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THURSDAY, Aun, 29, 1925.

IS EDUCATION TOO COMPLEX?

TELEGRAPH. THURSDAY,

NOTES OF THE DAY

A VAGUE TERM

If a

even

power,

.

the

DEATH PENALTY

sanctions

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A Doctor who has been chief physician at Sing Sing Prison for of a century, has been quarter prosent at 138 electrocutions, and has made a special study of erime and criminals, can speak with at- thority on this acute social question, | And he speaks withal hopefully,

posite.

AUGUST

29,

1935...

ITALY'S MILLION

t

"HEROES"

do

to

Those whose names were omitted with were always very pleased themselves.

under arms.

spirits.

The Very Idea!

Life Is Just a Bowl of Newspaper Clippings-

GATHERED BY EDDIE

Mr. and Mrs. Feter Whalesleeth, of the Manse, Wolverhampton, announce" the birth of A daughter, Natalio Whalesieeth, at the McGinty Private Hospital on April 1. Mrs. Whalesteeth is the former Miss Natalle Bullock; of Liverpool.

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re.

the

Central British School sports yesterday afternoon, Natalie Whulesteeth won two events, the hop, skip and jump and the sack race.

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Mrs. P. J. M. Whalesteeth gave a rocktail party at the linagkong Hotel for evening

her

daughter, Inst

is leaving to-day to enter the Ladies College at Portland, Natalie, who

Miss Natalie Whalesterth, daughter or ste and Mrs. 1 J. M. Whalesteeth, returned from England yesterday for the Christmat vuention. She is re- pidin with her parents in Nathan tond, Rowinan.

hend.

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banket

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is announced of The engagement Miss Deborah Bunkadoodle, youngest daughter of the H. Sir James Funkadoodle, of 120 Mayfair. to Lt. Cdr. James Whifflesnupper. R.X..

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RIYO Lady gerond Puntopinkie.

Miss Natalie Whalesteoth arrived in the Colony yesterday, from Home. Owing to all-health Miss Whalesteelli was forced to leave Finishing School.

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"What do you mean by economic Kanctions?" Interjected Mr. Lloyd

By JOHN BROWN George when Sir Austen Chamber-

(in the DAILY MIRROR) Jain was speaking in the House of

Only one man thought it foolish, VAST crowd filled the Piazza | I mean employing A venezia, and Commons.

as the broad-saying that Albania would probably blockade, which is an net, of war." shouldered man on the dnia raised be declared a protectorale after an

on his toeg to wave aAbyssinian war! replied Sir Austen Chamberlain, himself

threatening, fist at the roof of the "That, in nol j). it shows you Palazzo Durin opposite, the rifles of

On 1 was surprised to find so much know nothing about it," retorted the Avanguardisti were held Mr. Lloyd George. The latter high, and the chant of "Duce! Duce! feynicism among the party officials,

Duce was, taken up.

and found that it wan chiefly due

Mr. and Mrs. Peter Whalesteeth, withdrew his hasty remark, but i Once again Mussolini had pledged to the failure of the Government

was said of the himself to "fulfil the destiny of re-to include Sicily in the new develop.arcompanied by their four-year-old nothing more

ment schemes, while ny one in the daughter Natalie, departed for Hong- surrected Rome." meaning of economic sanctions,

Those who "threatened" Fascism island could fail to recognise that kóng to-day by the P. & O. liner

Mr. Winlesteeth has former Foreign Minister must feel the weight of the dis-the boasted "points" of 1922 had Chitrai.

ciplined forces of Italy. If he not beeh attempted, much less reived an important appointment in .

Roagkong. does not know the menning of the stamped his foot a million bayonets carried out.

At And so on. The young fellows who had been term, it is not to be expected that a would flash in the sum.

Glowing words-and the young unemployed for long periods were layman will have any clearer ideas

fellows marched out of the square quite willing to go to the war. on the subject. There are some

with a spring in their step, singing however, with a few exceptions, and people who are quite confident that martial songs about the things they did not pay much attention to poli-

going

thetical arguments. were a blockade is an economic

They had been educated in the instrument that can be applied with Abyssinians.

But it is one thing to listen to Fascist schools, and had been taught out danger of war, and it is usually these people whs speak quite cheer-peech and another to study the for years that Italy needed colonies mobilisation posters to see if one's and raust expand, by force of arms

the closely-printed if necessary, and safety cake

In any case, anything in Is name We are fully equipped for any fully of

of imposing economic sanctions columps.

than drawing relief, was better nature of service.

