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The CanadiUn Statesman, EowmnMe4,Ma?.1,97 * ~ 4'by Richard Nee High school students! Here'u 4sacher who is on Your ide, or ata rate is on the side you should be :4-hat of true education. Rer naine is J< .eninett, she teaches at Clarke Hi *S&hoo1 in Newcastle, just the other si "& Oshawa; and I think her views, emoutlined in the following letter, are ji ,as important as they are exciting: I would divide the school year ir q4o terms of a littie under five mcnti nd the school day into four perio( ~$o in the morning and two in thei ~rnoon. with possibly a fifth perii >te in the day for students who wishg ~oaccelerate. e4 I would give complete freedom ,,1*-zoice to students in the subjects chosf Sstudy, expecting the average studej OF40 take four subjects at a tume. T] ài,ýslow learner," however, could ta]. ý*niy three or even two, whereas th l.imnbitious student could take f ive if h :ý»ished and even take extra subjectsi :-#tedsumnnmer, thereby enabling hini t é4rauate£romhigh school in four year jr less if he wanted to. *> Let the subjects be arranged on Zgredit system: one credit for Grade *.*d10 subjects, two credits for Grade 1 .p,1nd 12 subjects, and three credits fo 4*,rrade 13 subjects. According to OUI u,:resent curriculum, this would accumu 4,'*te to about 70 credits for what we offei ,::;9)-Jbo to the average student graduatiî 4,from Grade 13. And why flot offei .4.c-redits for travel or other notable :>chievements? Why flot iiclude sub. ý:ects like philosophy, law, draina, psy. 4hology, or a survey course in the de- ~:elopment of Western culture? Such a e?,redit system could be very adaptable. I would have students pass or fai] ,,-*dividual subjects, flot whole ternis or +!,vhoIe years, as they do now! Our pres- ý,'.nt system is completely absurd in this r,-espect, and totally uneconomic in ternis ý.f teacher and pupil time; it has the I ~diulusdouble disadvantage of mak- iAng students sit again through subjects 'they have passed, on the one hand, and, ,,,On the other, of tempting the admini- 4stration to promote students into higher ý.. grades when they are manifestly unfit tostudy ail the subject matter. 1 have l ~ad students in my Grade 12 English ',,'lass who should neyer have got beyond '.Grade 10 English; yet they have been ,.: fromoted because they are reasonably eood in science or mathematios. Or be'cause they were old. In such a systeni I would minimize .examinations, or at least make their resuits only one consideration ini pass- fng a student in a particular subject. In ech a systeni I would foster a leisure- dénie atraosphere, witk,,time.4to- ýhink, with tume to go off on tangents of ;le students' or the teacher's making, <.ývith tume to experiment and observe ::;'énd explore, with tume to take care. 4:-V'nder the present systeni I find myseif !*;èonstantly frustrated because I have to ::'Itsh parts of the course, because just ., when a fascinating avenue of study £uihoula.d cs Second JOHN M. IAMES bzouxus Ldhamn in Globe& Mail 9a opens before us I. have to jerk myseif any and my students back to the grim reali- on, ty of inpending examinations. 1 agret ian that a teacher cannot teach a student; igh he cari only tempt hlm to learn. And a ide student will ot truly put any effort into ,as learning a subject that is thrust upon just hlm; if he does pass a compulsory sub- ject that he does not like, itâis for -an un- ito worthy reason. Therefore I agree with th, you - give the student absolute choice. )ds, 0f course, I can hear the critics. af- Students would make mistakes, they od say. But would any mistake a student ied niight make, involving perhaps one- eighth of his school year, or one-quarter, of be any more calamitous than his failing -e the whole year, and, besides, piling up nt the frustration and indignity of failure, 'e with alI its complex psychological train ce of inferiority and potential neuroti- ;e cism? Anyway, by the tume a student he got to his third year, surely he would in have the initiative to scrutinize the uni- t, versity entrance requirements and it tr would not be too late for hin-& to pick up a missing subject. a Such a systemn could be put into 9 