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The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-04-05
BOARD AIRS
 GYM MlxUP
Difference Between Miss COwan and MT Br0phy
 Will End Amicably
ROBINSON UNDER FIRE

The board of education met yes- terday afternoon and transacted all the business on hand in few minutes, but they had a long talk about mixup over the Colum bia gymnasium between Miss Cowan, principal of Columbia school and John M. Brophy. principal of Driggs school. Miss Cowan had the right to use the gymnasium on certain evening, but Mir Brophy who had been using it wanted to play off a tie game of basket
 ball and secured permission to use the gym on the evening which Miss Cowan had intended to oc- cupy it for rehearsal for play. The matter was brought up by Commissioner Webster, who want ed to know how the misunder- standing happened
 Chairman Walsh and Superin-
 tendent Donovan explained that the request of MT Brophy did not come before the committee on &C., tivities. but that Mir Brophy was allowed to use the gym with the understanding that the committee of activities would be consulted but owing to the sudden illness of the superintendent this was not done. MT Donovan said that he had received phone call from Miss Cowan, stating the facts, and that he understood her to say that she would leave the matter in his hands. With this view of the case he went ahead, believing that what he had done would be satisfactory to both parties.
 The explanations did not meet with the. views of Commissioner Webster. who said that she had no personal Knowledge of the case, but if the information that had come to her was correct, the mat ter was poorly managed, adding that there are several other gym nasium that could have been used by Mir Brophy and avoid the confusion that followed. It seemed to be matter between the two principals and the superinten- dent. and inasmuch as they are old acquaintances and good friends it was believed that they will straighten it out among themselves. Besides new rules are under con- sideration which it is believed will have tendency to do away with some of the trouble over the use of gymnasiums. Some of the schools have gymnasiums and others have none. This is a source of trouble which it is diffi- cult to regulate and give general satisfaction.
 The following communication was read and referred to the SUD- erintendent for investigation with
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-06-06
Just Every Day Sense
BY MRS. WALTER FERGUSON

THERE are two traits for which always
l. have been ridiculed. One is curiosity the other
is Inconsistency Of opinion.
Yet both these qualities a mark of intelligence
Only the curious learn. and only the fool never
changes his mind
and smarter than men, because they avid for the
new. They want to know what goes on in the neigh
borhood and therefore it is not hard to awaken in
them curiosity about what goes at the other ends
of the earth,
Sometimes this nquisitiveness leads only to pryng
but the fact stands that all progress ever made has
come about because somebody was curious.
American women are not content TO sit still and
take it for granted that everything is O. K. The
League of Women Voters. for instance, had a lively
desire to find out about how its government worked
and why. Because of this, probably many Of them
will change their minds about many things.
I'VE wanted something different from the evils of
Wv saloon days once. We got it. Today want
something different from the evils Of complete pro-
hibition We shall get that, too The first real
momentum to the modification movement came when
women began TO be curious about crime and its be-
ginnings
We also have become concerned vastly about this
business OF war and what it is doing. One day We
shall change mind, and, incidentally, the mind
OF the world about that, too.
Indeed most Of the efforts TO lift American think
ing out of ruts is being done by women. 1t may be
because they have more time, and then again, it may
be because the female has been afraid Of any
new thing.
Perhaps was cursed for Ewes curiosity. as
the regionsts tell US, but he has been blessed ever
since by the characteristic
Questioning curiosity venture have contributed all
progress. And the only person who ever gets ahead
is the one who IS not afraid 70 change his mind.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-06-06
The ChiIean Revolution

