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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-10-10
Energy of Sun
THE energy of sunlight plays an

THE energy of sunlight plays an
Il important role in pflotosynthe-
sis. The process can not go on
without sunlight.
DR.. MacDougal tells about this iii
passage which is a good sample of
the forceful and clear manner in
which the book has been written.
He writes:
THE sunshine which warns the
air and heats the ground does not
witty rock fragments, sluggish
liquids and gases. Rivers may pour
an unceaSing flood of water over
Lodges of rock for centuries, or swirl
through the logs of a pile of drift
wood causing only such slow and
slight changes as may result from
the attrition or wearing effect of
the pebbles carried by the current.
However, if the current should
flow over a geared water wheel or
turbine, enough power could be con-
verted to crush thousands of cubic
yards of rock to the finest powder
or saw millions of logs into boards.
1.-THE daily flood of sunlight fall
ing on green leaves turns the drive
wheels of the mills that tear apart
the particles of gases and salts
which have been absorbed by the
plant, and then these parts are re-
assembled to make much more COM
pick substances such as sugars,
which are the most important sub
stances used in the building up and
feeding of protoplasln."
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-10-10
College Girl of Today Heavier, Taller

Smith college students at each age
level was greater than those Of the
girls examined from twenty-five to
forty years ago and that median
weight also was greater than the
weight listed in the comparative
studies.
For example, Smith college girls
graduated from 1925 to 1923 aver
aged five feet five inches in height
whereas girls entering the other
colleges that have been mentioned
twenty-five to forty years age
varied from five feet one inch tc
five feet three inches, or an aver
age of about five feet two inches, III
height.
The median weights of Smith
college girls entered at 16 and
graduated at 20 were 100 and 129
pounds; the median weights of en-
trance and graduation Of 18-year-
old students were 121 and 12I
pounds; OF 19-year-old students, 126
and 1913 pounds, and 20-year-old
students, 124 and 1913.
In contrast with these figures
girls of an earlier period had
medium weights from 100 to 116
pounds. Obviously the hygiene, the
diet, the exercise, rest, and other
factors of modern living are making
a better type of girl physically than
existed twenty-five to forty years
ago.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-10-10
Cities Can Help

FURTHERMORE. the vast major
4 ity of our cities, towns, counties
and states need improvements of
one kind or another, but we'll put
that aside. Well say they couldn't
10 much to relieve unemployment,
with out straining themselves to the
point of luxury, without authorizing
work that hardly could be described
as essential.
Even so, why should they hest
tate? Since when was the business
of America sustained by essential
work? Since when did the neces-
stiles of life provide us with a pay
roll?
Suppose you were to remove the
theater, sport, candy, and cosmetics,
just to mention few enterprises,
how long would our boosted pros
perity last?
That being so, what is there so
fantastic or illogical about our
states and municipalities going in a
little heavier on the side of clean
illness. recreation and beauty?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-10-10
Growth Of Plants

A LII the riddle of life lies in a
N green leaf. Mysterious pro-
cesses concerning which We catch a
glimpse now and then go on in that
leaf. All animals, including the
human race, are alive because of
thoae processes.
For animals eat one another or
else plants. If plants stopped grow
| ing, the animal kingdom would
starve to death And it is the pro-
cess which goes on in the green
leaf which accounts for the growth
of the plant.
The process is known as photo
synthesis. BY it. the plant manu-
features the sugars and starches
which go into its tissues from the
carbon dioxide Of the air and the
water of the soil.
In other words, the raw materials
from which all our foodstuffs are
manufactured are carbon dioxide
and water.
Animals can not make use Of
these raw materials directly. They
must wait for the plants to take
them and manufacture them into
the more complex chemical prod
ucts of their tissues.
DR.. MacDougal tells how the cells
of plants are organized and how
they function and how they play
their roles in the complicated pro-
cess of photosynthesis.
He shows further how this process
has influenced and shaped the form
and structure of plants.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-10-10
SCIENCE
All the Riddle of Life Lies IN
q Green Leaf.
BY DAVID DIETZ.

