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sweat of labor; and on the verge of want, most of the great souls of history have been fashioned and forged. Tell your scholars that, you teachers of men. They have a right, in compensation for the things they lack, to be so reminded. And say to the demagogue with his crocodile 1s415-"1safl history, and stop driveling." *{€*

Victor Hugo said: "When you open a school, you close a prison." He was thinking, of course, of a school like Girard College; a school where boys are taught to be selfrespecting, self-supporting, self-reliant, and able to care for themselves and also help others in bearing the burdens of this life. Such a school no doubt DOES close a prison. I have a friend, deeply interested in education, who eloquently proclaims on all proper occasions that our colleges should be so rebuilt and revised that they will send forth graduates trained and able to take up the practical burdens of life. He thinks much of our education is wasted because we teach our young people to think, but not to DO. Girard College, in Philadelphia, is that sort of school. Here two thousand boys are taught nothing but practical things, and they are educated at 18. It has been often said that our modern forms of education have advanced the age of infancy to 25. Not so Girard College, which was built and endowed by Stephen Girard, one of the earliest great American businessmen, and a close friend of Benjamin Franklin. He founded the school for the purpose of helping helpless boys. A great friend and benefactor of education he gave freely during his entire life to helping the poor, the blind, the afflicted ef all sorts. But he wouldn't let a clergyman into Girard College, and they can't get in to this day. I told the story in this column not long since about how Horace Greeley, who dressed sort of preacherlike, tried to get in, and the guard at the door told him he couldn't. "The hell I can't," said Greeley. "Come right in," said the guard. * * *

Irving Hoffman in "Quote," tells a good dog story. He says a Russian wolfhound arrived in England from Russia, and was welcomed by an English setter. The Russian dog told of the wonderful amount of good, red meat he had to eat in Russia. The setter asked-"Then why did you come here, where food is so scarce?" And the wolfhound replied: "\il/ell, a fellow likes to bark once in a while, too."

Fire Prevention Week

October 3 to 9

Fire losses throughout the nation totalled $437,435,000 for the first seven months of 1948, an amount far exceeding the total fire destruction for the full year of 1944. In July alone, $50,955,000 worth of property burned, bringing the total for the twelve-month period ending July 31 to a record-breaking $711,437,A00, a figure never before reached in U. S. history. During the first 121 days of 1948, homes, business establishments and other properties went up in smoke to the tune of $2,252,0m a day. Such a record demands full-scale support of Fire Prevention Week by all citizens and civic groups.

Fire Prevention Week this year is from October 3 to 9.