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Hardware BM'rgiins Last year we got them ail talking "about our Dollar Day Specials. This year's values are great- er than ever. HERE IS A FEW 0F THEM Matchless Floor Wax, reg. $ tin ....$ Day 2 for $ Aluminum Tea Kettle ..............$ Day for $ 2 Plough Points .....................$ Day for $ 3 25, 40 or 60 Watt Tungsten Bulbs $ Day for $ You will find many other bargains equally attractive ail over the store. Mason & Dale's Hardware Phone 145 Bownianville £very Day Is Dollar Da'y That is to say that you always find this shop giv'es the best values whether it is a repair job,, a new bathroom outfit or a furnace. Call in and see us Dollar Day about having that new McCl)ary Furnace in>stalled. We É'ow have orders for 17 furnaces for FaIl delivery. There's a reason-ask any users of a McClary Furnace. Dold inBowmanville By Grreenaway & Elliott Consulting Engineers t>hone18 day oDr night Bowmanvilie J, If 20 per cent Reduction M ý on ail orders piaced for MONUMENTmS on $ DOLLAR DAY IHundreds of peo-ple will be in Bowmanville Saturday-Dollar Day-looking for bargains. We haven't anything to sell at a dollar but we are making this special offer. F. H. Bounsali, Monumental Art Workcs Bowmanville T'"URNIPS WANTED FOR SHIPPING PURPOSES Phone 153 or 205 John A. Holgate, & Son Divis ion & Queen Sts. ' Bownianville THE EITOR TALKS 'I Another unfavorable condition whicb must be apparent to every oh-1 serving prim-ary teacher is that the typicai gifted child enters scbool at six and oehafyeax- and en- roua ait once la the high firtgae tbioug-h some enrollinl the second orj third. The aveage progress quo- tient for the entire group is, 115, whicb means that the typical giftedi child is a(dvanced in grade location 15 per cent of bis age beyond te normal. In mental age,' bowever, he is 4.5 per cent beyond the normai:. The difference between 4.5 per cent and 1.5 per cent is 30 peir cent; so the typical gifted child is retarded 30 per icent of bis age below the grade wvhich corresponds to bis mental de-1 velopment.1 * * * The educational quotients la thel ifferent subjects ranged from 130' )145. The average isabaove 135. hat is, the' typical gifted child bas Iready mastered the sitbje'èt matter 5per cent beyond the normal for ýs age. As we have seen, bie is tuly advanced oniy 15 per cent. ie differeace between 35 per cent id 15 per cent is 20 per cent. There- me the typical ifted child is being f1d back 20 per cent of bis age be- w the point up to wbich he has al- ýad-yý mastemed the subject matter, hi<eh is two full grades for the gift- [chiid of ten years. "This lsaa ituentous fact", says Prof Lewis Termian of Staliford University,. io bas been directing- the investiga-j i own, We have been keealy interested in an investigation -of 1000 gifted chiidren that has revealed some sur- prises. One of themi is that intel- lectual superiority bas a positive re- lation to physical superiority. The study, upon which more than $40,000 was -etpended during the last two yýars and stlll in pÎrogress, sought to ascertain the status of a typical gifted cbild, how, progress was made througb school and the relation of haalth to proggess. There bas been gatheredi a vast amount of ob- jective data aloag anthropome.trie,I Imedical, educational, -social and psy- hologicai lines. The later history of these chiidren wili be f ollowed as far as possible into aduit if e. Teadencies aIready revealed in the inquiry are unmnistakable and de- cidedly intereýsting. At al] ages these gifted childiren are, as a group, above the standards for children in -eneraIl. Tbey are taller, heavier, better nourlshed and psysically stronger. They were above normtal weight at birth, and showed notice- able precocity in walking-, talking and dentition. Both ia disease bis- tory and in present freedoni from disease they are superior to unse- lected childirea, BOWMANVILLE, SEPT. 13, 1923. THE EDITOR TALKS Teachiers require in these times, a lot of general knowledge and comi- mon sense constantly supplied b)y reading and observation and actual studyT to satisfactorily meet the school requirernents for i4iparting a modern edluation to Canadian youth. Before a large audience at the weekly luncheon of RivArdale