Notes From . 3 \Listowel High School eve in Education as the ble investment in tue - try. %. I believe that the county should rovide equal opportunities of edu- Bion for all children, rural and urban, whatever their social standing im the world’s goods or in, mental endowment—may find hie niche in life, &.-I believe that as citizens of a éemocracy, those who enter. indus- trial, commercial or vocational life ehould have as !iberal an education as those who enter professional life. 6. I believe that the interests of education demand definite and or- ganized co-operation of parents and teachers, of home and school. 7. 1 believe that the physical, men- tal and moral are equally important in education and should be equally atressed. 8. I believe In education as 3 con- tinuops lifelong process which should be fostered through the extension of our edticational system. 9. I believe in the school as the place to inculcate the spirit of uni- vereal good will, which is the basis for world citizenship and world peace. 7 e s s Kducation: A National Investment “T believe in education as the most profitable investment in the world to-day.” During the Great War the atten~- tion of the world was drawn to the importance ef education. Before its elose steps were being taken- in-al- most all civilized countries to ex- pand and reorganize their education- a} systems. In a wave of enthusiasm, expenditures for education were doubled, trebled and. quadrupled. Now that the first flush of victory has died away, when fhe pinch of af- ter-war economy is being felt, the question is asked on every side. ‘Can the country afford to pay such enor- mous sums for education?’ Those who believe in education make use of the well known retort that “they eannot afford not.to pay,” since the money spent upon etlucation is more than mere expenditure: it is an in- vestment which brings in large div- $jdends—dividends both material snd spiritual, dividends in national wealth, as well as in national chsr- acter, and a high type of eitizenship. Economy education does not. con- aist in spering less, but in spending wisely, so that every dollar may yield the greatest possible return. As in the east of other investments, it pays to increase the amount invested in education if by so doing a larger vro- portional dividend will accrue. All have not the wisdom to see the value of education from the standpoint of character and citizen- ship. To many the appeal must first be made from the concrete mate side, in the hope that later the mor- al and spiritual application may he- come a reality. Education is a safe- guard against the folly and crime that spring from illiteracy. It Is eas- fer and cheaper to educate the child than to reform the adult. Schools are better investments than jails, reform- atories and prisons. Nor is the value of education in dollars and cents easily estimated: yet there is a close relationship be- tween wealth and education. The more highly educated individuals, the greater asset they are to the country, the more they contribute to the wealth of the nation. Although national wealth does not depend on education alone, education in con- junction with race and natural re- sources, is a strong factor. Such countries as Denmark, Switzerland, Scotland and Finland, with highly developed systems of education, com- pare very favourably as regards na- tional prosperity with other coun- tries whose natural resources are greater, but whose educationa! stat- us is lower. Denmark’s advantage} over Ontario in the world market} for dairy products and bacon can be traced to her efficient rural high schools, where strese is laid on the science of agriculture. The State of ‘Massachusetts, where the amount spent on education per pupil is a- bout the same as the Province of On- tario, is an example of great produc- tion and wealth, duse’to a highly de- valores system of technical educa- tion. Curiously enough, the economy axe is a rule applied to the education of the children, rather than the lux- aries of the grown-up. It is possible to cut down the expenditures for tuxuries and expand later, withour serious consequences, but one cannot jugie with education in this way without running the fisk of crippling the future generation. Those who 2d- minister spted. $4 at affairs do wellf when tempted stint education on the plea of ecohomy, to consider the injustice of depriving the youth of the world of their birthright. Little children do not know their own needs. It is for us to interpret them. Let us take heed to the inarticulate ery of the children “crying in the night—crying for the light, with no langpage but a ery.” An optimist is a young lady who has already sewed up a moth hole in her last. year’s bathing suit.