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EDUCATION NOTHING's CHANGED BUT THE SUBJECT! l-‘l'll‘lllth; CANADIANS AMERICAN HISTORY There is at present being sold among the various Canadian school boards an eight volume edition of what is called "The Dominion Educator”. The original intent of this work, judging from its contents, was for use in the United States, and for that purpose no doubt lit| Iiiet all the requirements... .It is not in any sense ii Canadian work. . . . President. Wilson has eight pages devoted to him, whereas Sir ltobert Borden and the Duke of t‘onnaught share the questionable glory of splitting one page between them. William Jennings Bryan, "the peerless one." who never did much outside of making a fool of himself. is given a page. . . . Of course, this entire work is no more or less than ii reprint of an American edition, Iio doubt sold there under another name. . . . This is not the sort of thing to bring up young Canadians on, and the school authorities should see to it that something more appropriate is substituted. June 1920 (‘ANAIHAN HISTORY Somebody . . . has been expressing surprise and grief iit the discovery that ii classroomt‘ul ofeliild ren ol'the fifth grade in a lundoiLOntnrio, school did not know who Mr. Bennett was nor who Mr. llepburn was, but did know all about the major characters on the sports pages of the newspapers. We see little occasion for surprise and none for griefin this discov- ery. We are, in fact, not a little relieved by it. It shows that childhood is still the same happy, care-free. impractical, uncalculating time ot‘lil'e that it was when we ourselves were young and that we feared it had in these ill times perhaps ceased to be. 'l'hcse poor youngsters in London will learn who Mr. Bennett is soon enough, and the knowledge w ill not make them one whit happier. They will learn who Mr. King is and who Mr. Hepburn is . . . and who Messrs. Woods- worth and Stevens and (Iahan and Buck are, and what they are all quarrelling Iibout,and they will be just as bewildered and confused and apprehensive as the . rest of us; mid what good, we ask you, will it do them at all? . . . Let the poor little . . . youngsters be. . . . November 1934 Make Your Christmas Gift to the Family An Extension Telephone N the home where ilicir ll only thr our tv-lc phone lbrrr ((iiiltl he no more thonghitnl, .Illtl appropriate gilt than In have a IcCtIlld telephoni- inatzllcd belorr Xmas 0n the remalning ,tha din of the rear, the COHVt'tIIl‘lit'P and ttlmltlll lrom its use will n-in.iin : runxiani reminder ol thr (Iver An Extension Set it plai mt iipsiaiu In the hall, «Wing room :trn, or bedroom will u we 'Dtll'R‘ «an climbing For then, no nutiei Whether the call back \nii Iipitmn or downstairs, vour telvrilione will be close at hand A. “cumâ€"uni run-10.1. u... use a: ...... ha... in. t.:....... no.5... i. .4... u.- rwâ€" I... -4 pod-.4." ....- ..â€" p...â€" Tlie BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY ol CANADA 'l'l'IIJ‘Il’IIONES If there is one thing I detest more than another, it is trying to ring someone lip with the telephone. Under the best circumstances it is annoying to look through the hook and over the list for a number, ring up, and then be told that the line is in use; still worse after having waited a few minutes and forgetting the number, to go through the same perfor- mance again. hear nothing but a mixture ofliuuing and iabbering at the other end. iind then be left contemplating the hole into which you had expected to he pouring your esteemed conversation. After feeling clicin and stupid for Ii few minutes. one makes another onslaught and gets an earfiil of buzz and Ii syllable or two of unintelligible tiilk. Then there is further contemplating of the oriticc. a gone feeling followed by heat, and a desire to kick the thing oll'the wall. October I 90] IF THE NRITER COULD ONLY SEE TODAY'S MOVIES! \'It)l,lt‘.N('l‘Z The films of thc Johnson-Willard pri’lt' light are being developed in (innada, hilt the authorities have decided that the pictures will not be shown here. “'hy not'.’ It was II clean fight, and it has ii good moral. A Inornl very useful on this North American continent. It is the same moriil the British are lighting for in Europeâ€"the supremacy of n certain race. If it was ii good thing that Johnson should be dcfciitcd by II white manâ€"and no whilc man denies itâ€"why not spread the object lesson as far as it will go‘.’