Indianapolis Times, Volume 41, Number 191, Indianapolis, Marion County, 20 December 1929 — Page 22

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SURVEY SHOWS POSSIBILITY IN | ADULT STUDIES City Librarian Compiles Subject List Within Reach of All. fb An adult can learn as easily at .45 years ol age as at 18 or 25, according to L. L. Dickerson, city librarian, who recently conducted a survey of adult opportunities lor leisure time study. , “Life does not become a stale, flat affair of daiiy routine as long as there is knowledge to acquire and breath left in the body,” he declared today. “A creditable percentage of Indianapolis citizens "go to school," although they have made their exit from familiar classrooms. Hundreds are making a more or less serious attempt to widen their horizons and improve their.standing by formal or Informal study.” Lists Education Aids The city librarian has compiled a iist of local opportunities offered adults for study, revealing a wide Variety of possibilities for grownUps. The list is available at city library. "Institutions fostering programs, Which presuppose unlimited possibilities for human development, assume that the individual normally Is endowed with a hunger for new mental horizon and the drab, dull ‘average citizen’ into which he too often solidifies is the result of aavorless, unstimulating surroundings," he said. “This is anew idea to a certain Indent. We adults lazily have accepted the theory that the adult mind naturally takes on inelasticity; that you can’t teach an old dog new tficks. Fortunately, science has felt the challenge and has removed the last support of the lazy mind." Trade Courses Scarce With the exception of the courses Offered by the Y. M. C. A. on demand. there is an astonishing lack of opportunity for trade and Job proficiency, the report pointed out. Need for employe training was stressed and need for public lecture courses and high grade musical performances, which would be available free to the masses, was cited. A large number of open forums and discussion groups were recommended.

WOMEN SCORE AGAIN [Now It’s a Telegraph Office Disguised for Females. Bv uhliril Press CLEVELAND, Dec. 20.—An office designed especially for women has been opened by the Postal Telegraph Company here. Stiff, traditional telegraph counters have been removed and the office is equipped with easy chairs set about a cozy fireplace. Individual writing tables are provided for patrons. The room gives the appearance of a study in a girl's college. The color scheme Is old rase, green and blue, with blue and gold writing desks. SCARES OFF BANDITS Store Manager Disobeys Command of “Hands Up”; Robbers Flee. Bv United I'ress BUFFALO. N. Y, Dec. 20.—William Keel, 35, manager of a store, was serving several customers recently when two men, both masked, entered. One pointed a doublebarreled shotgun at Keel and said ffitick ’em up.” ‘Til do nothing of the kind,” Keel Indignantly replied. Taken aback by Keel’s lack of fear, the pair turned suddenly and fled in a waiting automobile. ’ Reports from the United States forest service Indicate that more than 650,000 acres of national forest land has been destroyed by fire in the territory west of the Mississippi E 2:

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Sables and Martens Breed in Zoo on Diet of Birds

Animals Valuable for Furs Eat Sparrow Brains During Mating. By Science Service LENINGRAD, Dec. 20.—Sables and martons, whose pelts are among the most highly valued of all furs, have been bred successfully in captivity at the Moscow zoological park. The present experiments have succeeded where others failed because the animals were given as near an approximation as possible to the rich and varied diet they get for themselves in the free forests, rather than the limited and more or less unnatural rations customary in zoos. Under natural conditions these small carnivores feed largely on birds and small animals, making a special tidbit of bird brains. To lecithin, which brains contain, seems to be essential in reproduction, and the ordinary zoo diet is poor in lecithin. The ration in the Moscow experiments consisted of hens’ eggs, calf brains and liver, to which common sparrows were added. On this rich food the sables and martens mated and produced good litters. During pregnancy the females required an especially high lecithin ration, getting as many as four sparrows and nearly an ounce of brains a day. Some new facts about the life history of these animals were learned from the breeding experiments. The period of gestation is much longer

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than was originally supposed, being nine or ten months in the case of sables and a little over seven and one-half months with martens. Sables mate in June and July instead of in January as formerly supposed, and the mating of martens occurs late in July. ‘JUST BORN THAT WAY’ Miss Held, Picked Healthiest Girl, Explains How It Happened. Bv United Press ATHENS, 0., Dec 20.—Alberta Held, Pittsburgh, and Clyde Newell,' Rocky River, have been selected as the healthiest pair of students at Ohio University. They were selected as the winners of a contest held in connection with health week. Newell attributes his health to lots of sleep and his habit of eating at least one apple a day. Alberta, however, guesses she was “just bom that way.” TRIPPED UP BY TIES Two Youths Jailed, charged With Theft of 112 Cravats. Bv United Press DALLAS, Tex., Dec. 20.—Friends of Donald R. McKinlay and Willie Wiber were to have been given neckties for Christmas presents. McKinlay is charged with stealing fifty-five ties worth $58.60 and Wibber 'is charged with stealing fiftyseven ties worth $63 from a department store here.

Announcement’ We announce the addition to our staff of Paul LaShorne, formerly with Jaffe & Sons. He expresses his desire to serve his old friends and clients in his new location.

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REVEALS TALL IDEAS New Yorker Completes Plans for 165-Story Skyscraper. NEW YORK, Dec. 20.—A 165-story skyscraper a quarter of a mile high is the dream of Leonard Cox. He has finished tentative plans for the construction of this giant building which will be built of steel and terra cotta, colored all tints of the rainbow’. The building as contemplated W'ould occupy four city blocks. Woodchucks Are Disappearing By Science Service BERKELEY, Cal., Dec. 20.—Marmots, better known as “woodchucks” and “groundhogs,” are disappearing in California’s Sierra Nevada, according to Dr. R. C. Bryant of the University of California, writing in Yosemite Nature Notes. These animals ten years ago were exceedingly common near the timber line throughout the central Sierra Nevada.

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ROAD BULLETIN IS SUBJECT TO QUICK MANGES Highway Chief Points Out Unsettled Condition of Weather. Hourly changes in road conditions, the result of workers’ attacks on ! the aftermath of the blizzard, caused the bulletin issued today by the state highway department to be somewhat Inaccurate in the listing of temporary conditions, according to Director John J. Brown of the department. Stretches blocked by ice and snow are being remedied with department maintenance men working day and night, he declared. Motorists, however, were advised to watch current weather reports before making their week-end touring plans. General road conditions were listed as follows: Road 3—Detour four miles north of Greensburg Is five miles. Bridge runaround one-half miles north or Reiffsburg. U. S. Road 31—Traffic drive slowly over temporary bridge one mile north of Peru. Road 37—Detour near Harrodsburg is three miles. Traffic between "Bedford and Bloomington and just north of Martinsville drive slowly because of work on road shoulders. Road 46—Traffic drive slowly east of Bloomington, Detour just west of Nashville Is two and one-half miles (and bad in places during wet weather). Detour one and one-half miles east of Newbern is two and one-half miles. V. S. Road 52—Detour from eight miles west of Metamora to Brookville Is eighteen and one-half miles. Part of detour over Road 1. Through traffic from Cincinnati follow Road 1 to Connersville then Road 44 to Rushville. Road 67—Detour from Albany to Redkey is eight and one-half miles. TT. S. Road 150—Six-mile detour three miles west of Prospect is via West Baden and Road 66 and narrow. Bridge runaround three and one-half miles west of Prospect. Roads not mentioned and parts of roads mentioned, but not specified, and all detours, not otherwise described, are in good condition.

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followed his envious gaze, one would have found two street urchins playing marbles on the comer. In olden days the Sybarites trained their horses to dance. Enemies, realizing this, played music during battles, causing the horses to dance instead of charge.