ANY revolution led by Carlos @. Dayila is apt to
amount 10 something. Davila Is not only the out
standing personality Of Chile, he would be leader
IN any country.
When he vas in the United States as Chilean
ambassador ne earned reputation Of knowing more
about American business conditions than most Amer
ican bankers and economists He Is a politician Of
the postwar school that puts economics above po-
htical dogmas.
Short. quick and smiling Senior Davia takes the
most direct route to his objective II that using
an airplane for speaking tour he it. II It
forcing a revolution to accomplish his purpose, he
produces the reyolution-as he did in Santiago Sat
urday.
OF course he did not cause the revolution in any
basic sense. Terrible economic conditions we're the
cause But Davila apparently disciplined, led, and
timed the revolutionary elements.
At this distance and this early it would be futile
to attempt to measure the effects Of the Davila
volt Perhaps even he does not know how far he
wants to 60 in revolution. Like other leaders OF
revolt he not only leads but is led by his revolu-
tionary army.
News dispatches describing the Davia dictatorship
socalistic easily may be misunderstood Certainly
Davla has as little knship with the American Nor
man Thomas as with the Russian stain.
His platform includes the familiar revolutionary
slogans, but that is the way Mussolini and Hitler
started Probably cross between state Socialism
and Fascism would be a more accurate description Of
what Davila is driving at than Socialism.
But whatever he is driving at is important to the
United States. For us Chile is the key country of
South America She holds vast American investments
She is the only naval power in the south Pacific
What Chile does one day, other large South Amer
lean countries may do the next
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-06-06
System Is Obsolete

I AM one of those who think our
Il political system has become
obsolete, or impractical I think
that the only trouble is our failure
to make wise, vigorous use of it.
We have gone Rotarian; have talked
so loosely about cooperation as to
lose our ability for aggressive, in
dependent thought; have been so
frightened by few radical express
sionS that we hesitate to mention
a thought, unless it has been passed
and approved by the duly accredited
board of censors.
Fear has led to more than the
boarding Of money in these United
States; it has led to the burial of
ideas, especially if they call for de-
termined action.
As a people, we have become
afraid of our shadows, seeking
safety at every turn, sacrificing I'M
told opportunities and untold
wealth. Our courage has shriveled
to gambling in stocks and betting on
horse races. We have come to a
point where we prefer to play with
pieces of paper, where efforts like
digging a cellar, or building a house.
do not appeal to us, unless backed
by some corporation in which we
can buy shares.
Even the shares have lost their
appeal, unless listed on the big
board, so that they can be used as
substitutes for poker chips.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-06-06

/ of sunshine, and filth interfere with
proper hygiene Of the human body.
Excessive heat is an important
factor, because high temperatures
act as depressants. A lowering of
body fluid is associated with high
temperatures.
Moreover, foods in general tend to
ferment and spoil quickly.
One investigator found that heat
decreased the amount of hydrochloric
acid in the secretions Of the
stomach.
This, in turn, lowers the ability
of the stomach to aid in digestion,
permits the development of germs
which otherwise would be destroyed,
and favors the development of toxic
substances due to decomposition.
1t has been found that repeated
attacks of diarrhea interfere with
ability to digest foods. Therefore,
the first attack may not be severe,
but continuous attacks become more
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-06-06


tainty is worth examining
We do not propose to compare the records OF
Judge Louderback and wikerson. We do declare that
recevershp irregularities in equity courts are be-
coming stencil, that these new rackets" are parti-
cularly noxious in Judge Wilkersons own Chicago
that charges have been made and not answered that
reflect seriously upon his receivership record.
The Chicago Bar Association has raised cry about
the foreclosure and receivershp lawyer rings in
that city. It demands fearless investigation by
the grand jury into these rings 1t charges alleged
outrageous fees and political receiverships" 1t
says that estates are being picked by to
these rings. by order Of the court"
Attorney Donald Richberg Of the railway broth
erhoods has named wikerson in connection with ex-
cessve fees. Rchberg told the senate committee that
Wlkerson allowed fees and salaries Of $119800O in
a Chicago streets railway receivershp-that Wilker-
put in his own political friend and ex-law
partner Edward j. Brundage as receiver Of the bank
rupt Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul road allowing
him $4,000 at a time when he was getting $4,000
a year salary from the public erlpoye OF the
sanitary district that receivership benehciaries of
Wikersons court we're leading the drive the senate
for his confirmation; that wilkerson has given aid
and comfort to those corrupting forces that have
made government in Chicago a mockery Of law and
order and a national disgrace"
Wilkarsons record also is blemished with a series
of anti-labor iniunctons, showing him Of Amer
lean labor's most relentless enemies on the bench
The senators voting in committee for his confirma-
ton have allowed one act Of this judgethat Of sem
fencing Al Capone to thirteen years in prisop-to
obscure his obvious disqualifcations
The senate should vote against confirmation. At
least it should withhold approval Of this judge until
the legal fraternity of his city finishes its in
vestigation Of receivership scandals.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-06-06

