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Soma Kind Words For ch oot Teachers We contes-, to a weakne.ss for îgIy-ool teachers. Theirs, î i ofen secms ta uis, is âas difficuitýt a task us society has contrived. It is compicated by thg fact that in no area of Ainerican lf laý crtitlcism from fthe outside io lrsnýpan-t, Some of thecrtcs *l ni ust and stemns from failuire *. understand what is deniianded from, rmoder-iAmerican schaols. $oinme is wh-'oliy just and has itýs birth In the cominendabie desire frconstant improvement. .Admnirai Rickover emiits cries of anguishi because his persona! standards are not met in ali cases. Minority groups, in sm instances, want their cases pre- sented in out-of-focus relation- ship ta the magnitude of their problem. Parents who haven'f read a book in 20 years suddenlly decide their children can't read as well as fhey can, one group thinks they overdo control. A faction decries lack' of imagina- tion in1 achools, says they are afraid f0 experim-ent. An op- ,posite faction says fhey expei- ment too mnuch. The ILis of plaints and coiiiaints is end- less. Is this bad? Not necessarily, An encoura',ing aspect is that if is an indicatfiox that whie Amer- icans may be coniplacemient abiout many things, the eduicationi of their children is~ not one of Niggi'ng criticismi, an~d there is a good de ai of if, is ccrtainly bad. Based upon ignorance if cýan onIy exfend ignorance. Constructive crificîsm, a n d there is much of that, too, van oýnly help educators f0 do a Job which most 0-f fhein want de- ,ape-rately to do weil. For the balance of criticism ta remnain on the constructive side, there musf be confinuing understanding be- tween educafors and parents. A way ta achieve that undersfand- ing is fo heed the invitation of Easy-See Dia graim PRINTED PATTIFRN Sec. the diagrqnm even a bc- glner can, sfitch up this prcetfy jumpe r in a d ay!ý Curvcd neck reveaIs blouse benea,,th, back has inverteil pleat and haîf-belt. Prinfed Pattern 4 828: chul- dr!en's Sizes 2, 41, 6, 8, 10, Sizc 6 iumnper taIkes i ¼ yards 54-inch; blouse' fakes 1i yard 39-inch. Send FIFTY CENTS (stamps cannlot be acce(pfed, uIsc, posta] note for safety) for this pafttern. Picase print plia in iy SIZE, NAME, AflDRE SS, STYLE NUMBER. Scnd order f0 ANNE ADAýMS, Box 1, 123 Eighfeeath St.,, Toroaifo, ,OOnt. FALL'S 100 BEST FASHIONS -- separates, dresses, suifs, en- embles, al sizes, al in auraew Paftfera Caf aIogla icolar. S ew% oryourseif, famiiy. 35&ý Oritaric re-sidents must îlaclde le Sales Tax for each CATA- 1,00oderd.T]ere is ne saler -'Mu on thie patteras. SUE48 -.1MI, Qducators ta visif the wchools nexti w4rk aii tfalk-wiîth. those who airo teaolng youlr chilldreni. Ylou wil malke eachlers parti- culaýr!y happy i-f you add a ques- totthe ûne you ar.e sure t> ask "How is Johnny doing-?" Ask if, !etainl1y, but try adding thJis ane "What dlo yuwanf fromn fJohnny and fr.om u?--ed hant (Mass.) Timyes Loy,r Tratn Sponge Sotg St-and by for a shortage of sp~e.Reason: yroung Greeks are afraid o osing their girl- fr.ieads. Even, when belnging to aid - estabiished ïponge - fishing fLan.,tilies, many young mnen are refusing f0 follow their cou,.