All the Riddle of Life Lies IN
a Green Leaf.
A NEW way Of looking at the uni
4 n verse, a new understanding Of
processes Of life, of the dependence
of living things upon the sun, and
of the complex interchanges of mat
ter and energy which make up vital
activity. awaits the laynan in D. T.
MacDougaps THE Green Leaf"
The book, just published by D.
Appleton & Co., forms one Of their
excellent New World Of Science
Series.
DR.. MacDougal is one of the
worlds best known scientists. He
now is a research associate Of the
Carnegie Institution. For many
years he was director of the insti-
tution's desert laboratory at Tue
son, Ariz.. and also the general Sec
rotary of the American Association
for the Advancement Of Science.
DR.. MacDougal, however, always
has been interested in popularizing
science as well as n prosecuting SCI
entific research. He was one of the
original trustees of Science Service,
the organization which E. w.
Scripps, endowed for the populari-
zation of science.
In THE Green Leaf DR.. Mac
Dougal has done an excellent job
Of popularizing his own speciality,
that of plant physiology.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-10-10
1T SEEMS TO ME BY H BESSs

any consequence grows out of be-
ing a mere fan and becomes a
student and lover of technique,
even though it be discovered in the
actions of the lowly Phillies.
To the expert a home run is far
from being the most exciting Incl
dent in game. We who know can
not join with Mr.. Coolidge in his
Grass idolatry of the mere slugger.
What is to become of inside base
ball when a former President ex-
presses himself as being a sucker
for the lively ball?
The cultivated spectator would
far sooner see game won by the
process of a dragging bunt down
the first base line, a sacrifice to Sec
ond, the theft of third and a beau
tifully executed squeeze play, such
as the Athletics resurrected for the
second game of the world series.
Copyright. 1880. by The Times,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-10-10
Success Came Fast

DUT columnar success sometimes
Id goes to the head. Calvin Cool
idge is not the first member of the
craft to grow little cocky about
that praise which comes in the form
of, "Of course, I don't always agree
with you, but I read your column
every day. I think it's the funniest
thing in town"
Under the warm sun of adulation
he has climbed too fast and too far.
find his contribution of last Sat-
urday beginning, Baseball is our
national game" And he followed up
this radical observation by adding,
I'VE go to the game in the hope
that with three men on bases the
batter for our team will drive the
ball over the fence so that we can
revel in the intoxication of crowd
deliriun."
This is a startling statement from
an ex-PreSident. What has become
of Keep Cool With Coolidge?" In
deed, 1 might even ask to what
cellar has the noble experiment
flown when a Republican leader
speaks with such Incorporate en-
thusiasm about intoxication.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-10-10
They Want Work

DY and large, those out of work
ID don't want philanthropy. All
they ask is a fair chance, and We
could give it to them If we had the
will, and that, too, without squad
ering 81 or IS dollars day on them
more senselessly than we squander
$50 or $1OO,OO0,OOO a year on some
Of our athletic and entertainment
stars.
We could provide every man and
woman who really wants one with
job if we had the will, and get
something worth looking at by way
of return.
It would take some borrowing, of
course, and maybe a little increase
of taxes, but when has that fright
ened us, and isn't it more wholesome
than bread lines or charity drives?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-10-10
We Can Stand Tap

TOUR or five hundred million
Il dollars would right this situa-
ton in six months, especially If it
were made available by cities,
towns, counties and states for work
where people live.
That may sound awfully big, but
it's only about one-half Of l per
cent of the nations annual income
and probably not 10 per cent of
what we spend for sport and enter
tainment.
In spite Of the depression, We
have found it possible to contribute
S125, 200, 900 to miniature golf this
year. Without straining ourselves,
we could stand three times as much
to give hungry people work, or
could We?
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honesty the answer must be "Prac-
tically none at all"
In other words, he has, upon &C.
casion, thrown out the first ball for
the opening of a world series. But
in that there is no evidence that he
knows the difference between a sac
rif1ce and a, fielderS choice.
In fact, scouts who observed Mr.
Coolidge closely in his annual ball
tossing function all passed him up
Nobody suggested that he be &C
quired either by draft or purchase.
The consensus seemed to be that,
though he possessed turn Of speed,
he was lacking in control.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-10-10
xXTHEN calvin Coolidge became

