Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 12 April 1948 — Page 11

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to them.) Most of us know is beginning to wake up. That go in our busy everyday life. Then some after a good night's sleep we witness a The leaves on the trees are out, the flowers are blooming and the lawn needs cutting.

on the way of becoming the leaf that. will clog your drain in the fall? . No one. That's what I thought. : To witness the forces of spring in action, I climbed my favorite Norway maple in front of the American Legion headquarters on N. Meridian gt. It's the Same acer platanoides which had

"A YOUNG MAN'S FANCY"—Watching the forées of spring push out the buds on a maple tree, "Mr. Inside” considers his “greatest journalistic moment."

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Terminal buds are about the nicest things te watch. The leaves, resembling curled chicken feet, seem to be stretching towards the sky and sun. You can almost see them wiggle. I hope you don’t think I'm disposed to seeing things happen at actually don.t If you have never watched a tonqunat bud in action it's unfair to think that way. The task of watching buds grow would be tedious except for the fact that you know the very- branches you're standing on are carrying water from the roots at the rate of one to four feet an hour. You know that new protoplasm is being produced in the terminal buds and tiny cells are splitting and dividing and dividing and splitting all the time. Imagine, the secrets of life under your feet. The flower shoot was tricky to watch. The wind would blow the petals around, the branch would sway and there was nothing to pin the shoot t0. I had to be satisfied with the fact that I was close to the forces of nature, Yes, sir. Once in a lifetime. Too bad I couldn't watch my lateral bud for a week, Maybe a month. Or better still, .until October when the leaves fall off. Watch the whole cycle. Pulitzer

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Green Jitters

NEW YORK, Apr, 12—S8ince the Green Cross crept into my. life, I wiew the bathtub with suspicion. The stairsteps are a mortal enemy, and a cab driver is a lurking assassin, who can hardly wait to do me in. I am so careful about crossing streets I have quit crossing them without the aid of the Boy Scouts, and if that parlor rug so much as bats an eye at me, I'll holler for the cops. The Green Cross is an organization which spreads from the rockbound whatisit to the sunny something or other. Its life work is scaring the pants off people, for their own good. I scare easy. There is a barometer in my office, and when it starts to drop, I haul the covers over my head. Hurricanes, you know. I knew a man once who got hit in the head with a house. The Green Cross for safety views accidents as a costly disease. By education, it hopes to plant enough precautionary seeds in children to allow them to grow. up: to convince cab drivers that it is not cricket to chase old ladies all the way up to the door; to teach housewives that it is foolish to leave the baby in the oven on cold nights; to persuade bathers that the tub is a deadly weapon and the slithery soap-bar a booby trap. There seem to be some statistics to the effect that accidents kill more kids in these parts than disease, and that only heart trouble and cancer have a better adult® batting’ average with the scythe, There also seems to be some figures showing that the towns which adopt the Green Cross plan for safety instruction cut their accident rates by as much as 25 per cent. We have now finished with statistics.

Let's Not Play Pedestrian Poker

I AM ALL IN FAVOR of the Green" Cross, especially if it will conduct a tolerance course for cab drivers. They play a game called pedestrian

. poker in this town, and I am weary of being one

of the chips, Pedestrian poker is also played by

By Robert C. Ruark

truck drivers, and I am tired of being treed by trucks. : The rules are simple. A healthy male pedestrian, with a good pair of antlers, counts one point. Lady pedestrians count only two-thirds of

a point, since a girdle and high heels restrict their |# maneuverability. Pedestrians bagged on the side-|} walk score two full points, because of the possi-

bility that the cab may rupture itself on a fire hydrant. Old ladies and cripples don't count any points, but may be taken to round out the bag limit.

Hollywood and Washington, as well as New York, used to be thriving centers of this grisly sport, but they lowered the bag limit on Congressmen and lobbyists in Washington, and they quit allowing credit for actors and press agents in Hollywood. I am told in both cities pedestrian poker is slightly on the wane. ‘

We Get Acute Attacks of Timidity

‘BUT WE ARE straying away from my original sermon, which was, I believe, the acute attack of timidity which chains me to the old rockin’ chair. With the heart people hammering at me and the cancer; people pointing accusing fingers and the Green Crossers telling me to shun the sidewalk, account of open manholes, I am ready to shriek at the rustle of a newspaper. I have quit raiding the icebox, because twothirds of ‘accidents occur in the kitchen. Every time I take a bath it is against my better judgment. Since mama fell into the fireplace, while doing a rumba, and spiked herself on the andiron, dancing has been vervoten fn’ the lodge. Airplanes put me into a panic, and so do trains. I get claustrophobia and head colds in the subway. The baleful predictions of the warriors in Washington, and the atom boys in New Mexico, keep me shivering in the corner. I have stopped smoking in the sack, and I would as lief be caught abroad’ without my pants“ as without my boys’sized fire extinguisher. I have even taken out insurance on my insurance.

