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Mayor Report dffifa On The Towns Business A and As We See ft Editors Corner Serving Newmarket and the rural districts of North York The Newmarket Era 185Z Published every Thursday 30 Weekly Newspaper The Express Herald on what do even and decisions of the aster tool nights Be sine- per with Of nillis by council to go with M Ottawa at he Of the Upper Holland Valley that can be done is our works any job available the frost is not deep instructed to tell the From The Files Of 25 And 50 Years Ago on phonograph ice Opinions ran the of of England the rector Ren Mil J Little I W J Ml church 36 by of heavy frame coj A accommodate upon which there is of those Mail Post Office Department Ottawa Ian Baxter Publisher Caroline Ion Editor George Haskctt Sports Editor Racine Production W Stefaniuk Advertising TH EDITORIAL PA THURSDAY THE FIFTH DAY OF MARCH NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FIFTYNINE a son Id have few rules but theyd be enforced After- studying literally bundled- thousands of cases I been forced to the conclusion that family discipline is the exception rather than the rule Boys dont become bad overnight They get away with little things because the parents ate too careless or too soft to punish them Presently the little offenses become big ones If I had a son Id try to be a pal lo my boy but I wouldnt cany that so far that I might he tagging along Often he wants to just be with his friends Id encourage him to join the Boy Scout but before he joined Id make a point of getting acquainted with the leader of the troop I think every child should have cer tain definite ditties to perform in the home After all the home is not only a place living it is a place of And Id have my son go lo church Whats more Id go with him Apart from religious instruction churchgoing is a means by which the young man would meet persons of fine character Bui above everything else Id try to understand my son For I fully realize that if I didnt Id be a failure as a dad EDUCATION FOR TOMORROW MOST IMPORTANT PRODUCT What is the most important product Canada offer to a world moving dizzily into a new age dent Claude Bissell of the University of Toronto says the answer is people cultivated and intelligent men and women He supports his contention by pointing to Hie Countrys senior civil servants especially those in the department of External Affairs Nothing he says has added more tn Canadas prestige than the reputation Ihey have gained at home and abroad In two addresses recently Dr discussed the rolfl of the university in increasing production of the kind of people Canada and the world needs He lold the Rotary club of Toronto that there must be a more positive attitude towards the selection of university students At present he said this selection is looked upon too much as a screen to eject instead of as a net to capture the worthy Scholarships and bursaries are not a new kind of family allowance lie insisted They arc instead the methods by which the country can most effectively anil inn- economical unlive its human re- Earlier the same day Dr welcomed a thous and high school teachers to the University of Toronto He assured them that the universitys great expansion program which is preparing for an enrolment of by 1068 will not lead lo mechanization in education We will do everything in our power to ensure that students will be citizens of a great community of scho lar he said individuals to be treated as individuals lo be assisted in llieu individual self development Classes which should be kept small will be kepi small he continued Large lectures will be supple mented with seminars and tutorials We shall strength- en the federated college system provide more staff and more residences There will still be room for wonder and the joy of discovery If had a son Id probably be frightened So much would depend on inc Id feel that it would lie my fault if my son didnt grow up to be a fine honest man a good citizen in every sense of the word If couldnt supply my son with sound character through home training Id know that none of my worldly ambi tions for him would ever he realized If I had a son I would do one thing Id tell him the truth Id never let him catch me in a lie because 1 wouldnt tell him any lies 1 wouldnt skimp the truth either That might be a trial at times for little boys sometimes very inquisitive and per Id The wed get together and find out Each year a parade of rogues passes under the eyes of the FBI Theyre all alike in one thing They are all liars The whole matter good citizenship revolves around the simple proposition of honesty A truthful boy is an honest boy And an honest boy grows Into a successful man A thief cant be truthful If I had fUllllR out of their infringe it ights their issues it the funetio of the state to its ttott of those act which rest on individual By Andrew Heart Throbs Humor There is a divided We wish to educate our children to meet challenge of the age with methods of the past Educators tell us education should be a joy and stress social concepts and altitudes for which the home is more responsible than the school The home atmosphere determines the pupils attitude toward his fellows his teachers and his studies Children need incentives make them satisfactory students Russia whose methods of education are being close ly studied stresses two a good education is a necessity in the world of today and tomorrow and a loyal Rus sian student who does not do his best commits treason Young Canadians have been willing to tight and some times even die for their country But going allout for her in the academic field another story Modern educators stress the incentive which conies with the joy of discovery in study Tin- feeling is kindled by proper teaching and enthusiastic teachers Once this fire is lit it continues until end of life Parents are too prone to make the school totdlv responsible for educa tion but it is a 0S0 proposition Let us be sure of our facts before we criticize the cost of education Costs have risen salaries buildings equipment all claim more of our tax dollar Salary increases are to he defended because higher salaries attract better teachers In spite of these increased costs per person was spent on education in Canada in For the same period liiiior and tobacco cost in that year in Toronto cents a day per family covered the educational cost from kindergarten through elementary schools including training in technical and commercial subjects Is that too high a price lo pay for equipping a child for the world In which he must Newmarkets school population is mounting he- cause of the rapid increase in suburban development Two public schools and two additions have been built in less than 10 years to meet the needs of elementary education in the community At the secondary school level in spite of a recently completed all years This only takes into account the pupils now in the elementary schools If the influx of new residents continues the school will be crowded in three years We must keep ahead of this tide of increasing popula tion We must assure new generation of training which will fit them to live In a new and challenging world CANADIAN RED CROSS Again it is March and again we are reminded by Red Cross thai a certain amount of funds is neces sary to maintain Ihe splendid work of this organization We lend to forget that the Red Cross depends Upon people see that it is ready for any emergency By contributing to Hie Red Cross campaign we can read proudly of the activities of Red Cross on our behalf in places like SpriughlUi In Austria after the Hungarian We can read the names of our youngsters who have received their Water Safely awards knowing that we have contributed to the society that makes such excellent instruction possible We can go to our local blood clinic confident in the knowledge that if and when ft transfu sion is necessary for a member of our family that the right kind of blood will be in our hospitals blood bank Should an illness hit our homes we know that we can borrow a wheelchair a hospital bed or a pair or crutch es from the lied Cross Loan Court of Opinion Easter Seal Campaign