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This is a step in the right direction. Hopefully students | who are so inclined will be encouraged to take up a trade. Mr. Arth There is a certain aura of pride surrounding a country that 21 story on can boast about their skilled laborers. published every Wednesday by Fairway Press, a division of Kitchenerâ€"Waterioo Record Ltd., owner 15 Fairway Rd. S., mm > address correspondence to Wateride office: 92 King St. South, Waterloo, Ont., telephone 886â€"2830 Waterioo Chronicle office is located on 2nd floor of the O W. Sports building oppotite w.msqm.rmonmaouumwmmoamm» Friday 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The philosophy of education is changing. It has become obvious that there is a swinging away from a notion that has prevailed in the minds of parents and educators for the last 10 years or so â€" the notion that students, whenever feasible, should finish their academic education and go on to univerâ€" sity. The result? The country is full of academics who can‘t find a job in their field, lack skills of any kind and/or who feel they are one cut above the rest of the labor force and as a result refuse to stoop to manual labor. From our back pages It appears that the universities are also picking up on this new philosophy. Who would have thought of getting a masâ€" ter‘s degree in welding five years ago? Well today it is posâ€" sible. Beginning in September, The University of Waterloo, in collaboration with the University of Toronto, will offer the program which conbines existing courses at both instituâ€" tions. The institutions have, like so many others, recognized the need for an advanced program in a skilled trade, parâ€" ticularly welding â€" "a field that draws on the expertise of a number of branches of engineering."‘ This earlyâ€"1900s photo of King Street in Waterloo shows the old Snider Flour Mill. The building, for a long time a landmark in the downtown sector, was built by Abraham Erb in 1816 and operated as a grist mill until it was demolished 111 years later in 1927. Notice the colorful street lights. It appears that educators, parents and students themselâ€" ves are finally beginning to see the light. As unemployment figures climb, there is a push to get the trades back into the forefront of the educational system. The country is sadly in need of plumbers, tinsmiths, welders, bricklayers; woodâ€" workers, machinists. etc. wererlooctwoul[cle _ Change in philosophy subscriptions: $10 a year in Canada. $12 a year in United States and Foreign Countries. Publisher: Paut Winkler Editor: Terry James established 1854 Mr. Arthur Hock‘s name, as it appeared in the Feb. spelled Hoch. We apologize for any inconvenience story on Joseph E. Seagram & Sons Ltd., was misâ€" arising out of our mistake. . The former mill site is now occupied by buildings owned by Oxford Developâ€" ment Group Ltd. A section of King Street one block further south will soon have street lights similar to those whith line the street in the early 1920s. Our mistake T WwanT one Ttoo!) Letters to the editor