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page 2 the tribune thursday feb 27 1969 gumuiiiiiiuiiiiiuiimiuiiii laes juiuui wribum a centennial all our own few village residents will recall a year in local history to compare with the twelve months of 19g7 while those closest to the promo tion of that program possibly heav ed a sigh of relief when it was all over the same persons would be the first to admit that by comparison socially if no other way 1968 was a bit of a flop for some of the same volunteers or perhaps a completely new crop of organizers there are fresh signs of a new outlet for energy within eight short years stouffville will mark its 100th an niversary as an incorporated village in 1977 the chairman of the public li brary board mr h j waite last week brought the potential celebra tion date to the attention of council while to most of us eight years may seem like a long time in the fu ture it cant come too soon with major changes in governmental sup ervision and municipal boundaries pending we hope its not too late looking into the future what do students of grades 12 and 13 predict for the future of secondary school education say fifteen years from now if such a question were posed the majority would have an answer and many no doubt would be basically correct checking through back issues of the tribune we came across one dated march 30 1950 in it was edi torial comment from students of that day in some instances their predic tions have proved amazingly accur ate mary stouffer of grade 13 for ex ample urged the elimination of sub ject barriers between grades and rec ommended a broader selection of courses in which to specialize this we know is the trend today margaret hisey also of grade 13 strongly criticized the use of final examinations to decide a pass or fail ure of students in upper school some students who have had an ex cellent record during the year will crack up when it comes to writing the finals she said while others who have had a poor record will cram the night before and manage to scrape through is this fair she asks should not ones work during the entire year be taken into ac count why should an intelligent stu dent be denied his year and a moron be allowed to pass the most strik ing fact to me concludes margaret is how anyone can expect a fellow human to learn remember and write a whole years course in nine subjects and pass them all cannot some other system be worked out one in which a student worthy of passing is allowed to pass that was nineteen years ago the revised system is now being put into practice phyllis clarkson grade 13 writes down in the dingy basement of a red brick building is the graduating class of stouffville high school let us open the thin flimsy door to see the true condition of this dungeon as we stumble over a small step we find ourselves in a rather stifling at mosphere there are three rows of seats accommodating eighteen stu dents pipes of different shapes and sizes run along the ceiling they shake and sway also hanging from the ceiling is a small radiator the only source of heat if it is turned on the room is too stuffy if the door or window is opened the room is too cold the teachers voice is drowned out by the noise of public school children the lighting system con sists of two glaring 60 watt bulbs headaches are a majority complaint and colds are a habit the only thing attractive about the room is a calen dar donated by the boys from one of the local garages on it is a picture of a beautiful young girl in a daring pink dress the final year is hard enough without having to put up with these deplorable conditions says the writer next year let us strive to have grade 13 in a more pleasant room with more cheerful surroundings faye oneill also of grade 13 states a system of school areas is badly needed a good example of this need is in our own community it would provide improved accommoda tion and facilities thus making school life more enjoyable faye points to the lack of a pro per auditorium cafeteria and library put all these things together and they spell new school she says a school area would provide a solu tion to our present problems in stouffville and adjacent communi ties too it must be admitted weve come a long way uiiiuiniunimihiiiiihiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit i do you remember s s 17 markham dickson s this classroom photo at dicksons hill public school ss no 17 markham township should stir a few mem- orles the year is 1925 the teacher extreme left is miss jean reesor students are front row 1 to r lome h byer lewis reesor cecil hightower clifford barkey lome banks lloyd byer howard hoover second row i f s to r bernice robinson helen baraett ada hoover margaret robinson mary reesor mary hoover lyle robin- son kenneth barnett walter baraett alfred suderman erie byer third row 1 to r eleanor mover fanny suderman will barkey earl hoover cecil banks arthur williamson carl hoover sam barkey clarence banks thomas grove rear row i to r edith hoover freda kirk grace byer vera banks nellie grove ruby high- tower jean grove margaret grove alma ramer mabel banks s simiiiniiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiinmmiiiiiiihiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiihiiiiiiiimiiiih sugar and spice student discontent or minority rule by bill smiley i where spring waits just around the corner b spring may arrive a few weeks late at the resort region of chalk lake lx- j bridge twp but for the residents who arc fortunate enough to live there its 1 a season