New Britain Herald Newspaper, July 26, 1927, Page 11

“WONENS CLUBS FOLLOW SORVEY 4 Making Energetic Drive on . Tliteracy Washington, July 26. (#—Ignor- hance may be considered bliss in aome quarters, but as far as the club women of this country are con- cerned, it is a state of deljght not compatible with the highest Amer- ican standards. Those who belong to the General Federation of Women’s Clubs have , adopted a working program which will go far, they believe, to hasten the erasure of {lliteracy from the United States, and so raise the country from its position of tenth among the literate nations of the world. Early in the year, tion fnaugurated a ‘*county literacy survey.” Those states which joined were to prepare a list of persons in a typical county of their state who could neither read nor write. In her preliminary report, Mrs. ° Willlam F. Blackman of Orlando. Fla., chairman of the committee on education, commends meore than a dozen states for prompt actign in the campaign. The report says that school and public officials, women of other organizations and soclal workers gave great assist- arte to the listing and the subse- quent teaching of the unlettered men, women and children. North Carolina has the distinc- tion of being the first state to ccm- = plete its survey. Tt is enrolling ex- perienced teachers for the 3,893 il- literates of Buncomb county. In some ‘classes three generations of ; the same family study together. In Alabama, teaching began early in July, as soon as the Covington county list was complete. Wisconsin's state university as- sisted the women in their survey in Dane County. Teachers of the public and vocational schools will teach the illiterates there. Few white ilitterates were found in Washington County, Pa.. where there are said to be 11.000 unlet- tered ' persons. One prospective * pupll is a prosperous farmer who wishes to learn to read enough to the federa- T obtain a licerse to drive his ' new automobile. 3 The board of education of Maine contributed $600. More than 1,200 illiterates were listed in schools, shops and mills of Kennebec Coun- ty. Through a speaking campaign among men’'s and* women’'s organi- zations, teachers were recruited and specially trained in short courses. Because of their initial success, the clubwomen of Maine decided to continue the work in the remaining 16 counties. Illinois also is making it a state-wide sur- vey. Since compulsory school attend- ance went into effect in New Hampshire & few years ago, - Mrs. Blackman said the number of illit- erates has been somewhat reduced. However, Strafford County pre- sented a problem on account of the number of foreign born mill hands. Nebraska has an {lliteracy com- mission of 12 members of which a former president of the state Fed- eration of Women's Clubs is chair- man. A survey followed by a prac- tical teaching plan brought Ne- braska’s illiteracy problem almost to the ,vanishing point. A one county survey was made, however, in~order that the state might not miss participating in the general federation project. Other states whose reports soon will be ready are Kansas, Ken- tucky, Virginia, West Virginia, Cali- fornia, Arkansas, Florida and Ohio. Survey Shows Modern Girl Home Builder Yakima, Wash., July 26. (A—No generation ever produced girls more eager to be good housewives than those of today, Mrs. Joseph C. Gawler declares. "~ She bases her conclusions upon a nationwide survey of home eco- nomics teaching recently made by her as chairman of the home eco- nomics division of the General Fed- eration of Women’s Clubs. The much criticized flapper, she finds, is displayilng more interest than her mother did in methods that will make her a good home- builder. “Despite eccentric barbering, mannerisms and dress, the girl of 1927, Mrs. Gawler says, “wants to know how to cook and how to raise strong, healthy babies. Girls are even more keenly alert than moth- ers and school authorities to the value of instruction in home eco- nomics.” ’NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, T NINE EXPEDITIONS AFTER KNOWLEDEE Smithsonian Institntion Identi- lied With Enterprises ‘Washington (P — The Smith- sonfan Institution is engaged in a busy summer of scientific research, with nine expeditions in various parts of the world. Their studies range from delving into the-life of early races in America to collec- tion of minute sea mollusks and in- sects of the air. Two expeditions are analyzing phases of ancient life of American Indians which have counterparts in modern times. One of these is try- ing to gain more knowledge of the League of the Iroquois, the astound- ing organization of a primitive peo- ple designed to do away with the shedding of human blood for all time. The other seeks more light on the written language of the Fox Indians of Iowa, which is not un- like a distorted English alphabet. The League of Iroquois was form- ed by five nations living in what is now New York ‘state and Canada. The Institution’s workers have de- termined that the league was or- ganized about 1570. The hope, by the end of this summer, to com- plete a study of its inception and operation which has been in pro- gress, under the direction of J. N. B. Hewitt, since 1898. The life and civilization of early Indians of Alaska and the South- west are being investigated by four expeditions. One ethnologist is at- tempting to trace a tribe's migra- tion from the lower Yukon to Ar- kansas and Tennessee. Traces of |the migration of prehistoric man |trom Asia into the North Amerl- can continent are being sought by |a group of scientists now on Nuni- vak, an isolated island on the edge of the Arctic Circle. In the South- | west, Dr. Neil H. Judd is complet- |ing a study of the century old Pu- {eblo Bonito, while another group |is excavating the slab-houses of |the Post-Basket Makers, Indlans who antedated the Pueblo dwellers, in southeastern Utah. A study of small mollusks of the ocean, including the ship worm which causes damage amounting to millions of dollars annually in the Every Call is Made This is one of the big differences between our business and others: every one of your telephone calls is “custom to O rder made,” yet it must be ready for your instant use. . We have no stock of calls, made up in advance, to be taken down off the shelf, wrapped up, and handed to you over the counter. Nor can we, like some other lines of business, be “just out” of what you want. 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