SUINDAY, JANUARY 18, 1931 T H F m II ,ICA NDATJ -AGE 'TH i m EDUCATOR IN \ SUH G L Personnel Blanks Filled Out by Yearlings Over Seven Year Period Basis for Work. VOCATIONAL AID GIVEN Professions Chosen Most Often for Life-Work; Chemistry Most Difficut Study. (Speil lto1The/Furl.) MORGAN TOWN, W. ., .n. 17 --A study of the personnl blank filled out by all uiver.iy 1re h- man men in the ol'= ua'de (,' men, H. E. Stone of %.; vira: university , during 2fova?",n'bc an' December has be': mi. Th' blanks have bcen usd b ' Stonc as a basis of cdue nI, oe cupational and pern: al gdici ance and as a means of obtaining facts not available in other University offices. They have been filed each year since 1923 by freshman men and contain, among other things, a rec- ord of the occupational aims of stu- dent, occupational experience in- cluding summer a n d part-time1 work during high' school years, ac- tivitie; engaged in and honors re- ceived during the high s c h o o 1 course, hobbies, a record of the, freshman inteligence score, sub- ject in which the student is hav- ing the greatest difficulty, frater- nity to which student is pledged,d time budget, occupation of father,- and other similar information. Chemistry And English Hard. Some interesting discoveries are made by these personnel blanks. For example, 23 different subjects were named by freshman men in answer to the question, "In which subject are you having the great-i est difficulty?" Chemistry and Eng-i lish tied for first place as the sub-1 ject causing most difficulty. Each received 68 votes. German received1 28 votes, French 20 votes, zoology1 15, physics 14, and trigonometry 73. Law and medicine, engineering,1 agriculture a n d teaching were named most often as the vocational choice. Nearly 100 specific voca- tions were mentioned however, in- cluding construction work, build- ing and loan management, drama- tic critic, foreign commercial agent, aeronautics, aviation, box manu- facturing, credit work, public health work, weather bureau work, short story writing, and newspaper work.t Six named dentistry which is not, taught anywhere in West Virginia., None named a r t, architecture, painting or sculpture. Provision on the blanks for first, second, and third choices is made. Many individual students expressed interest in occupations as diverse as pharmacy, engineering a n d coaching. Need Vocational Guidance. During freshman guidance con- ferences career leaflets prepaired by Dean Stone and others received from the National Research coun- cil, and other state universities were distributed. References to1 books on careers included in theP vocational shelf of the University library were also given to fresh- men in these conferences and in" personal interviews with individual men from time to time. BUILDINGS IN OAXACA, MXIC LAW RUNS EARTHQUAKE HITS WIIW / T JER! PA.T W/lIEN OF COU NTRY LOTTERY TO AID POOR IN DANZIG City Approves Plan as Remedy for Economic Depression. (WV Associateld Press) DANZIG, Jan. 17.-City fathers of this free port have approved a plana to found an international lottery here- They hope it will provide reve- nIu to feed the wolf of economic depression which has been prowl- lng about the gates of Danzig since the old Hanscatic city became the Step-child of the treaty of Versail- W (ti tl)(" netw 1portof Gdiynia I right across the bay im- t patronage of Poland, Dan- unemployment figures mount- i ed by 3,000 in December, bringing the city's idle to more than 20,000. The new lottery, which started business at the beginning of 1931, patterned after the English :sweepstakes" system. The draw- ing.s are to be based on big race vents, the first being in connec- ion with the English Derby of i93L. Danzig's share of the proceeds will consist of one per cent of all ticket sales, besides five per cent of all sales in its own territory. City officials will supervise the draw and pay out the' prizes. CARVETH WELLS DECLARES EQUATOR IS'A DELIGHTFUL SUMMER RESORT' Had to Wear Sun Helmets While on Expedition, Yet Feet Were Freezing. Contrary to popular belief, the equator is a delightful summer re- sort. Such is the revelation of Carveth Wells, noteri British explorer, who wiU lecture Wednesday night in Hill auditorium on "Six Years in the Malay Jungle." Wells recently re- turned from Central Africa where he headed the Massee expedition to the Mountains of the Moon, sent by the Chicago Geographical society. "The climate of Equatorial Africa j- as delightful as that of Bermu- da," he declared. "The greatest dis- comfort we had was from snow and halistorms, but even when our feet were chilled by the snow we were compelled to wear sun helmets and spine-pads to avoid sunstroke." Mr. Wells first started his explor- ing career when, because of the starting of the World war, he 'was left in the Malay jungles for six years after he had started to do a survey for a railroad sompany. He is a fellow of the Royal Geographic society. "Mr. Wells is known throughout the country as the man who makes facts fascinating and the truth sound like a lie," stated Henry Mo- ser, of the speech department. "He not only shows that truth is strang- er than fiction; he also proves that i is 1re ierestin; -especially whe" pes 'U i".n hisvhimsical manner. Sume of iNs stories are so amlazing m hI hey provoke expres- sions of .dt:b hef from his audi- ene; but snce the facts and scien- tists are with hm, lie is not per- tur berl." Among sme of the phenomena of which Wells will relate are fish tht wink, der seven inches in height, and bouncing fish balls. Remdans oF Tecumseh Believed to be Found (l,0-1., e ss) SA1 . AO., Jan. 17.