~ It won't belong before you'll be passing back your bucket for a sec- ond helping of rhubarb sauce. Hon. Chas. Dunning hes entered the King Cabinet. He should ‘bee good one on the accounts committee. Britain imports many of the eggs it consumes. But _ th want to send the bad ones to Cans The inventor of: barbed | died at the age of 11 “ Regular Rates. 10c a line for Ist insertion with a. minimum ~ (An average or six. words toa line.) = Wy 4 “ ‘ ‘yn, “4 QQ,’ stantially founded = of mod properity is eh view is held by most Half-Price Rates . 5ca-line for Ist insertion with a minimum of 25c (Am average or six words to a line.) = ba TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE lpgorncnd il WANT AD WEEKS s MARCH 18th and 25th The Banner Will Run Want Ads | March 18th and 25th at Half Price Use a Banner Want Ad during Want Ad Weeks to offer your farm for sale: : Use a Banner Want Ad during Want Ad asks to welldashe- lacksand hate Use a Banner Want: Ad during Want Ad. Weeks to sell that auto. Use a Banner Want Ad During Want Ad Weeks to sell those hogs. Use a Banner Want Ad during Want Ad t Mail.’Em In hing eggs Use a Banner Want Ad During Want Ad ‘Weeks to rent or sell your house. Use a Banner: Want Ad durin Weeks to sell that. team. Use: a Banner Want Ad- during Want Ad: Weeks to sell those seed potatoes. Use a Banner Want Ad ‘during Want ‘Ad Weeks ta‘sell your maple syrip Weeks to sell the surplus Fumiture. or | Bring ’Em In g Want Ad - There is humor even in advertise- ments: A Toronto firm advertices — tor “box to deliver oysters that can ride ‘a bicycle.” Another concern ad- vertices “‘amali ogo for little . boys with real ru bladders.” Mr.. Samuel Edwards, who has paeens the. three weeks with. he home afterhoon.—Mitchell Advorate. A farmer near Fergus takes a hand in this crow controversy. He says he put up a scarecrow that not only kept the crows away but scared them so badly that they brought back the corn they had sto entwo- : before. “I can't afford to advertise,’” close to permit it.” The Stratford Beacon-Herald; commenting on the statement, says that the young mer- chant’s reasoning is twisted. His ag- gregate margin of profit, it claimed was small because he did not adver- tise. Secure Record of Birth— What are the advantages of hav- ing a record of birth? ‘The article this week under the heading ‘‘Health- ams” by Dr. Fraser, District Offc- er of Health, gives seven advantages. Read it in another column. Bill Booster.Sa “The future citizens of our town are being trainéd in our schools. How much interest do you take in your child’s school and his teachers? And how much co-operation do you supply? And I hope you do not al- wa ein gainst the teacher.’’ Only Perishable Goods Trucked— A resolution was passed at the On: tario Good Roads Association meet ing at Toronto last week asking the Legislature to prohibit trucks, ex- cept these with perishable commod- — ities. from using the. highway on Sundays. Another recommended in- creased rates for heavy~ trucks, which damage roadways and at the same time are in competition in freight-carrying with the Govern- ment railways. One delegate said he has seen loads of steel, weighing 35 tons, being carried on the highway in the Niagara Peninsula. ? KANSAS USES MEXICAN QUAIL AS FARM LABOR Topeka, Kan.—Kansas has found a way to import farm labor without ranning sfoul of. the immigration authorit- ies. The state has just’ import- ed 5,000 quafl from Mexico to help out the Kansas farm- PEEREATE EE TEE EEEE TAS ers. They are expected to eat up 125,000 insécte during the next summer, and, their brood ‘young “bobby whites" to destroy. at least 250,000,000 weed seeds by autumn. Mexican quail is slight- ly smaller bag the ~ native 0 { a cad. ar E g ca ° Sat SEERPEEEF 000 young quail next summer. PEERS EEE EEE EEE EEE HE TET ES | ‘Asst. Engineers Appointed For Provincial Highways ‘An assistant chief “engineer to supervise the nine Odtatio divsions, and the abolition ‘of the office. .of divisional éngineer, is announced: by rae: G. = eee reelees of high- ys, as features of a alight reo - es of this d fe ig view of.the des lity_of doin away With level *’crossings in the interest of public safety, and in view of the’fact that this, in many in- stances, requires the reloction of highways, it was decided to continue prope it location and property The new’slate of highways et- staff with locations fol- jows: Chief engineer, R. M. Smith; asst. chief engineer,- A. A. Smith; location and property engineer, C. H. Nelson; resident engineer No. 1,