Pink Worm Oil

_ WASHINGTON, Apr. 12—Let’s just put these charges about fresh-squeezed pink worm ofl and slant-eyed American soldiers down to the fact that the butter boys in Congress are getting desperate. The oleomargarine forces apparently are to get their first legal break since the stuff was invented and such squiming among the lawmakers from the dairy states you never did see. So it was that Rep. Chester H. Cross of York, Pa., got up on the floor of the House and demanded whether his brethren knew that oleomargarine largely is made of cotton seed oil? > Well, it is, he said. And what lives inside the cotton seed? The pink boll weevil worm. And what do you get when you crush the seed? v orm oil,” thundered ‘the gentleman from ork. What this oratory indicates is that the house two weeks hence will vote on whether to eliminate all federal taxes on oleomargarine, yellow or white.: There is every indication that soon -the inye-of Ww, pow ~r into the maj ne t ish't" aon the butter boys’ minds. : The Armed Service Committee is working on a Couple more bills which will make it legal for the Army and the Navy to spread margarine on their bread; heretofore they've had to use butter, only, under federal statute.

Testifies on Wonders of the Cow

SO REP, Reid F. Murray of Ogdensburg, Wis, dropped down to testify about the wonders of the Cow, the magic of milk, and the necessity of pure butter in the diet of the American fighting man. He also mentioned pink worms. = He added that he was tired of hearing the butter boys being accused of a plot against margarine; he said, in fact, that it was butter being threatened by what he called the worst lobby ever perpetrated on the American people.

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“The cotton seed oil lobby,” he roared. . “These people are so smooth I think they must take a bath in that.oil every morning before they go to work.” He went on from there, denouncing margarine and extolling butter for an hour, until he came to: this climax. “If you make these soldiers eat only vegetable oils (he said) I presume they'll all have slant eyes like they do in the Orient, where they all eat

‘vegetable oils.”

Chairman Asks About Worms

THIS STATEMENT so startled the chairman, Rep. Jack Anderson of Cal, that he wondered mildly whether he was to take it that his colleague was opposed lo margarine for the fighting forces. “Ridiculous,” snorted Rep. Murray. ridiculous.” And along came Robert C. Jackson of the National Cotton Council of America. He hailed from Memphis, Tenn, and while he was a njce-lookin eitizen, He didn’t seem to “Nit¥e. vartis te seed oil. The chairman asked him about those worms. Jackson said the pink boll weevil infested some cotton fields in Texas, all right. The cotton industry, goodness knows, was worried about ‘em. But he never understood they made their homes inside the cotton seeds. “If they do,” he said, “it is news to me.” Witnesses pro and also con argued the merits of margarine the rest of the day. The margarine men consistently used the word, margarine. The butter fellows used only the word, oleo. For 40 year they've been fighting about this terminology, as they have about everything else involving what to spread on bread. The battle, let us hope, is about to end. I'm growing tired of stirring the color into the margarine at our house.

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FIRST STEP TO NURSEHOOD—At 8 p.

for training. They wanted to finish their studies for they to the care and healing of the sick.

This was a secret order of obscure origin|/liminaries at their centers last|torium on Apr. 30. notorious for terrorism in the anthracite week. : , schools

" |spelled down their groups last resentatives sponges been known to man? week to the two semifinalists. to a in the Bible shows : that it was a common ar An Roman Jerusalem./the Central Library Auditorium. Apr. 22.

ON-SCENE EXPERIENCE — During the pefiod of training, students become acquainted with every facet of hospital work. One: of the favorite periods is dut in the pediatric department. Miss Alice Richafd, South Bend, smiles as she prepares to take the temperature of very willing John Perkins Jr... son of Mr, and Mrs. John Perkins, RR ‘I, Indianapolis. Other favored assignments are to operating rooms, the emergency section and the obstetric department...

recreation to give students-a well-rounded education in

students are welcomed. Going dancing:here are

Mo., and Betty Poffenberger, Columbus, Ind.