worth waiting for siaft photo g aniiinniraiiihmiinmiiiiiiiiihiiiiinimniihhmihiiiiniimiiihiihimhiiimiiihiiiiniiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii7 my mind is so scrambled right now that ill be lucky if i can write three understandable sentences ive been trying to explain to my daughter in an hour or so such things as marxism and communism why the russian and chinese types are different where fidel castro fits in why where and when the nation of israel was created and why the jews notably nonbelligerent for about 15 centuries have a chip the size of a brick on their shoulders these days from there we wandered to ma- hatma ghandi the congo national ism in africa separatism in canada the black power movement in the states gjrowing antisemitism am ong negroes and her biology test on the dissection of rats which takes place tomorrow morning golly it would be nice to have once again a little girl who asked such simple questions as dad does god have to go to the bathroom 1 it all began with a discussion of the student militants at universities she is appalled at the violence of the hard core of pacifists who lurking in the forefront of all the young idealists and the middleaged liber als deliberately resort to violence in their efforts to catch headlines be martyrs and destroy an idea which has taken almost 1000 years to build the university thankfully we agreed that vio lence begets violence and that neither of us wants any part of the whole stupid business admittedly the universities are sitting ducks over the years they have grown as sleepy and fat and in dolent as an old tomcat who has been fixed they have almost taken pride in their administrative inefficiency their moribund traditions their cosi ness with the establishment write a letter to a university three weeks later you will receive a reply either a form letter or something complet ely alien to what you asked and admittedly students univer sally have always been among the vanguard of rebels against the sys tem political or social thats because theyre idealistic want action and are inclined to see things in blacks and whites or today blacks and reds but the fact remains that the uni versities over the years have be come the only truly free centres al beit timid of sound criticism of so ciety and its ills in addition to their normal function of teaching people to think andor learn a professional skill and another fact remains the uni versities on the whole under pres sure from within and without have made a tremendous effort to rouse themselves from their stately torpor and scramble into the twentieth cen tury even though its twothirds over in the process they have leaned over backward to free themselves of the rigid puritan traditions of even 20 years ago when i was there liv ing in mens residence we were al lowed to bring girls into the place once a year on a sunday afternoon for a heavily chaperoned cocoa and cookie party in the common room now wow im not advocating a return to those days when university men and women were treated like bright ju veniles who were basically sexfiends and alcoholics but i am dismayed to see these oncegreat institutions cowering and cringing under the attacks of mal- contented marxist wolfcubs who represent a fraction of student opin ion as mordecai richler pointed out recently the real yuk of the whole affair is that while the student ac tivists endorse anything up to the burning of buildings they are scared stiff lest they get a police record which would be a serious detriment when they try to get a job in the system they are trying to destroy the solution kick out the hard- nosed boys and girls for whom de mocracy is a sham anyway sock it to them with the law when they dis turb the peace or commit vandalism and get back to the business of edu cating or teaching to think the vast majority who want those things so now im a fascist and a tool of the imperialist press i knew it at heart jqtimtotkfdjhyo dear sir members of stouffville planning board may have the planning inter ests of the village at heart but their refusal of a trailer sales and service lot on main street east remains somewhat of a mystery albert hudson the applicant is asking for exactly the same privilege at the new site that he had at the old location near the cnr tracks both lots to my understanding are in cl zones it would appear that every time someone attempts to open up a com mercial venture in a commercial zone near the fire hall the council and planning board get very panicky over a socalled parking problem in that area i wctuld suggest that there would be no more congestion at a trailer sales depot than at a jewellry store or a bowling alley if planning board refuses to re consider its decision i hope the ap plicant takes this issue further i feel the ontario municipal board would take a more lenient view for fair play dear sir would you please publish this let ter for the protection of animallov ers and pet owners if you care about the safety of your dog or cat write at once to your local member of the provin cial parliament and urge him to op pose the bill that will comptel the humane societies to hand over all unclaimed animals for medical re search main objections to this bill are 1 canada has no legislation as has great britain to protect animals once they are in the hands of re search scientists let us get this bill delayed at least until we have a par allel law which sets some limits to the pain and terror which may be inflicted on one animal 2 it is cruel to use for research animals