Sunday News from Lancaster, Pennsylvania • 27

THE SUNDAY NEWS, AUGUST. 31, 1958-27 Bigger Vocabulary Can Make Schoolwork Easier TEEN ETIQUETTE, by Kitte Turmell Columnist Advises Start Learning New Words Now A good vocabulary can do plenty to block or speed prog. ress during your coming school year. So here's a short course on expanding word power. Facts to note: There are about a million words you could know, including, 142,000 in Webster's Dictionary.

You can get by with 850, but if, like the average American, you flow 30,000 day, you'll be a pretty tiresome talker on an 850 supply. Average high school freshman is supposed to have a vocabulary of about graduating senior 12,000. For V.I.P.'s the range goes to 18.000 or 25,000 or Princeton, studies show a connection between vocabulary and business, success," S. Downer Princeton University told ere while he was a visiting professor for summer, classes at University of Southern California. He's a magician with words himself in class, on TV, radio, and in text books.

Limited By Words "A large vocabulary enables you to break points down and qualify or subtle-ize a point. This you can't do with a small vocabulary. Obviously, one of the emotional problems many have is due to lack of ability to exchange ideas in conversation. "To build up vocabulary, I think it is very important for a young person to get the reading habit," Professor Downer stressed. "If you read a lot of what is well written, you can't help acquiring a good vocabulary." For more help in gaining word mastery, here's sound advice from Mrs.

Madelon Haigh, English teacher at Los Angeles, City College who earned in junior college and university courses. How? She credits vocabulary. Learn By Listening "My father was a professor in Wisconsin. I learned mostly by hearing a good way! When I entered college, I was on the 85th percentile in vocabulary. I could understand most of the words used by my instructors." Here are six rules based on Madelon's experience to help you become a practical word wizard, not a show-off.

1. "The best method I have found is to show my ignorance. When people use words that are unfamiliar to me, I ask what they mean!" But don't interrupt a speaker or teacher to ask. Jot down, guess what it means from content in which used, check with teacher or dictionary later. 2.

Play word games-to win. 3. Do crossword puzzles. As a sport, compete with yourself. Check how long one puzzle takes compared with the last you did and how many new words you learn with each one.

You'll develop an interest in working with words. 4. Sign up for a class in Eng- BENNETT CERF Try And Stop Me A conservative old couple a while," suggested his mothfrom Garden City, L. decid- er. "It may make you feel less ed to take a trip all the way to alone and homesick." the Pacific Coast.

Harry Maule, He sent his first letter two a neighbor from the publishing hours after he had hit the school world, told them, "You can't af- grounds. "There are 590 boys ford to miss the Grand Canyon. here this term." he reported, Be sure you include it in your "and how I wish there were itinerary." 589." "I guess not," responded the wanderer. "Mom and I decid- An alarm clock, Berney ed we don't need to see that Geis, is a contrivance avers, designed Canyon. ra were up at Ni- to wake folks who have no young We agara Falls, you know, some children around the house.

years back, and we figure if you've seen one of those places you've seen 'em all!" The home editor of a page metropolitan newspaper got a note complaining, "My wife inJunior was reluctant, to say sists upon buying the sheerest the least, to leave his big, kind of hosiery although she luxurious home and go to prep knows they aren't practical. school. "Write us every day for Why do you think she squand- SUNDAY CROSSWORD PUZZLE SUNDAY CROSSWORD Word-games and crossword puzles are store for books on how to write and fun-ways to enlarge your vocabulary. talk well, increase your vocabulary. When you shop for back-to-school sup-' plies, include desk and pocket dictionaries.

Check at the library or book- lish designed to help enlarge as correct, grin your vocabulary. Errors Will Come 5. Keep If teacher red." think it "aired" in the her your sense says "You meaning "erred" should be don't argue. dictionary and pronunciation Bennett Cerf of humor. have urand you pronounced Look it up if you find listed first ers my hard -earned wages that way?" The editor, who probably had an inspiring lunch, replied: "Maybe she wants a run for your money." Best fish story of the year comes from my poor Uncle Al, up Wisconsin way.

