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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1950
Page
2
Senior day activities in Fay ette featured a morning program with speeches songs and skits followed by tours of campus buildings and a free lunch. Upper Iowa defeated Wart Borg 14-7 in a baseball game as Elgin Khigh’s seniors attended a barn dance in the gym.
A readable summary of school lunch offerings for the week from Monday to Friday. Entries list daily items such as scalloped potatoes with weiners, creamed corn, cottage cheese and peach, various salads, breads, and desserts with milk as a staple.
In Calcutta a river port 80 miles from the ocean the Hoogly River is treacherous yet a vast city shows a cosmopolitan mix of Indians Africans Chinese Europeans and Americans. The piece notes religious diversity and communal strife from pre independence through partition and current Communist agitation while acknowledging India's rural majority. The Dharamtala Street missions cluster near the Calcutta Girls High School where Mary Inez Holland and Irma Collins operate among mosques temples and churches.
Swiss guides stress silence on dangerous spots to prevent ice and snow from loosening. They warn that noise can trigger avalanches or slides, endangering hikers and climbers.
A mother warns that saying no without clear facts trains children to ignore it. Repeated concession weakens discipline, turning no into mere signals. Parents ask how to avoid constant arguing while giving real reasons for decisions.
The passage points to a pattern of endless arguing among caregivers about children. It notes that children sense when adults can change their decisions. The text contrasts impulsive bickering with a deliberate refusal backed by reason and humor, suggesting such a stance halts futile arguments.
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