which have been household pets to some degree humanized researchers should breed animals for their own use 3 if humane society inspectors are required to present a warrant be fore entering any premises where an animal is being abused humane res cue work will be hampered seriously the passing of this bill will set ontario back 50 years in humanitar ian work ethelwyn wickson secretary york county branch ontario humane society dear sir as a mother of a recently enrolled brownie i attended a special cub- scout and brownieguide service in the stouffville united church sun day evening it was an impressive gathering and i was proud that i could share in the service with my daughter as i looked around at all the young faces i couldnt help but wonder about their parents they were no ticeable by their absence it seems strange to me that for this onceayear worship the moth ers and dads couldnt accompany their sons and daughters to church instead of dropping them off or send ing them with a goodhearted neigh bor is it any wonder that so many young people leave church when they reach their teen years from what i have seen many moms and dads are to blame for they fail to set a proper example its high time we took a look at ourselves mrs mia jenkinson wht utriiune established 1888 iv c h nolan publisher jim thomas editor noel eoey advertising published every thursday by the stouffville tribune limited at 51 main st stouftville ont tel 6io2i01 sine- copies 13c subscriptions s500 per year in canada s730 elsewhere member of audit bureau of circulation canadian weekly newspapers association and ontario weekly newspapers association authorized a second class mail post office dept ottawa the hat still fits by jim thomas if the top buttons missing from the tartan vest this week and the mouton busby fits a little snug atop the head its all because of a little act of kindness bestowed on me last week by the judges of the better newspaper competition of ontario after prolonged and thoughtful deliberation they ruled roaming around as the second best writ by hand column in all weekly entries from across the entire province wow what an honor and cer tainly unexpected to be honest the decision to enter the column contest was a lastmin ute affair so lastminute in fact that i had time only to tuck three sample copies into the envelope as our tribune girl friday was tiptoeing out the door to the post office to say that i was elated at learn ing the good news would be putting it mildly im still walking on eleva tor shoes and slightly stooped to avoid a subconscious collision with the ceiling the rude awakening to the more fundamental facts of a workaday world should come by the weekend although local readers are not aware of it and the judges did not realize it the award could not have come at a better time it may be the means of preserving that permanent link in our family circle you see this column has been a bone of contention within our house hold ever since its introduction back on march 26 1964 since it must be completed by monday morning it means that my wife and children must sacrifice each and every sun day afternoon to meet this rigid deadline while other moms dads and kids are out skidooing swim ming or just plain lazing around im lodged down at the office pounding out my weekly epistle to fill an exact ing space reserved for this purpose to be honest i have sometimes ques tioned the worth of it all the award has given my sagging spirits a tre mendous lift i broke the news to my wife and family on saturday at noon guess what i said my usual introduc tion to a surprise subject ive won a prize she thinking it was a lucky draw on a nanny goat from the sales barns raced to the kitchen window to see if anything on four legs was tied up to the downspout relieved to learn that her fears were unfound ed she returned from whence she had so suddenly departed whats it this time she asked hoping for the best but expecting the worst ive won a prize on my column second in ontario isnt that some thing forgetting all those sundays she remained home neglected and alone she jumped off all twos and wound her arms around my neck oh im so proud she said between sniffs her eyes grew all watery and redrimmed peace on the home front had been restored the main problem of a columnist at least this one is what to write about the subject must be of suffi cient interest to keep a reader read ing past the first paragraph it also must be reasonably factual for if its not you can be sure in a village the size of stouffville the truth will find you out take for instance bill smiley an old pro at the writing game he has none of these worries with all the talents of both the teaching profes sion and the newspaper business going for him hes assured of suc cess for me its different im not sup posed to please the people of punkey- doodles corners mr smiley can look after them my main interest is in the folks who read the tribune and weekly or weakly as the case may be i try to give it my sunday best but how is one to ascertain the likes and dislikes of 20000 readers that question is pretty well ans wered by unsigned letters i received this week reduced slightly in con tent the one reads what makes you feci that everyone in stouffville is in terested in what goes on at 381 ru pert avenue personally im not and my neighbor says the same gulp the second reads congratulations on winning your award it is well- earned we enjoy roaming around very much it adds a personal touch to the tribune that is sadly lacking in many weeklies thanks