. .thcobicction urged is that it depicts a Sl't‘nl' of violence. We submit that the censors allow scenes of violence to be depicted every working day of the week. Scenes of violence are the stock in trade of the movies, and nobody knows it better than the censors. At this very writing. that sweet-scented heroinc tiaby llcslvs, is being exploited as a specimen of incxpugnable virtue, who survives many Scenes ofviolencc. to come out unscathed at the last. She is seized. gagged, hound. abducted, drugged, threatened with ii revolver, hut foils the villain every time. There are not only scenes of violence, but the sex motive is thrown in for good measure. Beside (Iaby's adventures, the Johnson-Willard prize light is a garden of lilies and roses. May [915 CENSORSHIP TRUE CONFESSIONS l)l B'l‘Y There is incessant talk of censorship for the theatre but to anyone but casually familiar with American periodical "liter- iIturi-" it would seem that there is far more need for II magazine censor. The publication of magazines devoted to pornographic stories and pictures is . . . increasing. There has reached this ollice the August issue (Vol. I, No. I) of True Confessions, a magazine published iit Minneapolis, Minn. by one W. ll. li'awcett, who is unabashed in his declaration that he intends to publish the dirtiest material that he can lay his hands on. He deliberau-Iy solicits contributions which "illustrate the base in your nature," and announces a prize Culnptftl' tion to stimulate the production of such reading matter. We are loath to give ’l'rue ('oIi/essions an advertisement but we do so in the hope that it will lead to the exclusion ofthis Iuagazinc from Canada. In his lengthy statement of what he is pleased to term his "Aims and Ideas” l"uwcettexprcsses his liking for the writ- Ings nt‘perverts like Marechal dc ltetz and the Marquis de Sade as well as for thc indecent outbreaks of certain men of literary renown. . . . Mr. Fawcetteven has the audacity to claim a moral intention by asserting that knowledge of the fouler things oflit‘e may help some young people to avoid such error. The moral teaching ol~ every short story in 'l‘ruc Confessions, so far as a cursory glance reveals, is that the only happiness for women lies in unchaste behaviour. There is hardly a page in the magazine which does not provide an incentive to vice as the true reality of existence. . . . Trm' ('oIi/cssions is making an endeavor to secure circula- tion in Canada; it' our laws against indecency are worth the paper they are written on it should be excluded from the mails, the newsstands and the railway trains. August 1922 OUR THANKS... The material presented in this 'Looking Back' section has been dram fee. '5 Saturday Night Scrapbook' edited by Morris lolfe. ltr. lolfe has generously given his permission for the Lantern to reprint laterial fun this book. the Lantern thanks hil for his kindness. P.L. YOUTH, CRIME 8 PARENTS?! INCREASE IN ('lllMl~‘. The leaning toward crime of a far too large proportion of our |youth| is sur‘h as to give us pause. What i: the cause? Where is the trouble? . . . First ofiill. the war unsettlcd a lot of hitherto well- behIIvI-d, law-abiding people. You cannot preach killing for four long years and then expect to find the public mind as docile as before. Then there is the movie, with all the good iind bad pertaining to it. The automobile is iinollicr contributing factor. inasmuch as it makes crime for easier for the criminal than it was ll decade ago. . . .'l‘hiit the parents have also "fallen down" in their responsibilities can, I think, be generally admitted. 'l‘oo much indulgence for one thing. Too little home life for another. . .. I‘ cliruor v I .‘l'.’ l llrlt'AllrlN l‘ Ytlll'l'll 'l‘hc escapades of live young vandals In Toronto recently bring up the question as to what is the nIatIi-r Wllll our youth. III the old days the dime novel was held responsible fin' the breaking loosi- ol' the colts of that time; but this took the form chielly of imitating pirates. highwaymcn and the like; and while there was much worry on the part oftlic dear mothers. not much real harm was done. However, the dime novel has disappeared, the "lleiidwood Dicks" are no more. But in their place llIlIVt'I arisen other and worse forms ofyou‘thl'ul amusement, tlii- Iiiovie and the comic trips. tie to ii movn- and observe the actions of the youth when a slapstick comedy or a blood-thirsty drama is being siiowii. . .. Whiit Is the effect of all this trash upon the youthful mind'.’ (If necessity it must be detri< mental. To the youth the l'lltIVIt‘ lives and breathes. . . . It is life, not liction, some- thing to emulate. Aiid . . . II lioy II~ he is ii real live one. always wants to do the things he sees other people doing. He is an imitative little savage... . Miiny ol'tlic comic strips, Iiiore particularly those printed in colours that go to "adorn" oiii Sundin papers evil lllllut‘nl't‘.. . are beyond doubt ttlI .lnk and paper might be put to better use. And as for the movies, iill stutl'ol' a character that threatens the youth of the Iaiid should be censored out of business. We could easily dispensi- with three-quarters of the trash now shown, confining the pictures to high class plays for the mature mind and travel liliiis tor the youth. Augusl I922 YESTERDAY’s