-ntry'a3 2,50ý0-year-oDld trade. Iii pasf years, 200 caiquesse sail1 each season fram Kalimrnos, the greaf sponige-fisinrg base in the Aegean. And, in th ae au- funiri, they. retumned with a har- vest of 200 tons of top-qualify sponges. Now, instead of 2,500 Greeks taking part in this annuai exped- itican, the number has dropped tao bardy a fhoLusad. Experiencedi divers can earn better mioney ashore, with no risks, and keep their wives cornfortable ail the y.aýr round. So next mont h, when thiý caiques unioad their catches, thý total harvest is nof likely ta exceed eighty tons. "We simply cani't get recruits," says a Grceeký sponge merchant. "Six m-onths at sca, in this com- frýrt-l1oving age, means too lonig a spd]j away from home for our y')ung mnen. Village girls won'ýlt ýait. Thecy take new sweetlYearfs in the spongemren's absence. "The- divers' disease, the bends, icr-ippiiag inýexperiýencedl men, Pnd fhey are also beîing kiiled b-y iheir c lumsiness." Sponges, once 'bcelieved ta be 1lanfs, are really a 10w form of ýnarine animal life, As larvae, .hey attach fhemiselves to rocks ,id form colonies. Affer w:%renching the spoages f romi the sea-bed, the divers bang themn up on the ship's riggin1g, ta dry lînfthe sua. The animaIs' black, gelatinous flesh decays, leaviag the skeiefon which- we use in fthe bathroomri In, ancient warfare, Greck sol- ~diers p,-dded their. heimefs with spoageswhc acted a shock absorber agaiasf eaemy blows. And Greek mothers used sponges soaked la honey as infants' duin- mies. Nc>w They Hope To Wiipe Out Measies For five f0 seven days, the chi',d writhes and coughis with a 105-degree fever, whiic a rash sp-eaids over his body. Affer ten days the child, s'ick wifh nmea- s1s, wiil probabiy recover. But s'il] measies kilîs more children (.ýstimates ruin up ta ,000 yearly) than any other major childhood dîsease. Now, àinally, the U.S. Pujblic Heaith Service is preparing ta license a variccine f0 fig-ht mea- sies. At ah international mneasies conference in Washington tast -week, the data gicaned from more than ý10,000 tests convi-nccd PHS officià1s they hiad a !ive nieasies vaccine 'cem-bined with a shot of gsiýamaglobulîn ta eliimînafe uncomnfortable sidie effects) that would wvork. "(We have) a safe and effective, vac- cine," said US. Surgeon Gent- eral Dr, Luther 'Terry. Befiore the vaccine can be mairketýed (at up to $5 a shot) the Public Haf Service must set up rules for ifs îmanufacture, then c a r efuli1 y test sam,-pie batchjes from the drug makers. TestLs with children bave shown t1 he vaccine 100 pei cent effective aainst maie.Wil] this wipe ouit the disease? "It won'ti be long n-owv," Dr. John F. Eer, oblPrizewi 1e WHAT À DOLL.'Screen starlet Deborah Waltey, teft, gives her autograph ta Loto Lucas, 7, of St. Louis, national poster chitd of the Muscutar Dystrophy Association of Amnerico. Lola's doit is covered with signatures of farnous oersons wha support the March for Muscular Dystrophy. I suppose it 's a case aonc a farmer, alw ays a farmier". Any- way, first thing this mrorning Partnler was awfully confused bc-cause lie fhouight a virus infec- tion had gof infaýo his cows, cuf- ting down flie mik supply - and also fhe cash receipfs! Hie wanit- ed fa seli flic cows but the au- thorifies wouldn'f let hlmn. Tliey wanfed frhemi kept arouad for rc- search purposes -- ta discover the source oiflice virus. 0f course ,t was'ail a~ dream but for an bour or fwo Parfnier feif as if a. lot of his livestck 1,Worrîes lhad come back to plague hiim. Dream-s are qucer things. You would tbink wifh ail the rccart falk about auclear war, fallouf, shelters and s0 on, if wauld oaiy bc nafural to drecam about themn. Iastead of that Partner's "sub- conscious" refumncd ta the farrn and the sort of problem-rs he was w&re-sting witl tan ycars agio. Maybe what broughit if ali]back is the fact that friends of ours hlave recenfiy had ta givduIp a-le tive farmiag cntirely as they' vno longer have the heaifl and strength fa carry on. They soivýed their problems by selling ai] their stock and impiements, the baril and most of flic land but retain- cd flie