1 can under
IN stand the objection to having
history taught from any set point Of
of view. My own Interpretation
might be accurate and still objec-
tionable to a vast number of the
taxpayers.
About the best that can be done
is to give the young pupil as COM
plete set of facts as possible and
then encourage him to arrive at
some Interpretation of his own free
will.
Regimented decision is a feeble
thing at best. Accordingly, such ex-
ercises as consist Of compulsory reci-
tations and salutes and such like
defeat their own ends. If such GEES
lures come from the true free will
and impulse Of the student body,
well and good.
But schools and colleges always
should make room for the maverick.
At any given period of the worlds
history he may seem a COMPOUNDED
nuisance and even a menace. Still
upon recapitulation after the event
he is not infrequently found TO have
been right.
1t is quite possible for a citizen to
know The Star-Spangled Banner
from the beginning to end and be
able to sing it, too, without having
any very complete understanding
Of American problems. Let the sub
stance come first and after that the
symbols.
Copyright. 1882. BY TAe Tines
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-06-06
Farms Losing

THE rural population declined
i from 1920 to 1890, due chiefly
to a large movement of the farm,
DR.. Whelpton says.
The farm population declined
from 81 100000 to 100000 in spite
OF a large excess Of births over
deaths in the rural districts.
DR.. Whelpton says that relatively
more young adults than elders left
the farms for the cities and that
the rural districts showed a greater
decline in the birth rate for spe-
cific age groups than did the indus
trial regions.
THE changes in age composition
should have important economic
and social effects from a longtime
standpoint" DR.. Whelpton says.
Considering consumers goods, for
example, the size Of the market has
been expanding most rapidly for
things used primarily by elders and
will continue to do so for some
decades.
"At the other extreme there has
been an actual contraction in size
of market for things used by in
fants and young children, with in
dications Of further contractions or
stationary condition in the fu-
ture.
This does not mean that the
effective demand may not increase
due to rise in per capita income
and in standards of living. but it
should emphasize the entire de-
tendency on this factor in the in
fant-young children's market when
this group Of the population fails
to gain in numbers"
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and more difficult to handle, so that
the most serious mortality occurs
late in the summer and in the early
fall.
During the first few days Of life,
the child may have six to twelve
actions of the bowel each day with
out harm. Toward the end of the
first week of life, there may be fire.
quent actions. which are probably
due to the fact the child has not
had sufficient food.
At such time, the increased feed
ing will bring about control Of the
condition.
Under average conditions the
digestive system of an infant will
tolerate a considerable amount Of
abuse. However, in hot weather an
excess of fat or of sugar in the diet
and an excessive amount Of rough
age may cause a diarrhea.
Next-What to do for diarrhea in
babies.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-06-06
No Cause for Complaint

No Cause for Complaint
NOR is it within the province of
~ any newspaper commentator to
complain because the quaint, the
outlandish, and the just plain dumb
lift their voices on occasion in our
legislative halls. If there were no
fool lawmakers. columnists would
have practically no material, and
might be compelled to return TO
work
Still, in the case of Representative
Fuller of Arkansas, it may be point
ed out that ne has done no more
than reduce to an absurdity a ma
tional tendency which is by no
means rare. Millions of Americans
agree with him in support Of a prin-
ciple which is far from sound. In
a thousand instances, communities
not only accept, but insist upon, lip
service as working substitute for
patriotism.
Teachers, for instance, have been
required upon occasion to make pro-
testations of loyalty in spite Of the
fact that in these rituals there may
be nothing more than a parrot-like
conformity. And in our schools
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Peoples Voice