IA AAGAN O0AFeA SSOAAAoS
w colunnist he received a gen
erouS welcome from newspaper
men. Even his immediate rivals in
the racket extended a cordial hand
of fellowship to the newcomer.
1t may be that to many the pro-
fession of colunning is not ac-
cepted as being regular newspaper
work. Mr.. Coolidge is not the first
to come In cold. In the past there
has been ample evidence that ex-
perience is quite unnecessary.
A column conductor needs little
more than space, regular salary
some typewriter paper, shears, and
a pot OF paste.
And II is only fair to admit that
Mr.. Coolidge, though green, got
away with his assignment nicely
He has involved his employers in
no libel suits. Not single edition
for which he has written has beer
barred from the mails.
AS yet he has not been under the
necessity of barking back to some
previous column and justifying the
repetition by that mendaciouS line
reprinted by request"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-10-10
Clean Up the Town

T listen, you folks, look over the
IL old home town and see if there
are not quite a few things you
would like to sec it do.
What about the parks? Are there
as many as you you'd like to see
and are they in a good condition?
What about the streets, dumps,
Fairgrounds, school grounds, storm
sewers and sidewalks?
What about the grimy, dirty
buildings that ought to be cleaned,
the pests that are destroying trees
and shrubbery on public land, the
fire lanes needed to protect our
forest preserves?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-10-10
Questions and
AnSzeerS

How many licensed aircraft are
there in the United States and
which states have the larger num-
bers?
The total number Of licensed
aircre in the United States in 1929
was 3. The states which had
the me- licensed planes are: New
York. 1929; California. 96l; Illinois
$40; Ohio. 451; Missouri, 4S1, and
Pennsylvania, 401.
Is there a minimum age for sena-
tors and representatives In congress?
Members of the house of repre-
SIGNATURES must be Is years old. and
senators must be 30.
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H41,,tt5
THE NAVAL ACADEMY


I'm oct. 10, 1s45, the United
" States Naval Academy, where
executive officers of the United
navy are educated, was founded at
Annapolis, Md.
Since that time the government
has spent more than $15,00O,o0O for
buildings and grounds. As a result,
the school is considered the best
equipped and handsomest naval in
stitution in the world.
When the school was opened, the
course was fixed at five years, only
TO be extended four years later 70
seven years. BY the act Of 1912 the
course was fixed for four years, at
the end Of which. upon graduation,
the miSSnipmen are commissioned
as ensigns.
The course of study and instruc-
ton at the institution approximates
that of many postgraduate tech
nical schools. From June until
sept. / the midsllipmen are en-
barked on war vessels for the sum-
mer cruise.
Midshipmen are appointed 70 the
school by congressman Of their
districts.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-10-10
Angels Have Feared

DUT the political significance OF
ID Mr.. Coolidge's platform inter-
estS me less than its newspaper i'm
plicationS. I fear that Calvin the
columniSt has taken too bold a
step.
He has ventured into a field in
which there is a rigid rule of ap-
premiership, experience and promo
ton.
An ex-President of the United
States may be qualified amply to
serve as newspaper coIumnist, but
the job Of sporting writer is some
thing else again.
This is not task for any che to
essay lightly. What are the quail
f1cations Of Calvia Coolidge7 In all
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-10-10
Says Who?

