The Frontier
D. H. Cronin, Editor and Proprietor
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The (Jreat American (iambic
The Travelers Insurance Company
has issued a booklet entitled “The
Great American Gamble.” It consists
of an analysis of the automobile ac
cident problem, along with graphic
illustrations of the price we pay for
allowing carelessness, incompetence
and recklessness to run riot on our
highways.
Last year automobiles killed 29,200
people and injured 840,000. The record
of fatalities on a per accident basis
was 6.9 per cent greater than in 1982.
Excessive speed was the main cause of
death, closely followed by driving on
the wrong side of the road, careless
ness on part of pedistrians, running
off the roadway, passing on hills,
curves, etc.
Some of the most vivid illustrations
in the booklet deal with the potential
destructive power of an automobile.
A car going 40 miles an hour, for ex
ample, is four times as capable of
inflicting damage as one going twenty.
At GO miles on hour damage becomes
nine times as great. A car moving at
this last speed has the same capacity
for damage as if it were driven off a
building 120 feet high.
To use another illustration, a car
going 20 miles an hour occupies .‘!8
feet of roadway in addition to its
length. A car going GO occupies 2G.'l
feet stopping distance.
The horror of the automobile accid
ent problem continues to grow. We
have sufer roads and cars but we have
so exaggerated the safety margins
that we have actually made them more
dangerous. The American highway is
a shambles. Every reckless or incom
petent driver and every car which is in
a dangerous condition, menaces hun
dreds of lives.
Economic Highlights
Has it failed? Has it been an un
qualified success? Or has il fallen
between these two extremes? Those
were the questions that were being
universally asked concerning the colos
sal recovery program when the first
year of the second Roosevelt’s reign
came to an end March 1. There were
as many viewpoints as there were
speakers and writers. One thing was
fairly evident—partisanship on the
part of the press is still at a low ebb.
Few Republican papers damn the
President as a matter of course be
cause he is a Democrat; few Demo
cratic pen per s claim thnt his batting
average has been 100 per cent. Most
of the editorial comment reviewing the
nmnzing year was measured, reosoned,
realistic. Opinion on various major
phases of the program runs uhout as
follows:
National Recovery Administration—
The enthusiasm, almost hysterical
approval that came with its creation
has abated. It is given credit for
bettering working and wage con
ditions, for stabilizing certain in
dustries, for manufacturing a cer
tain amount of employment, for
helping to correct such blots on the
economic escutcheon as child labor
and sweat-shops. But the gain in
employment due to NRA has been
less than was forecast, and there is
a growing fear that the tremendous
weight of restrictions on business
management, in matters which have
had nothing to do with labor, con
stitute a dangerous trend toward
fascism.
Agricultural Adjustment Administra
tion—This was one of the most ex
tensively debated of the new bureaus
when it started; it remuins so now.
Secretary Wallace’s warning that
continuance of our present policy of
nationalism will require govern
ment licensing of every farm, with
government-determined quotas ami
government - controlled marketing
methods and markets, came as some
thing of a homb-Hhell. The farm
problem remains as acute as ever;
income has increased but so has the
cost of living, uttd surpluses are
still being produced in vast quanti
ties. Opinion is about evenly divided
on the wisdom of the government’*
policy of subsidizing farmer* to re
duce production.
Civil Works Admini*tr*lion—"Ques
tionable, dangerous -but necessary.”
That ia about the way much respons
ible viewpoint runs on this. It car
ried 4,000,000 men thru what might
have been an inconceivably horrible
winter, prevented want, destitution,
starvation. Some hold that it would
be* better and cheaper to simply
have provided straight doles instead
of largely manufactured jobs.
Money—This is where the Administra
tion's best piece of slight of hand
was performed. It cut the value of
the dollar to 69 cents—and presto!
the Treasury found itself 40 per
cent richer. Economists are divided
as to whether the results obtained
will ever amount to much; many re
gard the Treasury gold policy as
being unjustified and potentially
dangerous.
Taxation—Taxation is being used as
a means of taking from them-who
has to give to them-who hasn’t. In
doing that it has thoroughly freight
ened business. Conservative opinion
feels that oppresive taxation men
aces recovery, is likely to prolong
depression. Liberal opinion still is
working on the basis that equaliz
ing incomes will offset any existing
or potential tax burden.
One of the best summings up of nil
appeared in the United States News of
March 5. Listed, as Administration
assets were: Restored confidence in
the banks; rapid liquidation of closed
banks; insurance of bank deposits up
to $2,500; increased farm prices; res
cued local relief from breakdown;
built up navy; saved property owners
from foreclosure; effective campaign
against kidnapers; better relations
with Latin America; fixed minimum
wnges; diminished child labor; pro
tection for business against cut-throat
competition; revaluation of the dollar
to about fit) cents; revived faith of
working population; stimulated em
ployment. Improved public confidence.