I watched these postera beingame of them thought. In the upon any nation that does not

union headquarters in with them.pasted to the hoardings sometimes, trade eye to eyn HOT

And the anxious men did not seem Florenee I listened to lurid descrip- What would appear to be

to have any of the ardour of the tons of mutilations and the murder reasonable view of the case is that

Hather the ground. parate

of missionaries by Abyssinia fron-

The YMCA. Panty Dress Ball last of Sir Austen Chamberlain. There

tier raiders. Many of these stories. were believed, although the results night was one of the most brillinat Among the might well be no possibility of ap- with

of this could not be gauged very functions of the senson.

new arrivals ** Il plying economic

easily. I recalled the hysterical charming effect except by a blockade, and that

In the small hours of use morn-taughter of a group of offieins of Natalie Wanlestreth whe wore, on her Anying in a cafe in the Via dei Tritone the Ministry of Propaganda in "Diasine" quintuplets, swathed in pink would certainly bring war.

Rs one of them read the blankets, L. Car. Whifflesnapper, | pressure, brought to bear in any in Rome, I was invited to join Rome

giver to his proofs of an account of a "rald" in of H.M.N. Medway, represented a form pen

another nation, maysmall celebration bring about war; that is, unless friends by a young man who had which cannibalism was mentioned, nurse for the famous children.

in a sulphur mine near Catnnin 1 It was easy for those who had met two workmen who had fought 1. Cde. Whifflesnapper, oi 11MS. that nation is too weak to think somehow escaped the draft. of resistance, International morali-influence in the party or Governs through the last war. Their minds Medway, departed for Hame to-day ty is too often a matter of military ment oflices to avoid being called were made up not to go again by the P. & O. ner Ranchi, after

three years service o up, de said. But for most men ft under any circumstances"-al- completing

Cina Station. Lt. Car. Whillesnap- was just goal fuck if a name was though they admitted they would per is the son of Lord Punkopinkle. junt he willing to face imprisonment missed.

The men in the party had no for their views. Some of the

Miss Natalie Whale teeth, daughter wish to go to Abyssinia. One said: miners, they said, who had boon

of Mr. and Mrs, P. J. M. Winlesteeth, "I worked in Libya for two years, among the most militaristic of the

of the Ewak, sailed to lay by the "To me the chief criticism of

That was enough!"

Jocal party officials had altered their Ranchi to return in College at Home. The country is swarming with tone since the Ual-Uni inefdents, [current educntion is that it has

soldiers, for over a million men are andl HOW favoured conciliation. Mr. and Mrs. P. J. M. Whalesteeth become completely divorced from

In the villages on the The rapidity, with which mobilisa-amource the engagement of their Riviera coast I came across comtion deerees were issued had alarm-daughter Natalie to L. Car. Whiffles. actuality, from the activities of

panies training on the roads very ed them, as it had alarmed many napper, formerly of H.M.S. Medway. child life. or, for that matter,

frequently, and found them in good others who held to a war philosophy but had strong objections to being from the activities of adult life:

drilled; drafted to Africa, and set it has become a completely arti-

But in Naples there was a very down before the Abyssinian hilla! as one who believes that our widen-

different atmosphere. 10 their ficial affair." In these words,

ing knowledge will gradually change topees and new bright yellow tropi- |

At the Dopolavoro, headquarters. the Headmaster of a secondary the face of the underworld. Dr. Jeal uniforms, many of which are

seemed In Milan met a who had school at Home recently con- Squire does not believe that any hideously ugly, the men

of served with distinction in the last demned the present methods of man is born to criminality. Many strangely subdued, and some

them told me they were weary of war. was a man could be saved by a simple lectures, route marches and inocula- | He said: "The Abyssinians will instruction. The charge

Nor does he tions. There had beest several not be benten easily. They are made during a leachers' discus-surgical operation.

believe that the fear of penalty desertions, and the military authori-good fighters, and if they can get sion on backward children, and it

Miss Natalie Wholes teeth, daughter views enst #

of his of 31r. and Mrs. 1, J., M. Whalesteeth, was directed against the British turns aside the murderer from his ties were suppressing the reports rifles.

lest the examples were followed. pail of gloom insane murderer

Only the young subalterns were young hearers, who were expecting of the Peak, ami one of the most

Jarmbers psputar educational system as a whole do not fear death: the man who boking forward to the campaign their papers any day. But he only younger set, is on a visit to Shanghai, of Hongkong"> a system which, it is contended.

laughed at them, saying: "You sing | where she is the guest of Mr., and In Sicily founal little enthusiasm and cheer when the bands are play- | Mrs. P ("Paddy") Kelly, is not so well adapted as it might urders in a fit of anger is for the with zest

roment indifferent to consequences;

Think be to modern conditions. For the gangster takes death name of for the war. In Taormina pacifisting-what is wrong now?

gopinion was strong. The "Abyssin- how splendid it is to die on the evidence of its shortcomings, ad- the risks of his profession; the fan atrocity" stories of the Ministry field of battle!" vocates of reform point to the murderer who kills in cold blow of Propaganda hat had an

One of the dieulties facing the large number of pupils who de-thinks he is ton clever to be caught, expected effect, for they had filled military authorities is the dispelling