operation in any of our present schools, i but I cannot resist telling you about the Dr ideal layout for such a school as 1 ima- r gine. It would be circular, with all the u.classrooms radiating froni the central ?r core of the building - the library. tg The library would be huge, with a ?r door to every classrooni. The class- [e rooms would be irregular in shape, -larger than our standard classrooms, r. with room for students to wander -about, with rooni for novel desk ar- a rangements, with teaching machines,f ?. reference books, etc. I imagine the building, architectu- * rally, as having a kind of centrifugal *force, as it were, spinning the students gout into the world. There would be es- scalators, and no matter how large the cschool, it would be remarkably easy to b get froni one part to another quickly. I C would have a music and drama wing on hý one side, and a complete physical edu-L cation department on the other, with h the distractions of playing fields and t orchestra practice far removed froni the academic area. There would be study roonis and common rooms - and I had already thought of a common rooni, next to the staff room, for senior students, where staff and students could mingle and dis- cuss! And if there is nothing stronger, let us have coffee and tea available for n< both staff and students. Ahl of this would h e terribly expent-h sive, the critics say. I wonder. If we Et( want value for our educational dollar, sh-ldwe.J realize bow..xnuch, a fail- H ing student cbsts us, not bnly financial- e ly but emotionally? 0f course, if our de« aum is to keep young people off the la- Vi' bor market, it does flot matter. But when I corne to believe that this is an- important consideration I will face the final disillusionmient and resign from 'I Report rnm Oa waEUDE t By Russell C. Honey, M.P. An end of the week potpourri from re~n M.P.'s notebook. SWhen I spoke to the Rotary Club ,e:f Port Hope on Monday evening we ::had an excellent question period *:t, precedent I would like to follow in :Xubseq uent meetings. A short question 'q.,an bring, hopefully, a short answer! SOn Tuesday evening J 'visited Kings- :ere as the guest of, Mr. Speaker Lucien *,iamoreaux. Located in the Gatineau :ý'Iil1s 20 miles from Ottawa the home ~nd furnishings were lef t to the Cana- ~4iian government by the late Mackenzie tý',ing. It is now designated as a residence :io..r the Speaker of the flouse of Com- *4ions. SThe furniture of Mackenzie King *'.the bed in which he slept and died, .ý*Se desk at whîch he worked, the bible :hair, complete with his bible, are stili *"jntact. :.:The original resident of Kingsmere *,*as a dour friendless man who devoted Zeis life to the office he held longer than .i-,'ny other Commonwealth Prime Min- îý.te.ie occupied a lonely office and -mnyone of his colleagues ever feit close t*ough to cali him by his first ziame. Port Hope and area residence wi« recaîl Stuart Ryan who practiced la' in Port Hope for niany years. He wa in Ottawa Thursday ta present a brie ta the Special Joint Committee oi Divorce Refonni. Stuart is now a Profes sor of Law at Queens University. Hi looks well and sent his regards to hi many friends in Durhami. On Fniday the Prime Minister can ce]led a planned 10 day holiday ...i mistake in my opinion. He has not bac a vacation for well over a year and hE bas a staggering work load abead o. him in this Centennial year. Ahead of bum this year Mr. Pearsor has visits from 60 beads of state. Car you imagine what this entails with the protocol and formalities that must be observed. Among the 60 heads of state will be the Queen, General De Gaulle, President Johnson and sa on. These responsibilities will be extra, because the Prime Minister will still have his usual parliamentary, a d mi n istrative and the other functions which devolve froni day ta day on a Prime Minister. Anyone looking for a "soft" job? 