On the liability side, the News lists:
Largest deficit in history; failure to
provide comprehensive revenue-getting
plan for future; the securities act;
stagnation of capital markets; lack of
coordination among government ag
encies; repudation of gold pledge;
wrecking of World Economic Confer
ence; damage done by gold purchase
policy; usurpation of powers of states;
government competition with business;
unfairness to aviation industry; trag
edy of army fliers; revival of spoils
system in public offices; waste and
scandals in t'WA and war department
purchases.
So there you ure—at the end of a
year in which a slow, insidious and
bloodless political revolution took place.
Weary Willies Like O’Neill
Conversation with several hoboes de
veloped the fact that O’Neill is widely
known as u town where the stranger
bus no trouble obtaining something to
eat and a place to sleep.
One traveler said he had heard of this
place since he was a youth back in
Connecticut and thut he had stopped
here three time in the last 10 years,
always remaining a few days and get
ting all he could eat in the meantime.
Asked who fed him he said, some of
his meals had been obtained at resid
ences and that a ponderous butcher
supplied some ami remarked one day,
"sure; I’ll feed you; you make the 36th
man in here today and I’m going to
make it 40 then ring off for the day."
It is often remarked over the country
that there is less disrespect for law
here than elsewhere in the country;
less stealing, less fighting and less
general disorder, and it should he in
teresting to know what connection this
fair treatment of everyone has to do
with general orderly conduct. Of the
thousands of hoboes visiting here in
recent years ami unmolested while
here, who can cull to mind instances
where they stole chickens or caused
commotion of any kind?
Parity Price For Butterfat
Butterfat should have been worth
42 instead of 25 cents* per pound last
month in order to make the cream
check go as far as it used to go. The
average price of butterfat was 25.7
cents according to the last report, and
the “parity” price should have been
42.5 cents.
Mrs. Nebraska Farmer, in return for
the can of cream she took to town,
would have been glad to get a bigger
check. She knew of several things at
the store she could use if she 'could
only afford to buy them. Since the
cream check generally paid the run
ning expenses of the family, the store
keepers would have appreciated the
bigger cream check also.
The number of cows milked in
creased 18 per cent in the last five
years in this country. Too much milk
ami too much cream for the existing
market are the cause of the low prices.
The dairy adjustment program when
opened in Nebraska will attempt to
solve the problem, bring hack higher
butterfat prices, aiul make the cream
check worth cashing after it is written.
“Do you call that a pork chop?"
demanded O'Sullivan of a waiter.
"Why, such a cut of meat is an in
sult to every self-respecting hog in
the country."
The waiter hung his head amt said
in a tone of apology: "I didn't mean
to insult you Mr. O’Sullivan."
ST. MARYS ACADEMY
NOTES
Social Science
The outstanding causes of crime
have been reviewed and discussed by
the class in Rural Sociology during the
past week. One of the reports by
Mary Jo Finley follows:
Today, at Atlanta, Ga., is a man,
who, because of his infamous crimes,
is spending eleven years of his life
behind prison bars. In Joliet, 111,, arc
two men living their youthful lives,
and burning out their brilliant minds
to the beat of march criminals, be
cause in all cold-blooded brutality,
they mu re red a child.—for a thrill.
All too frequently the newspapers
blaze forth with the story of a recent
bank robbery, a murdered policeman,
or a fiendish, cruel killing. Two years
ago, America, in fact, the whole world
was stunned and shocked when the
muliliated body of Charles Lindberg’s
only son was found in a woods near his
home. With the news of this tragedy,
intelligent Americans became even
more aware of the fact that this
promising, fertile country of ours is
literally infested with crime and
peopled with heinous criminals.
America ranks first among nations
in the percentage of crime. Much of
this is due, no doubt, to our hetero
geneous population, lack of law en
forcement, and disrespect for lawful
authority. The fact that something
over half of our population belong to
no religion—hence, responsible neither
to God or conscience, is a basic cause
of crime.
Men have been divulging theories
concerning crime for many years.
Some show sense and clear thinking,
but others the height of absurdity.
Supposedly brilliant sociologists have
atempted to solve the crime problem
time and again and have fumbled miser
ably because they have confused the
foibles and idiosyncrasies of human
nature with meaningless facts and
figures.
Heredity is one of these theories.
The statement that there are “born
criminals” is as erroneous as saying,
“There is no difference between night
and day.” A man may be born with
the inclination to crime, which with
God’s grace can be overcome, but no
God-made man is ever born to a life of
crime. Another theory that has been
advanced is that of immigration.
Statistics show that immigrants com
mit far fewer crimes than American
citizens. Not the immigrants them
selves, but their congested living con
ditions, poverty, slum enviroment, etc.,
breed crime.
