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when in truth they are the worst enemies 
of education. If a man wants to be a 
real reformer I can see no finer field for 
his labors than start right in his home 
district and try to create a good com¬ 
munity feeling in regard to the school. 
I still believe that in both theory and 
practice a district school with a good 
teacher in a district where there is good 
feeling among the people is the finest 
place for our rural children. A good 
State-wide plan for building up the 
schools, right at home, through the work 
of local people, is the most promising 
method yet suggested. It never will be 
worked out by the Department of Edu¬ 
cation or the present farm organizations, 
for they want mass production of educa¬ 
tion rather than individual training. It 
must be done if at all by the people 
themselves, and I shall never be satisfied 
until it is given a fair trial. I am pre¬ 
pared to put every energy I have into 
the plan of improving the schools in any 
way through the home people and there 
are thousands of country people who will 
help. 
This is the outcome of the warm dis- 
cussiou over the school bill. Its backers 
may feel sad if it is defeated, but that 
will not ruin our rural education. On the 
other hand. I believe it will lead to an 
organization that will develop a fine com¬ 
munity spirit in most rural districts, and 
lead to a reasonable law that will give 
general satisfaction, while the proposed 
law would be unsatisfactory to at least 
75 per cent of our country people. 
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And this discussion has started many 
other things regarding the education of 
our children. Sooner or later we must 
face this great question as to whether 
all children are fit for college work. I 
think it is now generally admitted that 
most popular colleges have too many stu¬ 
dents for their own good. They are 
coming to be like a bee hive with too 
large a proportion of drones. Too many 
boys are sent to college in order to get 
rid of the responsibility of watching them 
or else because it is the fashion among 
neighbors and friends to send the children 
to some “institution of learning.” Many 
of such boys, sent to college without pur¬ 
pose or general plan, naturally join the 
drone class. They become lazy or frivo¬ 
lous or worse. They merely scrape 
through to their “degree” or flunk. Many 
of them are comparatively harmless, but 
aside from possibilities in athletics they 
injure the college and the true college 
educators would gladly get rid of them, 
for they injure the college morale and in¬ 
terfere with the students who ai*e there 
for real study and culture. Not only 
that, but these students, often, without 
knowing it, are responsible for heart¬ 
breaking home tragedies. I am going to 
speak of one which may find its counter¬ 
part in many a farm family. 
Some years ago I knew a New England 
woman whose life represented one long 
sacrifice on the altar of so-called educa¬ 
tion. The fires which consumed her life 
were kindled from the misplaced zeal 
which started a smart boy on the road to 
folly and then completed the job at col¬ 
lege. Listen and tell me if you cannot 
recall just such a case in your own range 
of acquaintance. h. w. c. 
(To be continued) 
This 1904 Ford cost $900 
How would you 
have lubricated a FORD 
like this one? 
A 1904 Ford advertisement featured the “8 H.P. Double- 
. Opposed Motor” and “Double Tube Tires.” 
In 1904 (as in 1924) one “oil company” stood out 
among the rest for its specialization in lubrication and its 
skill in producing and specifying the correct oil for the 
various types of motors. 
The Ford owner who wrote to the Vacuum Oil Com¬ 
pany in 1904 for advice on lubrication would have received 
in reply a recommendation based upon a careful study of 
the Ford “8 H. P. Double-Opposed Motor.” 
Quite probably a Vacuum Oil Company engineer 
would have called in person! A Vacuum Oil Company 
engineer often went miles to see a new model and learn 
at first hand its lubricating requirements. 
Why Qargoyle M obiloil “E” 
As the Ford engine changed, its lubricating requirements 
changed also. For many years now the recommendation 
for Fords has been Gargoyle Mobiloil “E.” Gargoyle 
Mobiloil “E” meets with scientific exactness the many 
individual requirements of today’s Ford engine. 
Controlling Black Spot on Roses 
The following treatment for black spot 
was devised by Dr. L. M. Massey of Cor¬ 
nell for the American Rose Society: In 
the 1922 American Rose Annual this 
treatments described. It requires a mix¬ 
ture of nine parts dusting sulphur (not 
ordinary “flowers” of sulphur, but the 
much finer dusting sulphur any good 
seedsman ought to have) with one part, 
powdered lead arsenate. This is to be 
blown (with a powder gun) on the rose 
hushes before they begin to bloom and he- I 
fore there is any sight of mildew or black! 
spot. The dose is to be repeated every | 
two or three weeks all Summer, and 
whenever any leaf shows black spot it is i 
to be at once picked off and burned, not 
left on the ground. This treatment has 
controlled mildew and black spot, but it 
must be persistent. 
Curing Turkey Wings 
Some time ago someone asked about 
curing turkey wings. I will tell you how 
my mother always did it. Lay the wings 
on the back of the stove or stove shelf, 
where they will be good and hot, but not 
burn; lay several thicknesses of news¬ 
paper over them and set a warm flatiron 
on the butt ends so the meat part will he 
thoroughly dried out. Leave two or three 
days and they are ready to use. 
MRS. c. R. c. 
Little .Tack had been so persistently 
naughty that mother just had to give 
Sim a good spanking, and all that after¬ 
noon a desire for revenge rankled in his 
little breast. At length bedtime came, 
and kneeling down, lie said his evenui" 
prayer, asking a blessing upon all the 
members of the family individually—ex¬ 
cept one. Then, rising, lie turned to his 
mother with a triumphant look, saying 
as he climbed into bed. “I spose you no¬ 
ticed yon wasn’t in it.”—The Christian 
Guardian, 
And Gargoyle Mobiloil “E” has undergone continuous 
perfection, based upon (1) the Vacuum Oil Company’s 
continuous progress in selecting and refining the most 
desirable crude stocks and (2) the Vacuum Oil Company’s 
continuous engineering study of the Ford car. 
The character and the quality of Gargoyle Mobiloil “E” 
have been imitated. Even the name has been imitated. 
But Gargoyle Mobiloil “E” has never yet failed to prove 
its superiority when subjected to fair comparative tests. 
This statement you will prove for yourself when you 
drain off your old oil and refill your Ford crank-case 
with Gargoyle Mobiloil “E.” 
Tractor Lubrication 
The correct engine lubricant for the 
FORDSON TRACTORisGargoyle 
Mobiloil “BB” in summer and Gar¬ 
goyle Mobiloil “A” in winter. The 
correct oil for all other tractors is 
specified in our chart. Ask for it at 
your dealer’s. 
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