house and (enough 'grouild for a good kitchen gardea. They knew, with their linmited incomec, if would bc impossible f0 buy a house la a built-up area and live as cheapiy as thay cari in flic counitry' . Maybe whlat they have donc could be the solution for1 other farmi couples under sim- ilar circ-umisances, Last Saturday I had an experi- ence that was quife new for Ume. Our W.1. was; putting on a rum- mage sale wifh which I1liad promr- ised to lhclp - somthing 1 hiad neyer donc bel ore. Friday aiter- noon flic convener and i er comn- mittee got fogether, sort ing and pricing the stuff as if camle La. We were at if again forlan her Saturday morning. Thea the doors w,,erc openeLd and flie pao- pie îushed in. An-d how they ius !d l I was like Bedlamn for a 1uc notic ed one womnan jufgrab1bcd up stuff frjom c adiý fbeas she pas.ýsed until she hlad aýn armful. I said f0 Mrs. A. - ore o or 'ePers "Sec that womian -- shie didn't even look at the stuff she was faking!" "Don't wTorry-," said Mlrs. A., "cshe'ill ook at if. That's what some of fhem do -- grab anl arini- ful of stuff 50 no one cisc wl get if, Then tliey go fa the backý af the hall, sort if ouf andthw back on flie tables whaf they1 doa'" wanf, These rumnmage sale cýustomers have a techniqueai their owa." i. wafched' and saw thaf Mrs. A. was right.ý I had tcharge of a rack af ",better dresses"! ()ne drcss thlouglit was toc, good fa be thereý a il Tere wasn,'f a mark an it aalywr-er,ý e. oanccustomner I id cl- "This is a lovely diress - if you can wear asxea" Yes, it'a elu rig,1hf - but 1laok at flic price. A dollar! Thaf's too m-uch fo pay for a dress at a rummage sale." 1cI dia't argue flic point but in disgust I re- duced the-rc evnytv cents, Ia anothier de2parfmnt there, was a rack of men'sý suifs aad topcoats and I1 edee if there wcre children la ay ao[flic homes wliere those suifs came fromi. If sc) therewa pleafy of good mat cria] in themi thaf would lmake-over for littie boys' pant s and windbreakers - flic way i used to do for aur chiidran. But I suppose few mothers do that aay more. They grumbie af the prîce of children's clothes -- but continue ta buy fhenx - samre so shoddy fhey alimost fali apart duriag the first wc-ek's wear, On flic varîcfyý table there was costume jewellery, fancy dishes, pots and pans, papcr-back books and fays. Near-iy allichefhings werc sold. If seems there is ai- ways a market somewhere fer what somieone cisc doesn't wanft. Maybc flic buyers rmiglif change their miads after they gof home - and ila thaf way same of flic stuff imay fura up af Yef another rumage -sale, Sundiay niglit I for gof ail about rummirage sales and s0 on as I listencd f0 Dr. Brock Chisholm on TV. Or if could be there was a coninection as Dr. Chishoim was talkîing abouif fhecpattera af huthau be1aviour. He aiso said lic is nof against Santa Claus 50 long as lie is presentcd, as a mnyfli and not as a persen who really exisfts. He said we cannoo expecf frufli and hone-sfy fromi childrea if we are a party, toanay kind af mass deception. I agree wifh Dr. Chishlril. Christmas will soon be wifh us ornce again. H-ow shaîl we answer fliaf age-oid question - "Is 1,1here !r(2aIly a Santa Cla?