Editor Times--How very foolish
are the rantings Of the politicians Of
the periodl There is none in office,
high or low, in the United States,
who could not in ten minutes tell
you the solution Of our economic
problems if they so desired.
If every factory in the country
were to start up and work eight
hours a day. six days week, there
still would be 80 Ia per cent Of Our
American citizens unemployed. This
is a fact that not even jim Watson
will dispute. And in three months
time we would produce more than
was consumed. So what IS the
answer. A sixth-grade school boy
could figure the answer.
With five men Of today doing the
work Of twenty men ten years ago.
and ten OF that twenty on the verge
of starvation. II is high time some
real legislation was in sight. Nothing
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-06-06
Guided by Slogans

A BOVE all else, we are pleased
L n to be moral by statute. unable
to endure the thought of a tax
On beer, though we are swilling
oceans of it, and completely stumped
by racket which is based on moth
ing but an illegal trade that our
spineless attitude makes inevitable.
intellectually, if such it can be
called, has become enmeShed in a
hopeless snarl Of MONDAY luncheon
club philosophy, moral epigrams.
and political red tape. Wave the
flag when you say anything and
it's popular, no matter how absurd.
Put it under a radical trade mark
and nine out Of ten people turn
cold with fright, no matter how
vice or Harmless. We live in a well
ter of catch-pharses without realiz-
ing it, are guided by slogans, and
assume that the greatest triumph
in business is to get tip from
some outstanding Spectator in Wall
Street.
The unreasoned. gambling attitude
has played the same kind OF havoc
with politics as with economics.
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TT SEEMS tn MI Nv HAYWOOD
Il OAG4F1O ~ 4N1A d BROUN

A REPRESENTATIVE from Ar
IA kansas has offered a reSolu-
ton to the house requiring all civil
service employees to be familiar with
THE Star-Spangled Banner"
Mr.. Fuller has tempered his test a
little by giving the applicants some
measure of choice in the matter OF
rendition. The public servant may
sing, recite, or write from memory
the words"
This is just as we'll. Our ma
tional anthem offers certain roteS
impossible to those whose vocal gifts
are confined to the lower register
Many an honest and capable clerk
might we'll crack on rockets red
glare" and be disqualified from a
chance to serve his country.
Indeed. if the test were to be
wholly musical, the result would be
an entire light tenor administra-
ton of the affairs Of the United
States. And surely Washington
today, stands in need of baritones
And yet the alternative offered OF
reading or reciting offers far great
er difficulties. Any man with a
voice can slur or skip a few phrases
and leave his audience none the
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Births Declining

DIRTHS in 1880 and 1881 we're
ID about 10 per cent fewer than in
1925 and 1926.
This makes il practically GER
tain that in 1910 there will be fewer
children in the age group of to 9
years than in the 10 to Il years,
DR.. Whelpton continues.
And unless the decline in births
which has been going on almost
without a break since 1921, soon is
checked, the 1910 census will show
fewer children 0-4 than So.
The 1914 age period is sure to
be smaller than the period 1919 in
1910, since in 1880 there were fewer
children 0-4 than So. hence each
age period would be smaller than
the one above IL up to 1919.
while the population under 5
was declining, the older age pc
Rod became larger, and, in general.
the older the age period. the greater
was the rate of increase.
The number Of persons between
So was l0.6 per cent larger than in
1920, but the number IS years OF
age. and older, went up 800 per
cent.
This Is a situation which has
held true for several decades, and
is likely to be intensified in the
next few decades.
The foreign-born population
shows a decrease not only in the
GA age period, but in all groups
up to and including 30-34, the main
cause for the decrease II the for
eign-born being the smaller immi-
grafton since 1914"
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Or less happy, for that