'k. Ute %nrn 11#1 * los , The. Newcastle Indêpendent The. Orono News eu.Le' Clae, Mai bYth@ Pont Office Depi., Ottawa, and fer paymeat of postage la cash Produc.d every Wednoedcty by THE JAMES PUBLISHING COMPANY LIMED P.O. e0z 190 62.66 Kingq St. W., Eowmainvill.. Ontcrro GEO. W. GRAHAM GEO. P. MORRIS ADYTO. MAUAlyffl. seloae nwhole or in part cacd in any gru Wb.teoeie,. v lmlry ~potefflq"aor tIi Umsia uUtnmuet b. obitad trmtbep» j e mdh piie,£y huhofe rqpmdwuln wgl u «bJecte .recours.inla 1w.,*'i'.liiuum» SUBSCRIPTON BATEi 45.W00 oY.ar tucty la adwe U-8650 o« Y.arla the. uufls< tai Cutting Yonge St. in 1795 1I Il Col. John Graves Simcoe, the fîrst lieutenant governor of Upper Canada, supervîsing the Queen's Rangers as they cut out Yonge Street in 1795. Simcoe named the highway after Sir George Yonge, then secretary of state for war and an MP from near Simcoe's family estate in Devonshire. It was no meandering busli trail. The Rangers took four months to clear Yonge and their mîhitary pre. cision kept it straight as a ruler for most of the 30 miles froni York to Lake Simncoe. Extensions pushed through to Georgian Bay during the next 25 years. WVhen the work started, the province was only four years old and the first trees had been eut down in the district by Loyalist settlers from the south only a few years earlier. But already the fanms were neatly laid out and growing high- quality wheat. One English traveller noted that between Montreal and Niagara,' "in sa infant asettiernent, it would have been irrational to expect that abundance which bursts the granaries - of more cuitivated countries. There was, however, that kid of appearance which indicated tha t with economy and îndustry, there would be enough." Successive waves of immigrants followed the Loyalists into Upper Canada. Thousands of settlers came from the United States, attracted by free mad in the Niagara Peninsula and along the north shore of Lake Ontario which ýord Simene gave to those -who took the oath of allegiance to King George. Vennonites f locked into the Grand River country. A heavy influx of settiers f rom îe British Isles laid the foundations of Western Ontario. rThis picture is one of a series which readers may wish to clip and save courtesy nperial Oil). Suife 19 1070 Haro Street, Vanicouver 5. B. 'itor: Dear Sir: Let's face it. Everyone in is right mind wants to see e fighting in Vietnamn 20p. But, as writer Ernest ýmnngway said when urg- .by' -a Sûv*t C=ntem'ipora 'Y to sign a petition con- mning U.S. policies in ietnamn: In the im $1 a ',el i 9 half a war - OUR HALF! I beg of you ta ask VOUR people ta join us in con- demning ALL war and ta stop sending machines of death through North Viet- nam for use against the South!" To that I can only say "Amen." Certainly no cre- dance cari be given e- one-, sided view of the 'Vietnam war wbich consistentlv sees Distant Past From the Statesman Files 25 YEARS AGO as Mrs. Donald Poole is visit- ef ing ber parents in Bloom- nr field. s- Mrs. Eleanor Durno and her well known gcoup of le Cheeia Entertainers pre- .9 sented their popular vanietv program at the Active Serv- te ie Canteen i n Toronto, Sunday evcnling, to a ca- a pacity audience. Numbered d among the audience were ,e the distinguished English factors Sic Cecric and Lady Hardwicke who also enter- tained the bux's for a few moments. Sir Cedrie on be- ing introduced ta Mrs. Durno, in bis graciaus man- fier, complimented ber and the Cheerio group on their Performance. Lieut. D. W. McArthur, Ottawa, is visiting Mcs. Me- Arthur on two wceks' fur- lough prior ta pcoceeding ta the Pacifie Coast. He was on the original staff at the local Interment Camp prior ta bis promotion. Mc. Hughi Blair, formerly of Trenton, has assumed management of the Do- minion Store bere. Mr. Max Craig, who was manager here followîng Mn. Gilbert Jones promotion, bas re- turned to Toronto. Miss Anne Buttery, R.N.,1 Supt. First Aid Post, Ajax 1 Industries. Pickering, visit-1 ed Mrs. J. M. Jamnes.1 Misses Kitty Storey and 1 Agatha Tait, St. Hiilda's,1 Toronto' spent the weekend 1 wtthei, rens parents. Miss Fanny Flett, Fenelon 1 Falls, bas returned home 1 aften visiting ber aunt, Mrs.1 J. E. Flett; Mrs. Flett ne- 1 turning home witb ber. f Mn. Bob Mcllveen, D.I.L.,a Nobel, and Mr. Art Star, cbernist at D.IZL., Pickering, I wene guests with Mn. and s .Mns. F. O. McIlveen. I Miss Esther Barnett of I the Goodyear secretarial staff, spent Sunday with herE parents at Providence. h Pte. R. Pappin, lst Mid. ai lands, visited Mn. and Mrs. 