In a system of combat where strategy is as highly developed as it is in jiu-jitsu it is to be expected that the student will have to deal with the problem of shamming by his opponent. Indeed, the jiu-jitsian never hesitates to sham when by so doing he can gain any advantage.
The only shamming that […]
The grower’s task, and it is no easy one, is to set in motion the complicated growth processes of the orchid plant, and, through maintenance of proper balance, insure continuation of that process. Using the energy provided by light, the green leaf chlorophyll transforms the carbon dioxide from the air and the mineral salts from […]
A new system, once it gains momentum, is hard to control, and it accrues by-products that were not anticipated and that are not always desirable. Such has been the case with dating. There are all sorts of problems involved for the dating individuals; but just a few of a rather general nature may be mentioned […]
Sometimes the spirit of a school can do with some lifting. Any of the stunts below will do just that!
Have a competition in “RAISING THE SCHOOL SPIRIT” by using two or three “Balloons”, “Thermometers” or “Rubber Plants.” (Even a person under a sheet, or in a large box, carton, etc., or a small boy […]
The practice of keeping a parrot as a pet in a cage is a very ancient one, going back hundreds of years, and calls to mind at once the almost legendary figure of the sailor bringing home in its round cage the parrot he has picked up in foreign parts; and this is no doubt […]
Most people begin shooting craps at home. Just in case you’ve never played the game at all or are a beginner we’ll start with the fundamentals of play, and then touch on betting.
You throw a pair of dice, two cubes, bearing dots 1 to 6 inclusive. If the dots total 7 or 11 on the […]