2 Best Spellers fo Be Chosen for Semi-Finals Scheduled Apr. 22 in Central Library

By ART WRIGHT Five Indianapolis districts will hold seeond preliminary contests {in The Times Spelling Bee this week .to select their two best spellers. {for the semi-finals Apr. 22. Contests tonight will be held at the Garfield Community Center and the Tabernacle Presbyterian Church. Tomorrow night spellers

will compete at Fairview Presbyterian Church and Thursday night |

at Christian Community Center

and Coleman Community Center. Those surviving ‘the first semiNo new entries will be accepted finals- will return there the next

those who survived the first pre-iheld at the Central Library All other districts in the city|contests to determine the

‘The’ semifinals will be held at

rses To : From St. Vincent's On Thursday

. > od {Photos and Captions by Victor Peterson, Times. Photographen-Reporter)

m. Thursday the 5lst class of "St. Vincent's Hospital School of Nursing will be graduated in SS. Peter and Paul Cathedral. For the 64 students it will mean the culmination of work which began’ three years ago when they first were interviewed. by Sister Delphine, director of nursing. They felt the same hopes and fears then as'does Miss. Joan Meyers, 331 E. 45th St. as she is pictured here with Sister Delphine. These young women wanted to be accepted

NOT ALL WORK -—intensive training must be interrupted with periods of

primping ‘for a dance. Other activities include informal gatherings in’ the lounge, teas. swimming. horse-back. riding, movies, clybs, bowling, tennis and a variety of games in “the gymnasium. “While: the~school “is- a Catholic institution, non-Catholic

r (left to right] the Misses Virginia Brochin, Washington, Ind.; June Allen, 3415 College Ave.

5 Districts Set Second Preliminaries in Spelling Bee

the second preliminaries:

eceive Diplomas

SYMBOL OF ACCEPTANCE—The first six months of trainifig are probationary. Those who successfully live up to rigid qualifications may continue their studies. This first peak in their careers is marked with the capping ceremony. Here Sister Andrea, St. Vincent's Hospital administrator, caps Miss Colleen Rozhon, Delphi. This January, 85 members .of the "freshman

class received the coveted caps.

have dedicated their lives

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THEORY AS WELL AS PRACTICE — Many hours must be spent in the classroom so that students will be well-grounded in fundamentals. Members of this first-year anatomy class receive detailed instruction in the construction of the sah Shown. are (left to right] Miss Rosemarie Flick, 846 N. DeQuincy St.1 Miss Barbara Berenbrok, Columbus, Ind.; Miss Marie D'Andrea, science instructor, and Miss Heles Druley, Centerville, Ind. To increase the scope of education, arrangements are made with other hospitals and agencies for additional training in specialized fields. The school is iconducted by the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent dePaul. The order was founded in. France by St. Vincent dePaul. Hin

THE BIG DAY — Miss Betty Edwards, 1316 Ray St. (right), will be graduated Thursday. For an envious junior, Miss Marian Kelly, Mt. Comfort, Ind., shee’ displays the symbols which mark her a graduate nurses ““tikaded are her white dress, the diploma clutched int her hand and the pin the two are examining. Gradua’ tion, however, is not the same as in college. The nurses return to complete actual course time. ;

nursing. These students are

; Ola Mae Hall, Campbell,

wd ! He the stan Jerry Allrekht, 12, all’ of School 80; Donre. Ake conte is -for| a ig, 12, Behool ‘70; Kip Hine, 13, Orchard School; Susan Hardey, 11; June Carr, 12, of School 43,

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Garfield an Jenkin os is Wi aa Shir Fortin Christian oh IA i Judy Amp, 13; tri ner, 13; r . ts ! ebber 13; Carol y 2. Ann Lannan, Jones, 13; Barbara Ann Diekhofim, 13; ,| Tom Morrison, 13; Bob Drury, 13; Charles | Fox, 12; Robert West, 14; iiliam Ray- ; mann, 13; John Burch, 13; Charles 12; | Kennedy, 13; 11

iams, 13; Thomas O'Brien, antes Early, 13; Nicholas Noe, 1%; Alma Rose Kireh, 11; Jane Ann Gal er, . 12, all of Bt, rine’s; 00! ; “Mac” C

; Busanne a Anthony Brand, 13, Holy Name of Beech Grove; Dale Mueller, ;|14; Phil Jones, 14; Thomas Becher, 14; van, 13; Dorothy Culligan, 13, ail of Our , 433 an, a ur os: Marie Lake, 13: Al: len Landreth, 13; Haskins Hatcher, 11, all of School 82. Coleman Park Communi Windlch. ia!” Bepeine. Lata Helen Halloran, 13; Mary Louise Ssbotin, 11; Ann Welsh, 12; Donald Cmehill, 14; Vietor a Dillor 8 Lambert, 13; > Krouse, 13, of Moly 3 is Mears, i; Svelyn a A 43: AT

i lyn Litsglman, 10, all of . Anthony’ %: Loretta Holt. 14; 3 ~ n, 13; Lorena Stanier

13; Leatha Perguson, 13, all of School 53,