TT is presumptuous for Mr.. Cool
4 idge to have dogmatic baseball
opinions before he ever has made
a training trip or sat at the feet
of Joe williams and Damon Runyon
and Bill Mcclellan.
Indeed, his baseball taste is of
crude and undeveloped sort. I'VE
go to the game" he says, "in the
hope that with three men on bases
the batter for our team will drive
the ball over the fence so that we
can revel in the intoxication of
crowd delirium."
Speak for yourself, Calvin. go
for no such purpose. Nor do any
of the true connoisseurs of the sport.
In the first place, I am shocked at
the narrow partisanship expressed
in that phrase, "the batter for our
team"
In time each baseball reporter Of
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-10-10

Ideals and opinions expressed
in this column are those Of
one Of Americas most inter-
eSting writer's and are pre-
scented without regard to their
agreement or enhancement
with the editorial attitude of
this naner.=The Editor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-10-10

THE girl of today is an athletic
A. person who has participated IN
outdoor games from early child
hood, who has not known the re-
straint of heavy, tight clothing, and
who has had for at least fifteen
years an adequate diet.
The college girl of twenty-five or
forty years ago represented an en-
tirely different group so far as con-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-10-10

Mules are wholly sterile both with
other mules and with either parent
species. They are hybrids between
the horse and ass, and hybrids do
not reproduce. Only one or two
exceptions to this rule have been
recorded, and even these are not
usually regarded as authentic.
What salary does the American
ambassador to Mexico receive?
His salary is $17,500 per year.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-10-10

Chess experts would modernize the game with
pieces like the airplane, tank and cruiser but one
yet has suggested substituting president and first
lady for the king and queen.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-10-10
the classroom Trouble came when he made d


newspapers and publicity resulted.
But the radio lecture is in itself the supreme pub
lefty Therefore, radio lectures will have to be more
directly courageous than college lectures ever have
been Otherwise, the radio will become tremendous
engine of intellectual conservatism and powerful
device for assuring cultural stagnation The radio
lecturer not hide behind the classroom door OF
the condolences of his students
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-10-10

The wise are instructed by reason
ordinary minds by experience; the
stupid by necessity, and brutes by
instinct.-Cicero.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-10-10
Just as Many to Feed

THERE are just as many mouths
4 to be fed in this country as
there were last year, and probably
few more; just as many bodies to
be clothed, just as many houses TO
be heated and lighted.
The only fly in the ointment is
lack of work, which means lack Of
cash, which means lack of con-
sumption, and We speculate as to
how long the fly will remain, just
as though it couldn't be removed
until the stars are right.
AS matter of fact. we have be-
come victims of an economic VOC
doc, and are calling on the witch
doctors of high finance to break the
spell for us.
If cash or credit we're lacking the
situation might be different, but
they are not. There is plenty of
money to be had at low rates of IN
terest by solvent institutions. and,
whatever else may be said of them,
the cities, towns, counties and
states OF this country still are SOL
vent.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-10-10
Daily Thought

Hear instruction, and be wise,
and refuse 1t nOt.-PrOverbs 1888.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-10-10

1Y DIR. MORRIS FISHBEIN
Editor Journal of the American Medica
Association and of Hygeia. the Health
Magazine.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-10-10
M. E. Tracy

If Something Isn't Done
About 1t, Business WI Be
Still More Scared By Neat
Spring.
CLEVELAND authorizes small
~ bond issue to provide work for
common labor and opens registra-
ton bureau in city hall. Five thou
sand apply the first day, where only
twelve or fifteen hundred were ex-
pected some of them standing In
tie rain all night TO be sure Of get
ting advantageous places on the list.
Nor is the situation in Cleveland
peculiarly tough. Any one OF our
ten largest cities could duplicate the
performance, as several already
have.
We are heading into winter, with
three or four million people out Of
employment and with business
pretty scared, in spite Of all the
whistling.
If something isn't done about IT,
business will be more scared next
spring.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1930-05-01
UNDERWOOD