'Lee, North Bowmanville.- V Mrs. Wallace Battle, Osha- wu, was Sunday guest «o ý P Mr. and Mrs. Charlea Mut- ton. a Lient. Wallie ïBraden, oftna Kitchener, ape the week- end with 0r. Brauen, W ~p1I*llqw ~0Ooe ha 49 YEARs AGO (March 7, 1918) Captain Albert Norton of Buffalo, N.Y., President of the Buffalo Branch Masters' Mates' and Pilots' Organiza- tion, is paying his annual visit ta his native town. Rev. C. W. Barrett, Lake- field, was in town Friday, visiting his sister, Miss Bar- rett. Mrs. Jno C. Truli, Toron- to, was down aver Sunday wl th ber father, Mr. W. H. Williams, Church St. Because of iii - h e a 1 t h- Brigadier Gen. Ruttan has been retired as command- ing officer o1 Military Dis- trict No. 10. His place will be taken by Major-General John Hughes, Orono, on March 15. General Hughes will retain bis duties as In- spector General of Western Farces. Mr. J. J. Gillfîlan, Orono's weil know Druggist and Optician, bas just completed a five weeks' special optical course in Toronto. He has been successful in mastering the advanced course of the Canadian Optbalmic Col- lege and been awarded the College Post Graduate Di- ploma. Mrs. M. MacDonald wbo has been cbief operator in the Bell Telephone office here, bas been transferred ta Brighton. Miss GI1 a d y s Palmer bas been appointed ta fi the position in the local office fnrmerly held by Mrs. MacDonald. Mr. and Mns. George Rae, 1 Bruce County, visited M. 1 Wm. Corarn, Orono. Mr. ( Rae Is Iightbouse keeper an 1 Lake Huron.CBath were 1 formerly of Carke Town- 1 hip.1 M. and Mrs. Garnet H. ( Duncan, Richmond Hill,j spent the weekend with ber .ancles, Messrs. James and Robent Beitb. Mrs. Jesse E. L. Cole,. r n amton, as been guest of! mer unnle, Dr. W. E. TiIley, v ad other friends in town. P The Misses Hazel and 0. Viola Rogers are attendmn g tt Duff's Coilege, Pittsburg, f P a . t Mr. George Dinner, Port fO Irituin, h"asuold his 100 cm cme farm to Mr. Tufferd. ri Lieut. B . .Rowe, Orono, t ,elJ-known'in Bowmanviue, bas <ose to the. United Pl States cm buun fer ithe mmWUa 3epur"ot. Wset and communist North Vietnam as the sweet, in- nocent Dorothy. It's time Canadians began marching with placards calling for "Fair Play for the U.S.A.! Yours sincerely, February" 28th, 1967 Dear Mr. James: When the Easter Seais were maîled last week it n-arked the 2th anniversary of the Bowmanville Rotary Club's Easter Seal Campaign in support of the work of the Ontario Society for Crippled Children. The concern of the people af Bowmanville and district for the Crippled Child bas been demnonstrated by the very generous response ta our appeals during the past 19 years. Without this, aur program- of work 'with crippled children in this On bebalf of the ]Rotary Club Of Bowmanville, I ex- tend aur most sincere tbanks. Yours very truly, K. C. Purdy, Chairman, Easter Seals Commrittee, Sunderland, Ont., Feb. 21, 1967 Dear Mr. James: ! cOlngratuiRt You on your editorial of the 12tb. CDr.à Dynond, in praise of Canada, ta the Canadian club, quoted from Deuter- onomy 8, but unbappily omnitted tbe essential verses, 6, 10-16. Canada bas much richness, not man-made, but bec true nichness must also be in the deeds of those wbo aspire ta the best. A city is Made great, not bY Babels or archers. If the world does came ta Expo, I hope Canada wi]l be judged, flot by a mechanical, transient show - even a flowing bas- pitalitY - but by aur best selves. Unhappiîy aur first cent- ury closes witb an exposition cf disrespect, deep division and ]ack a! faitb in the competence of obedience te God, and o! spiritual force in public and athen affairs. 'It was Positive Christian force, layalty and character that Made and kept Canada free. This is the flaming torch that we sbould be carrying inoa ur Second. Yet amnid the repetitiaus Praise and advertisement, I hean no one declaning for loyalty ta igt, and thus Canada, that is beyond 'pro- jects', nepublican t r a i n Aibistles and flag waving. I Wvonder what thoughtful Youtb think of the worthi- ness a! spending billions-?