my cael FH Wednesday, January 27, 1965 SAANICH PENINSULA AND GULF ISLANDS REVIEW oe | . P AGE SEVEN HELPING TO BUILD A BETTER | _COMMUNITY SONVERSATION PIECE , Now Like id Cais Loaf! j By ‘DORIS LEEDHAM HOBBS “to'be known: as “Arabic”. ~ Week by week, I chuckle over my It was an Indian mathematician favorite humorist. Eric. Nicol, whose | column appears in our sister week- who made’the greatest of all contri- : ly, The Oak Bay Leader. butions to. arithmetic, . the invention | The oher. day. he was complain- of the place: value.. .We know that ing of the wreck that is being made | the value depends on. where the of our lovely rounded ‘numerals,’ by |"Umeral is placed viz, 1 and 2 can the up-to-the-minute computers. So | be either 12 or 21, depending on the| defaced are they, and so out of pro-| Sequence. _Thus, only nine numer- portion that, in many. cases, you | @ls and zero are required, to make | . don’t know if. they are right side up. | #7! arithmetical calculations. H Take eight, 8, for instance, .a CLUMSY SYMBOLS graceful, curving Arabic numeral in which your pen can enjoy the flow- [ti ing movement. | What is it now?—a dumpy, out-of- . a proportion. thing like an old-fashion- tien ea century we find ‘ed cottage loaf!.. We. have. called . : : ‘ nel umerals. Arabic for generations, | Mra and “in Insed and. were ut are they Arabic? .. ; being used in inscriptions .w ith FROM INDIA) ©) || dates. . "Long ‘before the, Arabs aot ‘hold of | Apparently the Greeks boasted i { Cc hatterton. Poses Question | W2eN Esquimalt-Saanich ‘member of. parliament, ‘Mr. George Chatterton, was home. ‘recently he expressed interest ‘in the: opinions of- his constituents regarding a... Possible vote on the death penalty. . . The member explained that he was not strongly in» ‘favor of its retention or its abolition. The question will | be presented to. parliament as a‘free vote, he explained, | and ‘he would appreciate the comments of his. constituents: | who have views on the matter.” : Readers may communicate with this paper. or directly with Mr. Chatterton in Ottawa, explaining their. opinions. Elimination of the death. ‘penalty would bring about alternative punishments’ for murder, normally «life .im- prisonment. If the death: penalt ‘is fulfilling its functio others, then the deat | | . : z i i | Ancient Greek and Roman -nota- ons were either alphabets. or clumsy symbols. y serves. asa deterrent to crime, it. nin society. If. it is:no deterrent to. h penalty is partly social vengeance:. and partly. caused by ‘the meanness: of ‘a society ‘which | will write off a-life instead of. keeping a prisoner... -- ~ Itis not a matter to be settled lightly. : Mr. Chatter- ton is very wise to seek the general opinion:.: Readers: will: 1) be doing: themselves and their Yepresentative in Ottawa. :, 5 | a service if they. will contribute. an opinion. . them. they - were’ used-_by Indian | their ‘superiority in’ science, and |. - merchants and: introduced: into Alex-, this incensed’ .‘a“ Syrian © called ‘Se-| andria “inthe ‘second century. A.D. | bokht andhe wrote. ““The- Hindus But,. listen,” 500° years’ before. that, computation’ by”. ‘means - of. signs Brahmi inscriptions used what came |1—9,. surpasses description; their |~ .- ince 3 : nae discov eries:.in -astronomy are’ more]: - ingenious than’ those. of the Greeks’’. | The knowledge: of © the ‘Zodiac | | seems to:have been known. in odiac| long before the Chaldeans and Su-| merians plotted the movements of | the constellations. HONOR WHERE DUE | Let us give honor where. honor is | due and remember that India in-| | ene oe pe te er . if, b: Pr statistics Ot the past three years indis requiring.” ‘Gilensive.; ‘hospitalization a . leate that ‘Close to 70 per-cent ‘of pa- ure usually transfered: to the, ‘Vic: = "| tients “from “the North. Saanich-Cen='| toria . hospital: Specializing - in. the = tral Saanich ar ea went to Rest | treatment, ~The ‘igures © are ‘valso | Haven. compared :: with. the corresponding Further statistics show that about a for the - United States, where ‘M& HTRACTOR ‘and EQUIPMENT — | 6429 PATRICIA BAY’ HIGHWAY * 652-1752 * Expert Tractor and Motor. ; Service : ard ‘7 per cent of cases handled: by Victoria hospitals were: Victoria area patients. Of Rest Haven admissions, 84 per cent in 1961 were from Saan- ich School . District... The following year saw Victoria hospitals discharg- 1 ing.76 per. cent: local residents, While jest Haven figure. was down ‘to $2.4 - 4 per cent. -In.