"I caught. one yesterday," he magnifies through a memo. "that was so big we had to throw it back. When we had hauled it in, the lake got so shallow we couldn't row our boat ACROSS 10-Algonquian 133-Challenged 15-Spoliation 89-Fruit (pl.) Indian 135-Speck 16-Stone 90-Shovel 1-Semi-precious 71-Tibetan 138-Rocky hilt 17-Danish land 91-Essay gazelle 139-Lean-to division 92-Without end -Mountain 72-Bitter vetch 140-Capuchin 18-Pronoun 93-Coin nymph 74-Girl's name monkey 19-Size of type 95-Wife of 11-More mature 76-Silkworm 141-Period of time 20-Crippled Geraint 16-Having 77-Having shoes 142-A state (abbr.) 27-Pigeon pea 96-Weird branches 78-Seed coating 143-Note of scale 29---Scorch 97-Transactiona 21-Group of 79-Particularly 144-Three-banded 31-Conjunction 99-Poems three 82-Reverbera- armadillo 36-Opening 101-Neater 22-Kind of foot tions 145-Move 37-Vedic tire god 105-Declare race 84-Coral island sidewise 39-Mountain lake 106-Act 23-Babylonian 85-Disorder 147-Gives 40-Soft drink 107-Spreads for hero 86-Holm oak 149-Drink slowly 41-Let it stand drying 24-Greek letter 88-Rail bird 150-Place for 42-Cylindrical 111-Norse god 25-Free of 89-River in combat 43-Storage boxes 112--Depend on 26-Dropsy Arizona 152-Lyric poem 44-Danish 113-Sow 28-Chemical 90-Reject 154-Dwarf measure (pl.) 115-Unite closely compound 92-Smoothed 156-Animated 46-Roman gods 116-Enthusiastic 30-Agreement 94-Decided 158-Part of 48-Rabbit 118-Eskers 32-Part of 98--Rate fortification 49-Additional 119-Burden "to be" 99-Part of stove 159-Transactions 50-Strike out 121-Wreaths not 100-Small 160-Twelve dozen 51-Recipient of 123-Note of 33-Prefix: scale 34-Time gone by amount 161-Distance gift 125-Cubic meters 35-Goddess 102-Rockfish (pL.) measure 52-Pitchers 126-Shore bird of healing 103-Observe (pl.) 53-Spirit 127-Barters 36-Color 31-Devoured 104-Simian 55-Subjects for 129-Essence 105-Arabian DOWN discussion 130-River in seaport 56-Musical 38-Fondle France 40--Narrow 106--Resign 1-Just hove instrument 131-The urial -Chinese 108-Plunge clear of the 57--Corrupt 132-Diminishes openings pagoda 109-Sun 110-Prefix: god ground, as an 58-Tiny 61-Region 136-Fruit 134-Organ of sight 43-Tie down anchor 44-Old 111-Above 2-Dirt 63-Female horse 137-Binds 45-Bother 112-Retreats -Succor 64-God of love 139-Reach across 47-Lower 114-Condensed -Symbol for 68-Animate 140-Take one's 49-Mud moisture tantalum 70-Swindled part 50-Man's 116-Be ill -Dutch town 71-Moans 144-Collection of nickname 117-Wears away -A state 73-Evergreen tree facts 51-Scorn 119-Dregs 7-More distant Sacred image 145-The sun 54-Hind part 120-Mental image 8-Guido's high 75-Girl's name 146-Urge on 55-Pitch 122-Waits on note 77-More painful 147--Cry of dove 56-Dilatory 124-Title of 9-Cooled lava 78-King of the 148-Man's 59-Possess respect 10-Change color Hung nickname 60-Man's name 125-Traded for of 80-Ireland 149-Yellow ocher 62-Earthquakes money 11-Nerve 81-Unit of 64-Lampreys 126 -Be indignant networks Japanese 151-Man's 65-Afternoon at 12-Latin for currency nickname (abbr.) 128-Hawaiian "journey" 83-Brick-carry- 153-Parent 66-Compass point wreath 13-Equality ing device (colloq.) 67-Prefix: before 129-Wolfhound 87-Three-masted 155-Near (abbr.) 84-Goals stockade 133-Distant measure vessels 157-Chinese mile 69-Russian 131-Remain 14-Printer's 6 8 10 12 13 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 42 43 44 45 46 48 49 50 51 52 53 55 56 57 58 60 61 62 63 64 65 59 68 69 70 71 66 67 73 74 75 76 77 78 72 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 0186 87 88 89 90 91 192 93 94 95 96 97 199 1100 101 102 0103 98 104 1105 106 107 108 109 112 113 114 115 116 110 119 120 121 122 123 118 125 126 127 128 124 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 129 130 40 141 142 138 1139 145 146 148 149 143 144 152 153 154 155 156 157 150 151 159 161 158 Distributed by United Feature Syndicate, inc NORMAN VINCENT PEALE Keen Mind Needed For Daily Decisions Have you ever considered the number of decisions you have to make each day, both large and small alike. They may be trivial choices, such as what necktie or dress to wear- they may be decisions that will affect your whole life, such as whom to marry, what job to take or which way to turn.