- as we Plan, wbile an endlesa 'ariety o! needed, bumnane Projectsq languish for want Of support. I arn saying that aur supreme project. for the Praise cf Canada the help cof man, is that we rirward a characten (peli-i 'aI and personal) that ih se ýiht as te Put Canada in :e fore-front cf the Wold's )ruie and Imitating.J Yours truly, ih1.I. «& e Sugar spicd BYBilS i ce CANVASSERS GRIPE ME I don't know whether it's the wea- ther, but certain species proliferate in this country with the rapidity of rab- bits. One is the chairman of committees. There's one for every snowbank in the nation. Another is the guest speaker. There's one at the bottom of every barrel. And another is the canvasser. In some amaller communities, there are more canvassers than non-canvassers. A canvasser is a weak-willed person who can be talked. into asking people for money for a "Good Cause", or even more popularly, a "Worthy Cause." The number of Worthy Causes in this coun- try is only exceeded by the number of backboneless birds of bath sexes who allow theniselves to be put on the list of canvassers. And I know whereof I speak. In my day I have canvassed for the blind, the retarded, the resort owners, the Red Cross, the Salvation Army and eleven- teen otlfier Worthy Causes. About the only thing I haven't done is sell cookies for the Girl Guides. And I've hated every minute of it. The trouble is that the average Cana- dian citizen heartily detests the band- ing over of' cash for an intangible. At heart he's a generous soul. He knows the' Red Cross does good work, that something should be done for the blind and that we need a school for retarded children. But he can't eat them, smoke themi drink theni, or even attach them to his car. Therefore, the fellow who willc fling down a ten in the liquor store asb though he grew the lettuce, will dourl y, head shaking, peel off a couple of thin t one-spots for the Sally Ann. The house- wife, who buys her weeds by the carton,C wilI spend 20 minutes looking for twoA quarters for the Cancer Society. p And I know just how they feel. I'm cek the sanie. a Some day, somebody is going to rap pl at my door for a Bad Cause; a free crock a day for alcoholics; a clinic for re potential pool players; a home for un- c F wed fathers. And I'm going to hand over q $20 cash wîthout quivering an eyelid. îc Report from Queen's Park farmers will be undertaken through a $10 million outlay inr1967-68. (5) Total 0utl*ays of $558 mil-lion are provided for development and conser-. vation programs. (6) Financial aid to local authorities will be raised substantially to reach a level of almost $1.2 billion.' (7) A total of $358*million in capital funds will be invested lin roads, schoolà, hospitals, and other physical assets essential ta Ontario's future progreas and prosperity. The total cost of Government In Ontario in 1967 will jump by $361 mil- lion to a record $2,193,000,000. Revenues resulting froni a sustain- ed growth in the economy and federal tax transfers are forecast at an al tume high of $2,030,700,000 but some $162,. 600,000 short of balancing the budget. This deficit, three tumes the $51 million anticipated for 1966-67, can be i ustified in view of the following facts: (a) The healthy state of the economy with a gross product growth of 9% in 1966 ta reach $22.8 billion. (b) An unemployment level of 2.5%o of the labor. force with emplo3yment rising by 102,000 in 1966. The, budget is aimned at ilmpro*kg the health and educational standaa*, and assuring fanmer, and thebusiness men of the province, a better return on their investment. Mr. MacNaughton described his budget as an attempt to follow the thin line, "between the reasonable expecta- ions of Ontario people for government The budget of Ontario for 1967, brought down by the Hon. Charles lVacNaughton, Provincial Treasurer, on Tuesday Feb. l4th, demonstrated the remarkable development t hat has, and is taking place in this the fastest grow- ing piece of real estate in the North American continent. During the one hundred years that have elapsed sînoe confederation, the population of the province has risen froni 1,500,000 ta some 7,000.000 people who earn approximateîy 40': of Can- ada's $38 billion personal income. As the wealthiest province in the nation, its people, comprisîng about 34%ýî of the population contribute over 40%,o of aIl the taxes collected in the country. It was therefore a relief to the citizens of the province to learn that there would be no increase in provin- cial taxation in 1967. What is significant. however, is that, whîle holding the line on taxes, the Robarts' Government, at a tume when the cost of everything is rising, has been able to make necessary pro- vision for increased assistance in. theg following important fields:1 (1) An increase of 35'o in expenditure on education and training progranis ta reach a total of almost $1.1 billion. 