ý, " Achk who is old üenougli fo doubt is aild eniougýli to)lie given thiis exp lana- tion], Santa clasis part cf the111 sýpirit of Crsms.W.tacf the part of Santa Cius when wcv give s1urp1'rise g fts b :-",Ilot.,i. Th, spirit of Christm,,as is loving and g-ivîag - and in showing appreciation for what we are givea. Ia that way we can ail play' vSant a Claus. Sweaters Have A Colorful History Contrary fo popular opinlion, Lana Turner didn'f "originate" the sweater. lifs arly his;tory is more advenfurous thant glamr-r ious. And like the developmneat of mrosf articles of apparel, the sweater is more coacemnced la ifs early stages with meun than w- men. lifs rig-in goes bacýk som-e 400 years fa the t£imie of the first -Elizabeth and the Isle of Jersey la the Eaiglish Channel. If was then and there that fihe wives af simple fishermcn u.sed their newý- ]y acquired ar~t of knifting f0 devise a jacket which would wifhstand the i:cybassof thle Nort h Sea. Bà ut their in-vention was re- garddas such a humble garmnent if wýýasn'f even g1iven a rnme for 300 years. When refcrred teata ail, if was usually called a jersey or a fishierm-an's kait. The type of stitch use-ýd was calied sfockingetfe, silice if was flie samne emplyed linfthc îsland's Principal indusfry, which was hand-made hosiery. Knifting was a popular pastime amoag Jersey mca and chiidrcn as wcell. Re- cords remain of a local swain's being forbidde-n by the Rayai Court fromn "knitfing la companiy with young- womeni, to put an end fa the gossiP caused fhcreby an pain of punîshment"- However, the peoçple of Jersey iost their corner on flie stocking market when kaifiag machines becamne widespread in~ England anbout 1840. Toward flic end of fic ijast century when such sports as foot- ball, bîcycliag, lawnýï- tennis and yachting became popular, their enfhusiasts discovercd that the jersey or fishermaa's kaif pre- ventedch l-ills by absorbiang per- ;piration. They promipfly dubbed if the SWEAT-er and the wordi enfered flic Eng-lish language. About the same fime la France, garlic vendo2rs or mnarchands d'ail, who- sold their pungent fiavoiing la Paris' open mnarket Place, le Marché des Halles, also discovered flic warmrth and flexi- bilîfy of the fishermiaa'1s -kit. Sean customners W.ere referriag ta thie marchands d'ails adopfted garment by fthc abbreviated name of CHANDAIL. Lafer, wbe c nteatcmaionally kaown sports figures sucli as Bobby Jones and Hleleni Wills Mood y vwon matches wvhile wcar- iag sweaters, if wasn't long be- fore Fashion liftcd fhec garmnenf's stricfiy ufilifarian connotation. When a young mnan stops goinig ont with a girl and wants te, stay home with lier, he's growing up. sliOUIld peWS be reserived foýr the. bride'S famnilv pand for tlle bride- groomlis family? A. The lef t side (facing thc altar) for thie bride's famEj!y. thle riglit si&afor- the biero f amilyv. Q. Whatacowegm tca 1 make when frienids s'ip me ani express th1eiiý regret oerthe re- cent passing of mny father? A. A natural and proper r ýe- sponse wvould be: "Thank you for your sympathy,ý." Pattern Bonanza A JUMBO pattera et 12 prit- hoiders, 2 mnitfs. if solves man>" gif f probiens in crie swacp. Use scraps for pothalders CT buy Y4 yard of fabrice - inakes 2 pafhoiders. Pattera 784: trans,- fer 10 holders, 2 mttfs; direc- fions, charfs, 2 crbchefed hoiders. Scnd THIRTY-FIVE CENTS (sfamrps cannat be aceýepfed, us, posta] note for safefy> for fiais pattera fa Laura Wheeier, Box 1, 123 Eighiteenf h Sf., New Torontc, Ont. Priat plaînly PATTERN NUMBER, y our NAMVE anxd AD- DRESS. FOR THE FIRST TIME! Over 200 designs iii aur aew, 1962 Needle-Craff Caf alog - biggcst ever! Pages, Pages, pag-es o-f fashions, home acce.ssories t(> kaîf, crochet, sew, weavc, cm- broider, quili. Sec jumbo-kait. bit s, cloflis, spreads, foys, lilacs, afghans plus-free patterais. Send 25é. Ontaria) residern must include le Sales Tax for ecdi CATA- LOG ardcred There is no sale,% fax an flic Patterns. A FIRST PHOTO-.Jacquetine Kennedy nucddte% John F. Kennedy Jr. who cet.brated hi, first birthday on Nov. 25. This l is &fi rat eoffelotp@re esince h?& ohristenling.