Every day we must make decisions. And, if we are going to get along well in life, the majority of these must be successful ones. Sometimes we try to delay or avoid decisions. But this is never the final answer because, ultimately, we must decide and we must decide right. And it is very important to know how to make correct choices.

An extremely important factor in reaching successful decisions is to have faith in your own mind and in its power to deliver right answers to life's problems. I believe that every normal person is equipped to make the correct decision in any situation with which he is likely to be faced. NEED MORE PRACTICE Unfortunately, too many of us never really utilize this power of decision making, never realize its potential. We permit our minds, from whence this power must come, to become unpracticed. We do nothing to sharpen our decisive faculties and so indecision results in worries and conflicts which drain off energies.

Actually it is good practice to toughen our mental abilities by reading and thinking about big problems, not only our own, but the problems of the world. Perhaps you are not a serious reader. You read the newspapers but do you do much more than scan the headlines, the columns and comic strips? How long is it since you read and applied hard thinking to the editorial page or profounder articles on international affairs? It is important to take physical exercise but it is equally vital to exercise the mind's power to think. READ 'TOUGH' BOOKS Expose yourself to some serious reading matter on international affairs, politics and philosophy. Read a mentally tough book.

How long has it been since you wrestled with a tough book? And I mean a really tough one--so hard to understand that maybe even the author was straining his own understanding when he wrote it. A dull knife won't cut. Neither will a dull mind cut through knotty problems of life to reach answers that really answer. The best book I know for sharpening your mind so that you can develop the Dr. Peale mental power to make successful decisions i is the Bible.

From the Bible you get insight along with mental exercise. if you will make a practice of reading at least a chapter a day and really think about its meaning and let it soak into your mind you'll never have any trouble with making successful decisions. STIMULATING THOUGHT self, "To urr is human." 6. Make your dictionary your best friend. You need a pocket one for toting, a desk-size for homework.

For digging details on original, rare or special words or word origins, check at the library, in an unabridged dictionary. This will help you make good grades, get along with teachers and classmates. large vocabulary doesn't mean you should show off with big or strange words. It means improving ability to communicate with others. Variety, even in simple words, helps.

You'll never win friends or put point across by talking over others' and say to your- Finally, remember, having a RALPH AND TERRY KOVEL Know Your Antiques piece made about 1772 in Meissen, Germany. Meissen porcelain always has been eagerly collected and this exceptional figure grouping shows why. "The Judgment of Paris" is the subject of this Q. Is Meissen porcelain made by one special factory? A. Meissen porcelain is any porcelain made in the town of Meissen, Germany.

All early Meissen were made at the first famous Meissen factory in the 18th century. This is the factory of Bottgers, Marcolini and others. Q. What is a tavern table? The term seems to be used with confusion. A.

There is confusion about the tavern table. A tavern or tap room table any small table of the type used after 1675. They were used in the tap rooms as we use TV tables today. The lodger was fed on a small individual table. These tables had a stretcher around the bottom.

The stretcher, like the bar rail, was used as a foot rest. Do not use the term tavern table if you can find another description for your table. Q. I have a cut glass plate which has the name Libbey on the bottom of the plate. Can you tell anything about it? A.

mine New England Glass Company was founded in 1817 in East Cambridge, Mass. It made many types of glass wares. In 1848 W. L. Libbey became the president of the firm and in 1880, when his son joined him, the glass company became the W.

L. Libbey and Son Company. By 1892 the firm name was changed to The Libbey Glass Co. From 1880 the firm made cut glass and some of the better pieces were marked with the firm name. TIZZY by Kate Osann T.M.

Reg. U.S. Pat. Off. 1958 by NEA Service, Inc.

"That steak Mama bought last Saturday nearly killed my father. She told him the price." A friend of mine works at one of the big international banks in New York City and his advice is constantly sought in arriving at complex decisions in high finance. Yet, although he is keen and sharp, with a truly penetrating understanding, he is a modest, self-effacing humble man. I once asked him how he kept his mind SO keen. He told me that he arises each morning before seven.

He reads the Bible until seven thirty and meditates deeply on what he reads. He is: an accomplished linguist and, so, one day he reads the Bible in English, the next day in French, and the next in German. He says he understands the different shades of meaning better this way. After this mental and spiritual exercise, he is ready for his office and day's decisions. He likes best to read St.

Paul because he thinks St. Paul is "one of the toughest minds that ever lived." He once said to me: "Do you remember, back on the farm, when you wanted to whet a knife? You laid it on a turning grindstone? Well, that is what I do with my mind. I whet it on the great mind of St. Paul. I keep it sharp on one of the keenest minds that ever lived." Keep your mind sharp--your insights keen and discerning.