-Echoes of a centry ago, when supremacy of the Ohi valley hung in the bal- ance, beteen embattled Indians and wite, wre stirred today by announcemnn that bones believed to be thoe of the Indian warrior Tecumseh ve een found on Wal- pole Island. Tecumseh whose a m b i t i o u s scheme for a ar-fung Indman con- federacy to drive out the white set- tlers manifested itself in a series of outrage. which kept the border ablaze, was :lain in combat on Oct. 5, 1313. North Carolina State college is to have a southern conference box- ing team for the first time this year. A seen in the city ef Oaxaca, Mexico, where a score of rsons were reporAe d hilled or inTd by vio- lent earthquake shocks that rocked the entire southern part os the country. 43axaca was desvriibed as a scene of desolation with many buildings in ruins. 4) FORMER MORMON PHONETIC ALPHABET IS PRESERVED IN ANCIENT TEXTBOOKS Many Rubber Caume Profit to Riviera Checks Losses Casinos Brigham Young Committee Drew up Letters to Keep Books 'Pure and Clean.' SALT LAKE CITY, Jan. 17.-- A phonetic alphabet, unlike that of any existing language, is among relics of the commonwealth set up in the western desert by Mormon pioneers. Devised by a committee named by Brigham Young, leaders of the Mormon pilgrimage to the Great Salt Lake valley, the Deseret alpha- bet was taught for several years in schools of the territory and was used in books and for keeping ac- counts. Besides school text books, first the Book of Nephi and then the entire Book of Mormon, of which it is a part, were printed in the Deseret alphabet. Several of these volumes are still in existence. Because of irregularities of ac- cepted English spelling and difficul- ties they ersc ntedrto Mormon im- migrants from Europe, Erigham Young desired an alphabet that would simplify the task of learning to spell and write English words. With such an alphabet, it was be- lieved, youths of the Latter Day Saints church likewise would notI have access to the "yellow-colored I literature of the age or any un- wholesome r1eading." Type was made and two school books were printed in the new al- phabet in 1368, and in 1869 it was used in the publication of the Book of Mormon. Gradually, however, with the increasing settlement of ( P v lssvwvxlcd I'rrss NCIE, ae, Jan. 17.- A verita- bYe brmbardment of rubber checks has hit Riviera gambling casinos. In the yearly report of Eldorado Casino, a small local organizaion, [he ta atemJent is made that nearly half of the neti profits was lost be- cauvse of bad checks. Doi-g a tota.! buisiness of about the territory, it fell into disuse. $ "40,0', the casino showed a true The alphabet's name was derived prOi t of only slightly more than from that sdopted by Mormon pio- $1 0,)00. neers for tIhe re igous community they strove to esta rslih in the vai- Alt bad (lche( ks imist be Proseeut- ley of the Great Silt lake. It was ed in the (c;urts anar though the as the state of Deseret that they sgr} almost never are caught the applied for admission to the union. 'egaIl ees constituted. another drain The word "deseret" is from. the on the casino's treasury. Book of lormon, signifying the Cnecasino directr; said the bad honey bee. Ihsi, isbeen adopted, hlckl: less r -ns to about four per- with the bee hive, as an emblem t aei e :fI Ihe net profit in ordinary industry and stjit i o common o(,- , ms w;ith BuPriih and American currence in Utah 'e gamblrs the worst offenders. American Fear See So s in China lver Loans; Fal1 in Price . - - ' -N e cannot mae 1w ll the ice cream w we ust make. theinst of it. Ice Cream Cakes ;just think of the possibilities for surprise by serving for dessert a real ice crcam cake. IIMade in regular cake likeness, anddecoraed with whipped ctein ill any color you may ish. Special! Stabrv I~e frn IennSherbe (U, A SHANOHAI, Jan. 17. - Alleged cf- forts of silver interests in the Unit- ed States to arrange a silver loan to China despite the Nationalist government's unfavorable attitude toward the project prompted the Shanghai Ame-r ie Chamber Or Commerce to protest to the Ameri- can Chamber of Canimneree today. "A n Arbor's Best See Cram" i 0 . I . ,, i !' ) i I I ! I l i ,I ' I j t a i, l I j' 'I " I i If you are more or less "broke" in this era of reputed hard times, if you are not satisfied with your rsent -. .1 room, or if OL "mope" about it. ve lost your tse te. There is a way, simple, inexpen- dog-don't sit and SIVe, and without trouble to you, to rid yourself of all your worries. Phones 22553 -136 nird Street CIASLIL The Shanghai tmar repro FARM BOARD H EADrsenting a majority of Anerican en- terprises in China, cabled a ro- FAVORS EMBARGO ion to the Washington body say ng such . lo wou esilver Legge Indorses Burtiness Bill;prices to The reshM mo s;~ilt neri hon Wheat, Grains, Bfttr. can cha er tocll l catten (Bv Associated ress) Ition of nol- c stainmtthe WASHINGTON, Jawn. 17.- Chair- serious nthrea man Legge of the federal farm ening American bus i ess in China, board today indgrsed the bill by and requested that Presient Hoo- Alger B. Burtness (Rep.), North ver take internatiol steps toward Dakota, for a two-year embnrgo on a remedy. wheat, feed grains and butter. The Shanghai organization sug- In a letter to Rep. Burtness, Mr. gested immediate reef cod be Lge said the bill,"is along theI obtained if the Amrig ern- right ines as affording perhaps the 'mont would foster an in.ternattional quickest method of dealing with the agreement stipulating no further situation." sales of silver be made for any gov- "However~" he continued, "it is ernment and if leading nations immaterial to us how this result is would purchase silver in the world arrived at, but present conditions markets for coinage purposes to the certainly justify action on tie part limits of their respective laws. of Congress to meet the emergency. ---PEWR-T-R "Just how this relief is to be af- 1YPEWRdHEI? forded is perhaps not material. REPAIRING Some time ago in writing Senator All makes of mac ne'. 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