wiser Or less happy, for that
matte1.
Someone to Garry the Air
TN a. fairness it seems to me that
4 representative Fuller should at
tend each examination in person.
The poor fellow who undertakes to
recite or to jot down the words has
right to ask that somewhere a
band shall be playing
The sound Of the tune may bring
forgotten words to mind. Possibly
the gentleman from Arkansas might
agree to remain in the room and
hum the air while the ordeal is on.
There is probably no great like
lihood that any such measure will
pass, although, there is no telling
about congress. Yet in all fairness
to the house, one must expect that
each session vii. produce at least
a smattering of cranks. 1t is hope
less to expect that every member
should be sage and sane.
The body has grown so large that
it would be necessary to draft prac-
tically the entire supply of the ma
tons notables in order to assure a
foolproof assembly.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-06-06
What's the Difference2

NTHEN we get through with the
w show, Republican or a Dem
ocrat will have been elected Presi-
dent. With the exception of the
mans personality, it won't make
much difference as far as one can
tell right now.
Democrat, or Republican, we shall
be right where we are with regard
to the Volstead act, war debts, for
eign trade, or Muscle Shoals.
Democrat, or Republican, we shall
not know how long present policies
will continue, or in what respect
they may be changed. Democrat,
or Republican, we must go on bat
Ting for the various ideas which in
terest us, not with the help of party
organization, which is the basic
theory of our political system, but
in spite of it.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-06-06
SCIENCE
BY DAVID DIETZ

Era Of Declining Population
Is Declared Near in the
United States.
THE United States is approach
4 ing an era OF declining pop
ulation. according to DR.. p. K.
whelpton Of the Scripps Foundation
for Research in Population Problems.
DR.. Whelpton says that the APP
proach Of such an era is forecast
in the figures for the census period
Of 10000, which shows a decrease
in the number OF children under 5
years Of age and an increase in the
proportion Of the population in the
older age groups
He believes that the 1910 census
figures will show still further evil
denceS Of this trend. He sets forth
his views in the May issue of the
American Journal Of Sociology. pub
liShed by the University Of Chicago
Press.
The 1880 census, Or. Whelpton
says, was the first in the United
States to show fewer children below
the age Of 5 years than in the age
of groups Of 5 to Q years. 10 to Il
years or Is to 70 years.
IN addition. the 1880 census was
the first to show fewer children be-
low the age Of years than had the
preceding census.
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has been done BY the present con-
gresg to relieve the suffering Of the
average citizen and, If you believe
me, the same average citizen IS get
ting mighty sore.
The days OF labor in week must
be cut down If permanent relief is 70
be realized. We all know this and
there is no argument to the con-
trary.
our politicians know this and are
looking only for the salary and pres
tige their offices will give them.
What a poor simp working man
would be to vote for any Of the
policies of our present congressman.
The average citizen is not satisfied
and is in a poor condition to listen
to any Of their bunk, and If am not
badly mistaken matters will be taken
out Of the hands OF such men as
Louis Ludlow and James Watson be-
fore Christmas Of 1882. H. T. 3.
Editor Times-Have followed your
column. the Voice OF the People, and
I wonder II you viii give space in
your column to a colored cause.
The government has recently, in
the past few trials OF officials and
bootleggers, used colored people to
testify in their behalf.
AS a colored person, I want to
apologize to the white race in IN
dianapohs for our race and ask
them not to condemn us because
the government has stopped SO low
as to use the scum Of our race,
actual niggers, as we call them, TO
testify against white people and
even TO 60 as far as perjury, pro-
tected by the government.
say the government has dis
graced our race by using any one
Of the type Of the man Duncan to
represent our race in indianapolis.
A. PHILLIPS.