-1963" the: Victoria: fig- pure had, ‘sear “cely. changed,: ‘The «fig- . pure. for ‘Rest Pisces was. ‘UP. ‘to. 88 Pa per: cent. no. hospital insurance scheme. ob-.: tains.. ‘The stay is further-reduced’: |: _ by economic restr; raints, Suggests the jreport. .°~ “ Final aspect of the: Feport : is. s the | comment from Rest: Haven: that’ pa- ° tients have: averaged 42 years. of age... -The hospital’ also notes that/in North. and Central : Saanich: there. -are-at’. least .21° “per” ‘cent: of the population’ ' |aged . 65: Bic. average . is 10.2: per: : ‘thousand: ‘and® the: Canadian: figure: ‘ f ‘The: average’ patient ‘stay at: ‘Rest | v OT. per thousand. . These: figures; ‘i an j Haven: isshown tobe rather Jess was: submitted; ‘would emphasize. th {than : ‘that cat ‘the Victoria. hospitals: ‘ned: for: more convalescent ‘beds: This ‘is. largely. because. the: diseases Tithe. are vented our lovely * — numer- * Electric and Acetylene als. .. . Welding For those of .us who are inter est- . we readin plaques and’ tombs. and ‘old! - Home: Gas. and ‘oil Products books. the. knowledge . “of Roman | ‘Massey-Ferguson Dealers | -f} NuMerals.is essential: Most ‘of the = - ‘P} old books I’ brought..to Canada‘ are | 19th": century, «and povashers used | . : ‘Mickey’ -Currier—Harola ‘Dwigee {the “Indian numerals; -.but~ one}: ‘rather: dilapidated: copy. of Smith's Rarer | Religion of Ancient, Britain. ds: dated} ——~ » sant More “than 134 -Million * visitor Z . Hospital. Needs Are Analyzed. “(Continued From Page One). 600 inthe central group’ and. 2.100 — ‘pensioners. - Estimate for» 1981: aS : lite (sp. and” i961. The younger “group Soe : rose | by: 44 per? “eent: ‘and. the’ older doom © Thos re . is mt . olen : by. 38.15 per. cent... The central ‘ group,: : pare: alt 16'to 69. showed.a: rise of 31 ‘Der cent. } In ‘1961, “1,397, “or. 46 per cent. Oniy: ; 45,000. BY: 1981 a patients in- Saanich. ‘School: District ‘The 1961. figure j is Showa a 4 440, used Rest Haven: ‘hospital facilities. If is estimated that’ by 1971: the ‘fig: | Another: ‘ZL. cases: ‘treated: at: the vie ure will have risen: to” 25, +300. ‘includ- ney Hospital, came from: Greater: va 7 from. al ees ‘for’ the construction f compiste's fae water SYS: a on beyond? In’ past. years ‘in- t m, _ comprising: ‘Approximately 0,5 » vestigations ‘of hospital services: have os ities. ranging: from. the provincial gov: a ernment: toe chi mibers: of: -commerce,. ~ Polio “Vaccine * in _ co-peratio i Provineial Health: Authoritics. New: Voc: tional” ‘Training. service: “for those ‘who: need: ‘special ' ‘Assistance. to. return” ito; saat cemployment after: medical “Areat : me Medical: “Rehabilitation, including a _ Samipment. “ors appliances: for. Vvomical. ane. Rest. Haven. 2 : wna is, f a broken into ‘school districts. ‘Central: “This advertisement is. not published or my Saunich,. Sidney: and. Nor th Saanich A ied by the Liquor. Control Noard represent. rather’ less - than: 15: per b, q rOF:Dy Mie Ogverament Of Blah Teent of of-the district population.: The: ) send eonteibations direct’ ‘to Thé Potiomeycditts and Rehabilitation Foundation 780 Vernon St, Victoria B.C. iene Sn meee ceetiaietngeial S taeataeietieaeema ceeteee charms | ‘TWO SUITES COMPLETELY FURNISHED efi - By SIDNEY FURNES, LID. Anas Following ieee at the. Same. ‘Times ». coe FB es ke ee aaedrdieaiaiuabraieatancciaimertadaterataira ee a aR ERNE cece L : VP i ped : s 7 pe 2902, BEACON AVENUE. SIDNEY