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Page |4 to any height or angle. strain. hand magnifier. SCHREIBER NEWS - his parents. NEW FROM OPTICAL DISPENSARY "SEWING MAGNIFIER" LEAVES HANDS FREE ... MAKES FINE WORK EASY. Excellent for reading fine print, artists, collectors. Wear it comfortably around the neck. Big 4" diameter op clear magnification from edge to edge. Meny uses around the home. SPECIAL OFFER ONLY. ccccccccsccccocssssesosserr® DON JOHNSON, OPTICIAN TWO LOCATIONS 101 MEDICAL ARTS BUILDING - Diel 345-8411 PORT ARTHUR CLINIC - Dial 344-7271 Among visiting guests were Mr family from Sault Ste. Marie for the holidays. (cont'd on Page 13) TERRACE BAY NEWS Makee fine work easy-saves eye Mary Martinsen won two of three turkeys in the Terrace Bay Christmas roll-offs, one with a score of 827 and the other with 822. W.T.Wallace went to lakehead hospital this week. Mr.&Mrs.J-Rattray spent the holidays in Sudbury with their daughters - Mr.&Mrs . Earl Cameron and Mr.&Mrs. Don McLeod. Mr.&Mrs. K. Himes spent the holidays in Port Arthur with relatives. Alex McCuaig of Toronto spent the weekend with stamp and coin Adjustable tical gless lens gives crystal May be used as & 3.95 .&Mrs.P.Potvin & January 12, 1967 Pela) y ! s No gravy train here Athletic scholarships in Can- adian universities would create gaping cracks in the academic foundation now firmly cement- ed in Canadian colleges. This philosophical viewpoint was put forth by a man who has established himself as a re- spected coach and teacher at the University of Toronto. Tom Watt is a faculty mem- ber of the School of Physical Education, head coach of the Varsity hockey team and assist- ant coach of the Varsity foot- ball team. He also excells in the coaching of gymnastics and has been connected with amateur sport since he first laced up a pair of hockey skates in public school. He has mingled with Nation- al Hockey League players and discussed strategy with leading football coaches at top Ameri- can colleges. His life has always been closely related to sports, and yet he is positive athletic scholarships would prove to be a monumental mistake. Recently a committee an- nounced it has been studying a plan which calls for the adop- tion of athletic scholarships for Canadian universities. This an- nouncement came from Ivor Wynne, president of the Cana- dian Intercollegiate Athletic Union. Wynne said that if the CIAU decides in favor of scholarships at its annual meeting June the decision would likely be sub- mitted to the Association of Universities and Colleges in Canada for approval. "Pressure" on the CIAU prompted the setting up of a committee to study the scholar- ship plan said Wynne. However, Watt is convinced the "pressure" would be on the players and coaches, not the CIAU. He said, "I wouldn't want to coach any team which had play- ers on it with athletic: scholar- ships. I guess I'm being selfish but that's the way I feel. "Athletic scholarships are directly opposed to the basis of our society. And also, none of our players feel they have missed anything by not going through school on an athletic scholarship." If the scholarship plan is ac- cepted Watt would like to see it arranged so that if a player showed sufficient ability to be offered an athletic scholarship he "would have to be academi- cally acceptable to any college in Canada." Another point put forward by the outspoken U of T coach is to have a scholarship foundation fund organized so the scholarships would actually be separate from the universi- ties. He feels this system would create an equality factor and no one university could "buy" a championship team, as is the case in many American col- leges. Watt stated that in the U.S. many star athletes are on what is called a "full scholar- ship" which allows them to take special courses which don't interfere with their par- ticular sports. He cited Cornell (a leading Ivy League school) as a perfect example. At Cornell hockey players are channelled into such courses as agriculture, a "lower standard" type of course. Also, these full scholarships allow the athletes to graduate without paying any money. And on these scholarships "spending money" is often included. Fol- lowing graduation the top stars are sometimes put into execu- tive type positions. This is usually done through influence generated from var- ious alumni holding key posi- tions with companies. Watt defended the present Canadian system saying: "In Toronto we can offer good fa- cilities, teams, and schools, with each person being treated well ...and these are big points." . Professional sport today is big business, but amateur sport is not. Perhaps the CIAU would do well to digest ideas from men like Tom Watt who are di- rectly assisting the many men and women in college today who will undeniably become leading Canadians tomorrow.