Improvement of Rural Schools Declared Press ing Need of the Country
Dr James R Grant of Arkansas argues that rural education is a national crisis since 12 million of 25 million U S schoolchildren attend one room schools. He cites underpaid itinerant teachers, insufficient funding, and the need for better training and salaries to keep quality teachers in rural districts. The piece highlights Arkansas districts raising under $200 yearly and only 60 of 1,500 trained teachers choosing rural posts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Lincoln
America
Abraham Lincoln
Arkansas
Southwest
Altogether Too Much Emphasis Placed Upon Facts in Education
A speaker argues that education should balance facts with meaning. The piece criticizes rote timelines and arithmetic word problems, warning that lines of history and classification miss real understanding. It urges emphasizing the lived context of time and space over dates and battles.
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India
England
Cat
Tommy
Conflict Between Career at Home and in the Business World
A discussion urges women of the present generation to recognize the clash between pursuing a career as wife and mother and a career in business. It argues that sacrificing motherhood harms future generations and that many capable women neglect family duties to seek business success, leading to wider societal consequences.
Religion as a Living Essential of Everyday Life
The author argues religion should be a natural, daily expression in life not confined to Sundays. True faith shows in ordinary actions and improves work and life. The test of religion is whether a person’s life, work, and surroundings reflect their beliefs.
Tire executive tips to stretch rubber and cut tire costs
The Chicago Motor Club bulletin Move Tire Miles Through Management urges motorists to inspect casings for breaks and glass, check tread, fill breaks with rubber putty, keep wheels aligned, rotate tires, cover spares, and drive to reduce wear. It notes new drivers overuse brakes in traffic and that careful tire monitoring could save millions nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Hoover
Chicago Motor Club
Great Britain
Tire Repairs Should Be Made Permanent
Cites dangers of inner patches and recommends outside sleeves to reinforce patched tires. Advises motorists seek immediate repair and remove patches and sleeves soon after the injury to avoid rapid tire deterioration and scrap.
Cleaning a Radiator by Using Lye and Water
Step by step method to clean a radiator with a lye solution. Dissolve a half pound of pure lye in six gallons of water, drain the radiator, fill with the solution, run the engine briefly, drain, rinse with clean water, and repeat until all lye is flushed out to ensure thorough cleansing of the cooling system.
Did You Know Car Refinements Hidden in Plain Sight
A reader notes small vehicle tricks such as using remaining grease in a spray gun tube to transfer press ure as you lubricate spring bolts. Another owner found the engine shaft cap can substitute a gas tank cap if the actual cap is lost.
Filling Gasoline Tank While Out on the Road
A travel note discusses the challenge of filling a tank on the road without a funnel. It notes that carrying a funnel is impractical for tourists and drivers, given the limited use and space.
Do It Now Moses and the Inward Rod of Power
A 1926 Western Newspaper Union meditation on Moses shows the rod in his hand as a symbol for present strength. The message urges using current gifts and resources to act for good, warning against postponing deeds or hoarding talent and wealth.
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Michelangelo
Moses
God
Israel
David
Serepta
Western Newspaper Union
Makeshift Gas Transfer Tools from Oil Can and Inner Tube
A motorist can improvise a gas filler using a gallon oil can and a scrap inner tube. Cut a sill to fit the can opening, enabling easy pouring into the gas tank as demonstrated in the illustration from Popular Mechanics Magazine.
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Popular Mechanics Magazine
Uninterrupted Fuel Supply in Carburetor
The article explains how fuel pressure in some cars fed by exhaust gas pressure can gradually drop. Inspect the filler cap gasket for wear or foreign matter. If pressure is too high the carburetor float valve may flood the instrument. Typically 1.5 pounds of pressure ensures steady supply.
Preventing Engine Scoring with Oil in Cylinders
A car left idle for days risks scoring metal walls. Inject a few spoonfuls of light oil into each cylinder via petcocks and turn the engine over several times. The oil prevents scoring and helps restore compression.
I Wedded My Housekeeper Says the Old Bachelor
An old bachelor who employed a housekeeper visits the inn and, after joking with companions, reveals he has married his housekeeper to stop the insurance men from bothering him. The anecdote appears in the Weekly Scotsman.
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Tom
Weekly
Scotsman
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