that the substitu-
tion OF 50 much machine labor would
give this generation more time for
study and the arts. but in reality It
appears that 1t only keeps us the
buster keeping the many machines
running. with so little time for any
thing else.
GETTING away from the old folks
III to the new, that first baby born
in The Valley Is going to be very
fortunate so far as public notice and
gifts are concerned.
He, or she, Is going to be swamped
with presents. Were 1t not that the
engineer OF this column has not had
SO much trouble rearing himself up
to the present. he might say that
he wishes he were that baby.
Which brings TO mind that as
much as we hate TO approach old
age, how many Of us would really
like to live over our lives again, ex-
cept probably to correct some very
prominent errors we have made
along the way.
nANTAGES, It Is said, is sick with
the fear Of death. That is one
OF the most pitiful things Of life.
PHILOSOPHERS and observant exper-
ience continually point out, that If
strive to do our best In all things,
wnd keep our bodies as free from
misuse and diseases as possible. We
will. In the natural order Of things,
live to approach that time without
llarrled fear. Like the dropping Of
ripe fruit. as 1t were, which In turn
plants the seed Of q new life.
THE Brownsville Eagles this year
are standing up under rather
unprecedented hard luck. That
now famous fumble on the one-yard
line was nothing but luck, which
sometimes goes under another name
Of 3 break. 1t took from the Eagles
the possibility of a state champion
ship. Then, out Of the dark, along
comes q birth certificate 70 show q
substitute player ineligible, and
causes US TO be thrown into tie for
q district championship which
otherwise was cleanly won.
It was an inadvertent error.
Neither the boy nor his parents, nor
the school officials are to bsame.
Had the district authorities thought
SO, they would have thrown the
team out Of the league.
II simply means the Eagles viii
start the race again next year with
more determination than ever.
Incidentally 1t shows how impcr-
tant our new birth registration re-
qulations will become in the years toI
come. Even as great figure as Pat
Neff. former governor Of Texas, had
his age disputed. Let's get all the
Valley babies officially recorded
with the date OF their births. 1t will
NOT only show how fast we are
growing, and how healthy It Is in
the Valley, but it will clear UP many
tangles later on.
wow about q few more civic new
IN wears resolutions for Browns
vile? The engineer Of this col
unnn. In his small way. cannot think
az nearly enough. Send us along a
few. Let's publish them. Then We
can consider their worth and at
tempt to carry them out. Sometimes
out Of things like that we get ideas
that really all interested in our pro-
rress win want TO lay hand 70 and
nut q shoulder behind.
A LTHOUGH we barely got by In
Q school ia mathematics, while we
a. are speaking Of numbers did you
ever notice how the number nine
plays around In the juggling OF fig
tires.
a II really has more to do with
XdAnres tran the number seven has
III ~ with the human body. Nearly
u Mathematical puzzles are based
OK It. and when handed such, II one
will assume that nine Is the key, ne
VIII generally be on the right road
IN solving It.