Miss Natalie Whalesteeth, penking of Pond's Cream, Rays: "It smoothes cline

or find it impossible to arguing against the death penal- some of the Sicilians with a resolute of the idea that Abyssinia is a very in the score of determination not to go near East unhealthy, sandy waste, with no まず he says that finish courses embarked upon.

roads. To achieve this end, the way little lines around my eye where it has been and the failure of many

who countries

One man in the early thirties geographies and travel books deal-keeps my skin soft," abolished crime has not increased; told me that he would go to Albania ing with East Africn have been Miss Natalie Whriesteeth en- Jeuve school at fourteen, fifteen

indeed information is to the op- with his mother-in-law's savings if searched, and to read some of the

mainces that she is opening a Millinery Recounts one would establishment in fles Voeux Rou or sixteen to spell even moderate- site effect. In the United States

shortly. ly correctly or to write with the murder rate in the States that class wing called to the colours.

He would take out naturalisation over a fertile and prosperous coun- decent legibility: The complaint impose the death penalty is about

Durazzo. This plan, try possessing a climate similar to papers in is one which has often been the same as in the States that do which he described in detail one that of the Riviera!

The fact that slavery survives in heard before, and there seems net. A gratifying compliment is night in the Casa del Fascio of a

The little town not twenty miles from Abyssinia has been a powerful lever little question that in some of paid to the British people. its aspects it has some justifica, physician, referring to the striking Catania, met with laughter and ad-in the hands of those inciting war tion. It is possible that a stage murders in the

contrast between the number of United Kingdom of development may eventually and in the United States, says this be reached when education in its is not due early phases will be a more penalty, but to an inbred respect specialised affair. That is, the for law, authority, justice, and the child's potential intellectual and rights of others—a respect which, physical capacity will have to be he confesses, is sadly defielent in carefully tested, and he will be the American people. given a school training. nea- demic, scientific, clericat, or wide variety of subjects, with manual, according to his parti- the consequence that the child cular bent. It is to be conceded starting out on his educational that such a system might not be training is apt to find himself without its drawbacks, but it with a smattering of knowledge might at least avoid the worst in many and little real grip of evils of the present system,any one. There can be little whereby large numbers of Bri- doubt that it would be an im- tain's youth are turned adrift mense advantage if early instruc- primed with badly assimilated|tion could take account of a "book knowledge" which often pupil's particular bent, but the proves of little or no value iniden is not quite so simple as it their chosen walk in life. In appears it first sight, bearing in other times, elementary school mind the fact that many children education was largely confined to do not display' marked tenden- the three R's, leaving specialised fries in a given direction until instruction for evening classes or fairly well advanced in school, secondary schools, where these It is, however, an admitted fact were available. That system that the product of many second- had its value, although, even so,ary schools to-day is far less well there were subjects in the curri-grounded in essentials than the culium, not the major ones, on boy sent out of elementary which children wasted a deal of schools a generation or so ago, their time and energy to very A simplification of educational little good purpose. Nowadays, methods in its early stages would the elementary schools cover a seem to be called for.

purpose.

The

to fear of the death

Africa,

un-

1s

over some

there were any likelihood of his resulting

Imagine that Ras Tafari was ruling

iration.

(Continned on Page 7.)

"I wonder how many people notice that I wear a different imthing suit every day?"

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Miss Natalie Whalesterth has be eme Secretary of the Y.M.C.A. Girls Badminton Club.

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Mrs. P. J. M. Whalesteeth and her daughter Natalie are visiting friends in Shanghai. They will return to Hongkong next week.

Mr. and Mr. P. J. M. Whalesterth prnotice the marriage of their. daughter Natalie to Mr. Samuel Kelly, son of Mr. and Mrs. P. Kelly, of Shanghal. The honeymoon is being spent in Japan.

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Mra, P. J. M. Whalesteeth, of the Peak, entertained a large group of friends at dinner at the Hongkong Hotel last night for her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Kelly Mr. Kally bas given business in Shanghai and will live permanently in Hongkong. For the present Mr and Mrs. Kelly are resid- ing with Mr. and Mrs. Whalesteeth on the Peak.

Among the guests at the Peninsula Hotel is Mr. P. J. M. Whalesteeth.

Mrs. I'. J. M. Whalesteeth and her daughter, Mra, Samuel Kelly, departed for England yesterday on a three month vacation. Mrs. Kelly has been in indifferent health recently.

Mr. Samuel Kelly, the popular member of the Peak younger set, has departed for Shanghal,"

Mr. P. J. M. Whalesiceth, who has been residing at the Peninsula Hotel during the winter monthị, has rè- turneil to his home on the Peak.

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·Mra, P. J. M. Whalesteeth and her daughter, Mrs. Natalia Whalesleeth. returned from n six months vacation in England yesterday.

Mrs. Natalie Whakateeth, with a total of 59 points, won the Whist Drive at the European Y.M.C.A. İKL night.

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Mrs. Natalie Wholerteeth, popular society matron of the Peak, spoke on old Hongkong Coleniai gravestones at - the Women's International Club yes- terday afternoon.