CASTLEGAR NEWS, Thursday, Sept. 20, 1962 History of Pulp and Paper Down Through the Years The first step which led even- tually to the making of paper — and the development of the pulp and paper industry today — was taken by the Egyptians who made Nile from the tall reeds of the ng layers of the reed were pected, "ott and Tinced aide by side until a strip of desired width was obtained, The strips were then crossed with other layers Placed at right angles. The whole sheet was gummed together with adhesive, dried in the sun, and then rubbed to a sur. face that would take ink. The ear- lest papyrus document goes back to 3,600 B.C., and papyrus was us- ed as late as the 10th century of the era. The credit for pa- per, as we know it, Roca to the Chinese, who, in the eurly centur. les of the Christian era mode paper from rags, from hemp, and from various plant fibres, ‘More. than this, they produced paper sized and loaded to improve its quality, and papers for a wide variety of pur- poses, even including colored pa- pers and napkins, Thus the art of making paper was fully developed long before it Passed beyond the borders of China. The actual sredle for inventing paper dates back to A.D. 105 and goes to one Ts'ai Lun, a privy councillor. But whether he was the real inventor, or merely the official who claimed the credit, is 'uncer- tain. But in any event Chinese re- the t cords School Children Should Have Eye Examinations The B.C, Optometric ‘Associa- tion has stressed the importance of students having vision examina. tions, In its publication Vision News; 3 in an article entitled, “Vision... Intelligence . . . Learning,” the province's optometrists stress the relationship between vision. and scholastic achievement. - Quoted in the article is Dr. Peter Spencer, noted reading au- thority of Claremont ‘College: “Many pupils, even though they possess normal, healthy eyes, need to learn how to use them efficient- | ly for ordinary seeing. - “Vision is not an inheritance and not a natural resource, but a Product ‘of growth and develop- ment. We acquire vision through experience in using our eyes. We learn to see.” The publication disclosed that reading is done .by a series of sweeps and stops across each line. In reading 100 running words, the eyes have to focus and relax 90 Built Up Roof Work ‘and. Reofi times at the college level, At the first. grade level, this process is even: more demanding—up to 200 times ‘per 100 words.