2 (2) Health expenditures increased byy 32.to a total of $311 million.c Gi) Total spendîng on social and fani- ily services will jump ta $208 million1 of which $100 million is recoverable1 froni the Federal Government.t (4) The f irst step of a 12 year $129 s tsYc r ervic es nt ostataaeeso GROWING O0W The days are shortening The Year's growing old. Soon will start the shovelling Oh, it's sa - sa cold. The leaves have fallen Like the calendar sheets But the Old Year's taken Some tolis and entreats, But it's done a lot. And like me and you? It won't be soon f argot, [t has a lot left ta do! -Marion Ford CENTENNIAL PRAYER Dean Father bless this land we love so dean, Our hearts inspire with faith and loyalty, May aur great pride in this centennial year [gnite a flanie ta burn eternally. Now in Thy wlaom help us to £nstiU In each a spirit . f truc broitcxho<*, Or let us c'en forge, where there 's a will No way us barred ta, being undenstood. One nation let us be, tho' we acclairn Far lands across the sea that gave' us birth. Canadiansalal, no znatter whence we came, ,Almnighty Father help us prove 'Our worth. North, eastand west acrous this baunteous land, Across the miles that stretch trr ma ta sea, Dean Father help us ta united stand And from aur hearts give grateful thanks ta The. -Mn.. H. Gibuer, R.R. 1, Bowmnanville. Ed's note - The first letter ofe" c line read 'Dominion oi Cmnui&t How the High School Ought toi.e 'r once again into canvassing for a 0.5iod Cause. f This tinie, it's a community sWlm- mning Pool. A year-round pool, alre 1ady. There's a good-sized lake within the town limnits. We live on the shore of the biggest fresh-water bay in the woÈld. Six miles away is one of the Great Lakes, with Miles of safe, sand beaches. But the kids have to be able to uwl.mn in the winter Next summer, 1'11 probably be can- vassing for a aummer ski hili, with arti- ficial snow. For the kids. Maybe it was the sheer audacity of this campaign that grabbed mie. This is no picking up $800 for the blind, or $500 for the crippled children. They want over a quarter of a million. The resultant canipaign is a combination of The Night of the Long Knives'and the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre. What it amounts to is $30 for every mnan, woman and child in town. Non- realistic, you say? Nonsense. Ail it takes il enough canvassers, and they will cowe the citizenry into coughing Up. My first night out was a typical. Six calîs to make. First place, nobody home. Second place, no such address. Third place, a response. A chap on shift work tottered down, in his pyjamas and snarled the party I was seeking. lived inext door. Called on him. "Wouldn't give you a plugged nickel," he said, "but mny wife said she'd give two bucks." At the fifth place, I rang-and rang. No answer. I looked ini the window. The householder was lying on the chesterfieîd. There was an empty glass beside hlm. I threw snow at the window. No response. I kicked -the* door four times. I left. .But I struck it rich at the last place. Caught both husband and wife at home. A _ very modest home. Gave my sales pitch with' fervor, enthusiasm and sin- cerity. They admitted they had five, kids, agreed they would use the pool, .nd looking a bit troubled,' but game, ledged $50 a year, for three years. Returned, triumphant, ta nmake my report. "Oh,' yes, good aId Jimmy," ,hrtled. an old-timer on canvassing 'He pledges for everything, fromn church Dur-ham County's Great Framily Journal Established 113 years aqo in 1854 AIse Incorporating The. Bowmanvill. News p - wi - - m~~M~bit~ tb ua~un~ug ~ Uebl. ar a Tmvteuu 6rDa ma . - m "0 5441 £etters 6d,-t,,,- 1 THE BUDGET and to the f 1