Agriculture In School In Canada The Curriculum Debate
The article reviews how education in agriculture is debated within western Canada schools. Dr. R C Wallace of the University of Alberta argues that formal high school agriculture often underperforms, stressing science over vocation, and suggesting success will come through integrating agricultural concepts with natural science rather than relying on dedicated agricultural classes. He notes challenges like lack of trained teachers and seasonal school life, but highlights potential in clubs and fairs to foster interest.
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Canada
Canadian Society of Technical Agriculturism
Edmonton
R. C. Wallace
University of Alberta
Wallace
Flying Fish Glide Through Air on Momentum
A note on flying fish that do not flap their fins but skim from water into the air. They gain speed underwater, then ride air currents to glide, aided by wind and momentum as they leave the water behind.
Visitor at Ontario festival tunes in from Chicago radio
A festival-goer in Ontario sat hundreds of feet from the bandstand and could not hear the concert. He turned on his car radio to receive the program from Chicago, about 500 miles away.
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Arnough
Ontario
Chicago
Arctic life charms Gaspe girl who spent years northward
Marie, a 20 year old from Gaspe, recounts two years in Cameron Bay and Great Bear Lake. She describes city life as empty, plans to marry a mining engineer, and recalls hazardous travels via rail, boat, and a plane to reach Arctic mining camps. She observes Eskimo and Indian life, noting cleaner Eskimos and Eskimo justice.
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Uebec
Marie
Onrac
Gaspe
Montreal
Cameron Bay
Great Bear Lake
Arctic Circle
Queen's
Athabaska
Peace River
Lake Athabaska
Slave River
Great Slave Lake
Mackenzie
Great Bear Rivers
Fort Franklin
Cameron Pay
South Africa Union Formed a Century Ago in 1910
St Thomas Times Journal notes the 1910 creation of the Union of South Africa joining the Transvaal Orange Free State Cape Colony and Natal. It lauds Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman for granting a free constitution within the British Empire and highlights Boer leaders Jan Smuts and Hertzog, wartime unity with Britain, and South Africa’s Dutch British population balance and gold wealth.
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Union of South Africa
Transvaal
Orange Free State
Cape F
Natal
Henry Campbell-Bannerman
Paul Kruger
Canada
Germany
South-West Africa
Hertzog
Britain
South Africa
St. Thomas
First Saskatchewan farm life shapes new woman senator
Mrs. Iva Campbell Fallis, recently named to Canada’s senate, recalls eight years on a Saskatchewan farm. She is the second woman in the upper house and the only female on the government side, following early milestones by Agnes MacPhail and Cairine Willson who broke ground for women in Parliament.
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Saskatchewan
Howard Fallis
Senate
Red Chamber
Iva Campbell
Fallis
B Bennett
Judicial Committee of the Privy , Council
Canada
W. L. Mackenzie ‘King
Cairine Will ‘Son
Ottawa
Agnes MacPhail
Grey County
Gulls Learn New Cherry Feeding Habit in Salt Lake Valley
Gulls in Utah's Salt Lake Valley adapt to abundant cherries by hovering under trees and beating fruit with wings to drop it, then feeding on fallen fruit. They also perch atop branches with outspread wings to eat. Food-habits expert Clarence Cottam attributes the change to rising gull numbers and increased competition.
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U.S. Biological Survey
Salt Lake Valley
Utah
Clarence Cottam
Glasgow crowd cheers wrong man for Lloyd George double
James Gray a Glasgow magistrate was mistaken for former prime minister David Lloyd George when the latter spoke on his New Deal proposals before about 3,000 people in Glasgow. Gray arrived early and received cheers before Lloyd George’s arrival diminished the crowd’s enthusiasm.
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Lloyd George
James Gray
Glasgow
Scotland
Gray
The Lunar Eclipse Explained in Ancient Record
A historical explanation describes a lunar eclipse resulting from the Sun Earth and Moon alignment with the Moon crossing the umbral cone extending about 960000 miles into space. The eclipse duration of 1 hour 40 minutes 18 seconds is attributed to the Moon passing through a thick portion of the cone about 226000 miles from Earth.
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Earth
Last Zeppelins Havoc Evidence Cleared From London Ruins
The final ruin from World War I Zeppelin raids near Ely Place Camberwell has been cleared for modern buildings. Cleopatra's Needle base on Victoria Embankment remains pockmarked as silent witness to past bombardment.
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London
Ely Place
Camberwell
Victoria Embankment
Adorable tile coat and hat for toddlers pattern
Pattern details for a double breasted coat with matching hat in Copen blue diagonal worsted. Size 1 to 4 years, yardage listed. pattern No. 308. Winnipeg Pattern Department order address. plus note on Summer Fashion Book and cheese production data from 1924 to 1934 with totals and yearly changes.
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Ellen Worth
Pattern Department
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDer
Winnipeg
Proot Hendrick Willem Van Loon Broadcast From New York
Dutch American historian and travel writer Van Loon has begun a radio program in New York. A childhood memory recalls him spending three days in Rotterdam at Erasmus statue to test the tale that the bronze figure turns a page hourly. A playful aside asks about a sister’s whereabouts as a ring change is noted.
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Proot
Hendrick Willem van Loon
New York
Rotterdam
Erasmus
Health Of The World Population In A Time Of Low Mood
The League of Nations Year Book shows most countries kept good health through 1926 to 1930 averages. Death rates were below the period’s average in 27 of 30 reporting nations, and birth rates fell with slight rises in five countries Germany Britain Ireland Poland and Denmark. Germany leads population growth at 7.1 per 1000, while France lags. United States 5.7 in 1933. Mental illness cases not touched by the League book, but US groups report no rise since the low mood, counter to common belief.
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League of Nations
Germany
Great Britain
Ireland
Poland
Denmark
France
United States
United States National Committee For Mental Disease
American Psychiatric Association
Winnipeg Free Press
Dutch Sub K-18 Ends Historic 25000 Mile Solo Cruise
The Netherlands Navy submarine K-18 completed a solo voyage from Helder to Amsterdam via Surabaya covering over 25000 miles. With 35 crew under Commander G E Hetterzhy it visited five continents, did 280 dives, and stayed underwater 264 hours. Professor Felix A Vening of Utrecht conducted scientific observations including a record 6700 meter Atlantic sounding between Dakar and Pernambuco.
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Holland
West Indies
Amsterdam
Surabaya
East Indies
Helder
G. E. Hetterzhy
Felix A. Vening
Utrecht University
Atlantic
Dakar
Pernambuco
Stockyards at Williams Lake Show Vast Cariboo Empire
The Williams Lake stockyards nestle in a Cariboo empire with the Chilcotens to the west and Cariboo to the east. It takes three weeks for cattle to reach the yards from distant ranches, while cattle from the west of the Chilcotin river travel about ten days.
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Williams Lake
3.C
Mpire
Cariboo
Chilcoten
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