Ki- wanis Club the other nocon our old friend Dr. James L. Hug-hes, Presi- dlent of Durham Old Boys' Club of Toronto, was, the speaker of the af- ternoon. Dr. Hughes gave an ad- dress on "Th-- Findnmrental Prin- ciples of ýModlern Educationi". He pointed out tbat t'he child's mind was flot developed byý the pumping in of knowledge, but rather by the expansion or working out of the mmid. Play, was 1 ia hn in childhood for tbe building up of 'a healthy mind and a b oy or girl would develop their natural talentsi by free will. Ini conclusion, the Sspeaker declared it was a mistake to believe that the child would dIo the evil thing rather than the g-ood, and ail modern thouglht in the~ young bended toward develoiiment". Thus it is the mind of experienced edluca- fors that education is a leading out - of the mmnd rather than the c1rami- ing process so wittiiy presented in the poe inii last issue "The Pu~blie School Idyl". It was a great fad the past sum- nier in New York whea w\e were ini that city for fashionable ladies to wear, or it would be better to say, èarry fur piec'ès over their should- ers while their armis were absolutelyý bzare from thie shoulders dlown. A sillier fashion, for it was fashion's decree, we cannot conceive. 'Ços ands of shop girls and offie irlsZ- coild be seen going clown to the business section daily with a furl anging loosely over her shouldersl.- or dangliag, from lier arm. Now ornes thie complaint against the rapid destru~ction of animal life ail ve.r the worid. One outstanding cause is the demand for furs. Whiie bey were wýorn legitinmately, as a rotection against cold, fur-bearing, inimals held their owni reasonably raill, bout -ince furs became a sum- ner fad the creatures of the wiid ire doomied, unless very soon comn- -ion sense comes to their rescue. We speat, commlon sense, for wvhat omnes as a clearer evidence of in-, snity than a. woman going shop- ing in a temperature about 90 de-1 ,rees in the shadie with a heavy fox )r lynx fur piece diaped about lber ieck? ' To gratify hier vanity and lvotion to a senseiess and cruel fad en hunt the -\wilIds of Siberia and ie Aleutian Islands and Ung-ava for îy. animal that wears fur in its own ight and the creatures perish to Tatify womnan's love of ostentation. hai onlyý salvation of the animais sthe rousing- of a strong- public )ifllon against. the fur tirade and its lies the silly women w\ho wear their urs in sumimer. It will do it, for e conies may be a feeble folk, yet ail the rocks o f ahumane eommon ,nse become their refuge. * * z ;, :* In this issue of ilhis great famnily )urnal will bc found several new [vertiselnents. Heads of bouse- olds especially sbould reaK! them ýr every one possesses some interest :r the head-buyer in th'l family. The eat, if flot the greatest probiem ithe home is how to make your liar go the f'arthest possible. One ielient plan is to read the ad- rtisements. A merchant stakes is reputation in his advertising. iided by the advertising you huy trchandise of established reputa- on. If it is clothing you know 3w, well it should wear and Bow- rnville mnerchants carry in stock ie season's styles. If its a munsi- iinstrumen~t, you know what to ýpect in tone a nd workmanship. If sa vacuum cle-aner, you know what nd of service it should gtve you. id so 'on through every line of ercbandlise or' article of marn- eture you trade on the reliable re- itation of merchants known to thel 1rn public. TIlheir advertise- ents ara really business invitationsz cali to see ho-w well the adv-tie i supply your needs anid at wht st. For these good and suficientý L5ons, we repeai', il pays you, kind acer, to read carefully the adver-1 tments in this journal regulary ebelieve doing so will save you,ý ie, money and eff ort And _ange as it mlay appear for thesel 'y saine reasons, it wiil help v~ou T-uesday and Wednesday September 18-19, 1923 PROGRAMME First Day--Tuesday, September l8th 7 p. m. CITIZENS' NIGHT Ail exhibits in Main Building and Poultry Building Open. Good Lighting. BAND CONCERT By Bowmanvilîe Band in front of Grand Stand. MOVING EICTURE SHOW From Stand (rain or shine) COMMUNITY SINGING ALSO MUSICAL RIDE By Royral Canadian Dragoons 20 HORSES -'l 20 MEN ADMISSION 25c-GRAND STAND FREE Second Day