Mr.. John Dunathan, who has been
very i'll, is able to be around.
Miss Martha Bowman, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Bowman, is conva-
lescing following a serious illness.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alex Lantz, Crellin,
were calling on their uncle, Mr.. Dor
sey Ashby, ST., one evening last week.
Miss NADIA Lantz, who has been en-
ployed by Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Jones,
Oakland, was visiting at her home
over the weekend.
Miss Auburn Nine, who has been
employed by L. Waingold left for
Keyser, w. Va, on Wednesday where
she will be employed by the Chevrolet
Sales company.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Peterson, Ben
Bush, w. Va, are spending some time
with their parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Har-
ry Peterson.
Mr.. Earl Cassidy, Mr.. and Mrs. Guy
Simmons and three children and Mrs.
Marshall Sines and two children, of
Kempton, visited Mr.. and Mrs. Dor
sey Ashby, on Saturday and Sunday
Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse Ashby, ST., Mr..
and Mrs. Iret Ashby, Helen Ashby
and son, and Mr.. and Mrs. Everett
Casteel and family, were guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. D. L. Ashby on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Sims were Sun
day guests of Mr.. and Mrs. o. A.
Rinehart.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Shillingburg an
nounce the birth of a son.
Mr.. Henry Mosser was the guest
of his daughter, Mrs. Roy Shilling
burg on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Fulk, Mt.
Lake Park, were visitors of Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Fulk, on Saturday.
Mrs. Beecher Morris and daughter,
Martha Lee, Oakland, Mrs. Mac Rid
der and daughters Helen and Betty,
of Gortner, spent one day last week
with their parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Frlk.
Mrs. Harry Nicholson and son Billy
were visiting Mr.. and Mrs. D. L. Ash
by, on Friday of last week.
Miss Marion Bloss spent the week.
end at her home at Selbysport.
There will be preaching at Under
wood chapel on Sunday at II a. mr.
by Rev. jesse; Sunday school at 10
a. m. Everybody is invited to attend.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1930-05-01
{? ? ? :? I? {?
THE BOYS AND GIRLS
QUESTION BOX

They're So Simple That Anybody Can
Ask Them
But Can You Answer Them?
1. Does a plant eat?
2. How can grasshoppers breathe
having no lungs?
8. What is the Will-O'-The Wisp
or Jack-O Lantern?
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1930-05-01
Homemakers' Column
By Miss ELSIE M. BENTHIEN,
Home Demonstration Agent
Mexican Meat Roll

NCAACdu NACoC AeVh
Mix one pound of chopped beef, Il
pound of salt pork, "A pound of veal
with 1 tablespoon minced parsley, l
of grated onion, 2 of melted butter,
and one chopped green pepper, tea
spoon salt, n teaspoon pepper, 1 egg,
" cup soft bread crumbs. Make into
loaf and bake in the CREASED Dutch
oven, cover on, for about 45 minutes.
Put the Dutch oven inside portable
or range oven, for best results. Ten
minutes before done, place peeled
bananas, halved lengthwise, about the
meat, and strips of bacon on top.
Serve on hot platter with Parsley.
Barbecued Ham
Slice the ham about " inch thick
and in pieces for serving. Brown it
in hot skillet. Slice cold boiled sweet
potatoes around this; add few round
slices of apples, cored but not pared;
let brown little. Sprinkle paprika
on potatoes, sugar on apples-put on
skillet cover and leave it all to cook
gently, the ham flavor permeating the
potatoes and apples in most tempting
way. Make corn pones by adding
pinch of salt to two cups yellow or
white Indian meal, 1 tablespoon mel
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1930-05-01
Clothing Demonstration To Be
Held on Nav s

A clothing demonstration on Chill
dren's Clothes will be the feature of
an all-day meeting, to be held on May
8, at the Court House, when Miss
Helen Shelby, clothing specialist of
the University of Maryland Exten-
sion service will be present.
The plan of the day includes the
following: clothes for the baby, romp-
ers that are easy to make, bibs that
the small child can put on and fasten,
dresses for girls up to twelve, suits
for boys up to six, sun suits, shoes
and stockings, underwear.
All who are interested should plan
to attend. The hours are from 10
o'clock a. m. to IL o'clock noon, and
from 1870 p. m. to p. m. Small
children may come if the parents will
bring their playthings to keep them
busy, Miss Benthien stated.