By such method you will be successful with life's decisions. WORD GAME (VITICULTURE: VIT-i-kul-tur. Grape growing) AVERAGE, 62 Words TIME LIMIT, 55 Minutes RULES OF THE GAME-1. Words must be of four or more letters. 2.

Words which acquire four letters by the addition of such as "hats," "eats," "dies." "hers," are not used. 3. Only one form of a word is used. For example, either "pose" or "posed," not both. When noun is formed from a verb by adding or "er," such as "poser," "finder," either the noun or the verb is used, but not both.

5. When an adiective is formed by adding an adjectival termination to another word, such as "worthy" from "worth," "poetic" from "poet," either the adiective or the word from which it is formed may be used, but not both. 6. Slang words are not used, nor words of foreign origin unless well established in English. 7.

Proper names are not used. At least 74 dictionary words of four or more letters can be found in "viticulture." Can you find more? Answers on Page 28. Sentimental Scientists To Retrace Darwin's Voyage By ALVIN STEINKOPF LONDON (AP) Half a dozen men are getting set for a sentimental journey into the past. They plan to retrace important sections of the historic trail Charles Darwin covered 125 years ago during his five year, round-the-world voyage on ship Beagle. The cruise gave him much of the material for his monumental work on evolution, "The Origin of a book that advanced the theories of natural selection and survival of the fittest.

The -man expedition will be headed by Dr. Martin Holdgate, a 27-year-old British zoologist. He leaves next week for Santiago, Chile, where he will join other members of the group. The expedition will among thousands of little known islands off southern Chile, many of which were visited by Darwin. And the scientists hope to gather data enabling them expand some of the great naturalist's concepts.

The expedition is sponsored by the Royal Society of Britain, foremost scientific organization in the country, and the Royal Society of New Zealand. Cooperating with them are the University of Chile, and the Chilean navy, which will provide ships to take the little expedition to remote, uninhabited spots among the islands. "Possibly we'll spot something that escaped Darwin's sharp said Hodgate. "That may be too much to hope for, but our approach will be somewhat different from his. He concerned with the origin of species.

We will be more concerned with the spread of LAST WEEK'S PUZZLE FRONT RADIO ROPER PEARLS FADS ORT SANE SP BOAR EGO SHE NEGS SONK HOPPED AVE TALE PANS MET NOTED TENET NERO ARE DIPS CASTERS EN YEARN GAP RS DE RAMA SOUND AnT REFUTED BRAT SNARE BRO MAD PYLON PERUSE SOLO CRENATE A ANTE DE SNIPS DOG WIDEN TAILORS POUR WAN DO RAND UR SAGE BORE AGR RATTAN STEM OPAN ETE TOR TEAS 010S SPATE DE PEDO BAR AVER PADRE COASTER BODER DIANA REPEATS the species. Why should there be similar creatures at the tip of South America and in New and Tasmania? How Zealand, make the big jump? Over a bridge of land which may have existed long ago? Over Antarctica when, eons ago, it was a warm continent? Or did they ride on a log carried along by ocean currents?" The team, including geologists Sen. Juan Karzulovic and Sen. Juan Yavera University of Chile, will make geological, botanical and zoological studles. Holdgate believes that the botanist of the expedition, Dr.

Eric Godley of the New Zealand Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, has the best prospects of turning up some scientific excitement. Seeks Old Pollens "Dr. Godley hopes to find some very old pollen, possibly of plants which no longer exist," said Holdgate. "The southern end of Chile has some very old and deep peat bogs, and peat bogs abound with clues to scientific mysterles. A granule of pollen is a very durable object, even resisting the corrosive powers of mild acids.

"There is pollen at the very bottom of some bogs, and some of it is of plants which no longer grow in Chile. It can be identified. So there is a botanical history of the land concealed in the muck of the bogs, and if we are wise enough we should be able to read it. The geologists should help us estimate the age of the bogs, and maybe throw some light on climatic and other changes which have come over this fascinating corner of the earth." The expedition is a part of the British observance of the 100th anniversary of Darwin's announcement of his theory of natural selection. He defined it as the process that brings about the survival of the fittest.

the preservation of those forms of animals and plants best adjusted to conditions under which they live, and the extinction of poorly adapted forms. The process, involving very slow mutations, accounts, he believed, for evolution. STAR By CLAY R. POLLANARIES UBRA MAR 22 4 Your Daily Activity Guide SEPT. 23 APR.

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