Wednesday, Septemiber, 19 Ail departments open-ali animais must be on the grounds by one o'clock as judges wilI commence their duties sharply a.t that hour. SCHOOL CHILDREN'S PARADE At 12.45 p. m. sharp. Ail children in parade admitted to grounds free. For information apply to Secretary. The Bowmanville Band wili give concert on grounds during the aftiérnoon. Musical Ride by Royal Canadian Dragoons. Industrial1 exhibits, excellent stock exhibits. Make this day a success by your attendance. Apply te Secretary for Membership Ticket and enter your stock, fruit and ladies' work and improve the exhibifs. Admission to grounds 35c; children 25c; autos 50c; single carriage 25c; Çzrand Stand 25c. EVENING A High Glass Concert will be given in the Town Hall at 8-.15. M. J. JELJ9TT, Pres4dçt. J. G. McCLELLAN, Sertay It cost BUY NOW BEFORE Il .. ......... our Home--m Live in Bowmanville s less to live here than in many other places. SPECIAL VALUES IN REAL ESTATE $ DOLLAR DAY $ We ha've very desirable places listed from a cosy comfort- able little cottage to a fine 12-roomed brick mansion wýth aIl con- veriiences. In farm lands we have from 5 acres for market gardening to 200 acre choice farms. PROPERTY ADVANCES Wesadth ivstgtin ee*e somne surprises. Here is one that truly surprises us, nameiy, that bright, gifted children are more con- scientious, more honest, have more ,,maure oraljud-iment, and are less ý-ninterested in questionable ict-j ivities. These gifted children show superior heredity. More than 80 per cent had fathiers who belonged to professioala or semi-professional classes. The top 4 per cent of the population furnish more than 50 per cent of our genius. The unskilled labor classes furnish one or two peri cent. Oae-f ourth of these childiren 1 have at Ieast one pareint who is a coi-I1 lege graduate, and the average school- for parents is twelve grades finished, as compared with six for the generai population. Our, readerý must1 ýPear la mmnd that this investigationt was madle i, American schoois, heace the references to "12th grades". It is not easy for us Canadians toj understand some -of the findinigs, as f or instance the one that 23 per cent of manibers of the Hall of Fame arme known to bave relatives in this gift- ed group, and the number of high officiais, generals, wt'iters, and other notables was astonisbingiy large. Two c brothers among these gifted chiidrenE have thirty-four known relatives list- ed la "Wbo's Who", or "Appletoni'si "Cyciopedia of Biography". Two ôther facts of great significance have been revealed, namely, that the ra-t cial stocks most proiific of giftedb children are those of Northern and I Western Europe, and the Jewisb. Th et leat prolific are the Mediterranean C races, the Mexicans, and the Negiroes. e This is very encouraging to Cana- i dians living i n this nortbema country. The fertility of the family stocks froni which these gifted childiren r corne appear to be defiaitely on the fý wane. This is a regrettable feat-p pire. But we bave often heard it b rel.rarked by elderly persons that the rr present generation of Canadians is t not equal in vigor, strengtb of char- CI acter and industry to their fore- c: father-s-the early pioneers of this r, country. r( J. J. MASON & SON IAnother surprising fact which was brought out in the investigation, by the use of school achievement tests, 'was that mental developm-ent of the gifted ehild was rareiy one-sided or uneven. As a raie the best results; were found in the hardest subjects, those that involved the higher thought processes. It appears that the par- ent is far more likely to be worried by the child's precocity, and to seeki to put on the brakes, than to en- courage rapid progress. In the main it appears that these children educa- ted themselve4. They make as- ton ishing progress ln learnning be- cause of their inteilectual initiative 'and insatiable curiosity. Forty- Ifive per cent learned to read before eatering school, most of them with- out formai instruction. Twenty per cent read before. 5 years of age, 5 per cent before 4, and 1 'cl per centi before three. Many of them de- veloped a strange interest for those dwllest of ail books, dictionaries and encyclopoedias. West Durham, ExHIBI TION. i'. BOWMANVILLE ýi