It has also been found that the
cinema is one of the very greatest
determining factors in the present
criminal statistics. The movies which
fill young minds with sordid grime of
glorified wrong-doing, ure only udding
to the number of crimes committed by
youthful Americans.
Home-training based on the Ten
Commandments of God is the greatest
factor in the lessening of crime.
Teaching the children who are to be
the men and, women of tomorrow that
there exists u kind and fatherly Gq^
whose commandments they must obey
is the most sound and surest way of
lessening the percentage of crime.
There will never come a time when
crime shall be completely obliterated—
completely wiped out of pur lives. As
long as men exist, as long as huniun
beings are cruel, mercenary and sordid,
crime will sweep over the world with
its sorrow, its tragedy, und its long
dismal line of broken minds, bodies,
and hearts. But crime can be lessened
by charity, honesty, and fair dealing
with our fellow men, unpolluted pol
itics and greatest of alt, by teaching
this generation of children to know
and appreciate all that is beautiful,
skillful, beneficent, leading to a better
and finer civilization which has its
foundation in the great commandment
of God, “Love God above all things and
they neighbor as theyself."
The class in American History has
spent most of the past week in pre
senting major projects. Edna Dona
son told us all about mining in the
United States; Loretta Miller explained
Ihe panics from the beginning until the
present one; Lorraine Skinner gave a
detailed account of industrialism since
the Civil Wur; Thelma Genereux spoke
on railroads; Peter Price gave the
origin and growth of Labor Unions,
and Hugh Ryan gave a full exposition
of currency and finance. We were
expecting an interesting paper on “Our
Land and Land Policy” from Mike
Harty, but Mike has not arrived. Get
a move on you, Mike.
In World History the pupils are
noting the steady advance of Dem
ocracy in Italy and Germany. We
have met Cavour and the man of
“blood and iron”—Bismarck. Great
changes have taken place in both
countries since their day whether for
better or for worse—the future must
show. Mussolini and Hitler are hav
ing their problems, especially the
latter. Will he succeed?
Conuneriral Notes
The following, after muny days of
working and writing, have received
their (). G. A. memlieiship cards: Mary
Virginia Agnes, Mildred Agnes, Arth
ur Dailey, Eileen Davidson, Adris
Fairbanks, Jeanne McCarthy, William
McNally, Dorothy Morrison and Lester
Shoemaker. Mary Lois Hammond was
presented with a gold medal, which
represents the eleventh place in the
O. G. A. Contest sponsored by the
Gregg Writer, Not bad, eh?
Tetlo (receiving his O. G. A. card):
“Aw, gee, not even a blotter on the
hack.”
The Commercial ('lass showed their
patriotism by iheir “wearing o’ the
green.” As a result the whole type
loom was decorated in thut Irish color
on St. Patrick’s Day.
The students of the Commercial
Class really deserve a lot of credit
for the posters which they made for
the basketball games, and for the tick
ets which they printed whenever they
were required.
Latin and Mathematics
During the past two weeks the mem
bers of these departmnets have de
served sincere praise for their earnest
endeavor and serious hard work.
The records show that on two days
the entire Third Year Latin class ob
tained 100 per cent for vocabulary.
Cicero’s Pro Archia is now the special
study of the class and the speech is
not at all easy.
The Latin IV students are learning
to read by sight so rapidly that an as
signment of 20 or 25 lines of new
work can be leurned in less than ten
minutes!
The sophomores have thoroughly
enjoyed their work on construction
problems, but they are equally en
thusiastic about proportion. Since
there are only a few weeks of school
left, the work must go ahead by leaps
and bounds.
The freshies are learning their
tables—not multiplication tables—we
hope they have not forgotten them—
but the table of squares anti cubes and
fourths and fifths. Yes, radicals,
usually so puzzling, are keeping the
young mathematicians wide awake.
One day last week the entire class
made 100 per cent in the daily assign
ment, but that was not radicals; it
was graphs. Thanks to the splendid
eighth grade training the time spent
on that subject this year has been very
brief. i
English Department
As this goes to print the Sophomores
are studiously applying themselves to
story-writing while the Juniors are
spending their leisure moments in re
hearsing an original playlet entitled
“The Hotter Part.” The dignified
Seniors are analyzing Burke’s speech
on “Conciliation.”
Normal Training
The Senior and Junior Grammer
class has been studying about nouns
and pronouns. We have figured out
just how much we don’t know. It is
very interesting work and we have
hopes of learning.
The professional training class has
been discussing the rural school plant.
We have been talking about the school
site and how to beautify it, also about
the school building. When bigger and
more beautiful school sites are made
we’ll probably have to make them!
Should this dream of an ideal school
never materialize we will have had
the pleasure of spending a few days
in a perfect school.
The Seniors have been sending ap
plications during the last month. The
highest number sent was 22, and
strange as it may seem the girl that
sent them has had a favorable answer
from only one. One of our number
has a school for next year and four
have pretty good promises.