T.v.? .llIVICNllJ‘I MINDSANI)(‘()MI('S'I‘ItlI'S /\ vast generation ofchildri-n is expected by obliging publishers to relimc llll‘ tcdium of Sunday by poring over IIHIIIpages of comic strips int we doubt whether the comic strips are a really good school of speech and manners. We have ii good deal ofiidmiriition for tieorge Mi-Miiniis' skill as a draughtsmiin, but we are afraid that Maggie's rolling pin may have been accepted by immaturc minds as ii symbol of matrimony. . . . The other day one's cyc fcll casually on a comic strip,cntitII-d "Moon Mullins", In the first picture ii middle-aged lady was shown excliiiming: "My stars. Ktiyo's got that big cry-baby's sled again IIIIII hc's holler- ing bloody murder." Possibly if some of the countless children who studied that picture spoke ii (lily or two later of "hollering bloody murder" the) were sent to bed without supper. llo children rciilly cnioy this bewildering mass of trash? In \vaillng through the .. bad grammar in the text they do not seem to laugh very much. but just how far the influence of rough speech and violent actions is sinking in, it is dillicult to Gav. Unt- patient parent of our acquaintance Iiscd the comic strips to illustrate for llis offspring grammatical error-4 and languagi-that should not Iii-tolerated. Iliit we fear that most parents pass young- sters the comic sections to keep them from being Ii bother. The maxim of the syntllt'tllit's which distribute this stuff seems to be that the more vulgar a comic strip is. the better. -Iulturirv [Hi] I NORTH LEEDS page 17 & HE SAY IT’s NEW? IllllitIH ("livers of lllt' tliiliirin (iiilli'gi' of l’liiirniiicv arc iiulhorit \' for the statement that thcdrug habit has a strangle-hold on our population. that it is growing Iit an alarming rate. and that it will take thi- Iii-st endeavours~ of our Governmental lllllt'llll‘s‘ to combat it. 'l‘oronto has no“ the IIIIi-nviablc reputation of being the Ontario headquarters for the illicit lriillic in "dope" and pcoplc come to the Queen ("in from 1!” incr the country to renew their supplies October I.” I .‘t WOULDN'T THE ROADS BE EMPTY? Ntl DRIVERS" LICENSES I"()ll 'l'lltiSl'T Mt)ll.\l.l.\' l‘Nli'l'l~ It is the intention of the tlIItiiI ii- liovcrli Iiieiil to license all motor drivers. This law, we understand, \\ ill go into effect thi- coming year. If properly drawn and vigorously enforced it should don great deal to clear ilp II Iniist iiIidi-siriiblc sit un- tion. ... there are people iit present driving motor cars who are Iiot lit physi- cally for such an undertaking Iind an examination. previous to granting Ii license, would uncover their dclicicncics. There are still others driving motor vehicles who are morally until, that is to May they would not lll‘ |I)i\-ut‘tl 'w "n ellicienl police olliciiil It. ncIIr criminals. iinil n In, aided by their motor t’lll‘, take part in robberies and crimes of \‘ltlll‘llt c v i iiniiials or m-r or later, Ur‘foln'l I925 THE BEGINNING OF THE END? (il‘INl H (H Y'l' ()l“ Tlll‘) lltl'l"l‘l.l‘2 Mankind has released another genie, of tlltprt‘t't-tlt'till‘tl destructive power, from lhc bottle in which it has been imprisoned since the beginning of the war. . . . The consequences ofits release are beyond all possibility of prediction. ,. 'llic new discovery, with its incredible power of destruction, makes the continuance of civilization absolutely impossible without the aid of some kind tifcfft'clivt' world government. ... We of the United Nations believe, though the Japanese doubtless do not. that the destruction of Hiroshima was part of a necessary campaiin for the maintenance of peace and something resembling iusticc upon the surface of the earth; liiIl we cannot assume that the atomic bomb will always be at the disposal of lllt' better side and the side to which we belong, Angus] I!) 15 POLLUTION Five years ago this weekâ€"on November 24, l950, to be preciseâ€"[Wenty persons were taken to hospital in the city of l'ozii Kicu, Mexico. Seven years and three weeks ago, twenty people died Iind six thousand became ill In llonora, l'ennsy l- vanifl. And just ll week short of fifteen years ago. more than sixty people died and many hundreds sickened III Belgium’s Meuse Vallcy. In each instance, they were victims of polluted air. The weather and the waste from the ('hlnlnt‘yhtiftllt'lr‘llltlunll’lnl('tlllllllutillli‘n combined to make a deadly brew, the sort of mixture that has taken an iinnual toll oflife and health III the great sooty cities ofllritaiii and the United States and has undouliu-dly stiirtcd to do the same thing in the growing manufacturing centres of (‘aiiadic . . . What's being done about air pollution? . . . Too many governments, particularly at the local level, iirc trying to pretend that no prolilcni exists and that the tilthy air of their communities is nothing more than happy evidence of ii buntling economy. November 1.95.5