Hammond Times, Volume 16, Number 143, Hammond, Lake County, 7 December 1922 — Page 4

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TTTTC TIMES ThTrrsfTar-, Den. 7. 1922.

The Times Newspapers MY THX LAKE COUNTT PSTO fc PTTBIO CO. The l,ake County Tim es Dally except Saturday arid Sunday. Kutered at the postofflc lu Ilaiumenri. Indiana, June 21, 1305. The Times Eat Chicago, Indiana Harbor, dally except Sunday. Entered at the postoftlce la East Chicago, Indiana, November 18, 1913. The Lake County Times Saturday and Weekly Edition. Entered at the pottoffice In Hammond, Indiana, February i, 1915. The Gary Evening Times Iaily exoept Sunday. Entered at the postofflce la Gary, Indiana, April 18, 1912. All under the act of March 3, 1S79, a eecond-claai matter.

EDUCATION WEEK The proclamation of President Harding de

signating tins as tuiucation week serves to

call to the attention of the people of this country a condition which we may have lost sight of in the pride we take in our educational structure. Considering the magnificent system of public schools we have built up, the percentage of

illiteracy in America is entirely too high. Censons in this country six per cent of our entire sons in this country isx per cent of our entire poulation could not read or write. And there

is every reason to- believe that in these figures the government erred on the side of leniency.

One of the must useful results of inducting some 4,000,000 men into military service in this country during the World War was the discovery that the nation had been fooling itself on the extent of its illiterate population. The government said six per cent, but tests made in the army and navy showed that 25 per cent of the men reporting for military duty could not read or write the simplest English. One-fourth of the men of military age five years ago did not possess even the rudiments of an education. So bad,- in fact, were revealed conditions that the American Legion has joined forces with the National Educational association in a nationwide attempt to reduce these figures.

We can, and we do, take great pride in our system of public schools. But are the results commensurate with the efforts put forth? Our illiteracy figures would seem to deny it Isn't there a bare possibility then that we have been paying too much attention to the means used and not enough to the end attained? We are strong on system, but a bit shy on results and results, after all, are what count.

JOCKEYING TOO EARLY The guns of the last political campaign had barely ceased booming when, at least among the Democrats, campaigns for presidential nominations commenced. They are now moving merrily along. From French Lick, that famous place of origin for Democratic booms, comes report of movements backing various presidential possibilities and from other points are reported corresponding movements. Some of those mentioned as favorites are known to be receptive others are named without commitments one way or the other. The backers of these movements seem to be proceeding on the theory that the candidate earliest in the field will catch the nominating convention vote. While preparedness in politics may be all right, and while advance movement may be effective, it will strike the average citizen as taking time by too long a forelock in thus inaugurating the political campaign of 1924. Under bipartisan government, politics must necessarily play an important part, but it should devote their energies to meeting the needs of the rather than to jockeying for place in a race that will not be run until two years hence.

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THE ex-kaiser's silence of late confirms the report of the wedding.

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ADOIT this time of the YEA.K a man will bras ULCAISL his thermometer ItEGlSTEilS two degrees lower TI(A!f the other thermometers l. tho neishborhood. A very charming girl told t"S casually recently that It TOOK a young- man 35 minutes I1Y her wrist watch to rnOrosE to ber and she vronJertd WHAT had become of all the FOl U-JIIM TE men they used TO have during the war. THE way Fords backfire these DAYS reminds us that IT Isn't so very long till THE Fourth of July. AT last the weather man has EJIPTTEIJ the bathine beaches. rilOBABLY there has never been A!VOTHEJl time In the history of the world SlCE the Garden of Eden was at

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llends of Oscar Placeman are boosting- him as the successor of Alderman Henry Vhitaker. on the Hammond Council when the hitter takes his new job es sheriff.

sidtr granting a franchise to the Northern Indiana Gas & Electric Company.

Walter J. Riley was elected president of the Commercial Club of Indiana Harbor and Kat Chk-aro last nitrht. suc

ceeding- A. O. Lundquist. C. J Kirk Is vice-president, ir. K. Critcs, secretary, and 3. O. All-n. treasTirer.

Contractor Eric Lund said today that, the new- county infirmary would probably be completed by February 1. County officials plan to hold a banquet there sometime next month.

Klre destroyed the old hotel belonging- to George Ebert at Merrlllvllle yesterday afternoon. The building had been standing for about 75 yearsi

The Nickel Plate railroad Is installing telephones to take the place of the telegraph in dispatching trains. '

Householders and industries are worried over the coal situation. They are hoping- that the weather continues mild until tho shortage can be relieved.

The 'Wabash railroad s double tracking its line through Gary.

Crown Point merchants are tryinsr to reach an agreement w hereby the store will be closed three nights & week Instead of one as Is now the custom.

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So They Pooled Their Christmas Money and Bought an Overland for the Family

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So they did, and everybody confessed. Christmas savings secretly built up all year joined the fund. It was more than enough. So the whole family decided to make the whole family the finest Christmas gift of all a brand new Overland Sedan,

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