Vocation Week
We have launched one of the most
important projects of the school year.
This week, beginning March 21, we
enter into a week of intense study,
research and prayer. The week, in the
annals of the school, ba3 been given
the name of Vocation week. This ia
not only a project associated with the
school but a week of national concern.
The purpose is to help and to en
courage the students in their choice
of their life professions. By present
ing the good points, the trials and
difficulties of various life works we
hope to set the ambitions of the entire
student body into action. By prayer
we hope to find the path which God
wants us to follow.
When the project was first intro
duced the remark was made that if
more time were devoted to this medita
tion for the selection of a suitable
vocation there would be fewer misfits
in the world. With this thought be
fore us we hope to make a success of
the week.
This afternoon the first program will
consist of an informal meeting at
which a quiz on the “Queen's Work”
is to be presented. On each day some
special program will be given for the
benefit of the student body.
Spanish Notes
One of the phases in which the
Spanish class is now engaged is the
study of Spanish life and architecture.
Some time is spent each day trans
lating Spanish into English and vice
versa.
One student, when the class was
discussing Spanish foods, remarked
that if she were not an American she
would like to he a Spaniard.
What Happened, and When?
It should do no harm to call atten
tion again to the information necessary
to divulge in news items of any great
interest. All city reporters have iron
clad rules and the ones who stead
fastly hew to the lines are the ones
who continue to pull down the checks
with the big figures.
In sending in a report, let us say,
of a woman breaking a bone in one of
her legs. One could say that Mrs.
Yonson broke her leg. When? It
could have happened 10 years ago.
Where? Perhaps on the south side
of the hen house, more likely below
the knee. She may have been feeding
the chickens and fell over a saw-horse.
\\’ho is the attending physician?
How old is the patient? How many
miles north or south of some town or
community center does she live? Is
her husband alive? How many
children ?
Are neighbor women assisting with
the patient’s household duties? Who
are they? Be sure and state the vic
tim’s first name or initials; Mrs. James
B„ Mrs. H. R., or, if she signs herself
that way, Mrs. Nellie Yonson. People
want to know which Yonson got hurt,
when, where, how seriously, her con
dition, doctor and everything else the
law allows.
Suppose a residence burns. Who
owned it? W’ho lived in it? How did
the fire start? What time? who dis
covered it? What is the loss? Insured,
and for how much? Is a new resid
ence to take its place? When? What
was saved in the fire? By whom
There is no limit to the questions that
arise when a piece of news breaks. An
editor is not going to use every bit of
information gleaned, yet it is safer
to gather too much rather than too
little.
The Frontier has about as live a
bunch of correspondents as there is in
Nebraska, yet once in a while one
says that “Mrs. Yonson was over to
McAroni's Friday.” For what? Did
she shoot the McAroni’s? Visiting?
Who, Mr. McAroni? If she was, for
get about it. She may be McAroni’s
sister. Come to think about it, the
less said about some things the better.
South Dakota Dust Again
Fills Holt Countians Eyes
Last Friday was what might prop
erly be called a “rip-snorter” of a day.
In the forenoon a hot dust storm
howled out of the southwest and about
five o’clock in the afternoon, just as
everyone congratulated themselves on
reaching the supposed end of the dis
turbance, the wind forked over onto
t’other leg and for about 10 hours
South Dakota real estate samples were
distributed as the windjammer spieled
about quiet country life in South
Dakota. Pedestrians staggered hither
and yon, one foot on a sidewalk and
perhaps another in a gutter or in some
other maverick’s hip pocket. Men
changed religion and women counted
members of families to determine if
there were easualities.
That's politics for you. There is Tom
Berry, raised out on the Niobrara,
and now governor of South Dakota,
and permitting yearling jimmieanes
to jamboree in Poudre river abandon
among old neighbors without sign of
a legislative suggestion agin the met
eoroligical outlaws which come from
South Dakota to yank Nebraskan’s
whiskers.
CHURCH NOTES
M. E. CHURCH NOTES
Services next Sunday as follows:
Sunday School at 10 a. m.
Morning Worship at 11 a. m.
Junior League at 7 p. m.
Epworth League at 7 p. m.
Evening Service at 8 p. m.
Revivnl services under the direction
of the Rev. E. W. Nye every evening
except Saturday at eight o’clock. A
very cordial welcome is extended to
everyone.
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Sunday School 10:00—R. M. Sauers,
Superintendent.
Morning Worship 11:00—Subject,
“True Loyalty.”
Intermediate C. E. Society fi:45—
Ruby Tennant Leader.
Evening Service will be in charge
of the Men. They will take for their
general subject, “Meeting the Master.”
The hour will be 7:30. Special music
is being prepared for both morning
and evening. You are invited.
II. D. Johnson, Pastor.
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do, but what he has done.
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